Rambling Tuesday

Keely over at the Un-Mom gives away this cool Random Tuesday Thoughts thingy. I love it and try to play every week. Plus it gives me the opportunity to be flighty, eclectic, and all around odd. Not like I need an excuse for that kind of behavior. While you're over at Keely's check out her Mr Linky gadget. I'm such a magpie. If it's new and shiny and a little (okay, a lot) geeky I am all there.

• Did you ever notice that the word eclectic has a plethora of cees. I mean, count them. There are like a ton of those bad boys. This word gets used a lot within my hearing so I've made a study of it. The word eccentric (HeeHee it has 3 cees too) is another word that people like to use around me. I've made sure everyone knows the difference between the meanings of these two words. I am eclectic because I like a lot of different things. I am not eccentric because I don't have 18 cats. See the difference? You could get all English major and look up the real definition but this one works for me.
  

• Chances are you are not attending the inauguration coming up on the 20th but if you are;

Wow, how cool! Can you bring a friend?

Anyhoo, you can still eat like you are going to be invited to dinner with the new President. The Inaugural Committee has released the menu and recipes that will be served. If, like me, duck and peasant are not in your grocery budget you can always substitute chicken or turkey.

• More inauguration resources. Resourceshelf a librarian information blog has put together a couple of links about past inaugurations. Check them out here. My personal favorite is the A Historical Look at the Inaugural Ceremonies 1789-2005.

• The Boy made the Dean's list. Woot! He got his certificate in the mail today. We're going to party like....well....like it's 1889. Homemade food and hooch for everyone!

We did the homemade food (like we do anything else) no hooch though.
We're pretty proud of him.
He worked hard.

• Jen and I are receiving a lot of pantry photos and posts. You guys are awesome! I've put together what we've received so far so you can see pantry's in all their glory.

Katie's pantry is awe inspiring. It is a complete room! If this was any competition, like with prizes or something, she would so win.

Cyndie at HarryJack's Mommy has this terrific door rack that I just have to have. I love me some organizational stuff.

Sandie Simply Says has some super plastic storage containers. I may need to invest in some of those.

Jen's pantry comes complete with dog. That must have set her back a pretty penny. I'll need to stock up on dog. Cheapo me will wait until it they go on sale.

Casey's pantry has those excellent slide-out shelves. Sweet!!


Thanks everyone. It was fun.
Oh, if you still want to play feel free to take those photos and send them in or post about your pantry.

• I have a post started with a bunch of time saving food tips & tricks. Things to cook up on the weekend then turn into meals during the week. Stay tuned.

• I've barely started my spin for this week and feeling pretty bad about it. Must. Spin!

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Love,
M