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Hey, hey, hey, you are one

unsiez — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:02:28 -0500

Hey, hey, hey, you are one sharp-eyed reader and library patron!!!
I play a small part in this original one-act. I am getting a huge kick out of the fact that I am a co-playwright now...I wonder if I'll be able to collect royalties when this thing opens on Broadway--that version will be called "Junk! The Garage Sale Musical."
You should come. Tickets are going fast. There's huge buzz from what I've heard.

BusyGal

Oh my. I probably should add

unsiez — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:44:16 -0600

Oh my. I probably should add this to my list of Must See TV.
BusyGal

Oooh. Mollee. That sounds

unsiez — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:43:05 -0600

Oooh. Mollee. That sounds absolutely delicious. Pecarino cheese? See that's what baffles me about cooking. These unusual ingredients...when you say local grocer, do you mean Byerly's or Lund's? Because I can't imagine Cub Foods or County Market having anything besides cold pack cheese with port wine in the specialty cheese section.

BusyGal

Hey Joni, Could you help me

unsiez — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:49:46 -0600

Hey Joni,
Could you help me create a header for the Web Site for my Blog like they've done with the columnists on the Hutchinson Leader Web site?
Unsie aka
BusyGal

You can click here to visit

Karla — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:49:02 -0600

You can click here to visit an Eden Prairie resident's extremely simple cooking show, Cooking for Dads. Now after watching this, you might wonder just how simple a recipe has to be for a dad. Answer? Really simple.
http://www.youtube.com/cookingfordads
He doesn't measure ingredients, doesn't use a whole lot of tools, and actually makes some nice meals.

My latest favorite recipe

MFrancisco — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:01:27 -0600

My latest favorite recipe find is a super simple but very tasty pasta dish.

Boil spaghetti noodles (I prefer angel hair) in heavily salted water until al dente (7-8 minutes or so).

Drain noodles and plate immediately.

Grate tons of pecarino romano cheese (available in the specialty cheese section of your grocery store) on top of the noodles and then a generous portion of freshly ground black pepper.

Add a spoonful or so of the still-hot pasta water and toss.

Serve immediately.

You can't believe how amazingly simply and delicious this is. I am salivating just thinking about it.

Note: I'm not putting any exact measurements for these ingredients because it's best done to your individual tastes. Just don't skimp on the cheese or pepper.

I just started watching

klp — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:27:11 -0600

I just started watching Jericho. I had missed Season 1, so I watching that on other channels. It is actually a VERY good show.
Another show I am enjoying is In Treatment, with Gabriel Byrne.

The library does own a surprising amount of TV shows on DVD.

George Harrison- I JUST

klp — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:49:54 -0600

George Harrison- I JUST watched the movie Across the Universe. wow, was that ever a great movie. That Julie Taymor is a genius! Their version of 'While my guitar gently weeps' was amazing.
I am recommedning that the library buy it on DVD.
The actors were wonderful. The library owns the Music CD, and I am going to request it.
Kathy at the Chanhassen Library !

Hi Unsie, I laughed at

Morticia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:01:36 -0600

Hi Unsie,
I laughed at your day of shopping and cooking. I prepare two dinners a week and really don't like doing it but otherwise I'd live on steamed broccoli and WW pasta and my husband would be tired of that after one day. Then he does two dinners and another night we eat out and two more we just do our own meals - I steam my broccoli and he opens a can of soup. My husband does the grocery shopping and enjoys it - I just run by the store for milk. Coupons? Yes, a good idea but too much like work. One good thing about doing Weight Watchers last year and trying to keep the weight off is the realization that we really don't need to eat very much. - Morticia

Oh, Steinie. You made me

unsiez — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:53:21 -0600

Oh, Steinie.

You made me cry. Thanks for believing in me. I'll keep your optimism in mind the next time I have to fumble around in the kitchen. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..."

But I think coupons and that whole thing is way beyond me.

BusyGal

Unsie, you CAN cook ... give

steinie — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:57:10 -0600

Unsie, you CAN cook ... give it another try, when your husband isn't sick and you aren't playing nurse. Become friends with your crockpot. Get a "pretty one," with a removable ceramic cooker/server so you can go from pot to table. They make them in all your favorite designer colors! Start slow - one night a week. Soon, you'll be just like me and the others you asked about in your blog - planning menus (the night before or on your commute home from work), grocery shopping with lists, post-it notes, expired coupons and receipts falling out of your purse, and making "meal magic" from cans, boxes and fresh-from-the-fridge finds.

You can do it, Unsie - I know you can!

I keep on thinking about our

unsiez — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:10:33 -0600

I keep on thinking about our last conversation during your visit up here...about how "They" (whoever "They" are) perpetuate the idea that seasoned experienced women who are more than 35 years old are middle-aged and afraid of change. What kind of change are THEY talking about?

Women have to deal with change all the time. It's called being flexible, open-minded and thinking of the future, looking out for people--in other words being the "Moms "of the world whether you actually have children or not...

Sorry for ranting. I just get tired of AGE-ism and Stupidism...I think it's becoming a national condition, fueled by those who keep touting the demise of reading.

I see this particular time period as the time our civilization is reentering the intellectual Dark Ages. We have all this fabulous technology--flashy, fun, entertaining, superficial and self-serving--so the masses stop thinking, reasoning, and acting. We're all too busy being entertained to bother with issues...Issues are just so -- icky. I'd rather have Matt and Meredith and Ann spend three hours on the Today Show telling me about how to divert party hosting disasters, and the evening news devote 16 minutes of the 30 minute broadcast telling me over and over how cold it's going to get and that snow is coming, and how scary it all is. Thank God, I have the local news stations making me so afraid of the weather that I'm stockpiling water and canned goods in my basement in case the snowplows can't get to our street in 12 hours time. My god. That si sooooo scary. I've never known the weather to be scarier than in this day and age, have you?

Oh. Sorry. Guess I was ranting. Oh. Wait. If I was a 25 year old guy who wrote the preceding paragraphs, I might be scooped up by the Onion as a writer or by Mad TV. Sorry...I'm Just a 50-year-old woman afraid of change. Hee, hee!!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving was good here

Morticia. — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:03:05 -0600

Thanksgiving was good here in South Carolina. Raked some leaves, got together with friends for a delicious dinner and the Packers won on Thanksgiving Day.
Being 50 isn't bad... except when I have to write it down when filling out a form. Or doing a survey and realizing that the survey company wants people under 45 to try their new products as I guess they think we old farts just buy Preparation H and the same brand of laundry detergent as our mothers did in the 1960's. I have mailed back my AARP membership card, don't want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member.
Unsie, you've got me watching PROJECT RUNWAY now. I am impressed with people who are so visual. -- Morticia

My Thanksgiving ... hmmm ...

steinie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:57:20 -0600

My Thanksgiving ... hmmm ... my son got bit in the face by my aunt's small dog. So instead of dessert and a glass of wine after a day with the family, we enjoyed a "we're out-of-town and out-of-network" trip to the ER at 6 p.m.. A deep puncture wound to the cheek, but no stitches. Left 2 1/2 hours later with a prescription for an antibiotic.

Happy belated birthday Unsie!

Well, in response to your

Dr. Becky — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:57:08 -0500

Well, in response to your question...

Sometimes life does get busy, but that's not an excuse. You make time and if there is a day you just cannot fit it in (there will be those gone by 6 am and not home until 9pm days), you fit it in through out your day in small increments.

For example, make a trip to the bathroom into a quick exercise routine. Do lunges and/or bicep curls on the way there and back. You may look silly, but when you are showing off your lean body in few months, you'll have the whole office joining in!

Another way that I have personally found AWESOME, is to utilize SNAP Fitness in Victoria. It's open 24 hours a day! This is a great facility with a great staff to help you get aquainted with the machines. Also, check out their Bootcamps. I lost over 12 pounds this summer by utilizing bootcamp and making various dietary and lifestyle changes. Nina, Jenny and Jayson are absolutely wonderful. Go check them out! www.snapfitness.com/victoria

Until next time....signing off...
Dr. Becky