QUICK: jan. 19-25

******ALL ABOUT OBAMA!! *******
I watched the inauguration on the web at work—oops! SOOOO many emotions—awe, pride, happiness, fear, nervousness, but most of all teary! To see such a smart and capable man take over after 8 miserable years of destructive and embarrassing nonsense was such a RELIEF! My faith in my country was restored.

And then…..

*I saw FB “friends” post their fears and complaints about Obama. Can you “unfriend” based soley on political views?!? I admit, reading those comments made me unexpectedly MAD. I honestly couldn’t believe there were people out there who could see this so completely differently. They even MISSED BUSH!! Unreal and distressing. Naturally, these people are living in Texas and couldn’t wait for him to return “home”—whatever, they can HAVE his idiotic ass. WANT TO PUKE WITH FRUSTRATION!

*Even more pukeworthy: CARROT CAKE!
I rarely bake. I fear all things that call for flour. Baking is precise and scientific and I’m enthusiastically half-assed. Now, the reason why I even made a cake speaks to my half-assedness. I have no concept of weights and measures (hense, I weigh more than the woman who was pregnant with 8 babies). I wanted to order carrots from the grocery store (James does all his shopping online, I occasionally add to his list), but the little pictures don’t tell you much about scale. I thought the 1 pound bag of carrots sounded kinda light, as did the 2 pound bag, so I went for the 5 pound bag of carrots. HOLY S#$%!!! I had more carrots than I knew what to do with! I roasted them, I candied them, I ate them with hummus and peanut butter….and STILL had a bag-load! So, I broke down and attempted the carrot cake recipe my mom has been using all my life (it’s my dad’s favorite, so she makes it every xmas for his bday). The cake (despite my fears) came out great…maybe a little too moist (I didn’t completely drain the pineapple), but the M-Fing ICING! Ugh!! Let’s see, it calls for powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese and vanilla. How exactly does that end up tasting like m-fing POISON?!?! It was bitter as all hell, but the husband swore it was good. He’s really too sweet sometimes. I knew that s*** was forked up!! I hate baking. SO frustrating. I can’t ever seem to get it all to work. I’ll leave it to Betty Crocker next time.

*Shopping Spree
Something came over me and I became a shopping fool. It’s all those ‘sale’ signs that did me in! Granted, nothing was expensive or luxurious, it just all adds up! Here’s the rundown of what I did in 1 afternoon:
-Spices at Penzey’s: so fun. I love that Martha Stewart and I shop at the same spice store. I rule!
-A couple of cheap-ass sweaters at TJ Maxx. I love that it’s known as TJ Mex in more Hispanic-heavy areas of town. ;)
-Another bottle of that L’Occitane stuff I love so much, plus a couple of other things….only had to spend $50 for the FREE TOTEBAG!! Ugh. I’m such a sucka.
-Tops at TALBOT’S. WTF?!?! Who the hell am I--a sorority lady?! But they were cute and cheap, just my style.
-Even MORE stuff at Bath and Body. That sale just doesn’t stop!
-Walmart. I’m a total hypocrite. I hate all that is Walmart, but I end up there more than I’d like. I went in to get a tub of cream cheese icing and a bottle of vanilla (for the damn cake—above), but ended up with $50 worth of CRAP! Stoopid!
-A new fancy hot iron to make my hair suri-straight. My old iron bit the dust after many years, so it was a little sad to have to say goodbye.

I think I’m done shopping for a while. I’ve got to get my s*** straight!
help!