TGIF ... And TGIB - Thank God I'm Barren !!



This is one of the craziest pictures I've ever seen! Some of you might look at it and say "Wow, that's amazing!" You may even go so far as to say it's "beautiful" but my reaction? "What the ... but ... I don't ... ewwwww!" I prefer Sandra's reaction though: "It looks like something from Alien! You know, when its coming out of that guy's stomach! That's creepy". Anyways, just felt the need to share with you about that - it's insane in my opinion and like that doesn't hurt! *Shudder* I mean, I'm all about the miracle of life, but not when the miracle is punting you in the kidneys.

More than Creeped Out,
Jen

Bah ... This Is The Day That Outright Refuses To End ...

I don't get it. I don't. I know in my mind that physically this day MUST end some time - yet the clock taunts me. It seems to gloat "Look Jen, look it's only 4:02pm! That means you have an hour and a half left but I, the keeper of time, am going to stretch it out to 700 hours of pure, unadulterated torture. Just FYI". I hate clocks. They're always telling me how late I am.
I was thinking today that I should get a watch. But why?? So I can carry this torture around with me at all times?!

Random concern for today:

Sometimes I worry that I'm pregnant. This is a completely irrational fear for many reasons - 3 of which being:

1) I'm on the pill (not to prevent pregnancy but to regulate my hormones)

2) You can't get pregnant when you're not having "relations" and haven't had "relations" in a long time.

3) At this time (until the Lord heals me), it isn't possible for me to get pregnant. Cysts and all that.

But I have yet to suss out why exactly this fear presents itself at least once every couple months! I am well aware of all the above factors that are preventing this from happening, but I still get this sudden rush of panic whenever I crave something weird or feel weird things going on in my tummy - my first thought isn't "Oh my goodness, maybe I've got stomach flu"! It's always "I hope I'm not pregnant..." Isn't that weird. I feel like a total creep.

Anyways, two posts in one day is blinding evidence of how bored I am. Oh my GOSH! It's only 4:11pm! I have been to the bathroom, eaten 2 pieces of gum, and written this update all since 4:02. Something weird is going on here.

More than Suspicious,
Jen

I Saw Something Hilarious This Morning ...

So, on my little trek to work this morning I came across something that I am still laughing about half an hour later. I saw a meter maid guy standing in front of a car, writing something on his little clipboard - which I assumed was a ticket. I had a moment of sympathy for the person receiving a ticket at 8:30am until I realized what was going on. I saw the owner of the car rushing towards the meter maid and when I passed behind him, I saw that he wasn't writing a ticket at all. He was simply standing beside a car, dressed in his meter maid uniform, doing a Sudoku puzzle. I stopped right behind him just to make sure I was seeing it right ... but yes, he was completely absorbed with this little puzzle. I laughed to myself as I walked away, wondering what he was going to tell the frantic woman, hurrying towards him to coax him out of writing her a €65 Sudoku fine.

Needless to say it was a great way to start my day - I laughed all the way to work and am still chuckling to myself. Anyways, I should get going as I am (yet again) at work and trying to get something done. My queue has jumped up yet again - seemingly overnight - and I am now in panic mode to clear at least half of it before the weekend.

More than Amused,
Jen

It's "That Time" ... Don't Get On My Nerves and Lord Help You If You Take My Hairbrush!!

So, it's "that time" in our house. 2 out of the 3 of us are craving all manner of sweetness and are homicidal for almost no reason. Just ask Kiki. She and I screamed at eachother this morning because she wouldn't help me brush my hair. (The fact that I needed help brushing my hair isn't as weird as the image of Kiki and I both clutching my hairbrush and screaming at eachother at half 7am.) So, after I left the house I started pondering why I reacted so savagely to the whole situation and then it dawned on me ... "Oh right ... I've run out of the little white pills and now I'm onto the little pink ones for the next 7 days. Darn" And, after a little more thought (we know eachother too well Kiki) I realized that Kiki is also in the same boat. So I apologized and so did she and now we're laughing about the ridiculousness of it all. That doesn't change the fact that it has got to be one of the saddest moments of my whole life!

I'm at work once again, plugging away at my ever increasing queue and calling customers whose accents I still can't understand half the time.

We had our womens meeting last night and I had a really good time! It still surprises me how much I enjoy doing the whole "Christian Fellowship" thing. Normally I would stay far far away from anything even remotely resembling a prayer meeting/house church/worship time/women's group but I'm having a great time meeting with the ladies once a week to talk about God. It's been great.

Anyways, there's not much else going on around here, so I will just pepper this post with a few pictures and be on my merry way. Have a gooder.

More than Moody, Jen

Thank God for Three Things Tuesday!

I've decided that I will try my very best to list 3 things I am thanking God for every Tuesday. So, seeing as this is the first time, I will not force you to read 30 things I'm thankful for ... just 3. But who knows?? Maybe this will progress into 300 things! But probably not. I mean, I'm thankful for tons of stuff - one of which being I am far too lazy to type out all 300 for a blog that has a readership of 2.

Anyways... HERE WE GO!

This Tuesday the 3 Things I Am Thankful For Are:

1) My job. I was practically suicidal when I had to come in yesterday after being off work for like a week but today - today I am so happy to be here because I am busy but not overloaded and I have the internet to peruse.

2) My sister. In addition to being beautiful, intelligent, hilarious and about a million other things - she believes in me so much that I am convinced I can do all the things she tells me I can.

3) Blistex. I have this little pot of Blistex sitting on my desk, and it's just this helpful little friend just waiting for me to need him. He keeps my lips soft and I really enjoy that slightly uncomfortable burn that immediately presents itself when you haven't used it in a while. It's almost a punishment. It's great.
So that's it! Thanks for taking that journey with me. I will write again soon but now - I've got work to do!

More than Thankful,
Jen

St. Paddy's Day Is Upon Us !!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!! I hope you guys in Canada have a blast and celebrate our time old tradition of scouring Old Navy for a St Paddy's shirt that just might fit. Perhaps one that looks like this:

Yes, I think these are the perfect Paddy's shirts. The Irish would be proud to see a slew of Canadians traipsing around wearing them.

This weekend will be madness but thank goodness for Bank Holiday Monday! A long weekend is MUCH needed by me! (We're all going to pretend I didn't call in sick to make pork chops on Wednesday.) So I am trying to stay as far away as possible from the festivities. Last year was enough mayhem to last me all thru this year too. It's funny how into St. Paddy's Day Irish people get. I mean, I thought those of us who didn't live in Ireland were making fools of ourselves by getting dressed up and dyeing our beer green but NO - the Irish do it too!! Granted, 75% of the population is foreign so I guess that's what it is - all us foreigners are making the Irish look bad - and apparently they don't like it because it has resulted in funny (but terrible) t-shirts like this one:

In case you can't see it - yes, it does say "Don't Kiss Me, I'm Polish". Nice hey? Oh Ireland, you never fail to impress me.

Anyways, have a great St. Patrick's Day for me girls!! Stay away from the pubs (Lord knows I will!) and make sure you obtain at least one item of clothing that says "Kiss Me I'm Irish" on the front. Do it for me!

Oh! And I'm making steak and caesar salad tonight so Muss - expect a call from me!!

More than Culinarily Impaired,
Jen

Jen and Muss' Long Distance Lemon Garlic Pork Chops

Yesterday my beloved Muss coached me over the phone as I attempted to make pork chops. Alone. So, I documented the whole thing with pictures to prove that a) I DO listen
2) I actually cooked once
c) I love Muss enough to look like a huge nerd by taking pictures at various stages in the cooking process.


First, I took the pork and "trimmed the fat" (yes Muss, I am giggling right now) and I chopped up garlic after "Mussing" them to get the peel off. I then doused the pork and garlic in lemon juice, covered in tin foil (saran wrap would have worked wayyyy better) and shook it all up!!


Then I carefully placed it in the fridge to marinade for 5 minutes


When I removed it from the fridge, it looked like this.


Then I placed on a very awkward pan (hey, you work with what you've got) and placed in the dirty oven.


30 minutes passed ....


And out came beautiful, garlicy, lemony pork goodness. Which I arranged beautifully on a plate with some asparagus.


I then proceeded to eat it with Muss on speakerphone.

And, just for fun, here's my work and a picture of Andrea eating my face at the pub.

That's all for now, hope you enjoyed that glimpse into my life ...
More than Able,
Jen

Rainbow Sodding Brite

TERRIFYING. Rainbow Brite is completely, soul suckingly, eye goungingly terrifying. Whenever someone would mention that show, I would always nod and say "Yeah I remember that show" when really, I don't think I did. We recently acquired (by Kiki's request) a Rainbow Brite DVD and - while I've made some terrible mistakes in my life - this one may have been the worst. She was so ... demonic! What a demonic little girl! Not literally of course - but she was just too CREEPY. And Star SPRINKLES?? What in the Lord's sweet name are those?!

Anyways, yes. That's the end of my Rainbow Rant. Haha, I wonder if that's what they call it when Rainbow Brite gets mad ... a Rainbow Rant. Hahaha...

More than Mentally Unstable,
Jen

** If you click on the newspaper it should allow you to access an "easy-read" version ... but if not, maybe save it and then open it using Picture Viewer and then zoom. Don't want you to hurt your eyes **


Note: Had to remove the picture cause it was acting crazy, so just let me know if you want to read it and I will send you a copy.

** This has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever done... The title is supposed to read The So Chi Times - Grandman Marge ... Caught Shpooing!!! And the last line should read ".. no more Shpooing on my watch."

Muss ... honestly. I'm crying. I can't handle how funny this is .... if you want to make your own simply click on my handy dandy link.

My Muss, Her Painting and the Recognition She Deserves

Here's a goofy poem to celebrate you getting the GOLD MEDAL in the Chocolate Sculpture/Painting arena of the 29th Annual Culinary Salon in Winnipeg!!


A Long Time Coming - By: Adoring Fan Jen Gibson

They challenged you to make a picture
Something of chocolate glory
You rose to the occasion as you always do
And inspired this little story

You toiled over chocolate sweet
Dark, milk and white would do
Melting, shaping, sculpting, molding,
And I'm sure some eating too!

You needed not colours of red or of green
Artificial or otherwise
You relied on pure talent and culinary knowledge
Requiring no elaborate guise

A picture was formed from that sweeth chocolatey mass
A geisha white emerged
Beautiful, tasteful - oh so alluring!
All anomalies painstakingly purged

The day of professional judgement came
And when presented among those in its class
It stood out! It astounded! And dare I say...
IT TRULY KICKED CULINARY ASS!!

Your masterpiece, subject of nerves and toil,
Delivered to you - victory!
"They" had finally taken notice
And awarded a Gold Medal to ye

So I'm miles away but glowing with pride
I wish I could be there to say
I love you, I miss you, and just one more thing
FELIPE YOU BASTARD - MAY YOU ALWAYS RUE THIS DAY!!


** I hope this little tribute (another one?!) brought a smile to your face.

The Best Pictures of 2007

Enjoy these beautiful pictures ....