I would like a rice cooker. We have mountains of rice that we haven't used and Gram keeps buying more, thinking that she'll actual use it for something. I finally found quinoa last week at one of the local groceries stores. We have another fast coming up in June and I hope to have a cooker before then. Gram is still thinking about it and we're both doing some price comparisons. We found a nice one on sale at Kohl's but Gram wasn't ready to take the plunge.
Lord Redbrick: Oh! I don't like what you're incinerating.
Lady Bluebury: The proper word is "insinuating", illiterate.
Lord Redbrick: I am not illiterate! My parents were married!
and
Juliet: Oh, Gnomeo, Gnomeo, are we really doomed to never see each other again? Why must you wear a blue hat? Why couldn't it be red like my father, or green like... like a leprechaun... or purple like, ummm, like some weird guy - I mean what's in a gnome? Because you are blue, my father sees red, and because I am red, I am feeling blue. Oh, at any rate that shouldn't be the thing to keep us apart, should it?
From Despicable Me, I like the following (plus a whole bunch more):
Gru: Do you speak Spanish?
Miss Hattie: Do I look like someone who speaks Spanish?
Gru: It's just that your face is so... Como un burro.
Miss Hattie: Oh! Why, thank you!
and
Gru: [reading book] "Three little kittens love to play. They had fun in the sun all day. Then their mother came out and said, 'Time for kittens to go to bed'."
[looks up]
Gru: Wow, this is garbage. You actually like this?
What started out as a bad day turned into a semi-good one. Gram was able to press on the bad spots on my neck for a moment and now I'm able to crack it again. The library received a book that I had interlibrary loaned. I'm now reading two more books by John Crowley and am hoping I can understand at least one of them. I just finished the Books of Tobit and Judith; it was the first time I read all of both of them. Tobit is such a beautiful story and Judith was quite interesting and will probably write about Tobit in a later post. I received a call from a dear friend, my godsister's husband while he was on his lunch break. I was also able to chat with another friend this evening and we were able to catch up. I LOVE hearing from my friends! They keep me upbeat. Gram forgot her purse at her pastor's house tonight so I drove back over there to pick it up for her. One dear ALMOST decided to jump in front of me but thought better of it.
For having very little to say today, this post has managed to be quite long :)
We've had some company recently. Last week, Gram's sister came to stay overnight which is always a real treat, literally and figuratively speaking. It's nice having somebody else here to pick on Gram for me, plus she takes us out to eat. Usually Gram is picking on me but Aunt Elaine helps me out a little. Sunday night, my cousin and her boyfriend came over for dinner and a game of Scrabble. I did the dishes instead of playing but I helped out Jessi and Gram because they were getting badly beat by Jon. When I lived here the last time, Gram was taught how to play Settlers of Catan. It's my favorite board game though I am horrible at it. Although I am bad at teaching the rules, I hope Gram is willing to learn how to play it again. My mom was coerced into playing it too and she won, which made me hesitant to play it again. It might be fun getting everybody over here to play it since I also have the expansion pack for it. Another cousin came over for dinner and dessert last night. Gram absolutely adores the whole chicken from Sam's Club so we had plenty extra. And my cousins' parents are out of town on vacation so Gram is keeping an eye on them. My stepdad is coming tomorrow night for dinner. He travels a lot for work and has clients in the area. He'll be here again at the end of the month too.
I miss my mom, my friends, and pretty much all of Michigan in general. Every so often I see commercials for Michigan tourism. I feel almost as isolated from Michigan as I did when I was in Morocco. It would be nice getting up there for Ascension later this month as it's my church's namesday. Orthodox churches are named after certain feasts or saints and each have a namesday in which to celebrate. Every person also takes on the name of a particular saint when they convert. My patron saint is St. Joanna the Myrrhbearer, one of the women who followed Christ and went to anoint His body after his Crucifiction. My first of two namesdays was last Sunday when we commemorated the Holy Myrrhbearing Women. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go to church that morning but it turned out to be a good day. My other namesday is in June but that falls during the Apostles' Fast.
I need to start drinking some chamomile tea before going to bed. Sometimes, I get these really random nightmares, the kind where I'm being hunted and/or murdered. Yeah, really pleasant stuff. Anything I read or see on tv can be twisted into some sort of nightmare. If I remember them in the morning, I can usually figure out where they came from.
"Gnomeo & Juliet" and "Despicable Me" are two movies that I watch constantly. My cousin let me borrow DM a couple of weeks ago and I haven't returned it yet. (Sorry Jessi! This is what you get for getting me hooked on Jolly Rancher Suckers!) Those minions are HILARIOUS and I usually have it playing when doing others things. I was able to record G&J on the DVR several weeks ago and usually watch it when I'm washing dishes. Having been an English major, and having plenty of Shakespeare beaten into my brain, I find the wordplay in this movie to be quite clever. The following are some of my favorite quotes:
Lady Bluebury: My, your tulips are looking a little limp this year, aren't they? Lord Redbrick: Oh! I don't like what you're incinerating.
Lady Bluebury: The proper word is "insinuating", illiterate.
Lord Redbrick: I am not illiterate! My parents were married!
and
Juliet: Oh, Gnomeo, Gnomeo, are we really doomed to never see each other again? Why must you wear a blue hat? Why couldn't it be red like my father, or green like... like a leprechaun... or purple like, ummm, like some weird guy - I mean what's in a gnome? Because you are blue, my father sees red, and because I am red, I am feeling blue. Oh, at any rate that shouldn't be the thing to keep us apart, should it?
From Despicable Me, I like the following (plus a whole bunch more):
Gru: Do you speak Spanish?
Miss Hattie: Do I look like someone who speaks Spanish?
Gru: It's just that your face is so... Como un burro.
Miss Hattie: Oh! Why, thank you!
and
Gru: [reading book] "Three little kittens love to play. They had fun in the sun all day. Then their mother came out and said, 'Time for kittens to go to bed'."
[looks up]
Gru: Wow, this is garbage. You actually like this?
What started out as a bad day turned into a semi-good one. Gram was able to press on the bad spots on my neck for a moment and now I'm able to crack it again. The library received a book that I had interlibrary loaned. I'm now reading two more books by John Crowley and am hoping I can understand at least one of them. I just finished the Books of Tobit and Judith; it was the first time I read all of both of them. Tobit is such a beautiful story and Judith was quite interesting and will probably write about Tobit in a later post. I received a call from a dear friend, my godsister's husband while he was on his lunch break. I was also able to chat with another friend this evening and we were able to catch up. I LOVE hearing from my friends! They keep me upbeat. Gram forgot her purse at her pastor's house tonight so I drove back over there to pick it up for her. One dear ALMOST decided to jump in front of me but thought better of it.
For having very little to say today, this post has managed to be quite long :)
Until my next post,
~Staci~
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