By now you all know how much I enjoy odd, bizarre, and ridiculous vintage items. One item I was particularly proud of owning was my Popeil Spiral Slicer.
The box is certainly great fun, but it did not compare to the pathetic little tool that was inside:
It you are uncertain of what that is, let me help you out. It is a screw. Yes, a plain old screw attached to something that looks like the end of a broken tool with a semi-sharp filed edge on one side.
The object is to stick the screw into the top of your vegetable or fruit, sit the vegetable upright, stick your finger in the finger hole, and begin to circle around and around your food item until you have spiral sliced through the entire thing.
I was convinced it was a joke and had ZERO intention of using this thing. Even now I wonder if it was really smart to stick this thing into something I intended to place in my mouth. It looks like something that you should find in a tool box, not in a kitchen for crying out loud!
Either way, last night for some dumb reason I decided to destroy one of my little zucchini that needed to be eaten up. At least destruction was what I expected to happen.
Instead, this is what I ended up with:
Yea, a beautifully spiral sliced zucchini.
Even cooked it all still stayed pretty much together and wrapped around my fork just like pasta. If I had thrown marinara on it, it would have sufficed as a carbohydrate sub.
Instead, I tossed the “zucchinasta” in olive oil, lemon juice, thyme, salt, and pepper and ate it right up.
Who knew.
However, I am still quite skeptical about the idea that little tool could go through a hard carrot, beet, or pineapple like the box suggests . . . but I might be inclined to find out for myself.
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I won an iPod touch from the school for taking part in a survey in December. And get this, I am writing this post from my iPod!!! I’m totally sold—-I want an iPhone! I will admit, it is a bit of a bitch to type on this thing, but I love all of the apps! I am already tracking my diet, blogs I like, and just about everything else I could think of. There are even law in a flash cards available via the apps! Yippee! Well Brian and I are off to the gym here in a bit – ciao!
Is it Christmas yet? I don’t know why I am in such a hurry for the holidays to arrive – they will likely be as crazy and nutty as ever as I try to fit in everything I need to get done into a very short period of time. I’m praying for good weather!
This weekend was particularly crazy. It was freezing cold and yet the stores were packed like it was the week before X-mas! I wanted to get a new battery for my watch and even the jewelry store was packed.
Right next door to the jewelry store was a futon shop where I ordered a new cover for Brian’s futon which is now comfortably sitting in my living room. The current cover is plain black and Oliver is quickly turning it a fluffy gray. I’ve slept on the futon for a few nights now to check out the mattress and break it back in. I think my parents will certainly be pleasantly surprised at how much more comfortable this set up will be in comparrison to the old couch. Sunday night Brian’s sister and her fiance helped us to move the old hide-away couch to the thrift store. I’m happy to know that the couch is gone – it certainly did it’s job well but that thing was a bear to move and I had nightmares about what kind of saw we would need to get it out of there. Moving it now when I’m not having to move myself takes a load off of my mind.
My holiday shopping is coming along. I’ve completed shopping for a couple people and I have some ideas for most of the others. Hopefully my ideas will all fall into place and the weather won’t keep my from getting gifts to recipients! I’d hate to have to mail some of this stuff!
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I know you’ve seen those “Single? Your town’s namesingles.com/org/whatever” signs posted on little white yards signs. I’ve seen them for years in multiple states so there was no question in my mind that they were part of a pretty large scale operation. The signs apparently drove this blogger to the end of their rope as they tracked down the origin of the infamous yard sign promising love.
I found it to be a rather interesting story to come across by accident.
Now here is my suggestion to those singles hoping to find love via a yard sign:
Don’t change a thing on this sign! Printing the sign will cost a measly dollar or so, the ground stick will cost around the same, you can pick which areas you would like to get calls from, and you WILL get calls with this little ad I assure you.
What? You have a problem with not changing the information on the sign? We are trying to get you a date remember, not trying to pass a lie detector test!.
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Bored? Feel like laughing at someone else’s expense? (Admit it, we all do sometimes!)
Well then try on this website for size: Cake Wrecks. It is one of those blogs I check on a very regular basis and it is updated frequently enough to keep me coming back for more fun. The blog features pictures of cakes that are . . . well, a wreck for any number of reasons. Some are the pre-made jobby doos you see in the grocery store, others are cakes that were ordered for special events (yes, even weddings) and came out horribly wrong in one way or another.
I’ve just been informed that Oliver hasn’t delivered a Daily Dish in quite a while – we shall have to remedy that. Currently looking for fodder . . .
So bright and early tomorrow morning Brian and I will head out armed with a cooler of sandwiches and our directions. We are first going to Ikea in Ohio – 2 hours away. Brian has a small shopping list and, even if we didn’t plan to buy anything at all, who doesn’t love Ikea!?
After Ikea we will be back on the road to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. From there we head 3 1/2 more hours away to southern Indiana to visit our friends and the newest addition to their family, their baby Clare. We are super excited about visiting them!
We’ll spend the night with them and then come home Saturday. Brian works first thing Sunday morning and I have a lot of odd ball items to take care of before school is back in session on Tuesday.
I will be sure to take tons of pictures and gather lots of info about our fun filled weekend.
Ciao!
I have a handful of items I have wanted to blog about so I figure I will just make a quick post to get them out of the way.
First item – cartoons and how they have changed through history. I found a Popeye cartoon the other day and was pretty amused to see this:
That would be Popeye with the usual pipe in mouth, being punched out by Bluto who is ashing his cigar. As health conscious as the spinach popping Popeye appeared to be, I am guessing this wouldn’t fly today.
And next up, just something funny I saw on MSNBC.com the other day:
This does nothing to help the media’s liberal image but then again, maybe there just wasn’t anything to say about McCain that day. If you can’t say anything nice . . .
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Today is the first day of my last year of school. So what am I up to today? Well I will tell you what I’m NOT up to; I’m not going to school today! That’s right, I’m a rebel.
Actually, I have no class on Mondays and Wednesdays. 
Oh, I should probably post the schedule since I do that every semester and I know some of you do take note of it.
TUESDAYS
10:40am – 12:40pm EVIDENCE
2:15pm – 4:14pm TRUSTS & ESTATES
THURSDAYS
10:40am – 12:40pm EVIDENCE
2:15pm – 4:15pm TRUSTS & ESTATES
6:00pm – 8:00pm SENTENCING & CORRECTIONS
FRIDAYS
2:20pm – 4:20pm PSYCHOLOGY & THE LAW
So this semester obviously looks much “easier” than those of the past. (Think fall ‘07 – class 6 days a week!) I have only 12 credits this semester, that is the lowest amount I have ever had in law school. Next semester I will have 13 credits but those will be split up amongst some non-class courses so that should be an easier semester as well.
Besides class, I will continue working as much as I can using those free Mondays and Wednesdays to go to court etc.
Oh, yesterday was a great day! Brian and I took off bright and early for the southern part of the state to visit our friends Leslie and Sarah. They were holding a baby shower yesterday and I am so glad we went. It was mostly a family event but it was great fun to see the girls and to see how much closer Leslie is than she was back in May. We can’t wait to meet little Clare. Brian was the only guy there and he definitely felt like it – he retreated to the basement for some of the girly stuff.
We had already gotten them a gift but I really wanted to be able to walk in with something so we stopped on our way down and got a little onsie in green with a bouncing beet on the front that says “and the beet goes on . . .” and Brian insisted on getting a little Colts jersey. It ended up being a big hit!
On the way down and on the way back we had to hit our usual haunt: Sonic! There aren’t any in Michigan but nonetheless they play those intriguing commercials. I had always wanted to go to one. Turns out that the food kinda blows BUT their drinks rule! Cherry Dr. Peppers and Blue Coconut Cokes and we were happy campers.
It was a pretty long day considering the ride is about 3 1/2 hours long and we had to do it twice but it was well worth it and I enjoy the ride
That is it for now.
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Some are funny, some are strange, some have given me ideas for future posts, and others must have just been searchers lost on the road of the internets.
Join me in looking over some search terms from the past week.
“how many songs did elvis make”
You certainly won’t find out on my website.
“endicott recipes”
I have never written the word “endicott” on my blog anywhere at anytime. Search engine fail.
“gwumpkies recipe”
Yes, I totally need to put up a gwumpkie recipe. I will do that soon!
“how to catch a chicken at night”
Similar to catching one in the daylight; running around with a net while looking like a total tool. (Yea, I know this from experience).
“southern style city chicken”
Hmm… southern? Sounds intriguing.
“where is my check from bill gates?”
Your guess is as good as mine.
“self torture ideas”
A) Why are you coming to my site for these ideas? B) Why are you looking in the first damn place?
“keeping chickens and the law”
If I ever decide not to litigate anymore, I’ll teach this class in a law school . . . probably not an accredited one but you never know 
“Recipes for city chicken with potato chips.”
As in using potato chips instead of bread crumbs or flour??? Hmmm… sounds like a job for the Ultimate City Chicken Showdown?
Most popular search terms for the month? “Pearlas Sanborn” and “City Chicken Recipe”
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Have you seen the new M&M commercial for the new premium candies?? If you haven’t, here it is courtesy of the NY Times.
I happen to be a big fan of the M&M spokescandies. Don’t believe me?
That is my summer-time compilation. I think that says it all.
I couldn’t have possibly posted everything about last week in the last post I made; it would have ended up pages long. So here are some details.
The ride from point A to point B sucked. Plain and simple. The “check engine” light went on in the middle of nowhere Indiana. I found myself in BFE asking toothless porch sitters for directions only to discover that they either really wanted a ride up north OR that they never leave their little town because they were WAY too excited about the fact that I was headed north. Fortunately for me, the only problem with the car was my own negligence and unfamiliarity with popping the hood and checking fluids myself!
On my way home I stopped in Lansing to see my little (well… younger) cousin. I haven’t seen him in YEARS and it was high time for he and I to spend at least an afternoon catching up. I took him to a nice dinner at one of my old favorite haunts, took a ride with him through MSU’s campus, and chatted for hours. I was exhausted from my crazy ordeal earlier in the day but I am so glad I took the time to stop and see him.
Friday the first consisted of chilling with dad and then the rehearsal and dinner at the groom’s family’s home. Rehearsal was a big shocker to me. I have never stood up in a wedding before and prior to that point, I was just as ridiculously excited as the little flower girl. I have been waiting to see this wedding for a long time and I couldn’t wait to be a part of the day. At least that is how I felt until we lined up to rehearse the processional. That is when panic struck. The music started, the couples in front of me began walking and I began to fidget. I mean, all of my friends are getting married and/or having children (not necessarily in any particular order). I find myself thinking, “WHAT THE F*&# ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?” on a regular basis! Ok, so it isn’t like we are teenagers anymore. My friends at this particular wedding had dated for 8 and 1/2 years prior to marriage!! That is more than enough time to make a decision. I just can’t believe how fast it is all happening. I guess some people stun me more than others. I found myself really happy with the fact that I haven’t had to make such a huge commitment yet. I am sure still being in school has helped to keep me mentally from being on any kind of fast track to marriage but I find myself really glad that is the case now.
So the wedding itself was emotional too – it is pretty bizarre seing my friends get married when I remember back to high school when we would talk about what our weddings would be like. Even though my cousin who got married this past Saturday and I are close and are the same age, I didn’t have that same kind of emotional moment like I had at my friend’s wedding. It is just different. After the ceremony, we all boarded a huge purple school bus. At first this all seemed pretty . . . strange. But it was a lot of fun. Do I foresee a big purple bus in my wedding future? Negative. But I am glad I got to be part of a traditional “up nort’” weddin’.
And I’m really glad it was all offset by attending my cousin’s lovely wedding the following week!
So I haven’t been able to update for quite a while – I had a crazy week, dad has dial-up, and my computer inexplicably won’t connect to any wireless connection outside of my apartment.
So I will try to break this down as best as I can.
Saturday the 2nd, one of my best friends from high school was married – it was a mentally and physically exhausting day but a whole lot of fun. The wedding party was (too) huge, we all drank a little too much, and I attempted to catch up with a lot of old friends from high school.
After Saturday, I stayed up north, spent time with my dad and my cousin and it was nice to just chill out for a few days. I was totally whipped after the wedding so I enjoyed the relaxation quite a bit!
Thursday morning I packed up my stuff and headed on out for my mom’s place. My cousin was getting married this past Saturday and I needed a dress but once I got to mom’s and I had unloaded a car full of things, I was sweaty and tired. I called her and told her I planned to dress shop on Friday instead of Thursday night. She told me I might want to reconsider because she had a huge surprise for me and she was picking him up at the airport Friday morning! Yes, Brian came to Detroit to be my date for my cousin’s wedding and meet some of my extended family for the first time! It was the best surprise I can ever remember getting and it was totally unexpected. He apparently had called my mom and planned this about a month ago! Not too shabby.
I guess when God is in good spirits he is in a big way too because that Thursday night I ran to a TJ Maxx hoping for the best in the way of a nice dress (for a black tie reception!) andmanaged to find an amazing fuchsia Marilyn Monroe style dress for only $15!!!! Mom and I picked up Brian Friday morning from metro – he was exhausted but he got a little nap when we returned home and then we went to the zoo. I was hoping for a nice relaxing day at the zoo — sadly it was more like a kid-wilderness! I was totally bummed that there was only one seal in the arctic circle exhibit and no bears in the water – that can be such a serene exhibit. Fortunately, Brian is into the aquatic stuff so I knew he would enjoy amphibiville – we hit that toward the end of the day when things were closing down and it was pretty nice. Friday night we just relaxed with a pizza and the opening ceremonies to the Olympics.
Saturday was very nice. With my15 dollar dress and a little of mom’s jewelry added, I was looking pretty nice and Brian and I got some fantastic photos outside of the gorgeous chapel my cousin was wed in. No expense was spared on the reception and we enjoyed desserts, a photo booth, and a really good band. I took Brian for a walk behind the local library where there is a great walk-way and stream and then we returned to dance and enjoy the evening. It really was fantastic to have him there – I am still pretty stunned that he thought to surprise me that way – I am still beaming.
Yesterday we drove back – long ride but it was nice to have company of course. Oliver was retrieved from Brian’s roommate and he and I are back to life as usual now. It was a great week but I am glad to be home.
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Phew! It was a busy, fun weekend! Today Brian and I attended his family reunion. It was a day of fun, poolside drinks, and visiting. It was a really nice day and besides my scalp being a tad tender from the sun, it was a great day.
Tonight I am working on a kick ass project. However, I am going to keep it under wraps for the time being because if it all works out as planned, it just might become a gift for someone. Besides my fun, (eco-chic) project, I am watching the Design Star finale – I tend to watch a LOT of HGTV in the summer when I might actually find time to do a project or two (or 30 as has been the case lately). Speaking of which, I should really take some pics of my recent projects. Some things have been a bit stalled around here while I am waiting to haul off some large items back home but I will be sure to get pics up of some of my niftiest items soon!
Alrighty, time to watch my tv show and get back to gluing . . .
Ciao!!
Phew! Long, long weekend! Brian and I went to a late night showing of Hellboy II on Friday night along with his roommate and his gf. The movie was … ok. It wasn’t as good as the first Hellboy which I watched via television the night before to get acquainted. We didn’t get back to his place until after 1am!
Saturday we had planned on going to Brian’s company picnic but when we woke up in the morning it was nasty, storming, and no day for a picnic. We went back to bed instead. In the evening we met up with his family for dinner downtown which was very nice.
As much as we really did do a lot of relaxing this weekend, I am exhausted! Today Brian and his roommate brought over a new TV for me — well, the TV is new to me. It belonged to Brian’s roommate who just bought himself a new HDTV. It is a 32 in flat panel television and it weighs a TON! I was of no help moving it so the boys took it upon themselves to get it here. Only problem now is that the aquarium has disappeared literally behind the tv! Otherwise, it fits in pretty well AND the top is so huge that all of my electronics fit on it! lol. I have the DVR, DVD/VCR player, the AT&T receiver, and the Wii on top of the television with room to spare! I am thinking I will rearrange my bedroom (the last room of the apt. to be cleaned and organized) and put the old 19 in television in there either on the stand or on the dresser. And best of all, with just a quick un-screw of a coax, I can move the dvd/vcr player from the living room to the bedroom quickly if I want to fall asleep to the Golden Girls haha.
Well, tomorrow is my final exam for school and I have work to do prior to that. Time for bed!! TTYL!
