Deer, Sweet Sunday....

Got back from Brockport for Thanksgiving. It was nice to see relatives and catch up a bit. We only stayed for a couple of days....Mike and I walked up into town on Friday. Brockport always seems the same, but just a 'little bit changed' whenever we go there. This time, the Burger King has closed and is relocated up further in town. It is kind of sad to see the old building so vacant. I spent a lot of time there! This top picture is of one of those porcelain deer in someone's front yard on Barry street. I got the bigest kick out of seeing this, because it took me by surprise. It really looked like a dead deer! Mike thought I was wierd, I'm sure, taking pictures in someone's yard...

I also thought I's posted about russian candy before. I just ate up the last few pieces I had last night.

If' you've never eaten Russian candy, you should....it is a true experience! It is not good, but it is fun to see what is inside.

I see a few distinct types: grainy caramel/liquor.....Some wierd airy marshmallow stuff....Crunchy wafers layered with cream and nuts......some dry nougat that reminds me of those protein things that the astronauts supposidly took up in space (cannot remember the name of that stuff)......there is one peanut butter one, but I can never figure out which one it is...

some gross milk and assorted hazelnut nougats and a rare raspberry jelly thing.

What I find the most fascinating about these candies is the wrappers. They are so colorful and bizarre. they are like paintings. I have seen everything from creepy babies faces to GUNS,witches, wizards,camels and squirrels, castles and bears.

All the writing is in Russian, so it's a mystery what they are called. I have gone on Russian food sites trying to figure out what is in half of these, and the descriptions are so vague.

I get a bagful everytime I go to the Russian import store. They are not good, but they have grown on me!

There is also a huge selection of slavic medicines there. I think they are antihistamines because they are on cards of like 20. One day when I was there, the woman in line ahead of me was buying about 10 cards of these pills.

I go in there for the kashi. It's cut a bit bigger, and I like that for tabbouleh. I look at the cookies, but they only offer a couple of varieties in many brands. Some tasteless shortbreads that look like those nesting dolls or plain rings. The other variety is wafer cookies with filling.

They have a huge deli there and people are always in there buying sausages and meats which really stink. there are some cakes in a case that are like Dobosh tortes with 10 or more layers.

They always look old.

the last time I was in there, I bought a scarf that was very colorful for like $4.00. I was watching that show on MTV where they send the bratty kids who had huge sweet 16 parties to underdeveloped parts of the world to teach them humility. In the episode where the girl goes to Mongolia, the Mongolian girl is wearing the exact same scarf I bought! Let me say, I was fixated!LOL....

It snowed again today. Not much accumulation, but now it's sleety out.

WTF Tuesday....

Not sure yet if it's true, but supposidly Speidie tied the knot yesterday. I read it may be just a publicity stunt paid for by US magazine (....like 300K!!!) Whatever.... Mr and Mrs Douchebag. It was so uncool that they didn't even tell their families they were doing this.
Spencer is an evil genious! He certainly has some kind of power over both Heidi and the press. (Note to self....Beware of men with flesh-colored peach fuzz.....)

I also wanted to comment on this week's episode of The Hills. Can Audrina get any wackier?

I truly think she has mental problems. The way she was believing that Lauren could ever hook up with Justin. I loved the demented look on her face as she was staring down Lauren in the kitchen. Such craziness!

Also, in defense of Justin....He is becoming more adult. He is a deep thinker! he should have spelled it out for Audrina one more time to make her feel better instead of walking away calmly,

but I give him credit for the way he dealt with her psycho phone messages, etc.

Awwww....Justin Bobby grows up!

Next week I feel that Audrina has some SERIOUS grovelling to do....

It Pays to be Virtuous......

During the past week, I have eaten Steel Cut Oats for breakfast 5 out of 7 days. Guess which days I've felt like crap? Call me crazy, but eating this specific food has made me feel so much better! Even my skin has been acting nicer! The only down side to SCOs is the time it takes to cook them. I've been making up a couple of days worth and just reheating them in the microwave, which sounds gross, but it works with this type of oat. Its texture sort of reminds me of kashi (buckwheat groats) or brown rice, the way it sort of 'pops' when you bite into it (like al dente rice...)
I have also been eating hard boiled eggs with the oats for protein.
I'm not expecting miracles, I just like the way I've felt the past week.
Went to the public market this morning. Not the usual amount of vendors becasue of the cold and snow. Couldn't find any good junk . I did get a 45 record of Dionne Warwick and the Spinners singing "Then Came You" .OMG , I love that song!
I also got a couple of roll-on perfume oils from the guy who's always there. One was a dupe of the men's cologne, Farenheit, and the other didn't have a label, but it smells really nice.
On the way home we stopped and got a bunch of meat from the local bucher.
Rest of the day was quiet.

socks...finished....

I forgot to post this picture of the socks I recently finished. I like the colorway of this yarn.

For some reason, the color is named "Lucky", so I suppose, in theory, these are my lucky socks.

the color combination reminds me more of Provence.

Snowy Saturday....

look at the icicles that have formed on our roof already!

Snow! I just took this picture off the deck a few minutes ago. I FINALLY got my camera from SONY. They are real douches in customer service..... Not consumer-friendly at all...

This was the first picture I took... I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fantastic resoulution. This was taken at night with a flash.

this was my lame attempt at being artsy..... It is icicles forming off the cover on our vent fan on the side of the house.

I cannot take credit for this last picture. It was sent to me by my 'cousin' Don who lives in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. They got a lot of snow there, and he sent me a few pictures.
I liked this one with the Bluejay.

Bit of a busy week ahead with Thanksgiving and traveling ...

I have to make desserts to take.

I want to be Napoleon's Friend !!!

I read an article yesterday about how Napoleon gave this ring to men who were loyal to him.

Gold...diamonds.....This ring is awesome!

I love the whole Napoleonic Bee thing, too. Whenever I see printed paper or material with bees on it , I think of Napoleon. I've been facinated by him for a few years now, but all the info on him is military strategy, and all about war. Nothing mainly about his life.

I love that cologne by Guerlain called Imperial. It is one of the best Eau Fraiches ever made.
I read that Napoleon got rub downs with a similar cologne and went through literally gallons of it a month. I suppose it goes along with the old myth about French citizens not bathing but dousing themselves with EDC to control the stench. (nowdays referred to as a "whore's bath")

Truly Madly Deeply

This has to be one of my favorite movies of all time. Something made me think of it Saturday, so I watched it yesterday for like the hundreth time....
first off....Juliet Stevenson is AMAZING. She is like an every-woman, and is so wonderfully real. she is not traditionally beautiful, but she has a certain something that makes her so gorgeous.
She is the perfect partner for Alan Rickman. Ahhh....Alan Rickman.....don't get me started. I love him with my eyes closed.....That voice......I love him with my eyes open.....He is not always handsome, but when he is, he is also AMAZING!
In this movie, both Juliet and Alan are so great TOGETHER....
Juliet plays Nina, a woman who has recently lost the "love of her life" , Jamie (Alan Rickman).
She cannot function. She tries to function. She buys a nasty run-down apartment because she's never had to do anything herself before. She's starting to learn how to be alone. She sees a therapist once a week and just cannot stop crying. She has rats. she's a slob.She's depressed.
Just when she resigns herself to this miserable existence, Jamie returns! However, he is a ghost. She doesn't care.... he's back! She can once again cope with life.
Then she comes to realize that she Has been coping, and it's not really about Jamie or anyone else ....It's about her. It's about LIFE not death. And, all the little inperfections that her relationship with Jamie had start coming to the surface , helping her make a decision.
Love this flick soooo much.