YAY!

MonkeyPants is coming next week!! She will be spending the holidays with her family here and dropping in to visit us! I have a nice gift for her. It's a....wait, I can't say what it is. MonkeyPants reads this blog!!!

MonkeyPants is Home

MonkeyPants is back from Mehico. I wonder if she's tanned? I wonder if her pool boy massaged her feet? I wonder...never mind.

Norway and Mehico

Poor little MonkeyPants. Remember how I told you that her work sent her to Norway a while back? Well, they just sent her recently again (she just got back this week,) and now, they are sending her to Mehico (you gotta say it like Peggy Hill. If you don't know who she is, never mind.) It might all sound very glamourous (Norway? maybe not...) but poor MonkeyPants doesn't really enjoy travelling.

I hope she'll have a little bit of fun in Mehico and she comes to see us at Christmas all tanned and full of vanilla (apparently, THAT'S what you have to buy there!?)

Good luck MonkeyPants! We'll miss you!

Stay tuned for the adventures of MonkeyPants!

TuneQueen

Remind me, please!

I bought a bag of potatoes within the last 2 weeks. I usually put my potatoes in the refrigerator. However, somebody told me that they can go bad quickly if left too long in the cold so I put them in the cupboard.

Today, I rediscovered the potaotes for the first time since I bought them. Don't worry! All is well. They aren't rotten...yet...

Potatoes in the cupboard.
Potatoes in the cupboard.
Potatoes in the cupboard.

There. I hope that helps.

The weather...

Snow falling softly
Covering the ground all white
Lovely winter day

Watch out, Betty Crocker...I'm making a cake

The recipe is called "Hurry Up Cake". However, I really should have taken my time and measured the ingredients properly. It became necessary to double the recipe when I realized that I added too much milk...Oh well...

I had tentative plans to serve this cake to other people. I'm not feeling too confident about that anymore. It seemed like a great idea before I started baking. I'm trying to figure out how to cover up a little nibble to make sure it tastes OK before I wow people with my horrible creation.

Update

So, I came back from my trip to visit MonkeyPants. I had an awesome time. I was there for three weeks (I'm just getting to posting now) and I saw everything there that I wanted. We took some road trips on the weekends and I entertained myself during the week when she worked. It was very nice.

She's visiting here now for her sister's wedding on Saturday! Yay!

Guess What???

I'm going to visit MonkeyPants!!!! It's true, I got my ticket yesterday and I'm flying there soon!

I'm very excited to see her place and her life. It will be a lot of fun.

TuneQueen out (excitedly!)

MonkeyPants is Back!

Poor MonkeyPants had to go to Norway last week! I missed her immensely!

I'm glad she's back, safe and sound. Three cheers for MonkeyPants, world traveller!

Welcome back MonkeyPants!!!

Herb and Me...Together Forever

Herb is my beloved tomato plant. I grew him from seed so we have a bond that can't ever be broken.

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly he is growing. When I come home from work, I can see how much he grew in 8 hours. I can't get over how he grew from a tiny seed.

I like to sit and watch him grow on the weekend. It has become my favorite new hobby because it is so incredibly relaxing.

Today, there was a catastrophe. Herb fell over! It was traumatic for both of us. I propped him back up with chopsticks and I hope he will be OK. If not, I've got Junior...

FUNNY!

Okay, I discovered these a while ago and sent one or two off to MonkeyPants. I thought I would share with the rest of the world so they (and you) can have some giggles.

These e-cards are really funny and sarcastic. Many of them capture exactly the essence I want to send sometimes. I find them halarious and I think you will too. Why not send one to a friend today? And no, I'm not getting paid for this, I just think they are the cat's meow <--- Who says that anymore you ask? Me.

Check out SomeE-cards.com

Toodles loyal readers of TuneQueen and MonkeyPants.

Sushi

I made sushi tonight and it was delish. It had that fake crab in it, the one made from pollock. Found it for an incredible price at my favourite Asian store in Chinatown. My sushi also featured lots of veggies and I made up some wasabi to put on it. I think I might have put too much wasabi on my sushi because at one point, my head started to tingle. That doesn't sound good, does it?

TuneQueen

Mini-Wheat...wheat...wheat...

The radio announcer kept playing the ad for Vanilla Mini-Wheats this morning. I've had it in my head all day...Mini-Wheat...wheat...wheat...I'm sure that a lot of people are annoyed by it. However, I'm a sucker for advertising. I'm buying Mini-Wheats the next time I'm at the grocery store. I forgot that it was one of my favourite cereals.

I loved this ad so much that I had to go looking for it on the Internet and I found it on YouTube. Now, I've experienced the wonder that is YouTube.

Oy, I'm Old

MonkeyPants and I often talk about how we are aging. There's the obvious grey hairs (many!) and the effects gravity has on us (should I get a face lift? I think I'm the only one who thinks that though) and the thinking, as you get older, that everyone is way way way too loud, but here's one I had never considered.

I recently took a book out of the library that was large print - only because the regular print copies were all out. Low and behold, I loved it. It was SO easy to read. I'm a very fast reader, but I sped through this one since it was just a matter of my eyes gliding on the page.

I am officially old. Help me!

TuneQueen

My Toilet Sounds Funny

MonkeyPants, you do your own plumbing, right? Didn't you fix your toilet last year? Well, could you look at mine? It makes a funny tinkle (after I tinkle) - like it doesn't stop running after I flush it. It's not all the time, but sometimes. When it runs like that, I have to slightly lift the flush lever then it stops. I will pay you in food.

Or I could just ask the superintendent and save you the airfare. Maybe that's what I'll do. I'm so resourceful.

TuneQueen out.

Am I that Scary?

As it was the time that my sister usually takes her bus home after work when I was downtown today, I decided to stop at the bus stop where she catches her bus to say hi to her. I noticed her doing a sudoku puzzle, waiting. I approached her and stoped about a foot away from her. I was looking at her, to see when she would notice me. I guess she got the heebie-jeebies because someone was staring at her so close to her because she popped her head up from her sudoku book, looked at me, then jumped and clutched her heart, scared! The look on her face!

I hope I don't have that effect on everyone :)

Life Flashed Before My Eyes...

So, the world almost lost TuneQueen today. I was crossing the street at a busy intersection downtown, with this other lady who was walking beside me and we nearly got smooshed by the *&^%$ who was talking on his cell phone and neglected to notice that the light was red and the pedestrian walking signal was on. The lady that was walking near me had a few choice words and we vented, joined by our near death experience. He ended up stopping about 6 feet away from me. I had a bit of a scare, that's for sure. Considering he was driving an SUV type of vehicle and going fast enough to make a squealing sound when he breaked to avoid us, I can see how we would have easily become fish-food.

I'm not sure the world could survive without TuneQueen. Guess we'll never have to know. Wink :)

Quest for the Perfect Pair of Jeans

I need new jeans. Unfortunately, the manufacturer has discontinued the line of jeans that I absolutely love. I did a search on the Internet and discovered that I'm not alone. Ikeda jeans has its fans out there who are similarly disappointed that we have to look for a new style.

I have known for a while that I have a different sense of fashion than the rest of the world, and it was confirmed at the mall today. The sales clerks were taken aback by my comments about the jeans that are fashionable...

"What are 'skinny' jeans? Oh, I see. Those look dumb."

"I don't want a pair of jeans that look like they've been dragged behind a car for days."

"Why are the cuffs turned up so high? It doesn't cost a lot to get them tailored to the right length."

Does everybody have the same difficulties?

The Internet is a Wonderful Place

I've mostly used the Internet for work. I'm only now discovering all the wonderful things to do on the Internet such as games and blogs...thanks to TuneQueen! Right now, even Internet commericals are fascinating. I don't think I'm ready for YouTube yet, though.

Yahoo Games

So, last night, MonkeyPants and I played Literati and Crib online. If you have never played Yahoo games, you should really check it out. It's loads of fun - whether you play by yourself or with others - wink, wink!

I enjoy Literati, Crib, Zuma (MonkeyPants, you have to try that one!)

That is all for now. TuneQueen out.

Hello All

The moment you've all been waiting for...I'm here...Ready or not, let the adventures begin!

Good luck Monkey Pants!

Monkey Pants has an exam tomorrow night and I want all of you to wish her good luck. Hurry up!

Hi everyone

The blog has been set up and soon you will be able to read all about the great adventures of our awesomeness. We have a lot of fun together and hopefully, you'll be able to see that. If not, you're a big loser.

We'll both be posting so you'll be able to see things from both our perspectives. If we have a fight, don't forget to weigh in. Hopefully, I'll be the one who's right. Then again, she is a genius, soooo.....

Stay tuned for the great adventures of us. You'll be glad you did.