Karolyn's Profile

I have a guilty confession. I'm a 29 night shift nurse working 2 jobs and I love coming home to a clean house in the morning after my housekeeper has Snow White'd my place up! Its like a fairy tale dream come true. I debate often if its worth the money, but I am so much less stressed and it makes me very happy!

Now for my prince charming...

Here at the hospital working a night shift and trying SO hard not to laugh out loud! "hand mixing" is one of my faves.

Being a nurse I felt remarkably stupid when I realized 3 years ago (age 26) that ribs are from RIBS. I was really grossed out by the thought! I think I still ate some though, yum ;)

duh.

and then it would be quieter! I have the generic Cuisinart model and it is a bit noisy. BUT, I don't have that kind of room right now (or ever) in my freezer!

omg CBISKIT that post freaked me out! i'm still shivering in horror. also, some of these stories are crazy! eek!

I'm not allergic to shellfish, but I had an adverse tummy reaction to eating scallops so even though I do have them occasionally they make me hesitant. I usually don't order them but if someone shares a bite or makes them, I'll eat a bit. There's more to the story but I will spare embarrassment here! ;)

I actually did a high school microbiology experiment on how to sanitize sponges. (was in the top 4 of my state that year! all for sponges, woo!)

Number one way to sanitize: microwave with a bit of water - heat kills bacteria
2. bleach - denatures proteins in bacteria
3. dishwasher - only somewhat reduced bacteria
4. washing machine
conclusion: microwave (if you have one) with water and a bit of bleach :)

Oh man. I'm in San Carlos of the bay area and it hit 91 degrees. I'm such a weany! part of it is because I'm a night nurse in SF and have to sleep in that 91 degree weather. awful.

so my sink is full of dishes, i can't muster up energy to cook and definitely won't turn on the oven or desire to run the dryer whether for my clothes or for my hair.

then I think about the humid summers I braved during Nursing School in NYC. I'm such a wimp! I tend to drink a lot of cold fluids and just want simple, vegetarian dishes.

I've been really getting into eating in an Ayurvedic manner. I would love to see it focused on here! I think people might be interested. Shout out to my Ayurvedic practitioner Kate lumsden in San Francisco :)

Roasted lettuce? Gross. I don't want my salad hot and wilty. Unless I'm really missing out on something?

Liberte is SO delicious. worth the calories/fat because the sweetness is right on, the flavors are natural and yummy and the texture is great. not too tart, not too sweet. I like chobani OK, but fage and other yogurts are too tart, or too sweet, or too fakey. blech.

i didn't have it in washington state after I moved from NYC so if I went to visit I would make a special WF trip to stock my suitcase. no explosion :) now that i'm in the bay I have almost one a day. I was so excited when WF had it for 3/99c and 79c for a while. so good...

I'm a nurse and I work the night shift, so I sleep with natural light coming in. I rent and have decent wood blinds that are horizontal, but they don't block out the light. I use an eyemask pretty successfully (I found a good soft one at bed bath & beyond that curves around the eyes so you don't have to keep it too tight on your face), and take melatonin to help adjust. I was just thinking of rigging up some black out curtains from ikea! Just been lazy... :) good luck!