Oh, and Two Things From Work

1. I used the phrase "Come now, Sir!" in indignation.

There's a first for everything.

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2. I learned that "shellfish" actually stands for ALL fish encased in a shell. It isn't, for those of you still under the impression, a specific water animal called Shellfish.

Makes sense... cause I kept thinking, it must be a pretty good tasting fish, if there are so many restaurants serving it and yet, it seems, even more people with an allergy. Quite a celebrity, this Shellfish.

Of course, I was informed that this previous sentiment was a direct correlation to my being blonde, to which I offered the explanation that, though brunette, I don't always connect the dots so well.


In other news, today was my Friday. Yeah, for early weekends!

For This Week's: "Googling: with Lynn and Molly"

After watching Tangled (Disney really hit the ball out of the park with this one) last night, Lynn and Molly and I proceeded to google the art of floating sky lanterns... which we will endeavor to construct and release on the morrow, if all items can be obtained, and Molly doesn't work.
Speaking of, tomorrow also happens to be the start of the Sand Castle Weekend here in Cannon Beach which should prove to be a test: what will win out - my love for all things beach, or my claustrophobia? I've heard upwards of 20,000 tourists descend.I think the beach is going to win. As you can see, it's not necessarily just castles being built. I don't think I can resist. Not if there are sand dragons. Who knows, maybe some one will build a sand raptor... please oh please!

Okay, okay. Back to what I was originally talking about. (You're asking, was she really talking about anything...)
Googling.
With Lynn and Molly. Hence the title.

Learned about two new animals last night.
Chinchilla. Now, I've heard about this guy, but never actually seen him. He's a fat mouse.
And. I. Like. Him.
Annnnnnd the Sugar Glider.If they would've asked me, I would've said "Ninja Glider" instead. Too bad for them.

Tune in next time for "Googling: with Lynn and Molly"... we may just come across some more such gems.

Chicken is as Chicken Does - A Fanciful yet Frivolous Posting

So, as some of you may know, I have a difficult time cooking meat.

Okay, okay. Let's just say I don't. Cook meat, that is. Oh, I eat meat. (I knew you were thinking that.) I just worry about cooking it.

Going to Costco the other weekend with my sister was a real motivator in overcoming this difficulty of mine. I. Bought. Chicken.

Problem is, haven't gotten the nerve yet. It almost came tonight. But upon arriving home after a long day at work, with a sniffle and a slight sore throat, I conjectured that the possibility of me actually wanting to eat the chicken after cooking it was less than probable, I opted for soup instead. A nice, simple, easy can of soup. Yum.

It was Vegetarian Vegetable (redundant much?), ironically.

But I promise. I love meat.

One of these days. And you can bet your bonnet there'll be pictures.

As promised...

They call it the Mansion. I think of it more like a Fairy Tale house. I mean, I live up a spiral staircase, in what is technically an attic-type room. And, despite the 6:30am wake-up calls from the sun (or overcast bright sky, which is more likely here on the Oregon coast) streaming through the window by my bed, it's lovely.
And not to make you think I'm bitter at this window next to my bed, on the contrary. If I lay on my right side and look straight out, it's almost like I'm sleeping outside. That completely makes up for all the early mornings.

I don't know if I've ever told anyone, but as my many architectural endeavors of age 9 through 11 will attest, spiral staircases are only surpassed by trains and bridges. Albeit the stairs are steep, and maybe I've almost fallen up and down them on several occasions, not to mention moving in was a trick with my trusty Korean shipping boxes - but THERE ARE SPIRAL STAIRS. No contest.
Oh, and I haven't even mentioned the balcony. Yes. There's a door at the head of my bed, you can see it in the picture below, that leads to our balcony.
The roof is an easy step up from there. I love sitting on roofs. Just last week I Skyped with Cha up there. Beautiful.
So there you have it. My home.
Ps you can kind of get a peak at Jeeves, my jolly-good butler of a car, down on the road.