Author Archives: aliceaudrey
Introducing Jack and Jill
It is my intention to start doing these photohunt things in a more Gerbil TV manner. In other words, I now have a couple of characters who will be doing something each week. If I’m lucky I will make them both fit the photohunt theme, and have a little story of their own going. For instance, this week’s theme is “hidden.” So I ask you, can you find Jack and Jill? Any guesses which toys they are? saturday photo scavenger […]
Suzie’s House 58: At Cross Purposes
As Miranda stood to leave, Christina and Cindy paused at the door of the Caribou Bar, glancing around the small, dim interior. “Hey, Christina!” the bartender called. “You know this lady?” He jerked a thumb toward Miranda. Miranda waited tensely for the moment they recognized her. It wasn’t long in coming. The two women put their heads together. Cindy pointed at Miranda. Christina glanced behind her at the door as if considering escape. Then the two of women advanced on […]
Thursday Thirteen #18: Careers I would like to have.
Maura asked on Romance Roundtable if you could have five parallel lives and a different career in each what careers would you pick. I’m picking 13:1. Writer. Of course. I’m going with Accountant as my real-life career, for now. 2. Movie actress. 3. Singer in a Rock band. 4. African drummer. What? I have to get paid? Ok, famous African drummer. What do you mean there aren’t any rich and famous African style drummers? It’s my alternate reality and I […]
By George! What a Mess
When we left off last week George III had begun his slow decline into insanity while his boy, George IV, went on a bender. The government is up in arms, and the Queen is not pleased with her wayward children. The Prince and his brother were convinced that mom was motivated more by her hatred of them than by her concern for dad. It was true that the Queen seemed ready to believe almost any negative story concerning her […]
On My Feet Again
It’s taking me about twice as long to recover from the flue as it did anyone else in the family. That’s all right. I’m a woman. I can take it. What do you think? Are men wimps, or what? Not mine, of course. Last time he complained, he really did almost die. Now it is simply a matter of scraping my life back together. I’ve done well on revisions, but I hadn’t planned on starting them until I had a […]
When Grandma Goes To Court
Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, ‘Mrs. Jones, do you know me?’ She responded, ‘Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate […]
Girl Scout Cookie Contest Winner
This week’s winner was Renee. You know where to find me. Tell me where to send them and as soon as I’m no longer contagious I’ll send them out.
Alive – sort of
I’m back. Sort of. Bad case of influenza took me down. I’m still under the weather. I’m sitting here at my desk lightheaded right now. I’ll go ahead and do the drawing for the box of Girl Scout cookies tonight and post tomorrow, but it’ll be several days before I can send out either box, as I don’t want to contaminate them. Hopefully sometime today I’ll be able to fix up all the Alice Calling links. I’m so sorry I […]
TT something or another – I know I'm really sick when
1. I don’t care about the blog 2. The floor tilts when I walk 3. I pant when I try to go to the bathroom 4. My throat hurts to much to swallow water 5. I can’t decide if I’m going to throw up or if I’m hungry 6. The boy volunteers to get things for me 7. I don’t recognize my mirror reflection 8. I’m too tired to roll over 9 The wrinkles in my sheet leave and imprint […]
By George! Who Should Rule?
We continue from the discovery that all is not well with George III. Next week we will be taking a little break from the Regency to celebrate Mr. Al’s Tudor blogs. The week following we will once again trace the ways and means of a rake on the throne. For obvious reasons, those close to the King, both doctors and laymen, were reluctant to publicly declare His Majesty mad. It did not help that, because none of the doctors knew […]
Wish Me Luck, I'm Going In!
I’ve been sort of kind of ignoring my blog lately. No, seriously. I announced quite some time ago that I was going to do Monday Madness, Talk To Me Tuesdays, Wed with Mr. Al, Thursday Thirteen, Suzie’s House on Friday, Saturday Gerbil TV, and Sunday Recipes, and I’ve been doing the posts that way, but I never bothered to update my Menu. That’s because my menu is in CSS. At least I think it’s CSS. It certainly isn’t English. I […]
Alice Calling Participants
I’m putting the list of those participating in the Alice Calling meme here because WordPress messes around with my formatting every time I edit. List of Participants in the order in which I became aware of them: 1. Terri http://terrisattempttoblog.blogspot.com/ 2. Renee http://reneelynnscott.blogspot.com 3. Andi AKA Unhinged http://stillunhinged.blogspot.com 4. Debbie Mumford http://debbie-mumford.blogspot.com 5. Ian Thomas Healy http://popcornprinciple.blogspot.com 6. Debbie Mumford http://Debbie-Mumford.blogspot.com 7. Jodi Henley http://JodiHenley.blogspot.com 8. Harris Channing http://HarrisCahnningAuthor.blogspot.com 9. MJ Fierstein http://MJFierstein.wordpress.com 10. Kaige http://ImpulsiveHearts.wordpress.com 11. J.D. Rydell http://www.JDRydell.com […]
Alice Calling
Let’s play Telephone! Did you ever play the game Telephone when you were a kid? It’s sometimes called Rumor or Gossip. You sit in a circle, the bigger the better. The ring leader will tell a “secret” to one person. That person turns to the person on their left and whispers it. Each person hears the “secret” on one side and tells it on the other until it goes all the way around the circle. The last person says out […]
Girl Scout Cookie Contest
I forgot to have my daughter draw the names before I put her to bed. Now we’re all going to have to wait until tomorrow after she gets up. She’s up and she picked Jennifer Shirk out of the hat. Jennifer, email me at Alice Audrey Write @ aol . com with your snail mail addy and I’ll get those Thin Mints right out to you. Now on to Next Weeks cookies. We have for your enjoyment a box of […]
Curry Chicken Stir Fry
I don’t normally bother with a recipe for stir fry, but this is handy for remembering what seasonings to use. 1/2 c chicken, cubed 1 large onion, sliced 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 large carrots, diced 2 tbsp olive oil 1 medium potato, cubed 6 mushrooms, sliced 1 tbsp curry powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp turmeric 1 cup coconut milk or soy milk pinch of cayenne pepper 1 cup peas 3 tbsp soy sauce In a large saucepan, sauté […]
