Thursday, January 17, 2008, 05:19 PM CST [General]
My girlfriends and I run 3 days a week. When its horribly cold like this it is so easy to say oh, not today we will run tommorow and then each day morphs into the next until you have not run for 7 days and the littlest of things make you Crabby and you realize its becuase you have not excercised for a week! I love yoga and yoga is very relaxing but its not the same calorie burning feeling you get from a good run.
I had a great time last night with my friend Jen at Oceanaire. We ate the Stone Cran Claws that are back in season. If you like the Stone Crab Claws and remeber the days of the Twin Cities and Pickled Parrot you have to go there. You get a platter of claws and their awesome sides including creamed corn with peppers, cole slaw and the BEST hashbrowns. I had forgotten how awesome their hashbrowns are. I spoke with the chef and they sautee onions in clarified butter, add some tobasco to that and toss in the potatoe shreds and brown them all in a skillet. They are so crispy, brown, tender, butery and spicy (in a good way - not in the way that makes you cry out for mama). It was an awesome meal.
Check out Citypages.com week for their article on real live super heros in the Twin Cities. Its a riot.
Hate to complain - but I am going to....for a minute... this is the first time I have been able to get in and update my LOL Blog in FOREVER due to the speed. Cant wait until we have a new site which I hear is really coming so stay tuned. Phew - OK enough of that.
Soup.
I love soup and today on the show I got to have Rachel Hutton from Minnesota Monthly on to share local soup faves (see link on the show page) anyone else want to share yummy soup recipes on a cold day?
IDOL IDOL IDOL...
Dare I say it - I REALLY love it. You all know I love to sing and what could be better than a show where people actually get to sing, showcase their talent and get a record contract. I am excited to see how people adding their own musical insturment talents could add texture to the show. My sister is distancing herself from my IDOL worship and pretending she doesnt know me but I ask you... is a show that discoverd Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson so bad?
Lastly...
Today I miss my mom. It sucks when people die and they are just gone and you are left trying to recreate the impact they had on you and making sense of it all.I sometimes just want my mom to tell me its going to be ok, that she loves me, that I am right, that I am special to her every day. Maybe I need to create a mom doll that I can talk to in those hours of need or maybe I can call Sunshine Forever - she's a real great soul.
Ill see you all Friday night at Samiras. Ill be there early as I have a play that evening at the Guthrie but Ill be there.
Its good to be back at the dysfunctional family circus blogosphere.
There is nothing like 7 days away from your family, in a country amongst some very impoverished people, to make you appreciate coming home. I am lucky. Lucky to have a great husband, Lucky to have a great daughter and a great job and frankly, lucky to be born in the United States where I cant help but feel that sometimes the most basic things are a little bit simpler here.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 08:48 AM CST [General]
I do really love Christmas but it brings out the worst in my family. My mom was a very central character in our lives (ok most moms are). My mom loved Christmas. She was so crazy about Christmas she shopped for 6 months, wrapped in a frenzy for 4 weeks, baked, cooked and gave each of us kids 40 gifts. She would work herself into such frenzy that there was always a melt down on Christmas Eve. The presents alone took us a solid two days to open. It was a ton, which was great when we were kids but I have to admit felt a little excessive the older we got and the more grandkids that came into the fold. We had stockings and SANTA presents until last year (and I am almost 40)My mom died over the summer.The Christmas magic will be very different without her and we each need to start carving out our own new traditions as my mom's husband has already told us - he is not playing. I am probably the most comfortable with this idea of the 4 of my sisters as I have been trying to pull away from the excessiveness for some time. The rest of my family and our kids are being forced to confront a Christmas without 40 presents, no prime rib dinner, no tree, no baked goods, cookies and chex mix. It is going to be very different.So my step dad says, I am not going into malls this Christmas or putting up the tree or doing anything that reminds me of Christmas as it just makes me think of your mom so how about you buy presents for your kids from me and Ill just get you the money. This is all understandable and very generous but the question now becomes... How much money do we ask him to give us to do this for our family? We seriously had 40 presents apiece. There is no way we can keep up with that level of mania so is it 1 present per kid, do we set an allowance per family, though that may be unfair as one of my sisters has 3 kids and the rest of us only have 1. In addition, two of my sisters really counted on Christmas to help meet their basic survival needs as they don’t make lots of money so should those sisters get more? My one sister expects more as my parents always helped her out financially.
The picture in the Magic 8 ball is getting very murky as I try to navigate through the holidays. For the past 5 years we would go on great exotic trips as a family to escape it all and this year I stayed home to help support my sisters during this time. I am starting to wonder if I did the right thing. YIKES.
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 01:36 PM CST [General]
A week or so ago on the "Get Real Girls" they had a show on keeping up with the Jones's. I now find myself keeping up with the LoJ's and I am failing miserably but secretly defiant and a little proud by that fact.
I start the radio gig on Monday and as such have a "station apearance" this weekend to go meet David Beckham with Julia at a VIP party. I am excited to actually see him live and in the flesh but when I heard that I couldnt wear jeans and a cute top well - the event became less attractive for me - it became work.
I cant possibly keep up with the Divas in the Glamour department. They have the outfits from Monique Lilluaher (see I cant even spell it), the jewelry from JB Hudson, the spray on tans, The plastic surgery including botox, peels, mosturizers and lip plumper from Dr Jarvis and Mineapolis Plastic Surgery and they have fabulous wardrobe consultation from Sara Rogers in addition to the haircuts and body analysis by Christopher Hopkins.
My look as described by my friend was "inner cowgirl" and I think she may be right. I love big belts, boots and leather. I am an outdoorsy gal. I love getting my "Title Nine" and "Athleta" catalogues and fantasizing about buying yet more comfy yoga pants and another hoodie.
The radio appearances and glamourous outings were sounding really fun until it gets to the clothes, the makeup, hair not even mentioning the shoes - can I demand a "stylist?" Its all a little exhausting and I may just embrace my "Inner Cowgirl" and be plain jane old me in my boots, big belt buckles, jeans and turtlenecks in the winter and t-shirts whenever possible. At least I'll be comfortable. Who knows? I may even unbotton my pants (under my shirt) when I am full, let me gut hangout, while sittng in the studio, staring at the man wall - it is only radio after all.
