Nursing Buddha

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I can only laugh at myself now for initially thinking that with a month-long engagement and three weeks of planning, I might actually eat in a responsible manner and possibly even lose weight before the wedding. When you run of the normal vices, and you don’t drink and you don’t smoke, there’s very little in [...]

The Man had to start his midnight shift early tonight, so I didn’t get to see him at all. To comfort myself, I had supper with my folks where I proceeded to eat the hell out of some pot pie. After supper, I made paper flowers with my mom and got eyed suspiciously by the [...]

I watched the entire first season of Mad Men. I want to be Joan Holloway. So, so, so very badly.

On Wednesday and Thursday this week, I took a class in a building you might call a “midcentury marvel”. Or if you don’t like the vision designers had with access to a host of pharmaceuticals later deemed very dangerous who also weren’t told ciggies and excessive alcohol consumption was bad for you, well then you [...]

Shopping for The Man’s wedding outfit took more time than shopping for mine. Though mine came from the interwebs, land of convenience, and his had to be procured at an actual store, which is just naturally more time-consuming and overwhelming. But we were successful and we have handsome clothes for a handsome man. On the [...]

Paul Newman died. I loved him for his eyes and his salad dressing.

My coworkers proved their undying love for me with a bridal shower this afternoon at work. The Man and my folks were there. And about 1,000 pounds of sugar was invited, too. I’m sending The Man to work tonight with a huge container of brownies, a bag of sugar cookies, and a flat of cupcakes. [...]

Did you know it’s Christmas time? Yeah, it is. Ask Macy’s. This display gave me a heart attack. I thought somehow I had missed my wedding, Halloween, The Man’s birthday AND Thanksgiving. Putting up Christmas stuff in September should be banned at the Federal level. If I start a petition, will you sign it? On [...]

I’ve landed upon my perfect, portable breakfast. It’s egg whites and hot cereal grain mixture, a little baking powder, some vanilla, some cinnamon, and a couple mashed bananas. Bake until golden brown, in a loaf pan. Slice into individual servings. I used a barley, rye, wheat, and flax hot cereal mix in this batch, but [...]

Reason number 547 billion I love The Man and will marry him in about a week and a half: He’ll patiently wrap tiny bottles of bubbles in tiny labels, even after I pitch a Bitchy McRaggystein fit over the difficulty of cutting the tiny labels. The sort of fit that would embarrass a preschooler.