New Years Dream...

[liralen]

I dreamed of having a undulating, giant black and white dragon made of thousands of gleaming Lego® pieces on my shoulders as I flew it over a detailed, intricate model of Tokyo, with Catherine Zeta Jones as we tested out a part of the story together. And I crashed the gigantic, gorgeous, powerful thing into the city in a beautiful explosion of pieces and the peaceful knowledge that I and the special effects department would be able to put it all back together again.

It was the third story trial we'd done together, each one testing and perfecting another part of the movie/story we were plotting and planning and writing and filming together.

Pretty nice first dream... *sighs happily*

This morning it was 7° F (-13 C) with horizontal blowing snow. I guess our unseasonal weather has left for a bit. *laughs* I really do actually like shoveling snow from the sidewalk for exercise, especially after seeing the one girl that habitually wears leggings and slippers in the snow actually have a real coat on. What she does for fashion... *shakes head*



So now I'm cooking 2 pounds of dried beans.

This morning, as I was looking at all the pinto beans on a cookie sheet, I shouted, "Score! I found a ROCK!"

John laughed, came over and hugged me and said, "I love you."

I am very easily entertained. *laughs* The Target bulk pinto beans had about half a dozen rocks in 'em, which is far more than the Kroger beans did. My teeth are really, really fragile, and I am very vigilant about the rocks so I don't bite into anything that'll just crack something. But the cool thing is that the two dried pounds cook up into nearly eight pounds of "Naturally non-fat" and "high in fiber" protein, and it's kind of fun. We freeze 'em in one pound bags and I use them in chili, taco salad, and sometimes we just mash 'em and fry them for refried beans.

Of course, I throw the non-fat out the window as I add a smoked ham hock along with the onions, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, and other stuff. The smokiness of the ham hock is making the whole house smell good.

Over the weekend Jet's Boy Scout troop had Pine Wood Derbies. He built his car himself, with a little holding help and instruction from John, but Jet did all the work himself; even to balancing the wheels and getting the weights on and making sure that it was within legal specifications. He beat everyone in his den during the preliminaries and he was very, very pleased that he got to be in the semi-finals. He didn't get out of the semi-finals, but he did get a nice little medal and a ribbon for his "use of color"!! That was very cool.

Got to watch a bit of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" that my sister sent John. It's very good seeing her own her own, without the Doctor for a bit. I like her very much. And it's quite a good way to spend the first day of the coming lunar year. *grins*

Comments

[calm-isolation.livejournal.com]

YAY for the pinewood derby!!!!!

My troop (oh god that sound so weird to say) is getting out cars ready for our derby which I THINK is still a few weeks away. It is a lot of fun though

GO JET!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*LAUGHS* Yay for YOUR TROOP! *giggles*

I hope you and your guys have a great time!! I *love* your icon. *laughs and laughs*

[calm-isolation.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* I had to come see what my icon was LOL....have you seen this one?? When you said you loved my first one i thought at first I might have used this one LOL

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*falls over* I love THAT ONE, too!!! *dances*

[incandescens]

The very thought of biting into a rock mid-beans makes me twitch.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Amen.

It is why I am so pleased when I find them. *laughs*

[crimini.livejournal.com]

Yay for finding rocks in beans! And yum! for the smoked ham hock! And kudos to Jet for the derby car! Way to go!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Yummy. It is. And, yeah, Jet had a great time, too! Though he was a little disappointed by not getting through the semi-finals, he was okay with it. So that was really good, too, and we tried to encourage the fact that he'd done it all himself and that he learned stuff about how to make the car go faster next year, too.

[rasetsunyo.livejournal.com]

That is a very cool dream. And yeaaah, rocks in beans. Glad you caught them, I have pretty strong teeth and they still hurt.

Happy new year, and peace and good health to you and your family!!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

yeah... Ouch..

Happy New Year to you, too!! And may you and your family have wealth, peace, and good health as well!

*dances*

[annieroo2.livejournal.com]

LOL Cosmo has his pinewood derby next week. Sadly it was initially canceled because it was -35F windchill the day it was scheduled and the leaders didn't want the kids out and about even in the car.

Great dream by the way! I wish I could remember mine more often.

I love my mom's ham and beans. Yum you've made me hungry. :D

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Whew. I'm glad that they canceled in THAT kind of weather. Hope that it works out for the coming week!

I try extra hard for the first dream of the new year, just to see if the elements of it carry out... *grins*

I should check last years dreams...

Mmmm... beans, *laughs* They're so lowly in some ways, but for me they're comfort food. Ham and beans. Yum...

[annieroo2.livejournal.com]

Homemade Chili, Ham & Beans and Chicken Noodle Soup were the one constant comfort in our lives growing up. My parents always cooked them together every winter at least once sometimes more often when they could.

I love it when food is associated with such good memories. :D

[liralen.livejournal.com]

I have to agree... been making a lot of chili this winter, which is why the Huge Bean Boil... as I like packaging up the cooked beans in one pound packets that I can use in chili. I'll have to try the chicken noodle soup sometime...