1. The Sassy Pants:
Because I AM ALL ABOUT THE BLOGGY SACRIFICE, people, I snapped a picture at an incredibly awkward angle right before choir practice the other night, even though others must have thought me to be slightly insane. What with me taking a picture of my pants leg and all.
And seriously: aren’t they sassy?
2. The Wri- Thing: Yeah, you know, whatever. Emailed one person with “connections.” Doubted myself seven hundred and sixty one times. Regretted emailing connected person and felt very presumptuous. Received two firm but loving and encouraging “talking-tos” from Daph and Laura re: wri- confidence. Vowed to be more proactive. Realized wri- confidence is a helpful prerequisite for “proactivity.” Praying about that. A lot.
Also: overusing “quotations.” “A lot.”
3. I’ve gotten several sweet emails over the last month from people asking if I mind if they plan some sort of “tour” for their blog. I think people probably don’t want to use the tour idea without my permission, which is really kind and thoughtful but TOTALLY unnecessary.
So let me just say this: if you want to plan a Tour of Faucets, a Tour of Master Bathrooms With Double Sinks, a Tour of Basements, whatever – HAVE AT IT. :-) Seriously. I would’ve never done Tour of Homes if Shannon and Carol hadn’t suggested it to me, so feel free to TOUR IT UP on your own blogs if you want.
Which reminds me: I’m waivering about doing the Christmas Tour of Homes, because I think that people could probably use a break from Bloggity Extravaganzas that involve me (like I told Chilihead: since I’m sort of sick of me, I can’t imagine that everyone else isn’t, too). I’ll try to decide something for sure in the next few weeks. I guess I’m sort of wondering if it wouldn’t be one more obligation for people during an already busy time of year? I’d love your feedback….
4. D’s going out of town in a couple of weeks. I’m relaying this information because a) I want prowlers to have plenty of advance notice and b) I want to make an announcement.
So here it is: I’m going to TRY to watch this thing they call “Grey’s Anatomy” while he’s gone. Yep, I’m gonna jump right up on the bandwagon even though it goes against my longstanding no-bandwagon-jumping TV watching principle. HAPPY, DAPHNE AND ADDIE?
5. And in the completely unrelated department (not that this post is the model of narrative coherence or anything): is it possible to freeze salsa? If so, in what kind of container?
Thank you for your time. Have a lovely weekend.
Hmm, not sure about the salsa, but since you can freeze pesto, and they’re about the same consistency, maybe salsa is okay?
So what are those TV viewing principles?
And those pants looks a tad-bit familiar:)
Them are “Sassy”! Can totally see why you would wear them, even if it does “require unbuttoning and folding down”.
Resist the urge to wrap your self in TV! You Can Do It! You should get in on the Fall into Reading Challenge instead…
I wasn’t going to participate in the Christmas Tour of Homes for that very reason. Too busy.
Yeah, I’m sick of you too. =)
Freezing salsa–ziploc bag or plastic container. The peppers get a little mushy, but otherwise it works.
Randi at I Have to Say… blogged about making and freezing salsa. She says it works fine.
I think you should definitely do a Christmas Open House. It’ll be huge. No one is sick of you except you. ;)
Sassy pants–thumbs up.
BooMama wri–absolutely thumbs up.
Grey’s Anatomy–indifferent, never watched it.
Holiday tour–not for me, don’t decorate much, especially outside.
Freezing salsa–I don’t care for it much after it’s frozen. It’s runny and changes the texture of the veggies too much. Just my opinion. Lots of people are perfectly happy with their frozen salsa. To each his own. Try a little bit in a small plastic bowl, full to the top. Don’t leave any room on top for ice crystals to form. Get it as full as possible. You might like it fine that way.
Have a sassy weekend, BooMama. ;-)
Personally, frozen salsa lacks the crunch and punch I like in my salsa. But when I have frozen it I’ve used ziplock baggies.
And about Grey’s Anatomy…PLEASE just give it test drive… :) You don’t have be become addicted or hooked or leave behind other priorities! Just decide to do your nails while watching and it will still be productive… LOL
Tonight they’re replaying last night’s Grey’s Anatomy episode! yay!
http://abc.go.com/primetime/greysanatomy/index
Unless it’s too much for your schedule, please do the Christmas Tour of Homes! If people don’t ahve time to participate, they can just enjoy clicking their way through other people’s homes. I think you would still have a good group participate – including me. I love Christmas, and I love decorating, and I love to show off my decorations! And of course, see everyone else’s ideas too!
right! tour of faucets sounds right up my alley.
and I do love your sassiness, it seems to match your background image
“stumbled” across your blog randomly the other day….and love it! :)
1. LOVE THE PANTS.
Under the category of “still giggling about it even two days later”…the second a-hem in capital letters on the original pants post.
3. I don’t know why anyone would feel obligated to do the Christmas tour; if they don’t want to, they don’t have to. I don’t think anyone’s sick of you, so I would say do it. Unless, you know, you don’t want to. I meant to suggest, and never did, that people could write about their fav holiday traditions with that.
5. I don’t know why not. and airtight, as usual.
the pants match your blog. i love them!!!
Um, those pants aren’t sassy…
they are SUPER SASSY!!! Love them!
:)
I have turned into a BooMama junkie, I must confess. I check your blog several times a day to see if anything new is on here and to see any new comments. Wait…does that make me a junkie or a stalker. Or (YIKES!), both!
So of course I’m not sick of you!
Have a great weekend!
I agree with well everyone, the pants are very sassy. I am gonna wear sassy one day!!
Ok no one in the whole bloggy world is sick of you! It wouldnt even be bloggy fun if you werent in it.
Just don’t get pregnant and leave like a couple of my favorite bloggers did!!
Please do the tour of homes for christmas, if peeps are to busy they dont have to participate at all. It will be so cheery. I wanna see some snow in the tour!!!! I was hoping to glimpse some snow.
Very sassy pants :)
I’m about to give Grey’s Anatomy a try as well. Heaven help us if we *gasp* don’t like it. :)
You are too cute; you write extremely well; and I am not sick of reading your blogs at all. In fact, it was reading your posts that sort of encouraged me to try myself.
According to my 83 year old mother, you can freeze anything!!(not real sure about that).
You have a lovely weekend too.
Look at that Diane knowin’ just what to do with Salsa!
I’m with Sarah, I want to know what your TV watching principles really are. OK, well now I’m nervous that your gonna watch and think it doesn’t live up to the hype. hmmm.
And might I add, that I can’t believe I forgot to mention the wetting your pets in the previous post! (I think I got to caught up in my evangelizing.) That cracked me up. Just the image. And you know the only way I have that image is because I have found myself once or twice running quickly to the bathroom amidst peals of laughter.
(BTW thanks for the heads up on D’s absence! That’ll give Robin and I plenty of time to get our thieving group ready.)
Please call me after you watch it. I want your immediate reaction. (Even if you hate it; although I can’t possible imagine why.)
Love the sassy pants. I own a few pair myself.
OH! Are those the pants that inspired your blog wallpaper? Or did you already mention that and I am going to look like a complete goob now?
No – I had some equally obnoxious though slightly different pants that inspired the blog wallpaper. But obviously I’m partial to pink, green and brown. :-)
Greys Anatomy=instant addiction. WATCH IT! Pants – adorable. Salsa, heck if I know. We eat it too fast to freeze it….
I think the reason I love your sassy pants so much is because I own a very sassy jacket in the EXACT same fabric!!!
use those disposable ziploc platic containers – the round ones with the snap tops and fill ’em up as far as you can. works like a charm
love the sassy pants.
You’re silly. No one’s sick of you. Are you kidding? Yeah, you’re kidding. Right?
I’m one of the last holdouts re Grey’s Anatomy too. But I have to tell you, I watched last season’s closer Wednesday, this season’s premiere last night and I am totally addicted. That fast.
I’m never sick of your posts and I’m so glad you showed the sassy pants. They are quite fun! I have some swirly black, green and purple ones, but they are front and back.
You already found out that freezing salsa is fine, You can always supplement when you thaw it if you don’t like the texture.
The Christmas Tour….I’m on the fence. I don’t like to commit to something and not do it, but things are hectic and we might not get decorated in time to participate. I’d show my door, tree and mantle, but that might be all we get decorated.
I will send you my Grey’s Anatomy Season 1 & 2 DVD’s to help you form your new addiction.
Those Mamas in their Members Only jackets have nothing on you in those SASSY pants. :)
Boo Mama,
o.k. what is the wri thing? I missed something, didn’t I????
I like the sassy pants, they match your wallpaper!
and I stood on a chair in a coffee shop today to take a picute of our table with our books spread out over it and our coffee/chai cups…for my blog…didn’t stop to care what people thought of the stange mom taking photos of a table…
so I understand about the pant-leg photo. very well executed I must say.
Jenny in Ca
1. Bloglines are for people who get sick of things…just read something else for a while until you are “in the mood” for any bloggy flavor, then hop on over. I think it’s like eating out.
2. Holiday Tour. Yeah. Very cool.
3. Wri- Can I publish you? Dang. You are such a refreshing person to read…
oh, wait, I don’t own a publishing company. you can guest publish on my blog and I will pay you something…then, you’ve been “published”. I get a whole say 200 hits a day. Hey…that does it for me! :-)
4. I like lists.
5. Lists are no good for comments, it gets way too long.
6. I love comments on my blog.
7. Begging for comments doesn’t usually work.
8. Why are so many men reading my blog lately…last year, all women, this year all men? I must have gotten better.
Anyway…
9. A list that doesn’t go to 10 is very un-David Lettermen.
10. I don’t really David Lettermen…or any TV show well enough to overtake our one TV. And if I ever watch a series, it will be by purchasing the DVD set so that I can avoid the miles of commercials I CANNOT TOLERATE! Ugggh.
All done.
I don’t think freezing salsa is a good idea. I think tomatoes get mushy. But, like someone said, you can probably just add some fresh ingredients when you thaw it out.
Ok, I don’t even know Addie, but I know you like her, so can I make fun of something she wrote? She accidentally wrote that you “wet your pets” instead of “pants.” I have a great visual of you in your (very cute) sassy pants standing over Maggie and ? and “wetting them.” Addie, please know that I could very easily type the same thing – it was just the visual it conjured up! :) Thanks for the laugh.
AWWWWW, Liz, I miss you.
We’re sitting here with Alex, Melissa H., and Bryce’s little girl Walton…the house is VERY lively tonight. Scott and Rose have some shindig at a resort here. We have all the kids.
And you and Addie would hit it off. Her personality reminds me a whole, whole bunch of yours.
My. I think the pants match your template a little. Very sassy indeed. And, I will say again, go for the writing thing!!! That sounded very professional and eloquent and pertty, and all, didn’t it?
Love Love the oh so Sassy pants!!! Bet your shoes are sassy too!!!
I like the sassy pants. They are the type of clothing item that I like and want to wear, but always chicken out about at the last minute and buy another pair of black pants.
PLEASE let me know if you find out about the salsa thing… make it a Public Service Announcement or something!
I have also turned into a BooMama junkie/stalker. I come here many times a day to see what bloggity nuggets of insight you have posted – (in fact, please don’t look at the time stamp on this comment… it is much to late for me to be on this computer)
My mom hears me talking about your posts a-l-l the time and she’s like “oh, is this one of your friends dear?” “No, mom. She doesn’t know me. I’m just her stalker.” ;)
Blessings, Karla
I love the photo of the pants! Thanks for sharing.
have no idea about the salsa – good question.
we are never sick of you girl!
Salsa…. I have no idea. The tour of homes…I would love to do it. I dont think anyone is sick of you..I’m certainly not. I just dont comment that much because I know you get som many comments and its hard to read so many.
Loved your pants…go girl.
Jen
Haven’t commented in a while, but love your blog and never get sick of you! I say go for the Christmas tour of homes. Most people decorate a tree and that would be fun to share. No need for everyone to feel they have to stress over decorating and go all out to impress each other in the blogging world! Maybe that’s what you’re wanting to prevent? Personally, my favorites are trees decorated by children!
Oh, and Grey’s Anatomy? Heard of the craze, but still haven’t succumbed to it. So sorry your “friends” have peer-pressured you into it! :-)
LIZ!!! LIZ!!!
OH MY WORD!!!
I was just skimming through the comments on a quiet Saturday and saw my name. I’m laughing so hard at my goof! I can’t believe I wrote Pets!
(So do the dogs run for cover now whenever Merritt calls?) ;-)
Thanks for the giggle Liz! :D
Freeze salsa in ziplock bags. When it thaws, dump it into a jar and stick in the fridge. Es la verdad!
If someone wants to do the “tour” and has time, let ’em do it. If they don’t have time, they shouldn’t do it. It didn’t take me any time at all to get off the plane, toss the suitcases into the appropriate rooms, pull the camera out of my take-on bag, snap the photos and post ’em for the Tour of Homes. If my house was a train wreck when I got back from Seattle, I might not have participated, however.
The pants are very you! I’d enjoy being in the congregation knowing you had those on under your choir robe. Hah!
LOVE the sassy pants. I could sort of picture them in my mind, but they are so much better in the pic. A friend of mine has some similar to that.
Definitely jump on the Grey’s Anatomy bandwagon! If it didn’t come on so late last season, I would have seen it more often. As it is, I would stay up every couple of weeks to get my fix. I love it! It is that good. I’m glad it will be on earlier this year!
I hope you enjoy Grey’s Anatomy, it really is a great show! I hope you have a lovely weekend too!
Freeze salsa? Isn’t that like an oxymoron or something? :)
xo,
I like the phrase, “sassy pants”. I don’t think I could pull them off but I’d love to be able to wear something and call it “sassy”.
My hubby has frozen homemade salsa once before and it’s VERY VERY watery and looses its flavour.
I started watching Grey’s Anatomy late in the game last season and loved it but I was disappointed with the season premiere. Maybe it’ll get better…
Hope you didn’t pee in the sassy pants.
Oh please do the Christmas Open House! It will be huge!!
I Googled “freezing salsa” and there are some sites on this subject.
The Dogs just won!!!!!! FINALLY!
On the sassy pants, I say, YOU ARE THE SASSY QUEEN. You should change the name of your blog to Sassy Mama.
And yes, yes, DO the tour of homes. You may be sick of yourself, but the rest of us are most definitely not (sick of YOU, that is; I’m completely sick of MYSELF)…
I watched Gray’s for 15 minutes once. In it: some couple hooked up, did the dirty, broke up, she found out she was pregnant, miscarried the baby, he found out, got back together with her and did the dirty again. Another couple: got together, his wife appeared, broke up, found out that was his EX, got back together, EX wanted man back, man went back, then back to girlfriend, then back to EX, then back to girlfriend. That show moves so freakin’ fast, it didn’t seem to matter that I never watched it before. I’m sure a lot more happened, but my mind was still back on the fact that the one couple did the dirty. It took me two days to process the rest. No wonder people like the re-runs.
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I made your onion dip last night that you posted as a WFMW about a month ago. I copied the recipe down and made it for my parents and BIL last night (Husband refused to taste it, as he hates onions and cheese). It went down well! So thankyou very much!
I love the sassy pants. I am please you posted a photo as I was very curious!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE do the Christmas tour of homes. I loved the original tour of homes, and have been counting off the days until Dec 15th to do the next tour!
I’m not sick of you, I’ve MISSED YOU! Wish now that I had been checking in more often. ;)