So I used my food processor for the first time (we got it from my co-workers at our wedding).
It's fanfreakintastic.
Cutting veggies and meat that would've taken me probably 20 minutes or so, I got done in 5.
It went, pepper, pepper, pepper, half an onion, two piece of pork and bam, a nice mixture for pitas.
wheeeee!
Thanks Co-workers!
So we saw Rebel without a Cause last night at movie night at Chris and Holly's...it...well...it sucked. Random knife fight for no reason. The first half I kept falling asleep, second half, I started making fun, and I was more entertained.
So we went around and got all of Shannon's info updated. Right through the DMV (got there right as it opened), downtown to the Social Security office (fairly long wait, lots of smelly people, ok, just one really smelly person), the bank and we were pretty much done.
A few more forms to fill out and it's pretty much taken care of.
While we were driving around, we almost got hit by some jackhole, who apprently doesn't know that when Beaver Ave joins up with Forest, it's Forest with the stop signs, not Beaver. Anyways the anti-lock breaks kicked in, and no accident happened, but it was still quite annoying.
Wednesday night, was the first of 4 Wednesday nights at the office. Fun with moving sites from an older server, to a newer one. So far so good. After this set of 4, there are only 3 more to go and then the old server is set to become our new test server. I didn't get started until late due to a couple of things out of my control.
Sometimes I can be my own worst enemy. I came to the realization that a lot of the things that I used to eat...my "comfort" foods, are...well...really bad for me and not as good as I remember. Eating that whole bag of this or that, just doesn't leave me with the same feeling...more with disgust. I just don't enjoy them anymore...maybe I've changed...but if I have...why do I break down and still eat the crap?
So I made cookies the week I was on vacation, as a response to the cookies I made for work (since I wasn't very happy with them). I made a single batch, took 'em into work and got great reviews. I was much much happier with them. Size, shape, texture were all good. I'm looking forward to making them again (and having more people try them). They do use the chip mixture I came up with, so that was at least a good start.
It's Brandon's birthday today. Happy Birthday to him!
So a few days ago I made some Pita sandwiches. I pan seared up some finley chopped beef, with a bit of tabasco. I was gonna have some onions in there, but we didn't have any in the house, and some lettuce and/or other fresh vegges, but with the recent veggie scare, Shannon's been a bit more hesitant then usual to eat them. We topped them with some Wasabi Horseradish Gourmayo (mine) and some Ceasar Ranch Gourmayo (Shannon).
They were quite good.
More pita bread to use, so on the back they suggest little pizzas. So, we did that. First round was pretty much what we had on hand, so marinara, cheese, and some chopped up honey ham sandwhich meat. They turned out pretty good (other then not letting them cook quite long enough).
So the next batch we went to the store and specifically bought things for them. A little goat cheese, some feta, some chicken (made by me, just pan cooked), along with a nice mix of 6 cheeses. Oh they turned out out very good...about 9 or 10 minutes in the oven at 400 and it was fantastic. Nice big pile of cheese, like you don't get in most places. It was fanfreakintastic. I'm convinced we'll need to do this more...maybe even make my own dough.
More mixtures to follow!
Good cholesterol up.
Bad cholesterol down.
Not huge numbers, but in the right direction.
That is all.
So we sent out some thank you cards yesterday (parents, big wedding helpers, etc) and a big chunk today (pretty much almost everyone except those in the metro (figured it'd be bad to have thanks sent to some in an area but not others)). We're also out of stamps...so that kinda stopped 'em.
But after watching one printer eat 15 or 20 envelopes and the other one have to be loaded one at a time (for addresses), I'll be glad when it's done.
Also the hand writing sucks...I hope people can read mine...and between the two of us we can't spell, so watch out for those, it should prove interesting.
Funtastic.
The ring still feels wierd. I've never been much of a jewerly person. I've already scratched it a few times, so it doesn't have that mirror finish on it, like it used to.
For me this whole getting married thing, has been pretty easy. Shannon has to get her license changed, Credit Card changed, bank account changed, social security card changed, find a doctor or two, etc etc.
It's been pretty much like it was before, except now I make jokes about being free when I take the ring off, or getting a divorce or someting like that.
I suppose I still have to do a few things, like figure out what I need to do to put the house in her name too...
We did get a nice decrease in our auto insurance. So that should save us a few bucks.
Mornings, right when the park is open is the time with the least lines. We theorized that this was due to the fact that kids can be hard to wake up in the morning.
Service at Disney World, ranged from excellent, all the way down to fairly poor. We had excellent service and the Bistro de Paris and there was a girl who when we got change for the penny pressing machines, picked out all the shiney ones to give 'em to us. But then there was also the incident where I was basically chastised for not talking loud enough. Overall though, the service was better then average.
Even though they say to hit the shops on the way out, that can end up costing a lot of money...but it does avoid the rushes for the bus.
Be prepared to walk. A lot.
Wet shoes suck to walk in (Kali River Rapids was the only time we got soaked).
Everything is overpriced. 20 oz of Water was $2.50. And since Disney apprently has a contract with coke, the only water that was availble was Dasani (which has salt in it).
Make reservations for eating at sit down places on the weekend (Friday through Sunday, this is during off peak times).
Some of the sit down meals aren't so good. Most of them were places that were good, but not great. Bistro de Paris was an exception, the food was excellent. The Sci-Fi Dine in theater was...well..way overpriced, and not that good (bread was dry mixture of foods were...well...very plain).
Planet Hollywood sucks! The food is bad, the service is ok, and the prices are way to high.
If you take pictures, make sure you have a place to off load your digital pictures to. Although we took more then the average, I suspect, we still had to empty our camera every day and sometimes twice in a day.
Lines for taking pictures with the Disney charecters build quickly, so if you see a short line and want a picture, take it.
There are lots of kids....lots of them...everywhere.
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not looking forward to going through that tomorrow...
On Monday, October 2nd, we got up pretty early to head home. It was nice to think about heading in that direction. We ate breakfast (service was lousy) at the Maya Grill, and we didn't get served our drinks until...well...we had almost finished eating. Oh well...we were there right when it opened, so maybe something just got lost there.
We had insta-checkout so we already had our bill and only needed to call if we actually wanted to challenge anything on the bill (we didn't). They even had checkin at the departure area, so we didn't have to check our bags at the airport, but only at the resort. Which was nice, cause there was a long line for the ticket counter when we got there.
They had free Wi-Fi in Orlando's Airport, which was nice, so I hopped on and checked a few things (nothing too important over the unsecured wi-fi). It was nice to feel connected to the world again.
The Flight from Orlando to Atlanta was pretty smooth (and short), and the flight from Atlanta to Des Moines was very uneventful...except again, being in the last row, right next to the toilet....where the noise and the traffic were fairly annoying.
When we got to Des Moines, we were picked up by My boss in Shannon's car and we dropped him off, dropped off our luggage and got the kitties.
Apparently they had not been on their best behavior while we were gone, and George was having trouble keeping food down (nerves maybe?) and gracie went on a hunger strike. They both lost weight there.
We got them home, and they were very quick to get comfortable around the house (Even with all the wedding presents and luggage all over the place.
It feels good to be home.
We took 10 Photos, today, for a grand total of: 2131 Photos.