Good News/Bad News

The good news is we finally got around to buying a new water heater.

The bad news is my husband thinks that storing it in the entryway is a good idea until we get it installed sometime next week.

Okay.....I should just be happy that we're close to finally getting this off the "to do" list.

Where am I?

It's just one of those days..........again.



I'll be trying to make myself invisible today...don't try and look for me :-)

Seedlings

This was a reason to smile today.

Even though it's freaking 40 degrees and the wind is blowing and it's cold and I am so ready for Spring to get here.

The basil has decided to be the first to sprout!

Now it just needs to stay warm so that I can start planting outside again.

What's been going on this week?

It's been a whirlwind.  Guess I need to look at the pictures I took this week to see what actually has been going on this week.....because I can't remember.

The big thing on my plate this week was payroll.  I actually was pretty caught up so that it should have been a breeze.......but of course a MILLION other things jumped in the way.

So let's take a pictorial journey of the small highlights of my week.

Bet you didn't know that I do surveys (in my spare time.....lol) that pay you.  Yes I do.  I actually do them for airline points so that we can continue to travel the world at a reasonable price.  Well every once in awhile, I am asked to do a new product test and give my feedback.  This week we were the lucky recipients of 2 kinds of toilet paper to check out.  Because I am sworn to secrecy when using these products, I cannot tell you anything more about this.

Told ya not to judge us earlier in the week because we were going to eat BLAT's for dinner again.  Go ahead.......judge us.  Here is a shot of the 2nd day of BLAT's along with a side of my delicious home made macaroni salad and pickles.  By the way, I made the macaroni salad with green onions this time instead of regular......oh it was 10x more delicious.

First of the month brings on a HUGE bunch of extra work --- including making new signs, boxtoppers, and instructions on how to make the Pizza of the Month.

This week also included having to be called into work because of the extreme busy-ness we have been experiencing.  But how can you complain about having too much business?

Okay......time to get to work again.  There's e-mail to design, website to update, and........

Don't read this if you are hungry

I started taking pictures last night of the microwave bacon cooker my husband gave me for Christmas.  He's so romantic.....lol

I was talking to my mother about how great it was, that I was taking pictures to show her how wonderfully it cooks the bacon and with less mess.

But then I started taking pictures of all the food because it looked so good.  So now you are just going to have to be entertained looking at pictures of my dinner last night.

Our menu tonight:  BLAT's (Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Tomato), Pickles, Olives, Macaroni Salad

And while the bacon was cooking......I was preparing all the extras

 

And don't forget all the fresh cut veggies!

 

 Here's the finished bacon.

I guess I was so hungry that I forgot to take a picture of my heaping plate of food.  Trust me, the sandwiches were delicious and so was the salad.

In fact, it was so good....we've decided to have it again tonight.  We still have lots of salad and fresh veggies and Paul is going to "bring home the bacon".

Don't judge us.

My new office

It seems like I spend day after day after day after day sitting at this desk working.

Tonight, I thought I would mix it up a bit.  Maybe a change of location would make me more motivated to get lots of work done.  So I got a hotel on the beach.  Just kidding.

I downloaded my Quick Books onto the laptop and did my work lounging in bed, watching TV, (and if you look very carefully in the picture), enjoyed a nice cold beer.

That box the laptop is sitting on is all the stuff that I need to get entered into QuickBooks to try and getting ready to get the stupid taxes done.

My office assistant was on hand, in case I needed anything and I didn't want to get up.

Actually, I sat there for about 2 1/2 hours and made really good progress, although I still have LOTS more progress that needs to be made.  But it really was a nice and refreshing change. 

I think I'll try and do that again tonight.

Look what I made today!

Chicken Taquitos!

And they are BAKED taquitos......so it's a healthy meal!

 

 

I gathered my ingredients:  shredded chicken, black beans, white & yellow corn, salsa, monterrey jack cheese, cheddar cheese, cilantro, and egg roll wrappers.........what??? egg roll wrappers????  Yes, these taquitos are baked in the oven in egg roll wrappers.

Assemble all the ingredients together and mix it up really good. 

Then you roll it up in the egg roll wrappers.  The recipe called for Cumin......but I can't stand to eat any food that has Cumin in it.  I can't stand the smell of it and unfortunately my husband LOVES it.  So........I portioned out some of the filling and added cumin to it just for him.

Had to separate the Cumin laced taquitos.......I'd have a fit if I ended up accidently biting into one of those.  After you put them on a butter sprayed cookie sheet.....you spray the tops of them with the butter spray as well.

Let them bake for about 30 minutes until they are golden brown.  I had to keep flipping mine so that they browned on each side.  I served mine with a little lettuce, tobasco sauce, and guacamole on top.  They were a big hit in this house and we'll plan on eating them again.

The filling can be changed up like adding spinach, chicken and cheese or adding different vegetables.  The egg roll wrappers were nice and light and were actually better than if we'd put them in a flour tortilla.  I will be experimenting with these again the near future.