Monthly Archives: June 2009

Five Good Things: Nighttime edition

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Five good things about night time:

1. The temperature outside cools, the moon comes out, and LA becomes calm.

2. I get to wear PJs, my fave thing, including a pair of GAP boxers with skiiers on them. Fabulous. (I also like the ones with toucans on them.)

3. I get to prepare myself for tomorrow, which usually involves making some sort of list AND wrapping up leftovers for a yummy lunch for tomorrow!

4. I inevitably read a few pages of something, whether it’s news I missed during the day, a friend’s blog entry, a page or two of the book I am reading, or captions of National Geographic photographs.

5. I get to cuddle up with my bf, J.

What are your favorite things about nighttime?

Bicycle!

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So Jeff bought me this shiny new toy for my birthday. It’s green. It shines. It has new brakes, an air pump, a removable basket, and some lights.

In short, it is fabulous. And today, I rode it home from work.

This, for me, was no small feat. I was sweaty when I arrived at the Metro station in Pasadena, because I have not ridden a bicycle in forever. I had to take the bike on two trains, taking elevators to both, and had to stand the entire time whilst on the train because I needed to hold up my bike. At least that meant I didn’t fall asleep on the train, though, like I normally do. Instead, I got to read my book and look cool, too ;).

All and all, a good first experience.

Farmer's Market: Bounty

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All for $9.50. Including: broccoli, sugar snap peas, beets, basil, avocado, onions.

5 avocados for $2.00. Seriously.

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Salmon. Dry rubbed with paprika. Delicious. Good one, Cor.

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Just waiting for the salmon to come in…

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Orange-honey-glazed beets, carrots, and sugar snap peas.

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The final meal. Delicious.

Tonsils, and other things of interest.

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Sorry, guys. I’ve been a bit busy. I will be updating pictures of new things in my life ASAP (like my bike!!!) but first, an adventure in Jennie’s life.

Friday morning, as the day wore on, I realized my tonsil was approximately double its normal size. This alarmed me, but I did not feel sick at all, so I figured I was fine.

Saturday morning, I took some IB and headed to soccer. I drank some water, tried not to yell as much, and did what I could to make it stop hurting. Took some more IB. Headed home with Jeff, cleaned the kitchen floor, did the dishes, cleaned the bathroom floor, went to Corelyn’s, help her with dishes, watched her mop the floor and the bathroom. Went to Trader Joe’s, bought 10 pizza crusts (more pictures to come) and went home. Made 10 pizzas, drank some wine, and had a party. Got a bike!! (In case you’re wondering, it’s birthday season here in my providential life.)

Took some more IB. Slept from 1 to 11 the next morning, because my tonsil doesn’t hurt when I’m sleeping. Woke up, took IB. Grumbled. Made some breakfast, headed to the farmer’s market. Headed home. Took pictures of my bounty. Planned a week’s worth of meals. Went to Ikea, then Ralph’s. Cooked some food (pictures to come) and ate. Cleaned up. Swept the living room, dining room. Helped Corelyn with “thank you” cards from her wedding.

Grumbled. Went to bed tired and angry. Tonsil = a cherry tomato.

Went to the doctor this morning:

“Well, it’s fine. It’s not infected or anything.”

“OK…well…”

“Your ear looks like the eardrum may have burst. It’s a little red, has a spot of blood. ”

WHAT? This, apparently, is normal when your ear drum bursts. Your tonsil gets big? I guess.

GREAT. So then I bought some acetaminophen (generic Tylenol) because I figured I should stop taking so much IB.

And, by the way, guess how much my acetaminophen was? $1.46. For 100. That’s roughly a penny a pill. Which is marvelous, indeed. Oh, how I love generics and small town pharmacies!

Jeff turns 25: A surprise party.

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There are more pictures to come, which is a fave phrase around Providential Life’s blog. I am working on it. This week was crazy at work, and when I get home, after sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours, all I want to do is nap or sleep.

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Jeff turned 25 this week. To celebrate, we had a party on Saturday night. Jeff, of course, didn’t know that it was happening. It happened like this. 1.) We were running late.

“SURPRISE” say all our friends

“Oh, hi guys. Look, they threw you a surprise party, Jen” says Jeff.

“Umm, no, this is for you.” says Corelyn.

“Oh, they threw US a surprise party!” says Jeff.

“No…I threw this party….for you.” says Jennie.

The end. He really did not understand until about 5 minutes later that the party was all about him, though.

And, despite the “25 drinks for 25 years” theme, no one got sick, and everyone enjoyed the pizza and alfredo.

Success.

More to come, lovelies. How was all of your weeks?