Subconscious verbal habits

I call blankets “blankies”. This isn’t because I, as a child, called them blankies. I had, in fact, never called them that until sometime in college. My sister and I, while living in the same apartment, one day were commenting on friends who use that term without thinking as a result of a lifetime of usage, and were meanly mocking them. We kept using the term and now I use it by default, without a second thought.

I must sound like an idiot when I say that. 😀 Oh well.

My entire family used to refer to me as “baby” in Korean (sounds like “eh-gi” — hard “g”) for years and years and none of us noticed it. They never addressed me as that, just referred to me in the third person as “baby”. We noticed one day when I was in high school because my pastor’s family called their youngest — my friend, who is my age — the same thing. We thought it was so funny until we caught ourselves doing it. I was so appalled! 🙂

My coworker always says “moo-moo” when she talks about cows. In every way, she is an intelligent, articulate adult, who gets respect from every team, so it’s pretty funny to hear her say “moo-moo”. Hee.

What, if any, subconscious verbal habits do you or people you know have? Do you say “umm” a lot? “Like”? Does your mom still call you “woogie bunny” in public without realizing it?

Tired

Wow, I am so exhausted. Saturday night, we cooked for about 2 hours, doing prep for Sunday dinner. Seppo cooked the créme anglaise and chocolate mousse for my dish (ÃŽle Flottante), while I worked on the meringue. Wait, is that all I did for two hours? Hmm. Oh wait, I also made the chive oil for Colin and Jess’s dish, and Seppo made the mint oil for my dish.

On Sunday, I made the chocolate wafers for the dessert, which was a relatively quick affair, and did some last minute shopping for missing ingredients. All I needed to do after that was make the cheese puffs (which is purposely a last-minute deal, as they should be served straight out of the oven) and assemble my dessert.

It doesn’t sound like a lot of work, but I was exhauted then and I am exhausted now. The details of the party are at the foodblog. It was a great time with great friends. I love that we have more pictures this time around! 🙂

I slept like a log last night.