PSA: If you ever find yourself chopping real jalapenos, make sure you never rub your eye, no matter how many times you've washed your hands. It will burn like HELL and you will find yourself flushing your eye and holding ice over it (for what feels like forever) until the burn cools. Your eye will swell up and you will have a hard time seeing.
So, um, yeah, I am the idiot who pulled that move. Its all good NOW, 12 hours later!
I cannot believe it is Friday already! Where did the last week go? I have been hanging out all week, going to lunch with my honey and relaxing to the max. I even had Mexican food three times this week!
Went out on the boat with my neighbors on Wednesday evening while they fished. It was very hot and sunny that day....no fish for them, but I caught a tan :) It always surprises me how fast I go from white-girl to brown-girl. The few hours I was out with the fam on Father's Day gave me a lot of good color. I have to be very careful of my face though, because I have a skin-condition called melasma and the pigment in my face is very uneven....I get super dark patches when I am in the sun so I usually wear heavy sunscreen and a visor to protect my forehead. It sucks, but I do NOT want skin cancer like my Gramps. He has to have them removed like every-other-month. Here is a pic I captured on the lake (Bald Eagle Lake, a few blocks from our house). This is one of the only sections of the lake that doesn't have big homes on it.
Books: I am reading a new book, The Kindness of Strangers, by Katrina Kittle. So far it is very good! It is written from the viewpoints of different characters, similar to some of Jodi Picoult books. The subject matter also reminds me of something Jodi Picoult would write about. Very good. I am also re-reading Harry Potter 6. I always re-read the book that comes before the newest release so that I can remember all the details when the new one comes out.
Speaking of books, I have already sent out five books to people on www.paperbackswap.com and have received one in the mail (two more on their way). I have three credits ready to be redeemed for new books too :) Has anyone else signed up yet? I have soooo many books on my shelves and have collected them for years. I have many that I would never dream to part with (my favorites and classics), but there are some that I bought that were just "okay", not "keepers". Those are the ones I have listed to trade. I think I need to make a list of all the books I still want to read/own. Any recommendations out there?
Have a super weekend!
I also belong to paperbackswap.com and love it. I do not have as many books posted as you do but everytime I post one it gets requested. I recently got some books from the author Allison Brennan. She is a great author.
Posted by: | June 22, 2007 at 09:16 AM
OH NO!!! that sounds awful!! ouch!
Posted by: adrienne | June 22, 2007 at 09:28 AM
I am glad I am not the only one who has rubbed their eyes after chopping hot peppers. I did that about a year ago. It burned like hell!!!! I might sign up for the book swap. I am reading a Mitch Albom book right now...."For One More Day." I am sure it's good, but I am only a few pages into it. He has a couple other very book good books. Five People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesday's With Morrie...Have you read them?
Posted by: Leslie Collins | June 22, 2007 at 09:45 AM
love the new color scheme, very soothing :D and you're supposed to wear gloves when chopping peppers, but don't worry, my bf does the same thing and then can't figure out why his eyes and nose are burning minutes later... goofball!
Posted by: jes | June 22, 2007 at 10:31 AM
I hear it is similar to pepper spray but have never actually done it myself because as a mexi-chick I think I was told as an infant never to cut a pepper and rub any part of your face for like the day.
That oil stays on your hands for quite a bit.
Sounds like you are having a wonderfully relaxing summer...soooooo jealous!
Posted by: simone | June 22, 2007 at 11:03 AM
oh girl...bwhahahahahhahahahahahahahah
sorry i had to laugh....this just made a super stressful week much better....bwhahahahaha
Posted by: greta | June 22, 2007 at 07:39 PM
oh wow...I am glad you are better!
I have read The Kindness of Strangers. It was good. I am going to read Traveling Light next. I liked that her characters are really developed.
Posted by: Muriel | June 24, 2007 at 09:22 AM