Enough with the Freaking Peppers Already!!

We have a very talented chef in our cafe at work. He makes the most amazing meals and we get to enjoy them all at subsidized rates thanks to the company I work for. A couple months ago he hired on a new assistant. She sucks. Her food sucks. I'm pretty sure my 9 year-old can cook better then her. The main reason her cooking sucks? She puts peppers in EVERYTHING!!

One day the chef was out and on the menu was corn flake crusted chicken breast with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. YUM! Or not. A nice, good old-fashioned American meal and she put peppers in the mashed potatoes. Yesterday, one of the specials was steamed mussels over linguini with clam sauce. YUM! Or not! Fucking peppers in the mussels, too? What?! This morning I had to ask if the clam chowder on the menu was going to have peppers in it. Her response? Well, if I was making it I'd put peppers in but I'm not so I don't know. I've lived in Mass for 10 years now and I have never before seen clam chowder with peppers.

I'm so fed up with peppers showing up where they don't belong. Can she just follow a recipe?!

The Challenge - A Day in the Life

Ah, yeah. A day in my life isn't really all that exciting :) Just to warn you! But it is a challenge so here it is.

6:30 - alarm rings...snooze
6:36 - alarm rings...snooze
6:42 - alarm rings and I finally crawl out of bed
6:45 - I put on oatmeal and get dressed
7:00 - Eat said oatmeal while watching the Today show
7:15 - My son is yelling at me to hurry earning several eye rolls as I run around the house getting snacks into my purse, brushing my hair and teeth, throwing on shoes, jacket, etc.
7:30 - Fight to school traffic to get my son dropped off in time for adequate goofing off with his friends before school
7:35 - Drive to work... this is my time for deep comtemplation
8:00 - Work... fun times!
12:00 - Lunch! Which usually involves a lot of funny conversations, raucous laughter and the occasional Bocce game (we have a league at work and play during lunch; that's me in the brown slacks, beige top)



1:00 - More work and more fun times!
5:00 - More driving and less deep contemplation. I don't know why but it's harder to think after work then in the mornings.
5:25 - Flop at my computer and log into WAR... my boyfriend and son have already been playing for 2 hours and I am getting left in the dust! I'll either spend my evening playing games with the family, watching a movie, doing a bit of scrapbooking or all 3. I usually squeeze a shower in during the evening as well. I hate morning showers... SO COLD!!


10:00 - After much killing and more laughter I wander upstairs for some cuddles with Gray.

The Challenge - My Heroes

I have a few heroes and have actually scrapbooked the page. I know I spelled Heroes wrong in the title but once the letters were down, I didn't want to risk marring the papers to tear them up and fix it.

They've earned the title of my heroes because their strength, both physical and mental, amaze me, even now. I cannot imagine the pain they've suffered and they've shown the true nature of their character through these trials.

My son, at 6, tried to rescue his 2 year-old little sister from a fire. How many 6 year-olds do you know that would do that?! I always knew him to be protective of his sister but this amazed even me. He is a special child and I'm so very grateful he's mine.

My step-dad was always the quiet strength; he was never overly loud about his feelings. This single act showed his entire family how much he truly cares about us all. My son woke him and in no time he was running into a burning bedroom to rescue my daughter. He brought great pain upon himself to spare those he loves.

I can only hope they will always know what their actions mean to so many.

The Challenge - 10 things I can't live without

In hopes I'll become more regular with my blog posts, I'm participating in a challenge on sb.com. I've heard if you do something 13 times it becomes a habit...we'll see.

The first challenge is to list 10 things I can't live without.

1. My husband & children - this may count as three but then I would have to pick one to put first in the list and that would undoubtedly upset the others
2. Chapstick - preferably Carmex but nearly any will do
3. My computer - on vacations I pine for the blinding glow of my computer in the evening hours
4. An internet connection - I'm a gaming geek and my games of choice tend to require an internet connection
5. Electricity - computers are not yet solar powered
6. Friendly's ice cream sundae - Hunka Chunka PB Fudge with peanut butter sauce..yum!
7. Diet Mountan Dew - I need my daily dose of caffeine and coffee is just gross!
8. My scrapbooking tote - Much as I try to not scrapbook from time to time, it calls to me.

That's 10 if number 1 counts as 3 :o)