a99kitten’s Musings

I’ve been wanting a more “structured” dark chocolate brown bag as my Kooba, that I totally LOVE, is more casual and slouchy.  Plus I switched out bags today into my KS Opus in kelly green and remembered how much I LOVE the bag. Such soft leather and great design. So I checked to see if KS had anything good on sale and Tah-dah!

I’ll still want a smaller bag in this same color too. But I can’t help it – I love, love, love this color! Plus, totally a good deal on sale at katespade.com with FREE shipping! Wheeee! Oh! And 3.5% cash back if you link through ebates.com. If you are going to shop – shop smart  :)

So I finally ordered this…I was craving some Wookiee cookies :)

I also ordered these from Pottery Barn..*cough*..Kids. #stillakidatheart

I keep my Star Wars stuff mostly in my home office and work office to avoid having a collectibles shoppe house :) but these *might* bleed out into the family room or bedroom….

I still think this could work in the guest room…if I totally redecorate it…;)

Falcon bedspread!

Just read that Kevin Bacon has been cast as Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class. Hmmm. I like Kevin Bacon but I’m not sure I see this *AT ALL*. But we’ll see I guess.

January Jones (aka Mrs. Don Draper) has been cast as Emma Frost “The White Queen”. Again…hmmm. Looks-wise she works-ish but I’m not sure she can portray that character. Especially since this is Emma Frost from the Hellfire Club, and not the more recent comics.

The Hellfire Club story arc with The Black Queen/Jean Grey is one of my most favorite stories ever. It led right into The Dark Phoenix saga which is one of the best **ever** written in comics. But The Hellfire Club arc was so, so, so good and you needed it to get to Dark Phoenix! So please do not wreck it guys! I’m sure this movie won’t touch that storyline but you know it’s only time…

I like James McAvoy. And I can see him playing a young Professor X. But how does that work with the Hellfire Club? I guess they are “re-imagining” the X-Men history in this though? I guess this is an easy/tempting thing to do since these characters are so well known and loved so you just run with it. But don’t change history too much (not that the first X-Men movies haven’t already done this already) is all I ask.

Of course I will see the movie. I just hope they do a good job. And not all cast-happy with actors that won’t work for the already very fleshed-out characters we have grown to love.

Anyway, here is the story at Ain’t It Cool News.

This video just brought tears to my eyes. And I am SO excited knowing this is one of the last Sundays without real football!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even if country music isn’t your thing the football stuff is worth the viewing…

It might be a good thing I didn’t go to Celebration V…I think I would have spent all my money there :)

Star Wars plush scruffies

I’m sure these are meant for children. And by children I mean little teeny, tiny ones. Oh well – they are mine now :)

I went onto starwars.com tonight to renew my Hyperspace membership and “happened” to look at the Celebration V Pre-Orders and Exclusives….bad, bad, idea…

So then I “accidentally” put in my cart:

Plush Wampa With Reattaching Arm

Limited edition!! Only 1980 (get it?)! And it’s got a CV patch on him!

And then…

Don't we all? :)

oh…and..

Chewie Monster!

To match my other Chewbacca bobble on my desk :) Plus it’s almost Halloween!

Yes, I pushed the Purchase button….Doh…(I can’t wait to get them!!)

To note: the StarWars.com online store now has MUCH better shipping rates! They used to be highway robbery! Good for them!!

An atheist was walking through the woods.

He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him!

He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer.

He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant moment, the Atheist cried out ‘Oh my God!’

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

‘Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.’

Hehehehehe….this cute bear face reminds me of Angelus :)

Finally sold my old car today. While I absolutely love my new car, it felt kinda weird to sign him (yes, the Jeep was a him) over. I’ve had him since December 1995. Longer than I’ve had my husband.

I bought him brand new after getting side-swiped and almost crushed in my Miata – felt that I needed a bigger, safer car for driving up to Tahoe (just learned to snowboard then.) And boy – this Jeep has kept me and the huskies very safe in our rainy, foggy, snowy, windy-road and mountainy travels :)

223k miles and pretty much perfect condition as far as the body goes. Needs new tires. And the engine has to go at some point, right? But the guy who bought it got it for his son who is going to put a low-mileage engine in him and drive as an off-road truck. So hopefully my safe Jeep karma can pass to him too :) And I’m happy to know he will be used and not just crushed. I felt a bit sad thinking about that happening (talking cars in movies can do that to you!)

Bye Jeep – thanks for taking care of me and the huskies all these years…

Quick, easy and YUMMY dinner!

2 large (full) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Mushrooms
Zucchini
Broccoli
Sliced water chestnuts (canned and sliced from grocery store – way easy)
whatever veggies you want really
Sesame seeds (located in our your spice aisle)

Cut up the chicken in bite-sized pieces and brown in a teeny bit of olive or vegetable oil. You do not want excess oil so I would say a tablespoon or so. I saute it in a wok over medium. Takes about 20 minutes between cutting and cooking. You do need a big pan as you will be adding the veggies to this.

Drain excess oil out if any.

Pour about 1/4 cup of peanut sauce into the chicken and stir so it’s all covered with it. And then cover the pan and simmer on loooow. You can make your own peanut sauce pretty easily or just buy it. I’ve done both and I like making it so I know the ingredients and fat count but during the week, it’s easier to use the store bought. I use Bangkok Padang Peanut Sauce. Quite tasty.

Cut up broccoli (I only use the florets) and slice zucchini and mushrooms. Pour a teeny bit of toasted sesame oil in a large pan and saute broccoli on medium-low. Then pour in mushrooms, water chestnuts (drained) and then zucchini. Use your judgment on when each is nearing done to add the next. Zucchini takes no time at all and broccoli takes the longest (to my taste anyway.) You might want to add a bit more toasted sesame oil over them all as you cook. This adds a lot of flavor, but also more fat :)

When they seem almost cooked, pour them into the chicken and sauce that is simmering and mix them all together, making sure to get the peanut sauce all mixed in with everything. You might need to add a bit more sauce to cover everything (that is a personal taste/dietary/volume of veggies choice.) Now cover and simmer for about 5-7 minutes.

Now top with sesame seeds and YUM! Easy peanut chicken.

I use Annie Chun’s Sticky White Rice bowls and pour the chicken over the sticky rice. I split 1 bowl for 2 people. If you are like me and will eat any and all carbs in your sight line, this is a great option to keep you honest :) You can buy them in packs of 6 on Amazon (I love Amazon!) But I think most big/decent grocery stores carry them now too. Best part – microwaveable! ALSO, it’s wheat and gluten free for those that care about/need that!

This is a yummy and pretty easy and quick meal that I LOVE! I love peanut chicken but in restaurants you can see the oil glistening off of it so I do tend to avoid it. At least at home you can control it for the most part. Especially if you make your own peanut sauce which is surprisingly pretty easy. But not quite easy enough for a work day dinner (by the time I get home and am starving my guts out anyway) :)

Now if I just had a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup laying around, my PB love would be complete!

Introducing Red Velvet Fried Chicken…

Red Velvet Fried Chicken

Fried chicken and waffles. So far, so good.

Red Velvet Fried Chicken, available at American Cupcake, 415-896-4217

What. The. Hell. You know I have to try this….