I’m a lazy bitch in the kitchen, if I don’t have to do much of anything and still get a tasty meal out of it then I’m game. This usually includes eating things out of boxes, bags, cans and microwavable cardboard cartons. Thankfully, The Hotness does most of the cooking for us — he doesn’t quite share the same penchant I do for fast food.

But I digress. This year I’ve made it a personal goal to at least attempt to cook meals that require more involvement than just “set Power Level to High”. So, that being said…

Got any recipes that you’ve made that actually taste good?

Two posts in one day?

Why yes!

I’m sick. The kind of sick that you can’t lay down and escape into sweet slumber because both nostrils immediately fill with snot and you suddenly stop breathing (which is never a good thing). And it’s the kind of sick that no matter how hard you blow nothing in your schnoz moves but your eye feels like it’s going to shoot out of your head, fly across the room and stick to the wall. The only option is to remain in your full upright position and secure your fucking tray table because it’s going to be a long night.

I figured since I’m miserable then I should come here and bitch about it….classy eh?

Anyway, moving on to more pleasant things — like bringing luck into my life for 2008. I was sitting at my funky old desk at my shiny new job when the lady in the half-cubie next to me asked if I had my peas ready for New Year’s Day. I looked at her a little odd and she proceeded to whip out a little packet with 12 uncooked black eyed peas from her purse.

I guess her family has a tradition of every New Years they make these little packets, one pea for each month and on New Year’s Day puts it in their purse for good luck. She said they also ensure that my purse will never want for money. Beings that our financial situation blows goats this year I’m willing to try anything to make sure ‘08 doesn’t follow suit. So tomorrow when we go grocery shopping I’ll be purchasing said peas and will make my groovy little pea packet!

Do you have any weird New Year’s Day traditions for good luck?

Got a new job, started today! It’s already proving to be a helluva lot better than my last one even with the cut in pay so I’m a happy camper! It’s working for the one of the utility companies as a construction representative — super simple work thus far

In other news The Hotness and I have decided to just be low-key this Christmas with gift giving which means about 80% of the gifts we’d usually give aren’t being purchased. I’m sure someone will bitch but I don’t care.

We finally managed to get the pictures from the step-daughter’s wedding ceremony ordered last week and they arrived yesterday — super fucking awesome looking might I add! I’ll try and get some loaded up on here for y’alls viewing pleasure.

Annnnd, we got new pillows tonight — down ones…I hope they’re comfy since I’ve never owned down stuff before.

Ok this post was dumb, sorry

Ok so thus far most of the online to-do’s that I’ve been knocking out have been behind the scenes junk (consolidating email addresses, updating this-n-that, cleaning out the inboxes). But it’s all starting to come back together again! *chuckle* The Victoria Secret Fashion Show is on though so I’d better get my ass off the puter and onto the couch to throw popcorn at the t.v.

Thanksgiving is over and I think I’ve finally got myself back in a good groove Money still sucks and whatnot but I just have to get back online! Over the next few days I’ll be trying to get my many online projects back in order so I can be running full tilt starting in December!

Soooo, in the month of Ho-Ho-Ho and mistletoe watch for the following things:

-Regular posting here at AIS will finally commence!

-The Bug Hour will return from hiatus to it’s regularly scheduled time on Thursday nights 9:00-11:00pm EST with all new stuff and more music than ever before!

-Important, fantastic cancer fighting-ass-kicking will occur that will save YOU money…and it’ll be wickedly sexy!

-Room #813 will be open for business again!

-Win It! will return with a great holiday-themed scavenger hunt (and a great prize or two)!

Of course there’s more to add to the list but I think I’ll leave some of it as a surprise

Now I just gotta get caught up on the ol’ blog roll and see what everyone has been up to while I was away….oi vey!