the sympathetic vibration

Rebirth

Lara — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:28:28 +0000

So. I’ve been thinking I may like to get back to blogging on a regular basis. Not because I think I have readers with rapt attention to what I might have to say, but because I don’t think I process things that happen in my life as well as I used to when I would blog/journal with more regularity. I also miss being able to go back and look at something to see what I was doing at the time. Twitter theoretically could provide that, but I think tweets disappear after awhile, or if nothing else - there is no way to search for a particular day.

Anyway, it’s been a pretty pathetic weekend. I’m sick. The dogs (two puppies I’m fostering for the humane society) are sick. The house is a mess. I can’t even find energy to knit.

That sure sounds like a blog I would like to read!

I’ll be back.

Mexican Cornbread with Sausage for 160

Lara — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:00:31 +0000

My pub church provided a meal for another congregation in town this morning. The menu was red beans & rice, mexican cornbread, and apple cobbler. Yummy.

The cornbread, which I had basically made up using some recipes I found and smashed together, was a big hit…

You can make it too!

Mexican Cornbread with Sausage (serves 160)

6 pounds of pork breakfast sausage, cooked and drained
24 boxes of Jiffy Cornbread mix
24 eggs
12 cups milk
112 oz. creamed corn
72 oz. canned corn
28 oz. chopped jalapenos
28 oz. chopped green chilis
24 cups shredded monterey jack cheese

Mix it all up. Pour into lightly greased pans. Bake at about 400 degrees until it pulls away from pan and a knife inserted comes out mostly clean (time depends greatly on the size of pans used).

Enjoy.

Cuties.

Lara — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:28:41 +0000

I got a puppy. Her name is Denali (Nali):

LOVE.

Some friends came over to see her and I had this conversation with their 2 year old.

Sarah : You have fat boobies.
Me: Yes, I do! Do you have fat boobies?
Sarah: No, I have cute boobies!
Me: Are you saying my boobies aren’t cute?
Sarah: *nods head*
Me: I bet some might disagree….

North to the Future!

Lara — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:39:05 +0000

About 72 hours until I head out to Alaska. Have you been there?

What’s the best thing to see/do in the Fairbanks/Anchorage areas?

I arrive on the “longest” day of the year, June 20th, and it’s my understanding that the sky will not fully darken for the entire week I’m in the state. Thank goodness for shaded windows.

I’m off to bed - I badly need to reconcile my sleep debt.

Took me 3 tries to remember my blog username/password.

Lara — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:04:51 +0000

I’m working on some french bread right now… I’m in the rising/resting phase and feeling a bit nervous about all the shaping/pinching required for this kind of bread. I think it will take yummy though, so I’ll just follow instructions and hope for the best.

Hard to believe I’m less than 2 weeks from my trip to Alaska (June 20-27th). Looking forward to it, but know that I have so much I need to get done before I go. Work has been busy and emotionally draining as we’ve been working through a recruitment selection process for my most direct colleague (person with the same job as I do, but with a different staff to supervise).

The whole process has really brought me back mentally to my own job search from last spring/summer. I never liked the knowledge/feeling that you answer a bunch of questions that people you’ve never met before ask you and then you leave the room and they start chatting about what they liked and didn’t like about what you said. I understand the job search process is about finding the right fit - both for the candidates and for the institution, but I can’t help feeling a bit uncomfortable with how judgmental it all is, and how critical I become when in the midst of the process. I’m just ready for it to be over and thankfully the last candidate is on Tuesday and then we meet as a committee to make a decision.

Poor Clementine has some ear mites and HATES the drops I have to put in her ears. When I’m able to pin her down and do it, right afterward she runs faster that I’ve seen her move before across the house shaking her head and scratching at her ears the whole way. It’s actually pretty amusing to see her attempt to all these things at once. I can relate though - I hate the feeling of water/drops in my ears. Blech.

So some pictures:

First of all - the people living upstairs in my house now: (left to right is Vivien, Hugh & Joe)

Here’s the happy bride and groom from the quickly planned & executed wedding I mentioned in my last post. Wedding photography = not my thing. I think I’ll keep my day job.

The flowers were purty though!

When I went to California in early April…. with my loves JC and Chris. Oh how I miss my people (not a surprise that we were out at the karaoke bar…)

In knitting news, I’m making these socks for Katie (because they came out so small only her child’s size 3 foot would fit them). I’m completely finished 1 and about half way through the second. I recently finished another big knitting project but it’s a gift so it’s under wraps right now. More details soon (if I remember to take pictures and then post).

And finally… please : No throwing dynamite off the cliff.

Still a newb.

Lara — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:40:51 +0000

Did you know that cockroachs fly?

Or that sometimes they lay on their backs dead, but when you go to scoop them up to throw them away, they suddenly spring back to life?

Or that they are way more interesting to cats to play with than the toys cat toys than the balls with bells I buy at the store?

Seriously. The bugs are getting to me.

I’m also about to have some housemates. Excited about that.

Went to Ohio. Saw my family.

Went to Austin. Played with friends.

Two friends here just got married. I was the ringbearer, and a bridesmaid AND the photographer.

I have some pictures later.

April, she will come.

Lara — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:44:37 +0000

Oh yeah. Remember I used to write here.

Soon, I hope. I’ll be back. It’s been…. busy. Life is full. I’m thankful.

How times change…

Lara — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:26:10 +0000

Hahaha… found this while poking around in old journal entries on my LiveJournal….dated early May of 2005:

So today he added me to his “facebook” friends, which is this ridiculous online networking thing at Universities that I mostly stay away from, because all my students are displaying alcohol in all of their pictures and I just don’t want to see it.

(And oh man…. I found a bunch of other stuff that I want to reflect on as well, but suffice it to say - I was dealing with all the same things in 2005 as I am now in 2009, but I was much better writer then).

The Shack

Lara — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:00:22 +0000

Oh yeah… I finally finished reading The Shack last night (after starting it pre-Christmas)… it’s really compelling. I need to find a book group to discuss it in more fully. Any takers?

May this night keep you here til tomorrow.

Lara — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:52:52 +0000

Now that I’m back from my travels to Seattle, I’m realizing that I have a lot of other trips I need to plan for over the next 2 months. I suppose I wasn’t thinking through it all when I committed to all of these things, but as long as I can avoid missing too much work, I think I’ll be okay.

April 1-5th - Santa Clara… for a dear friend’s wedding and general visiting with people I love and places I miss.

April 18-20th - Las Vegas… I have tickets for a show on the evening of the 19th with friends from Waco. I’m trying to figure out how to get back Monday morning so I can still work a 1/2 day. It’s not seeming very feasible.

April 24-26th - Columbus… Conrad girl’s weekend with my mother and my sister-in-laws. I need to make this work, but flights have gotten pretty expensive (why, oh why didn’t I book when it was $205 RT??). I’m thinking I might have earned enough miles on Continental to be able to book that way by then… and I really wish I could take more time off and spend it with friends in Columbus, but that’s not looking likely since April is the season of bringing candidates to campus, and I need to present for all of that.

April 30th - May 3rd … Over the Rhine plays in Texas… Dallas, Houston, Austin… trying to figure out how to swing a weekend with people to see the shows.

[I’m thinking my tax return isn’t going to be going to a new TV any longer… bigger fish to fry, so to speak.]