Domestic Geek

Man, I've got so much going on in my brain today that I can't concentrate. I hate it when I get like this because I get NOTHING done. It's a chore to make myself focus on one thing. *sigh*

The other day, Laura posted a pic of her shopping list for a meme she was doing. I'm rather proud of my Thanksgiving list, so I figured I'd share (click on image for bigger). Graphics used on the list were found at Graphic Garden. The great thing about keeping this list on my ol' computer is I don't have to strain the brain every year trying to remember what I need to get. I print it out, check my cupboards for stuff I already have, stick it on a clipboard and off to the store we go.

This year's shopping trek only took two hours and three stores. That even included walking around most the the new Walmart at I-70 and Tower Road to help Dad find a squeegee. It could've been done with two stores if either King Soopers or Walmart carried Kellogg's Stuffing. The only place that seems to carry that anymore are Super K. I hate shopping at Kmart with a passion, especially the one on Colfax/Chambers. There were some King Soopers listed on the product finder list. Last year I drove around to all of them hoping to find my elusive stuffing, but to no avail. I ended up at the Super K over on south Broadway. This year I wasn't going to drag Dad all around town and waste gas, so I suffered the Super K closest to my home. I thought I was screwed when I couldn't find it anywhere, nor could I find an employee to ask for assistance. As I was giving up and heading for the door, I found a small display in an aisle! Victory!

See, I make this really good shrimp stuffing that I think I found on the back of a stuffing box one year. I tried it one year with a different brand of stuffing and it just wasn't the same. It's got to be the seasonings they use or something. Thus the special trip every year. Anyway, I put the recipe in the extended just in case it every disappears from their web site. It is SO GOOD!

Well, I guess I better wrap this up and get going to the pizza job. I said I was going to make a pumpkin pie from scratch this year and I mean it! I've got a couple of pumpkins sitting on my dining room table that need to be cooked today so that I'll be ready to bake the pies tomorrow night. I'm going all Martha and even bought a tiny leaf cookie cutter to decorate the edge of the pie. If it turns out decent, I'll post pics.

Well, the lady who wanted to interview me called me this morning to inform me that she had already hired someone else. Damn! At least she had the decency to let me know that the position was no longer open. I hate waiting and waiting and never knowing if you're going to get the job or if they had already filled it.

It's coming up on that time of year, so if anybody is wondering what to get me for Christmas, this is what I want:

anything on my Amazon wishlist in the sidebar -->
Michaels or Hobby Lobby gift cards

I plan on taking an oil painting class in the new year. The next one starts January 14, 2006. It's part of the nurture my inner child/artist plan. I have been wanting to take the oil painting class offered by Aurora Parks and Rec for over two years and I always talk myself out of it because, in addition to the $59 the class costs, the supplies are another $100. So, that's what I want for Christmas.

Sorry for being absent the last week. Between the job loss and the crap at the pizza place, I've been really depressed. Even though I hated the manager's guts and am not really sorry that he killed himself (just shocked that he actually did it), the workplace has been a little stressful. The power struggles and backstabbing resumed the day after we all found out about it. Top it off with the fact they kept closing the store resulting in a $200 loss in income for me last week. I've felt like being a hermit and hiding from the world. I've been wearing the same clothes all week (t-shirt and sweatpants) and eating everything in sight. The weather has been crappy and I've been doing a lot of sitting on the couch watching mindless television. I'm starting to see holiday commercials and it sucks once again not having the funds to really "go all out." I'm still feeling positive that things will be better after all this, but sometimes you just need to feel bad. Especially during one of the worst astrological periods in a long time. Several retrogrades hit this month. Marcus calls astrology crap, but after some stuff that's happened to him this month, he may be wavering on that belief.

I may have an interview tomorrow for a part-time job. Part-time is better than no job at all. I keep playing phone tag with the lady that placed the ad on craigslist. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I found out that the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is going to be in town next week. I really wanted to go the next time they came through, but I don't have spare cash right now and I can't find anybody giving away tickets. Booooooo!

Well, I'd better post this and go back to watching the news. The Aurora police announced that the little six-year-old girl they've been searching for the last three days, Aarone Thompson, may indeed have been murdered over a year ago. That's so sad and sick that the dad comes up with this bogus runaway story. They whole story didn't smell right from day one. I guess that explains why they didn't have a more recent photo of her than the one that was 18 months old.