I have a lot to say sometimes.

[gfrancie]

Today a couple of friends came over and we made ice cream and sorbet. They also played with Senor Onion because he knows how to woo the ladies. I also served tea and cookies because I am secretly eighty-seven. "Have some cookies. Want a nap?" I helped a friend make lavender & honey ice cream and a green tea ice cream. Esoteric flavors but still pretty good.

For dinner I roasted a whole chicken. It was moist and delicious. If there is one thing I do well, it is roast a chicken. I served that with a caprese salad (with fancy-pancy heirloom tomatoes) and leftover slices of cold quiche. There was strawberry sorbet for dessert.

I haven't finished Harry Potter as I have shit to do. As for those who have finished, I am not saying you haven't shit to do, but I have a baby who kinda is demanding and wants to be fed, changed and generally attended to. As for the book, it is enjoyable. It isn't Turgenev but it keeps a person entertained.
Once I am done with that I will start reading A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich. Did you know that Norwich named one of his children Artemis? (I read one of her books) Quite a name. (this is where you envision me raising my eyebrows in a manner that says, "well...that's different." while I sip a cocktail) Apparently it is more of a nickname. Among her many names (she and I have something in common) is Opportune. Not a lot of Opportunes on the playground anymore. I suppose all the Kaleighs and Madisons crowd a girl out.
When you have a lot of names, you end up usually going by something short and easy to recall. Tempting to change my nickname to something more flighty. I shall now be known as Viva. *laughs all the way to the bar on that one*
Mr. Jenner needs to become a peer just so I can show off all of my names someday. My only other experience was when I got married and the wedding invitation had all of them. A girl gets her fun where she can.

Alright. Enough tangents for one night. I have a baby to amuse with my wit and candor and a book or two to read.

Comments

[sahara-harp.livejournal.com]

I must admit Artemis "Opportune" Norwich sounds like someone I'd be interested to approach at a cocktail bar.

I like roasting chickens but I do not like how my house smells for three days afterwards.

Wait.

[sahara-harp.livejournal.com]

You do know what "Norwich" stands for, don't you?

Re: Wait.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

no

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Well she has some hipness since she wrote a biography of Elizabeth David.
I am trying to think of something to do with some of the leftover chicken besides make chicken pie. I have had a lot of chicken pie lately. Maybe I will make some kind of pasta or salad with the stuff. I put in half a lemon in the cavity of the chicken and brushed on olive oil when I roasted the whole bird so it has a good flavor.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Her full name is: The Hon. Alice Clare Antonia Opportune Cooper Beevor. Now that is what I call a name.

[artemis-moon.livejournal.com]

Call me Lola.

I would love to make Lavendar ice cream. I have a recipe but keep forgetting to make it.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I wasn't absolutely wowed by the recipe I used. There were some issues with that bothered me.

[genesisdiem.livejournal.com]

Being from the deep south as I am, it's quite common for people to have these long drawn out names from some relative way past dead. But then of course, it must be accompanied by some cutsie nickname like Cookie, Bunny, Scootie, or etc

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Yeah. we don't do Cookie in my family. But we do have nicknames. Plenty of nicknames.

[ekdogg.livejournal.com]

I always have a vision of someone named Artemis as some sort of slut. Wasn't the goddess Artemis a tramp?

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha

[(Anonymous)]

when you were little, we threatened to call you Gennie Sue. you were having none of it.
i shall refrain from references to nicknames involving...ahem...garden produce.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Yes well I am not a waitress at a truckstop that calls people 'hon'.
Pumpkin is nothing. Amateur.
I think Kitty and I need nicknames that are over the top. I am thinking Viva and Victory. *snorts*

[molliewollie.livejournal.com]

Viva is what we call HT, real name Virginia Calliope.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

That is a kick-ass nickname. She will go far in life. A girl needs a big name to get things done.

[kirinqueen.livejournal.com]

Here's a nickname story I like: Ted's parents flipped a coin to choose between calling him "Ted" or "Ned" (his name is Edward). I am not sure I would have married him had tails not won it. His other nickname--only his dad calls him this--is Theo.

Ted also has many names, and my mom was a little aggravated that I made her put all of them on the wedding invitations.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Hee. Way to aggravate a Mother inlaw.
Ned is the name of that one dorky guy in Groundhog Day... so I can understand the apprehension toward hooking up with a Ned.

It's your bro Tom

[(Anonymous)]

Christ I forgot how many damn names we all have in our family.You know the only two groups that have long names are hispanics and Wasps.Valentino had like 12 names.

Re: It's your bro Tom

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Obviously you need more names.