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sharkey malarkey if the dog eats the strudel it s not a real crisis it s just strudel sharkey malarkey about other people s malarkey anybody s guess catalina tu vecina dashababy debutaunt dooce eclectic fussy it builds character it s all a blur it s not all mary poppins jp jargon kerflop klog lileks ljc married in minnesota more chicken n tuna mrs dof s dear ones mrtl my circus life nucking futs odd mix ottoblog philosophical blog poop and boogies random and odd scheiss weekly sights and ramblings the second half undercover mutha upheaval veering off course von krankipantzen want not water water everywhere what was i thinking woulda coulda shoulda photography bark photodoto strobist merry christmas december 23 2008 sharkey after driving and driving j p maggie and i made it to my mom s house in minnesota on sunday night we were lucky that we didn t really encounter bad weather well unless you count the 30 degree windchill taking maggie out to do her business every time we stopped wasn t the most fun thing we ve ever done you may notice that maggie is missing her traditional red nose this year after putting her through the trauma of the lights it just wasn t fair to also make her bear the indignity of the red nose we hope you have the happiest of holidays and that you re able to spend some time relaxing and enjoying time with friends and family merry christmas no dogs were harmed in the making of this photograph however several pieces of pupperoni did meet an untimely end posted in holidays 16 comments fourth annual blog cookie exchange december 17 2008 sharkey two posts in a week yes i m working hard to get back on santa s nice list i hope it works welcome to the fourth annual blog cookie exchange party sponsored by ms susie fairchild would you like a hot buttered rum i haven t actually tried these yet but i think we may need a drink like this when we head to minnesota this weekend yesterday s high temperature there was 3 degrees recipe is courtesy of emeril lagasse and all 19 reviewers gave it 5 stars it must be good right 1 stick unsalted butter softened 2 cups light brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 2 teaspoon grated nutmeg pinch ground cloves pinch salt bottle dark rum boiling water directions in a bowl cream together the butter sugar cinnamon nutmeg cloves and salt refrigerate until almost firm spoon about 2 tablespoons of the butter mixture into 12 small mugs pour about 3 ounces of rum into each mug filling about halfway top with boiling water to fill the remaining half stir well and serve immediately traditions my family has no shortage of traditions see those stockings up there at the top of the post i think mine is celebrating its 40th year my grandma made it and of course she also made them for my sister and my three cousins when j p and i got married eight years ago my mom decided that he needed one too his looks considerably newer than mine in both fabric and style and of course we can t leave maggie out hers isn t handmade it came from target but shhhhh don t tell her here s what they look like for reals and i know i ve written about this tradition before but i ran across some photos the other day and decided to include them here when i was in high school my mom s side of the family did a goofy gift exchange every year but this wasn t just any gift exchange we always had a rule in 1989 the gift had to be made of wood and it had to cost 5 or less being an avid clarinet player i had plenty of old reeds lying around i happened to draw my aunt s name and i made her a pair of earrings using the reeds paper clips and curly ribbon she loved them cb drew my cousin s name i think he must ve been about 10 at the time somehow she got the idea to make him a sign moments before he opened it he proved that it was the perfect gift rather than help him up we all grabbed our cameras and started snapping he s 29 now and has a kid of his own where does the time go the folly susie asked about our favorite gift to give do you remember the show surprise by design it was a reality show where friends family members would get their loved one to leave the house for the day and then the show would come in and re do a room in the house when the person came home surprise everything was done well somehow my mom and i got the idea to do that for character builder and her husband five years ago and my step dad began calling it the folly we planned for a couple months and mom snuck is that a word over there during the day to measure their basement family room and take photos we chose paint colors and fabric and managed to come up with some lamps and a storage cabinet for their movies video games of course i was living in pennsylvania and mom and cb are in minnesota so almost everything was done long distance when i arrived in mn a few days before christmas we upholstered the cornice boards that my step dad had made and we made some roman shades for the windows j p and i were staying at cb s house for the holidays and i told her that i was getting up early on the 26th to go shopping with a friend she woke me before she left for work and as soon as she was gone my bil loaded the kids in the car to take them to my dad s house for the day my mom step dad and aunt arrived and we started painting the six of us including j p and bil worked like crazy all day long cb picked up the kids on her way home from work and was surprised to learn that their dad made them get up in the sevens alex couldn t really tell time yet but his clock radio showed that the hour was 7 00 that morning after she d told them the night before that they could sleep in i think she may have smelled the paint when she walked in the house but she and the kids were pretty surprised to find a completely new family room when they came downstairs and you know i think we probably enjoyed doing the project as much as they enjoyed using the room and then they sold the house and moved away the end well not right away but they did gay apparel no flashy earrings or gaudy themed socks for me i m afraid but i do have two new sweaters to wear next week they re both cashmere and i got incredible deals on them one is already waiting for me in minnesota if only we could arrive there as quickly as it did we re loading up the car on saturday and heading out for a week with maggie somehow i don t think we ll be allowing much of this in the sub freezing temperatures merry christmas posted in family holidays 12 comments excuses excuses december 15 2008 sharkey so this is pretty much how i ve felt the last several months chasing around with everything out of focus this little photography gig i ve got going it s kinda caught on since returning from minnesota at the end of june i ve done nearly 25 photo sessions thankfully the photos i show clients are technically much better than the one you see above some are in focus even with my regular job i can really only handle about a session a week so it s really been keeping me busy let s see what other excuses can i come up with for not posting well there s twitter i ve made 600 posts updates there since april 24 does that count how about facebook any points for that nah i didn t think so oh i know i have things going on three nights a week tuesdays are camera club wednesdays are band and thursdays are church choir exciting no that must be the reason why i haven t posted mrtl style tangent with photo incidentally i took first place and second place in the camera club s november competition the theme was children hey i photograph kids all the time here s my second place entry note the ever present drool hanging from his chin i wish i could show you the first place winner but for privacy reasons i can t end mrtl style tangent with photo then there s guitar hero we got gh3 this summer and recently got the new world tour version j p plays guitar and i play drums badly i even tried my hand at singing the other night um yeah it wasn t pretty regardless of all the excuses you may be asking yourself why i m posting now after all this time see on wednesday susie s sponsoring the fourth annual blog cookie exchange party i d hate to miss out on the tradition i can t believe this is the fourth year already so decided to come out of retirement mrtl style tangent didja know that i actually met ms fairchild this summer i did i was traveling for business and we managed to get together for lunch i got crabs she did too oh get your mind out of the gutter it was a seafood restaurant end mrtl style tangent now get moving head over to susie s to learn more about the party put up a post of your own or don t and then visit all the other guests sites to have a good time i ll be serving hot buttered rum deeeeee lish posted in photography sharkey 8 comments the day june 19 2008 sharkey you may remember a few months ago when i mentioned my niece s surgery as you can tell from the photo it was today if you missed it details are here and here everything went well it took less than 90 minutes and the doctors were pleased she was pretty loopy when i saw her this afternoon but when we went back tonight her iv was out and she d been up walking around and she ate and ate and ate there s talk of letting her come home tomorrow character builder s staying the night with her and cb s husband and i will probably head back to the hospital in the morning after we drop the chatterbox off at daycare thanks everyone for your good thoughts and prayers today we really appreciate them if you have any left send them up for the one month old with two bad kidneys who shared catherine s room in the picu one thing you learn from an experience like this no matter how bad things seem there s always someone who s going through something worse update she s home currently lying on the couch with a big blue icee and some saltines posted in family 18 comments overheard may 27 2008 sharkey i don t often wait while i have my car s oil changed but today i decided to so i m sitting here at the car dealership enjoying the free wireless as others read watch tv or talk on the phone the man on the phone was talking about arranging for a car for seven people that s the only part of his conversation that even registered with me i have absolutely no idea what else he said because i was concentrating on what i was doing man on phone okay thanks bye or some such thing i have no idea because i wasn t listening nosy woman nearby loudly to mop can i ask you a question at this point i began tuning in but kept my eyes focused on my laptop do you realize that other people can hear your conversation don t you think that s insulting mop somewhat dumbfounded uh well yes i guess you could hear what i was saying but it wasn t anything private nwn well i find it insulting when people do that mop well yes if we were in a restaurant or something i would ve excused myself and gone outside but there isn t any seating available outside today and besides it s not that big a deal i m sorry if you were insulted nwn harrumph stony cold silence mop to nwn so are you an obama supporter i couldn t even believe he brought this up with her but it truly did sound like he was trying to make conversation nwn heh heh you know that dolores umbridge throat clearing cackle it sounded a lot like that oh that s not available for sharing mop oh so you re not nwn i m not saying either way mop ah so then you re probably not i guess i should ve expected as much from someone like you me to self bwa ha ha ha ha ha so should i have been insulted by his conversation too i really hate it when people aren t paying attention to what they re doing in the car at the grocery store standing in line for something because they re on the phone but in this setting it didn t bother me at all would you have been insulted i do think that word is a bit strong would you have been irritated by the phone conversation posted in out about uncategorized 16 comments older posts create a free website or blog at wordpress com 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