bbq and sleeping

What fun we had at the Pork & Brew! AM and I were the "sample girls" and had a really great time meeting and talking to people. The owners plus my husband were there also to answer sales questions. I even got a bit sunburned! Yeouch!! It's faded a little today and is more tolerable. Sunday we mostly vegged on the couch and had leftover bbq from Saturdays event. Not much on the horizon this week, should be pretty quiet.

*snooze*

I <3 CC

Reading and writing, no arithmatic please.

So I'm inspired. (or) I'm so inspired. Nope, don't really like either but you get what I'm meaning. I'm reading other blogs and websites and they really inspire me to write more often. Even if I'm babbling. Which more often than not happens in my head as I think about what topic to write about in the first place. But today I've read so many blogs and here I am, writing. But I'm stopping to make note that I think I'm allergic to my shampoo and conditioner. Which makes me so sad. It's new and I really like the smell. And to a more personal note, my scalp has been hurting and the only thing I can think of is that it's my new shampoo. I've tried changing everthing else and it's really the only thing that is new and I haven't changed it. So there's that.

It snowed last night! I had 3 inches on my car this morning! Phew! Good thing we had the long snow broom. Only a little ice on the windshield so it wasn't too hard. But it was kinda funny b/c I think I'm the only one up in the neighborhood at 7:15 in the morning and the 2 minutes of scraping was really loud this morning! HA!! I felt a little embarassed and wanted to stop but really, if I don't get that little layer of ice of the front windshield I'm outta luck and can't leave for work.

On to the Pork & Brew tomorrow to cut and serve samples with AM. Yay! I'm going tonight to get throw away aprons for us to wear. Should be fun.

:)

new job -sorta, not really

I don't think I've mentioned my catering adventures yet. MAD Catering. MAD is Mother And Daughter. Yup, it's me and my Mom. :) We have our next job lined up for next month catering the jail ministry lunch/conference at church. It's a breakfast and lunch deal. Continental lunch and we are going to offer hot bbq sandwiches. Meaning pulled pork and chicken on kaiser rolls. Pasta salad and chips. For dessert (there always HAS to be a dessert) we'll offer white sheet cake, brownies and lemon squares. Those are our signature desserts that we always offer. Except in winter when the lemon squares are replaced by carrot cake or something else. We are going this weekend to look at new aprons and hopefully get these embroidered! Yay! Red aprons are what we are hoping for is white lettering. We hope the lettering looks something like this:

MAD C a t e r i n g.

Or something where the catering part is streched out and the MAD is close together. I'm excited about it!! :) We were going to give the client the option of cold hoagie sandwiches, but decided it would be easier on us to just focus on one meal and offer just that option.

Yay! MAD Catering!!!

Alicia

I <3>

New place, new outlook.

We've moved! Yay! No more loud neighbors above us! No more drug dealers next door! No more landlord that doesn't enforce the rules! Yay!

We are very happily in a one story four plex. It was so quiet Saturday morning when we got up. We have a bird in the backyard that happily chirps away in the morning and as loud as that is, it's WAY better than the other noises we've been dealing with over the last 8 months. The hubby bbq'd last night and I baked on Saturday, we feel like we are home and happy. I made some cookies from another blogsite that I read daily. And also some chocolate chip cinnamon rolls that were just to die for. The recipe is in the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. Mmm, it made tons so we had Sunday breakfast and this mornings breakfast, and will have some probably for tomorrows breakfast. Yum!
Also on Saturday morning, we went to take a family photo for the new church directory. Honestly I can't believe how nice I look in the photo. If I'm not careful my ego is gonna inflate! LOL It really is a nice photo of all 3 of us. Hopefully we can purchase the photo of me and the hubby at a later date as they save the photos for one year. Meanwhile we are going to stick with the free 8x10 that they are giving away. The directories will be out in about 3 weeks and I can't wait to see everyones photos.

All in all-- I'm just so glad that we are away from that awful situation at the other apartments. And here we thought that since we were paying so much more that it would be that much more wonderful. Wrong!


Ahhhhhh-

Alicia

I <3 CC

Sneaky Business

Yay! I'm off to do my "sneaky business" this afternoon. Should be all finished up by Saturday night! Not going to tell what my sneakiness is about yet. Perhaps on Monday I'll be able to blog and tell all about it. Not able to blog at home yet, computer is being a stinky butt. I'm excited! Yay!

Plus I'm off right after 3pm today so that's getting me excited too. Gonna pick up the kiddo from track practice. I'm looking forward to watching him run.

-Alicia

I <3 CC

upcoming events

Okay, day 2 of no allergy meds. Feelin' okay. Nose kinda itchy, but I think I'll survive.

So I'm set on making these brownie bites, that we buy from the bakery at Albertson. I'm really wanting to make them. But due to homelife right now, I may have to wait until next week to bake anymore. Will post when I get them made. On the good side of this coming weekend is my nephews 3rd birthday! Woo hoo! I can't believe he's 3 already. His parents are having it at a local park and it should be nice. I've got my kiddos 12 birthday coming up next month and we are praying for no rain on his birthday so we can have a bbq up at the foothills. More on that later also. Not sure why I mention that, don't know that anyone really reads this blog. I guess it's turning into something for future reference. Perhaps I should start out with "Dear Alicia" or something of that sort. LOL But I do have secret things happening right now that really makes it difficult for me to post in case someone else IS reading these...."highly suspect"!

-Alicia

I <3 CC

Will the misery ever end?

My allergies are still bothering me. 3 weeks and counting...will the misery ever end? I'm taking Benadryl at night (which is wonderful) and then an Alavert in the morning. And still have the sniffling/sneezing all day. At least my eyes aren't itchy, that's the worst! I did try Claritin too but it no work so good. It's the Juniper, when it's in full bloom, I'm at my worst. And the count is really high right now. Some rain would help, but none on the forcast.

ugh--*sneeze*

Alicia

I <3 Benadryl

cakey chocolate chip cookies

Yay! I baked cookies! Chocolate chip this time. I was going to bake chocolate chocolate chip cookies, but didn't have any dark chocolate on hand. So I used the basic recipe in my Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. But added 1/2 cup of oats and about an extra cup (or so) of flour. The reason I do this is because the hubby doesn't like hard cookies. And after a day or so, the flat crispy cookies are hard as a rock! So adding the extra flour makes them more "cakey" and they last a little longer. Of course I'm really learning to not bake all the dough in one night. But I'd like to get a better "keeper" for the dough while it's in the fridge. So to sum up--yay cookies!

Oh and in response to yesterdays rant, I do need to mention that when I finally give up and move on, that's when things work out. ??? Strange but that's the way it is. :)


Until I add more flour-

Alicia

I <3 CC

Confession

So I'm here to admit I'm a "chaser". Chasing after stuff I want. Yes you could also call this pursuing, but I like "chaser". This can yield great results at times. It gives me the confidence to ask for a discount on shoes that have a little imperfection. Which is NEVER a bad thing. But on the flip side it means I can get frustrated if I feel my efforts (aka: "chasing") aren't working out. I try NOT to be a chaser. I get tired of it. MOST of the time, my chasing doesn't work out. For example: pursuing a friendship. This is the most frustrating this IN THE WORLD! But do know that I'm not being pushy or smoothering mothering either. I have my space and know other people have theirs. But I think it gets to a point where I feel my efforts are being pushed away and I finally give up. Or another example is trying to get people to care. At times I feel I'm the only one that does! So that is currently where I'm at today. I'm giving up. I'm done chasing. Back to my shoes--it always works out better with the shoes.

Alicia

I <3 CC