The L word

So I know that title got you thinking but really the l stands for LIST! You were thinking I was gonna post on that show didn't you...HA!

(Yeah, yeah. I know I'm the only one who fall's for that kind of thing, (sigh).)



In keeping with yesterday's list (drumroll please) Foods I hate.

1. Peanut butter. Yes I know that everyone else in the known world loves this foul paste but I'm not one of them! I loved it as a kid & my Mom thinks I like, OD'd on the stuff when my sisters were born. This was back in the day when mom's stayed in the hospital for at least 3 days so my Dad was in charge of feeding my 3 yo self. I'm sure you can get the picture - all pbj all the time.

2. Monster cookies. This goes along with #1. These are cookies which have a HUGE amount of #1 in them & to me they smell hideous. I used to hide in my room with a towel under the door to keep from gagging. Yes, I'm serious - I would actually gag!

3. Chipped beef on toast. Again, a food I loved as a kid but as an adult, ewwwwww!!

4. Liver & onions. I don't even need to comment on this one...yuck, yuck & double yuck! (although Chris loves the stuff - what is wrong with that man?)

5. Giblets. I hate heart, liver, pancreous, intestines & whatever other icky organs they can pull out of a bird. (Yes, I know pancreous & intestines aren't in there, but they might as well be ;) To this day my Mom hates my stuffing & I hate hers, nuff said.

6. Eggnog. Not technically a food but it is something ingestible that I can't stand. Of course, the rest of my family loves it...thankfully for me it's only around during the holidays.

7. Anything involving insects. Not likely to come by in the US - but wait...



I KNOW - Guh-ross!!

Toilets & disposals - urgh!

I needed my man today but alas, he was at work.
He used to be an apartment maintenance tech so he's very handy & can fix just about anything.
Me? Not so much. Actually not at all.
So our dumb toilet got clogged today, not once but twice. Technically this would not be considered a difficult thing to fix, but I have an aversion to anything gross. Not good in this situation which was indeed, very gross. But I sucked it up & fixed said toilet the required 2 times. A very important task as we only have 1 bathroom to serve our household of 5 people.
Then.
I was working on the dishes with the 'help' of the twins. The sink was full to the brim & they love to share the task of fight over rinsing the cups & bowls. We got done with that & Eli was turning the disposal on & off at my direction, when it made a different sound for a second & then stopped altogether. And the sink stopped draining. And started filling with water from the dishwasher.
Uh, oh!
My dishwasher was already running by that time & I couldn't stop it - we needed those dishes to use for lunch & dinner. (Did I mention that the sink had been full?) So I grabbed a plastic bucket & bailed out the sink when it got too full, crossing the house to the bathroom & emptying the icky water into the shower.
Fun.
Mr fixit called to tell me he's on his way home. I told him about the fun awaiting him. He asked me to describe what happened. Then tells me to feel under the disposal. Under it??? Ewwww! I do it and to my surprise it wasn't gross and there was a button that when pushed, presto, made the disposal work again. Mr fixit will put his hand IN the disposal later & clean it out (you will NOT see me doing that, I'm sure some kitchen gremlin will turn it on when my hand is down there) and we'll be good to go again.
From time to time I complain about him but...
Dang, I got me a great man!

Edited to add:
Forgot to mention the saucer my daughter broke in the kitchen.
And my oldest just clogged the toilet. Yes, AGAIN!

List -o- the day

Foods I love & the restaraunts in which I love them

1. Greek - spanikopita & dolmatas anyone? George's place, Kirkland WA & my new fave, The Pita Pit, Cheney, WA
2. Chinese - cashew prawns is my fave dish. Chan's place, Kirkland WA
3. Mexican - cheese & beans & tortillas & cheese & guacamole &...cheese! Mmmm good. Los Cabos, Cle Elum WA, Azteca, anywhere they've got one.

Short list today...but if I got in depth on this topic I'd never get it done!

Always check it out

One of my favorite bloggy mommas wrote an awesome post on something all parents need to know about...icky song lyrics.
Read her blog here, be aware & please protect your kids from those who wish to snatch away their innocence!

Too much stuff

Ok installment 2 of list-a-day.

I went to Costco & Safeway with the twins today & did not stick to my list...girrrr! I hate it when I do that - the extras from Costco are things I use frequently so they weren't so bad. Some of the stuff from Safeway however, were mostly crap I don't need. I had to pick up a prescription & it wasn't ready so I wandered around finding things I could, a'hem, use.

From Costco

1. Black olives

2. Canned mushrooms

3. Vitamin C (which I just discovered have sugar substitute in them, which I hate. I now have 500 of them to get through - wonderful!)

4. Bananas

5. Kleenex

From Safeway

1. Graham crackers

2. Mac & cheese

3. Tea

4. Whole wheat tortillas

5. Dog toy

6. Easter cookie cutters

7. 3 kids toothbrushes

8. Adhesive putty

9. Pencil erasers

10. People magazine - this one is totally embarrassing to me. I have a weakness for gossip rags, I love looking at the clothes & this issue has new baby pix in it. I don't care anything for the celebrity mommy but must see those pictures. I hate it when I give in to my desire, in principal I'm against them but now and then I just can't resist.

So there you go, my list of extras & unnecessary purchases.

A great daughter

I am not!

It was all planned. I was going to call Dad in the morning & have the kids sing him happy birthday. I did it for mom just 2 days ago, how could I get his wrong?
But I did & I have been doing it for years.
I simply cannot get it into my head that Dad's birthday is on March 2nd, not March 3rd. I even have it on the calandar.
I feel so bad!
Mom called tonight & said "well, get the kids together so they can sing to Grandpa."
Huh???
Oh crap I did it again.
(Sigh)
Good thing he loves me!

Happy Birthday Dad, I love you!!!

Cars

So bug tries again turned me on to this month of lists thing from this site. Well, it's really 12 months of topics but this month's topic is lists. So I'm going to join in although I'm already a day late. Hope this isn't too boring - I had to think of something that would be quick.



Car's I've owned



1. AMC Matador early 70's - this was really owned by my parents but I was the sole driver of it. It was poop brown (no, I'm not kidding!), ugggggly and a great first car. Dents? They just add character. I named it bbps (big brown piece of s***) & had great fun piling all my friends in & hanging out in my beast.



2. Chevy Citation ??- the worst car I've ever owned. This thing had so many problems, I hated it! It died every time you slowed down - at stop lights I had to put one foot on the brake & one on the gas to keep it from dying. It would also surge at inconvient times & you had to stand on the brake or it would take off on you. Then the hood wouldn't open...then it wouldn't close. Then the hood flipped up while I was on a highway...I'm sure you can imageine how much fun that was!



3. Honda Civic 1989 - this was my first good car. It was a hatchback that I got in 1991 & I had it for almost 10 years. I put a ton of miles on it & it was in at least 3 accidents but it kept on going like the energizer bunny. However, in the end it had lots of problems (go figure) and my mechanic thanked me when we finally got rid of it. To this day late 80's civics bring up feelings of nastolga in me.



4. Geo Metro 1996 - I inherited this when I married Chris. It was a gutless wonder & we were not sad to see it go!



5. Honda Accord 1996- good car, boring, dependable...my first 'grown up' car.



6. Dodge Caravan 2001 - this is the car I drive to this day. My parents bought it for us when we found out that we were having twins. The Accord would no longer cut it for us, we needed more room for the car seats. It's carried our family faithfully for the past 5 years & I love it still.



7. Big ole beater truck late 70's - My hubby bought this baby for hauling stuff. It didn't last us long, we had it less than a year & it died on us.



8. Chevey 3/4 ton pickup late 70's - big, loud manly truck. Similar to the above truck but in much better shape. We still have this but only use it when necessary - hideous mileage as you can imagine but much fun to drive out in the sticks.



9. Toyota Celica 1996 - This is a cheap commuter car for Chris. Worked great for almost a year. We had some work done on it then discovered it needed a new engine - poop! It's now sitting in the driveway waiting to be donated.



10. Chevy Caviler 2004 - Chris's new commuter car, gets great gas mileage, hooray!! However, I'm not crazy about having a car payment again - we've not had one for about 5 years. I guess it's the price you pay for a car that won't break down 9 months after you buy it. (knock on wood!!)



So there you go, all the car's I've owned. Now don't you feel like you've learned something? Yeah, not my most inspiring post by a long shot.