tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85645759061023880032011-11-27T15:51:07.810-08:00Insane musings and ramblings of a mother of 2, a boy and a girl so smart, witty and challenging that said mother must take refuge in the sanctuary of the internet, buffered by the knowledge that she is not alone in her fear that someday her kids will put her in a home.Prylliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15991688631676382309noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564575906102388003.post-8486728086214735122010-12-29T12:45:00.000-08:002011-03-05T16:03:34.871-08:00

I just saw the trailer for Kevin Smith's RED STATE, coming to Sundance this January. Holy shit BALLS, I cannot wait for this movie to gain distribution nationally!!! I haven't seen a movie in the theater since Avatar on Valentine's day, so I'm going to be fucking stoked when this comes out. Come on distributors!!! Go peep RED STATE at Sundance in January and give it a wide run!!!

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I've been very naughty and haven't been keeping up with my 3x weekly Cocktail Cabaret posts like I said I was going to. See, this is what happens when it's not required of me by somebody else for content for a daily website. This is a personal blog, and as such, I am my own boss. And as a boss, I suck! LOL Anyhow, since it's pretty much my bedtime, this is going to be a really quick post of

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This is going to be a complete departure in topic of a post in comparison to what I've chosen for this blog to be. My choice of topics for this blog have been mommyhood and the trappings thereof, as well as fun or interesting pieces that I've come across and more recently my recipe sharing and Cocktail Cabaret posts that were previously over on Miaverse before it went on hiatus. But I can't

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October is quickly coming to a close and it would be incredibly remiss of me not to acknowledge that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I'm the daughter of a two time breast cancer survivor and I even have a pink ribbon tattoo on my right breast, to honor the breast my mother lost the second time around. I shaved my head when she lost her hair to chemo and I donated the hair to Locks of

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Miaverse is on hold right now, hopefully temporarily. As such, I'll be posting my Cocktail Cabaret, recipes, parenting and jewelry stuff here from now on. I'm also going to try to archive and back up my posts from Miaverse here. I'll be backdating them so hopefully they won't all bum rush my timeline, but I'm excited to have a place to continue on with the fun I've been having at Miaverse. So

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Ahh, it's Monday. Never fear my darlings, Cocktail Cabaret is here to save the day. I've found a really yummy drink called the Firefly to offer to you today. It's a type of martini, and even though it has rum instead of vodka or gin, it's incredibly good. It's ideal to drink in any weather. It's not a frozen slush, and the rum and cognac together make for a very warming drink. I chose to pair

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Now that the weather is getting cooler and you don't have to worry about heating up your house so much, I thought I'd put up a recipe you can make for a nice dinner, a leisurely brunch, or whip it up first thing in the morning and bake it up for breakfast. This egg bake has a little something for everyone in it. The tangy spice of the sausage, the smooth flavor of the tomatoes, the stringy

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So in the few short months that I've been working at miaverse.com, I have gone from being just a contributor to also being an editor then to being the head of editing then to also being an administrator! I've been having a blast over there and working my tail off so much that I haven't blogged here in like 2 months! Which is totally sad but also really wicked cool. Anyways, I'm going to try to

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So I have discovered a new barbecue place locally and I'm going to be eating there a lot, if my wallet can afford it. We're mostly broke all the time, but this place isn't all that expensive. They offer fantastic barbecue at a fantastic price. If any of you guys are ever in Galt, check out Barbeque:Wayz Southern BBQ. They have a menu on the website and they've got a Facebook page, so go like them

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I'm going to share this thing with all of my readers. It's important. These two schools mean a lot to me. My son attends Lakewood and I graduated from Lodi High. Right now, Lodi High is only 75 spots away from being in the top 20 schools that will get a $500,000 gift from Kohl's. So if you have Facebook and don't already have a preference for schools, please help me vote for Lodi High.

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Miaverse.com went live today!!! Miaverse is a kick ass blogging community full of DIY's, tutorials, guides and info from around the web and around the world. Check it out!

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One of my first posts on this blog was an embedded video of ok Go's video for "This Too Shall Pass", an inspired one take encompassing many traps and contraptions worked into a machine. It was wonderful. This video is a parody of it, and it's hilarious. I got this link courtesy of a tweet by @knitmeapony over on Twitter.com.

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I have officially been accepted to be a part of the major blog written by a Twitter friend of mine! I made my Google Adsense account and am beginning to write my blogs for filler so that when it goes live I can be a part of it! I can't tell you how incredibly excited I am. Now to log onto my Google account, get my code, and send it to Mia!!!

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Okay, so I couldn't let the day pass without posting this video. Mostly because it reminded me of my brother...

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So I've got this possible opportunity to be a contributor to a blog and I'm extremely excited about it but at the same time I'm apprehensive. I have a deadline for how many contributions I need to give per week and I dictated what I could contribute, so if I struggle with it, it's my own fault. But I'm a little anxious because aside from school papers, I've never had a deadline before. And this

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I am quickly growing disenchanted with Facebook these days. They've changed the way it looks too many times to count and now with this last change, you actually have to opt out of them showing your private information to people, even if you have it set to friends only. This is just a short rant because I don't have the time or energy to go on about it but readers? If you don't already have a

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I finally had the chance to catch the film Marley&Me tonight. I won't ruin it for anyone that hasn't seen it by pointing out any salient plot points, as I'm not a film critic or reviewer. I will say that I am glad I didn't peep this flick when it first came out. The inevitable storyline when you're writing about a dog would have been too traumatic for me. As it was, I couldn't contain my tears

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I am a procrastinator. That is a known fact. And I procrastinate to such great extents that I am living in god awful amounts of pain due to massive toothaches because I haven't made an appointment to see the dentist. Partially because I can't remember if I paid the last bill to that dentist or not, but also because I just plain forget to call them and find out, and/or make an appointment. But I

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I've come across a disturbing article that really paints a horrific picture of a gender washing network. Imagine if you will, a group of women with different hair colors, different styles, unique ideas of makeup usage. All endowed with intelligence, poise and confidence. Now imagine them working at Fox News. Review pictures of all the different female reporters. Pay attention to the commonalities

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So the glorious Amanda Fucking Palmer is free from her previous record label and as a thank you to her fans has posted a free song. You don't have to pay anything to download it, it's gratis thanks to her. You can choose to pay/donate for it like I did (songs usually go for $0.99 or $1.99 on iTunes, I paid her $2.99 simply because I loved the song) or you can take it for free, you lazy cheap

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My words shall be short but sweet today. Enjoy the balloon and box awesomeness.

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And my epic fail is ever more evident in the fact that I have not posted in more than a week. I did say that I wouldn't be berating myself over it though, didn't I? Well then, I shall refrain from self-flagellation with the bamboo whipping stick and I'll opine about the last week of spring break.Last Saturday I took a trip to Reno with my husband and children. We spent four days being entertained

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Right, so that 3 a week concept? EPIC FAIL already. It's Thursday, and unless I crank out another entry tomorrow and one Saturday morning before I go to Reno, (haha right, like hubby will dig that) my big plan bites the dust. But hey, I DID say that I wouldn't beat myself up over not making it. So...Anyways! I have used my fabulous Green-Pan two or three times now and I fucking LOVE it. I barely

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I have two links to share today, and they are completely unrelated. The first one is a link to a youtube video that a young London high school girl made to honor her mother, who died of cervical cancer. That in and of itself isn't why I'm sharing this link. The first reason is because it's a very well done touching tribute and I was touched by it, but the second reason is because in the video,

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Post one for this week:I got a new saute pan today. My lovely expensive Pampered Chef one has shit the bed, so to speak. It's supposed to be guaranteed for life that the teflon won't scratch. BULLSHIT. Less than a week after I had it, shit started sticking to it.So I got a new one. And it's GREEN. I don't mean the color green, I mean ecologically green. I got a 12 inch skillet from the GreenPan

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So my intention was to write one blog a day. Doesn't matter what the content is, I just wanted to get one blog a day out. That concept crashed and burned. So I'm gonna shoot for 3 a week. If I get more than that, awesome. If not, I won't beat myself up over it. That being said, here's a link to a funny website just to take up some of your time:

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So for my very first post on my very first actual "blog" outside of the greatest/live/insane-journal genre, I shall be doing something I've been dying to do for awhile now. Sharing an EMBEDDED VIDEO *GASP*! ok go finally found a way around EMI's bullshit deal with Youtube/the Google juggernaut and got a sponsor to cover the assumed profits lost from embedding. So before someone finds out and puts

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