You know what really sucks? For the next three weeks I’m going to be totally confused about what day it is along with messing up the year because I have so many days off of work. Oh, the troubles I have! heh.
I put my MP3 player on and went to town on the house yesterday. People, I dusted. With furniture polish and everything. I scrubbed toilets. The whole nine yards. And do you know what happened to me? Rick came home and I asked him to start a fire in the fireplace. Motherfucker filled the entire clean house up with smoke! He said it was too cold in the fireplace so the smoke wouldn’t go up the chimney. I say he’s the lamest ass man on the planet.
I will never clean again.
Did you notice how I said MP3 player up there and not Nano? This is all Apple’s fault. I decided to listen to some old school Keith and the Girl because I’m all caught up, but iTunes wouldn’t let me get the shows that I wanted. It wouldn’t even let me download them and put them on my Nano. This is why I sorta kinda hate iPods. Anyway, I ended up having to pull out my old Sansa Fuse and drop them on there. Thank Christ for Keith and the Girl (and Patrice). Without them I wouldn’t get a damn thing done.
The highlight of my day was turning my monitor to the vertical position so I can read blogs, journals, etc., and view pictures without having to tax myself by scrolling down. Yes, I am that lame.
Wait, that wasn’t the only highlight of my day!
Rick picked up our honeybaked ham. And I got my hat from SoftnShiny! I LOVE IT!
Today is all about preparation. Our tradition is to do a sit-down meal for Christmas Eve and pretty much just heat up leftovers as we go for Christmas Day. With the ham I have macaroni & cheese, party potatoes, baked beans, deviled eggs, etc. I don’t think I’m going to be making the baked beans since my mom and I are the only ones that eat them. And I’m still up in the air about the deviled eggs also. I’ve really gotten pretty laid back about not cooking so much food. I used to make lasagna, too and it was ridiculous how much food we wasted. So today I’ll be baking some pies (out of the freezer, fuck that homemade mess), getting the food ready, and I have to go to the store in the late afternoon to pick up the buns I ordered (one year I decided to make my own and that was a DISASTER).
Alex is coming over and spending the night. I’m placing bets that he will be, once again, the first one up tomorrow morning. He’s just like me when it comes to the excitement of Christmas. I never grew out of it and I hope he never does either. I’ll get my monkey balls ready for in the morning (also known as monkey bread). I saw where Pioneer Woman took the idea and made making them 10 times harder and more complicated. That cracked my shit up. I use Pillsbury refrigerated biscuits in a can, cut them up, throw them in a bowl of cinnamon and sugar and them toss them in a greased bundt pan. Then in the morning I boil the “syrup” ingredients and we open gifts while they bake. It’s a tradition that Rick brought along with him 10 years ago and we’ve never missed it yet. I just hope the kids continue to do it when they have families of their own and I hope they do the half Christmas card tag thing too.
Well, enough of this crap I need to get busy.
Oddly enough, I just turned my monitor sideways for the same reason. Great minds, etc. etc. Happy Holidays!
How much of a dumbass am I that I didn’t realize you could do that with your monitor? DUH.
(Happy holidays!!!)
I don’t think all monitors can be turned. Who knows, just don’t be whipping it around and breaking it off the stand until you’re sure. Hee!
I am right now making Christmas eve dinner. Rick and I went out shopping! It was kinda cool. Everyone was super nice and nobody was rude. I wish it was like this every day.
AND…we got a new game (Apples to Apples). I predict chaos at Dysfunction Junction!
Yes, the monitor has to be made to swivel – otherwise you will have a major issue! It takes some getting used to but it’s nice for pages that are longer than the norm.
Nance,
What happened with your fireplace occasionally happens with our woodstove.
Next time, tell Handsome Handy Rick to heat up the chimney by lighting up a piece of crumpled newspaper and holding it up at the top of the fireplace to burn, before starting the fire. Then when he lights the fire, the smoke will be drawn upward. The chimney needs to be warm in order to draw, or something.
Also, if the smoke starts coming back into your house as it did, quick! Crack open a window! That makes the smoke turn around and go up the chimney instead.
Don’t ask me why this works, I know dick-all about science and physics. But I’ve had to do it enough times.
Have a great day tomorrow.
My gawd, come here and learn two important lessons in one! Love the monitor flippy idea and the easy monkey bread.. but please, more instruction? Might just have to make them during the holiday season..
Have a great Cmas Nance!
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/showrecipe.aspx?rid=12327
Never mind!
I’ve bought frozen ready to bake Monkey Bread and loved it. I will have to learn to make the easy homemade kind. I’d never heard of it until my husband talked about his Mom’s German Mother making it. She also made great bar cookies with choclate and coconut called Congo Bars. My Mother-In-Law made the most fabulous intricate Christmas cookies-I’m a lazy ass bake and break girl. I would NEVER have thought to turn a monitor on it’s side-would be terrified I’d break it. We NEVER use our woodstove and I’m kind of glad because of the extra dust it generates. It’s too hot for me too. Hope your Christmas was great!