Pumpkin Patch 2009

I should really say Pumpkin Patch - first ever. Cause i've never been before. I've been beggin someone to go with me for years cause going by myself wouldnt be much fun. So my sister and i managed to work our schedules out to go this year and i was super excited! I think her kids went to a much smaller one last year? But this year, we went to the Old Time Christmas Tree Farm in Spring, TX. Made me feel like i was back in my hometown, out in the country. They had hay ride and a train ride and hay made up to look like a spider and a turkey! they had pumpkins of all shapes and sizes and snow cones and games. Lots of fun for kids! I especially liked waiting in the line for the train ride, and as Micah was being a bad lil boy destroying the hay we were sitting on, so were all the other kids. ha! Anywho - here's a couple pics. All throughout the train ride, Micah kept going "toot toot!"

Oh what a beautiful day...

Today was crazy. I dont know why, well actually i could give you a few reasons, but i was in a fairly pissy mood. Everything set me off. Everything meaning every idiotic person i came in contact today that cant pay any attention to detail or any instruction or rules that have been in place since i started working here?

After Justin calls me, I pick up the phone and keep talking to my cubicle neighbor, and then finish talking to my cubicle neighbor, and i start to say a couple words and someone else walks up to my cubicle and i say honey i have to go...

I text Justin like an hour later: Crazy ass day.

He texts back: You have a crazy ass today?

At least he makes me laugh.

Blogging About Lunch, While Eating Lunch, Yes I Am

Ok so i bring my lunch to work every day - it's usually a Lean Cuisine, a Healthy Choice, or Marie Calendars frozen lunch...usually one of about 10 flavors i like...

And someone recently said they hated lean cuisines, and im thinking, well you just havent tried the flavors I like yet... So ill tell you the flavors i like, mmk?

(side note - i wish all the stores carried all the flavors, but i realize that's a lot of flavors, and so when i go to certain stores i have to stock up on certain flavors, to avoid multiple trips...and while on the lean cuisine website i see flavors ive never even seen and i want to try them!)

I'll start with my favorite. Three Cheese Stuffed Rigatoni. This thing is delicious. It's one of those i have to stock up on. The sauce, the veggies, pasta, and cheese. Perfect combo of yumminess. As yummy as you can get with a frozen dinner i suppose.

A new favorite: Grilled Chicken Caesar. This is what im eating today. Originally, i spotted this flavor in the Target brand, market pantry or whatever, and thought hmmm, ill try it! and i did, and it was delicious. Except ive been doing grocery shopping at Kroger, and havent been to Target much lately. Then i spotted the same thing in Lean Cuisine and my worries were solved... I actually think the Target one mightve tasted a tad better tho?

Cheese Ravioli. Much better than the cheese ravioli by SmartOnes.

Sweet & Sour Chicken. I cant eat real chinese food. This is as close as it gets for me. Then again, I love pineapple too.

Cheese Lasagna & Chicken. Kind of a strange combo, but not bad.

On the back of the Lean Cuisine box:
Wellness Tip: Enjoying your meals from a plate and eating more slowly can lead to a more satisfying meal.

Really? That just reminds me how little bit of food im actually eating cause it doesnt even take up half the plate. Juss sayin...

And now im dreaming about the halloween cupcakes and cookies I got from Justins mom last night and i cant wait to eat when i get home. I had a cupcake for breakfast.

Two Thumbs Up...

...for the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department. Seriously.

Guess what - Justin left the garage door open. Again. I know i closed it when i got home, I always do. I'm paranoid remember? Well we made the biggest disaster ive ever seen in my kitchen last night (more on that in a minute), and Justin took out the trash - and left the garage door open. I must not have actually heard the door cause the tv was on, or I'd have checked before bed. So at about 2:35 this morning, im in the middle of some dream where im at camp somewhere, and justin is rolling out of bed very quickly and grabbing his gun. im like what's going on!?! I sleep like a rock - i didnt hear anything. Then he's yelling WHO IS IT!! at the door. And i realize ok someone must've knocked. (This happened once before, it was our neighbors possibly going to the ER.) But then i hear him open the door calmly and i still dont know who's there. Then I hear the garage shut. And im like - great. Great great great. And so Justin comes back in and I ask what was that about? And he said he was nice. I'm like who was nice?! He said the sheriff! I said the sheriff?! Apparently there's been some car break ins (UGH!) - and the sheriff was checking all the houses with the garage open (awesome!). Luckily, nothing was missing...

And i give one thumbs up for that - and another one for a previous encounter we've had with them. We walked out of marble slab one day to find some hispanic dude sitting in our truck. We had my 14 yr old sister with us so i didnt want her to get hurt or anything either...The guy sees us, gets out of our truck and hops in a car and takes off. Justin had thrown his keys at the car cause that's all he had, so i know it scratched the car...But we call the sheriff's department and report it, so they can come down there and patrol a bit. And they did! Very quickly too. They called us to follow up three times and got descriptions of what the guy was wearing and what kind of car he was in - and they caught him! They actually had 3 people stopped and when we described what he was wearing, they had him! and he had a warrant out for his arrest anyway. Creep.

so I love the sheriff's department.

On the kitchen note - we made this chicken/broccoli/cheese casserole thing last night and my kitchen was a mess. I decided to try rice in it too, and I can't even cook rice y'all. I think i just needed a bigger pot. And i probably should've only cooked half the bag. Whatever. I saved a few spoonfuls and just put my chicken and broccoli and cheese on top of it. Tasted fine. Luckily I tried to clean up as we messed up and that worked pretty good. Obviously i wasnt meant to be a chef...

Price Means Nadda

I just want you all to know that my $14 heels from Ross are more comfy than my pink Jessica Simpsons. Seriously. And my $14 ones are some of the highest I own. I wore my pink Jessica Simpson heels to a lunch thingy celebrating one of my suppliers - and standing up after 30 minutes was killing my feet. So lesson learned - walk around in my shoes ALOT before buying them, cause just 'cause im getting them at Macy's instead of Ross, it means nothing as far as comfort goes.

sometimes i dont know why i even buy cute heels - because i look like this at work:

and if im wearing a hard hat and safety glasses- i better not have on open toed shoes. ya know?