and then there was cheese goo

first there was the scrambled egg pork chop fiasco. raw potatoes, curdled sour cream, pork chops that well had no taste, and c-time that was more of a slush then a drink.

but we tried again. everyone has an off day in the cooking world and claires had more then redeemed herself with the mashed potates at t-giving and the potato pancakes the next day. we of course insisted we know the menu before we made the trek.

chili and corn bread. ok we can handle that. and we'll actually show up when we say we are going to be there and not hours early so it should be thoroughly cooked.

table set, and claires offers cheese. I reach into the bag and stick my hand in cheese goo. I've never encountered cheese goo before.

oh claires.

new best friends

it has been a week of new best friends. I made mine when I took my car to have the oil changed. I called back to see when i could come to have my serpentine belt changed...my new best friend of course remembered changing my oil and my whole life story (live in evanston, teach 10 miles away, no school the day after thanksgiving, many potential fixes with my car, but starting small, secretly rocks out to ace of base in the car) and I get to go see my new best friends again on friday. whoo hoo! who cares if I'm paying cold hard cash to get to hang out with them...

and then today we met nick's new best friends.

set the stage ... le peep, nick and I have ordered food and are well into eating it (side not le peep sucks. they messed up our coupon depsite me correcting them still overcharged me $3.oo and the food, not so good) when these two guys and a girl are seating at the table next to us. the new best friend (nbf) starts talking to the other boy about how he was up late playing fallout 1 and 2. the game I have to attempt to distract nick from for attention....fallout 3.

nbf's phone rings, and so he tells his friends to order him the belgian waffle combo, with sausage, scrambled eggs. look down at nick's plate. belgain waffle combo with sausage and scrambled eggs.

accomplishment of the week

busy week...kids took tests, reviews of lit were read, pre-thanksgiving weekday shoppers were fought, car oil was changed, new favorite car guys were met, dad's christmas present was located, emily's christmas present procured, and rear view mirror was finally replaced.


timeline of week events:

• Thursday 11/13 6:40 am: arrive at car, find mirror smashed off pieces lying in street
• Thursday 11/13 5:00 pm: dad has procured new mirror from junkyard
• Saturday 11/15 4:30 pm: new mirror arrives via USPS
• Sunday 11/16 2:00 pm: remove door panel, find 10 mm wrench to remove nuts holding broken mirror. weaking. get nick, still weakling.
• Monday 11/17 4:15 pm: new socket set bought...attempt to fix car in home depot parking lot. mission failed: socket wont go over bolt. give up, eat steak and shake.
• Tuesday 11/18 4:10 pm: following e-mail from dad that confirms the 10 mm attempt to fix in res hs parking lot. fits on 2, third no go due to our attempts on sunday which have left the bolt "all buggered up"
• Wednesday 11/19 4:30 pm: purchase metal file from home depot to file off the smooshed parts
• Thursday 11/20: 5:45 pm: two hours after beginning, mirror has successfully been replaced, can no longer feel fingers, toes, nose, or bottom (due to sitting on the ground to put door back together) last hour of mission completed in pitch black. moved car back to street, saying slient prayer there would be a mirror then upon my return the next morning.

took car friday to have it's oil changed and transmission checked out, embaressed self by forgettign to turn off CD player before exiting car and thus allowing my new best car friends to witness my rocking out to Ace of Base.

Truth be told, it was on the BNL CD when I got out of the car, and not on track one of ace of base when I got my car back....some car mechanics rocking out to ace of base while doing an oil change???? perhaps my friends perhaps.

passed this place like 100 times

watching Samantha Who? the other day. what do I see...

Andrea: "Chili's...passed by here like 100 times..never thought to come in though."
Seth: "no! you're missing out! look at this right here: crispy honey chipotle chicken crispers. you could stop at any one of those words and be very happy"

made me smile (made me also make everyone watch) since perhaps Nick and I may quite possibly walk in to Chili's on a semi-regular basis (think once every 2 weeks) sit down and immediately order. "two plates of honey chipotle chicken crispers and keep the water coming"


now if only they didnt serve them with that gross ranch dressing.

If the chipolte is a bit too much of a kick for you..I recommend the honey bbq as a second runner up.

oh and bring someone along who will demand new fries if your fries are cold. cold fries are gross.

I didnt like my mirror anyways

Wednesday morning go to my car...find this ... damn you world and irresponsible people.

and a medium fry

we took a trek to visit my grandparents in Cincinnati this weekend (where nick scored many positive points with the g-ma according to my mom) and my g-ma is one of those who is never happy unless she is taking care of everyone else's every possible need. aka continuously feeding.

mornings at my grandparents consists of 2 breakfasts. one of doughnuts when you first stumble out of bed. one of home-cooked yummyness once everyone is awake enough to place their order. there is no time spend sitting around when there are not bowls upon bowls of snacks on the table...and if she notices someone isn't eating continuously she goes to the cabinet and gets something else out...just in case the reason said individual isn't eating is because they don't like any of the 5 things she has already gotten out.

After double sunday breakfast we just were not hungry for lunch at noon. so grandma insisted we finish off the starwberry rhubarb pie (not a tall order for the two of us) and we later lunched quickly at mcdonalds. number 12 value meal for nick. 6 piece chicken nuggets and a medium coffee for me.

"a medium fry"

"no, I said a medium COFFEE"

"that will be just a moment I'll make another pot"

and we wait. food all appears sans the coffee and all important bbq sauce.

"could we get some bbq sauce and the coffee"

no response and the girl goes over towards the fries. we assume she didnt here so we ask another. coffee procured. go on to our table. girl appears fries in hand.

"here's the medium fry....sorry bout that"