You know, once your HEMI hits 100,000 miles, there is a feeling of pride, accomplishment, and well, in my case, utter shock. I've never owned a vehicle that lasted long enough to get that many miles. For the most part, I get rid of a vehicle after about 3 years no matter what I owe or what it's worth. But, from the first time I got in my truck, I knew I had to have it and keep it.
What's in store for my truck? well, I still owe on it - about a year. Once it's paid off, I am hoping to let it hang out and use it as we need to. Then, when Tyler turns 16, he will either get the truck or I will pass my 'vehicle after the truck' on to him. I'll just have to wait and see how things are going when Tyler reaches the scary age of legal driving.
In the meantime, I have been busy online, too. See, I may have mentioned on here that my Aunt sent me a shoebox full of cards. If I haven't mentioned it, well, there ya go - she did!
There were so many cards, I had to break the posts into four separate discussions!
Baseball Edition
Football Edition
Hockey Edition
And "The everything else" edition
Feel free to check those out, but I warn you, the baseball one is pretty long!
I have also been adding to "A pack to be Named Later" where the card-collecting community is trying to open at least one pack of every kind of trading card ever made. My latest "creation?" A post in which I used "The Cat in the Hat" as the launching pad for a post about a couple packs of cards that were made in conjunction with the movie starring Mike Meyers. Wanna read it? sure you do... It's right HERE...
I have also been visiting Mom in the hospital every day (except today - Wednesday - because I got home late from a work-related road trip). She is battling whatever it is that is making her intestines go haywire. I am going to talk to her doctor about it myself. It's basically gone on for two years, and it's way beyond letting things simply go on like they are just because they can't figure out what's wrong. Sometimes, you have to stop trying to find out what's wrong and just move forward with getting life back to normal, or as close to whatever 'normal' will be.
I know that seems impatient of me, and much of it comes from the frustration of it all. I'm sure I'll calm down eventually. :-)
I'm also working on my next installment of "40 Things..." So be looking for that soon!
Jun 3, 2009
Jun 2, 2009
The HEMI turns 100 (thousand)
While driving in to work today, my HEMI hit the 100,000 mile mark!
We live in a rural community called "Redland" that is just outside the Prescott city limits. One of our "neighbors" posted a "Redland City Limits" sign in their yard as a joke. As it turns out, I hit the 100,000-mile mark just as I reached the sign:
It reads, "Now leaving REDLAND CITY LIMITS."
We live in a rural community called "Redland" that is just outside the Prescott city limits. One of our "neighbors" posted a "Redland City Limits" sign in their yard as a joke. As it turns out, I hit the 100,000-mile mark just as I reached the sign:
It reads, "Now leaving REDLAND CITY LIMITS."
May 30, 2009
May 28, 2009
Man, three days already?
I can't believe it's been three days since I last put something on here. I guess it's because I usually update my Facebook and then forget all about writing things on here. Or maybe I'm just losing my mind. Either way...
The good news is that I had my annual employee evaluation on Wednesday. I know, that's not usually a starting point for good news. In my case, it was good news. I'm still gainfully employed. When I have two bosses, plus at least two people from each school district we serve chiming in on my performance, I am never really sure how things will go. Granted, I have a good idea of how I'm doing in general, but if you've ever had an eval, you know that things can come up that you had forgotten about or that seemed minor to you but important to someone else. It is the nature of things. In my case, I have some areas of improvement, but that is how everyone's eval should go. I mean, if we didn't have to grow, then why bother working there anymore?
My aunt found a box of trading cards and asked if I wanted them. Of course! Little did I realize this was a jumbo shoebox full of cards - baseball, hockey, football, and who knows what else. It'll take me a while to go through them! I'm looking forward to it big time - yeah, I'm a big kid...
More to come...
The good news is that I had my annual employee evaluation on Wednesday. I know, that's not usually a starting point for good news. In my case, it was good news. I'm still gainfully employed. When I have two bosses, plus at least two people from each school district we serve chiming in on my performance, I am never really sure how things will go. Granted, I have a good idea of how I'm doing in general, but if you've ever had an eval, you know that things can come up that you had forgotten about or that seemed minor to you but important to someone else. It is the nature of things. In my case, I have some areas of improvement, but that is how everyone's eval should go. I mean, if we didn't have to grow, then why bother working there anymore?
My aunt found a box of trading cards and asked if I wanted them. Of course! Little did I realize this was a jumbo shoebox full of cards - baseball, hockey, football, and who knows what else. It'll take me a while to go through them! I'm looking forward to it big time - yeah, I'm a big kid...
More to come...
May 25, 2009
Memorial Day
Those are the grilled pineapples I made for our Memorial Day cookout. They were okay, but something was a little off. I've never made them like this before, so I won't know until next time what's off... My recipe went something like this:
1 - medium-to-large pineapple, cut into half-inch or 3/4-inch thick rings (or something akin to rings) and decored (or whatever the culinary term is)
1 TBSP - Lemon Juice
2 TBSP - Honey
3 TBSP - Brown Sugar
1 dash - Cinnamon
1 gallon-sized zippered baggie
Mix the ingredients together for the glaze to get a nice consistency. Shouldn't be too runny, but not molasses either. If too thick, add a little lemon juice at a time. If too runny, add your flavor of choice (I prefer brown sugar!).
Baste each side of each pineapple ring, and do the edges. Heck, do the middle of the ring while you're at it! Place each ring into the baggie as you are done with it. When you have basted all the rings, pour the remaining glaze into the baggie and gently massage it throughout the baggie over as many of the rings as you can. Lay the baggie flat on a fridge shelf. Let the rings marinate for about 15-20 minutes in the refrigerator, then turn the baggie over for another 15-20 minutes.
Remove the baggie from the fridge and lay each slice on a medium-heat grill. If you prefer, you can lightly spray non-stick oil on the racks (before you light the grill), but I prefer to just stick 'em on there and go for it. You can also use the juice in the baggie as a baste while you are cooking the slices.
Cook each side for NO MORE than 4 minutes, then flip the slices over and do the other side (again, NO MORE than 4 minutes). This will give nice grill marks without overcooking the slices.
Enjoy! (I saved the top for decoration - yeah, I've been watching too much Food Network!)
I caught Emily feeding her goats this afternoon:
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