Starting a food blog

By popular demand I will be starting a food blog. OK OK that was an overstatement but I am asked quite freqeuntly about my recipes so I decided rather than write each one down for each individual person I will just make a blog for everyone to view.

It will probably take awhile to post all my favorite recipes and even longer for me to make them and take pictures but I will get started on that ASAP!

I will keep you all updated.

Insanely Slow

Work has been super slow. I have been here nearly 3 years and this is the slowest it's been. I was verifying timecards yesterday and noticed most of the crews were off yesterday because there was no work. We've been lucky that Andrew hasn't been told not to come in. He has been mostly getting 4-5 hour days so that is a blow to our pockets but at least he is getting some hours in.

As for me, I'm safe so far. I work in the accounts payable/receivable/collections dept. I'm a one woman show and since my boss doesn't want to have to do my work I haven't had to take time off. The other girls in the office have been told not to come in or come in a half a day. I am thankful we have jobs, I just wish the economy would pick up so things can get back to normal.

With work being so slow it give the owners a chance to nitpick everything and it's so freakin' annoying. Oh and they complain about money and how we need to save money yet they use company funds to fund their vacations, buy the new release DVD's every Tuesday, buy things for friends (I'm talking about a few hundred dollars worth), food (claiming it was for a company party), etc. The list goes on. It's rather frustrating to see all these company charges that aren't for the company at all yet they sit here and say they can't give anyone a raise because of the poor economy. I understand it's their money but if you can't give your employees a raise then don't run around spending the company money that can go towards raises frivolously! They make a 5 figure paycheck monthly(thousands) so why can't they use thier own money for things outside company expenses? It irks me that there is this hypocracy when it comes to the money.

I think I deterred Suraya from college

My poor kid is being tortured. Andrew had to work overtime today which just so happens to be a school day for me. This meant I had to take Suraya to school with me. Thanfully it's not a 4 hour day for me at school. She'd lose her mind. She's sitting here spinning in the chair, wiggling around and telling me how boring it is. This is probably not a great way to get her excited about going to college.

*gasp* The Read My Blog!

In yesterday's shopping blog I mentioned that the kid stores like Charlotte Russe & Forever 21 have no concept of normal sizes. Well, they must have read my blog and went into action because this morning I heard Forever 21 is intorducing their "extended sizes" line. Umm, yea. extended...I'm thinking now an extra large will be a medium in a normal size.

Day of Shopping!

While Andrew went of to the shooting range Suraya and I decided to go shopping. Well, really, I decided to go and she had no choice but to follow. We spent most of the day at the Cabazon outlets. It's so great that I live so close to it now! The outlet has tons of designer stores with their items for a fraction of the price.

Anyway, we walked the entire outlet center and I only made a purchase at one store. Well, the smoothy we had doesn't count. Awhile back Andrew had suggested I shop at Bebe so we went in and walked right out when we saw the cost of the clothes. They were way out of my price range. I hit the jackpot today though! At Cabazon they have a Bebe's outlet! The clothes were still more than I am used to paying but I figure it's time for me to start looking cute and get away from the kid stores, which I have pretty much already banned. For my body shape the kid stores like Charlotte Russe and Forever 21 (ugly clothes) or Papaya make no sense. A large is really a small in their standards. They have no sense of a real person's body. Anyway, I discovered Bebe and am now in love!!

During our shopping spree, if you can call it that...it was more like a window shopping spree, I realized that my little girl is growing up. For some reason she seemed all grown and just looked like a miniature teen to me. She aided me in picking clothes that looked good on me and told me which looked bad. Sometimes she can be a little too honest (yea, I know my tummy jiggles) but today she was super sweet and didn't blurt out any craziness. It hits me sometimes that she isn't this little baby anymore...she's growing up.

On a side note....I STILL haven't gotten my bookshelves for my office or my filing cabinet. My office is turning into a wreck with nowhere to put all my crap.

Andrew's Surprise Party

I threw Andrew a surprise party for his 27th birthday on March 28th. It just came to me one day that we finally had room for a big crowd so I invited all his friends and family. Almost everyone showed up! I think only one couple wasn't able to make it but they told me in advance. The party was a hit!

The appetizers included fruit with an amazing fruit dip that Roxanne showed me how to make, a new found recipe for crockpot meatballs, chips and homemade guacamole, a cheese, cracker, and meat tray, and...hmmm...I'm sure there's more but man oh man was all the food good! Let me tell you the meatballs and fruit dip are party favorites two times in a row now. For actual dinner, we bbq'd hamburgers & hot dogs.

Most people showed up on time and I asked them to park on other streets so Andrew wouldn't be tipped off. I had asked Andrew's brother to keep him away while I did the last minute shopping for the party and set up. He did an excellent job with Katie's help. Once I gave the all clear for Andrew to come home CJ & Katie kept giving me updates on their ETA. When I heard they were close all of us at the party hushed up and gathered by the door. Andrew opened the door and everyone yelled SURPRISE! and some thre pillows at him. His facial expression was priceless. I totally forgot my camera at that point! UGH! He was completely surprised he told me. He said he had no clue!

From there the party went into full swing. There was some dancing..I think myself and Roxanne, drunk as all hell were the only ones though! LOL! Everyone mingled and more people arrived. It was amazing how fun the night was.


















When it was time for the cake, this is what I brought out.........



How awesome is that cake?! I have to say that in all it's awesomeness it was all for looks. It turned out that the frosting was like a foot thick so it made it almost impossible to eat. Oh well. It looked great! LOL.

So, Andrew's party was my first indication that I can throw a kick ass party! Everyone seemed to have a good time! The food was good, the people were great, Andrew was surprised, what more could I have asked for?

Shopping...

I want to shop so bad!! The things that are running through my head....
...shelves for my office
...paper shredder
...new bedroom set
...projector
...tv
...window shutters

Ugh....there's so much that I want!!!