August 24, 2006
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ETA: at bottom
Oh Sweet Lord Of Missing Objects,
(or: where are my stinking keys!?!)
Yesterday afternoon, Jesse and I made our monthly trip a few miles down the road to our local “flea market/ junk heaven”. This place is huge and we spent about an hour there, poking and prodding everything. It was fun until we were leaving and I realized that I LOST MY KEYS!!!
You know how? They fell out of the shallow pockets of my new low-rise pants, damn it!!! These pants are taking me down, I swear.
I spent the morning searching the place and cannot locate them.
(you can see why)
Here is why I searched so long and hard; it is not the keys (replaceable) but rather the ring to which I am painfully attached. The keys sit on a giant safety pin and I have been using this pin as my keychain since I bought my first car in 1987. This keychain is the one item that has gone EVERYWHERE with me in the past 19 years; on every road trip, started all the cars I have owned, opened all the doors for the apartments and houses in which I lived and keys on it have been used to open the doors to our first home together.
The ring was the Thing that held all these keys together and connected these sometimes disjointed parts of my life.
So I am a bit sad.
But there will be more road trips and doors to open and I am looking for a new and exciting keychain to join me on the trip.
Any Ideas?
because this is not the one for me
I like these but they aren’t me
hain
this one is a bit much
this could work
Devil Duckie
HELP!!!
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In other news…
this morning Trevor whispered to Jesse as they were waking up, “shhhh, lets be quiet so mommy can get some sleep” and Jesse replied, “why? It’s not like it’s her birthday or anything” very funny, Jesse.- the freezer is nearly full and I’m not sure I’m done (but perhaps I am) I suppose it’s time to can more and freeze less
- as a result of eating grilled cheese, pasta and scrambled eggs too many times in one week, I have made a menu plan for the next week and am posting it on the fridge. We have all the ingredients in the house and whomever cooks dinner can consult the list for ideas this week. Trevor cooks about half the time but cannot usually come up with ideas and usually comes to me 15 minutes AFTER the kids are collapsing from starvation with, “Hon, do you have ideas about dinner?”
Darn tootin I have ideas, and here they are:
Spinach Ricotta Calzones (w/ a carrot salad) from the “Moosewood” cookbook
Chard Stuffed Fish (w/ crusty bread and corn on the cob) my own recipe
Yogurt Simmered Beef (indian dish, served with basmaiti rice and broccoli) from “Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookbook”
Cheesy Zucchini Bake (with garlic tomato salad) from “The Classic Zucchini Cookbook”
Lemon-y Chicken with Coriander (w/chapatis or pooris and indian green beans) from “Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookbook”
Herb-Stuffed Pattypan squash (w/cold garbanzo bean salad and fresh veggies) from “The Classic Zucchini Cookbook”
I’m going outside to play,
I hope your day has been good.
ETA: I’ll post some recipes tomorrow…
Comments (55)
I think you need an Etch-a-Sketch keychain!
I’m coming over for the herb stuffed pattypans! *smooch*
I get attatched to little thing slike that too…Time for new beginnings I guess!
Of course you’re going outside! You ahve wonderful life of whimsy and canning and gardens and creatures and wonderful little childy-beasts!
xo
i am personally in favor of the devil duckie keychain. i have a large collection of devil duckies in the bathroom and they give me no end of pleasure. my first keychain was a hello kitty one with a rainbow in the background. ha. the most recent keychain to fall apart was a very tiny jane austen book that had a j.a. quote on the back. i loved it. i still have the book part lying on the bedside table. and holy shizzit woman, you’ve got some tasty dinner ideas up there.
my keys have been missing for over a week. we are wondering if MG threw them in the recycle trash can and i threw them away. they have keys to both cars, car lock, van alarm, work keys, in-laws keys, house keys, old work keys, my life on them.
it’s driving me crazy.
that flea market place looks awesome, we visited one in Florida that looked very similar. And Im sorry about your keys. Maybe they will turn up still, you never know.
I totally understand about the food thing. I was spending tons on groceries and 2 days later couldnt think of a dang thing to make for dinner. Now I do 2 week menus and I love it. I only have to go to the grocery every other week and dinner is never a hurried concoction of grossness.
Oh my gosh, your kids are cute! That’s adorable.
I’m so sorry about your keychain. I hate losing my keys, but I’m very talented at it. I had a two year run (when I was working nights), when I kept locking my keys in my car. That gets expensive pretty quick.
Your menu looks delicious!
I think you should share HOW to make those dishes as the sound amazing. And as far as key chains go…I’m not good at this…I have a beer bottle opener that I got when I worked at the bar. It’s metal and very heavy so if I had to work late at night it has weapon potential in dangerous moments. Hmmm….
I love the flea market. We have a reuse center in Ann Arbor that is amazing. I got my antique typewriter there for $5.
More videos! It’s so funny to see Jesse doing the guy thing to music. How does that happen? There’s a special gene, I swear to god.
Fortunately, when I lose my keys, they always turn up somewhere in the house,although once I found them on the top shelf of our laundry cupboard (I can’t reach that high) and I have NO idea how they got there.
oh gosh, I hope you find your keys, I just hate it when I misplace them and then I always find them in the most obvious spot but not until I finally give up ransacking everything to find them!
your menus sound gormet compared to the ones at my house. *open a can here and there and wala dinners served*
that junk place looks cool. i would probably enjoy shopping there too. we just have one place here that’s similar and i don’t like going there because it’s always the same stuff.
RECIPES!! Where did you find these recipes??!!
exactly HOW low cut are those jeans missy??
Oh and regarding the keychain, you need a St. Anthony key chain. He’s the patron saint of lost objects. Here’s one for ya: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007KJII8
Okay, those dinner suggestions sound really damn good and I think I am in need of some immediate recipe posting. Yum.
mmmm i’m coming to your house for dinner!!!
Sorry about your keys… Look at all those goodies at the flea market just waiting to be discovered! how fun! maybe someone will discover your keys…
geekagirl: so, will I always find my keychain if I lose it and Saint Anthony is on it?
The jeans are not that low-cut, it’s the shallow pockets, Old Navy cheaped out, I swear!!!
Where did I find the recipes? In my cookbooks.
I see it has already been suggested, so I’ll have a conversation myself with St. Anthony about your keys. He never fails me, and I’m a horrible fallen catholic.
Most adorable video.
oh, dear …. it does seem your pants are plotting against you … am I mistaken, or were you also wearing them last week during the MSG incident?
hope somehow your keychain comes back to you … stranger things have happened 
Moosewood cookbooks are among my favorites both to read & to cook from (on those days when I actually cook instead of just opening things)
best wishes! here’s to lost objects found again (hope!)
the recipes sound delicious! Love the “jammin’” at the table! Sorry about your keychain.
Sounds like we need to do a “What’s your keychain look like?” meme. I’ll post a picture of mine tomorrow. I’m looking forward to your recipes. Years ago I used to post my weekly menu on my blog, I should start doing that again. Were you able to leave a note with management that if your keys show up they should be returned to you? Many hugs from me to you.
I love flea markets and stuff like that. I would miss something I had that long, dearly, too.
jesse’s funny, but you should get to sleep in other times too!!! 
Hope you find your keychain…. or that whomever finds it gets it to someone who can contact you. We have a key rack/bill holder just inside our door at home. The bills there are from last year and only hubby hangs his keys up there. If my keys aren’t in my purse I walk out without them.
With my new desire to get back to my creative cooking I’m letting go of making my menues (which never seem to get followed anyway) and letting the mood of the day guide me in the kitchen.
If hubby doesn’t work tomorrow am thinking of doing fried cheese sticks and eggplant fritters for an appetizer, stir fried veggies and something new and exciting for the entree.
Whenever I lose something (which is often) I just forget about it and then it manages to resurface. Hope you find it! The calzones sound YUMMY!
That stinks! My sister flushed her keys down the toilet because of low rise pants. They should come with a warning! LOL
I get attached to silly little things too, several of which were lost when I got robbed. I wish you could get insurance for sentimental value.
Meanwhile, you’re making me hungry.
We need some of those recipes.
Send me your address and I’ll send you a brand new keychain!
Oh no! I would cry if I lost something that I held that dear to me. Its not about replacing the item as it is losing something that holds so much sentimental value to you.
Those dishes sound wonderful!! I will be looking tomorrow for the recipes.
ok. that’s it. we’re moving next door to you!
i’m stuck in a cooking rut but hopefully, after i pick up our 1/2 side of beef, i will be inspired to branch out.
also, i am making out a shopping list of veggies that died here to purchase at market on saturday.
i’m sorry to hear about your lost key chain. i hope you can find a suitable replacement!
Next keychain if the store doesn’t have yours (call them to see?
) How about a bobble-head of Roo and some hands looking like jesse drumming? 
Not that funny but hey I tried 
Yummmm…..
Arg! I hope they turn up.
I got that fetus in the womb keychain for a friend as a gag gift! I bet she would be willing to loan it to you
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Love the kids groovin! They are just too much!
Can I come to your house for dinner?
I promise I’ll find a fun key chain
I’ll bring THIS if I can eat at your house
Boy I hope that (a) the link works and (b) that keychain is close to the one your pants lost.
Oh my…that is flea market/junk heaven…just looking at those pictures made me swoon!
I had a cool keychain once. It was a rubber chicken, about as long as my hand. At the time, it fit my personalty perfectly. Now? Not so much.
I shall grieve your loss.
Yum all sounds good, looks better then my meal plans.
My DD lost my keys 2 months ago between my house and there grandparents, still lost *sigh* hope you find yours!
I am totally diggin’ the viewmaster keychain!
Your kids rock!
ooooh – I cant wait for recipes! especially the chard stuffed chicken. I have chard in the freezer and some still in the garden and not alot of good recipes.
So sorry about your keys, that’d be kinda like looking for a needle in a haystack. Your menu ideas sound amazing, I wanna come for dinner! YUMMY
I’m so sorry about your key chain. I do really like that mother/baby keychain though. It looks so sweet and innocent, but I bet you could really bean someone on the head with it if they were attacking you in a parking lot.
Wow, that Jesse has serious rhythm! Get that boy a drum set! And Roo. . . how cute is that little bee bop queen? I love your videos.
I’m so glad you’re going to post recipes. We eat entirely too many grilled cheese sandwishes around here.
That sucks! What about a custom-made keychain of a bobble-head Roo with Drumming Hands of Jesse’s?
Hope the Junky Goodies has it – Call them and find out? 
Never mind – thought Xanga erased my message
OOPS
Hey, just passing by simply because I’m another Julie tee-hee!
I hate it when you can’t find your keys. Espicially when trying to get somewhere important…And I didn’t know they made key chains like that…
Best wishes,
-Julie.
a DOLLAR!
thats incredible.
Yum! Those menu ideas are amazing. We’ve been eating grilled cheese and omelots (sp?) way too much this summer. That cheesy zuchinni bake will come in handy, because zukes have taken over my kitchen thanks to a well-meaning gardener. Thank you for your comment. Oh and that video is great!
You never did find the safety pin key ring? That’s sad. I’ve had my key ring forever too, and would miss it!
Your kids are beautiful!
Menus and recipes? I’ll be back!
Aw! Wish I could hear the video on your kiddos, but my speakers are sick.
VERY sorry about your keys, and SLIGHTLY jealous of the people in your house who get to eat such yummy dinners. Please save me some zucchini, LOL! Looking forward to the recipies, Lisa
46 comments. Please sneeze.
As promised, the link to Pullman’s books, and then I have to go see if Gary’s still awake: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440238609/sr=1-1/qid=1156560167/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9934886-8325621?ie=UTF8&s=books.
kisses.
Oh. Thongs. That’s the other thing I’ve been meaning to say. God’s gift to moving whilst wearing pants.
Get a cool key chain with a cocky saying or carry them in your purse instead of in your jeans.
I LOVE the Zucchini Cookbook. It has wonderful yummy stuff
i like the pictures are the top.
Oh, crap. That really sucks!!
That place looks heavenly to wander through, though.
Your dinner menu is making me salivate!
Please do post recipes…I think we’ll all be having a week of dinners compliments of Julie. 
Hopefully someone will just happen upon them!!
I too want to eat at your house!
I am now scared off the low-rise pants thing! The pregnancy key-chain is still cracking me up though.
Perchance I will make you a beaded keychain. Go ahead and buy the devil duck, though, cuz, cool.
And burn those pants.