Forever A Fangirl

Friday Flower*

Rosa RadRazz roses 10.16.08~

Inspired by RedPen

Happy Friday.

Ugh. Long week.

Flower shot taken in back of house on Thursday, 10.16.08.  The hard freeze is due any time. It's chilly--putting on layers-- so these are the last blush.

You simply must read about what I'm doing for the next three days...

You simply must read about what I'm doing for the next three days: LINK (hint: It may involve mini golf in Hoffman Estates ) (external link to one of my personal websites on WordPress.org. :)

I played with the saturation in this photo of a neighbour's a Lilac tree. Those are the actual colour of the flowers, though.


Our pansies are bloomin'. Spouse says they are at their peak.

Below: Where I do my "lounging" on our miniature deck. It is
pretty private for a condominium courtyard, with the screen and 3 foot-high bushes (shown in photo--the full-size table is hidden by them from this angle).








 


 
 














Just for fun~
























Brightness and Contrast manipulated~



The Lone Tulip~ across the way (not ours)

I hate when you cut off my phone and the Internet, Comcast.

I’m slightly bummed as I still had a few things left to do—2 emails both important—and any for profit stuff—but the Internet –and telephone is down. I can’t even Twitter. Sucks.

Better be up in the morning. <grr>

 Later. Back!

Ha! My Internet just came back up after 90 minutes down. Comcastic!

Had some Earl Grey tea and fresh strawberries. Read the newspaper; it says only 54% nationally are happy w/Comcast.

And... Chicago has the highest fuel prices in the USA.

Go us. And I know that I say that I'm 25 miles out of the City but I'm still within the vaunted confines of Cook County--same as Chicago. Pretty much the same tax. :p

I am so glad I hardly drive--except to the City and a long trip or two a year. And in the good months, to mini-golf once a week. :)

Commuting has to be killing people financially.

The Affair Is Over

I've never made cookies from scratch but it was cookie day in advanced chemistry for younger son and he and his lab partners chose white chocolate Macadamia nut cookies to make variations of. At home.

He did most of the work but until yesterday had no clue about how to crack an egg w/out it dripping goo everywhere.

The cookies were a big hit but truly, when are homemade cookies not? Each kid brought a 2 dozen or more cookies of different flavours from mocha chip to sugar to oatmeal raisin and then shared but, "What of the excess?", I asked.

In my son's case he brought his extra cookies to his English class where people "swarmed" around him and by luck, there was enough for all. I asked him if there was any point in terms of learning and he said no, it was just cookie day, though he did learn how to properly crack an egg. :)

On the topic of sweet stuff however, oldest son chose to give me my Mother's Day present early--a fancy- wrapped box of Godiva chocolates in a pretty gift bag, which though welcome, got snarfed pretty quickly. Glad the box was small-ish.

I don't know if it's just me but Godiva milk chocolate has a bit too much of a creamy, almost fatty, mouth feel. It's definitely not something I'd want too often. I'm more a Snickers type of chocolate eater. Never really got down with expensive candy <shrug>. I did use to love chocolate but it appears the affair is over.

Friday Flower

My peace plant is blooming. It would be a really good thing if it could bring a bit of peace to this household. Ugh. I thought losing phone and Internet in the middle of work yesterday was a big deal. Automessage when I reached Comcast: "You will be having outages lasting 'till 5 a.m. while we do upgrades." Message from me to Comcast: Do you think next time you do a planned outage you might have your autodialing system ring me up and give me the heads up? 'Ya know, just for the sake of my sanity?

What Kind Of Flower Are You?

I am a Sunflower What Flower Are You?

"When your friends think smile, they think of you. There is not a day that goes by that you can't find something good about the world and your fellow human."

You Are a Sunflower

Let everyone know what kind of flower you are!

Found at Queen of Fractal Beauty's blog

Actually the Sunflower is my favourite flower. Coincidence? You decide. :)