Thursday, July 28, 2005
Monday, July 25, 2005
Car Accident
I was driving with my brother Jonathan in the front passenger seat and my father Milton in the rear passenger seat in Sumner, Washington when a drunk driver hit my Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was flung forward and back and had an immediate headache and severe neckache. My neck was burning from the pain and I guess the inflammation. The other driver said I was driving too slow, because I was going the speed limit. He was driving at least twenty miles over the speed limit. He told my Father it was my fault, than my father asked him how much he had to drink. I was in the right lane on a two-way highway and he started to tailgate, so I moved to the left lane and he followed behind me than slammed into the back of the jeep. I was in shock I did not think someone would hit me, I was driving along fine minding my own business and he claimed he could not stop in time. The emergency room Doc said there was no way someone could hit us like that unless they were drunk or driving without paying any attention to the road. The fact that my vehicle was an SUV saved my brother and dad from injury. I was injured and went to the emergency room with severe whiplash, but it could have been worse. I am so grateful that my brother and dad were not hurt. I went to the Doctor this morning and she gave me medications and has me on bed rest, thank god for my laptop. I am starting physical therapy in a week. Thanks to my family for praying for my healing. The ironic part is I did not even want to go to dinner last night as I wanted to stay home with my Pug who has been sick. It has been a shity week with the water heater bursting, the Pug being sick and the car accident, but I think my luck is going to change.
Thanks for any comments.
Tami
Thanks for any comments.
Tami
Jolt Cola!
I have had a Jolt twice in my life. When I needed the extra massive caffeine. It would have came in handy in Culinary School, but than I just consumed Coca-Cola.
Hoverdog!
Buffy running at the dog park in the air like an aircraft. I loved this photograph, so I decided to post it in my blig it is someone else's doggie.
Carrot Ginger Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Carrot Sprinkles
Carrot Ginger Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Carrot Sprinkles
Originally uploaded by chockylit.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Saturday, July 23, 2005
The Hitching Post Restaurant!
I would love to eat at this California Restaurant featured in the very entertaining movie Sideways with Thomas Hayden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. I love that movie, it is so not ordinary. It is beyond funny and I learned about wine too.
Liquid Chocolate
Worlds tallest Chocolate Fountain.All three types of Chocolate are represented.White,Milk and Dark.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Friday, July 22, 2005
Silouette of Cooper
I really liked this phograph taken by a lady in Melbourne, Australia. The last time I was there was in 1995. I applied for a new passport to go to France. I would like to take some baking classes over in Paris and maybe even go to Germany my homeland.
Word of the Day for Friday July 22, 2005
assuage (uh-SWAYJ), verb:
1. To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of;
to ease; to relieve.
2. To appease; to satisfy.
3. To soothe or calm; to pacify.
His generosity toward a group of young graffiti writers
was, perhaps, one way to assuage his guilt.
--Phoebe Hoban, [1]Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art
Even with the requirement of lay review boards, the code
will fail to assuage concerns of the church's most vocal
critics that the unseemly methods of the past won't repeat
themselves.
--"Bishops take step in right direction," [2]Chicago
Sun-Times, November 15, 2002
If only she would come outside
and let us meet her--face to face;
perhaps our words could turn
her anger's tide, perhaps
we could, if not erase,
at least assuage her rage.
--Euripides, Medea, edited by David R. Slavitt and Palmer
Bovie
In one final attempt to assuage fears, the agency claims
that these audits will comprise only "1.1 percent of the
total audit-related contacts planned for the year."
--Daniel J. Pilla, "IRS prepares to intensify its kinder,
gentler audits," [3]Insight on the News, April 29, 2002
_________________________________________________________
Assuage comes from Latin ad + suavis, "sweet".
1. To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of;
to ease; to relieve.
2. To appease; to satisfy.
3. To soothe or calm; to pacify.
His generosity toward a group of young graffiti writers
was, perhaps, one way to assuage his guilt.
--Phoebe Hoban, [1]Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art
Even with the requirement of lay review boards, the code
will fail to assuage concerns of the church's most vocal
critics that the unseemly methods of the past won't repeat
themselves.
--"Bishops take step in right direction," [2]Chicago
Sun-Times, November 15, 2002
If only she would come outside
and let us meet her--face to face;
perhaps our words could turn
her anger's tide, perhaps
we could, if not erase,
at least assuage her rage.
--Euripides, Medea, edited by David R. Slavitt and Palmer
Bovie
In one final attempt to assuage fears, the agency claims
that these audits will comprise only "1.1 percent of the
total audit-related contacts planned for the year."
--Daniel J. Pilla, "IRS prepares to intensify its kinder,
gentler audits," [3]Insight on the News, April 29, 2002
_________________________________________________________
Assuage comes from Latin ad + suavis, "sweet".
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Cupcake Coin Purse!
Is this the cutest coin purse you have ever seen. I love it of course, because there is a cupcake on it.
Tami
Tami
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Word of the Day for Tuesday July 19, 2005
flummox \FLUM-uhks\, transitive verb:
To confuse; to perplex.
And when a poll's results happen to upset the conventional
wisdom, or confound the experts, or flummox the pundits,
then that's a poll to remember.
--Michael Kagay, "Unexpected Results Make for Memorable
Polls," [1]New York Times, March 23, 2000
The chronological order of the Stuart, Hanover, Lancaster
and Tudor British royal houses had me flummoxed.
--Sara Ivry, "Game Show Wannabe: I Coulda Been a
Millionaire," [2]New York Times, February 27, 2000
Flummoxed by the surreality of history and the
mind-boggling changes unleashed by the 60's, many writers
in that era became minimalists, withdrawing, turtlelike,
inside their own homes and heads.
--Michiko Kakutani, "New Wave of Writers Reinvents
Literature," [3]New York Times, April 22, 2000
To confuse; to perplex.
And when a poll's results happen to upset the conventional
wisdom, or confound the experts, or flummox the pundits,
then that's a poll to remember.
--Michael Kagay, "Unexpected Results Make for Memorable
Polls," [1]New York Times, March 23, 2000
The chronological order of the Stuart, Hanover, Lancaster
and Tudor British royal houses had me flummoxed.
--Sara Ivry, "Game Show Wannabe: I Coulda Been a
Millionaire," [2]New York Times, February 27, 2000
Flummoxed by the surreality of history and the
mind-boggling changes unleashed by the 60's, many writers
in that era became minimalists, withdrawing, turtlelike,
inside their own homes and heads.
--Michiko Kakutani, "New Wave of Writers Reinvents
Literature," [3]New York Times, April 22, 2000
Monday, July 18, 2005
lavender cupcake!
Lavender flavored frosting on chocolate cupcake. Vanilla frosting mixed with a small amount of dried lavender; add red and blue food coloring to get color.
Amy's Bread cupcakes in NYC!
I applied for an internship there, but did not get it. Maybe next year.
Seattle Life at Seattle Center!
My friend GourleyGirl took this photograph of people cooling off at the Seattle Center!
Thanks,
Tami
Thanks,
Tami
Word of the Day for Monday July 18, 2005
propinquity \pruh-PING-kwih-tee\, noun:
1. Nearness in place; proximity.
2. Nearness in time.
3. Nearness of relation; kinship.
Following the race he took umbrage at Stewart's rough
driving so early in the day, and the propinquity of the two
drivers' haulers allowed the Kid to express his displeasure
up close and personal.
--Mark Bechtel, "Getting Hot," [1]Sports Illustrated,
December 6, 2000
Technologically it is the top service among the women's
fighting forces, and it also has the appeal of propinquity
to gallant young airmen.
--"After Boadicea -- Women at War," [2]Time Europe, October
9, 1939
I was stunned by the propinquity of the events: I had never
been in the same room with anyone who was later murdered.
--Karla Jay, [3]Tales of the Lavender Menace
Schultz came by her position through propinquity: her
husband, older by 12 years, used to play music with De
Maiziere and afterward chat about politics.
--Johanna McGeary, "Challenge In the East," [4]Time,
November 8, 1990
_________________________________________________________
Propinquity derives from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus,
"near, neighboring," from prope, "near."
1. Nearness in place; proximity.
2. Nearness in time.
3. Nearness of relation; kinship.
Following the race he took umbrage at Stewart's rough
driving so early in the day, and the propinquity of the two
drivers' haulers allowed the Kid to express his displeasure
up close and personal.
--Mark Bechtel, "Getting Hot," [1]Sports Illustrated,
December 6, 2000
Technologically it is the top service among the women's
fighting forces, and it also has the appeal of propinquity
to gallant young airmen.
--"After Boadicea -- Women at War," [2]Time Europe, October
9, 1939
I was stunned by the propinquity of the events: I had never
been in the same room with anyone who was later murdered.
--Karla Jay, [3]Tales of the Lavender Menace
Schultz came by her position through propinquity: her
husband, older by 12 years, used to play music with De
Maiziere and afterward chat about politics.
--Johanna McGeary, "Challenge In the East," [4]Time,
November 8, 1990
_________________________________________________________
Propinquity derives from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus,
"near, neighboring," from prope, "near."
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