Beef Stroganoff---My Lucky Day!!!

 

So, today, my day off, I went to the library, bank, Bed Bath and Beyond for a blender, Pier 1 for plastic glasses, then out to lunch at ‘Swing’ with Deb.  It was our celebration lunch for me getting a job/apartment.  Lo and behold, my personal chef was on duty and lo and behold, he had made beef stroganoff.   OMGosh!!!   We had Andy as  a waiter and Chris came out and gave us hugs and sat and gabbed for while.  I ate it allllll!!   Just call me little miss piggy!!   I’m still drooling!! 

So, back to packing up a few boxes and then out to the cattery later. 

I still need to measure my windows at the new place for curtains.  Just something to spruce it up over the blinds. 

Hope y’all are drooling over my meal!!  :)

Storm Pictures

 

I was driving out to the cattery the other evening when a storm was happening.  Awesome clouds. It was also lightning but couldn’t capture that one!   

Well, I’m sure some of you are waiting to hear about my job, other than I really love it!

My hours are 8:30 to 5:30 with an hour lunch Tuesday through Saturday.  It is a desk job.  I take payments, set up payments and give people codes to get into their cars.  These are on the loans for people with bad credit.  I also have to make sure the insurance is updated, because in Colorado you have to have insurance or it’s a big fine.  I send out the monthly statements and insurance letters.  At the end of the day I cash out the register, credit card machine and run a few reports and make a deposit.  During lunch I plan on going home and letting the Manley out and hang with him for a bit. 

Saturday they started cross-training me for the cashier for the parts and service side. That is more complicated as there are more processes involved on the computer.  You are to receive it, invoice it, get paid, accept payment and then file it.  Plus they have a car wash business which has many steps in the computer too. 

The people I work with are really nice and have been there for at least a couple of years, and some have been there for 17 years.  All of the people are smiling, talking, giving each other a bad time and having fun.  I guess the girl I replaced was a little witchy and sullen.  And would never offer to help any one else.  Not me!!!

One of the trainers wants to go hiking with me after I get moved.  So, exercise is a good thing!!

So, I am trying to pack, move, start a new job and get rid of two cats all at the same time.  The cats will go out to the cattery to live starting later this week until I find them a real home. 

Yes, still doing the cattery daily.  Probably another 2 weeks at the least. 

Today I will be packing, taking things out to the garage and maybe watching the Nascar race.  Have to find out what time it is though.

Have a great weekend.

Here It Is!!

 

This is the kitchen. I’ll need a small table or something for my microwave next to the west window.  And the dining area is on the left.  Big open area, which I like.  May have to find a small kitchen/dining room table. 

Front door and south window. Dining area is off to the right.

Bedroom with the window on the right.  (that you can’t see) Think I’ll angle the bed.

The bedroom closets and part of the window (that you can see now).  So, summer clothes in one, winter in the other??   :)

Bedroom door opened and bathroom door straight ahead. That’s the end of the shower/tub wall that you see. 

Bathroom mirror.

Bathroom sink/cabinet.

Just to prove I do have indoor plumbing!! Look, a helper-up bar on the wall!!    

 

Tub/shower and small window.  It has a shower curtain with palm trees, but will put my own up. Thanks anyway landlord!

 

Outside (from inside my car) with the kitchen on the right and the living room window on the left. The walkway to the front door is by the tree there on the west side. Didn’t get a real good picture of the living room inside, but it’s 10 x 14 at least. 

Outside my bedroom window on the east.  Just so you window peekers know where to peek!! 

3 of the 4 sides have 2’ (?) eaves with gutters. 

The view from my parking spot looking west. The river is down the steps straight ahead.

The walls are tan or light green, the woodwork is sage green and the closet doors are sage green.  Perfect for me, seeing green is my favorite color!! 

There are 6 apartments in the complex and the owner lives next door and his mother-in-law lives in the upper apartment next to mine.  No one will be walking past my door as their entrances are on the other end.  They like quiet and have a very specific lease. 

Will take more pictures as I move in and get this arranged. 

Lonely Clouds

 

These are the only clouds that I have seen today and it is after 3:00.  It’s in the low 60’s and sunny!!!  Got about 2 hours of yard work done and it looks much better around the pond.  The flowers are coming up and some are even blooming.  Manley was out there with me and he had a great time rolling in the grass and lolling in the sun or shade. 

Hope your day was a good one! 

Tuesday’s Snow

 

Here I am, driving back from the cattery, and watching it snow.  Yes, I said SNOW!!  It didn’t accumulate on the road, but a good 1/4” on the grass/fields.  It was done by noon and now it has been mostly cloudy and only about 45 degrees.

Yesterday it was 70 degrees and I was out raking lawn and picking up a mess the kids made.  Manley was on his line for almost 2 hours and enjoying the sun. 

Well, I am guaranteed at least 2 more weeks of taking care of the cattery.  I am going to put that money aside and if I can’t find a job in another month, I will seriously think about moving to the other side of Colorado, where 2 of my sisters will be this fall (if all goes as planned). 

Somebody asked me yesterday if I would ever consider going back to Walgreens (here in town) and I said, ‘sure, for $100/hour’!!!!  I laughed and laughed! 

Have a great day!! 

Elk/Manley/Sparkle

 

I was driving down the road the other day and had to come back to get this picture.  These are all elk in this pasture.  They are down from the mountains.  (Click on the picture to enlarge it)

Here’s Manley out in his xpen enjoying (or at least trying to)  the sunshine and cool breeze.

Oh no!  It’s a shaggy coat bobcat!! Really, it’s Sparkle.  She cried so bad to go outside, so here she is!! 

Snuggling with Manley.  (Poor Manley)

Sparkle likes to sneak out the door when I am letting Manley in or out but sticks close by the door.  So, this time she got put in the xpen and wasn’t sure she liked it!   (She never offered to climb the fence either. She’s a little timid that way.)

Before I got her, the guy had a cat door, so she was in and out a lot.  This will not be a common practice.  Just wanted to see what she would do.

Today I’m  going to Farmington with Catherine (supper is off due to a change in their daughter’s schedule) and tomorrow is grooming day for Manley and Sparkle.  She is blowing coat faster than Manley. 

Then I’ll do some yard work, as it is suppose to be in the low 70’s and sunny. 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!   Now on to enjoying a nice sunny day!!

In Memory of Allegra

 

Here is  Allegra, who would have been 12 today.  She taught Manley a lot about bitches.  He really respects them, because they take away toys (as she is doing with the hard to see puppy Manley)!!!!!!  No if, ands, or buts about it!!  

Allegra died this last fall, and belonged to my sister Jacque.  She is deeply missed and she is thought of often. 

Cloud Formation

 

I took this picture last night at dusk.  (Better than snow, right?) Click on it to enlarge it. 

Today I had an interview at a pediatric office.  I think it went well.  It is for part time and maybe working into full time in August.  I will keep you updated on that progress. 

Manley got word today that he is not getting the job at EconoLodge.  I feel so badly for him.    Maybe there will be another job for him soon!  Or he will have to work for free around here picking up pine cones and sticks.  At least it will keep him out of trouble :). 

Saturday I am going to Mike and Catherine’s for Orange Chicken.  Nummy!  Oh, and if I don’t bring Manley I will not be let in the door!  I have to find out what menu addition  I’m suppose to bring.

Tomorrow  I will be cleaning out the hot tub and pumping out the brackish water from the pond and refilling it after going out to feed cats. 

Hope you enjoyed the picture! 

Sit Manley!!

 

Manley and I were playing ball. (and yes, in the house) and when he brought it back, he sat, with his front legs still on the recliner foot rest!  I just about died laughing and almost didn’t get the shot!!  But, I don’t think he appreciated me laughing at him.  Hey Manley, it’s either laughing at the cats or you!!! 

This was our weather yesterday.  Windy, windy and more windy.  This is like a dust storm. That is spring in the Rockies!!!

Sunshine or Snow??

 

Today was a hodgepodge of weather.  This morning it was cloudy, then snowing, then sunshine, then snow, then cloudy, then snow, … I guess it was April Fool’s from Mother Nature!!

“Spit, Manley, Spit” is something my sister Jacque and I taught Manley when he was a pup.  Sometimes he did it, sometimes not.  Most of the time for his auntie though.  So, today he picked up something off of the floor and I said, “Spit, Manley, Spit” and he did!!  (It was an uncooked penne pasta noodle that I must have dropped last night.)  And he got a big treat and lots of praise!!  So, his auntie would be proud of him cuz he still remembers!! 

And it is starting to snow again!!  Four times today!!  No accumulation. 

What is every one doing for Easter?  I am just hanging out.