Oscar Wrapup

I have a system when it comes to the Oscars. I watch a tiny bit of the Red Carpet, then get bored and figure I'll see the best and worst dressed in the magazines slash online for the next week...so why not short hand it that way?

I generally don't watch the first hour to hour and a half of the actual show, and wait for the good stuff to come on. Last night I had the Oscars on mute while watching Penelope via Netflix online. Good movie, BTW.

I tuned in when Heath won the Oscar, and his parents accepted. I thought that was very sweet. I also LOVED Anne Hathaway's transparency last night. She was so emotional about Heath and her Oscar nomination, that it made me love her even more.

How much did you love the way they introduced the men and women for best Actor/Actress? I thought the women did a better job of reading the teleprompter and (possibly) adding their own little bit in there, with the exception of Nicole Kidman/Angelina Jolie. I've been hearing more and more negative things about the Jolie-Pitts, however, and wonder if Hollywood is just sick to death of their overdone orchestration of the media. I felt zero love coming from Nicole to Angelina.

I also was so struck with the guy who won the award for best screenplay for MILK. I wish more people could soften their hearts. We don't have to agree on lifestyles, but if we call ourselves Christians, we do have to agree on the fact that we're all God's children.

While I haven't seen that movie, yet, I was thrilled for Sean Penn to win his award. He's been through a lot, but I appreciate his taking responsibility for his own actions, and for being a consistently good actor.

Tidbits and picking up

More boy drama this weekend resulted in my taking a personal day on Monday. BOO on Valentine's Day! Amy was super sweet and had me over for a movie and dinner.

Tonight I am finally feeling more like myself, although still a bit raw. I am currenlty enjoying some white zinfandel and a seafood stir fry. Mmmmm.... and I'll probably have more chocolate, later. =)

I actually gave myself a good workout at home tonight, using my bands, free weights and step machine. I'm going to try working out tomorrow am and showering at the gym/getting ready/going to work. We'll see how that goes for me.

I look forward to making this recipe this week for General Tso's Chicken.

I'm Sad Today

I broke up with my boy last night. Have you ever been in a relationship where it was just the wrong timing? That was the case for us. It was hard on me, and I'm super sad today. Part of why it was so hard for me was that I assumed that he, too, knew it wasn't working and thought it would be a mutual thing. It wasn't. He tried so hard to propose ways to make it work under our current situation, but it is kind of a case of 'too little, too late.' It was an hour-long conversation too late last night, followed by stress eating chocolate and watching reruns of The Office and Will & Grace in an attempt to keep myself busy slash possibly laugh until I was so exhausted I could drop off.

Cooking Frenzy

I often cook several things at one time, then put them into individual serving containers and freeze what I won't eat in the next day or two. Today was one of those days. Here's what I prepared:

Roasted an 8lb chicken (took FOREVER!) that I injected with margarine and poultry seasoning (to make various dishes and throw the rest in the freezer.)
Used some of the chicken in a chicken tortilla soup
Two thick cut porkchops
Jambalaya with turkey polska kielbaska
Spicy Summer Corn Salad (this is basically grape tomatoes, avocado, frozen corn, various hot peppers, onion, cider vinegar and lime juice. I love it! This time I threw in some cucumber as well.) If anybody wants, email me and I'll send you the recipe.

I bought two salad bag kits at the grocery and will pull some chicken to throw on there for my work lunches this week. When I get bored with the food I have, I'll put it in the freezer and make some tomato basil pasta I picked up awhile back and toss it with pesto sauce and more chicken.

Tomorrow I have the day off, and I am planning to get myself up early and do the following (I am totally having a Rory Gilmore moment!):
laundry (take laptop and work on writing projects)
gym (read for class while on treadmill)
come home, put the clothes away
inventory my freezer (heard this tip recently - inventory freezer so you don't forget what you have and unneccessarily buy more)
pull the rest of the chicken off the bones, clean up mess
finishe cleaning room
call Tribune to report two weeks of no paper, get credit for those two weeks
potential nap
do a little homework.

My goal is to be up by 7 am, make some waffles and be at the laundromat by 8 am. We'll see how that works out for me. =) My goal is to be exhausted by 9:30 and in bed.

My Busy Weekend

I accidentally loaded the photos in reverse order of my weekend, and am too lazy to switch it. So here's my weekend in reverse. =)

We came to my house after Ann Sathers and created our own art. We had a slew of canvases and went at it. No, this painting is not supposed to be upside down...this is just the way that Blogger chose to do it and I can't figure out how to switch it. The flower and the geometric triptec are mine. The beautiful red, taupe and black pieces are Celina's. She's NEVER done art before. Didn't she do a beautiful job?




Saturday morning, Celina, Amy and I went to breakfast and to windowshop in Andersonville.

Ann Sathers, home of the AMAZING cinnamon rolls!

Green eggs and ham. Yum!



Friday night, Celina and I went to a fundraiser for the Firehouse Community Arts Center. It was at Momma K and Russ' house. I love them!