tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539870036363935292024-03-04T22:04:48.442-06:00A Slice of Life in San Antonio, TexasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-63170220289924320922009-09-08T14:13:00.001-05:002009-09-08T14:23:25.489-05:00Piano ManNever seen anyone play piano with their balls...<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYjO9kFXmZeH0W9JxM2supZeEiHvU9CfhwqF8UU8u9J5ZjUkTcB9tTnUu7u88JTuuDSSU0RwCAKG5Qp7zOYQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p align="center"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-4246003761709758882009-09-08T13:37:00.003-05:002009-09-08T13:57:28.335-05:00Robin Williams describes the game of golfThe language is a bit ‘rough’ but it sure does describe golf. <br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzZ1qosbwPMj4-rnFlnpkhe4Y73RlAKre3PForH0RbxT3O9RkN_IN5QbX47RFRwGQe7Y8bqWiAhFB2c5IUWpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p align="left"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-33859841066296276242009-09-08T13:13:00.004-05:002009-09-08T13:24:12.162-05:00Girl walks into a bar...I love this video.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwgdMo98MPGbAJBVzhiJptPw8BRKLIyDpKpuc7i2-cZfl90EWrFacvfk7G1BMXZeJkBEvwr4mmIPG-s9cvUZQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p align="center"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-25107142816685768912009-02-14T11:29:00.005-06:002009-02-14T11:55:55.441-06:00She's got you...<div>I received this in my email on Thursday. It is flat out hilarious. The video is doubled so it is only about 3 minutes long. Wish I could have seen this in person where ever it was done.</div>
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<br /><p align="center"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-13800850934445494382009-02-03T08:27:00.000-06:002009-02-03T08:28:04.133-06:00USAJOBS AlertSent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:00 AM<br />Subject: VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR USAJOBS ACCOUNT....<br /><br /><br />Team xxxxx,<br /><br />A notice on USAJOBS states they recently learned their technology provider (Monster) database was illegally accessed and certain contact and account data were taken, including IDs and passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers and some basic demographic data. The information accessed does NOT include resumes. The accessed information does NOT include sensitive data such as social security numbers or personal financial information. In order to help assure the security of your information, you may soon be required to change your USAJOBS password upon logging into the site. Please follow the instructions on the site. It is highly recommended that you be proactive and change your password yourself as an added precaution. <br /><br />Thanks,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-34609323441731264802009-01-06T19:30:00.003-06:002009-01-06T19:43:25.486-06:00The awesome chicken dinner<div>I cooked an awesome chicken & mushroom sauce recipe that was to die for. Of course I did modify it a touch (more mushrooms, garlic & wine) but either way, it is awesome. If you are looking for a low carb recipe, this will fit the bill at under 5 carbs per serving. If you are just looking for a chicken w/ mushroom recipe, this will do it too.Here is the original recipe:</div><br />
<br /><div><br />Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>· 4 boneless chicken breasts<br />· 1 teaspoon dried basil<br />· 1 teaspoon dried thyme, ground<br />· 1 teaspoon salt<br />· 2 tablespoons olive oil<br />· 3 cups mushrooms, sliced<br />· 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced<br />· 1 tablespoon olive oil<br />· 1/4 cup white wine<br />· 1/2 cup heavy cream<br />· 1 tablespoon cornstarch · 2 tablespoons cold water<br />Pound chicken breasts with a meat mallet to flaten.<br /><br />Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt, basil and thyme. Using a large saucepan over low heat, sauté chicken breasts in olive oil until juices run clear -- approximately 10-15 minutes. Turn heat off, cover with lid and allow chicken to remain in pan for 10 minutes.</div><br />
<br /><div><br />In a small saucepan sauté mushrooms in olive oil. Add minced garlic and wine. Remove chicken from large saucepan to a plate.<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>Place mushroom mixture in large saucepan and stir to loosen brown bits from bottom of pan. Allow mushrooms to simmer approximately 2 minutes.<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>Add heavy cream. In a small cup, dissolve cornstarch with cold water and add to cream. Heat and stir until sauce thickens.<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>Place chicken breasts back in pan and spoon sauce over chicken. Allow chicken to reheat. Serve immediately.<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>Now for my modifications:<br />I picked up a 1# cello package of whole mushrooms (according to conversions, 3 Cups = 10 oz.). I used 2 large cloves of garlic, think a 3rd would have been better (fresh garlic isn’t bitter, remember that). I doubled up on the wine and cream. I didn’t have corn starch so I substituted with Wondera Flour. Substitute for corn starch is 1 to 2. So I used 4 Tablespoons Wondera and 4 Tablespoons water. Also, everything cooked in the same pan, so as the chicken finished (several rounds) it went into a Pyrex pan in the oven at 170 degrees.<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>Also, once the chicken breast were pounded out, they were easier to handle if they were cut in half before cooking. (also stretched the servings for those that need it to go further.)<br /></div><br />
<br /><div>For those not watching carbs, my son had his over rice. Another suggestion would be to have it over your favorite noodle\pasta. Personally, I had a huge salad made of romaine, tomato & avocado. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-64882507482626122872008-12-14T10:24:00.002-06:002008-12-14T10:38:08.399-06:00Good reason not to have snowI would say that this makes for a good reason not to have snow in south Texas. As it is, drivers here don't handle the rain well, add in snow and\or ice and I think it would look a lot like this...<br /><br /><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0BJU5OquydyyoF2cFS9wJvgNsZh_2CorDri4cxEdTzCQMFEvET_W41mZC4-vex1_1yNAtGdIXhbIRBiLNeg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-28842688772063748322008-12-10T12:02:00.008-06:002008-12-14T10:38:52.514-06:00Laugh with me<p align="center"></p><br /><p align="left">Some of you know that I work at a help desk (IT Department). Some days are just plain crazy here and we need help keeping our sanity. Thank heaven for email friends. Occasionally I will get sent a "pick me up". The timing on this one was perfect and it's way too funny not to share with ya'll.</p><p align="left">Enjoy!</p><p align="center">The down side to winning the lottery:</p><p align="center"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dweG7pUGIqkpGU6-_Ko2KmS-7wxQATXM2I9CGRyTA19wxTFyDL7zHSFFaZ5HIhNU-mH6w5CR1ebUMcRRpQ5RQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><br /><p align="center"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-63814803576370775442008-12-09T18:03:00.003-06:002008-12-09T18:10:23.348-06:00His birthday and I get a glass of wineToday is my husband’s birthday. He has on more than one occasion said he wanted nothing done. No dinner of his choice, no gifts, nothing. As it is written so it shall be – or will it?<br /><br />I come in the door from work to be handed a glass of wine and told that dinner was nearly ready. Huh? I nearly go back outside to double check the house number. What happen to the birthday person being catered to? Ends up he feels badly about the fact they (he and my son) were busy mounting the new tv while I cooked half of my birthday dinner 9 days ago. He has also taken care of dishes and a load of laundry before I got home.<br /><br />Now to the gifts that weren’t suppose to have been.<br /><br /><br />First my daughter (aka #2) leaves a gift and card on the kitchen counter, right where dad will see it when gets home from work. It is a 3 pack of Dallas Cowboy Christmas ornaments. Next, my son (aka #1) comes home from work, bringing the office with him. His 18 wheeler cab is parked out front. He gives dad a 3 pack of Texas Longhorns ornaments.<br /><br />I comment how no one seemed to have listened to his wishes and he gruffly answers “yeah”. With that, I hand him my wrapped package. Now he is really mad and I tell him to just open the package. He is moaning and groaning and then he sees what he got. He is ecstatic. I have given him what has to be one of the top ‘male’ movies ever.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277946094292674386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRz4kekgAvHXYDTdLwThFUzdfMtp3PpimbAKp22_wiOCw1b_6M_WJyLD5Of8WFqUfEADY2xwY3vYPk7Vo1aM-zkJJlyy1QL0pWIdcJZWwFeJAdPVq_OEy8_Q5ldDRRH0ck6bAtiZoHV7Z/s320/Blazing+Saddles.gif" border="0" /><br />“Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles” </div><br /><div align="left">I of course an no longer in trouble and he is happy with the world once again.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-87375142889828296982008-12-01T20:21:00.015-06:002008-12-02T16:23:05.739-06:00The Gift(Insert Jack Bauer voiceover)<br /><br />"The following takes place between the hours of 7 pm and 8 pm on Monday, December 1st"<br /><br /><br />Oh heaven forbid - I just realized that I got a package from my sister on Saturday. I had decided to wait and open it on Sunday. We now know how that day went...<br /><br />So - I opened the box after retrieving it and OMG - how does one react to a gift like this? I am "like wow" and "OMG".<br /><br />Here is the card - this is so funny as I showed my son (tv mounter) and he agreed - she has forgotten what we (they) are like. LOL<br /><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdw4fgFBBcrfVwOg_WYriYArKaYLNl4cJCKucxbCoZUAn4LnzFERnFe0cGb9r20u5b3ukN5PA9ClsXptcGCf3Roobpc1ixdJI8DwFSTJLAiMIy4AbZY4fedVv2Iyx4LzXZuFEX_Lt0RFE8/s1600-h/Picture+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275013874024987410" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdw4fgFBBcrfVwOg_WYriYArKaYLNl4cJCKucxbCoZUAn4LnzFERnFe0cGb9r20u5b3ukN5PA9ClsXptcGCf3Roobpc1ixdJI8DwFSTJLAiMIy4AbZY4fedVv2Iyx4LzXZuFEX_Lt0RFE8/s320/Picture+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkrmGFjYnkHTSxPj8NXInRqOdbb9WZ3XxIzHQtnusP45Xu38FVza2W14PwrKO_y1sKeqS5-97A43Qk672GYMRFY90YWa_a3is6r_Aa1MyPiJNy5hDoVXSfTwVVADI8Fmiu5kIFxyaAW1R/s1600-h/Picture+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275014521384361010" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkrmGFjYnkHTSxPj8NXInRqOdbb9WZ3XxIzHQtnusP45Xu38FVza2W14PwrKO_y1sKeqS5-97A43Qk672GYMRFY90YWa_a3is6r_Aa1MyPiJNy5hDoVXSfTwVVADI8Fmiu5kIFxyaAW1R/s320/Picture+003.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Now to the gift.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDSmfuZ3z4nv9H-m_POPEkRHplSEWl31G5VvWE6yH9oJslNPGgv55KarFDLNORofifysRk5ct_yyrC_4qcfaIMdim0-OlPGsfgy7uQ0wfNj79oXF-428mkwczeshM3lZXUVJlkeATLwrF/s1600-h/Picture+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275015002226876898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDSmfuZ3z4nv9H-m_POPEkRHplSEWl31G5VvWE6yH9oJslNPGgv55KarFDLNORofifysRk5ct_yyrC_4qcfaIMdim0-OlPGsfgy7uQ0wfNj79oXF-428mkwczeshM3lZXUVJlkeATLwrF/s320/Picture+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>WOW!<br /><br />Even more amazing - the USPS didn’t leave a mark on it. </div><div> </div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-52826339356823601132008-12-01T19:07:00.004-06:002008-12-01T19:23:03.912-06:00The new tv...So how did this monster get here? Had to be some freak of nature... <br /><br />Or possibly that my husband had gone on and on and on about the burn in spot on our 'old' 57" huge floor tv. To me, it was a 'slight' yellow spot and I never noticed it that much. I'm the type that much like reading, I get into what it is I am watching (or reading) and I just don't see 'that spot' that he kept pointing out.<br /><br />So on what is suppose to be "my day" (my birthday) turns out to be the day we get a new flat screen tv with a new souround sound. Husband and son (mainly son as he is going for the "I did it myself" on mounting) put the tv up on the wall over the fireplace. Looks good, sound is so-so as the souped up part isn't connected yet.<br /><br />Now it is today (Monday) and I get a call at the office just before I leave telling me that the boy (who didn't get called for work) has hooked up the sound system. "Hmmmmmmmm" is all I can give it at this point. To be honest, he is as picky as his dad and it will be near perfect, no worries there.<br /><br />Yup, picture on the wall is good and damn if the sound system doesn't make you look around the room as the THX sound hits. They tossed in several dvd's with different sound starts so I could hear them. I insisted on Twister and boy - I will admit - my skin was crawling (I'm in S. Texas and in San Antonio twisters while rare, can hit).<br /><br />WOW!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353987003636393529.post-31400778403752716462008-11-30T20:44:00.003-06:002008-11-30T20:46:52.498-06:00Birth of a blogWelcome to the birth of my first blog.<br /><br />I had envisioned so much more for my maiden post but as the saying goes:<br /><br /> “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.”<br /><br />That is how my day went and the plans for me launching the first post of my first blog.<br /><br />“Happy Birthday” to my blog & “Happy Birthday” to me – I am 46 yrs old today.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0