Meet my new baby girl

Last Sunday hubs had to go on a call for work. When we left the house we saw a dog running around the neighborhood and it did not have a collar or anything on her. When we came back 2 hrs later she was still running around. We decided to pick her up because it was a chilly day. When we tried to pick it up she was running all around to the busy road by our house etc. Then she ran back to the spot we saw her first. We stopped and asked around to see if it belongs to the people living that area and they said that it was not them. Anyway we lost her and we decided to go home to get some meat and look for her. We took our dogs and went for a walk to see if we could find her. Hubby saw her sitting on top of a flower pot :(...Hubs gave her some turkey deli meat and she refused to eat it but she didn't run away because hubs quickly leash her up. Hubs rang the bell of the owner of the flower pot to see if it was their dog. The guy said that is not their dog and he could not keep it because his wife is allergic to dogs and he saw her wandering around the night before too. It was pretty cold the night before! Hubs took her and we went home. I quickly bath her and we fed her some food. She was shivering because I think she was just shock but yet she was so tired too. She took a nap ate some food and she is such a cute little thing. Within a couple of hours she made herself at home. She is just a great gal (so far).
I put her in the boys crate at first because she looked so tired and she was ready for a nap but obviously the others would not let her nap in peace.
Then Uncle Richie wrapped her up with the blanket downstairs and she slept for a little bit. She's such a joy because she is so good but our only problem is she doesn't know how to walk properly when she is leased and she has problem going to the bathroom if we leash her up.

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

I'm been sick sine last week. My boss got sick and one of my co worker got it from her and I was hoping that I would be spared but I got it too. I felt like my throat was hurting last Monday so when I got back the next day I quickly boiled some barley water but I guess it was too late because things started going down hill from then on. I was hanging in there all week long too but on Sunday when I was out and about I felt like crap. I quickly went to the pharmacy to buy more meds and cough drops and head home to take a nap. I feel much better today but my nose is still runny and I'm still coughing. My nose is so red and raw that I think I look like Rudolph the red nose rain deer.

Hubs aunt and uncle was in town this weekend too. They arrived on Friday and we went out to eat that night. I had to work early AM on Saturday and Aunt L was going to take them to Galveston so I didn't go with them. When they came home we met them up for a nice dinner. On Sunday we went to a Flea Market which was near our house and like I mentioned earlier my body felt really horrible. We had quite a bit of fun at the flea market and there was lots to see there but the things there weren't that cheap. There was so many puppies there for sale which I believe some of them might be illegal breeder thus I would never ever buy a puppy from there. Is so heart breaking for me when I saw those puppies but I know that I cannot do anything to help them. I can only help those that does not have a home and I hope that those puppies would be treated with love. We went for lunch with them and then after we stopped at the pharmacy we came home so I could take a nap and hubby was going to watch the foot ball game (Vikings vs Saints).

I feel much better now today but I am just going to take it easy I think I will call in sick because I really don't want anyone else to get sick anymore but I've yet to decide on that.

Hubs parents will be here middle of next month too..(yeah wish me luck on that) and apparently his brother will be getting married in September. I am not sure if I'll be going back for his wedding so far hubby is planning of going back for the brother's wedding. I don't know why I should spend my time and money (when I can take it to go traveling) to be at a place where they like to disrespect other people. But oh well..I've not decided yet I guess I've yet to see what will happen.

I guess apart from working and being sick I've just not have time to do anything for the mean time. There is so many things I would like to share with you but I just need to find time to blog about them.

Hubby's aunt and uncle left this morning. They came over to our house to collect their RV because they parked it at our yard when they were staying in the hotel. After they left I went to the pet place to buy the dogs their food as they are almost out of their food. I text hubby telling him that I bought another brand of food because I'm still not 100% satisfied with California Natural. I would maybe go back to California Natural but this time I was to cut out the grain from their food so after doing some research this morning I decided I will go with Orijen because according to the dog food review Orijen is the best food out there now. My hubby almost chocked when I told him I spend over $80 on their 29lbs pound of dog food..^_^ I know is quite a bit but then I want to see if the grain free ones are better than the rest. I told hubby that hopefully this grain free one will help my baby with his upset tummy. He's puking less now compared to when he was on Nutro or Canidae but he's put several time still and supposedly he's not suppose to be puking at all. So I'll see how this one goes.

My day off

I've not been blogging for quite some time. I have every intention to blog anything and everything but I'm just not good at time management I guess. Every since I've started working what ever time I have I do other things except blog. I even don't have time to go onto my facebook like I used to be which reminds me my facebook was hacked and that piss the heck out of me *^%*#...I wonder why people has such free time to hack other people's account and send stupid things to others.

Anyway I am trying to maximize my time off today and I thought that I would put some time away to update my blog because I miss blogging and I miss ranting on my own blog!

I managed to go for a nice lunch with Uncle Richie to our usual Vietnamese restaurant by our house for a nice bowl of warm Pho on this cold rainy day! When I came home I vacuum the upstairs and I just got done vacuuming downstairs and mopping the floor. I'm satisfied because nothing irk me than a dirty floor! I'm not sure what I will do next but I wanna update my blog before I start with the next chores.

The last few times when I had day off I would do some housework and go shopping by the time I come home I'm rushing to make dinner or get ready to go out for dinner hence no blogging. Last Friday I went to the mall and was leaving the mall to go to my next shopping destination to find out that I had a flat! I was not too happy about it while I was trying to reach the hub a nice guy stopped and just offered to change my tire. I was hesitant but if I don't accept the offer I'll be stuck there since hubby didn't answer my phone call the first time I called him (I didn't call Uncle Richie which he would have came to my rescue because I knew he was at a meeting). I figure I was at the mall parking lot and there was a lot of people there I was thinking/hoping that he would not do anything to me. Anyway I think I should not doubt people so much because there is still great people in this earth. After the nice guy changed my tires I met up with the hubs to let him check the tires and go searching for some new tires and rims. I didn't get them changed the same day itself because we were waiting and looking for bigger tires and rims. I had to drive with the spare to work the next few days and I felt like I was driving and old noisy truck/vehicle.

We got the new tires and rims on Monday and hubby put it on. The next day we were going out for dinner with Uncle Richie and Aunt L to find out that the tires was rubbing!I don't like that and that cannot happen so hubby called the tire place and I had to go over there to get a different set of tires which was obviously a lot more. In conclusion there goes my next designer bag. sigh!Hopefully the tires will last me!

Anyway my days off are normally Friday and Sunday. I normally take the opportunity on Friday to get some "ME" time and do what I want to do and do things that I know hubby would not do with me. On Sunday I try and do stuff with hubby whether we are out and about or at home.

Another off topic is work. I am enjoying work although work is getting more and more challenging. I am dealing with clients directly more and more which is not a bad thing but some people can be really difficult.

I also miss cooking and baking. Every since I started working I've not really been cooking. We've been eating out a ton and I've only been able to cook several times. I made lasagna one day and the next day I made vegetable soup. This week I managed to make two dinner both with crock pot. The first time I made a pork roast and the other day I made some garlic chicken which didn't taste that good. When my schedule is fix I'm hoping to be able to bake and cook more.

Stay tune for my birthday presents and some other back dated post. I hope everyone is enjoying their brand new year and hopefully everything is going smooth..Cheers :)

Welcome Year 2010

Happy New Year to all my wonderful family and friends(my dear readers)..May the New Year bring you more joy and happiness!

I know I've been MIA a long time and I have a ton of back dated post but I promise once I have my set schedule for work I will update more.I'm so busy with my new job and without a set schedule it messes me up because I like to plan and do things as schedule so now I'm kind off just floating around.

However I am still able to blog hop and visit other blogs thanks to my the great technology like my phone and having internet on my phone!

I miss blogging and will be back real soon!Mean time I wish everyone had a great 2009 and will have a better time this coming year!

Although many thing happened to me in the year 2009 but I take those challenges as a lesson and hope that it will just get better from than on and I know that it will.I hope that no one else has to go through the same situations I've been through but I cannot control them anyhow I've just glad that I'm still healthy and happy and will be this way always.May the new year bring me and everyone else a great start and will only get better.

Homegrown Eggplant II

I eggplant has been producing more eggplant. I've had about 5 eggplants since my last harvest. I had to throw away 2 because I didn't pick the eggplants and I don't think that is edible anymore so I threw the 2 in the decomposing bin. I quickly picked up the 3 eggplant that looks edible.


My plants are actually growing pretty good every since I try to water my plants more. Even my ONLY tomato plants is producing tomatoes. So far 3 ripe ones and more in the plant. My chili plants are producing a lot of yummy chilies too..

The weather is summer to get below freezing this Friday and Saturday night and early morning I'm going to have to take in the plants or cover them. Hopefully I'll remember to move my lazy butt to bring in all the plants if I still want them to grow.

My battle with making pie crust....

I've been making pie crust for a couple of years now and I've been trying many different recipes out there. Anyone that says that they can never make pie crust but this or that recipe works for them I'm there trying it. Almost all the pie crust I've tried making taste pretty good so what's the problem? The problem is that I have a hell of a time rolling the pie crust. You might wonder why not make no roll pie crust. I need to make pie crust that's easy to roll like the ones you get from the grocery store because most of the time when I make a pie I normally need a crust for the top so I'm going to need to roll it out so that I can top the pie with crust hence no roll pie crust will not work for me.

I've tried everything I've read from refrigerating the food processor, making sure the shortening/butter is very cold to freezing/refrigerating the dough and make sure is very cold before I roll it out. I've also tried now pulsing my dough less but nothing works. Every single time I roll out my dough it cracks and I have to put it together like a jigsaw puzzle. Today I rolled out my pie crust between two wax paper and the side still cracked or broken like puzzle!

I'm wondering why people can have such success with the same recipe while I fail to have the same success.

Pie Crust

Ingredients
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter flavor shortening, chilled
1/4 cup plus 2tablespoons ice water (As needed)

Method
1. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.
2. Gently gather dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling. (I put mine in the freezer for a several hours)
3. Roll out dough, and put in a pie plate. Fill with desired filling and bake.

This is a really good recipe. I was able roll it between two wax paper and the middle was great but the edges were cracking like a puzzle and I had to put it together like a puzzle too..How can I make a pie crust that rolls out like the once we get from the grocery store. Any comment, suggestion or any idea is welcome! Thanks!!!

Sweet Potato Casserole

Uncle Richie brought over some ribs for me to cook on Sunday but it was so frozen that we knew that it would not thaw in time for me to cook it on Sunday night so we decided to eat it on Monday instead. I started the ribs in the evening late because I was on the phone and I forgot to turn on the oven also I misread the direction hence we didn't have dinner until pretty late (it all worked out because hubby came home late).

I made garlic mashed potatoes for our thanksgiving meal so I'm almost out of potatoes. I have one potato left so I would not and didn't want to make a potato dish. I had some sweet potatoes and I decided to make sweet potatoes instead. I hubby don't like sweet potatoes so I don't normally buy sweet potatoes but I am intending to make some sweet potato bread and I know sweet potato is suppose to be healthier for us so I just bought some even though I knew that hubby won't eat them.

This don't look that appetizing but trust me is GOOD!

Ingredients
3 cups mashed sweet potatoes (about 3-4 medium ones)* I steamed my potatoes to maintain the nutrient
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup margarine, melted
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Topping

2 tbsp brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 cup chopped walnut
1/3 cup margarine, melted
Mini Marshmallows

Method
1. In large mixing bowl,mix sweet potatoes,sugar,eggs,margarine,milk and vanilla.
2. Pour into 9 inch square greased baking dish.
3. Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle over potatoes.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes .
5. Sprinkle marshmallows the last 15 minutes of baking. (I had too much marshmallows and it got burned a little)

* If you are not going to add marshmallows at the end u should top the topping sugar to about 1/2cup-1cup.

Aunt L and Uncle Richie loves this dish. I was surprise myself that it was good too! Uncle Richie loves it so much that he intends to make this dish again this weekend. Towards the end of the meal we made hubby try some and he actually liked it! So I guess that this can be an approval meal in our house from now onwards.