Author Archives: Jen

About Jen

Jen isn't quite sure when she lost her mind, but it is probably documented here on Meditatio. She blogs because the world needs her snark at all hours of the night... and she probably can't sleep anyway.

WordPress 2.0

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Ohmigosh! I’m like the first person in my crowd to blog about this!

(Yeah right. Let me have my fun, OK?)

I’m uploading it right now to my test site. Unfortunately, my (free) FTP software is crappy so I’m having to do it by hand pretty well and there’s a whole new thing of Java that goes along with the upgrade so I have about 15000 folders to manually create.

Dude… I seriously need to get better software before I upgrade this site!

Actually, I’m a moron, so I accidentally deleted my WP files because I thought I was on PW.Org and wondered why they were there, so to keep my blog from becoming Krissy’s problem, I upgraded.Â? I had downloaded AceFTP (what I used before I got SmartFTP) and I thought everything had uploaded.Â? Not!!!!!Â? I just re-downloaded SmartFTP and am going through and fixing everything.

Christmas Carol Fun

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The answers to the Fun with Christmas Carols post are:

01.) It came upon a midnight clear
02.) Venite Adoremus
03.) A stable lamp is lighted
04.) Angels we have heard on high
05.) The first nowell
06.) In dulci jubilo
07.) From east to west
08.) From heaven above to earth I come!
09.) Adeste Fideles
10.) Joy to the World

Richard had 9/10 so he has been sent a Chapters gift certificate.

Christmas: The Good, The Bad and the Feline

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The Good
[+] Seeing my parents and brother again
[+] Seeing my extended family again
[+] Playing Trivial Pursuit with Jon, Sean, and Steve, complete with Monty Python and Austin Powers quotes.
[+] Winning 3 of 5 games when playing with Jon (who is not allowed to play any more because he knows too many of the answers)
[+] Playing Uno Attack, Whonnu?, and Apples to Apples with Kristin and Sari
[+] The food (there will be much taebo, yoga, and other physical activity this week)
[+] Goooooood Christmas services with REAL Christmas music
[+] Dinner with parishioners on Christmas Eve

The Bad
[+] Losing my engagement ring in my purse at one of the services. (A parishioner suggested checking my purse which was when I found it.)
[+] The amount of weight I’ve probably gained from the sweets I’ve eaten
[+] Not enough sleep in the last few days
[+] Not enough time with my parents (like there’s ever enough on these occasions…)
[+] My grandparents not being able to come out and my grandfather having some not-so-good days over this weekend

The Feline: Good
[+] Cuddle time with my uncle’s two MASSIVE tomcats
[+] Fred
[+] Loogy, the world’s greatest lapkitty (who is Freya’s clone except not vicious like my little monster)

The Feline: Bad
[+] Walking into the bathroom to find Fred drinking out of the toilet. Eeeeewwww!

Nanaimo Bars

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I made Nanaimo Bars for the open house on Saturday and they ended up being a gooey mess. I couldn’t figure out why until tonight — I had *melted* the butter instead of merely softening it. I let it soften naturally tonight and got a decent middle layer of icing.

Happy Jen!

Oh yes… the recipe is here. You need to double the chocolate and butter used in the last part.

Humor and Blood

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Am talking with my mother-in-law on the phone:

Jen: A little white paw kept coming out and scratching me this morning, drawing blood.
M-I-L: Ah yes… the weapons of mouse destruction.

At least these WMD’s can be found!

(Said cat with WMD’s got her little claws trimmed today as did her sister and one of her brothers. The other brother will go for my jungular vein if I trim his claws so his only get trimmed when Jon and I are not exhausted. siblings. I waited until my bengal was in a sleepy mood before gently lifting his paws and giving him a feline pedicure.)

Fun with Christmas Carols

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I’m stealing this idea from Ellen:

Below are 10 lines from 2nd/3rd/4th verses of Christmas carols as well as some that are kind of not so well known. The first one to give me all 10 wins a prize!

01.) When with the ever-circling years shall come the time foretold
02.) And thus that manger poor became a throne; for he whom Mary bore was God the Son.
03.) The sky shall groan and darken, and every stone shall cry.
04.) Come adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn king!
05.) And offered there in his presence their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.
06.) He hath opened heaven’s door and man is blessÃ?d evermore.
07.) For this how wondrously he wrought! A maiden, in her lowly place…
08.) Within my heart, that it may be a quiet chamber kept for thee.
09.) We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps.
10.) He comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found.

Have fun!