i think today was that day

today was a good day i think, it started last night. i got hubbs to come to bed early and cuddle and i fell asleep in his arms, it was so nice, this morning i woke up refreshed and happy, went to work, got some reports done, got the sales floor picked up, got some items priced. all in all it was a good day, i think part of this is due to my decision that i am going to put in my notice this week, and work until August and then call it quits, with us leaving in December, i want to see my family and i want to be able to see his family, and quite frankly i want to quit hating what i do every day. i want to quit hating my life. dont get me wrong i dont hate my whole life, just the work part of it, and no i am not a lazy ass, i just hate this particular job, its draining, causes way too much stress, and its causing a strain on my marriage, becuase i am always depressed. so now i will knit. yay! and clean house! and thats about it. become a master chef and a master knitter. things will be great!

cooking

the other day i made the cobbler, it was suprisingly good, i dont know what i expected but it was good, today i made cookies, they are good too. not too sure why i am on a baking kick, but its fun, just not good for my fat ass. maybe i'll run this evening? i say that every day.... maybe i'll just stay pleasantly plump. i am washing my bathroom rug right now, we may have company tonight so i am trying to straitin up, yeah we'll see how that goes. i want to cook out, but its hot, really hot, like hotter than tucson hot, well not hotter, just humid so its nasty feeling, you cant excape it. blah. we are going down to VA in a few weeks, i cant wait. today is my day off and somehow work managed to make thismorning suck, i hate fucking whiny ass bitches, i wont go into it but if this bitch trys to tattle on me again i am going to fire her ass. the reason she is lonely and has no friends or SO is because she is a crabby, whiny, bitch and she royaly pissed me off today. fuck her.
okay not sure where that came from but it felt good. other than that today has been well, we got a fire pit, went to home depot and had a good ol time, my husband is a poop face but i can manage. thats all.

one good day a month

each month i have about one day that goes well at work, one day when i go home and don't want to cry. today was not that day. maybe tomorrow

Finally

Finally we have a new hot water heater
Finally i can take a shower
Finally i can do dishes
Finally i can do laundry (okay i really dont do this often anyway)
Finally i can clean my floor (you need hot water to mop)
Finally i can go back to work (okay boo on that one)

Things you take for granted like hot water. never again will i take a shower and not remember the sunday that i took a shower and the water was so cold it could have made instant ice cubes.

and since i can do dishes agian that means i can cook again! yippie, i think i will make my new recipe for Rhubarb Peach Cobbler (see previous post) Thanks Alton! you are my favorite TV personality

Rhubarb Peach Cobbler

Rhubarb Peach Cobbler

From Good Eats (Alton Brown)

Add all ingredients to food processor

9 ½ oz all purpose flour

1 oz Sugar

1 tbs fresh grated lime zest

1 tsp kosher salt

Pulse to combine

Add:

4 ½ oz unsalted butter chilled and cubed

1 ½ oz lard chilled and cubed

Pulse until mixture is crumbly

Spritz with 1-3 tbs ice water

Combine

Move mixture to zip bag shape to disk and place in freezer for at least 30 min

~Fruit Mixture~

In bowl combine

1 cup sugar

2 tbs corn starch

¼ tsp kosher salt

Mix then add

1 lb rhubarb chopped

(about 3 stalks)

3 large peaches cut into small wedges

1tbs fresh lime juice

Toss with hands

Remove dough disk from fridge, tear off about 1/3 of disk crumble into bottom of a buttered 9X9” baking dish. add fruit. Roll out remaining dough in bag, cut sides of bag for easy removal of dough, peel back one side of zip bag, place on top of fruit mixture, shape dough over fruit, remove remaining bag.

Bake in oven at 375۫۫۫ for 60 min or until golden brown (if using frozen fruit bake for 90 min) switch to broil for 3-5 min remove from oven and cool for 15-30 min to allow fruit sauce to thicken.

No warm shower for me

i know this is just disgusting, but today marks day four without hot water, i have not had a real shower since saturday morning. Sunday i took a freezing shower, and yesterday i boiled some water to take a bath, but i still feel dirty. perhaps cleaning the house will make me feel clean.

Cheating Enchiladas

This is my moms secret recipe for Enchiladas you can double it using a 9X11 in pyrex dish and 2 cans of sauce.

9X9 in Pyrex glass dish
1 box of frozen Taquitos (you'll only use about half)
1 can of enchilada sauce
1 bag of shreaded cheese (cheader or mex mix)
(-you can also take a cube of colby jack and shread it thats how mom does it but i'm lazy)

put down one layer of frozen taquitos in the dish
pour over enchilada sauce
cover with as much cheese as you'd like, i use about a cup, you can use more or less to your liking
bake at 350 for about 25 min, until sauce starts to boil

serve with salsa, sour cream, chopped tomoates, chopped lettuce, onions, anything that sounds good to you

- also leftovers tase good with tortilla chips.

Working Sundays

I work every sunday and i dont really like it, i used to work saturdays and i envied the sunday manager, then i got promoted to sundays, and i must say though having Friday/Saturday off is nice, working sundays blows, all the good things happen saturday night. and since my realization (thanks to my husband) that i am boring and dont like to have as much fun as i used to, i have started to do more with my spare time, last weekend we went bowling and then to the rumbleseat with Megan. this weekend we went to the rumbleseat again and we went to Enfield, CT for dinner. i wanted to go bowling but poop head husband didnt want to go, plus we were going to go with Tiffany and Mike but Mike had duty & Tiff hurt her back. Yesterday was a wonderful day though, i loved it. Webbs had an Anniversary sale and i got so much freaking yarn it isnt funny. I think i got about 40 skeins for about $1.75 each (i can do math!!) it was great. then i napped for a few hours and played bubble bobble until 10ish.

I started a new book last night i only got through the first chapter but so far its about a woman who moved to japan for school and her mentor has passed away, she left her a trunk full of wine one bottle for the last 30+ years. and there is writing on all of the bottles in calligraphy so she needs to get a translator. so far its good.

My Best Friend

My best friend is a girl i have known all my life, she is a really neat person. She was once this little tiny girl that i couldnt stand to be around, i used to wish that my parents would take her to the grocery store and leave her there. I wanted her to stay away from me and my barbies. When my friends came to play she wasnt allowed near us. Despite this she has always been there for me. when none of my friends would play with me she would, as i got older and no one else would cover for me she would, when we grew up and none of my friends would drive my drunk ass home she would. This is a true friend. She may seem self involved, but self love is different than selfishness, my sister is very vain, she is beautiful why shouldnt she be, but she is the most selfless person i know. when i needed somone to live with me becuase i was lonely she moved in, when the dishes needed to be done she did them. My sister took care of me when i was drunk and puking all over myself. She drove me to work when i got my DUI and lost my liscense. She was even there to pick me up when i got my DUI. When i think back all of my best, funniest and worst memories are with my sister. remember when we tried to hike 7 falls and didnt quite make it becuse we thought we were going to die and we ran out of water? remember when we pretended we were zoo animals in the living room with the plant stands? remember when we were at work together when aunt vicki died? Leaving you was harder than anything, and though when you come to visit you drive me up the wall, and i sort of want to choke you in your sleep i would never kill you, just make you pass out for a little while. I always worry about you, its because i want you to achieve so much, since we have become grown ups (you offically since your last birthday) i have had all these ideas for you, i want you to see the world, i want you to travel and take pictures, and meet cool people, and then i want you to tell me all about it. i want to do these things too but i want to talk to you about the Nile, and the Great Wall of China, and Paris. I think that would be the coolest thing ever if we could grow old and be best friends, and travel the world, and tell stores to our kids about it. Thanks for being my BFF sister.

The Begining

I will make this first post a sum of my life, and by sum i mean i will type until i am bored. I do like to talk about myself but one can only type so much.

I was born in the summer of 82 a vibrant, loud, chubby baby. my life began like most others in middle class Arizona, there wasn't alot to do, we played outside all winter and in the summer we sweltered inside with swamp coolers or at the pool swimming until we went temporary blind from all the chlorine. I went to public school, didn't learn much but i graduated on time spring 2000. I remember thinking there wasn't much to do in Tucson and i would kill to leave, we spent our free time, hiking in the mountains, camping, fishing, picnicking, mountain biking, driving through the beautiful mountains. I was also close to other nice places, about 7 hour drive from San Diego, 6 hours to Rocky Point Mexico. Eventually i met my husband a United States Marine. His mother and mine were friends back before either of us existed, they were pregnant together, her with his younger brother and my mother with me. (he is 2 years older than i) we met early 2004 while he was driving to 29 Palms California where he was to be in school for the MC, we spent the whole summer together seeing each other every weekend possible and when the holdiays came we spent them together. he got his orders here January 2005 and now we are stationed at Westover ARB in Chicopee Massachusetts, and wow this place sucks, there ain't nuthin to do here. We got hitched Thanksgiving Day November 23 2006 in Arizona. Right after we got here i got a job on base and was quickly promoted, i am currently the Facility Manager at the base exchange here. we spend most of our time drinking, or watching movies, or BBQ'n because that is all there is to do. We are trying to make the most of our last few months here in about 7 months we will be leaving on our journey to Okinawa Japan. I am beyond excited. mostly because i totally LOVE sushi. Sushi and the beach my two favorite things ever!
well thats all i can think of, i have a rockin sister Andrea and i think she is the coolest person i know. thats about it.