Hello Mr. Lazy,
That classy meal looks very classy! You should make it for me when you visit next month.
My home reno and decorating projects are still underway. But for tonight, I am taking a break by watching the Nate Berkus Show, whilst reading Nate Berkus’ book.
Do you get the impression that I am a Nate Berkus fan? If so, you are quite astute.
♥ – Miss Giggles
Hello Mr. Lazy,
Happy Election Night to you! Despite what you think, I am not lazing about my condo. In fact, I just sat down on my couch to get a break from this mess:
The painting of my new condo has been an epic project spanning hours and weeks of time. Who knew painting was so time-consuming? It has almost taken as much time as this US election!
Go Obama!
♥ – Miss Giggles
PS – CNN just projected Utah will go to Obama. Somehow I don’t think Obama will be crying over that one.
Hello Miss Giggles!
Yesterday I made a delicious dinner. I used this Portobello Mushroom and Zucchini Tacos recipe from Martha Stewart.
First you roast the mushrooms, zucchini, and some onions.
Then you stick it in a taco with Monterey Jack cheese! It is a very simple recipe, but dee-licious.
You might have noticed I have broadened my cheese horizons lately (I made those stuffed peppers with feta cheese), and it has really paid off. Feel free to sign me up for a Cheese of the Month Club for Christmas.
I hope you are enjoying Arnold’s book! I am reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. It is not great literature, but it is somewhat compelling.
I am pretty certain you do not need to read it. I can tell you the ending when I get there, if you like.
Auf wiedersehen!
- Mr. Lazy
It does not look like a spooky Halloween in Calgary, but it is a pretty rainy and dark Halloween here!
I did miss you! While I am not too lazy to blog, I have been very busy with packing and moving, and furniture shopping and painting, and making home decor and reno decisions. Maybe this blog can feature
some of my projects as they develop!
I have been so busy, in fact, that I got Jian Ghomeshi’s book out from the library, and it sat on my new (and beautiful) kitchen counter for three weeks before it was due to be returned without me having even looked at it! And, it’s a bestseller! How sad.
I guess I’ll have to read this book instead:
Hmm. Somehow I think Arnold is better in TV interviews than in print. We shall see.
Spookily signing off,
Miss Giggles
Long time, no see, Mr. Lazy!
How has your summer been? Mine has been busy. I went to Chicago, and PEI, and bought a condo (!), started packing and furniture-shopping, worked like a dog, and then came down with a terrible end-of-summer cold.
But no rest for the weary, I say! I spent my time recuperating by reading Andre Agassi’s autobiography.
Because you probably don’t know, Andre Agassi was a famous tennis player who was once married to Brooke Shields, and got a lot of press for playing tennis in jean shorts and long hair (which — he reveals in this book — was actually a toupee!). He also reveals that he actually hates tennis, and would have much preferred to play a team sport like soccer.
This was quite a good book to pass the time whilst sick as a dog. I hope you are praying for my speedy recovery.
Courageously yours,
Miss Giggles
Hello Mr. Lazy,
That orzo salad looked delicious! If I cooked, I would be tempted to make it myself. Since I don’t, though, I will just have to hope that one day you will make it for me!
Mrs. Obama wrote a book that you should get out from the library.
It is called American Grown, and it is about the garden that Mrs. Obama started on the South Lawn of the White House. It has lots of pictures, and recipes, and stories about how their garden was planned and how those plans changed as they became better gardeners. It was inspiring – I do recommend it!
Too bad I do not have land or even a sunny exposure to start my own garden. I guess I will just have to settle for the neat piles of vegetables at the supermarket.
♥♥♥ – Miss Giggles
PS – I have started working on my vacation wardrobe! So far, I have a straw fedora and nail polish called watermelon!
Mr. Lazy,
Where have you been? I can only assume that you have been busy planning your itinerary for the Calgary Stampede (otherwise known as the Greatest Show on Earth)!
The Globe & Mail has also caught Stampede fever, as evidenced by the front page of the travel section today.
From this article, I learned that – as of last year – cowgirls are now allowed to tuck their skinny jeans into their cowboy boots. So keep that in mind, Mr. Lazy, when you are planning your Stampede wardrobe.
I have not been to anything nearly as exciting as Stampede preparations. I have, though, been reading this (mostly picture) book about Whitney Houston.
I’m guessing the proof-reading budget was very low at this publishing house, because it contained this hilarious misprint:
I am no history buff, but I am almost certain that Whitney did not sing the anthem at the Superbowl during WWI. I am pretty sure that was Christina Aguilera.
Get those tickets for the chuck-wagon race!
♥♥♥ – Miss Giggles
Happy Birthday Mr. Lazy!
I write this birthday message as you are sleeping (through a thunderstorm) down the hall.
I have been incommunicado lately because of a real estate-related depression. Condo-hunting has been tiring and sad, so I have not felt like writing.
Speaking of depression, I read Jan Wong’s latest book about her getting sick and getting fired from the Globe and Mail.
I really enjoyed it! I read it in about a week, mostly over lunches at work. The bits about Jan and her life were riveting, even though she wasn’t living a super-glam life at the time. The parts about the history of mental illness felt like padding, but I still highly recommend it. You should make sure your library has it.
I hope you have a very happy birthday, even though it appears that you are determined to sleep through most it!
♥♡♥ – Miss Giggles
PS – I promise to write more frequently!
Miss Giggles,
While you were busy going to the office on a Saturday, I was hosting an Edible Books event at the library!
My contribution to the day was based on If You Give A Mouse A Cookie:
Making a giant mouse out of dozens of cookies is exhausting and very time consuming. But everyone enjoyed eating the cookies.
The winning edible book was Anne of Green Bagels. It was excellent.
Edible Books was exhausting, so now I am going to sit around being lazy.
Good night!
- Mr. Lazy
Hello Miss Giggles,
You should be happy you are not visiting me right now! I am very sick. So sick that I had to take a sick day and sit around being lazy. (Which I am pretty good at.)
I have been drinking tea all day, and I also made myself a delicious egg and cheese sandwich for lunch, based on this recipe.
It was excellent, and would appeal to someone with a simple palate, or a sick person.
Signing off from my sick bed,
Mr. Lazy
p.s. My very clever title for this blog post comes from the picture book that won the Caldecott award last year, A Sick Day for Amos McGee. You should read it.
