crucible of ennui

Cat: Mommy, dinner is extra yummy tonight. It feels like it’s giving my tongue kisses.

Okay - I think the sauce recipe I posted earlier wasn’t exactly correct. This time this is exactly how I made it. When I was done I had four 4-gallon bags of sauce to use, freeze or wrestle in.

3 cans of crushed tomatoes. The cans I mean are the HUGE 6lb 6oz cans you buy at a warehouse or Smart & Final.
1 x-large onion. like the size of a newborn head. Dice it up.
4 cloves garlic
1 lb each ground beef and ground pork
2 tbsp each parsley and basil
2 tsp worcester sauce
10 drops tabasco
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Let me just copy and paste the instructions:

If you like mushrooms, decide how much you want in your sauce, then at the very beginning add them to the oil and start browning them just before you add the onions. Remember not to over cook the onions - just till they turn translucent. So - olive oil, onions, garlic - sauté until translucent. Then add the rest of everything, stir and simmer.

If you’re looking to make a meat sauce - decide how heavy a meat sauce you want. I grew up with heavy meat sauces. The kind that held the spoon suspended upright in the pot. This is a great way to use leftover chicken or steak. Before you put your sauce pot on the stove take your meat and begin slicing it very thin with the grain. Then cut it into strips, about 1 inch long and 1/4 inch thick. Place in sauce pot with olive oil and cook until everything just gets done. Then add the rest of the oil, onions and garlic. Then the rest of the ingredients and simmer simmer simmer. Like overnight kinda simmer. I usually start this in the evening so it can become fabulous overnight.

That’s it. And it was perfect.

I took off a Monday early in December and went to Christina’s house to make meatballs. When we were done I think the final count was 180. I used mine for Christmas dinner this year. I made a lasagna and had sauce and meatballs on the side.

Then I rocked out with some mad baking skillz and made Pecan Tassies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, and Russian Tea Cakes.  You know I usually suck at baking, right?  As Nana would say, the worm has turned. Or maybe it was just a Christmas miracle.

my job position was eliminated today. boo. I hate it when that happens.

I hate Mondays like today. It’s kinda rainy - which is normally cool, but I’m not home to enjoy it. It’s my week for back-up phone coverage - which is normally cool, but I have some stuff I wanted to focus on and it’s more difficult to concentrate when I have to pick up the phone.

But the absolute worst part of today is the soup I got for lunch. Chicken and wild rice from Ralphs (in Encino btw in case you’re thinking of picking up some). It’s 85% salt and 15% super mega raunchy ass.

What I wear is determined by whether or not my legs are shaved and/or if I have the energy to shave them.

I may be in pants for a while.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

T S Elliott

Apparently I didn’t have a milder version of what Catherine had. I am horribly sick. Went to the doctor yesterday after suffering all weekend and left with a script for über-antibiotics. Takeaway words: mini-tonsils and pus. I’m not going any further on the details. It’s grody.

I totally need soup. And either Warcraft or Little Big Planet. Or a cool action movie.

Speaking of action movies. I love Demolition Man. LOVE IT. Can’t get enough of it. If it’s on, I’m watching it. Enhance your calm, John Spartan.

I think I’m coming down with a milder version of what Cat had. Thank god I don’t have tonsils, cause then I think it’d be worse. But I’m feeling icky and want to get back into bed and rest.

The only consolation I have is that I look rockin’ cute today. Adorable retro heels and a black/red plaid pencil skirt.

Meh. I may feel terrible, but I look fabulous.

My poncho smells like feet.
So I can be cold. Or I can be warm and smelly.

I may wear cheap shoes, but I do not wear cheap fragrance. I’ve always had a few bottles of something on my dresser - from childhood through the present. Now that I’m older and have the means (occasionally), I’m having a blast!

My core collection is mainly from Creed. 2000 Flowers, Love in White, and my most favorite scent ever, Angélique Encens. These seem to cover whatever mood or season I’m in at the time.

I did have the opportunity to try a sample of Wode by Boudicca. Wow. The first impression I got was you really have to be confident with yourself to wear this. It layers wonderfully and as it wears, different scents emerge.

But seriously, I felt like I wanted to slap my breast with my broadsword as I charged off into battle. But I didn’t cause I’m at work and there’s a no bare bewbie policy.