Like a moron I go outside wearing the wrong shoes to get the mail and what happens? I slip on the ice and fall right on my knees.

Of course. What do you expect in West Virginia??

Of course. What do you expect in West Virginia?? [/QB][/QUOTE]

How true

Ouch! That's the one thing I'm always on the lookout for. I remember last year I left for work in the morning and it was dark and I didn't know there was a sheet of ice on my sidewalk and I fell right on my rear. Of course, my next door neighbor had to have been getting into his car at the time. Now I wear shoes that are practical. I've worn my timberlands to work all week. I don't care how ridiculous they look. I'm not falling down for anybody.

Our computers at work are down for the rest of the evening. Whoa is me!

Luckily the internet is ok. I guess I'll just have to play on the internet until it's time to go home.

That would be my favorite job description. This GBB is addictive. The other day I heard they institutionalized a woman and her kids out here because they stopped going to work and school and they were on the internet all day long. I don't understand what is the big deal. They sound very normal to me.

Naw, the internet is nifty and everything, but there is no way I could imagine spending all day on it.

Curiosity killed the cat....but satisfaction brought him back.

The early bird may get the worm....but the second cat gets the cheese.

I don't know what to do tonight...
go out with: boyfriend? (We've been back together for a month, btw... I think I forgot to tell those of you who would care.) Friends? Cousins and boyfriend?
Or shall I just blow everyone off and stay home alone and veg and watch movies?

Such a tough decision.

I think I'm gonna go out with cousins and boyfriend, but I prefer blowing everyone off and staying home alone. Does that ever happen to you guys? Happens to me a lot. I think that makes me boring.


Anyway, have a safe and fun Friday night, everyone. Most of you are halfway through it already, but it's only 7:40 here.

I'm sleepy enough to go to bed right now, at 9:40 here, so my advice is to veg out, but I suppose that's a bit biased considering my state...

Really, I'm like that sometimes. I'd just rather come home Friday and watch TV if a game's on, or post on here, or just lay around instead of going out with friends, so either you're normal or we're both boring.

But if you've got a boyfriend, cousins, and friends all available to go out somewhere, take advantage.

Normal, huh? I've never been accused of that one before.

My friends are gonna go clubbing, and I really don't feel like doing that tonight. So I'm goin' with cousins and BF.

I'm talking as if anyone cares... but I've got like an hour to kill, and nothing else to talk about.

Oh sure!!! Nothing else to do so might as well talk to us hu???

Go out and have fun! It's always good hanging out with friends/family. Bring your coat though cause it's cold. And don't come in too late young lady!!!


TIS

Okay Mom. You want me to knock on your door and let you know when I get home? Actually my mom always says if I get home when she's already in bed, to make sure and slam the front door loud enough so she can hear it upstairs, just so she'll know I'm home. She says that even if she's asleep, she's always aware, and she sleeps better once she knows we're all home.

And not only is it cold, but I think it's raining, even. It was raining earlier, not sure if it still is. I'll even take a scarf.

Well, I'm trying to stay up to watch the Rockets game since I finally have the time w/out schoolwork, and it's good to get to talk on here. TIS, you keep an eye on her!

Zia,

That's so true. When my daughters lived at home and were out for the evening, I never slept soundly til they got home. I'd hear there car pull up in the driveway, get a relieved feeling and fall right to sleep.

Yes, it's been raining all day here too. Suppose to be pretty nice tomorrow though. Have a good time Zia, and stay sober.

TIS

Paul Newman is one of the sexiest men alive.

I drool at the sight of him.

Listen to this:

Last night at the restaurant (I'm a cook), the bus boys were going outside to start on the afterjobs they gotta do every night (spray and scrub trash cans, carts, spray off all the floor mats), and they went to turn on the hot water for the hose. Well the temperature hasn't climbed over 20º in the past 3 weeks, so the pipes tend to freeze. Well, when they finally got the pipes warm enough to pump water, the fricken' hot water pipes bursted! So we got hot water going all over the place, and nothing to contain it. So my partner Phil (the other cook) went in there and rigged something up to keep the water leakage to a minimum until the water guy got there. We had to turn the hot water completely off in the entire restaurant, and we didn't have any hot water back for 2 hours. The dish guys couldn't wash a single dish until it was back on. So once it got fixed, the managers took over cook line, and us cooks had to go back and wash the f*ckin' dishes with the dish guys.

I've no problem with washing dishes but that's only because I can't cook well. You should post some of your best recipes here.

Who can cook well? I can't at all. I can switch the teapot on, I believe, but I keep this extraordinary ability in secret .

I can make a mean bowl of cereal.. and sometimes my toast just comes out perfect...

But seriously, the only real dish I can make is speghetti. I use my mom's recipe.. (which is my 100% Italian grandma's recipe) and its amaaaazzinggg. All homemade - except for the noodles.

My dad is the best cook I know. I became a cook at the restaurant I work at because of him. I love my country food, and that's what he cooks the best. If I were to rank my favorite types of foods, it was go something like this:

1) Country cooking
2) Italian
3) Mexican
4) Greek
5) Persian
6) American

My dad taught me how to make Texas fried steak when I was 12 years old. Cook up some mashed potatoes and country gravy, and some wilted lettuce salad, and I'll be hurtin' for a week.

Italian recipe! Can't you share it with us?

I can make a delish biscuits & gravy

Ah, but have you ever attempted to master the art of Pop Tarts? Now that's a true talent.

Yay!! A food discussion!!

I love cooking... I make a mean tomato-vodka sauce, which I put on penne pasta with shrimp and broccoli... I make filet mignon with brandy cream sauce... I make this great chicken with cream sauce, Brie, and mushrooms... Salmon with white wine, butter, and lemon... Mmmm my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Besides that, I can make basic Italian stuff... pretty much any sauce for pasta is easy enough (with chicken or meat, or whatever), and then lasagna, manicotti, etc.

Anyway, all my friends make fun of me because if you look at me, it looks like all I can make is a MEAN set of reservations. Like I don't have one domestic bone in my body.

Don Corleone, believe it or not, I've never had country cooking. Born and raised, 20 years, in the U.S. of A., and I've never had country anything. Correction... I've had Cherry Cobbler. That's country, right? Anyway, it sounds good, but it's really heavy food, right?

Mmmm All of that sounds great Zia. Don't know about vodka in my sauce tho??? Then again there's a restaurant here that serves Jack Daniels Steak and it's great.

I like to cook. I enjoy cooking meals more than desserts, and of course Italian is my favorite. However, I wish I knew how to make more dishes. It took me some years to get my tomato sauce to a point where I think I finally got it.

Speaking of Pasta noodles. I remember some years back my grandmother/mother/aunts making noodles from scratch. It was a big deal. Like a holiday. My sister and I and some of the other cousins would be in charge of curling the noodle with a strawlike utensil, each noodle individually. Took all day to make, but it did taste great.

TIS

I've only had handmade fresh pasta once, but it was AWESOME.

The closest I get to that is buying the fresh/raw pasta in the fridge section... I totally prefer that to dry pasta. Although I've never found non-dry penne, which is my favorite kind. I always just find fettucine or linguini (in the fridge section).

<---Isn't this a fitting smiley for talking about food?

Totally. I love it!

Maybe one day all of us girls who cook can get together and try making the homemade pasta. What do ya think???? If we put all our heads together, how can we possibly screw it up?? Then again, it'd be so much work.


TIS