It was a Horrible Terrible No good very Bad week. And I can’t even move to Australia . Cause I can’t take Toby , And I’m not leaving him . Maybe I can just move to Seattle . To falsely accuse someone doing something who had absolutely nothing to so  with the issue .  Is wrong! I am the type of person if you asked did you do this ? Yes and this is why or No, I did not . But someone who is barely a coworker accused me of making a claim against me . And I’m a liar cause nobody else would do it. Why would I ? I’m trapped with you for 8 hours a day . it’s a very small office why would I stir the pot ? There was yelling and I just sat there straight faced never batted a lash.

My Boss let her to this. Which was so disappointing .  That after it was all said and done. There was no apology .“ I was going to check on you But I didn’t ”  . “ You handled yourself so well “ “ you spoke clearly and a nice tone , and very stern I couldn’t have done that “  and then “ she’s just mad and you’re a easy target to take it out on .” ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?  The week was a struggle to say the least.

Derek came home on Wednesday as usual and requested tacos which was a super easy dinner to make.  Derek and Jordan either really liked it or they were starving Cause there wasn’t much left over.

Saturday night was and interesting time. So Derek’s good friend and her friend were going for a drink and invited Derek . I opted to stay home and take a nap. But then I get a text we are going bowling do you want to come ? No , not really . Cause Jordan wanted to go bowling . And well she could not go .

Then came please , and bring them socks.  Which lets call her Amy was very nice and funny and didn’t even try to bowl. But she was good company . Then there was Derek’s bestie I take it she doesn’t drink much and probably doesn’t have the best life. But if you cannot hold the liquor don’t drink it! She was loud and using language that really wasn’t necessary especially around children who where playing beside us.

And she thought they were cheering her on . But the look on there faces was more like this crazy woman !

Then it was decided Bestie needed some food in her I was really really hoping for Cork and Pig and Bonsai it was . I was the only person who could drive. So they piled into Opal . We went a block and they sat us quickly. But here came the loud voice again ! And she chewed with her mouth open and I don’t  know if that’s a normal thing or if it was because she had to much to drink. But I deposited them back to the bowling alley where Amy’s daughter was the uber. Amy hugged me bye and said nice meeting you . Bestie got out and I locked the doors. Then Derek got in and we went home. Where we chatted a bit about the night . And I took Benadryl unfortunately it kicked in way sooner than I thought.

But the amount of text Derek got after our return home was ridiculous “ Does she hate me ? “ Oh lord … How old are you ?

Derek finally successfully  smoked a brisket Sunday and I’m not sure who is going to eat. He attempted a stuffed piece of pork with boudain again … and it was as dry as dirt . it was awful . It went to the trash .

Jordan had to work at the hospital all weekend. So we had the situation of having to be really quiet. Cause she worked 7pm to 7am. We did our best and she slept all the way to 3ish. I think we did pretty good.  She survived a full weekend of nights. She did hint at French toast sticks for breakfast on her return.

Monday came way to early and I was up at 4:30 with Derek and whats a girl to do ? She makes French toast and turns them into stick for her not child.

And in the end we all know I can’t move to Australia , cause as the story goes even in Australia they have bad days too.

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The campus was dead , dead as door knob . Spring Break was last week and all the students were gone and the faculty were out. All left on campus was staff. And we are not that exciting let me just say . The campus is to quiet when all the students are gone. We actually look forward to them . Some may not have a lot of interaction with them. But they bring life , something to watch , talk about. I will say I have not missed flute day or horn day . My building is the Art and Music Building . But they all well return.

The weekend I am afraid to report was not much better . There was hope of a weekend getaway and it went out the window. Saturday was 3 hours wasted on watching Derek change his hub on his truck and that didn’t fix his problem . I originally was there to help, but Papu was there and he helped . I did fix my kiln and melted a wine bottle. So that was something.

We had the usual Saturday night argument of “whats for dinner ?” Huffmama chicken won ! Parmesan Chicken Meatballs were a go for Sunday lunch . Not bad . And then I tried new cake recipe and I should have quit while I was ahead with the chicken. It stuck the pan! It was a site for sore eyes. White Chocolate Raspberry Cake and that goo was all over the pan and well I didn’t even put icing on it. Next disaster was Crab Dip it was flavorless, not terrible just not what I wanted. And then the lobster meal happened again. Remember a few weeks ago I posted about lobster. Well this time there was way to much help and opinions and hands . I really should have quit cooking at the Huffmama chicken and meatballs .

Fingers crossed for a more exciting week and weekend. Only time will tell.

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It was an unusual weekend. It was to quiet for my house. Not that it’s ever a noisy house. But it was just Toby and I. Derek was off camping. Saturday was a beautiful day so I took a nap by the pool caught some vitamin D, did all of the laundry that was dropped off.  And ate pizza watched the Age of Adeline and had a cocktail !

Sunday was the day of adventure in the kitchen . So living in Texas to say we eat a ton of Mexican food in our lifetime is probably an understatement . With that being said enchiladas were on the menu and not just any enchilada Zucchini Chicken enchiladas . Replace the corn tortilla with zucchini strips, insert your chicken and roll them up . They were not terrible . But the amount of water zucchini releases when it cooks killed my green sauce. A good friend advised me last night to put salt on the zucchini to get the water out so it does not kill my green sauce next time . I will try to make them again another day . I honestly sent them out to the jury to see what they think.

The second attempt in the kitchen was a stuffed poblano pepper and I thought they turned out nothing special . Derek really like them. I’m pretty sure those will not be happening again.

Sunday turned cold and well it is March and it’s time for the cold to move on . It may rain and storm all it wants to. But the cold must move on. Not that I’m asking for 100 degree temps but those 30’s and 40’s need to move along. Sunday was also the dreaded Spring your clocks forward . We all love it once we get into the swing of things.

But the first couple of days it is a rough one even for Toby he did not want to get out of bed. But not my friend Jordan he is loving today. I’m wondering if it’s beginners luck . I wonder if it will catch up with him later this week. Time will tell.

It was a typical Friday night around the house except for Cakie came by for an English Speaking manicure as she calls it and I went up to the university to watch the fireworks after the Belles softballs game. 20mins of sparkly fun in the night sky. And they stopped traffic .

It was a cold and gloomy drizzly Saturday . I cooked Chicken in a Pot it’s always good for a cold day and a small trip to Sam’s for some Cereal for the STCH ministries . Derek napped on the couch .

Have you eaten Lobster ? Have you cooked Lobster? Well if you have good for you . If you haven’t I’m here to tell you GO FOR IT. It’s easy and yummy . Derek decided we would attempt this . We meaning me. So off to HEB I went and let me tell you the cold weather in this town brings out some characters. But I snagged to lobster tails and headed back home . A buttery cheese sauce for the linguini. And I admit I was a bit worried . I had no back up plan expect for pizza delivery which would not have been terrible really. Derek was watching some strange Umbrella Project on Netflix and I was alone in the kitchen and it turned out perfect ! The only complaint given was it wasn’t cheesy / sticky enough . This I can handle . Toby I believe has cabin fever . He really wants to go for a walk and I really want to take him . But it’s cold . Feels like temp is 16 . I’m out. Sorry poochie. It was on folding laundry and watching Sabrina and to Dreamland we all went . It was not an exciting weekend. But it was a quiet one.

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It’s a sweet life if live my husband say’s  . And it really is . I have no real complaints except I don’t get to travel as much as I want.I love to go and in general I don’t care where I am headed as long as it is not to the ranch . It is not my thing or my place. Hawaii is always our first choice to travel to. We recently spent New Years in London.  I work on very cool university campus where we  tend all take care of each other.   Derek and I  have no children except a hairy  Toby who LOVES his daddy . Derek has a daughter who is all grown.  It’s a quiet life , it is not near as interesting as use to be . This blog was his idea so , Welcome to my sweet life.