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Hey look, I’m on the internet again.

We did poorly last week, but tonight we took third place out of sixteen! Yeaaaaaaaa. We left before posing for a picture. I was pleased to figure out that 80s cartoon villain Phyllis Pizazz Gabor is from . . . . . . . Jem! It would have been a shame to miss that one.

That’s funny, after posting my skirt (below) I noticed that I never put up my curtain pictures! Voila.

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How do you like the skirt I made out of my Ikea curtain fabric? It was a great three hour project. Last Friday Miranda called me up to accompany her on some shopping. Afterwards we had leftover chili at my house and got Zaley to show off her laugh.

Here are the new decals we got for our gadgets. I love my purple dots! I finally got my old ringtone running and got an ebook reader for the scriptures.

I made these peanut butter and chocolate oat crumbles last week. They deserve 7/10. Easy to make, fairly tasty, healthy oats…but they were not spectacular. Sort of blah. And they are super crumbly, leaving messes all over. I might make them again, but I would not reserve the base crumble for the topping – I’d put it all on the base. Then I’d put more chocolate on the peanut butter-condensed milk layer and smear the melted chocolate around, like on my mom’s peanut butter bars. Here’s the recipe if you want to give them a try.

Things are going to be boring this week. My folks are out of the country so there isn’t any dictation for me to transcribe. I’m slowly reading a book on how to create websites. I might work on theirs a bit. I have my second hepatitis shot tomorrow and I made a dentist appointment for Wednesday. Tuesday we’re going to see Ben’s cousin’s jazz band perform. I’m excited to see his family again – it’s been months, maybe more than a year since we all got together.

On the school front, I’m down to two weeks. That’s also the estimated time when Regis said they would be sending us our schedules. Nothing so far today. I need to go to campus to get a medical terminology book to take their pre-requisite quiz (that they just sent out Friday. Gargh. Why can’t they give us more warning for anything??). This morning I matched codes on my tuition invoice to the bookstore book search and I think I have a list of the books for my first term. Before tax the estimated total is $889. Criminy. And that doesn’t include lab tools, scrubs, shoes, the required PDA software, or my stethoscope. I’m so glad I have supportive parents who are willing to help me get all the education I want.

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ghost dogs, originally uploaded by Ben Mason.

We hiked up Green Mountain at dusk on Friday to take long exposure pictures. I really like how this one turned out. Click the links above to see more of Ben’s photos from the night safari.

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Brian playing tennis, originally uploaded by Ben Mason.

Ben organized a Game Day for Saturday to celebrate his 10,000 gamer score on xbox. Costumes were encouraged, but we took them off for most of the day so we could play outdoors. We had tennis, frisbee with the dogs, and a rousing game of kickball! I’m sore in all kinds of places 🙂 In the late afternoon we ate and played indoor games. I barbecued burgers and brats, and served carrot sticks, chips, and angelfood cake with strawberries. More pictures from the day are on Ben’s site.

What a cool idea! People post pictures of themselves imitating old pictures of themselves. I hate to repost something that boingboing linked to, but this is really fun to look at.

Kind of makes me wish I had cable.

I love to watch the snow.
I love knitting turtles.
I love peanut butter.
I love ranunculus.

I ordered a vinyl decal from this site for my BB today. Choutte, non? I had to restrain myself from getting ipod and laptop decals too. I also got a clear acrylic case for my phone. I dropped it the other day and the back panel came off. No harm done, but it made me realize that I need some protection.

I ate at Jack in the Box for the second time. Once again I got an upset stomach. It was tasty during the moment. Isn’t that true for a lot of life?

This afternoon we unearthed the tennis rackets from my trunk and played a few games at Morse Park with Brian. My skills are severely lacking. Frequently I outright miss the ball, whiffing my racket 10 inches above or below while it whizzes by. Traditionally I’ve blamed this on my missing depth perception (I have good vision in just one eye, so without glasses I rely on that one. This renders the world in 2D). But I shouldn’t be THAT bad. Today I came up with a new reason – I never played ball sports growing up. No softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, or anything. A little volleyball during one semester of gym in middle school, and a little four-square in elementary school at recess. Do you think that missing out on those sports left me with terrible hand-eye coordination? It was very pleasant playing, even if I only won 1 game.

We tried a new restaurant in the hip Highlands neighborhood (where the party in front of you are wearing leather and cashmere and has a Louis Vuitton diaper bag for their toddler). Big Hoss BBQ totally hit the spot for Ben, Brian, and myself. Warm, spicy pork and beef with delicious baked beans, potatoes, and rolls. We will definitely be returning the next time we want barbeque. We even bought a bottle of their “balanced but aggressive” sauce to slather on our home grilled dinners this week.

I finished my sweater vest a while ago but haven’t taken a picture yet. Did I already mention this? I can’t remember. I’m pleased with how it turned out. It’s not perfect, there are definitely changes I would make if I were doing this again. But it taught me some skills for determining fit and construction of larger garments. I’m excited to try another big project. Alas, the weather is turning warm. I’m knitting washcloths right now, and I have a couple sewing projects. Knitting with wool will have to wait for the fall.

I don’t want to sound negative all the time, but often I forget to post when things are going well. Remember that long list of things that were broken I wrote in January?

• upstairs toilet – My repair job is holding, although the flush is a bit weak.
• Ben’s watchband – Fixed
• my engagement ring prongs – Will fix when we get the economic stimulus rebate.
• my macbook keyboard – Spontaneously fixed. It hasn’t acted up since January.
• sewing machine – Fixed. Sounds like a dream.
• Ben’s uvula – Shrunk back to normal within a couple days.
• my ipod – Never fixed, but now I have a Nano!!
• Jem’s eyes – She occasionally has eye boogers, but the redness and itchy irritation has been gone for weeks.

Also I took Molly to the vet today. She was examined and is perfectly healthy, except for a pulse of 240(!) because she was so scared. She got her vaccines for rabies and distemper so we don’t have to go back for three years.

Last night I figured out how to sync my blackberry with my mac. Like all the forums say, pocketmac (the free software for linking them) is pretty terrible. It stalled repeatedly. After noodling around for a good hour I figured out that if I sync each application one by one it will work. Good enough for me! Next I need to find a good ringtone or acquire my old Mario tone again. Then maybe transfer some photos and look for free third party apps.

I’m 3/3 for exercising in the morning this week! I registered for the Adult Ballet class at the Arvada Center again and attended last night. I’m not sure I’ll be able to attend all 12 weeks, what with school starting in May. But Ben pointed out that I did dance last spring when I was working AND taking classes in Microbiology and Anatomy. So I can probably find time. Just to be sure, I’m going to try to go twice/week this month so if I miss some in May and June they will already be made-up. If I don’t miss and run out of classes I can pay the drop-in rate.

I made a delicious fritatta for dinner last night. It has beer brats (casing removed), red peppers, and onions. I love eating it with cold ketchup. Tonight I’m going to try making home made mayonnaise to accompany artichokes. I’m also going to make a lovely marinara with red wine and basil and meatballs. Mmmm.