bluevalentine

Hey there, Mercury Rx

So, the non functioning phone cord was a pisser (or, for alyk, " a wicked pisser") but 30$ later, all was well.

And then last night, when my cell phone broke, I wanted to beat someone. A lot.

So I looked on craigslist and found a t-mobile phone for $20. Real basic. real old. but it would work.

Then, today, I...
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Ya'll. I am SO without regular internet access. It makes me sad.

1) I can not get power to my laptop because my puppy chewed through the power cord. Need new cord

2) I canceled Time Warner to switch to Grande Cable because they could get me basic cable and Interweb for half of what time warner charged me.

Problem? I forgot to call Grande...
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Remind me to call my astrologer.

The last week has been monumental.

Obviously, my coming forth about my plans to adopt (which, now that I relook at things, may be in 18 months instead of 2 1/2 years) is one thing.

And yesterday, I'm sitting here at home and get an IM from the guy I lived with in Ireland. We have not spoken since...
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This is something I've been researching for a long while now but haven't told ANYONE until now.

And why I'm choosing to talk about this on SG first, yeah, not sure either....

But I've been researching adoptions, and moreso, single parent adoptions.

Now, this isnt something I'm going to do today or this month or anything but, yes, I am very serious about adopting a...
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I cant move my left pinky.

Why?

Only 5 minutes into the Heights festival, I was stung by a bee on my left pinky.

All day I had to do that asshole-esque, "pinky in the air" thing anytime I picked up anything, drank anything, made change for someone, etc.

Thanks to holliday for coming to help. I honestly couldnt have done it without you

And...
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Baking is done.

And by "done" I mean "not at all".

I had to 86 the cheesecake at the last minute because...well...because I wanted to kill small furry creatures at that point.

And I of course nixed the petit fours. Who the shit wants to make fondant at midnight.

But the pumpkin bread I made? THE FUCKING BOMB.

And the Amarettis are delish if you...
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I think I have just earned my ghetto cred.

See, I'm in here cooking. A lot.

And I'm homicidal. A lot

And I go to wash out my kitchenaid bowl so I can mix some more stuff and the water pressure? Not so much.

I have water. Just not REAL water. Just a trickle. I can pee faster than the water in my tap comes...
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Left to make:

Cheesecake
Banana Bread
Pumpkin Bread
Sugar Cookies
Brownies
Petit Fours (why did I decide to make these. I'm going to go cry now)

Already made:

Chocolate Fudge Rounds rolled in either pine nuts, pecans or coconut
Coconut Macaroons
Apricoct Balls
Spiced Chocolate biscuits
English Toffee Balls
Lemon Cookie
Lemon Tea Cake
Lebanese Honey Cookie
Chocolate Chip Cookies



I want to die.

So, I'm trying to get a headstart on the nearly 1000 cookies, brownies, mini cheesecakes, tarts, etc I have to make for Sunday morning and my booth at the Heights festival in Houston.

Listening to "Sharp Dart" by The Streets really does help.

So, I'm mixing dough, as I do, and I'm putting in a tsp of baking powder into some cookie dough and I...
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Damnit.

I just lost my entry.

Ok, lets see if we can do this again.

The bad and the ugly

1) My dad couldnt get the cheap UT tickets I was hoping for, so it looks like I wont be getting into a game this season. Instead, my dad will be coming up here on the 8th so we can go to the Alamo Drafthouse...
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