Scattered Thoughts for a Lazy Friday

I meant to have a post ready for today…honest.  And then, as I often say, life got in the way.

This is not a bad thing.  In fact, it’s very good.  It’s been a busy week.  Allow me to share some updates, observations and discoveries…

Shrimp Smackdown went swimmingly and proved successful.  I am now clear to re-admit shrimp into my diet, and have done so with gusto.  Bonus: As a result of spending two-plus hours eating shrimp cocktail with the nutritionist moderating the Smackdown, I am now armed with all the information I need about why the latest fad diet is silly.  As I suspected.

Ordering crab and shrimp in a restaurant for the purpose of my personal consumption is a little surreal.  Gone are the days of “well the veal and crabmeat looks awesome, but I won’t be having that” (insert sarcastic and bitter tone for effect).  Gone, too, though, are the entertaining menu perusals where I say to Fab Hub “I think I’m going to have the shrimp cocktail” and he says something like “then I think you are going to need to have your head examined right before you hit the emergency room for that anaphylactic reaction you’ll be getting.”  Good times.

I am certain I drive my Fab Hub insane.

Jumbo lump crab meat is just as amazing as I remember it was in the years before the Mysterious Disappearing Allergy.  Shrimp, too.

I have learned this week that God really does answer prayers and blessings do abound.  I knew this, but I needed a reminder.  I do think He is a bit slow sometimes, though.  I’d like my Divine Inspiration just a little faster, please.  Thank you.  Amen.  But the reinforcement that the Faith upon which I rely always comes through is comforting.

I have no idea why Cat Two has an attitude problem.  On his first visit to the vet after we adopted him, the vet and assistant marveled at his cuteness, his sweet personality, his cooperative nature even as they took his temperature in ways unspeakable in the presence of cats.  Over six years he has earned a reputation as The Crabby Cat.  Get over yourself, dude.  Life’s too short.  Oh, wait, you have nine lives.  Never mind.

The bacon, arugula, and peach sandwich from earlier this week is equally good prepared as a salad.  Just don’t skip the olive oil step and thin out the mayo.  Delicious.

I believe that the spirit of a fifteen year old boy lives inside my four year old daughter.  It’s very strange.  She is pink and sparkly and on any given day sports more sequins than a Broadway production of Spamalot.  But she has mastered the skill of producing bodily noises at will.  She is loud about it.  And then she laughs hysterically while Fab Hub and I try to explain to her that this is conduct unbecoming a lady.  She thinks the boys who tell booger jokes at preschool are hysterical.  She eats like a defensive lineman. Just this morning she had a full bowl of cereal (mixed three things together – multi-grain Cheerios, Cinnamon Harvest Kashi squares, and Kashi Black Currant and Walnut which Fab Hub calls “flake, nut and fruit” cereal).  She moved quickly from breakfast to lunch, consuming a neatly-arranged plate of meat, cheese, and fruit.  She had milk – a lot of milk – and water and juice.  Throughout the process of feeding herself, she stood at various points with the refrigerator door wide open, staring inside, while either Fab Hub or I said “close the door!” about fifty times.  Then she read the book Pinkalicious.  And now she is arranging princess and fairy dolls inside a pink castle.  Consider me confused.

Shark Week is awesome.  Everybody thinks so.

I cannot figure out how to edit the blue box that shows up when I post a link to the blog’s Facebook page.  Other bloggers have these boxes on their Facebook pages and seem to be able to do this.  I have no idea.  I do not get Facebook.  I also can not figure out how to get the right plug-in or widget or whatever on my blog to let people click over to said blog Facebook page.  I’d love to invite you to the Facebook page to answer my “Did you ever wear Hammer Pants” poll.  But I can’t.  Help if you know how.

I have no idea why the House Fairies have not cleaned my home or put away my laundry this week.  Lazy lazy lazy.  Guess I’ll just start tackling my reading pile instead of my laundry pile.

Kidzilla wants to bake cupcakes today…I have to go dig up a recipe that includes pink icing.

Have a wonderful weekend!