9.15.2007
Ghetto Fabulous Living
Every few trips, I pick up a bag of frozen pre-formed hamburgers. It helps to have these on hand for hamburgers, so you can use the ground beef that you bought on other dishes as you feel like it. I also pick up at least one top round roast (London Broil cut) for 5 bucks or so.
With that in the freezer you will need a few more supplies on hand, you will need to buy these items but do so when they are on sale only. It can be hard to spend more than you want to but you will be happy when you have cupboards full of what you need, reducing your store trips.
- Cream of Mushroom soup or Cream of Mushroom w/ Roasted Garlic soup (I recommend only Campbells, which is why it is important that you buy a bunch when they are on sale. I hoped the generic would taste close to the real thing, it was very disappointing and bland.)
- Macaroni and cheese (If you have a bulk club membership, Mac and cheese is a better deal, take advantage of it)
- Canned tuna (any kind is fine but get white albacore when it is on sale, it tastes much better)
- Ritz Crackers
- Hamburger Helper goes on sale every other week at my local grocery store, Safeway. The generic Safeway brand Hamburger Helper is very good, and is even cheaper. I find the safeway brand on sale for $1 a box regularly.
- Spaghetti can be used for many things besides the old fashioned italian favorite. This goes on sale for 80 cents a box regularly, and that box can feed a small army.
- Stock up on spices. It took me a while to realize this as an amateur ghetto fabulous chick but spices make food taste better. It's true! I never wanted to waste my money on them but I started buying one bottle of spice every other shopping trip, now I have a nice supply to experiment with.
- Frozen vegetables have a long shelf life, and generic on sale is your best bet for saving money, stock up on your favorites.
- Sloppy Joe Sauce when on sale (Generic is fine)
The one thing I never stock up on is fresh veggies and fruits. With the two of us we just see them get rotten before we get around to eating them. However, I make a small trip to the store when a recipe calls for them and it really helps save there as well.
I have lots of recipes I plan to share in the future. They will make moms and people that actually cook regularly laugh about how simple (& ghetto) they are, but if you are low on money, don't think that you can cook and you find you never have food, you will appreciate them I am sure. This one came out well recently so I will post it first.
Ritz Fried Chicken (Recommended side dish: Mac & Cheese and cooked vegetables)
1-2 Eggs
3-4 bonesless chicken breasts thawed
1/2 cup of butter of margarine melted
1 sleeve of Ritz crackers
1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
2. Crush crackers until fine. One good way to do this is to put the crackers into a ziplock bag. 3. Then use a potato masher or the flat end of a big spoon and bash! It will take some elbow grease to get them all fine, or 2-4 minutes of bashing.
4. Pour crumbs into a shallow dish
5. Crack egg into large bowl and wisk until beaten
6. Dip chicken breasts into egg, and swirl them around into the crumbs until covered.
7. lace on a greased cookie sheet
8. Pour melted butter or margarine over breasts until covered. This will make them golden brown!
9. Into the oven they go!
Bake 30-40 minutes
Labels: Ghetto Fabulous Living
9.14.2007
D-Day
Well it was a great day. I got to pawn off all of my work on Malcolm which was awesome. Thanks Mal, I know that you are reading this! So I played a lot of Pogo and had fun and smoked a lot of cigarettes cause people wanted to do last cigarettes with me. What a ritual. I got to play a last game of Lottso Deluxe against Aaron and yes he kicked my ass again. I talk shit but he always kicked my ass and today was no exception. I believe he was #1 and I #2 only like 10 points behind.
I am going out with a friend of mine to Red Robin and have a burger and drink some beers and it is kind of like a celebration, at least in my mind. Well, I added some new pictures today that have been on my phone forever that I forgot about. The ones of me are from the day I went out for my birthday. I love dressing up but I don't often, so I had to take pics of my perfect makeup, how vain of me. Actually I am quite vain, but that is another story altogether. I am rambling! Lost focus! Here is a picture of my cake. It really made me smile when I saw it, I think I choked up :)
9.13.2007
I love Boy Bands
help of a little channel called VH1.
It is called Mission:Man Band. This show was made for me and girls like me. Woot!! Too bad the show is over. :(
Good music though :D
Kanye v. Fitty
Kanye definitely wins the battle in more ways than one. I actually like gangsta rap, yes I know I am the whitest girl that likes gangsta rap, and that's not news if you know me, which you surely do if you are reading this. Now that we have moved past that, 'Fitty'"s CD "Curtis" is so old school to me. I used to think of his older stuff as cool, 'updated' gangsta rap... Curtis is full of gun shots and how much harder he is than everyone else. Weren't we over that in like 1997? Biggie, hello, can I get a witness? Anyway- if you are actually trying to choose one or the other, Kanye West's Graduation is where it's at. It's full of unique, melodic tunes and interesting lyrics to go with. Sure-- he is also totally full of himself. But he isnt the one that made this stupid bet in the first place. Free and accurate publicity for him, at least on this one little situation.
It would be cool if they come out in 3 months and say it was all a hoax to sell both CDs or something, lol
9.11.2007
Damn bug
http://www.cindyli.com/index.php/site/comments/my_vw_bug_has_a_bug_automatic_stuck_in_park/
9.10.2007
Too young
9.06.2007
Leaving my job
7.26.2007
Got a new phone
I got one of these.
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/8525/?_requestid=53848
I bought it used from a coworker. It's great and I will never ever ever ever need another phone.
ever.
6.26.2007
Breakfast
6.24.2007
A month
There is some cool news as of late. Jay was in a poker tournament and he won 13 thousand dollars. That was nice! He got us a tempur-pedic bed with the money. It was cool too, this is the bed that we got. Even cooler? We got it for a thousand dollars cheaper. I saw someone selling one on Craigslist and it was still available. Yay! It was a total bitch getting it into the apartment though. (We got the biggest one, a CA King size)
We have only been in it one night, and it is very comfortable, and I like it a lot. However it's stiff at first, and I found myself sleeping too long. I was warned that I should wait a few weeks before making a final judgement.
As for what he is going to do with the rest of his windfall, no idea. We might go to vegas for a vacation, but now he is convinced we will get to go for free when he wins a seat to the World Series of Poker. Well, let's hope he is right.
5.21.2007
Southwest Airlines Dog commercial
Labels: Pets
Time to get political
Most people that know me know that I am a loud proud liberal! More than likely when you meet someone who grew up in the bay area they will be. I can respect other's opinions, but if they don't agree with me I stay quiet as a mouse. With the occasional muffled laugh and roll of the eyes. See, I can control myself!
Anyway, I was going somewhere here. I LOVE Bill Clinton. That's right, Slick Willy is the man! Oh, yes and I feel the exact opposite about George Bush. I don't agree with the war but the subject is not one that consumes my thoughts very often. Almost everything that George Bush does and beleives in embarasses, and insults me, usually in that order. This is why I am so very extremely overjoyed that....
HILLARY is running to be president. I read her book, I think she's cute and spiffy and demure. She's obviously got something special about her since she didn't rip Willy's "cheating" face off. Sure, she could have divorced him, but let's save that topic for another day, shall we? Of course we shall, because this is my blog! Ha!
Oh right, I am going off kilter again, sorry! Well I have been hoping and praying that Hillary would run for years so since she announced that she was in fact running I have been so thrilled every time I think about it! Unfortunately, I am not as confident that she will win as I once was. My first assumption was, "Of course she will win, everyone remember how most things were great when "the other clinton" was in office. People had money, people had jobs, people (as far as my young ass remembers) were generally happy! I really doubt that anyone was grumpy about these important things no matter which political "side" that they were on. Of course there was some timing involved... with Clinton, Dot-Com-Boom, and Bush, Dot-com-Bust....Or was there?
Could it be a coincedence when the one-time president encouraged and embraced technology and progression, then jobs were born? We are living in the past people! I for one am sooo looking forward to seeing the first female president inducted in my lifetime and I hope you are too. I know that I will be crying when that happens, and it may be the most meaningful moment of my young life. Just thinking of this moment actually had me voting for her theme song on her website, and no matter what the theme song actually happens to be, I am sure that it will be a women's anthem for the rest of eternity.
Yep, that was ME talking about political related stuff... you won't see that too often.
5.20.2007
Hi, blog
I finally won a tournament! I didn't win a lot by any means. I bought in for 1.10 and my prize was 14 dollars. I beat 44 people! Wooot.
Labels: Pic-A-Day
5.16.2007
THE CONTACTS HAVE LANDED
Visits: 5
Not bad, I was thinking it would take me like 8 tries! I got them out last night in about 10 minutes, and got them in this morning in like 25 minutes. YAY
Labels: My many issues
5.14.2007
Pretty flower
Someday my prince will come...
Ok, I don't actually want to get married at Puroland. However if some guy gave me this ring, I may do anything he wants. Even kill someone?!
Labels: Hello Kitty
5.10.2007
Pokerstars is a bunch of meanies
If anyone actually read this blog, I may ask the question "Do you recommend a poker site to play on?" Since no one reads this ever EVER, I will do my own research. thanks for nothing, No one!!
:D
Labels: My many issues, Pissed off
The party's over
5.09.2007
Poker? I hardly know her!
It turns out I am not so bad at poker! I always thought I was alright but I am now playing every day, either for free or for a quarter-$2.00. I made 71 cents today! Woot! I play at pokerstars.com.
5.08.2007
Scratched cornea
It was a scratched cornea! Not too shabby! Much better than it sounds, trust me. Ten times better than pink eye. While my cornea heals for the next week, no contacts!
Labels: My many issues
Dr
I sooo want contacts.... I will do this eventually!
Labels: My many issues
5.07.2007
Adventures in contact lenses
Let me tell you a little story about my adventures in contact lenses. I hope this gets found by other people who can't get the hang of the damn things. My advice to you is keep trying. I have made lots of progress. Just be careful. Of course when I will keep updating the story while it happens.
Trips to eye doctor for contacts: 4
Times cried of sadness: 1
Times cried of happiness: 1
Eye infections: 1
Trip #1: Could not get contacts anywhere near my eyes. Cried
Trip #2: Got contacts a little closer. Still not in eyes, but closer.
Trip #3: Got contacts in! Cried of happiness. Couldn't get them out. Had technician do it, hurt like hell.
Trip #4: Got contacts in and out 2x. They still didn't feel comfortable with me bringing them home. Made appointment to come back tomorrow as I am so close I must come back asap so I can do it again and bring them home finally! Leave dr's office with a very painful irritated eye.
As of right now, I am almost positive I have contracted pink eye in my right eye. I have had this 2 times in my past, and while I remember it being more itchy and runny then, this is just irritating enough and it feels about right. Took nap, and woke up with big white eye crusties. *Livid*
How did this happen? I was under supervision of the eye technicians. She washed her hands before touching my contacts. I washed them too. Could it have been the 10 times I dropped contact on tissue box or floor? I cleaned them off thoroughly before putting them in my eye and had no weird looks from the technicians. I am famous for having horrible luck in my life. In almost every situation, the worst or almost worst possible scenario actually happens to me. I don't mean that in a pity-me kind of way, it is a fact and I have learned to live with it. Everyone can wear contacts, why can't I? It's possible I am a freak of nature, and this was a sign that I should really not bother putting objects in my eyes...but I got so close! Should I give up now? Well, when I go back for my appointment tomorrow and they tell me I have an infection from the contact, they may recommend I not try anymore. That is just not going to happen. I got too close.
Is this just life mocking me because of how much I love pink?
Labels: My many issues, Pic-A-Day, Pink
5.06.2007
Pic-A-Day
Today's dinner
Poppyseed chicken
RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
5 chicken breasts, boiled
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz. sour cream
4 cups ritz crackers
1 stick butter, melted
1 tbsp. poppy seeds
1. Tear meat from boiled chicken breasts.
2. Coat a casserole dish with nonstick spray.
3. In a bowl, mix chicken, cream of mushroom soup and sour cream. Dump this mixture into the casserole dish and spread evenly.
4. Crush crackers and mix with melted butter. Spoon cracker mixture over chicken. Sprinkle the poppy seeds on top.
5. Bake uncovered in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until crackers are browned.
Labels: Food
5.04.2007
I really want this!!
I am so pissed off!
Grrr
Yahoo shuttin down Photos
Labels: My many issues, Services
4.20.2007
Ahem
You will probably think I am insane but I seriously believe in Astrology nowadays. It is just too accurate. It's actually a bit scary. I will go into more detail about this later.
Today sucks by the way, I have meetings most of the day and I still have work to do. Crap! Gotta go
4.08.2007
The funniest video in the universe
Labels: LOL
4.07.2007
Personal DNA
4.04.2007
OMG
Junk
4.03.2007
Meow
