Nibbs XXVIII (Page 12)

I'm like a newborn - I need to eat every three hours or I get cranky.

no movie night...   Friend went to a UW huskies game to watch them lose. 

Check this out:

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
08/30/08	at Oregon *	Eugene, Ore.	L, 44-10
09/06/08	vs. BYU	Seattle, Wash.	L, 28-27
09/13/08	vs. Oklahoma	Seattle, Wash.	L, 55-14
09/27/08	vs. Stanford *	Seattle, Wash.	L, 35-28
10/04/08	at Arizona *	Tucson, Ariz.	L, 48-14
10/18/08	vs. Oregon State *	Seattle, Wash.	L, 34-13
10/25/08	vs. Notre Dame	Seattle, Wash.	L, 33-7
11/01/08	at USC *	Los Angeles, Calif.	L, 56-0
11/08/08	vs. Arizona State *	Seattle, Wash.	L, 39-19
11/15/08	vs. UCLA *	Seattle, Wash.	7:15 p.m. PT
11/22/08	at Washington State *	Pullman, Wash.	12:00 p.m. PT
12/06/08	at California *	Berkeley, Calif.	TBA

I don't know why you would want to go to the game when the huskies were decimated in all the other games that you sat through.

I found several good sources for my research and made notes.  I am heading to bed and will tackle the paper in the morning. 

I bet Kendra does!

Morning Jen

This is a recipe I found in women's day magazine one year.  It's will dirty every bowl in your kitchen but it's absolutely worth it. I get requests every year.

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake
recipe from Woman's Day Magazine, November 2004 issue
Crust:
1 1/2 cups purchased chocolate cookie crumbs
1/2 stick (4 TBSP) butter, melted
Filling:
3 bricks (8oz each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
2 TBSP cornstarch
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (6oz) milk chocolate chips, melted
1 cup 100% pure pumpkin (canned)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Glaze:
3oz bittersweet baking chocolate
2 TBSP stick butter
1 TBSP light corn syrup
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat an 8 inch** springform pan with nonstick spray. Have ready a roasting pan larger than the springform pan.
2. Crust: Put crumbs in a small bowl: stir in butter until evenly moistened. Press firmly over bottom of the pan. Bake 8-10 minutes until set. Cool on rack. Wrap outside of the pan with heavy-duty foil. Reduce temperature to 300 degrees.
3. Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar and cornstarch in a large bowl with mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping the sides of bowl several times with a rubber spatula. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, just until blended. Beat in sour cream and vanilla to combine. Divide batter evenly between 3 medium bowls. Stir melted milk chocolate into 1 bowl; pour into crust in an even layer. Whisk pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice into another bowl. Carefully spoon over chocolate layer to cover, then gently smooth into an even layer with an offset spatula (take care that batters don't run together). Stir semi-sweet chocolate into remaining batter. Carefully spoon over the pumpkin layer; spread carefully as above.
**I used a 9 inch springform pan and it was a "shorter" cheesecake. Using a smaller pan makes the cheesecake "taller" and more impressive with presentation. Still yummy though!
4. Set spingform pan in center of roasting pan. Place roasting pan in oven rack and add boiling water to come halfway up sides of springform pan.
5. Bake 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours until set, but center still jiggles slightly when shaken.
6. Turn off oven (leave door closed); let cake cooling oven 1 hour (if cake hasn't pulled away from sides of pan, carefully run a thin knife around edge of pan to release cake). Remove foil. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack. Cover; refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
7. Chocolate Glaze: Stir ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat; cool slightly.
8. Remove pan sides; place cake on serving plate. Spread glaze over top to edge (some may drip down side of cake). Refrigerate until glaze sets.
9. Enjoy!!

Hi Mel - good weekend?

I am a high-strung emotional wreck.   

Of course, when I saw my psychiatrist last week I was feeling great, optimistic, and like nothing could go wrong.  RED FLAG-nothing could go wrong??? Sounds like I was manic at the time and didn't realized it.  Now I am rapid cycling-one moment on the verge of tears and a few hours later I am as high as a kite, living my perfect little world.  Then, when I can't find find something(keys, an assignment for school, etc) or I am trying to do something and it doesn't go just as planned the world shatters and I go into a panic/anxiety attack.  To keep from going completely nutty I just have to completely shut down, withdrawing into myself and focus on breathing-in....and out....in....and out....

I currently am focusing on breathing and will, when my lungs are once again functioning, go out for a run.  Unfortunately, this throws my afternoon plans out the window and leaves a couple of friend in a tight place-too much to do and stuck taking buses or hoofing it.

Being Bipolar Sucks.  Any other manic-depressive person-or their close friends and family-could easily confirm this.

Alright-I am headed to a corner to sit on the floor and "meditate" (zone out).  I'll try to check in this evening.  I hope that everyone's day goes well.   

Don't worry about it much-I will be better before too long.  I hope to get an early morning lap swim in before school tomorrow.  Exercise will be a huge help in stabilizing myself.