Intexticated

I couldn't think of anything great for "I" so I went to Urban Dictionary clicked on I, closed my eyes and clicked. This is what I came up with:

  

Intexticated

1. Describes people who drive while sending text messages on their phones.

 

"Dude, what was THAT?!"
"Probably just some intexticated highschooler."

"How did she get in a car accident?"
"She was intexticated."

 

2. A state in which someone attempts to walk and compose a text message at the same time. Lack of attention paid to the walking portion causes stumbling, loss of direction, and pedestrian collisions.

 

 John was so intexticated that he didn't see where he was going, and slammed right into his boss.

 

3. When someone becomes completely deaf to reality while texting on their phone.

 

Guy: What do you want to eat tonight
Girl: *no answer*
Guy: Oh yeah, I forgot, you're intexticated when you pick up that phone

 

4. The art of text messaging while intoxicated, usually at bars or parties.

 

example: woman trying to text friend to pick her up as she is intexticated after imbibing large quantites of ETOH:

Can u flocs get me 1/2vhour 93 2 pz
PL (. God ce ne pic menup at 13 poop.
Fyked up??????helpp

 

Dude, sorry what I said last night, but I was really intexticated.

H is for Health

This past week's beautiful weather has encouraged my health routine to start kicking in. I'm not always the best eater or most active person, but a nice day inspires me to go for a jog if I'm feeling really ambitious, or at least a long walk. I can't wait for all the fresh produce that will be around too. Especially strawberries! But don't worry, I'm not going to give a lecture on boring health statistics and why you shouldn't eat cookies for breakfast (Joy!). Instead, try to enjoy the gorgeous weekend by taking your mind off of work and the every day stresses of life!

Let the Good Times Roll

G is for the Good Times...

Like when we go out on the town and lie our faces off to boys (who honestly look like they are about 19) trying to hit on us. Kat, I mean Natasha, is a 4.0 student who is going to law school next fall.

or when we are playing darts and Kat has no idea how to and she thinks getting bust is a good thing
       Joy: I busted
       Kat: thats good isn't it
       Joy: No, you don't want to bust (looks at Kat's chest) well maybe YOU want a bust

or when we went bowling

or when we go ice skating and nearly take out small children on the ice

and the time we went to happy hour walked back home to get a coupon for supper then went back downtown for supper and more drinks

and when we had some peeps over to play loaded questions

and of course you can't forget our apartment hunting adventure

...to name a few.  There will prolly be more and thats exactly why we began our blog.  To share them with the world!

F is for Food

F is for food. I love food so much that it only made sense to write about it and I'm sure out won't be the only one out there. In fact as I'm writing this I'm eating my breakfast before I have to go to class. I'm not the frosted mini-wheats kind of girl however. Generally I try to eat healthy. This morning I lightly fried up some broccoli, cauliflower, onion, and green pepper and scrambled up two eggs, then melted swiss cheese on top of it. I love it and it's great that I get a serving of vegetables first thing in the morning (with my coffee of course!). I'm not always this healthy though. Every now and then I have those days where I devour everything in sight and never feel satisfied. But let's be honest - who doesn't have thsoe days? I actually used to hate cooking and had a terrible complex about it. This past year I began to cook more and try new things. Some things are a success such as this brown sugar glazed meatloaf recipe I found. A semi-failure includes a sweet curry chicken with homemade mango chutney. It was a slow cooker recipe and let me say, I'm not a fan of slow cookers. Maybe for things like chilis and soups it makes sense, but not for recipes using meats such as chicken that needs to be cooked through all of the day. Long story short after 4 1/2 hours I had to put it in the oven to cook it the rest of the way. It doesn't taste all that bad though. Fortunately for Joy I also enjoy baking. I haven't had a lot of time for it lately though. One of my favorites is a 3 layer devil's food cake. Another is a recipe I found for peanut butter filled chocolate cookies. They taste amazing but take a long time to make.

I think later I'll share a recipe or two. For now I have to be on my way to class.

Earth Day

Since it's April, I'm going to make E about the earth. After all Earth day is April 22nd. In case you didn't know.  Personally, I love the earth, not in the "tree hugging hippie" kinda way but like the "why the heck are you putting that in a landfill and not recycling it?" or "stop littering kinda way".  I've even been known to pick up litter on my late night walks home from local establishments.  I don't really understand why people want trash just laying all around the world.  I think earth day is just a good way to step back and remember how much we should appreciate the earth whether you plant trees (like I did while student teaching last year), participate in a roadside clean-up, or just breathe in some good clean air that the earth's atmosphere is providing.

Here are some Earth Day facts I dug up:

• Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970 in Wisconsin. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended the inaugural event.
• Earth Day 2007 was one of the largest Earth Days to date, with an estimated billion people participating in the proceedings.
• Earth Day is now observed in 175 countries, and coordinated by the Earth Day Network, a nonprofit organization founded by the organizers of the first April 22 Earth Day in 1970.
• In many cities, the Earth Day celebrations are extended to Earth Week, an entire week of activities related to the promotion of activities related to the preservation of Earth. The Earth Week usually start on April 16, and end on Earth Day, April 22nd

By the numbers...

20 million: Number of people who celebrated the first Earth Day

200 million: Number of people who celebrated Earth Day in 1990

500 million: Number of people who celebrated Earth Day in 2000

175: Number of countries worldwide that celebrate a designated Earth Day 

3.7 billion: World population in 1970

6.7 billion: World population in 2009

65.2 million: Number of Google hits for "Earth Day"

146 million: Number of Google hits for "Green Day"

 

D is for Demanding

Today's letter is D. I say demanding because that is the best possible word to describe the relationship Joy and I have. We're fortunate that we picked each other to live with because our personalities are rather similar. We have this quid pro quo type of relationship. For example, Joy previously mentioned all of the hot chocolate we consumed this past winter. She wasn't lying. It was a lot! I would be in the kitchen making myself something to eat and Joy would yell, "Hey, where's my hot chocolate ho?" Pure love right there. Last week I made homemade spaghetti and meatballs. I was rather proud of myself. I had about one serving left and I made that for lunch yesterday. Joy came upstairs and said something like, "What's this?" Me: "My lunch. This was the last of it." Joy: "So...." Actually there was one meatball and some sauce and she helped herself. We'll also demand/guilt the other into getting a water refill, making cookies, dinner, doing laundry, getting the mail, going out and pretty much anything else you can think of. That's just how we roll.
D is also for duh! There are so many routes I could take with this one, however I stick with what we've been blogging about these past few days. As Joy mentioned, I am guilty of turning the wrong burners on and I have to admit that this again happened last night. I was wondering why the water was taking so long to boil. I don't know why I do this. Joy was standing right next to me and she caught me red handed. I announced that "D is for duh!" and I knew I had to blog about this moment.

C is for Addictions

Now, I know many of you are thinking um, addiction starts with A not C.  Let me explain.  Kat and I both have an addiction to a C word.  Hers is coffee, and mine chocolate. 
Kat starts off each day with her cup of coffee and continues to drink it throughout the day.  Personally, I can't stand the stuff.  I can drink flavored cappuccino as long as the flavor and creaminess hides the coffee tastes (Holiday gas station's is awesome, Kwik Trip is okay).  One evening Kat was whining to me about this awful headache she had all day. And I asked her well did you drink coffee today? and she said actually I haven't.  I told her well there's you're problem, you have a caffeine headache cause you're used to having it everyday.  So now she knows better and will not go without her coffee again.
Chocolate, what can I say? I love the stuff, eat it pretty much everyday.  I usually keep a stash in the house, though I have been slacking lately.  A bag of little goodies (Dove with caramel, mini candy bars, etc) just doesn't last me very long though, only a day two.
And when you combine the two (a hot beverage and chocolate) you get hot cocoa.  I'd tell you how much hot cocoa we drank this winter, but I don't even know other than it was A LOT.  I usually made Kat make it for us (she's good at serving me food and beverages).

And of course who doesn't love cookies? and the cookie monster! We make cookies from time to time.  But Kat doesn't get to eat many cause I tend to devour them pretty quickly.