Loganberry syrup

Two years ago, one of our wedding gifts was a sampler of Buffalo wing sauce and a bottle of loganberry syrup.  We have long since used up the buffalo sauce and have ordered more of the medium (there was a mild, medium and suicidal) - medium seems to be just right and we make wings pretty much every Sunday during football season (we're on our 2nd gallon).  The Loganberry syrup remains unopened, purely because we have no idea what to do with it.  I suppose I could be resourceful and look it up online, but if anyone has any suggestions, I would be more than happy to listen.  Thanks again to Scott and Leah for the gift!!

Comments

Yesterday, someone at work (who doesn't have any kids) saw me and said, "You look hot and uncomfortable." To which I wanted to reply, "So do you." However, being a superior to me and me being the nicer person, I just responded, "I still have a Red Sox hangover from Sunday." SERIOUSLY?!?! Would anyone say that a non-pregnant person looked hot and uncomfortable? Is that supposed to be a compliment? A sympathy greeting? Come on people - as one of the books I read says - the only thing a pregnant person wants to hear is, "You look great!" Or, if we really don't look great, just don't say anything about our looks, just ask us how we are doing or how our weekend was.

Weekend trip

This weekend we traveled to VT to visit with some of Sean's family. It was fun and relaxing. They have a sailboat on Lake Champlain so we hung out on that for most of the day on Saturday. In my current state, I can't really reach my back to apply sunscreen and immediately forgot about it upon arrival at the boat. Needless to say, my back is VERY red - OUCH! But the weather and company were beautiful and Sean's little 2nd cousin is wicked cute at 3 years old and loves the beach.

Our trip back was not that much fun due to the traffic, but at least the Red Sox game lasted a long time and ended with a win, so that slightly helped pass the time. The evening ended with some wings and a viewing of the day's stage of the Tour-day-France. A grueling climb and fun descent. Luckily there were no crashes - which is good for the riders, but boring for the viewers.

If you haven't already, go to http://www.coldplayontour.com/wwdc/ and vote for my friend's band: Honor By August (their video is third from the bottom).

They f*$k you at the drive through....

Name that movie? Today I got up a little late so I went to DD for some breakfast. I had to wait forever and they got my order wrong - dammit!

Also I received a call from Anonymous today - I am pretty sure I know who it was, but they didn't leave a message. Leave a message people! How hard is that?

I think I am being tricked - today must be Monday all over again.

Words words words

Does this ever happen to you? You're editing or proofing something that has the same word repeated over and over and after a while the word looks like it is spelled completely incorrectly to you? This happened to me today with the word length. 4 consonants in a row just isn't normal.

Two jobs?

The other day someone asked me why I have two jobs. I guess it's a fair question. I am lucky in that I don't need the second job for monetary reasons (although it is nice to have a little extra every week). Really, I have the job to connect with people. My 9-5 job is usually me and my computer. Sometimes I get to call someone or occasionally talk to my boss or officemate, but usually it's just me. My second job, which I only work 2 days a week, allows me to help people find what they need and sometimes I get to have interesting conversations about a book I haven't head about or a topic in general someone is interested in. Now, if only I could get paid as much as I do at my second job as I do at my 9-5 job.....

I brake for quohogs

The other day at my other work, someone asked me where I was from. This isn't a question I get very often as mostly, I just blend into the background. However, I must've said something that this person picked up on as not being from around heyah because she said I have an accent- not a strong one, but significant enough to pick up on. This surprised me a bit since I am not from the part of the biggest-littlest state in the union that is known for having an accent. Not that I was offended, just a little taken aback. Isn't it funny the things strangers pick up on?

How many times a day do you check your email?

I figured since I know I do this too often, I would try to count the number of times I check my non-work email in a given work day. I lost count during the morning, so I tried to estimate the number of times per hour. I still lost count, so I estimated 5 times in half an hour. Let's see, for a typical 8-hour work day, that's 16 half hours times 5 which equals.....80! I am pretty sure that is too many times.

My 4 things.....

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Boatyard chick
2. GAP employee
3. Camp slave
4. Research Scientist

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. Armageddon
2. Notting Hill
3. Bull Durham
4. The Little Mermaid


Four places I have lived:
1. Westerly, RI
2. South Boston, MA
3. Tacoma, WA
4. Portland, ME


Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Friends
2. Scrubs
3. The OC
4. Behind the Music: Aerosmith


Four places I have been on vacation:
1. England
2. Italy
3. Montreal, Canada
4. Rangeley, ME

Four websites I visit daily:
1. My YAHOO!
2. Redsox.com
3. fourthrow.blogspot.com
4. projo.com

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Lobster
2. pizza
3. ice cream
4. pizza


Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Rangeley
2. Ogontz
3. On the couch
4. At an Aerosmith concert

In another category of obvious.....

There was an actual study done on this.

This day sucks

WARNING: Whining Alert - Move along if you don't want to hear about my already crappy day

This is my day so far:

Wake up to dog crap on the floor
Clean up dog crap
Take dog out
Eat breakfast while waiting for shower
Get in shower
Get out of shower and realize previous occupier of shower didn't dry off so now the shower rug is all wet (minor pet peeve)
Leave for work
Stop at Dunkin Donuts for .99 latte
Get hit while in line at the drive thru because some idiot has no depth perception while trying to park and decides to swipe my bumper instead of backing up the 2 feet (he had plenty of room) - IDIOT!!!!!
Get 1/2 filled cup of latte
Get to work
Realize that Vinateri is no longer a New England Patriot :(
Spill water all over floor in hallway
Clean up water

All before 10:00 - I should've stayed in bed today, my boss nor officemate are here today. Ug.

Coffee, Quesedillas and Monkfish

Aahhhh, Fridays. The end of the work week. At least that is usually the feeling when there are no looming deadlines, such as today. This morning, after taking Sean to the train, I got a nice White Satin Mocha and a piece of blueberry cake - yum! After getting to work and failing to do something for Sean, I did a little of my own work, then my office-mate and another co-worker and I went to lunch at Granny's Burritos where I had a mango chicken quesedilla - yum!! Then, we got back, I did some more work, tried to explain to my boss something I did that was very simple, yet somehow sounded complicated when she explained it, then we went to a slide show about the Gulf of Maine. It was awesome. I love the Gulf of Maine, there are so many cool things that live there - camouflage flounder, frilly sea anemonaes, sunstars, and of course, lobster. Now there is only an hour left and I might even leave a little early. Everyone else has.