December 17, 2003
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questions answered from last post:
cookies were very yummy, think chewy granola with a bit of crisp. chocolate chip nut cookies, with a tad of good-for-ya-oatmeal, s and i thought they were ridiculously yummy.
yes, i am into kitchen testing. it is a bit of a hassle sometimes, so i have to be in the mood to eat the stuff. this is why i only tried the cookie mix. that and i hadn't been able to get to the store in a couple weeks to get other ingredients!
made a sample of a spool quilt top with old long-sleeve shirts. still making crazy quilt squares from old clothing and left over scraps of material.
i can't believe this upcoming weekend is the last before christmas. (spidey-i didn't realize it was this close...hey, you know they have a semolina restaurant by that movie theatre now...closer to us!) we still have a couple gifts to get. we got most of the shopping done last weekend. very cool. normally i do the shopping. this time he did and i accompanied him. it was fun. and quick. we like quick.
got dinner picked out (pork chops wrapped in onion, steamed brussel sprouts and creamy elbow noodles). not sure about dessert. i'm such a chocolate fiend. i feel like i will die if a day passes without chocolate hitting my lips. thinking about banana bread, chocolate cupcakes, or pumpkin cookies.
had this big ol post about having to go to jury duty. not sure i feel like typing it all out, but will say: first off, it snuck up on me. so the day before i was pouring over the website and my closet to see what to wear. decided my jeans were not respectful enough. so late in the eve we went to find me a pair of slacks. i found one pair that fit and looked like crap. found one pair that fit but were too long...i bought them. they are a madison pant(?) they sit on my waist and have a straight leg all the way down. not like a pair of pants i have ever had, i'm hooked now. will have to find a sewing pattern for them. the pants do attract every bit of kitty fur and winter coat fuzz. my car needs a tune up, so i was concerned it would break down on me to or from. left 10 minutes early to make it there in 5. arrived 5 minutes late. made it there. was in a room (with 300 people) for about 20 minutes before i realized i was to put the summons in a basket. then another 10 minutes later a dude comes in saying the equivalent to: for those of you never been to a jury pool party- (it puts the )summons in the basket, grab a juror tag, and blue handbook. then we watch you the juror , which i'd seen already in too many segments online the night before. after he leaves, i go get the tag and book. while at my seat i wonder if i put too much perfume on because the man next to me was not happy about having someone sit next to him. boy was he miserable...rapping his paper, elbowing my chair enough for me to have to adjust it out of his way. then the cell phone woman behind me. talking about how jeanette needs to go to the main office (we all new about this weeks ago, why don't people take care of business out of duty). then about 11:30 people start getting really restless. many on my side of the room have bought bags of chips and it sounds as if they have smashed the contents and are eating them crumb by crumb. i am doodling quilt designs and other stuff on a little pad (i couldn't find a book that would fit in my never used purse). 12, we break for lunch, i zip home and then back again. decided to try to get another seat (i was totally getting bad vibes off that man). so i move about a row forward. there for about 20 minutes and an older man walks up with a warm smile (leak guard) and says "you're in my seat". i thought he was kidding at first. then realized as he spoke about the newspaper and book in the chair next to me being his, he kidded not. so i looked around at all the empty chairs and said "oh, sorry, didn't know". slide over a couple seats. he then tells me there was someone sitting there also and that i would have to move again...that they just broke for lunch (duh, so did i) so i look around again at all the empty chairs with no nametags and get up and say "oh, i didn't know it mattered". i then walk clear across the room, find a seat next to a small trash can. i figure...who's gunna fight me for that chair? there was a person who kept kinda hovering about me, maybe it had been his chair. while on the lunch break i was able to find a handbook on less visited national places in the u.s. and decided to read the instruction book to unreal tournament. thankfully, at 2:30 they tell us we will not be needed, that we are free to leave.
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u r too nice
love that santa hat
Kid you not, I used to go and tell them I was psychic and already knew who was guilty, and they would let me out of jury duty immediately.
and here i was all set to tell you how i thought the santa hat was too cool and i loved it. drat that man o' yours...he beat me to it.
i've never done jury duty before. lucky so far. i've probably jinxed myself now, though. what's up with the "that's my seat thing" though? i mean, i know we were pretty proprietary in high school classes, but you were there every day for the year and we were young...
Generally speaking, most people are territorial, especially when it comes to seats. Sit in one for an hour and it's yours! LoL! Maybe you should have stood up and announced, "People, shuffle your feet and lose your seat!"
After all that, you were FREE to leave...as if all your time is FREE....I guess it is for jury duty.
That does not sound like it was too fun.
I got a jury duty summons once and months later my step mom tells me she found it behind the t.v. I swear she would lose her head if it wasn't attached. I had to call the clerk of court, I thought there would be an attachment out for my arrest or something. They said if I hadn't heard anything from the court then I was okay.
spidey, the only bad part was when you get up out of 300 people to go use the bathroom in the same room, everyone looks. and the weirdos that i think were giggling at my quilt design doodles were aggravating. but since i didn't have to go thru voir dare, and left at 2:30 rather than 5....it was great
and that my wheels didn't fall off my car, even better!
Hey, I always ramble. Feel free. Oh my gosh! I am so hitting Target after work...
Anyhow, considering Mardi Gras started as the last hurrah before Fat Tuesday and Christmas was originally only celebrated by Christians, it doesn't surprise me that a lot of people want to try and find a religious explanation for everything. But candy canes? *rolls eyes*
What about the flavored ones? I remember the year they got chocolate and cherry for the tree. I was so disappointed because they didn't look right but my parents thought I was insane since I normally don't eat peppermint and could eat those.
Merry Christmas!
Missin you. Happy new year and all my best wishes.
Al
You probably hate compliments like me, BUT I have to say your a very pretty women
Arg! because I am sick all the time, I get out of Jury duty a lot
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