Chandelle tagged me with this in her food blog, so I'll do my best to respond. I don't know if I can get 10 things, though...
10 weird facts about my relationship to food
1. I hate, hate HATE mayonnaise. It is, in my opinion, the most vile and disgusting food-like creation, and I'd prefer a thousand dry sandwiches to ever using mayo. The only way to get me to eat it is to mask the flavor. For instance, I will, on occasion, indulge in fry sauce, but only because the mayo is mixed with ketchup and I can't taste the stuff.
2. I am obsessed with the expiration of food. Anyone who knows me well is probably aware that I am a freak about food that has been in the fridge for too long. My time limit is usually 2 days after the food was made, and on packaged foods you can just forget about me even looking at it if the expiration date has passed. I've been better since I got married and found myself too poor at times to be picky, but I am still annoyingly crazy about this subject.
3. Pickles are an interesting food for me. When I was a kid, I loved pickles and ate them right out of the jar. Then, when I was an older kid and teenager, I hated pickles so much that I refused to eat them at all. Finally I grew out of it, and now I love pickles again (although not so much on their own).
4. Along with #3 goes the fact that I absolutely HATE sweet pickles. I will only eat dill.
5. I hate the smell of vinegar. I mean, in salad dressing I'm okay with it, but I can't stand the stuff by itself.
6. When I was a kid and someone would bring cupcakes to school for a birthday party, I'd eat the cupcake and then chew on the paper wrapper like gum to get every last bit of cupcake out.
7. Sometimes, I lick my plate.
8. I very rarely drink milk on its own. I have pretty much switched over to soy milk and I prefer it to regular, and now that I have I'm afraid to drink regular milk because I have this silly feeling that I'm lactose intolerant now or something. I'm afraid I'll get sick if I drink it. This is especially silly because I still eat plenty of ice cream and cheese, so I don't think my worries are very valid.
9. I actually LIKE the macaroni and cheese that comes in the box, even though I know perfectly well that the stuff is probably more chemical than food.
10. I enjoy being vegetarian. Sometimes I think about giving it up because it is too hard, or because of pressure or whatever else. But I really like having a plant based diet. It's exciting for me to come up with new recipes, and I have been forced to try foods that I'd never even thought to cook with before. It's a challenge and a lot of fun. For me, it has been a healthy change and I don't feel deprived or malnourished in any way. I mean look at me...I'm definitely not wasting away :)
Cool, that was fun. I don't know who to tag, so IF YOU JUST READ THIS, you've been tagged and now must do it yourself. :)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Tag Game...
This is a different tag, so here are the rules:
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 little-known facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
1. I am horribly afraid of failure. Oftentimes, I will choose not to do something hard just because I don't want to possibly fail, no matter how worth it the outcome would be. I care too much about what people think of me and I'd rather look like I'm good at doing something easy than bad at trying something hard.
2. I'm scared of children and old people. I mean, I love babies, but I don't know how to care for a child, or an elderly adult who can't care for themselves well. I don't know how I'm supposed to communicate with them, and it makes me very uncomfortable.
3. When I was very little, I used to lick my nose. Like, all the time. It was a weird habit, like an impulse, and i couldn't stop doing it for at least a year.
4. I am strangely fascinated with abandoned buildings. They are so mysterious, and I am tempted to explore them whenever I find one (even though it is very dangerous). I love the fact they they have a history that I don't know about, and I like to wonder who lived in the building years ago and why it became empty. It's chilling.
5. I started writing my first full-length novel when I was in 6th grade. It was about dolphins, and it was horrible. Back then, I was certain I'd be published by the time I was a teenager and I'd be famous and movies would be adapted from my stories. Ha! :) Not yet...
6. I love rats. I used to keep them as pets, and I'd teach them tricks and let them crawl up my arms and have them hang out on my shoulders while I did other stuff around the house. I loved them! I still think they are almost as smart as a dog and would always pick a rat over a hamster.
Okay, so I don't have very many blogger friends yet, so I'll tag everyone I know who HASN'T done this yet:
Dave
Larissa
Kathy
Chandelle
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 little-known facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
1. I am horribly afraid of failure. Oftentimes, I will choose not to do something hard just because I don't want to possibly fail, no matter how worth it the outcome would be. I care too much about what people think of me and I'd rather look like I'm good at doing something easy than bad at trying something hard.
2. I'm scared of children and old people. I mean, I love babies, but I don't know how to care for a child, or an elderly adult who can't care for themselves well. I don't know how I'm supposed to communicate with them, and it makes me very uncomfortable.
3. When I was very little, I used to lick my nose. Like, all the time. It was a weird habit, like an impulse, and i couldn't stop doing it for at least a year.
4. I am strangely fascinated with abandoned buildings. They are so mysterious, and I am tempted to explore them whenever I find one (even though it is very dangerous). I love the fact they they have a history that I don't know about, and I like to wonder who lived in the building years ago and why it became empty. It's chilling.
5. I started writing my first full-length novel when I was in 6th grade. It was about dolphins, and it was horrible. Back then, I was certain I'd be published by the time I was a teenager and I'd be famous and movies would be adapted from my stories. Ha! :) Not yet...
6. I love rats. I used to keep them as pets, and I'd teach them tricks and let them crawl up my arms and have them hang out on my shoulders while I did other stuff around the house. I loved them! I still think they are almost as smart as a dog and would always pick a rat over a hamster.
Okay, so I don't have very many blogger friends yet, so I'll tag everyone I know who HASN'T done this yet:
Dave
Larissa
Kathy
Chandelle
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Work
Hey.
Two weeks ago, Dave began his first round of student teaching. He has been working with a 4th grade class and loves it. He and his partner have taught 4 lessons total and they are having a great time. I'm so glad that Dave likes it. I mean, wouldn't it be a little bit of a shame to realize that he hated it now, after deciding to be a teacher? Haha.
So Dave will be doing a total of 3 weeks of student teaching for this semester. This has been a problem with his work schedule at Woodcraft, since he must do the teaching in the morning and that is when work is. Luckily he was able to get these 3 weeks off, but with the company changing ownership and some other recent events, working there any longer didn't seem very feasible anymore, not to mention somewhat depressing. Dave has been looking around at jobs, and applied for a few. He applied at several schools to be a kind of tutor or teaching assistant but these jobs weren't going to be very flexible with the student teaching (it will happen again next semester). He also applied at the testing center at UVSC, where he would be giving students their tests and such. He interviewed for that job last Thursday, and it seemed as though they would be able to work with his schedule.
Well, we got a phone call early Friday morning that gave Dave the good news: UVSC wants to hire him! The money isn't great and I'm sure the job will be wrought with stress at times, but Dave is so excited to work there. I'm happy that he's happy. His main ambition is to have a job where he is working with people, so he should be content there.
I, too, have been searching for a new place of employment. I told myself that I would leave my current job by the end of the semester, even though they keep raising my pay. I just want something new, something to maybe help me work my way up to something else. I mentioned that Dave had an interview last Thursday... and so did I. I applied for a job with the city to work as a scanning clerk in their building. I think the interview went okay, but I can't be certain at this point. I should hear back in a couple of days, I hope. But I must be honest: I've had a surge of hopefulness ever since lunch today, when I received this message in a fortune cookie:
Two weeks ago, Dave began his first round of student teaching. He has been working with a 4th grade class and loves it. He and his partner have taught 4 lessons total and they are having a great time. I'm so glad that Dave likes it. I mean, wouldn't it be a little bit of a shame to realize that he hated it now, after deciding to be a teacher? Haha.
So Dave will be doing a total of 3 weeks of student teaching for this semester. This has been a problem with his work schedule at Woodcraft, since he must do the teaching in the morning and that is when work is. Luckily he was able to get these 3 weeks off, but with the company changing ownership and some other recent events, working there any longer didn't seem very feasible anymore, not to mention somewhat depressing. Dave has been looking around at jobs, and applied for a few. He applied at several schools to be a kind of tutor or teaching assistant but these jobs weren't going to be very flexible with the student teaching (it will happen again next semester). He also applied at the testing center at UVSC, where he would be giving students their tests and such. He interviewed for that job last Thursday, and it seemed as though they would be able to work with his schedule.
Well, we got a phone call early Friday morning that gave Dave the good news: UVSC wants to hire him! The money isn't great and I'm sure the job will be wrought with stress at times, but Dave is so excited to work there. I'm happy that he's happy. His main ambition is to have a job where he is working with people, so he should be content there.
I, too, have been searching for a new place of employment. I told myself that I would leave my current job by the end of the semester, even though they keep raising my pay. I just want something new, something to maybe help me work my way up to something else. I mentioned that Dave had an interview last Thursday... and so did I. I applied for a job with the city to work as a scanning clerk in their building. I think the interview went okay, but I can't be certain at this point. I should hear back in a couple of days, I hope. But I must be honest: I've had a surge of hopefulness ever since lunch today, when I received this message in a fortune cookie:
Friday, November 9, 2007
Dan's Mission Call Video
Dave made a fun video of Dan opening his mission call. If you want to see it, leave a comment or email Dave or me and we'll tell you how to see it.
Way to go, Dan! You're awesome!
Way to go, Dan! You're awesome!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Exploring my first abandoned building
While we were up by Bridalveil Falls today, Dave and I came upon an old, dilapidated structure at the bottom. We quickly realized that it was the old tram station that connected to the restaurant/reception center way up on the edge of the mountain, above the falls.
Most people may not know this, but I am completely fascinated with old, abandoned buildings. I have always wanted to become what some refer to as an urban explorer, a person who seeks out old buildings and goes inside to look around at what remains (some examples are shown in sites like these: Forgotten Ohio, Abandoned But Not Forgotten). I've never had a chance to do it, but today I took the opportunity.
The bridge, with the tram station off to the left.
The other station up on the cliff. It's toward the right side of the picture (a white building).
Junk hanging from the tram cables.
The cables coming from the tram station, with razor wire along the roof. They must really want to keep people off...
This is a gap under the building with bars. Basically there is just a lot of junk down there--piles and piles of rubble and ruin.
The main room as you enter the tram station. WARNING: there are some unsavory things spray painted on the walls, so don't look at the larger picture if you don't want to see them.
If you turn left from the main room, you see this area. If you keep going down the hall, there are two rooms and a stairway.
This is a hole in the floor in the main room.
Some of the tram machinery.
More machinery. Notice the writing on the wall: "World's Steepest Aerial Tramway."
Up the stairs at the end of the hall.
Check out the ripped carpet shreds, and the view out the door.
The view, looking down, from the top of the stairs.
Most people may not know this, but I am completely fascinated with old, abandoned buildings. I have always wanted to become what some refer to as an urban explorer, a person who seeks out old buildings and goes inside to look around at what remains (some examples are shown in sites like these: Forgotten Ohio, Abandoned But Not Forgotten). I've never had a chance to do it, but today I took the opportunity.
There are many pictures, so I posted them very small. Feel free to click on them to get the full effect.
The bridge, with the tram station off to the left.
The other station up on the cliff. It's toward the right side of the picture (a white building).
Junk hanging from the tram cables.
The cables coming from the tram station, with razor wire along the roof. They must really want to keep people off...
This is a gap under the building with bars. Basically there is just a lot of junk down there--piles and piles of rubble and ruin.
The main room as you enter the tram station. WARNING: there are some unsavory things spray painted on the walls, so don't look at the larger picture if you don't want to see them.
If you turn left from the main room, you see this area. If you keep going down the hall, there are two rooms and a stairway.
This is a hole in the floor in the main room.
Some of the tram machinery.
More machinery. Notice the writing on the wall: "World's Steepest Aerial Tramway."
Up the stairs at the end of the hall.
Check out the ripped carpet shreds, and the view out the door.
The view, looking down, from the top of the stairs.History:
The tram station seems to have been built in the late 1960s as a means to reach a restaurant that is nestled up in the cliffs about Bridalveil Falls. I believe it was used for parties and wedding receptions. Around 1996, an avalanche ruined the tram station and it was shut down. There are plans to rebuild the tram station, but when it will be reopened is uncertain.
The tram station seems to have been built in the late 1960s as a means to reach a restaurant that is nestled up in the cliffs about Bridalveil Falls. I believe it was used for parties and wedding receptions. Around 1996, an avalanche ruined the tram station and it was shut down. There are plans to rebuild the tram station, but when it will be reopened is uncertain.
Canyon and Bridalveil Falls Adventure
We drove up the canyon today and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. We stopped at Bridalveil Falls and a few other places to take pictures.
The falls.
Some guy offered to take our picture.
Me, crossing the water carefully.
Us!
Dave, posing in this cool cage-like bridge thing that was just there, who knows why.
If you look carefully, you can see a building up there on the mountain!
Us, walking down the trail.
Some water at the park.
The falls.
Some guy offered to take our picture.
Me, crossing the water carefully.
Us!
Dave, posing in this cool cage-like bridge thing that was just there, who knows why.
If you look carefully, you can see a building up there on the mountain!
Us, walking down the trail.
Some water at the park.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Happy Halloween! (update 11/4/07)
(update) The next two pictures are from Mike and Jamie's party on Oct. 27. They are used compliments of Jamie.
(Jenny, me, Dave, Dan, Steph, and Mike. Dave has a different costume on here than he wore on Halloween. He made an awesome zombie-type mask out of papier maché.)
And here I am again with my costume at Mike and Jamie's party.
(Oct. 31, 2007)
Happy Halloween from Dave and Karen!
(Dave is Einstein and I am a hula dancer!)
It was a fun day. After work we went to see our friend Attie and then we were off to Larissa's (she took these pictures). I'm not normally a Halloween person but I think I really like having an excuse to dress up once a year :)
(Jenny, me, Dave, Dan, Steph, and Mike. Dave has a different costume on here than he wore on Halloween. He made an awesome zombie-type mask out of papier maché.)
And here I am again with my costume at Mike and Jamie's party.(Oct. 31, 2007)
Happy Halloween from Dave and Karen!
(Dave is Einstein and I am a hula dancer!)
It was a fun day. After work we went to see our friend Attie and then we were off to Larissa's (she took these pictures). I'm not normally a Halloween person but I think I really like having an excuse to dress up once a year :)
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