Domestic Geek

So, we're getting our first real snow of the season today here in Denver. Brrrrr. I stopped stalling and went to the grocery store to get chili fixins for dinner. Mmmmm-yummay! When I become among the employed, I'm going to start utilizing King Sooper's home delivery again. I HATE GROCERY SHOPPING WITH A PASSION! I always forget something I needed way over on the other side of the store, everybody is standing right in front of where I need to be, checkers with a line a mile long wanting to make small talk instead of ringing up my groceries...ugh! Marcus and I used to make a list of what meals we were going to have for the week, we'd add things to the shopping list as we thought of them and a couple of days before we needed them, we'd set up a delivery. The delivery driver brings all of the stuff in, it's bagged pretty well (none of this one item to a bag nonsense) and the shelves were stocked without having to deal with crowds of people. It cuts down on impulse spending, too. Those cookies can't call to you if you're not looking at them.

I check out Jenna Fischer's (aka Pam from The Office) myspace page once in awhile. Her cousin-in-law has invented a cool product I'd like to get called the Cupcake Courier. The price tag of $32.99 plus s/h is a little steep, but the thing holds 36 cupcakes or muffins and you won't smash the frosting or get the cupcakes all stuck to each other. One of the reasons I rarely make cupcakes anymore is because there is no good way to store them. When I'm rolling in money again, I'll definitely check this one out.

I read a Sneaky Sugars article on Discovery Health earlier this week that talked about the incredible amounts of sugar in our diets. It said that 7 grams of sugar (on the nutrition label) is approximately 1 Tablespoon! Not small t teaspoon, but large T Tablespoon. I was appalled. Out of curiosity, I looked at the label of the Dannon Frusion I've been buying for breakfast lately (thinking it was healthy). One little 10 oz. bottle of mixed berry flavor had 48 grams of sugar—almost 7 tablespoons! Don't even get me started that part of that sugar was High Fructose Corn Syrup. No wonder I don't lose weight. Then people have the audacity to wonder why our society is so overweight. I'm making a concerted effort to rid my diet of as much processed sugars as possible. I'll still have an occasional Starbucks or a coke for a treat, but no more white sugar in my tea, no more processed beverages daily, no more!

Today is the last day that The Tattered Cover Bookstore will be open in Cherry Creek. I'm heading over there to have one last wander around. It's kind of sad since it's been there so long, but at the same time, maybe i'll go more often now that it will be somewhere that has close free parking. Now I have to park in the Cherry Creek mall's parking garage or park in one of the neighborhoods several blocks away and walk over. I hope it's not overly busy, but I'm afraid it will be. I'll kick myself if I don't at least give it a try, though.

I saw the coolest little gadget over at ljcfyi and had to make note of it here so that when I have money again, I can get one.



It's called a Butter Boy. Marcus is always having the darnest time buttering corn, so this would be really cool! He'd really like it because it's a little freakish, too.

So, yesterday my boss gives everyone in the office these Bono's Bucks to be used at Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q restaurant. The only one in Denver is at Dry Creek & I-25. The problem was they were photocopies and cut really weird. We were all afraid to use them. Well, the opportunity to have free ribs overcame my doubt as to the vailidity of the documents, so I stopped and to get some grub on the way home from work. Fortunately, the certificates were legit. It was actually quite good. They had fried okra, which, amazingly enough, Marcus actually really likes. I still have another certificate, so I'll have to do that again sometime next week.