So now it's 5 days left of the trimester. 5 days left of my program. 2 years has boiled down into just 5 days. I'm so ready for the whole deal to be done that I'm not even registering the fact that I'm graduating...again. 
But there's days yet and things left to do before it's all over and so it is time to give that last full measure of devotion. ( Read more... )

 

1. When you come to the counter to make your purchase, please have your *&^* together. It is not charming to keep 5 people waiting while you send your 8-year-old on a hunt for milk.
2. Hang up the phone. It’s rude. Not just to the folks behind said counter, but to the people behind you in line. I can’t read lips and we’re not playing charades.
3. If you ( Read more... )

 No, not physical moving this time. This blog will soon be moving in late May to http://feedthemuse.blogspot.com. So go to the spot, hit the "Subscribe" button and updates will come to you.  
I've enjoyed my time here on Livejournal, but the time to move up in the world has come at last.

 
There is a character in George Orwell’s Animal Farm named Boxer. He’s a draft horse, strong and dedicated. Hi motto is “I will work harder”. When he splits his hoof, the pigs sell him to the glue factory, while telling the other animals that they sent Boxer to a hospital to recover, where he died later.

There are days that I feel like Boxer. No ( Read more... )

Amanda the Mad Chef is about to be published. My profile on a local chef in Charlotte will be published in either the May or June issue of Uptown magazine. And before you ask, yes, I plan to abscond with many copies and mail them to whoever I have an address for.

Read all about it.

Growing up, I rarely saw my mom cook with a recipe and I often wondered how she remembered how to make so many things all the time. And have them come out the same every time. Granted I didn't like everything she made, but I always considered my mom a good cook. So my hubby requested Chicken Pot Pie this weekend, and since he often complains that ( Read more... )

I found a Soda Shop in Charlotte. And I had the biggest chocolate malt I think I may have ever had in my lifetime. You dare not attempt this malt on your own. It is to laugh.
Also there was chicken, go here to read Feast or Famine.

Well do ya, punk?

I just want to remind everyone that service folks are people too, so please remember your manners when you order your latte.

And get off the phone!

Well, if you must work 7 days a week, I highly recommend that you take jobs that feed you well. Otherwise you'll be cranky and hungry. And if one of those jobs is at a purveyor of fine foods where your co-workers will hook you up with cheeses and olives on your shift, and then cut you 9 pieces of prosciutto and only charge you for one, well I'd say ( Read more... )

And she comes through with all As once again! It is possible for me to make As in Math and it not be the end of the world.