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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Work and knives

This week is going to suck.

I work 52 hours in 5 days. Two 8-hour shifts and three 12-hour shifts. This is a lot for me in a row. I know many other people who do it on a regular basis, but I am not that type of person. I just hope that I have good days, where I'm not too busy. I also hope it doesn't snow which would make my commute stressful.

I finally bought a good knife block/set. I called Jamaal last night when I bought them:

Me: Knives are expensive.
J: Yeah, the knives you picked out [for our registry] were expensive.
Me: Do you mind if we have Martha Stewart knives?
J: I don't care what kind of knives we have.

For some reason I was very concerned about buying a knife set that had "Martha Stewart" stamped all over it. You can see it here. I used them today and they are awesome, especially compared to what we had before.

I bought knives from this blue light special at Sears. A guy was showing them off last Christmas (or the one before...?) and they worked really great when he showed them. I have never really liked them. The reason I dislike them is that they are serrated. Every single one of them. I like serrated knives for some things, but it is difficult to finely chop pecans with a serrated knife. Ultimately, I chopped an onion today and nearly my thumb, and I've never been more satisfied. I'll keep the old knives for cutting tomatoes and bread...but my MS knives are way way better! :D

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

A one dog family

Is what we almost became.

At 0330 I heard the heaves I've dreaded for so long. Followed by purging.

Not once, but twice onto the beautiful new carpet.

I knew it would happen eventually. My girls empty the contents of their stomachs way more than they probably should. They also eat things they probably shouldn't.

Thus far Jamaal or I have caught them and shoved them outside before they've been able to dirty my pretty carpet.

I was up and trying to get Bacardi outside when she threw up the second time. Which made it even more disappointing.

Shag carpet...while it hides things well, is very very difficult to clean.

Fortunately for her, the carpet cleaner worked and, besides the wet spots on the carpet, you can't tell she puked. The worst part is you can't see the wet spots, so you find them by feel.

Had the carpet cleaner not worked, we might have become a one dog family. ;)

If you read this blog at all, you know that I would never get rid of one of my babies. But I would have been less inclined to give her a treat. :D