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<-- my life, by webgoddesscathy --> :: Thursday, January 12, 2006 :: Is there anything more Christmasy than a phaser? I've finally put up my Christmas photos! And you can check them out on my flikr account. Just click! My mom was happy that we took my camera to the shop and made hard copy photos before I went back to the city. She's a die hard about the photos. That's not the only thing she's die-hard about (I ever-so-cleverly bring us back to the topic at hand). Our family is clearly the nerdiest group of people known to man. Good thing we have each other to appreciate us. The phaser was a gift from Matt - it's actually a TV remote control that plays "red alert" sounds as well as the standard "phaser" buzz. Too cool. :: Cathy 7:42 PM [+] :: 0 comments Last weekend I made very good use of my time: downloaded a load of Erasure POP! 40 Hits. Oh, Erasure can make me so happy to bop around my living room! :: Cathy 6:06 PM [+] :: 0 comments I don't know what's wrong with me. I am STILL in love with my apartment! Seriously - and it's not even that great. But I'm always finding things that I love about it: And I'm looking to buy a condo? That's why it's been so difficult - because I love my place so much. It's got a lot to live up to. Another favourite thing? Ya, my Metropass. WHY have I waited til now to get one? :: Cathy 5:12 PM [+] :: 0 comments :: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 :: What an interesting day. They chose my replacement today - I have 3 days to tell her everything. Holy crap. I presented a portal update to management - good times. I started my complicated project hand-off to another project manager. Good luck on that one. I still have much work left before I can hand that off in good conscience. I had coffee with the president of the company and was able to share my reasons for leaving. I spent over 9 hours at work. And I've already quit?! Who DOES that!? I got preapproved for a mortgage. I talked about doing something interesting with my RRSPs. I looked at more condos online. MANY of them. My eyes are getting buggy. I ate way too much homemade granola. I feel ill. If it weren't so damn good, I wouldn't have to eat so much of it. I wanted to go exercise but my back hurts and I have way too much granola in my belly. Always a good excuse to be found... :: Cathy 5:05 PM [+] :: 2 comments :: Monday, January 09, 2006 :: I was so productive today. I got an employment letter, started my mortgage preapproval process, started up my investment account, saw five resale condos, ate fantastic yummy Thai food at Salad King (by far the best Thai food in the city), shopped for a dress in the sales and did my dishes. Oh ya, I also did some work in there too. It's amazing how much life you can have when your life isn't your work. And then I came home to the best present: my LouLou magazine delivered to my door! It is my guilty pleasure. I have half a mind to wake up early just to make myself a cup of coffee with my new brewer and sit reading my shopping magazine before I even think about getting dressed. :: Cathy 7:25 PM [+] :: 1 comments The holidays went out with a bang last night at Matt and Kendra's Christmas party. It was so great - way too much yummy food and drinks, lots of people, lots of loot. I got some really great stuff and managed to Kendra a nice gift too, complete with a FREE Pilates DVD from a cereal box! (even better than a second-hand one) I got a one-cup coffee brewer and decaf coffee - yay! Also stuff for my hair to make my curly hair beautiful (ya, it might take a little more than some laminating spray for that...) and a Pilates DVD and a pink purse and bracelet from my mom (she had forgotten some presents). It was so fun, Alex even said he really liked it AND my family! That probably made my day. Well, that and mom's apple pie. :: Cathy 7:11 PM [+] :: 1 comments :: Sunday, January 08, 2006 :: Making bread is not easy: ingredients, OK, but committing to being around for the whole time to time the rising and baking. And then there's the technique: unless your mom showed you, do you really know the right way to knead bread? And for how long? So I got a bread maker (years ago). It even came with a recipe book. I dumped a bunch of ingredients into a bucket, screwed it in, selected the setting they told me to, went away for the afternoon and came home to some fresh bread. Majik! But say you get tired of white, french, whole wheat or banana bread - just try to make a variation. It's hit and miss. Mostly miss, actually. Because each breadmaker is different, breadmaker recipes don't always work. A raisin bread experiment flop comes to mind. Literally like a brick. And then there's all that patience: waiting 3 hours for a loaf of bread? I'm hungry NOW! I have a half a mind to go out and buy myself some croissants... if only there were a good bakery nearby (other than the bagel place). My mouth waters thinking about those St. Maarten pastries. I do love my breadmaker - there's absolutely nothing better than hot French bread slathered in butter. It makes it all worth it. You know what went in it, can have it hot when you want (if you plan it right), and the price for bakery bread just doesn't compare. Now all I need is an espresso maker - actually, I've decided that maybe a Moka Pot might be OK for me for now (with a milk frother of course). :: Cathy 5:54 AM [+] :: 0 comments
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