About 6 or so months before I got canned at Ross U, I made a picture gallery from the last time I got my hands on a good cam and walked around campus.
I put this up, using some of the server space, and it's still up until this day. Dare I say that no one had been given the task of cleaning this thing out yet.
Enjoy.
http://www.rossvet.edu.kn/About_St_Kitts/Nov/index.htm
This is about what I now have as my last memories of the place. I really loved that place and most of the people there.
September 10, 2007
September 07, 2007
Pumpkin Fritters Recipe - Changes
Pumpkin fritters recipe
ingredients
1 cup cooked pumpkin
2 cups flour
1 tea spoon of salt
1 egg
1 cup of milk
2 tablespoons of sugar
600 ml or 24 oz of cooking oil.
instructions
You will also need a frying pan, round spoon, wooden spoon and a mixing bowl.
Shift and pour the two cups of floor into a bowl, and add the salt, the eggs, milk and mix well using the wooden spoon. Ensure the pumpkin is well cooked and mashed. Then add a cup to the mixture and stir well into the mixture.
Heat the cooking oil and then reduce the heat to moderate. Use the round spoon to scoop out and put in the pan to fry. When they are golden brown on one side, turn to fry on the other side. As you remove be sure to drain off the excess oil so that you don't consume too much fat.
Now that was the recipe that I got. This is what I did to it.
First the pumpkin. I didn't cook it. Didn't have time, and since I knew that it could be down with raw pumpkin, I just grated it fine. I was doing a double batch so I had just over 2 cups when I was done.
Next the flour. I know that I had gone to the store to get floor, but I wanted to finish up what we had left. So I got all other bags with the bits of flour that they had left in them to use. I almost made it to the 4 cups I needed. But not quite. I needed like 1/4 cup more,and I didn't want to open a new bag of flour just for that. So I use the flax seed flour instead.
The salt I cut in about half. I can't deal with the amount of salt in stuff these days.
The eggs and milk got cut down, but if I was doing a single batch, I would use the whole egg, since I wouldn't know how to cut that in half. :)
I had mixed the eggs and milk together, but I didn't put all of it in, in the end. The milk I might have cut down to about half, but I would have to see when I'm doing a single batch. But it felt like I ended up throwing out about a cup of milk, so I think 1/2 is about right.
The sugar was the big point of change. I added the amount of sugar that they said to. I wasn't really looking for a sweet fritter. But I might have been the only one since everyone else said that it needed more sugar. I added sugar two more times, but stopped before it got too sweet for me.
Once I got that figured out, I had find out what amount of oil to use in the pan. I know how much it said to use, but it doesn't really say how deep the oil is suppose to be in your frying pan.
I first tired it really deep, but that didn't seem right when I tried to drop the thick bater in. So I took it down to where it was shallow, but it had space to just lift off of the pan. But mommy said that she didn't like all the oil, so I tried for a fairly dry pan. It was greased, but no real puddle of oil anywhere. I didn't like how those turned out. So I put some in a pan for mom and baked it for her in the toaster oven, and then went back to the second level of oil I had. I like it at that point. The rest came out good.
As for my mom's baked one... well I I kinda burned the top, but it wasn't that bad.
That's it for my adventure in cooking tonight.
See ya.
ingredients
1 cup cooked pumpkin
2 cups flour
1 tea spoon of salt
1 egg
1 cup of milk
2 tablespoons of sugar
600 ml or 24 oz of cooking oil.
instructions
You will also need a frying pan, round spoon, wooden spoon and a mixing bowl.
Shift and pour the two cups of floor into a bowl, and add the salt, the eggs, milk and mix well using the wooden spoon. Ensure the pumpkin is well cooked and mashed. Then add a cup to the mixture and stir well into the mixture.
Heat the cooking oil and then reduce the heat to moderate. Use the round spoon to scoop out and put in the pan to fry. When they are golden brown on one side, turn to fry on the other side. As you remove be sure to drain off the excess oil so that you don't consume too much fat.
Now that was the recipe that I got. This is what I did to it.
First the pumpkin. I didn't cook it. Didn't have time, and since I knew that it could be down with raw pumpkin, I just grated it fine. I was doing a double batch so I had just over 2 cups when I was done.
Next the flour. I know that I had gone to the store to get floor, but I wanted to finish up what we had left. So I got all other bags with the bits of flour that they had left in them to use. I almost made it to the 4 cups I needed. But not quite. I needed like 1/4 cup more,and I didn't want to open a new bag of flour just for that. So I use the flax seed flour instead.
The salt I cut in about half. I can't deal with the amount of salt in stuff these days.
The eggs and milk got cut down, but if I was doing a single batch, I would use the whole egg, since I wouldn't know how to cut that in half. :)
I had mixed the eggs and milk together, but I didn't put all of it in, in the end. The milk I might have cut down to about half, but I would have to see when I'm doing a single batch. But it felt like I ended up throwing out about a cup of milk, so I think 1/2 is about right.
The sugar was the big point of change. I added the amount of sugar that they said to. I wasn't really looking for a sweet fritter. But I might have been the only one since everyone else said that it needed more sugar. I added sugar two more times, but stopped before it got too sweet for me.
Once I got that figured out, I had find out what amount of oil to use in the pan. I know how much it said to use, but it doesn't really say how deep the oil is suppose to be in your frying pan.
I first tired it really deep, but that didn't seem right when I tried to drop the thick bater in. So I took it down to where it was shallow, but it had space to just lift off of the pan. But mommy said that she didn't like all the oil, so I tried for a fairly dry pan. It was greased, but no real puddle of oil anywhere. I didn't like how those turned out. So I put some in a pan for mom and baked it for her in the toaster oven, and then went back to the second level of oil I had. I like it at that point. The rest came out good.
As for my mom's baked one... well I I kinda burned the top, but it wasn't that bad.
That's it for my adventure in cooking tonight.
See ya.
I'm So Full...
I ate too much today. That hasn't happened in a while. I hate taste testing things. I wanted to make pumpkin fritters, but I had to go though like 4 changes before I found one that worked.
Today wasn't so bad other than that. Mom didn't wake me up that early, and we didn't do any washing. We just left a bit late to get some fish. We went over to just about the end of this bus route that left us right in the middle of a very jewish neighborhood.
The place that mom went to get the fish from was already closed by the time we got there. We might have gotten there earlier if mom had taken another boss that came by when we were waiting for another one. On the way back to the bus stop, she went into a bakery and picked up some bread that they had baked for Sabbath. I picked up another bread that was only a few cents. Lucky me. It's a plat bread sprinkled with sesame seeds. It's way softer than the ones mom picked up. As we were leaving she asked at time the fish place closed. They didn't even know about the one she was talking about, but the guy called up another one that I think he got his fish at, and called to find out when they were closing. He then told us that they were down Lee St. which was just across the street, and that they were number 149. We started at what? 33? So we had a way to walk. We even thought that we remembered wrong, but we went anyway just to make sure.
The whole walk was their neighborhood. For blocks and blocks. We did find the place. I wasn't very impressed. Maybe because it was at the end of the day on Friday. As for the outside of the store. That part could use some help, but for some reason, I think they wanted it that way. The other fish place didn't look like anything at all from the outside.
We got there in time to get some of the last pieces of fish it looked like. Mom got five pieces of salmon and three pieces of white fish. For some reason she also picked up some smoked slice fish. I think that will be for her and Jhodie.
We then walked for another 5-7 blocks to catch another bus that turned onto Franklyn and brought us home. Jhodie was late picking up Nika. When we got onto the bus, mom asked if we, me and her, weren't going to go buy the toilet paper and something else. But I told her that we could just get them at the supermarket. If anything, we just wanted to get Jhodie home so she could get Nika. For some reason, the school lets out early on Fridays. When we got on the bus we were already late. By the time we made it there for her to go and pick her up, she was already 20 mins late. Mom and I went to the store.
Jhodie didn't see Nika and walked home without her. She called us, then went looking for her again at the school, and Nika was right there waiting for her. The girl is blind, and made mommy think that she just went off walking.
We picked up a few things more then what we first intended, but we didn't have basic things to cook with, and we were out of a few others. Sugar, flour and mayo. We got home and Jhodie and Nika waited for Phillys to come home so they could go and get Nika's uniform for school. Mom played a game or two, and I put up all the shopping and cleaned up the kitchen a bit, then started to cook dinner. I steamed the fish that mom got, since she made some fuss about it. Two of the salmon and on of the white fish. Steamed the last of her corn on the cob with some carrots in her new bamboo steamer. I put some water in her wok and stacked them in. It worked nicely. I just wish that I had turned the stove off abit sooner. I burned water along with what ever dripped out of the fish.
Next I did the wild rice. It was three boxes, and the came with season packets. I didn't like it when was finished. It was a bit odd to me. Maybe next time I won't use the packets. I didn't use as much water as the box said, or the full amount of butter. The last time I did that for something else, it was too salty and the rice was too wet.
I finished the pumpkin fritters last. In the end I changed almost everything from the recipe that I printed out to use. I made changes to it, and later I'll post it.
Mom is home so I have to get off the computer. She went to church and now she is back.
I just checked this thing, so it's ok. Mostly ok anyway.
Bye.
Today wasn't so bad other than that. Mom didn't wake me up that early, and we didn't do any washing. We just left a bit late to get some fish. We went over to just about the end of this bus route that left us right in the middle of a very jewish neighborhood.
The place that mom went to get the fish from was already closed by the time we got there. We might have gotten there earlier if mom had taken another boss that came by when we were waiting for another one. On the way back to the bus stop, she went into a bakery and picked up some bread that they had baked for Sabbath. I picked up another bread that was only a few cents. Lucky me. It's a plat bread sprinkled with sesame seeds. It's way softer than the ones mom picked up. As we were leaving she asked at time the fish place closed. They didn't even know about the one she was talking about, but the guy called up another one that I think he got his fish at, and called to find out when they were closing. He then told us that they were down Lee St. which was just across the street, and that they were number 149. We started at what? 33? So we had a way to walk. We even thought that we remembered wrong, but we went anyway just to make sure.
The whole walk was their neighborhood. For blocks and blocks. We did find the place. I wasn't very impressed. Maybe because it was at the end of the day on Friday. As for the outside of the store. That part could use some help, but for some reason, I think they wanted it that way. The other fish place didn't look like anything at all from the outside.
We got there in time to get some of the last pieces of fish it looked like. Mom got five pieces of salmon and three pieces of white fish. For some reason she also picked up some smoked slice fish. I think that will be for her and Jhodie.
We then walked for another 5-7 blocks to catch another bus that turned onto Franklyn and brought us home. Jhodie was late picking up Nika. When we got onto the bus, mom asked if we, me and her, weren't going to go buy the toilet paper and something else. But I told her that we could just get them at the supermarket. If anything, we just wanted to get Jhodie home so she could get Nika. For some reason, the school lets out early on Fridays. When we got on the bus we were already late. By the time we made it there for her to go and pick her up, she was already 20 mins late. Mom and I went to the store.
Jhodie didn't see Nika and walked home without her. She called us, then went looking for her again at the school, and Nika was right there waiting for her. The girl is blind, and made mommy think that she just went off walking.
We picked up a few things more then what we first intended, but we didn't have basic things to cook with, and we were out of a few others. Sugar, flour and mayo. We got home and Jhodie and Nika waited for Phillys to come home so they could go and get Nika's uniform for school. Mom played a game or two, and I put up all the shopping and cleaned up the kitchen a bit, then started to cook dinner. I steamed the fish that mom got, since she made some fuss about it. Two of the salmon and on of the white fish. Steamed the last of her corn on the cob with some carrots in her new bamboo steamer. I put some water in her wok and stacked them in. It worked nicely. I just wish that I had turned the stove off abit sooner. I burned water along with what ever dripped out of the fish.
Next I did the wild rice. It was three boxes, and the came with season packets. I didn't like it when was finished. It was a bit odd to me. Maybe next time I won't use the packets. I didn't use as much water as the box said, or the full amount of butter. The last time I did that for something else, it was too salty and the rice was too wet.
I finished the pumpkin fritters last. In the end I changed almost everything from the recipe that I printed out to use. I made changes to it, and later I'll post it.
Mom is home so I have to get off the computer. She went to church and now she is back.
I just checked this thing, so it's ok. Mostly ok anyway.
Bye.
I've been kinda busy when I'm not sleeping.
*Grin*
For a number of days in a row, I've been the one cooking.
Yesterday my mom said that she doesn't know what I was saying when I told her that I didn't cook, when she knows I could.
Well yesterday and the day before I made a pasta stir fry with egg plant, shredded carrots and onions. The first time, that went with left over chicken and some fish that Nika picked out on Monday when we went to China Town with my mom who had the day off.
The next day I did the pasta again to finish it off, but added some spinach this time, and just heated up the rest of the fish, and and the last of the chicken.
Today it was suppose to be Jhodie cooking, but half way though I was left to finish it up. Saltfish with johnny cakes. Now the johnny cakes were going to be a bit different then we normally did it to more or less try out something. The last week we were in St. Kitts we found this lady that had triangle johnny cakes. Jhodie wanted to try and do that, so she did the normal mix for the johnny cakes and rolled it out, then cut them into odd shapes, with a few of them coming out as triangles. She left me to mix a next batch with a few changes. She wanted me to use some more butter and baking soda. I added the three table spoons of flax seed flour myself. They both came out well once I got it going with the heat and the oil in the pan.
I was also left to finish up the saltfish. She did the gravy before she left, but I had to de-bone the fish and flake it and then put them in the gravy and cook it for abit, before cooking out the gravy she left behind. That was easy compared to johnny cake part.
I think everyone liked it. I heard no complaints.
Before mom came home I vacuumed up the bedroom. Last night I looked down at the carpet and I just had too.
Let's back track for bit since I got myself in here for the first time in about a week.
On Monday.
Monday was Labor Day for NY. That means we have a holiday and a big Caribbean type parade on Eastern Parkway, with food everywhere. If we had money we might have hung out there for a bit.
Mom did have some money and was going to get some fish from somewhere, and she thought about getting some smaller fish for Nika from China Town, and she needed carrots for a some cakes that some friends ordered from her.
So the three of us, Mommy, Nika and I went out to get fish and carrots. We didn't really come back with that.
First we got off at China Town, on Grand street for the D train. As you come up, you are next to fish shop with live fish. Then across the street they had some also. Nika picked out a few that she liked, but once we passed them, she was "tired". That just means that she didn't see anything that was fun anymore. She liked seeing the live fish, and this cat that sat outside one of them.
We stopped and watched the fish, and the crabs trying to make a run for it. Nika, the little drama queen, over acted to seeing the live lobsters. While we were out, Phillys had asked mommy to get Nika a school bag since school started the next day. We went looking for a bag on wheels for her. We ended up going thought a part of China Town that mommy hadn't gone though yet. She said that she talked about going that way, but hadn't made it there until now.
We even found this inside mall place right under the bridge that she didn't know was there. Nika got to run around the play ground that was there. That perked her up for the rest of the trip. On our whole walk, we saw moon cakes on sale, but we didn't get any. We did get a few other things. First, when Nika got hungry, we went over to bakery, and mom got her this cheese stuffed thing, and some kind of shaved melon drink. There were some nice things there, but I didn't know how much we could spend, and we didn't know what was in most of them.
We stayed and waited for Nika to finish eating before leaving. Mom and Nika got a seat, but I had to stand next to the door. It was a small place, and it was full when we came in. Nika ate the whole thing. Mom didn't really expect her to eat all of it since she doesn't eat that much at home, but she was hungry and ate the whole thing, and it was kinda big for her size too.
When that was done, we walked out and down the street some more. We checked out a few more places for Nika's bag, but mom said that they still cost too much. Then we found this place that sold snacks and sweets and such. Well I saw something that I was looking for and we went in. They were in little clear plastic boxes with lids. They had the name of what was inside, in english, with how much it cost at a set weight. One had how much this was cost at 1/2 lb, and some had how much it would cost at 1/4 lb and some were by each unit. There was jerky, dried fish, mini candy bars, chocolate rocks, wasabe/wasabi peas, and some dried fruit.
I got the mixed nuts that was more like Asian trail mix, because there was more then just nuts in there, but the covered nuts did make up most of the mix. Nika got some beef jerky. She likes beef jerky. Mom just got bits from all over the place, and a little bit of the wasabi peas. Oh, my nuts were not cheep. I saw $8 on the box, and thought that it was for 1/2 lb. So I asked for 1/2 lb. When the lady was weighing it out, I realized that it said it was for 1/4 lb, so she had to be put back half of that. We left with $10 worth of stuff.
Oh, something else we found out. Most of China Town still runs on cash. So show up with money and not plastic, but incase you do, there are few banks around so you can get some cash.
We left there then turned up a block. There we saw her back back with wheels. We saw a Barbie one a while back, but when I told Nika how much it cost, she said that it was too expensive. I told mom that she know about money from when she had to do stuff to get money and then she had to spend it and realized how much things cost. When she saw this last bag, she was all smiles and said that she liked it. I think that she really does like the bag. It's not all that flashy, and I'm pretty sure that she is the only one that has a bag that looks like that. Mommy doesn't think that the bag will last that long. Well come tomorrow it will would have lived though the first week of school.
We didn't get the bag then and there because mom needed to get money from the bank. There was a Case Bank right across the street, but mom said that they charge too much to use their things, so she was going to walk about 5 blocks to her bank just across from the Washington Bridge. Then walk back and get the bag.
Now, on the way to the bank we walked by a few places. One was a lady selling water. We heard one thing, but when mom sent me back to get two bottles of water for a dollar, we found out that she was saying two warm waters for a dollar or one frozen one for a dollar. So we got a frozen one, after giving her back the two warm ones. My mom also walked into a restaurant supply store and picked up three bamboo steamers that were on sale. She said that she has been wanting some for the longest while. We also got some fresh pumpkin from a guy next to the lady selling to the water.
Now after we picked up Nika's bag, we got the bus to go past the bank we just came from and when we got off, we were back where we started on Grand street. I didn't even know we were there until I walked up to the fish stand. Mom picked up the fish that Nika had picked out earlier, and while they were gutting and cleaning the fish, she walked next door to get some fruit. The tank that had the live fish was now empty. That was quick, and there as alot of fish in there like 3 or so hours ago.
We came back home, but we didn't have any carrots. I tried to remind mom about the carrots, but she seemed to not have heard me, so we had to get them from the supermarket. Mom didn't like the price she saw, considering the price she saw for some in China Town before she forgot about buying some. But it was too late now.
Now, as we were about to walk out the supermarket we saw people running and a bunch of them ran into the store. I honestly thought that someone fired a gun. Some of the people that ran into the store looked scared. One guy said that it was a false alarm and then everyone started to leave. some went back the way they came, out the wrong door, we went out the right way, and someone told mom that it wasn't safe, and she told them that she was going home. It sounded a bit odd, but we walked out, and walked home.
That's about it for Monday. :) I'm off to bed. It's like 2:15 now. I need to go to bed. Mom wants to do some washing tomorrow, then we are off to get her salmon by 10 am that we didn't get on Monday with Nika.
Oh, one more thing before I leave. I'll try and come back to spell check this either tomorrow when my mom is taking a nap, not likely, but on Saturday when she's at church. ***stayed around and checked it. It should be ok... it's 2:43am now....***
Jhodie got hired today. It wasn't a job that she was really looking for, but we need work. She is working at KFC. She will be working night shift, and she will start in a week. That is why I was left to cook. She went for and interview. Next week I'm off to the temp agencies, but if that doesn't pan out, I'm thinking of cleaning train carts for the metro. It's $11 an hour and it's full time.
Wait, that might be a problem. I'm not suppose to work full time. The reason why I'm even thinking about this, is that I will never have to pay for a train or bus ride again while I work for them.
Oh, one more thing, since I'm still up. I was up at 6 something this morning and out the house with mom, after Jhodie and Nika, and just before Phillys to get milk from Target in down town Brooklyn at Atlantic Ave. We were told that we had to be there early since they have the best price for Silk Milk. It's $2 cheaper then everywhere else. So I was walking though their doors at 4 past 8, and they open at 8 am. I was one of three people there I think.
I got two milks, some popcorn and some juices for Nika with a store coupon that I got from their site.
Now for the reason I really came here. I almost forgot about it too.
This.
Popcorn Lungs. I'm sure you might have heard about it, but incase you haven't, here you go. I said all that butter on the popcorn wasn't good for you. Also read the comment at the end, there is something in there too.
For a number of days in a row, I've been the one cooking.
Yesterday my mom said that she doesn't know what I was saying when I told her that I didn't cook, when she knows I could.
Well yesterday and the day before I made a pasta stir fry with egg plant, shredded carrots and onions. The first time, that went with left over chicken and some fish that Nika picked out on Monday when we went to China Town with my mom who had the day off.
The next day I did the pasta again to finish it off, but added some spinach this time, and just heated up the rest of the fish, and and the last of the chicken.
Today it was suppose to be Jhodie cooking, but half way though I was left to finish it up. Saltfish with johnny cakes. Now the johnny cakes were going to be a bit different then we normally did it to more or less try out something. The last week we were in St. Kitts we found this lady that had triangle johnny cakes. Jhodie wanted to try and do that, so she did the normal mix for the johnny cakes and rolled it out, then cut them into odd shapes, with a few of them coming out as triangles. She left me to mix a next batch with a few changes. She wanted me to use some more butter and baking soda. I added the three table spoons of flax seed flour myself. They both came out well once I got it going with the heat and the oil in the pan.
I was also left to finish up the saltfish. She did the gravy before she left, but I had to de-bone the fish and flake it and then put them in the gravy and cook it for abit, before cooking out the gravy she left behind. That was easy compared to johnny cake part.
I think everyone liked it. I heard no complaints.
Before mom came home I vacuumed up the bedroom. Last night I looked down at the carpet and I just had too.
Let's back track for bit since I got myself in here for the first time in about a week.
On Monday.
Monday was Labor Day for NY. That means we have a holiday and a big Caribbean type parade on Eastern Parkway, with food everywhere. If we had money we might have hung out there for a bit.
Mom did have some money and was going to get some fish from somewhere, and she thought about getting some smaller fish for Nika from China Town, and she needed carrots for a some cakes that some friends ordered from her.
So the three of us, Mommy, Nika and I went out to get fish and carrots. We didn't really come back with that.
First we got off at China Town, on Grand street for the D train. As you come up, you are next to fish shop with live fish. Then across the street they had some also. Nika picked out a few that she liked, but once we passed them, she was "tired". That just means that she didn't see anything that was fun anymore. She liked seeing the live fish, and this cat that sat outside one of them.
We stopped and watched the fish, and the crabs trying to make a run for it. Nika, the little drama queen, over acted to seeing the live lobsters. While we were out, Phillys had asked mommy to get Nika a school bag since school started the next day. We went looking for a bag on wheels for her. We ended up going thought a part of China Town that mommy hadn't gone though yet. She said that she talked about going that way, but hadn't made it there until now.
We even found this inside mall place right under the bridge that she didn't know was there. Nika got to run around the play ground that was there. That perked her up for the rest of the trip. On our whole walk, we saw moon cakes on sale, but we didn't get any. We did get a few other things. First, when Nika got hungry, we went over to bakery, and mom got her this cheese stuffed thing, and some kind of shaved melon drink. There were some nice things there, but I didn't know how much we could spend, and we didn't know what was in most of them.
We stayed and waited for Nika to finish eating before leaving. Mom and Nika got a seat, but I had to stand next to the door. It was a small place, and it was full when we came in. Nika ate the whole thing. Mom didn't really expect her to eat all of it since she doesn't eat that much at home, but she was hungry and ate the whole thing, and it was kinda big for her size too.
When that was done, we walked out and down the street some more. We checked out a few more places for Nika's bag, but mom said that they still cost too much. Then we found this place that sold snacks and sweets and such. Well I saw something that I was looking for and we went in. They were in little clear plastic boxes with lids. They had the name of what was inside, in english, with how much it cost at a set weight. One had how much this was cost at 1/2 lb, and some had how much it would cost at 1/4 lb and some were by each unit. There was jerky, dried fish, mini candy bars, chocolate rocks, wasabe/wasabi peas, and some dried fruit.
I got the mixed nuts that was more like Asian trail mix, because there was more then just nuts in there, but the covered nuts did make up most of the mix. Nika got some beef jerky. She likes beef jerky. Mom just got bits from all over the place, and a little bit of the wasabi peas. Oh, my nuts were not cheep. I saw $8 on the box, and thought that it was for 1/2 lb. So I asked for 1/2 lb. When the lady was weighing it out, I realized that it said it was for 1/4 lb, so she had to be put back half of that. We left with $10 worth of stuff.
Oh, something else we found out. Most of China Town still runs on cash. So show up with money and not plastic, but incase you do, there are few banks around so you can get some cash.
We left there then turned up a block. There we saw her back back with wheels. We saw a Barbie one a while back, but when I told Nika how much it cost, she said that it was too expensive. I told mom that she know about money from when she had to do stuff to get money and then she had to spend it and realized how much things cost. When she saw this last bag, she was all smiles and said that she liked it. I think that she really does like the bag. It's not all that flashy, and I'm pretty sure that she is the only one that has a bag that looks like that. Mommy doesn't think that the bag will last that long. Well come tomorrow it will would have lived though the first week of school.
We didn't get the bag then and there because mom needed to get money from the bank. There was a Case Bank right across the street, but mom said that they charge too much to use their things, so she was going to walk about 5 blocks to her bank just across from the Washington Bridge. Then walk back and get the bag.
Now, on the way to the bank we walked by a few places. One was a lady selling water. We heard one thing, but when mom sent me back to get two bottles of water for a dollar, we found out that she was saying two warm waters for a dollar or one frozen one for a dollar. So we got a frozen one, after giving her back the two warm ones. My mom also walked into a restaurant supply store and picked up three bamboo steamers that were on sale. She said that she has been wanting some for the longest while. We also got some fresh pumpkin from a guy next to the lady selling to the water.
Now after we picked up Nika's bag, we got the bus to go past the bank we just came from and when we got off, we were back where we started on Grand street. I didn't even know we were there until I walked up to the fish stand. Mom picked up the fish that Nika had picked out earlier, and while they were gutting and cleaning the fish, she walked next door to get some fruit. The tank that had the live fish was now empty. That was quick, and there as alot of fish in there like 3 or so hours ago.
We came back home, but we didn't have any carrots. I tried to remind mom about the carrots, but she seemed to not have heard me, so we had to get them from the supermarket. Mom didn't like the price she saw, considering the price she saw for some in China Town before she forgot about buying some. But it was too late now.
Now, as we were about to walk out the supermarket we saw people running and a bunch of them ran into the store. I honestly thought that someone fired a gun. Some of the people that ran into the store looked scared. One guy said that it was a false alarm and then everyone started to leave. some went back the way they came, out the wrong door, we went out the right way, and someone told mom that it wasn't safe, and she told them that she was going home. It sounded a bit odd, but we walked out, and walked home.
That's about it for Monday. :) I'm off to bed. It's like 2:15 now. I need to go to bed. Mom wants to do some washing tomorrow, then we are off to get her salmon by 10 am that we didn't get on Monday with Nika.
Oh, one more thing before I leave. I'll try and come back to spell check this either tomorrow when my mom is taking a nap, not likely, but on Saturday when she's at church. ***stayed around and checked it. It should be ok... it's 2:43am now....***
Jhodie got hired today. It wasn't a job that she was really looking for, but we need work. She is working at KFC. She will be working night shift, and she will start in a week. That is why I was left to cook. She went for and interview. Next week I'm off to the temp agencies, but if that doesn't pan out, I'm thinking of cleaning train carts for the metro. It's $11 an hour and it's full time.
Wait, that might be a problem. I'm not suppose to work full time. The reason why I'm even thinking about this, is that I will never have to pay for a train or bus ride again while I work for them.
Oh, one more thing, since I'm still up. I was up at 6 something this morning and out the house with mom, after Jhodie and Nika, and just before Phillys to get milk from Target in down town Brooklyn at Atlantic Ave. We were told that we had to be there early since they have the best price for Silk Milk. It's $2 cheaper then everywhere else. So I was walking though their doors at 4 past 8, and they open at 8 am. I was one of three people there I think.
I got two milks, some popcorn and some juices for Nika with a store coupon that I got from their site.
Now for the reason I really came here. I almost forgot about it too.
This.
Popcorn Lungs. I'm sure you might have heard about it, but incase you haven't, here you go. I said all that butter on the popcorn wasn't good for you. Also read the comment at the end, there is something in there too.
September 02, 2007
Walking Home
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