I’ll have a virgin Cuba Libre…

April 2, 2013 by · 12 Comments
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I am a huge Big Bang Theory fan. Partially because I went to school with those characters. When you are in the mathematical sciences you are pretty much the only girl in most of your classes. If you know the show at all I used to have a Howard that sat behind me in Applied Material Science Engineering class and smell my hair every day. And yes, it’s as creepy as it sounds. It’s Spring Break this week and it’s our year with the skids. That means we are probably watching quite a bit of Big Bang Theory as I lucked out that they have learned to love it too. One of my favorite episodes is when Penny is practicing to be a bartender and wants all the guys to help her. Sheldon as always was difficult. Sheldon: I'll have a diet Coke. Penny: Can you please order a cocktail? I need to practice mixing drinks. Sheldon: Fine... I'll have a virgin Cuba Libre. Penny: That's... rum and Coke without the rum. Sheldon: Yes, and would you make it diet? Later on she got even with … [Read more...]

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Spending what you don’t have…

May 23, 2011 by · 37 Comments

I have a couple of people in my life I would like to run my hand across their face and slap some sense into them (I’m sure you do as well). But right now I mostly want to slap the people I know who are living above their means but then are complaining all the time that they don’t have the money to cover things…you know like rent. Even though as a general rule I don’t like summer and hot weather, I really don’t want it right now. Know why? I don’t have any shorts that fit. All the ones from last summer are a size smaller. Didn’t know I would be back on prednisone this last year and those are the breaks. Go buy some right? Don’t have anything in the budget to do that. Then my friends pipe in with just get a couple cheap pairs at Old Navy. Um, what part of not in budget do you not get? Even if they are $15 a pop, and I buy two pair, that’s $30…that I don’t have. Stop justify buying stuff because it was on sale. For the record last year’s swimsuit cost me … [Read more...]

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A Career in Food…

April 27, 2011 by · 18 Comments

Back in the day people went to culinary school for one thing, to become a chef and then go work in a restaurant with the hopes of opening your own one day. But now days there are many avenues you can go in the food industry. And if that is your hope, then I have a book for you. Some people think there is money in food blogging, I can assure you that is not the route to go. I personally lose money every month on this blog. It cost more to run it than the revenue I make. Which back when I was married was fine because the income wasn’t needed, but now has me seriously wondering how long I can continue to do this. My point is don’t start a food blog thinking you are going to make money and get a book deal. I didn’t start this blog for that. But there are other avenues that you can do, and even better that you can do part time while you get your feet wet so to speak. Starting a Part-time Food Business by Jennifer Lewis shows you how to do just that. The book features real life … [Read more...]

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