Old gnarly finally falls

So, it was a nice day today! Near everyone was over for dinner and we had some fun, one friend came over for dinner and another brought his family up to the lake for the weekend! It was Nice! The trailer was already clean so all I had to do was kick back and relax! HOW NICE!
My Niece and Nephews came up today, my sister and I took them on a walk in the woods along with a friend, it was REALLY nice, the trails had finally dried up! No more HUGE puddles of mud to contend with and no more herding the kids away from them either! I was able to get some nice pictures while I was walking, I was able to get a picture of “old gnarly’s” grave also, that is an old tree in the woods that had a ton of “masses” on it, the tree final fell this last winter.
I received a call from my aunt today telling me that her computer would not go on line? After checking her I.P. information I figured the problem was in her laptop, that was NOT the case! The modem was throwing up false information and telling me it was on line when in fact it was NOT! I restarted the modem and back on line we were. I decided to do some cleanup on the laptop also, it had been running for seven months with NO maintenance at all, SO! I ran disk cleanup………..8.8Gig……that is how much needed to be cleaned up in the system! HOLY COW! The most I’d seen up till today was 2Gig? Then I wiped all the cookies and installed AdAware and Spybot Search and destroy, they found and fixed 21 other problems and the machine ran MUCH better!I also cranked the virtual ram up to 4095 from 1250, that helped the system speed also, it ran like new once again!
I started the day out like it should be started, two HOT cups of coffee and a sweet snack! OH YEAH! I needed it though, I had taken both Pseudoephedrine and Diphenhydramine, that combination completely wipes me out, I needed the caffeine to wake me up!
I should head off for now, I am feeling a BIT tired from the day.
Sounds funny eh?
Later!!

Me~

It begins!

The weekend is begining for me today! YES! a three day weekend!
My Mon and sister will be coming over tomorrow to help make dinner for Saturday, most of the family will be there and we will need a BIG dinner to feed all 15 of us, LOTS of food!
I really should finish the brakes on my Bravada, I still need to bleed a bit of air out of it and I need to free the calipers in the rear, both have rusted up because of setting for months before I picked it up.
I should head off for now, 3:30am can=me EARLY today and I REALLY need coffee!
See ya!

Me~~

Progressive dinner

O, so a little more about that progressive dinner....... I must have been around 13 when it happened, there were like three or four houses, at each house you would have a different meal, desert, appetizer.....and so on!
The dinner was really nice, and of course different also?

That meatloaf glaze recipe I gave yesterday? my sister had a GOOD idea that I am going to try! Instead of using catchup I am going to use tomato paste, something different that sounds good?

Nothing too interesting today........well not really? I have a new plant manager now, I worked with her a few years ago and I don't mind working with her again at all. There have been MANY changes at the plant in the last month or so, some not so pleasant but most were OK, change is good! Once everything is all said and done I think things will be MUCH better than they are at the moment.

This weekend I am making two large lasagnas! OH MOMMA! LOL! My mom and sister will be helping make them so they should be done quickly I HOPE!

Later for now!

Me~~

Food, fun and memories

The weekend was nice , I cooked lunch for the family Saturday, meatloaf and mashed potatoes and black olives were on the menu! YUM! there were 14 of us there this weekend and dinner was nice! My mom, sister and sister in law all made or brought a dish also, so there was PLANTY of food for all with only a little left over. Leftover meatloaf sandwiches! YUM!!

Meatloaf for 16:
5 Lbs of beef
1 LARGE green pepper diced into small pieces
4 Ounces of dried onion
2-4Ounce cans mushrooms drained and diced into small pieces
6 Eggs
5 cups Rolled Oats
Garlic to taste
*combine all the ingrediants and cook for one hour at 350 degrees.
**I use a rectangular cake pan and form a round loaf instead of using a bread pan.
***45 minutes into the cook time drain the grease and add the glaze.

Meatloaf glaze:
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 teaspoon mustard powder
3 tsp. Tabasco chipotle salsa (use sparingly and to taste! this stuff can be HOT for those who do not appreciate spicey sauces)
*mix ingrediant and warm gently to melt the sugar.
**45 minutes into the cooking time drain the grease off the meatloaf and coat the meatloaf with the glaze.

Mashed potato's W/ skins for 16:
5Lbs. Klondike Gold Potoato's
1 Cup+/- of butter
Garlic to taste
*cut potato's into chunks (leaving the skin on) and cook till tender, drain and add butter and garlic to taste.
**You can also use Olive oil to replace some of the butter, and Italian seasoning will change the flavor also.

Gravy:
The grease drained from the meatloaf
The liquid from the Potato's
1/2 cup of flour
3/4 cup of cold water
*Combine grease and potato water and bring to a boil, in a seperate cup add flour and cold water and mix, then add flour paste to boiling liquid and heat till thickened.
**You can add garlic or any other spice to give the gravy a kick.

YA! I enjoy cooking! it is VERY relaxing for me.
Later for now!

Me~~


Memories:
An old memory came floating back to me this week, I must have been like 11 or 12, there were four or five churches that had gotten together for an Awana event, while I do not remember much about the event itself I do remember that afterword everybody spent the night at Shilo community church. It was a "lock-in" even with both the boys and girls "try that these days, you'd raise an eyebrow or three!" It was fun! there were more games and plenty of pizza, soda and junk food! YUM!
It's nice when I remeber things like this, pleasant old memories that float through your mind and run aground once in a while.

Out of sync.

It seems that I am out of sync at the moment, at the moment I have three day weekend to play with, the only problem is I end up coming home on Saturday night because I keep forgetting to get my laundry done! DOH! I can't go to church in dirty clothes can I?
I did have a nice weekend for the most part, a family behind my parents camper decided to do the "Family feud" thing Friday night....IDIOTS! It is just too bad that people can't play nice, they expect their kids to don't they?
Time to head off for now, coffee calling even though it is late.
Have a great one!

Me~~

Last day of the week

I am hoping that the day goes QUICKLY! It is the last day of the week! YES! I am NOT sure what I want to do for the weekend yet but I do know I want to finally finish the Bravada! I've been trying to finish it for a month now but things keep coming up, maybe this weekend? COULD be!
I worked in an E-coat pit for a few hours yesterday, I will be there once again today! Time to replace some pieces parts! To bad it is so hot in there!
Time to head off for now, work is calling me!
Later!

Me~~

Still working

There have been a large number of job cuts in the last couple of weeks at work, I was REALLY concerned that I would be one of those laid off, but I survived! only with God's help that is! SO many changes at the plant now, no complaints from me, I AM still there!
The early hours are going to take a while to get used to, 3:30 comes mighty stinking early! I am now a coffee addict (Like I wasn't BEFORE!) coffee keeps me going and I still enjoy my job! how cool is that?
I need to head off and find a cool spot for a while, it is even warm in the house today, some BONEHEAD left the fans on when he left for work! DOH! YA! that was ME!
Later for now!

Me~~