"Ya go around with me?"

Who doesn't like a 1980's Australian teen movie? Or any Australian movie for that matter. You know I like them! A country that comes up with "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" & "Puberty Blues" is awesome to me!

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Finders Keepers

I found this recipe in some random cookbook a long time ago & now I call it mine. It's one of my favorites! And, my fam. loves when I make it! It's super yum & I don't even need a recipe any more, I just know it. Also, I usually just guess on maeasurements & rarely actually measure them out but for this one I think you need to or else it might not end up the right consistency.

Nay Nay's Caramel Corn
1 Stick Butter
2 1/2 C. Brown Sugar, firmly packed
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 C. Karo Syrup

3 bags Microwave Popcorn, popped (duh!)

Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Pour over popcorn in bowl & mix until evenly coated.

Super Easy, right?

TIPS:
*When you measure your Karo Syrup spray your measuring cup with cooking spray & you'll get every little bit out.

*De-Kernal your popcorn. It's kinda a pain but you'll save your teeth! Use 2 bowls, shake popcorn & the kernals should fall to the bottom. Then gently move the popcorn to the other bowl w/out picking up the kernals.

*After mixing popcorn & caramel, put into a buttered bundt pan & let cool. Then invert onto plate & slice w/knife. Super easy serving & pretty cute!

*My own personal trick, I only boil for 4 minutes & then turn the burner off for the final minute. I don't know that it makes any difference but it seems to turn out softer. If you over cook, it's going to go all hard so try to do it for no more than 5 minutes!!!

*If it's a holiday or you want something different, put a few drops of food coloring into the caramel while cooking. I've done orange for Halloween, red for Valentine's & green for St. Pat's!

I hope you try this out! Good luck!

"Who Dis?"

Hahaha! I heard this song over the weekend & had to post it for Biggs! I think we probably reference this song every time we talk on the phone. We have way too many inside jokes. If you didn't hang out w/us in jr. high or high school it's probably pretty hard to follow our conversations. And ya never know what's real or what we just pulled out of a song or movie. I love ya Biggs! :)

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Gaga for Gaga

I admit it. I'm a Lady Gaga fan. I just watched her HBO Monster Ball Special & I gotta say I was rather impressed. I think her show would have been worth going to & getting all dressed up too! So, I thought i'd post this video cuz it was probably my fav. part of the whole show. Plus you know anything to do w/the gays...i'm totally for. I was going to post the real video but to be honest it kinda disturbs me. If ya wanna see it search it on youtube. :)

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Not Too Shabby

I finally made it to F Town's new Harmon's store. And, I do have to admit that it was a really nice store. Plus, ya know how I said I wasn't going to go unless Bob & Randy were there? When I first got there I got our basket, went right by the coffe place on my way past the cheese counter to the pizza and deli & what do ya know...Bob walked past me. So, in this case I guess the "Secret" worked out for me. Randy wasn't there but 1 out of 2 isn't bad. So as I said, it's a really nice store. Everything is all new & clean. They have a great selection in their produce department. The dessert counter is great & the best thing that I got from it was the Raspberry Cheesecake. YUM! The food in the deli was ok. It was really, really bland & needed a ton of salt. I was also surprised to see that they have the whole line of Quorn. Which I love cuz not that many stores carry it. I prefer it to the other meat substitutes. They however did not carry my hair color that I like. That's right I dye my own hair. *gasp* It must be the lighting in there cuz the pre-cut fruit we got looked super bright & colorful in the store but when we got it home it wasn't as vibrant & didn't taste as good as I expected. What else did I like??? Ummmm...oh ya! The fresh Guacamole was good, if you don't like a lot of heat tho I wouldn't recommend. It must have jalapenos in it. I also liked the Spinach Artichoke dip. But I pretty much like anything with artichokes in it. So, I will probably go back to it sporatically but I still really prefer Smith's Marketplace in B Town. And, luckily I didn't run into anyone I know. Hahahaha! :)

PS: I forgot. They have a really good selection in their floral department. Just FYI!

"If Russell were an ice cream flavor he'd be Pralines & Dick"

Yesterday one of our awesome *sarcasm* called & was so rude on the phone. For not even a big deal. He's from S.C. so what should I expect??? Those southerners. I sent him an email stating here is his payroll info for this week & he's like "Why did you put THIS week? It's for last week's time" & really I put this week cuz we run it this week. He pays us THIS week. So I was all like "Um oh, well I must've said it wrong" Trying to sound like i'm a ritard & take the blame & then he's like "And then you just sent me the total wrong invoice!" And ya know how people sound when they are just really irritated & they try to say it so you sound stupid & they try to make you feel dumb? Well it was one of those. So i'm like "Oh well....let me make a couple calls & i'll get back to you on this" Being all nice & accomodating, when really I would've just liked to tell him to quit being such a dick. But I guess that's why we get paid. For the most part our clients are super nice & understand if there is a mistake. Which, we try to do as little as possible cuz people don't really like when you mess around with their money. LOL!

No Worries

OCEANSIDE SUNSET


Hey, so I wanted to apologize for not writing at all last week! As most of you know, I was in Oceanside all week. If you read my Twitter you know that I wasn't looking forward to coming home. Not that I don't like my home, it's just that when i'm on vacation I forget about everything at home. Work...family drama...health...you know, all that good stuff everyone thinks about on a daily basis. However, I did miss Frank! I LOVE my cute baby! Is it weird that he's like one of my best friends??? Ya that's right, my cat is one of my BFF's. I'm totally too dependent on him. Hahaha! It's good to spend time with my fam. tho. I get to see my brother who I don't see very often & he drove home w/me too so we got some good chatting in. And, I LOVE CA! And the beach. But I guess it's not so bad being back. Other than, why does it have to be cold & rainy all week??? RUDE! :)

"Uh...that show Cops....I Love It!"

Hahahaha! I was just thinking of this movie & it makes me laugh everytime I see this part cuz that's how i'd be if that spider was on me!

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"Mrs. Peacock was a man???"

*Slap!*
*Slap!*

Hahaha! I've been sick for the last week & I totally sound like a man. At first I thought it was just a cold, but then over the weekend I figured I had a Sinus Infection. My first indication was the pain in my face, it was like an eye infection, stuffy nose & tooth ache all in one. I read up on it & I fit all the symptoms to a T. So then I thought I should get the Neti Pot out, which I did & it proceeded to do nothing, including getting through my nasal passages. I tried later that day & got a few drops through. Since then i've been doing it twice a day, sometimes successful, sometimes not. It's still around, but now it seems to have moved to my chest & now I just hack all over the place. And, when I sound like this I HATE answering the phone! They're probably like "Oh, PMC hired a new guy!" Nope it's just me. Plus, I don't like delivering payrolls either cuz it's hard to not cough & then I feel lame giving them something that they just saw me cough all over. But it's not like I wouldn't come to work! The only time I took sick days was when I had Swine Flu & that really did just about kill me (not really!). I slept for 3 days, while taking some red medicine that tasted awful. And, of course i'm not going to the Dr. That's for Wussies! But for Swine Flu I did. I really did feel bad for that! So if ya call me at work, be ready for a sexy voice surprise! :D

"Oh, she's a full on Monet"

"You see, it's like the painting. Seen from far away, it's okay; but up close, it's a big ol' mess."

One of the fashions that I can do without these days is Lace. I'll be out shopping & think "Wow! That's a really cute shirt!" And then I turn it around & it has all kind of awful gaudy lace on it. To me, it's not an everyday kind of fashion. It's either gotta be something nice or something totally trashy that a stripper would wear or Madonna in 1986. I don't mind so much lace over fabric it's the kind you can see through that bothers me. So, if you're a lace wearer & I offended you, i'm sorry, but just stop it....it's gotta go!