I'm not normally a cranky person but I'm feeling cranky. There are a few people at work not doing what they need to do and it's trickling down to what I need to be doing and it's making me get behind.

And a lot of the residents are super cranky and lashing out at me about whatever is going on for them.

And it's really hot in here. No air conditioning but I have a fan but also my phone sucks and a lot of people calling in have bad phones or talk really quietly so I have to keep turning off my fan to eliminate the noise to get a better shot at hearing what they are saying on the phone.

I'm very glad we have Thursday off.

I found a recipe for vegan cornbread. :) I will simply leave out the sugar.

I hate sweet cornbread! Why not just crumble yellow cake over a plate of greens?

YES! I get so annoyed when I bite into cornbread and it's sweet. Now I just take a pinch to test it before committing. When I make it I like to add in a little garlic and cumin.

Sorry, I am a dissenting vote. Even though my location is temporarily listed in NY, and Chicago is my adopted hometown with an Indianapolis birthtown, I am from strong Southern roots.

The cornbread I prefer is sweet. Yes, Johnny Cakes are good, but you're right, they are sweet and don't belong with my red beans or black-eye peas.

I love a red bean stew poured over not-sweet cornbread....

My daughter used to love Johnny Cakes for breakfast with a little honey on them. I should remind her of that.

I love cornbread of both types, unsweet and sweet, but definitely only unsweet with greens or peas/beans.

However . . .

I admit I love

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Now they also make a vegetarian corn muffin mix. The only difference is the regular mix has lard in it and the vegetarian version uses vegetable shortening. When I was a girl I'd make a box of jiffy cornbread mix up and think I was quite the cook. Sometimes I'd double the recipe, use two boxes, and then I fancied myself quite the chef.

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Me too, me too! My Mom bought me the Jiffy cake mixes to use in my E-Z Bake Oven! (I had the 1960s turquoise model.) I would serve tiny slices to my family for dessert. (Fortunately only a family of four.)

I had a turquoise E-Z Bake Oven too! Sometimes I ate the mixes straight from the packaging. When my sister busted me, crouched behind the oven with cake mix all over my face, threatened to tell, I converted her on over to my way of thinking - welcome to the dark side. :daywalker: :2nddaywalker:

I didn't cook when I was little. :( *sniveling and feeling left out*
LOL!


And don't do too much of it as an adult but branching out some with food changes over to vegan. It is a good thing.

Thanks for posting that there is vegan cornbread. You made my day!
:)

The awesome time I had while relaxing down at the coast.... feeling pretty majorly stuffed since Brunch, tho. But I guess it's time to go raid the freezer and find some non-diary ice-cream to savor before bedtime (Toasted Coconut or Key Lime).

*** Yawn ***

Was a recalcitrant child, who had gender issues as a kid, refusing to learn to cook beside my mom. Rather be climbing a tree.

What I learned of cooking was (ironically) from a long ago ex-spouse who had the patience to make a roux for seafood gumbo in of all places, Chicago.
Joy of Cooking has many good recipes, some of which are actually fairly easy to follow. It is my cooking bible.

Btw, assembling the ingredients for the seafood gumbo took as much (or more) patience in 1980 Chicago as the roux. I dub him a saint!

Cooking is not my forte. TG, my Partner can cook. Canned and frozen food all the time would be boring.
However, once we made the most twisted and misshapen Indian samosas. Our friends were fearful when offered one. Tasted good, but scary looking so we got to keep many for ourselves...yum!

I think Chicago takes a hold of one and makes them do things they'd NEVER consider doing in a million years otherwise!

I fear one of my trip there I'll be lead in to some kind of debauchery and never be heard from again.........:giggle:

Her....

I brought her from Virginia to Oklahoma, to a safe place.

I took a gigantic risk, hoping it will pay off.

All of our things have been moved and are in a safe place. I am hoping we find a place of our own soon. My family has been very gracious during this transition but finding a new home is moving up on my list of priorities.

Also, summer is almost over and kindergarten is almost here. Where did the time go?!

A copperhead I killed in backyard about 15 minutes ago ... I was about to let pups out for last pee break but first I always walk the backyard with flood lights on and head lamp ... there he was slithering along in front of the shed and that is the very place they all go to pee ... tapped him on the head with a board. I tire of hiding bodies. The pups knew nothing about him when they all went and peed in front of the shed.

Bye bye Mr. No Shoulders! I hate, absolutely hate these snakes that crawl all over these woods.

I put him on a wooden pallet, took a photo of him and posted it in my gallery.

Don't just dislike snakes, hate them and they scare me. Some bad hutch hiker. My Partner is terrified of spiders...oh, tough ex- Eagle scout leader. I believe some fears are hard wired....snakes and spiders would be good choices.

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Damn RockOn..a copperhead...no joke those snakes...glad for
your pups.

Greco

Today the job I'm trying for is on my mind. I had the interview last Friday and the presentation. It went really well. They said I should know by tomorrow. So of course they are waiting until the last minute. Hope I hear something soon!

Hey Princess ...
 

Best wishes about the job. The waiting is so hard. I don't know about you but for me, I don't wait well.

Still no word. Bah!

When my Amazon order is going to arrive. I've never had anything ordered through them take so long to get here.

M
 

Indeed.

Greco



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Chicago and when I should plan my next get-a-way there......:flying:

Well, I did not get that job. However, I am positive that this just wasn't the right direction for me. I'm meant for something else. :)
This week has been horrible. Harlow has been so so sick. She's finally feeling better and it is so nice to not have to stress as much today.

Here's to a nice quiet weekend.

On my mind
 

The way humans react to me in public. There is usually a look by one person followed by whispering between that person and the other people in the group then everyone turns around to look at me with disgust followed by more whispering. So not fun!

Thank goodness I am strong and confident.

:blink:

Lots of things...... My Mom and her Alzheimer’s, my sister and her health issues, work, etc. :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

We were just discussing it the other day - Where the heck is Gayandgray? Good to see you back :)

Be The Good
 

Cooking Mexican food is weighing heavily on my mind.
 

I found a new (to me) website called Mexican Please. I think it's the best site I have found on the basics of Mexican cooking to date. I expected it to be produced by a sparkly eyed Latina, but it's by a gent who lived in Mexico for awhile and bothered to learn to cook their cuisine. I think he teaches the basics really well.

I will admit that I'm a Mexican food snob. I grew up on it living in Cali. Did my Mom cook it? Yeah no, except for tacos. It was my friends and the restaurants. I lived in Texas for quite some time and thought the Mexican food there would be fabulous. EEEEKKKKKKK, no offense to the locals but that Tex Mex is not for me. I'm really spoiled by California Mexican food.

This site is wonderfully authentic and I can't wait to try some of the recipes. The education starts with salsa. To expand my repertoire I want to try these.



Off to get groceries, and you know what will be in my bag :)

Coconut Thai Curry hummus sounds like a good idea. However, it is not. It might be better if whoever developed it hadn't had such a heavy hand with the spices, because it is so red-pepper spicy I almost can't eat it. I certainly can't taste the garbanzo beans at all.

The upcoming teacher orientation week......it's going to be brutal....i just know it....

deep breath......and sigh :praying:

No more one or two bedroom apartments, and only two three bedroom units still left at the new development. The place is filling up fast and by the end of this week, if not already, I'm sure there will only be four bedroom apartments still available. I'm glad I got in but nervous about making the move. There is a farmer's market a couple of miles away. Other than that all services are five miles or further by car, and that's one way. However the weekday commute will be easier for J and It's on my son's way home from work. He'll stop by at least once every week. So I won't be completely stuck on my own out in the sticks. I guess any change, if even for the better isn't without hassle, has its pros and cons. Good thing I'm trying to eat healthier. I'm sure odds of getting a cheap pizza delivered out that way will be next to none.

On my mind
 

I was thinking how I would like a home made pizza, like my ex use to make. She would buy a pie crust, roll the edges, line up the toppings and pop it in the oven, better than store bought for sure. Add all the goodies you like at a lot less price.