AZDonna

This was so funny, I thought I’d share it. I was watching Cooking with Sara this morning, and Sara was making a quick meal to serve to the boss. She shopped at the market and picked up several prepared ingredients, like a rotiserrie chicken for Chicken Alfredo, and frozen fruit for a cobbler. As she was preparing the aforementioned cobbler, she showed some biscuits in a can. She said she had never seen those before, nor ever used them. She mentioned that she had practiced earlier opening a can so she would know how to do it and show us, the viewers. Of course, it popped when she wasn’t expecting it, and she jumped and gave a little scream. Then she showed us there were eight biscuits in the can, all ready to bake, and she proceeded to make the cobbler with frozen, sweetened fruit and the biscuits on top. As she was putting those biscuits on the fruit, she said “I can think of lots of uses for these. They’re great!” I guess that executive chef has been living under a rock for the last several decades.

I posted some pictures of Carsten in my gallery.

I went to a baby shower for Heather yesterday morning. Since she is still on bedrest, we made her stretch out in the recliner with her feet up. There were about a dozen women there, and she got some really nice gifts. Carrie was a gracious hostess. The cutest gift was an English build a bear that Mark’s mother brought back from England last week. This little bear was wearing a kilt and came with a miniature passport which Doreen got the customs agent to stamp as they came into the U.S. It’s adorable!

I’m sure Heather will write about it and post more pictures, but here’s a few I took.

The experts say there was no measurable rain yesterday, but I could count ten or twelve droplets on my windshield. I think if they had asked everyone in the Valley to count their droplets and enter the number on some website, the sum total might have been measurable. At any rate, we’re parched around here. One hundred and thirty four days. It looks like a lot when it’s written out in words, doesn’t it? Believe me, it is a lot.

I went out last weekend and purchased a new monitor, mouse and keyboard to set up a home station for my work laptop. Since I am a chip lead now, I’m doing a lot more after hours stuff — bringing my laptop home every night and weekend and logging in. With my bad shoulder and back, I am going to be in big trouble if I continue to work at my kitchen counter. I need a bigger screen and a setup that is ergonomically conducive to preventing permanent damage. I also invested in a rolling briefcase to cart my laptop and notebook back and forth. I didn’t get approval to expense these items, but they will be tax deductible.

And speaking of, I’m waiting for my 2005 refunds. I used online Turbo Tax again, and filed electronically, and should see my state and federal refunds directly deposited to my bank account any day. Ain’t technology great??