Can I get a side of cough syrup with that?

I am still sick. Where did I get this cold? Ok, I've had a cold for three days, not that long, but it's more than long enough for me!

Recently I have been very adventurous with food. Last Wednesday I made Salmon steaks with a honey lime glaze (very yummy) and then I made a spinach-strawberry salad with a homemade strawberry vinegrette (which was also very yummy). Then this past sunday I tried to make a dish called a dutch baby pancake. It was very tasty, but didn't turn out like the picture so I was a little disappointed.


Congrats to Moi! Your prize is in the mail! You are going to LOVE it!!!


Are you ready for the state of the day?










TEXAS!!!!
...is the second largest state in both size and population. It's capital is Austin and the largest city is Houston. Texas is known as the "Lone Star State". Some famous Texans include: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, Cid Charisse, Buddy Holiday, Dan Rather, ZZ Tops and many others! Wow, I am suprised that so famous people are from Texas! Personally, Texas isn't my favorite state, but it seems fun. If you would like you can read more here.

I'm just peachy keen...

I woke up yesterday with a tiny sore throat that has become a cold today. Yay.

To make things worst, there is this giant storage tank in our basement that has been there forever, and today my dad decided to take something out of it and now our house smells like oil. I can't tell if I'm light-headed because of the smell or the fact that the only thing I've had to eat today is a couple of Halls.

I have opened almost all of the window and have about a dozen candles lit to help get rid of the smell, but it doesn't seem to be working.


At Moi's request here is a clue for the "mad reds":

HG:"I've got to do something about the way I look. I mean a girl just can't go to Sing Sing with a green face."











Now for the State of the day:

VERMONT!!!!!

...was the 14th state to join the union (the first to do so after the original 13). It ranks 45th by area and 49th by population. Vermont was the birth place of Calvin Coolidge and Chester A Arthur. Alan Alda's character from M*A*S*H "Hawkeye" was from Vermont. I think I would like to visit Vermont, it seems very cute! You can read more here.

Shady Brad

Hello my dear friends! I am so sick. I feel like I am dying. My head is just going to pop off and float away. I really, really want to crawl back into bed and just stay there forever. I look like a mess, and not a hot mess of any kind, just a mess. I hate colds, I hate being sick.

Ok, enough with the complaints.

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! I was so excited, but was too ill to actually do anything so I handed out candy and hung out with the girls I babysit (they came over after trick or treating). They were dressed as supergirl and a cheerleader. Supergirl had been sneaking candy all night and was jumping off the walls. It was fabulous.

And now I am dying, ugghh.

Along with Supergirl and Cheerleader came their mom and dad, my roommates and Shady Brad and his wife Jen. I met Shady Brad last weekend at the Maryland game. He is very weird. At the Maryland game he seemed ok, but then we went bar hopping and he kept disappearing with random girls. I will have you note that Brad wasn't wearing his wedding ring, claiming it was "too heavy" and that he was in the process of changing it. So off Brad would go, buying drinks for "people from work" who were all 18 year old girls. Maybe they are interns?

Anyhow, last night when he and his wife came over he was wearing his ring (apparently it's not too heavy now) and he made a weird comment to me about me working with his company. He give me the creeps. Plus, I think he might be gay. He has all the typical mannerisms. He is just so odd. So shady.