Happy Friday!
Friday, August 8, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Five MORE things found while cleaning the kitchen
I did the other side of the kitchen today. Here are some treasures I unearthed. Cleaning is fun!
Five unopened bottles of pure vanilla extract
Not the imitation crap. Grade A vanilla extract. Gonna bake up a storm with that! Also found one almost empty bottle, cap on tight and inside a ziplock that looks good. Now, what uses vanilla extract...
Four unopened bags of rice
I'm not a fan of rice, unless it's crisped or fried. Gonna have to mix it with other foods to make it edible. It's too good of a find to let go to waste.
Three boxes of Kraft Mac n Cheese
Also several off brand boxes, as well as some bags of elbow macaroni. Lucky Bahamute loves the stuff, and I can take the pasta and do individual servings of it with marinara sauce. Mmm-mm!
Two unopened bags of powdered sugar
I WILL BAKE ALL THE THINGS!!
One unopened bag of flour
It's like baking Christmas! :D Now I'm off to Suerpcook to see what I can make with these wonderful treasures.
Five unopened bottles of pure vanilla extract
Not the imitation crap. Grade A vanilla extract. Gonna bake up a storm with that! Also found one almost empty bottle, cap on tight and inside a ziplock that looks good. Now, what uses vanilla extract...
Four unopened bags of rice
I'm not a fan of rice, unless it's crisped or fried. Gonna have to mix it with other foods to make it edible. It's too good of a find to let go to waste.
Three boxes of Kraft Mac n Cheese
Also several off brand boxes, as well as some bags of elbow macaroni. Lucky Bahamute loves the stuff, and I can take the pasta and do individual servings of it with marinara sauce. Mmm-mm!
Two unopened bags of powdered sugar
I WILL BAKE ALL THE THINGS!!
One unopened bag of flour
It's like baking Christmas! :D Now I'm off to Suerpcook to see what I can make with these wonderful treasures.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Five dinner's I've made with what's on hand.
Trying to save money and clean out the pantry, I'm using up some of the food we've stored up!
5. Turkey burgers and mashed potatoes
I had to buy buns and breadcrumbs, so this was cheating a little. But we had ground turkey, spices (lots of spices), instant mashed potatoes, milk, and ketchup.
4. Grilled Cheese
Self explanatory.
3. Baked potatoes topped with chili and cheese, green beans on the side
Semi-healthy and flavorful as hell. Mmm! Couldn't find the shredded cheese, un-strung some mozzerella sticks. Bahamute was good enough to bake the potatoes while I was at work. Little kosher salt, little olive oil, BAM! Dinner.
2. Cereal and milk
We legit have 8 boxes of cereal. Three are honey nut cheerio types. We are working on it.
1. Hot dogs and oven fries
Make hotdogs on grill or in microwave. Slice potatoes thin, rub with olive oil and kosher salt, bake at 400 for fifteen minutes. Cover with cheese, if you have it and need extra oomph. Yummy!
5. Turkey burgers and mashed potatoes
I had to buy buns and breadcrumbs, so this was cheating a little. But we had ground turkey, spices (lots of spices), instant mashed potatoes, milk, and ketchup.
4. Grilled Cheese
Self explanatory.
3. Baked potatoes topped with chili and cheese, green beans on the side
Semi-healthy and flavorful as hell. Mmm! Couldn't find the shredded cheese, un-strung some mozzerella sticks. Bahamute was good enough to bake the potatoes while I was at work. Little kosher salt, little olive oil, BAM! Dinner.
2. Cereal and milk
We legit have 8 boxes of cereal. Three are honey nut cheerio types. We are working on it.
1. Hot dogs and oven fries
Make hotdogs on grill or in microwave. Slice potatoes thin, rub with olive oil and kosher salt, bake at 400 for fifteen minutes. Cover with cheese, if you have it and need extra oomph. Yummy!
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Big news!
I just had a meeting with my boss. Maybe by the time this gets published, the contents of that meeting will be in effect. Maybe not. But none of my coworkers read this, so it shouldn't be an issue either way.
For anyone who doesn't know, I work part time as an office manager at a local funeral home. I'm part of a huge corporation, but locally managed with two other homes, each with a different name. My boss stopped in this morning to tell me there had been a reorg, and I prepared myself to get fired.
To my surprise, he's moving me from this home, the smallest and slowest of the three, to the one he works out of, our busy central hub. He told me I did a good job earlier in July when I worked there for a week while the current manager was on vacation.
It was the first praise I'd ever gotten from him.
So, what does this mean?
1. Same hours, different days.
Instead of working a cushy 10-4 five day a week two minutes from my home, I'll be working 9-5 four days a week fifteen minutes from my home. They want to keep my total hours the same due to Obamacare (he specified, not me), but need me during normal office hours. So, one day off a week. I don't know it it'll be the beginning or end or what, but hey, sounds good to me.
2. The current manager will move here.
She's also the HR person and has a lot of duties I don't, so this may help her get her work done while I take care of more boring day to day stuff like entering contracts, etc. The bossman hasn't told her yet, so there may be fallout. Keep your fingers crossed...
3. Free time is over.
When I work at my current location, there are many days I don't see another employee or even another person. There's only so much work I can do, which leads me to get this blog updated, work on my manuscripts, and generally fool around. That is OVER.
Am I sad? Not really. I'll get a whole weekday off, so I can catch up on the blog then if need be. If I have work to do, I won't think about slacking off. When I'm alone and bored the temptation is just too great. I learned that the other week when I was at the hub, and I worked quickly, quietly, and without internet distractions.
So, yes, I will keep blogging, hopefully getting my new ones out every day. It's going to be a big change, but overall, I'm excited!
Yay!
For anyone who doesn't know, I work part time as an office manager at a local funeral home. I'm part of a huge corporation, but locally managed with two other homes, each with a different name. My boss stopped in this morning to tell me there had been a reorg, and I prepared myself to get fired.
To my surprise, he's moving me from this home, the smallest and slowest of the three, to the one he works out of, our busy central hub. He told me I did a good job earlier in July when I worked there for a week while the current manager was on vacation.
It was the first praise I'd ever gotten from him.
So, what does this mean?
1. Same hours, different days.
Instead of working a cushy 10-4 five day a week two minutes from my home, I'll be working 9-5 four days a week fifteen minutes from my home. They want to keep my total hours the same due to Obamacare (he specified, not me), but need me during normal office hours. So, one day off a week. I don't know it it'll be the beginning or end or what, but hey, sounds good to me.
2. The current manager will move here.
She's also the HR person and has a lot of duties I don't, so this may help her get her work done while I take care of more boring day to day stuff like entering contracts, etc. The bossman hasn't told her yet, so there may be fallout. Keep your fingers crossed...
3. Free time is over.
When I work at my current location, there are many days I don't see another employee or even another person. There's only so much work I can do, which leads me to get this blog updated, work on my manuscripts, and generally fool around. That is OVER.
Am I sad? Not really. I'll get a whole weekday off, so I can catch up on the blog then if need be. If I have work to do, I won't think about slacking off. When I'm alone and bored the temptation is just too great. I learned that the other week when I was at the hub, and I worked quickly, quietly, and without internet distractions.
So, yes, I will keep blogging, hopefully getting my new ones out every day. It's going to be a big change, but overall, I'm excited!
Yay!
Monday, August 4, 2014
Five Favorite King of the Hill Episodes
Spoilers! But in fairness, the show went off the air in 2009. Five years is a fine limitus for TV spoilers.
King of the Hill was one of my favorite shows as a kid, and its aged well. For those not in the know it centers on the life of Hank Hill, assistant manager at a Texas propane store. He is in love with A. His family B. America and C. Propane (but not always in that order). Or, as my friend Grizz says "He's an assistant manager, makes $40,000, and thinks he has life by the balls."
Well said, Grizz.
These episodes are some of the crown jewels of the Hill empire. I think I'll have to do more lists in the future, as pairing it down was difficult.
5. "Ho yeah!"
Hank becomes a pimp. Accidentally. By misunderstanding that his new employee/boarder used to be a prostitute (and re-assumes the role to pay him rent and gives him a snazzy new hat). He yells at a man who he thinks is stealing the girl's money, and pimphood is achieved!
When he finds out A. he's a pimp and B. the girl's old pimp is coming by to take her back, he confront's the man. And this happens:
Hank Hill gets into a pimp fight. AND IT IS GLORIOUS.
4. "Bobby goes Nuts"
Bobby, Hank's slow-moving quick witted son, gets humiliated by bullies. Hank tries (as he so often does) to get Bobby to man up by signing him up for boxing. Long story short, he goes to a woman's self defense class instead and learns the ancient art of nut-kicking.
Upon finding out about his progeny's dirty tactics, Hank tries to teach him the right way, mocks him, and gets nutted himself. Peggy steps in, and Bobby's attack fails. Hah!
Here's a supercut of the greatest line in TV history.
3. "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men"
Hank systematically destroys (figurativly and literally) the crappy mower and gets all the men on his side, except his father. But that guy's an ass, so nobody cares.
2. "Hank's Bully"
Hank Hill is bullied by a small, bratty child. You know that kid that bugs the hell out of you and the parents just say "Oh, that's Junior's way!" or "That means he links you!" That is this episode in a nutshell. Hank eventually fights back, but I won't spoil the ending. It is glorious.
1. "Hilloween"
Hank Hill is an upstanding Christian. Who LOVES Halloween and runs the school's haunted house. When a nutjob joins the church (voiced by the incomparable Sally Field) gets the town and Bobby on her side and convinces him Hank is a satanist, all hell breaks loos.
My all time favorite episode, hands down.
King of the Hill was one of my favorite shows as a kid, and its aged well. For those not in the know it centers on the life of Hank Hill, assistant manager at a Texas propane store. He is in love with A. His family B. America and C. Propane (but not always in that order). Or, as my friend Grizz says "He's an assistant manager, makes $40,000, and thinks he has life by the balls."
Well said, Grizz.
These episodes are some of the crown jewels of the Hill empire. I think I'll have to do more lists in the future, as pairing it down was difficult.
5. "Ho yeah!"
Hank becomes a pimp. Accidentally. By misunderstanding that his new employee/boarder used to be a prostitute (and re-assumes the role to pay him rent and gives him a snazzy new hat). He yells at a man who he thinks is stealing the girl's money, and pimphood is achieved!
Hank Hill gets into a pimp fight. AND IT IS GLORIOUS.
4. "Bobby goes Nuts"
Bobby, Hank's slow-moving quick witted son, gets humiliated by bullies. Hank tries (as he so often does) to get Bobby to man up by signing him up for boxing. Long story short, he goes to a woman's self defense class instead and learns the ancient art of nut-kicking.
Upon finding out about his progeny's dirty tactics, Hank tries to teach him the right way, mocks him, and gets nutted himself. Peggy steps in, and Bobby's attack fails. Hah!
Here's a supercut of the greatest line in TV history.
3. "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men"
I'm a big fan of Twelve Angry Men, and I expected a lot from this homage episode. It does NOT disappoint.
Hank, his friends, some men from the area, and his shinless father (He killed fiddy men!) are on a focus group for an upcoming lawn mower: pretty much Hank's dream. But the new mower is VASTLY flawed compared to the original, though shiny and new. Cue the dramatics:
Hank systematically destroys (figurativly and literally) the crappy mower and gets all the men on his side, except his father. But that guy's an ass, so nobody cares.
Pictured here with his second son, G.H. (Good Hank). The mother is a woman Hank attended kindergarten with. I wish I was kidding.
1. "Hilloween"
Hank Hill is an upstanding Christian. Who LOVES Halloween and runs the school's haunted house. When a nutjob joins the church (voiced by the incomparable Sally Field) gets the town and Bobby on her side and convinces him Hank is a satanist, all hell breaks loos.
This episode expresses just how I feel as a Christian and Halloween enthusiast. Hank is usually too conservative for my tastes, but this is an issue we both hold dear to our hearts. It's nice to see it get addressed.