Mmm... cookies

I made peanut butter cookies today. I haven't made peanut butter cookies in a long time. Dug around for the recipe and ended up calling Mom for it because I couldn't find it. They're nice and crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. And they're reaaaally good with a cold glass of milk. Mmm...



Betty Crocker can kiss my... buns.

Mmm... buns.

Sweet nectar of the Buffalo gods!

Buffalo bliss in a bottle.



If you don't have it, get it! If your store doesn't sell it, torch it! I mean, demand they do!

Deadbeats and refrigerators

Well, the (deadbeat) neighbors I mentioned yesterday got into a little bit of trouble with the law last night. We've had our suspicions about them, and even after what another neighbor told us about when we got back from the beach on Saturday we were hoping we were all just overreacting. Well, they're drug dealers. And Lord only knows what else (I have suspicions of other things that I'd rather not mention right now). I heard a ruckus outside last night, saw the flashing lights and tried my best to peek out the curtains without being seen, but saw nothing other than two cops walking around. Heard a dog too but didn't see it. Found out this morning what happened from the neighbor who told us about last week's goings-on. I hope these people go away very, very soon. Either to jail, wherever they moved here from, a ditch - I don't care so long as they just.go.away.

On a lighter note, as promised, here's a picture of my sparkling clean refrigerator!



Went grocery shopping this morning so it doesn't look so sparse anymore. Actually it doesn't really look sparse, there was just no real food in there when I took the picture. Picked up a bottle of buffalo sauce marinade and am getting ready to go slather it over some chicken and throw it in the oven. Hope it's good!

Fonts, pictures and visits (oh my?)

Please pardon me while I play with different fonts during the next few entries. I'm almost ashamed to admit I've spent most of the evening here just playing around with settings and stuff. There's so much else I should be doing around here.

I wanted to take a picture of my insanely clean refrigerator to share with the world, but my boyfriend took the camera to volleyball this evening. If I remember to take the picture tomorrow I'll be sure to post it right away. I know everyone is waiting with bated breath to see what's in my fridge...

Called my parents a little earlier and had a good chat with my dad. He knows how much I want to visit but also knows how much I've got going on here and told me to stay home and get a good handle on everything before I have to go back to work next week. Should I listen to him or go visit anyway?

My spiritual life has been lacking lately and I'd like to go to morning Mass tomorrow. Trouble is, my usual church (I say that as if I go regularly... who am I kidding?) has a tendency to halt weekday morning Mass during summer vacation. So... do I show up at 9 and look like an idiot if they've suspended morning Mass again or suck it up and go to the 6:45 Mass down the street? Will I even be awake then? Either way, I need to get my butt back to Mass on a regular basis. I've had a few issues with the Catholic Church which is why I go only sporadically. But as my trainer told me, "Honey, you've got to go for God, not for the church." I know she's right.

I love being home. I love planning dinner and actually having the time to cook it. I love not being too tired to keep my place picked up, clean and comfortable. We have got to win the lottery.

I'm going to get away from the computer for a while and watch the end of the Red Sox game. Hope Matt Clement's all right.

Where did the time go?

I've spent a mere 15 minutes checking out blogger.com (thank you FRED!) and am already much more impressed and pleased with it than I am with Diaryland. Now I can't wait for my D'land membership to expire.

On Saturday my boyfriend and I returned from a week at the beach. We go with many members of his family and aside from the occasional screaming child and one or two annoying family members, we typically have a great time. Right now we're still trying to figure out where last week went. One night we were all sitting in a circle on the beach, tiki torches ablaze, cold drinks a-plenty, listening to music, doing the hand jive and AC/DC impressions and next thing we know, we're home unpacking and finding things out about our neighbors we wish we hadn't (which I may or may not elaborate on later).

I'm still on vacation this week and am debating taking a few days to go visit my family. Thing is, I finished unpacking just this morning and am now trying to straighten everything back to the way it was before we left. The living room and dining room are once again tidy and relaxed, but I'm still trying to get the bedroom situated. That could easily take up the rest of the day. Still need to vacuum as well, but wanted to wait until everything was unpacked as sand can hide everywhere.

We haven't hooked Lappy (our laptop, so named after Strong Bad's laptop) up to the computer yet to transfer pictures we took at the beach this year, but as soon as we do I'll post a few.

Have a great afternoon!