Let's see... today is....Thursday, I think

This is how my week has been, no joke. I have to seriously think about what day it is. 2004 has blown by and if I would have just blinked once -- I would have missed out. I must say that overall this has been a very good year for me. Christmas was wonderful! Me and the kids went to Oklahoma. We managed to get snow on the Wednesday before Christmas (not enough to make snow angels in). It was very pretty though. I spent the day at work walking back and forth to a vacant window office to admire it.

I have successfully enrolled in 2 courses for the Spring semester (Biology & Basic Math). Both will be on-line courses with the exception of exams which will be taken on campus. I also have to go on-campus for Biology lab. I'm excited and a little nervous at the same time. I've never been fond of Biology. I'm not too concerned about the math class. I just know that I am in for many hours of studying/homework.

I have the day off tomorrow :). I plan on spending time at home with my kids most of the day. Me and a girlfriend will be bringing in the New Year at church. Beverly Crawford will be blessing us with her voice. To all of my blogging buddies -- I wish you the best in 2005!

I Have An Addiction

I don't think I have really been caught up with any particular thing. Except for the 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse new body style. I just had to have that car. I saw it at an auto show in 1994 and from then on, I literally could not sleep. Well, I eventually bought it. No, I don't have it anymore. I won't elaborate since the thought of it makes me a bit frustrated and bitter.

Back to my addiction. I'm addicted to.......... E B A Y! I can't stay away from the site. I am constantly surfing looking for the next greatest deal. I've bought about 5 or 6 items since November. The latest is a camera cell phone. So far, I've had no problems with anything that I've ordered. I have lost a few bids but I've wisened (is that a word?) up on the whole bidding thing. You wait until the last 10 to 15 minutes to place your bid on an item that is up for auction. Hopefully, other's that are bidding are not on-line or watching the bids on that item.

Some items are considered 'Buy It Now'. There is no bidding and you buy the item at the 'Buy It Now' price. Shipping fees aren't that bad. Especially if the cost of the item is at a very good price. They have both new and used items. Just about anything that you could possibly want.

I love it!!

Has it really been over a week ...

since I last added a post? It's been a busy week for me. My mind has been on so many different things that it's hard to keep track of what I was last thinking about. For some insane reason I volunteered to make icing (yes, icing as in cake) for my children's school the ENTIRE week. They are making gingerbread houses and needed volunteers to help out at school and/or to make the icing. I guess I felt guilty about not selling anything in the numerous fundraisers that they've had, nor have I volunteered to chaperone on any field trips.

Anyway, the PTA president brought all the ingredients that I need over Sunday evening (including the plastic baggies to put the icing in). I am so glad that I only have one more day left. I'm not a bad cook but I'm not the one to bake on a regular basis. Therefore, my cookware does not consist of a large variety of bakeware/large bowls/heavy duty blender, etc. Here I am with this small hand blender mixing up 4 lbs of powdered sugar in a large bowl that, thank God, I just happened to buy one time when I'm sure it was on sale. I tried mixing it in 2 batches and believe me, that was too tiring. I would have quit 2 days ago.

For those of you who have never made icing or never really new the ingredients that goes into it, I'll enlighten you. For 4 lbs of powdered sugar you need 8 tablespoons of powdered milk, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of cream of tarter and 1 cup of water. Last but not least, you need 3 cups of shortening (unmelted). Oh my God, how grosssss! I don't see how I can ever eat icing again. I prefer the whipped cream icing anyway. I wonder if it contains shortening. While I was blending everything together I was tripping at the thought of me eating icing in the past. Just imagine thick globs of shortening being mixed up with other ingredients and then spread over a cake or in my kid's situation, being used to stick candy on the gingerbread houses as well as to decorate the houses and hold the graham crackers together.

I will admit that I was tempted to take my finger and swipe up a bit of icing that was left in the bowl and eat it, but, I passed.