Kate’s World

This is my first ever review of a Bordeaux.

I liked the nose.  It was like sweet grapes and a touch of wood.

I drank it with pasta, coffee, and red sauce with mushrooms and spinach.  It would be great for a secondary drink.  It was slightly weak with very, very light tannins.  It’s a good drink to have for company if you have something sweet with it or hot and spicy.

The flavor has a wet autumn leaf taste to it.  Once  you get the taste in your mouth, that’s what it tastes like.

I like it actually, but I did a lot of walking today and it was hot.  I can still have a glass of wine and not turn my stomach.  So this went perfect.  For weak foods though, this would be bad.

Doing dishes, washing my coffee cup for tomorrow.  Putting stuff away.  The place is still full of boxes.  I have less shit than I started with.

I have more work stuff.  I have my own room at work.  Woo hoo! No more co-teachering.

The apartment is nice, nice and quiet.  My baby is used to being left alone instead of having somebody with her.  We live in a pretty quiet area.  She whines a little bit.  I haven’t gotten any complaints, so that’s pretty good for her.  For her breed, that’s pretty good because they’re very emotional.  Nice dogs, but co-dependent.

Happy HNT!

Love,

Kate

Moved in.  Got cable internet, not cable TV because I don’t watch TV besides movies and the library and that Redbox.  Dog was walked 3 times today.

Now, putting away dishes.  My own dishes.  If you ever have a roommate, mark your shit.  Or else you’ll have less than  you came with.  Shit gets broken, or it accidentally disappears.

Yard sales are a good thing.  I don’t have to buy anything.  I got free stuff.  I got some nice Asian tea glasses.  I got a chair I bought.  Free silverware.  Don’t have to buy that.  Two pictures.  Some nice stuff.  I bought a bookcase and it’s almost full.  I read a lot.  I didn’t know that.  I have a lot of music and a lot of DVDs so that’s why I don’t need cable.

Still unpacking so no pictures yet.  I’ll have one for HNT though.  I got ideas for HNT already.  If anyone knows the theme, stop by and tell me.

I’m selling my Citibank stock.  I just can’t hold it if it’s just going to drop.  I’ve lost so much money on it and they’re cutting the dividends.  They have to take care of what they can.  People shorted them.

I know they have to take care of business, but I have to take care of business.  They’re a good bank for the long term, but right now, I have to let them go.  I’m going to buy ING Direct with the money from Citibank because they’re stronger.

Right now burning some CDs from the library.  They’re just for me.  Have to use the laptop because my tower’s DVD drive is getting old.

right now my dog is not letting me read a book or type anything.  She’s doing that I needy thing.  It’s like, you saw me this morning.

I’m going to do an HNT next week.  My glasses are ready.  I’ll do an HNT with my new glasses and my new place.  I thought I was going to pay an ouch’ing price but my insurance covered a lot of it.  My old ones costed $325.  But these ones were under $150 with insurance.  That was a big score.

I figured out what I was going to learn new this year.  I want to learn Art History, and a new art technique.  I know about art, but not the history, the periods of the art that I like.  That’s my thing I’m going to learn this year.  next year, it will be periods of music, or a different culture of cooking.  When I say cooking, I mean desserts to entrees.

I had something to say but forgot what it was. I think it’s all the smoke in the air and ash. California is on fire right now. There are 800 and something fires going on last time I checked and I don’t know if they got any of those under control. And I’m stuck in the middle. We got both Northern and Southern being burnt. I knew we didn’t get enough water this year.

I didn’t take any drugs today.  Nothing to block anything because I know it’s not good for my liver.  I was taking a lot of allergy medicines before.

No HNT this week. Still in the process of moving. Have a slow connection because my roommate is hogging the connection. He’s hogging it so much that his computer got fried.

Don’t worry, there will be an HNT next week when I’m in my new place.

1. Do you believe anyone truly likes their job? If so, why?

Yeah.  I met a lot of people who truly do.  Most of those people are actually happy campers and enjoy life.  They’re not stress cases.  Me, I’m like go with the flow type of person.

2. Do you 1) live to work or 2) work to live 3) not see a difference?

I work so I could eat.

3. How many hours do you work a week?

40 at the job, and another 20 away from the job preparing.  About 60 if you put it all together.

4. What was your safety item (i.e. blankie) from when you were little?

What safety item? My child life was not safe.  It was not stable.  I have a safety item as an adult, but not as a child.  My dog is my safety item.

5. Have you ever used food during sex?

Does ice cream count?

Bonus (as in optional):What is your guilty food pleasure?

Sweets.  I love sweets.  That’s why I’m going to the dentist in August.

Double Bonus from our inquisitors (still optional): “We are looking for suggestions. . . If someone asked for your suggestions for a butt worshiping evening (an evening devoted to butt attention), what would you suggest?”

Tight panties, low cut dress.  Or tight jeans and no panties.

Well, sorry I haven’t been posting.  I haven’t had an internet connection or a safe place to post.

I’m seeing the eye doctor today.  I’m going on my list - the list of things to do for me this year.  I just have eight days until I move into my own place.  I won’t have to worry about someone downloading 5 gigs of stuff and hogging the server.

Vacation’s going well.

I got a place and in the new place on the 28th! Yay!

I’m still hanging out and packing.  Just bought some tape.  Went to the library and got a bunch of books.

They take dogs and I’m close to a park.  I’m close to everything, and don’t have to worry about my library books being late.  I’m going to ride a bike to work and hopefully can find a bike rack for it.

Appetizer

Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?

Optimist

Soup

What is your favorite color of ink to write with?

Purple

Salad

How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them?

Lack of money. I do it myself. I haven’t had a salon in over three years. So you could tell where my money is going - to my IRA.

Main Course

Have you ever won anything online? If so, what was it?

No.

Dessert

In which room in your house do you keep your home computer?

My bedroom, but that will change. I have a place! I just have to move on in on the 28th.

1. What was I doing ten years ago? Getting my head out of my ass.

2. What are five things on my list to do today?

Eat right

Drink plenty of water

put sunscreen on

exercise

cut down on salt

3. Snacks I enjoy? Does coffee count? Went out for coffee and I had a Chai Latte Large and a Almond Mocha Cheesecake with a chocolate cake bottom

4. Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire? If I were a billionaire, I’d give more to our Vets and make sure our food banks were full. That’s what I would do. One last thing I would do - I’d make sure no American child goes hungry because I know there are children out there that are hungry. They get breakfast and lunch at school but don’t get a dinner. I was one of them.

5. Three of my bad habits?

Being an angry morning person, especially if I don’t get good sleep.

I’m an uptight person about bad drivers.

I hate people who have their shopping cart and they sit in the damn aisle and don’t go anywhere. That includes people on the sidewalk.

6. Five places I have lived?

The town of Lodi, California

Needles, California

Hollywood, California

Jackson, Mississippi

Seattle, Washington

7. Five jobs I’ve had?

Certified Nasty Ass Cleaner/CNA

Bowling Attendant which actually equals day care worker

Webcam Girl

Worked in a Commissary in the produce department

Preschool Teacher

8. How did you name your blog? My first name

I tag 24 Crayons, Vixen, and Flying Fox.