Dad’s Chex mix

Well it’s anyone’s Chex mix but my dad made it too. Tonight I made an a gluten free version with rice and corn Chex, cashews, peanuts, and gluten free pretzels.

Howdy! I’m learning to cook and you can come along with me. I just want to document what I make and how I’m progressing.

Day one - November 1, 2018
Pan chicken with mushrooms and onions.

Cook chicken and let sit 

Mix in onion, wine, chicken stock, butter and mushrooms .. let simmer for 10 minutes. Serve over chicken. 

We has asparagus too.. 

Rothbury in frames

small disclaimer.. I am not the biggest "Dead" fan (although i love the Grateful Dead) but i was only allowed to shoot them, so i took my chance.. (I apologize for the many Dead photos)






Lebo painting at The Dead
Crowd at the Dead from the front
Bus
Water line
Retreat in the woods
food vendors
WILLIE
WILLIE
And Dillon wuldn't let you shoot him unless you were 5 feet from the front row.. WTF??? I mean we all know you are ugly, but that just solidifies that you are ugly in more than one way.... so i took this just cause i could.

summer travels

So it has been a long month of moving. Lots of lifting and packing, lifting and unpacking. I tend to forget how much i hate lifting and packing, lifting and unpacking between moves, but i have to say that change is good...

The day we moved into Indianapolis, we saw Phish. it was a great show, but weird. I have never heard of a venue telling over half of the attendees to leave the venue, go to their cars and wait an hour for a huge storm to pass. They sent the keyboard player out to tell everyone to leave the venue, if they were not seated under the Pavilion. We were lucky to have tickets under the pavilion, so we stuck it out inside and dry, but when we got home, we had a few large items outside including a couch and a number of shelving units that were soaked. We had a LARGE tree branch from the neighbors tree across our entire driveway. CRAZY!!! what a welcome.

We then went up to the music festival in Michigan, Rothbury. It is a great place with a great vibe and had a line up worth driving a few hours for.. I would have been a little happier with last years line up, but beggars can't be choosers, right? It is a four day festival and one of my favorite bands were getting back together after a few years off, to play this one (well not really, but for the most part) show. String Cheese Incident always throws a party, and this time was no different.

There were hoopers, big bouncy balls, LARGE bouncy balls and aerial dancers... it was great....
not to mention Willie Nelson played!!! Oh yeah, the Dead were there and that was one of the biggest disappointments i have seen since 2007. they sounded bad, Warren Hains does NOT fit in that band, no matter what you think of his playing, and i like it! and Bobby just looks BAD! someone needs a haircut and a good shave.
But that's just me. there were a lot of people, that i can only assume doesn't see a lot of new music and wanted to hear the songs, no matter how they sounded... But to be honest, i think the 40,000 + people would have had the same if not better experience if they had Dark Star Orchestra for the headliner... (look them up if you don't get it, you will)
We drove straight back after Bob Dillon started and got home about 3AM. it is always good to be in your own bed, even after sleeping in your own blow up bed in your tent.
The next weekend we headed down to Louisville for the Forecastle festival. What a great experience. Widespread panic was headlining and it was awesome. I had never been to Louisville and as a whiskey drinker, how could i not have a good time.. Every drink was a whiskey drink. I got some great video that i am still working on, but will post it. But they sounded great, the festival was run great and right on the river, great shade trees in the park and everyone was so nice!!!!
we stayed for both shows but left right after the second show to head home, again the dogs need us and it's great to sleep in your own bed.... and after all this time, I haven't had a lot of time in my own bed.
I tried to get some stuff done before we had to leave three days later for my family reunion in VA. The family reunion was amazing and we had a great time picking crabs, throwing cousin in the pool, cannon ball contest and of course EATING and DRINKING with family around the pool! nothing is better. my family rocks..
but with all that, i am still feeling like we have been on the road. Driving away from Va the other day, i was thinking of the house in Denver everytime i said home.. i still don't feel at home, but now that the traveling is over, it's time to make this house a home...

The count down is on...

We are moving!!! place has been found, 30 notice has been given to our current landlords and my two week work notice was accepted yesterday.. this is happening.. Crazy. But moving is fun, hard, exciting, exhausting and all at the same time..

So there is much to see and do before we go. SO, as the famous "What About Eve" Quote, "Hang on, It's going to be a bumpy night"...

I had the "oh my god, what did i just do" feeling at the pit of my stomach when i walked out of my manager's office, but it felt better to say when i told the HR woman. I think with each passing day it will be easier and easier. But in the mean time, I will be sitting here for the next two weeks and plugging along.

Time for lunch. I will update more at snack time..

Airplane

Airplane

Sittin' around, waiting for an airplane
Don't know how to fly, but that's okay
Got me a pilot, she's going my way
If she's got wings, if she's got wings

Sittin' around, waiting for the mailman
I don't how he could be so slow
My good friend said you wrote me a letter
Must have been a year ago

Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving out

Sittin' around, watching the rainfall
I don't know how it could rain so long
They say the ocean, she is a woman
Who waits for her man to come home

Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving out

Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving out
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving out
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving out
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving

Sittin' around, waiting for an airplane
Don't know how to fly, but that's okay
I got me a pilot, she's going my way
If she's got wings, if she's got wings
If she's got wings, if she's got wings
If she's got wings, if she's got wings

Snack Time

Big day in Denver

Tonight is game 5 of this round of playoff games. we are playing the Mavericks.. Since there is not much love lost between these two teams, tonight is promising to be a doozey.. Even if you don't really care for basketball, these games have been so exciting and full of last minute changes.. I will be watching for sure.

Just a heads up that i will not be posting for the next few days. the regular posts and snack updates will resume on Tuesday.... and i might even have some news, but you will have to check back on Tuesday to see what is going down..

sorry for such a short post today.. but i gotta get things moving.
Here are your reasons to celebrate today:

Today is National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day, a day to open an umbrella indoors and see if anything bad happens, sponsored by Thomas Knibb of Walkersville, Maryland.

Today si National Nightshift Workers Day.

Today is National Receptionists Day.

Today is Root Canal Appreciation Day

Today is Good Samaritan Involvement Day, a time to be unselfish and get involved to help others.

Today is Uncle Sam Day. On March 13, 1852, the New York Lantern first featured the Uncle Sam character. Uncle Sam came to be a symbol of American patriotism. The nickname of Uncle

Today is Earmuffs Day. Chester Greenwood of Maine patented earmuffs on this date in 1887.

Today is Commonwealth Day in the United Kingdom.

1975: Singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette were divorced after a stormy 6-year marriage.

1982: John Jaszowski of Milwaukee hit 12 consecutive strikes to become the youngest bowler ever to roll a perfect game. John was 11 years old.

1983: The Larry King Live show premiered on CNN.

1987: Bryan Adams' "Heat of the Night" became the first commercially released cassette single in the U.S.

1988: Gallaudet University, a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired since 1864 in Washington, D.C., chose I. King Jordan to become the school's first deaf president.

1990: A blind man robbed a bank in Vallejo, California, then asked the teller to guide him out of the building. She refused, and he was still trying to find his way out when police arrived.

1991: Romanian peasant Calin Florea dug up his prize German-made Lanz tractor, which he had buried in his garden 35 years earlier to prevent a communist co-op from confiscating it. He cleaned the engine and it cranked right up.

1996: The Nigerian news agency reported that a woman waiting in line three hours for gasoline gave birth to a baby girl. Others in line at the service station nicknamed the baby "Fuel Crisis."

1997: A lock of British naval hero Lord Nelson's hair sold at auction for $8,096.

2002: President Bush declared Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was a menace and had to be dealt with, and Osama bin Laden had been reduced to a marginal figure in the war on terrorism.

2002: On Fox's "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce whipped Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice.

2006: U.S. Customs agents in California found 250 bogus billion dollar bills while investigating a man charged with currency smuggling. The investigation led agents to a West Hollywood apartment where they found the stash of yellowing and wrinkled one billion dollar bills with an issue date of 1934 and bearing a picture of President Grover Cleveland.

Snack Time

Everything is coming to an end

Joan Rivers is the newest Celebrity Apprentice, The brother and sister team won the Amazing Race, (I was rooting for Margie and Luke!!) and In days we will know the fate of Coach and Taj and the others stuck on the survivor island.. very exciting..
I am looking forward to a few weeks of no TV that i feel i have to watch. All these shows start at once and end at once, that sometimes i feel hostage to the DVR night after night.
If you are a long time reader, than you know i am an avid baseball fan. Well this time of year there are a ton of games to watch, not to mention that your beloved Nuggets have made it into the finals for the NBA, and right now, being a Denver resident and an employee for Marc Cuban, i feel i have to watch his team get their asses handed to them.. Game five in the mile high!!! Lets see Cuban try to talk shit on our turf. Something tells me he wouldn't make it back to his private jet on one piece.
So, talking about the Nuggets. I do think it is funny how inked up all our players are. I mean putting them even next to the Dallas team, too funny.. I guess we might have better artists out here.. think that's it???

well it seems that spring has sprung in the mountain states.. It has been beautiful the last few days out here. WE are going to be flying back east for a few days, just in time to see some rain. perfect.

I missed snack yesterday. but i heard it was something like chili Fritos and Doritos etc... sounds pretty nasty to me.. I was plugging away, and when i looked up at the clock it was already 2:30. sorry if you are keeping score..
Well here are the things to tip a glass to for this fine Tuesday.

Tasmanian Devil Week begins today. More Tasmanian devils are born this week than any other week of the year.(not that you need to know this, but my dad always called me the Tasmanian Devil growing up, so i am taking this day as a celebration of me, thanks dad!!!....)

Today is National Nutty Fudge Day. (ohhhh, i hope there is a no-nut fudge day coming up soon)

Today is National Nonsense Day. (and i mean it)

Today is National Windmill Day. (It's big in Europe)

Today is Odometer Day. William Clayton invented the odometer on this date in 1847 as he crossed the U.S. plains in a covered wagon. (Dang it, mine has not worked in about three months, can i still celebrate it????)

1978: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would alternate using men’s and women’s names for hurricanes. Previously, only women’s names had been used, and some complained it wasn’t fair that women got all the attention for causing damage and destruction.

1985: With 13 top ten pop hits, Lionel Richie received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from his alma mater, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

1989: Joe Valdez Caballero died at age 81. He invented the hard taco shell. (my personal hero)

1992: Thirty men and two women from nine nations reached the summit of Mount Everest, the most climbers to reach the peak in one day.

2003: Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers brought the Texas House to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.

2003: Ten cows survived after falling down a 50-foot cliff in San Francisco. Witnesses saw the herd sliding over the cliff. Two cows had to be put down, but a vet said the others were not hurt.

have a great tuesday!!!

Snack Time

Have no idea about these, they say there is a liquid center.. Kinda sounds nasty to me, so i will take them home and have my boyfriend try them first..
my personal guinna pig :)

I bet you thought I gave up again…

But you are wrong. I just had some personal business to attend to yesterday and didn’t get any time to even look at my blog. But I am back to the grind today and all I can say is that I very much need a weekend and some rest.

So, who went to orpah’s site this week and got a chicken coupon? Yup, me too. But I heard today that they may not be honoring the coupons right now. The Oprah website says that they are no longer giving the coupons out, but then there is a entry right under that one that says the restaurant will supply you with the paperwork to get a rain check for a meal. This is NUTS. What did they expect was going to happen when they announced they would give coupons for free food, in this economy, on the highest rated talk show catering to women??? We all love something for free… Who doesn’t? I want my chicken.

So speaking of free stuff, Mars corp tried to give free candy bars away starting at &am mountain time today. We set our alarm and got up in time to pee and turn on the computer only to see that the whole site had crashed.. again. Giving away free things during this economy will crash your site.. what are you thinking??? Right now, at 10:30am I am still getting major issues with the site.. so much for a free lunch and candy bar.

And of course I can’t let this gem of a news topic go by without a small acknowledgment.. MANNY TAKING FEMALE HORMONES??? WTF??? I know he’s a bitch, but I didn’t know he was taking pills to be that way. What a cheat. Personally I think if I got caught cheating at my job, whatever that is, I would be fired on the spot.. why not baseball players? I don’t think 50 games is enough (although I am glad the Rockies get to play the Dodgers in a few weeks without Manny) I think he should be kicked out all together and no chance of going with another team in a year.. Let him become a truck driver or something.

If you need something to celebrate today, here’s your list.

Today is No Socks Day. Tom and Ruth Roy of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, urge everyone to conserve laundry energy by not wearing socks

Today is Military Spouse Appreciation Day.

Today is World Red Cross Day.

Today is National Coconut Cream Pie Day.

Today is V-E Day, marking Germany's surrender in World War II. It's also Remembrance Day, a time to honor the memories of those who died in World War II, sponsored by the UN.

Today is Liberation Day in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and Victory Day in France.

And the major events that have happened on this day since my time on earth began.

1977: County Commissioners in Parker County voted Buck Naked, Texas, out of existence. They decided that Buck Naked’s road signs caused too many misunderstandings. Residents had chosen the name as a joke.

1982: Veteran record producer Neil Bogart died of cancer at age 39. He had launched the careers of Kiss, Donna Summer, and Joan Jett.

1984: As "Happy Days" wound down its final season on ABC-TV, Joanie and Chachi got married and Fonzie filed papers to adopt a son. With Ron Howard and Anson Williams already gone, the series starred Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, and Scott Baio.

1989: A 23-year-old University of Kansas student died from injuries suffered when a soft drink machine fell on him. He had rocked the machine after it took his money but didn’t release a drink. He was the 9th American killed by overturned vending machines in a 3-year period.

1990: The U.S. issued patent #4,922,921 for the Self Breath Tester, a plastic mask that allows you to smell your own exhaled breath.

1992: Fresh Prince Will Smith and songwriter Sheree Zampino were married.

1999: Tesco, Britain’s largest supermarket chain, began testing its lemon meringue pies, fruit tarts, and egg custards to make sure they were safe to throw at people. A new pie-flinging craze prompted the chain’s concern.

2001: A bungling armed raider threatened a bank teller with a pistol in Bordeaux, France, and demanded $13,700. When the teller said he didn't have nearly that much, the bandit lowered his demand to $6,800. When the clerk again refused, the robber asked to withdraw a small amount of cash from his own account. The asked for his identity card. Police captured the suspect at his home.