I'm still stuck on Monday

So, yesterday when I got up-- not necessarily bright, but very early-- the internet was out.  And by the time the hubster stumbled out to greet his day 2.5 hours later, I had just, finally, got it back up.  My computer was still rebooting, hadn't got a thing done but fix it.

Monday: 1; Kat: 0.

Today still feels like Monday.  (sigh)

Two new articles up at Examiner, and important ones:  my easy basic vegetable stock recipe , and today's article  on how to turn that master stock recipe into dozens of ethnic stock recipes so you can make all sorts of ethnic foods.  Pretty cool, right?  Bookmark it, my friends; it's good stuff.

Oh, and I made some soup.  Awesome soup.  I'll be posting the recipe soon, methinks.
And now, I have to go brave teh grocery sotre.  More Monday, I'm afraid.

I am a slave to my insomnia.

Or at least it feels that way.  Up at 3:30 this morning once again.  It's frustrating, because I tell myself that at least I'll get things done and it never works out that way-- my brain is far too mushy at that hour, and it stays that way all day long.

Another article up at Examiner yesterday.  This one's about the Addison WorldFest and I really, really want to go.  They're serving Efes!  No word on lamacun, but there will be Adana kebap and doner and borek and a bunch of things that I've been missing lately for some reason.  Maybe it's because tomorrow is Turkish Republic Day? 

I did a totally awesome world food slideshow that hardly anybody will look at, either, I suppose.  It was a pain in the butt but at least it's complete and it's better than the stunted Piazza di Spagna one I did to go with the Slow Food article.  So that's something, I suppose.

Darts tonight.  Must remember to take my fatalism, along with plenty of beer money. (sigh)

What happened to my weekend?

It sure doesn't feel like I got much of one, that's for sure.

Two new articles up at Examiner, including a stunted slide show.  What is it about my slide shows that makes the publisher want to swallwo them whole?  I don't know what the deal is with the flaky photo server, either, but I'm starting to take it personally.

Anyway, an article about Slow Food, including a tiny little peep at the McDonald's near Piazza di Spagna, and a yummy recipe for Portuguese roasted pork loin, or Lombo de Porco Assado.

The hubster is at darts, so I'm going to grab the remote whilst I can!

Another day, another headache.

We got blown away at darts last night.  Again.  Of course, when it happens every week, it's not really news, is it?

Woke up this morning to find three articles published at AC:  self acupressure to induce labor,  top twitter tips for beginner tweeters and the one on stem cell transplants to treat MS I mentioned before.  I guess it doesn't matter how far apart you space your submissions-- they all get published at the same time anyway, so why bother trying?

Tried to catch up on my reading some, too.  I made a dent in it, but there's still plenty left.  I need to take a break from it for a while so I can write and submit the my last two recipes to the Examiner Fall Cookbook.  Guess I should get started on that now.

Oh, and my indigestion is back, despite taking my nexxium. Yipee.

O for a place in the sun!

Another cloudy day, and I'm longing for the sun. Oddly enough, even though we haven't seen the sun in (what seems like) weeks, my hibiscus is loving it.  It looks incongruous, with all those bright red blooms.

Did two medical articles for AC yesterday, although neither one has been published yet.  One is on acupressure, and the other is on stem cell transplantation therapy for relapsing-remitting MS treatment, which is a fascinating topic.  Really!

Did two for my ethnic foods page so far this week: the best middle eastern and mediterranean markets in Dallas, and one on a french culture in Dallas event, complete with wine and cheese.  And you know how much I love wine and cheese.

DH is not having the best day ever.  Consequently, neither is the cat.  She ought to be thanking her lucky stars-- and me!-- that she's still alive (actually she ought to be doing that every day) but I'm pretty sure she's sulking in the bedroom because I've locked her in.

O well.  Enough of this.  Back to work.

Not quite perky.

But not quite dead, either. I think I'm getting over the flu or plague or whatever it was that's been making my life miserable lately. It's about time, too-- I've fallen way behind on everything in the last few days.

You might think I use this blog only for bitching, but that's not always true. On the bright side, I won a Rising Star Award from Associated Content and over at examiner.com I've been made a Featured Examiner for Dallas. Oh, and I ended up getting the full $25 for  this article at AC.  Things are looking up!

I'm about to write an article on French food, which will make a nice change from the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean ethnic food kick I've been on lately.  Not that it hasn't been fun: aside from the usual recipes, I've published a comprehensive guide to the best Middle Eastern grocery stores and Mediterranean markets in Dallas, plus an awesome bit of food porn slash cuisine guide  that I'm pretty proud of.  Check it out!

Monday, monday.

This is annoying: Associated Content has not been posting links on twitter as my articles are published.  There are at least two articles for Breast Cancer Awareness Month that I've published that haven't been sent out for a start:  alternative herbal remedies for chemotherapy side effects, and one about the common breast cancer drugs Tamoxifen and raloxifene, which are SERMS and commonly prescribed for ER-positive breast cancer tumors.  It's annoying because it means less pvs (and therefore money) for me, and also because I think these articles could help a lot of people.

In other news, I'm still waiting to hear back on my $25 AC call for content article.  It sounds like everybody else has heard back and been published, but not me!  I suppose I should be used to it by now. (sigh)

It's a rainy cold Monday here in the big D, perfect for writing.  Which is exactly what I was doing until DH discovered that worms have been eating my heirloom tomatoes, which necessitated a writing break  to spray those suckers down, as well as the rest of my tomato plants.  Peppers and pomegranates, too: basically whatever looked like it might be yummy to bastard bugs.  Also, I noticed that my basil seems to have come down with some sort of fungus.  I'm blaming that one on too much rain.

Finally, over on Examiner.com, I'm getting good response on my Dallas Ethnic Foods Examiner gig.  I wrote an article on my recipe for Warm Patlican Salatasi that has been well recieved, and readers loved the pictures accompanying my article on the Lebanese Food Festival so much that I'm working on a slide show of middle eastern food.  In fact, I suppose I should get back to it now.