Happy Mother's Day!

I was having a stress related illness this past weekend thus preventing me from going online never the less I still want to greet Mommies everywhere a belated Happy Mother's day! I hope you were treated like a Queen yesterday :) If not, they owe you one...

Monkeys in the City

More often than not this is how I’ve been feeling lately...Hanging in there. Whenever I am in a funk I feel so disengaged from everything imaginable, it is my ultimate low self esteem period which absolutely sucks. No amount of encouragement can motivate me, isn’t that just sad? I feel completely lethargic during these times and worst of all I just want to be completely utterly glued to my bedroom (pathetic I know). What scares me is that this funk I’m in right now has been hanging around for weeks now and that worries me since it can lead me to the dark side.

Incomprehensible Anger

I am so livid right now I can’t even think straight! Why do we give people so much power when in fact all they do with it is bully us because that’s what they are…Bullies. They are certified users and abusers and in this insane unfair world of ours they don’t only seem to enjoy it but they in fact are thriving because of it. They get all the breaks, all the options, all the choices and all the money while we nice folks get squat! I cannot really put all the blame on them since I (myself) empower them. Is being good a curse because I am not so sure it’s working out for me. I believe we are all (somehow) governed by our (good/fair) values, virtues, and beliefs but for some reason other people have twisted interpretation of what is good and (definitely) what is fair. So what can we do to alleviate the anger and disgust? Do we just turn away and move on or do we face it head on, paying no attention to any consequences it may bring? This is so infuriating! My father (rest his soul) always told me to be the bigger person but as I get older it gets more and more difficult to practice that. I wish he was here to give me the wisdom I am so lacking at the moment. I am blanketed with anger and disgust and I don’t like it. I wish you were here Dad; your voice is always comforting. Anyways, great thing I have this blog so I can vent, vent, vent, and vent some more….sorry I digress. I hope you guys are having a far better day than yours truly (because mine completely blows!). Thanks for listening (it’s either this or have a heart attack)

Cookie Craving

I was scanning thru some files in my computer and I happen to come across some pictures of Oatmeal Raisin Cookies that I had made a couple of weeks back. I was planning on sharing the recipe which I never got around to doing…yet. Anyways, I was craving for something chewy so I thought of them. Warm, chewy, with a hint of sweetness plus the raisins and nuts hmmm who wouldn’t want that. Needless to say I wish I had some!

Italian Jelly Cookies

This day has been totally dragging for me! I mean with the dreary weather coupled with issues at the office well it’s just a complete blah until I went to the store next door and saw one of my top 3 favorite cookies of all time – Italian Jelly Cookies woohoo! Already altered my crappy mood to somewhat better and I haven’t even tasted it yet. So I got it ($4.49 pricey) brought it back to the office and let me tell you it was awesome. It was buttery and sweet…Now all I need is green tea:)

Braised Lamb Shank Dinner

Oh my God! I would have never thought in a million years that I would be eating, let alone cooking lamb at home, but I can say it is by far one of the best dishes I have ever tried to make. The picture does not even do it justice. I made this today for dinner and I can tell you it felt like it took forever to make. I am not the most patient person in the world but I had to keep it together in order to pull off this extraordinary endeavor (for me anyways). After 4 hours, yes people – 4 HOURS of patience and cooking I was able to discover the beauty of braising lamb shanks and can I tell you it was awesome. I also made fried cheesy polenta that completely compliments the dish.

Magazine Overload

Magazines! Magazines! I am up to my eyeballs with magazines. Recently I received a letter from Delta Air that my sky miles are about to expire, and they offered a solution for their use. They have this program where you can use your sky miles to pay for magazine subscriptions, sounds like a good compromise doesn’t it. At first I was elated about the idea since I do have subscriptions to several magazines and I though that I could use my sky miles to extend my subscriptions and subscribe to others that interest me, but alas, it is now becoming a nightmare.