I usually don't do these, but this one looked like fun. I got it from my dear friend Donna's journal (which is my fave).
Using the first letter of your first name, give your answers.
Your Name: Joanna
Famous Music artist/group: Jobim, Antonio Carlos (My fave Brazilian)
3 letter word: Jug
Gift/present: Jewelry
Vehicle: Jaguar
TV Show: Jeopardy
Country: Japan
Boy's Name: Jack
Girl's Name: Jeanine
Alcoholic drink: Jack Daniel's, straight-neat
Occupation: Juggler
Flower: Jonquil
Celebrity: J. K. Rowling
Food: JuJuBes (there are NO J foods)
Reason for Being Late: Jumped ship
Something You Shout: Jumping Jehosephat, it's Prince Charming.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Belated St. Paddy's Day
God bless the person who invented the pressure cooker.
Today at my weekly run for groceries, I bought a reduced corned beef. It was marked down and I got a nice, one person - two meal, 3 lb cut for $2.70. Now that can't be beat. Even the cabbage was marked down.
My dear friend David had made one in his pressure cooker and said how good and easy it was. His is the type that cooks on the stove. Mine is electronic because I am afraid of the type that leaves its regulating to me. HA. So I've made all kinds of stuff in mine and have enjoyed every meal.
The beef was done in an hour. It was that good ole, fally aparty corned beef that tastes so good. I could only fit half of the head of cabbage in the cooker. I added it at the very end for 5 minutes, along with some baby carrots. When they were done, I removed everything from the pot, left the liquid and added the rest of the cabbage and more carrots, for another 5 minutes. They were just a little underdone, so I left them in the pot with the top on while I ate.
And ate I did. Good grief, after all of the food, I have to be at least one half Irish.
So now I have leftovers for one sit down meal and maybe a sammy too.
So much for my Sunday - :o)
God bless you all.
Today at my weekly run for groceries, I bought a reduced corned beef. It was marked down and I got a nice, one person - two meal, 3 lb cut for $2.70. Now that can't be beat. Even the cabbage was marked down.
My dear friend David had made one in his pressure cooker and said how good and easy it was. His is the type that cooks on the stove. Mine is electronic because I am afraid of the type that leaves its regulating to me. HA. So I've made all kinds of stuff in mine and have enjoyed every meal.
The beef was done in an hour. It was that good ole, fally aparty corned beef that tastes so good. I could only fit half of the head of cabbage in the cooker. I added it at the very end for 5 minutes, along with some baby carrots. When they were done, I removed everything from the pot, left the liquid and added the rest of the cabbage and more carrots, for another 5 minutes. They were just a little underdone, so I left them in the pot with the top on while I ate.
And ate I did. Good grief, after all of the food, I have to be at least one half Irish.
So now I have leftovers for one sit down meal and maybe a sammy too.
So much for my Sunday - :o)
God bless you all.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Winter has returned
Yesterday, I did something I haven't done in a very long time. I took the afternoon off. The defunct project is now over at work. They came and picked up 67 boxes of documents that the bucket teams worked so hard to assemble. My project, the recovery of company equipment and materials is down to 5 outstanding investigators, all who are TDY so I won't be seeing that stuff till the end of the month. There were 7 people in a suite that used to hold more than 60. It was like a morgue. With the weather being so nasty yesterday, overcast with freezing rain, it clearly was day to be spent home in front of the TV. I asked my boss if he had any objections to my leaving 2 hours early and since I had started at 6:30, I was able to leave at 1:00. I got out ahead of the really nasty weather and settled into a lazy afternoon. Jake and I spent some quality time in the recliner trying to see who could stay awake the longest. I think he won.
I had a bad start to the week, however. My back had been a little testy with all of the physical work I had been doing for the past month so I knew better than to try to lift something heavy. I had a big box of documents on a side cabinet and I knew I couldn't lift it so I got a chair with wheels on it and was going to slide it off the cabinet onto the chair, and then roll the chair to it's final resting place. Well - - - - as I tried to move it from the cabinet to the chair, I pulled something in my back and thought I was going to die - right then and there. At closing time I did manage to get to my car and drive myself home, but could not put any weight on my right foot because of the pain in my groin area. There are many muscles and tendons (so I am told by David)in that area and I seem to have really hurt one or two of them. It was quite a sight, me crawling up the steps on my hands and knees to get to my chair. I knew I could sit there till David got there, but I just couldn't stand. He was very upset with me for being so stupid. He worked me over for over an hour and 45 minutes. When he left I was at least able to walk, although with quite a limp. I took a large dose of ibuprophen and slept the night. In the morning I was about 75% better. Still in pain but at least I could walk. By Wednesday I was doing pretty well, but still not 100%. That evening I slept wrong and snapped something in my neck so there I was. A real mess. Thanks to David, he made an unschedule stop by my home to fix my neck. Today I'm a lot better, but still an gun shy of both my leg and my neck. It's hell growing old.
Other than falling apart rather quickly, I had a decent week. Hopefully in the coming week we'll be assigned our new office space and we can move in. It should be interesting. We are moving into hostile territory. The people on that contract don't like us at all and will like us even less, when they see we are the new management. ARRGGHHHHH - I hate this.
God bless you all.
I had a bad start to the week, however. My back had been a little testy with all of the physical work I had been doing for the past month so I knew better than to try to lift something heavy. I had a big box of documents on a side cabinet and I knew I couldn't lift it so I got a chair with wheels on it and was going to slide it off the cabinet onto the chair, and then roll the chair to it's final resting place. Well - - - - as I tried to move it from the cabinet to the chair, I pulled something in my back and thought I was going to die - right then and there. At closing time I did manage to get to my car and drive myself home, but could not put any weight on my right foot because of the pain in my groin area. There are many muscles and tendons (so I am told by David)in that area and I seem to have really hurt one or two of them. It was quite a sight, me crawling up the steps on my hands and knees to get to my chair. I knew I could sit there till David got there, but I just couldn't stand. He was very upset with me for being so stupid. He worked me over for over an hour and 45 minutes. When he left I was at least able to walk, although with quite a limp. I took a large dose of ibuprophen and slept the night. In the morning I was about 75% better. Still in pain but at least I could walk. By Wednesday I was doing pretty well, but still not 100%. That evening I slept wrong and snapped something in my neck so there I was. A real mess. Thanks to David, he made an unschedule stop by my home to fix my neck. Today I'm a lot better, but still an gun shy of both my leg and my neck. It's hell growing old.
Other than falling apart rather quickly, I had a decent week. Hopefully in the coming week we'll be assigned our new office space and we can move in. It should be interesting. We are moving into hostile territory. The people on that contract don't like us at all and will like us even less, when they see we are the new management. ARRGGHHHHH - I hate this.
God bless you all.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
New Do
Here is my new hair cut. I really like this one. She took a long time and seemed to be cutting each strand by itself. I hope it stays for 2 weeks so it looks good for the wedding.
Another Week Gone By....
Well, another week has passed and nothing new has happened. I gotta get a life.
Work has calmed down a bit. The shut down is almost there. The management hosted a lunch for the shut down team and passed out some bonus checks. I was thrilled to get an additional $150 this week. That is until my former boss asked if I would overnight the checks to those in the field. Nosey as I am, I looked at the amounts on those I was sending and was insulted. Mine was a token amount. And I'm sure after our last flap she felt she needed to give me something since everyone else on the team got something. Mine was a pittance compared to the $350 and $400 checks that were awarded. I know - I know. Gratitude should be shown here. I am grateful but it goes back to what I said a long time ago. "If you're not on the list, you're not on the list - and I wasn't on the list". It's very hard to look her in the eye these days. I can only wait till we get in our new space and I truly am doing my new job. (Then I'll have something new to complain about)
I think Spring has finally hit the East Coast. Yesterday it was almost 60 with a lot of sunshine. Today will be sunny too, but not as warm. I got for a haircut at noon and will be glad for it. BJ's wedding is on the 27th and by that time, the length will be just right. I'm excited about the wedding because I want my dear friend to have a happy, new life. She deserves it after putting up with me these past 5 years. I love her dearly.
I'm still thinking about the trip to Brazil. I'll have to get serious about it soon. I will ask the travel agent who did the cruise for me, to give me her honest opinions. I know she wouldn't steer me wrong. Then I will have to really curb my spending so I can enjoy this one. This trip has been my dream since I was a kid and will fulfill that dream before I get too old to enjoy it. I've more than enough time set aside so I won't lose pay if and when I go.
Other than that, I'm OK.
God bless you all.
Work has calmed down a bit. The shut down is almost there. The management hosted a lunch for the shut down team and passed out some bonus checks. I was thrilled to get an additional $150 this week. That is until my former boss asked if I would overnight the checks to those in the field. Nosey as I am, I looked at the amounts on those I was sending and was insulted. Mine was a token amount. And I'm sure after our last flap she felt she needed to give me something since everyone else on the team got something. Mine was a pittance compared to the $350 and $400 checks that were awarded. I know - I know. Gratitude should be shown here. I am grateful but it goes back to what I said a long time ago. "If you're not on the list, you're not on the list - and I wasn't on the list". It's very hard to look her in the eye these days. I can only wait till we get in our new space and I truly am doing my new job. (Then I'll have something new to complain about)
I think Spring has finally hit the East Coast. Yesterday it was almost 60 with a lot of sunshine. Today will be sunny too, but not as warm. I got for a haircut at noon and will be glad for it. BJ's wedding is on the 27th and by that time, the length will be just right. I'm excited about the wedding because I want my dear friend to have a happy, new life. She deserves it after putting up with me these past 5 years. I love her dearly.
I'm still thinking about the trip to Brazil. I'll have to get serious about it soon. I will ask the travel agent who did the cruise for me, to give me her honest opinions. I know she wouldn't steer me wrong. Then I will have to really curb my spending so I can enjoy this one. This trip has been my dream since I was a kid and will fulfill that dream before I get too old to enjoy it. I've more than enough time set aside so I won't lose pay if and when I go.
Other than that, I'm OK.
God bless you all.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
The Soap Box - again
I've not had much to say this past week, because of all the crap that's been going on at my job. My friend Donna said she couldn't handle the stress that she had been hearing about in my postings. Well, this past week, the dragon has reared his ugly head.
People who were pleasant and cordial have turned into snarling animals, sniping at co-workers. Our Executive Team has shortened deadlines by as much as two weeks causing the team members to work longer hours and absolutely no praise. Luckily I'm not working on that end of the shut down process, but I can see what's happened to these people. I have troubles of my own with the retrieving of equipment and materials.
My former boss (remember, I was transferred to a new unit February 1) has turned into a snarling bitch (yes, I mean female dog) who has turned on me. It is not the first time that she has not supported me in a time when I needed executive encouragement. I am still too angry to go into it now, but I just wanted to vent that I have seen how stress changes people.
I pray that I can keep my big fat mouth shut until the lights go out and I can settle into my new job.
God save me.
People who were pleasant and cordial have turned into snarling animals, sniping at co-workers. Our Executive Team has shortened deadlines by as much as two weeks causing the team members to work longer hours and absolutely no praise. Luckily I'm not working on that end of the shut down process, but I can see what's happened to these people. I have troubles of my own with the retrieving of equipment and materials.
My former boss (remember, I was transferred to a new unit February 1) has turned into a snarling bitch (yes, I mean female dog) who has turned on me. It is not the first time that she has not supported me in a time when I needed executive encouragement. I am still too angry to go into it now, but I just wanted to vent that I have seen how stress changes people.
I pray that I can keep my big fat mouth shut until the lights go out and I can settle into my new job.
God save me.
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