Grape Nuts??

Grape-Nuts

One of the first ready-to-eat cereal products ever made available to the public, Grape-Nuts was first introduced in 1897. Made of wheat and malted barley, Grape-Nuts was so named because its inventor, Charles William Post, said that grape sugar was formed during the baking process and described the cereal as having a nutty flavor. Post was a pioneer in introducing and making popular cereal, a food product that today has become a standard breakfast staple.


I hate grapenuts....
I remember seeing a commercial for them when I was little...and thinking I love Grapes, and I love NUTS...
MOMMY PLEASE BUY ME GRAPENUTS...I LOVE THEM! I REALLY REALLY LOVE THEM.
She bought them fixed me a bowl, and I was all "WHAT THE HECK?" Where are the grapes? Where are the nuts?

Peculiar Beauty

pe·cu·liar
Pronunciation: pi-'kyül-yr
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English peculier, from Latin peculiaris of private property, special, from peculium private property, from pecu cattle; akin to Latin pecus cattle --
1 : characteristic of only one person, group, or thing : DISTINCTIVE
2 : different from the usual or normal: a : SPECIAL, PARTICULAR b : ODD, CURIOUS c : ECCENTRIC, QUEER
synonym see CHARACTERISTIC, STRANGE


In that definition I think there should be a ***NOTE TO MEN*** Not a word to use when describing your partner's beauty.....
I mean what the fuck, why can't I ever get a decent compliment, and not only was this the compliment (You have a peculiar beauty) he just dug himself deeper and deeper and refused to stop. He ended by saying, "I just wouldn't say you are an elegant beauty"

OVER IT

Wow! It's been awhile.
I was just sitting here thinking about something that has been bothering me for a LONG time. I was watching a re-run on Soap Net of Beverly Hills 90210. And there Tori Spelling sits meeting a new girl and the first question she asks her is "what do you do"?
It seems to me that What you do is more important that who you are. Though I guess you wouldn't sit and ask someone, "So Maggie, Who are you ... really" hee hee. I understand that it is a conversation starter, I even understand that it is an easy dead space filler, but why is that the question. I am always feeling as if I have been stabbed in the gut everytime someone new asks me what I do. Well, I DO lots of things, just not what they are really getting at. What they want to know is what my JOB is. I instantly feel that I am not important when I have to respond, that I am a Stay at home Mom. I am sure this is just a problem inside of Me. But wouldn't it be nice to not define someone by what they do? Wouldn't it be nice instead to know what the person is about....
I have never been a good writer, things never sound as good when I put them to paper, or in this case screen as they do in my head. :) That is one of the reasons that I haven't been on in a LONG time, that and b/c I am a stay at home Mom who has her little girl home to take care of for Summer Break.