Peggy's Pretty Priceless Passing Points

March 8, 2006

1. I gave blood today. The whole process is very interesting and I have more than one Passing Point about this: First of all, there was a Red Cross worker there who had long-ish hair and a beard in a ponytail (you know the kind with two rubber bands evenly spaced? That has to hurt when you take them out!). Now, I don't mean to be judgmental, I'm sure he's a very nice, extremely harmless lad. But isn't it disconcerting to think it possible that the person drawing your blood has WAY too much experience sticking needles in veins, if you know what I mean? Second, Amber (the nice girl who drew my blood) says to me, before sticking in the gigantic needle, "Okay, small sting..." THAT, my friends, was NO "small sting." Personally, I think they should set one's expectations higher by saying something like, "Okay, this is going to hurt like he%%." Or, "This isn't going to be as bad as having your arms sawed off with a wooden spoon, but almost as bad." That way, when it's not THAT bad, it's a happy surprise.
2. Is it a problem if my Fig Newtons are soggy?
3. There was a midget driving a big truck behind me on my way into work today. (That's classic Freud if I ever saw it!) Well, either a midget or a 7-year old. I'm hoping midget. Anyhoo...I was imagining in my mind how the pedals would have to be lifted up to accommodate the little fern. It's a pretty great mental image.
4. So Denice threatened me with my life the other day for my recipe for peanut butter bars. She has lots of kids, that lady is a ticking timebomb! ; ) How could I NOT oblige her? Be warned, it's SUPER healthy!
Peanut Butter Bars
1C Butter
1 ½ C Peanut Butter
1 ½ C Brown sugar
1 ½ C White sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 ½ tsp salt

Mix everything together, add 3 C oatmeal and 3 C Flour, mix all of that up. Smash it into a big cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Frost with chocolate frosting.
5. Mmmmmm...peanut butter bars...
6. I love Buddhas. They're just so cute and happy. Can I say that about Buddha?
7. Someone, somewhere on this floor, is wearing coconut lime verbena lotion and it's making me barfy.
8. Have we discussed how much I HATE excuses? I know someone who knows they're in huge trouble for something and is now playing dumb in hopes to avoid The Wrath. I hate excuses. If this person didn't know how to do it, he/she should have asked a month ago before the Church lost thousands of dollars. Reasons, I can handle. Excuses...ridiculous.
9. It's a good thing I don't have magic powers; there's no way I could be trusted with something like that!
10. Once again, I am facing the trauma of being swallowed up by the papers on my desk. It's a whole situation. Fortunately, the upside is that it makes me look busier than I actually am.

Bonus: This is what we had for dinner last night--DELICIOUS!!!
Orange Sesame Marinade to Brush over Chicken
3 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp orange marmalade
1 tbsp Oriental-style sesame oil
1 garlic clove, pressed
1 tbsp grated ginger OR 1 tsp powdered ginger
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
2 tbsp sesame seeds

Mix ingredients together in a ziplock bag and marinate chicken (I put it together the night before so it had all day yesterday)
You can boil the marinade and then brush it over the chicken while grilling it, but it was too cold to BBQ last night so I put it all in a glass dish and cooked it at 400 degrees until the chicken was done, turning frequently.

It was SO DANG good! Let me know if you try it!