Ustream has changed their layout. I don't like it!

I don't like the new layout. I used to be able to find shows that I wanted to watch with the scrolling bar. Yeah, it might not have been that effective but I was used to it!! Dang. :(

Fourth of July, Recipes and Canada Day

So I get an email from my sister wondering what we are doing for the 4th. I figured we'd clean out my mom's garage and get ready for a yard sale. She's tired of looking at all the rest of my stuff that won't fit in my apartment. So, we have this great lineup of activities. I bought some fireworks... so we are going to have our own little program, and I plan on playing my kid's favorite CD along with it so maybe it will seem like this big awesome thing. Not to compete with Miley Cyrus and the Stadium of Fire 2008 @ Lavell Edwards Stadium... but I can't afford the tickets! So we will do our own and I'll dress like Hanna Montana. Kidding. I can't afford to go anywhere, either. My mom heard that by December gas will be $7/gal. I was talking to a girl at work and she said she might start digging in her backyard for oil since gas is so expensive with no relief in sight... and it reminded me of this:

YouTube Video - The Beverly Hillbillies

So if anyone has suggestions on how to survive with the rising costs of energy, I'm all ears.


I have a great recipe we'll be doing this week for The Brownie Show, so please make sure and tune in. I'm always up for trying new things, so if you've got a brownie recipe you don't dare try, or one that is your favorite that you'd like to share, please send it to me and we can include it in a future episode.

I'm also looking for pasta recipes to be in a new show. Please send your favorites!

Questions? Comments? Feel free to write.

PS: Happy Canada Day. I ate pancakes & Canadian Bacon with maple syrup while humming O Canada. Friday, I will be singing all US patriotic songs. Move over Shania. Watch my stream, you might catch me making a fool of myself! (There's a copy at the bottom of my blog)

What should I do for a second job?

I'm wondering how in the world I am going to make ends meet. Gas has gone up so high, and I have a V6 engine. I'd do anything to trade the thing in for some little 4 cyl.

I am also thinking of going back to school, but I don't know what courses to take. I am having a hard time with my kids as it is, I'm away from home too much I think.

Enough rambling for 1:30 am I guess.

Oh, about the Brownie Show.... We've had some things going on here lately that has made it so I haven't been able to stay up late making brownies. But we will be doing it this weekend, we are making Rocky Road brownies, so mark your calendars!!

Why am I awake at 4am?

Good question. I had some work to do with laundry and the computer, so I was able to stay busy for a bit. I would rather be in bed though.

I've not had The Brownie Show for two weeks now - last week we went to Lagoon (for those of you that don't know what it is, it's a 6-flags wannabe) and this week I had too many other things going on. I'm planning on rescheduling it anyway, I just don't know when would be best. So, that is still under construction.

My mom has decided to stop selling candy through her website and asked me to take it down. While I have my own personal issues about that, it might be for the best. It has been interesting though, she has been getting orders from out of nowhere, from clear across the country. I never advertised her website... for a couple of reasons. The biggest one was that my mom and dad never provided me with the photos I needed for the site. After he passed away, my mom has avoided the shop like the plague. Now, she wants to sell the house and stop making candy. I know she loves to do it, but now she just doesn't want to. How can I possibly fix that? As a single working mom I don't have much time to help her. I have too many things of my own to take care of. However, I would love to learn the business so I can take over for her. But if she's not making candy orders, there's no need to make candy, and no need for me to learn recipes or techniques.

With both of my uncles in bad health (one has bone cancer the other just had a massive stroke) my mom is really feeling mortality and wants to get everything in order. But I also think she has one foot in the grave. How long will that last? I don't know. There are still good days and bad days.

Is it selfish of me to want to learn how to make candy? Is it selfish that I don't want the greatness of it all to die with her?

Yeah it's 4 am and I'm talking nonsense, and stuff that's waaaaaaay too serious. But sometimes you have to stop and wonder about these kinds of things.

..... Who set the alarm for 4am? Dang kids.

Bored and tired

Sitting here contemplating why I allowed my ex to find my "new life" on the internet. I left all that behind and tried to start something new.

Things are kindof messed up, I'll have to go into more detail later.

Right now I am streaming live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jcgeekgirl-live but I plan on going to bed eventually since I need to leave early to make the train.

Derby participation cetificate

Derby participation cetificate, originally uploaded by jcleftie.

"Most Righteous"

We won our second race!

We won our second race!, originally uploaded by jcleftie.

Two so far avg times.... 6th place. 16 total races. as of this post 2 left