PLESENTRY

I wanted to title this "outing" but then I realized it has at least one meaning that is NOT what I meant, so I changed the title. Yesterday I took DH out to eat. We went to Mimi's which is one of out favorite places, They always treat use kindly and the food is yummy. I decided to get one of the specials that I had not eaten before, mainly because it featured Asparagus as the veggie, and it is, hands down, my favorite. It also featured a chicken breast and mushrooms. I should have chosen the other special, beef pot roast, and asked for a side of asparagus. There pot roast is out of this world. The chicken was overcooked and dry, the sauce was not so much, It was some kind of sauce made with Dijon mustard, and weird spices. The sauce was alright, but too vinegary, much too strong a taste for chicken. I like their food because it has a down home taste that I like. Not that dish. It is getting harder and harder to find "farm food" nowadays. Chefs are destroying food a lot of times by tinkering with a good thing to make a nasty thing that is way worse than the original. I really do not like hot spices or vinegary things. Phoooy! At work they use Bullseye BBQ sauce. I detest it! We have a signature sauce that we make called "Rocky Mountain BBQ Sauce". It is much better because it is sweeter and not as spicy. When we make it though is make me cough, because of the vinegar in it. We make it once or twice a week. It starts with 75# of brown sugar, then catsup, celery seed, chili powder and a few other things, (I can't remember them all). We also stopped by to visit with Otto and Florence. Otto is getting hospice care and is in a hospital bed in their TV room. They have gotten him an electric schooter and a walker, so he can sometimes get around a little. It was nice to visit with them for awhile. I did not get to the grocery store, so we are out of milk, Alka Seltzer, (my before bed drink, I love it, always have) Kitty Litter, and hard candies. At the present time I am craving Skittles, a chewy candy, I cannot find Jaw Breakers anywhere, except for Atomic Fireballs which are not what I want, The ones I like are made by the same company that makes the fire balls, but I can't find them anywhere. Anyway It was a pleasant outing. I haven't been out to do even that much for months. I need to get a life! It is scarey and exciting to be moving. The new house should be ready in 2 or 3 weeks. My spell check is doing funny things tonight so please excuse the spelling,

HOUSE

WE GOT IT!

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Well July has gone. We are now on the downhill side of summer and winter will be here in about 3 months! We only have one more week of EFY to cook for. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I would like to take some vacation time, but I ran out of vacation and sick time sometime last fall or winter. I get about 3-4 hours of both every 2 weeks. I have had a lot of business to do lately and some illness also.
Each time I have to take a long lunch break or see the Doctor,or take DH to same,or run out of work before the time does I have to take some Vacation time or sick time. I seem to always use it lately. This is something that plagues me every week and often daily. I always seem to get to work later than I plan to. So I go to work upset at my self for not getting to work when I plan on it. I really prefer to work a later shift because the morning is so crowded with students and full time people that it isn't long before I am screaming in my mind for relief. I do not do well in crowded places. Noise bothers me also. And the heat, in a kitchen full of steam, ovens, steamers etc that the air conditioning, if it exists, is useless, When it is 100 degrees outside. don.t even try to guess the temp in the kitchen. Look at Marbles blog to get an update on the house hunting, or maybe it is in one of the other blogs. I have had one of my light bulbs flashing at me. It is one of those curly Q florescent bulbs that is supposed to last up tp ten years and save multi millions of dollars over the lifetime of the things. The only thing "green" about those light bulbs is that that is what color they make my skin! It is not a flattering color for skin.