Ahhhhh! I know I haven't been on for awhile - this month has been busy and I have taken on some new responsibilities which I will write about later.

Right now I wanted to share this great quiz created by parasamgate!

Mystic Teacher You scored 71 Comfort, 72 Awareness, 87 Groundedness, and 80 Skill!

Although it might be too soon for you to actually have students, you have the makings of a great teacher someday. You've got enough comfort and awareness of what's going on to stay connected with it, and enough skill to demonstrate the potential of mystical experience. Keep growing, cautiously and intelligently, and you'll make amazing contributions to your world.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 16% on Comfort You scored higher than 33% on Awareness You scored higher than 50% on Groundedness You scored higher than 50% on Skill

Link: The Mystic Test written by prsgt on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Ahhhhh.... a day of clipping ferret nails, cleaning the house, and working on some projects. Mom will be here any moment, and I think I'll cook us up a little fried rice for dinner.

The vacation is around the corner. Luckily - I have plenty of work to do, so I don't have to fear short-timer's disease kicking in at work. Both of our camera's are busted, so I may have to go camera shopping before the trip. How could I be in New England during the Fall and not take pictures?

I posted several new pendants up on Ebay yesterday. I can't forget to put up the vacation notice though - must put that on the list....

Ahhhh... Looking forward to a lovely vacation starting next Thursday :-)

We'll be visiting New England in the Fall. We'll be going to some Oktoberfests and hanging out with friends we haven't seen in a long time. I'm really looking forward to a little relaxation!

So that means today I have to work my little tail off getting the house prepped for my Mom to do some house-sitting. She'll be spoiling the little critters while we're gone :-)

Oh... Holy.... Hell....

I expected it to be good, but I did not expect it to be SO DAMN GOOD. It really exceeded my expectations!

Wow

Of the newest Pendants :-)

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Friday we had a great time out with some friends. Had some yummy dinner at Maggiano's, then went to see Corpse Bride - very good! And I loves me some Danny Elfman :-) Then we sat outside of Barnes & Nobles and drank way to much coffee until way too late. Good times!

Yesterday, I had breakfast with the Honey, made a few new pendants, started the big revamp of the website (basically making navigation easier), bought a pretty piece of Larimar, took pics of the pendants, knitted a bit, then got to wacth World Extreme Cagefighting on HDNet! What a day!

Today I need to grocery shop, do some cooking (Corned Beef and Cabbage to commemorate the beginning of Fall!), and try to clean around the house. Should be another productive day :-)

I've been so busy at work that I really can't get online at all, and been too tired to do much at night. It's not a bad busy, but just doing alot fo data analysis this week. Next week will be more relaxed **crosses fingers**

So today things seem to be crapping out. The Check Engine light in Mr. Lotii's car won't go away and the mechanic has not been able to figure out why. Hopefully by tomorrow morning we'll have it back. Also his camera crapped out, so we have to take it in to get fixed :( Mr. Lotii without a camera is a baaaaaadd thing....

This weekend I need to do the mass edit of my Stone Lotus website, and take pics of some pendants to post. I want to visit the bead store and see if there's anything nifty :) And if I can manage to get the floor clear enough to vaccuum - I will be ecstatic!

Have a great weekend - and everyone in Texas - try to be safe!!

Ganked from russkiypenguin!

If you want to donate to the victims of Hurricane Katrina AND want a lovely, handmade scarf for the winter - please check out the Scarf Auctions that perclexed has posted. The auctions are posted in her LJ, so swing by and check the warm, fuzzy scarfies!

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'Til about 9 o'clock. I don't likesleeping in too late - feel like I'm wasting the day (even if I'm planning on being a lump on a log that day). I woke up all ouchy, because my upper-body workout really did my arms in yesterday. So I woke up all stiff and achy. It'll get worse as the day goes on - always does. Luckily I just have cardio today - the arms can stay relatively still while I'm on the stationary bke :)

Today is for housecleaning, and letting my sore arms recover. I knitted a bunch yesterday and will probably do some more today. I'm hoping to have it done this month, but we'll see. But definitely housecleaning today - it's so cluttered now.

Tofu Squash pie is very yummy for breakfast with a nice cup o' coffee. Yuuuuummm.....

Time to make grocery list now... Lettuce, spinach, chicken,... more stuff....

Acorn Squash Tofu Pie is out of the oven and is cooling - Mmmmmmmmm

Looks like we're going to have a pretty good storm tonight. There are pitch black clouds and lightning heading our way. I love storm so the should be fun! Pie, coffee, and a good storm!!

I did my lower body workout this morning and my legs are a bit noodly. I'm going to do some TaiChi before bed as well. What's on the agenda for tonight? Probably bring the laptop to the TV room and watch L4yer Cake while I work....

I will pretty much be working all weekend. Not constantly, but I will be in front of my computer most all weekend. There is danger that I may spam while I try desparately not to distract myself from work ;-)

Hopefully I'll find time to squeeze in some workuts and make some pie :-)

Whew!!! I made some rather strong Green Tea and it is making me pucker! Strong!!

I would also like to make my Favorite Tofu Pumpkin Pie this weekend, but I have to find the recipe (which I found on LJ years ago) that I scribbled on a post-it ages ago, and stuck in a cook book. But which cookbook???

Poll - Do you think Pumkpin Pie would be yummy in a Graham Cracker crust, or should I stick with traditional?

Oooh - Oooh! Found it!

Tofu Pumpkin Pie

2 cups Pumpkin Puree
8oz Extra Firm Tofu
6Tbs Honey
3Tbs Molasses
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Press tofu to get out most, but not all, of the liquid. Place all ingredients in a blender (and I always add extra seasoning) and blend until smoooooottthhhh.Pour into pie shell. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.

Enjoy!

I uploaded some new "Ranting" LJ icons, but I realized I don't rant on here enough to use them all. Probably because I get over things rather quickly, so by the time I'm writing here in LJ - I'm over it.

Oh well, they made me laugh, so they are here ;-)

So here we go - rant, rant, rant - bitch, moan - grrrr...

Middle of the week - doing good so far. I gained about 4 lbs. while I was stressing over work, and I've managed to get most of it off now. My new strength training routine is pretty consistent, but I need a little extra motivation with the Cardio...

I may replace Cardio with TaiChi, because I really wanted to delve into that some more.

Diet's going great - once I get into a routine I'm all set. Although I AM looking forward to my Free Day on Thursday - by then I'll need a little variety.

I have discovered the yummiest thing ever!

I reheated the acorn squash from yesterday - blopped a scoop of cottage cheese on the top - YUMMM!!

It's amazing buttery, creamy goodness......

I head into work early on Monday, because, well, after a weekend of sleep I'm actually able to get up this early, and because it's a busy day, so i like to get a head start on it. I'm crossing my fingers that I can get everything I've planned done today.

So yesterday I did make some headway on the baby-blanket. Our ferret with cancer was having some issues yesterday, so we sat on the couch and I kept an eye on her while I knitted. Who knows what I'll be able to accomplish tonight - we'll see how tired I am - but I am determined to do something... workout, craft, something for me tonight.

I did my lower body workout yesterday, so I'll see as the day goes on how sore I'll be :( Hopefully not as bad as last time. I baked some yummy acorn squash last night (since it's coming into Fall and I love Fall foods!), so I'm taking the rest with me for lunch. Mmmmm.... Note to self - need to pick up decaf green tea - ran out.....

Have a great Monday everyone!!

For real this time :-) I can't spend as much time on the Internet during the days, because work is keeping me so busy, but I have determined to reclaimed my off-work pleasures, and this is one of them!

I started knitting again - did a whole 2 rows of the baby blanket last night :) I made another pendant last night (must take some pics of the one to be posted today). I started working out again this week, doing some strength training and cardio. I have Lower Body work to do today. I HAVE to clean the house today - what a wreck. I will not let work over-run my happines!

So I never did get to go to the family reunion in TN. One of the cities midway there had run completely out of gas, and we did not want to get stuck in the NC backwoods for any amount of time. Oh well, other vacation plans are still on (UFC 55 - yay!!!!!). We managed to get to the Greensboro tattoo convention yesterday. It's pretty small, so we didn't stay long. We wanted to look at the artists portfolios to try to narrow down an artist for Mr. Lotii's next piece. And we did some shopping - some cool shirts and jewelry :)

Anyway - I missed y'all, and I'm determined to be back on regularly! Time to go work out now :)

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