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[moonwise]

Two Biscuit stories today.

Story The First:

Husband: ...Did you bring home some pumpkin bread?

Me: Yes, why?

Husband: SOMEBODY has learned to jump on the counter, and there's a big chunk taken out of it.

Biscuit: OM NOM NOM NOM PUMKIN BREAD

Me: *gets out the spritz bottle and lets Biscuit have it*

Biscuit: WHY WHY WHY YOU DO THIS D: *relocates to Mars*

Story The Second:

We have two bags of kitty treats that my MIL gave Biscuit for Christmas. They are little ziptop bags, and we keep them in the pantry. Today, my husband went to the pantry for some candied walnuts that happen to be in a very similar bag. he poured out some nuts and munched them right in front of her while she was watching, and apparently she went nuts.

Biscuit: WHY YOU EAT MY TREATS OMG OMG OMG

(epilogue: when he got done laughing, husband gave her a treat.)

Today I met jaina and fadingembers at Mitsuwa for udon noodles, taiyaki, and other yummilicious treats. I spent way too much money on candy, tea, and booze, so it goes down as a fantastic day. Also we exchanged Christmas gifts (before July! Who could imagine?) and fadingembers is an amazing knitter and made me some really sweet arm warmers. jaina got me a super interesting book of the best science writing in 2008, and I'm working through it already.

Afterwards, I stopped at an Asian food market in Watchung for some lychee juice, because I miss having lychee martinis. Having the GPS is just fantastic for these kinds of things, because I just ask Sam (my GPS) where to go, and Sam tells me. Though I think she secretly gets pissed off when I don't follow her orders. I imagine her stewing in her microchips, thinking, "If you already knew which way to go, WHY DID YOU ASK ME?" I also went to Borders, intending only to get a blank journal, but I walked out with three cookbooks.

Dinner: Chicken with goat cheese, sundried tomato, and balsamic vinegar stuffing. Mm mm good. Now I have to call my cousin's fiancee about bridesmaid's dresses, whee.

Comments

[morgi.livejournal.com]

I am laughing hysterically at the treats story. Charles says we need to get a bag of nuts that looks like a Greenies bag and try it...

[arafel.livejournal.com]

You can get pouches of candied nuts near the croutons and stuff in the salad aisle. Good luck traumatizing your kitties. XD

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Loving the biscuit stories!

The dinner sounds yummy.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like hearing me natter about my cat. XD

BTW, are you going to exhibit any of your quilts at the Quilt Fest of NJ (http://www.quiltfest.com/activities.asp?id=30)? Sometimes I go with my MIL, and it would be fantastic to see your work.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not going to be showing any of my quilts there. I will be taking a class, though, on Thursday.

Thanks for asking!

[geckophobe.livejournal.com]

So cute! No Craisin nor cornbread is safe from my cats.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

It's so funny how they love to munch bread.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Lychee martinis sound delish.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

They are! I was trying to scare up the original recipe for you, but I've had trouble. The proportions I use are something like this, but you can fool around with it according to taste:

2 oz vodka (can be vanilla vodka)
1 oz lychee liqueur (like Soho)
2 oz lychee juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice (for color)

Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain into a glass. Garnish with peeled lychees if you've got 'em.

[little-licks.livejournal.com]

Is your science writing book the one with the cool hybrid critters? I just read that particular article, and now want to raise zonkies and zorses (ligers would prolly eat too much, and imagine a liger Biscuit).

[arafel.livejournal.com]

No, you must be reading a different book. The one I have is almost exclusively medical writing, which is interesting, but it would have been nice to see science represented beyond biology.