I was tagged by Mr Bill
The rules are:
You don't have to play if you don't want to.
Pass this along to 6 other blogger buds.
List 6 things people may or may not know about you, providing you're okay with 6 other bloggers knowing more about you.
Unfortunately, I don't have that much of a following, so it's difficult at this point to find '6 other blogger buds' that haven't been recently already tagged, but I thought it would be fun to think of 6 things about me that my readers might find interesting anyway, so here goes.
I smile and laugh a lot.
I did ballet dancing into my teens and had the biggest crush on the charismatic Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev, who I later found out was gay.
I took French in university, among other subjects.
I'm introverted, so I will skirt the edges of a crowded room, while one of my sisters will carve a path straight into the middle.
I can be naive.
I love butter tarts and mincemeat pies. Let's throw in the low fat eggnog I picked up at the grocery store today!
Now, onto the rest of this posting.
I was at a family xmas party on the weekend and there were a couple of foodies there sharing their tips. One of them was to consider marinating your meat in your favourite spices and then freezing it for busy days. When you're ready, just thaw and cook! Apparently the flavour is great. Another member of the party works at a bank and she was saying things are very quiet there these days. The only thing people are doing is moving their money around to ensure their accounts are within the limits for insurance coverage, with no new investments to speak of.
As our Lilly made it out of Thailand safely, there's an ironic story below that 2 Canadians did not make it out.
News
Two Canadians reported dead in Thailand van crash
Canadian Media Pioneer Ted Rogers Dies At Age 75
Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study
Holiday Tipping in a Nutshell
7 comments:
That's a good tip about marinating the meat. I might try that before my next grill-fest.
Oh Christine you studied French. I did it at school for 6 years and can read it but cannot speak it. What about you? What degree did you study at university? I enjoyed hearing your six things - the fact you smile and laugh a lot means you are a happy person and how great is that.
I liked your foodie tip about marinating the meat. Yes the banks must be dead and I guess there will be redundancies there too before long.
I heard about the Canadians. There are so many road deaths in Thailand. They are eratic on the roads and you really do take your life in your hands just getting into a vehicle there. It made me sad to hear about those two guys. They would have been under pressure to get to Phuket airport and in a hurry too. Sad, just so sad. At least it looks as though they are leaving the airport today and things will return to normal. The Prime Minister there is out of office now.
Oh I am so looking forward to Christmas - I dont do mince pies but butter tarts yes!!!
Bonsoir Christine
Parlez-vous toujours la Français maintenant?
I am like you I love butter-tarts, I could eat them until I have a tummy ache!
That was sad news about Ted Rogers :o(
Hope you are having a wonderful evening
We might just get a little snow this evening here.
You seem very laid back and mysterious. If I wasn't so busy my self I'd be your bud.
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I like your six things! Do they have mince pies where you live? As you would guess, they are very popular here.
Oh my goodness, I didn't realize that Lilly was in Thailand. I am so happy she did get out.
I agree--that is a good tip about freezing marinating meat.
Mr Bill, I think I'm going to try that tip too.
Lilly, you're right, I read French a lot better than I speak it. I have a Math degree. Wow, I didn't think about bank redundancies.
Mom, 'vous parlez Francais aussi'! You crack me up! I love reading the life stories of billionaire entrepreneurs like Ted Rogers.
Japra, we have mince pies, it's very much like Britain here, I've heard, being a commonwealth country.
Interesting read. Keep writing!
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