I wrote you all a cool update, but SG ate it

I bought a few pieces I was missing in my cookware. A second 2 qt pan, a 10" dutch oven, a second 8 Qt pot and my new favorite thing a 10.5" stir fry pot. I have a large wok, and I never liked it much. It is too big for the dishwasher and needs to be seasoned (coated with oil and superheated after washing).

The thing I bought is small enough for the dishwasher, non-sick ceramic and completely awesome in every way. I made the most awesome tasty pizza in it last night. Well, I baked the pizza in the oven, but I cooked the sauce in the pan, rinsed it out and boiled the sausage in the pan, sliced the sausage up and fried it brown in the pan and then flash fried the onions in the pan, fried the corn in it and then rinsed it clean in 2 seconds. and hung it back up!

I am here like 10.5" stirfry pan, where have you been all my life!! lol.

The Pizza was AMAZING by the way. If you live in Arizona, "Sprouts" market makes a really great Arizona Sausage.

Southwest Pizza

CRUST:

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

Mix hot water, sugar and yeast and let sit until foamy. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and knead well. Let sit and knead every 10 to 15 minutes. You really want to knead the crap out of this dough.


SAUCE

1 can diced tomatoes
1 tsp Oregano
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
1/2 jalapeno pepper
dash Hickory liquid smoke
1/2 tsp ground chipotle pepper
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic
Place all ingredients in a food processor until a fine puree. Then heat until cooked and set aside.


TOPINGS

1 lb Arizona Sausage (this is a Southwest sausage with cilantro and mixed peppers)
1 Roma tomato thinly sliced
1 red onion thinly sliced
1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped coarsely
1 lb queso asiago
1 can of corn, fried in butter and smoke

Preheat the oven to 425. Cook, slice and brown sausage. Set aside. Drain the can of corn and fry it in a pan with butter and a drop of hickory smoke until it gets a slight orange color.

Knead dough one more time and toss or roll or press out onto a large Pam or olive oil coated pizza pan.

Spread a thin layer of sauce on the dough and then bake for 5 minutes.

Remove from oven and layer the rest of the toppings. Bake for 12-14 minutes until golden and bubbly. Brush a little olive oil on crust and serve alone or with guacamole.

I feel a little better today. A little bit better only. I have a lot to do this week, including getting myself physically attractive, which at present I am not. My hair isn't colored and I have not done anything with any body hair for a month. It isn't as scary as it might sound, my hair grows so slowly I only normally shave once every 10 days, but still I have a fair crop of stubble. I need to get fake nails because mine are shite from doing housework and I need to put in a new set of extensions. (Yes all I wear extensions, otherwise, my hair is just past my shoulders) I have a trip at the end of the week where I will be representing a clothing line. I have been so down I just haven't had the desire to put forth energy into myself as of late. Doing this is going to be a chore. I'm trying be excited and motivated, this is a HUGE thing for me and my career, but it is kind of not so easy.


And someone sent me this silly email forward which actually made me chuckle:

Do the Math "
This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint...it goes like this:

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But ,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.



"REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE ARE
ALIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHOOT THEM

Ok, I'm going to be a bitch here. Today someone sent me a link to this video.



And I'm watching this and saying this woman is truly nuts! Seriously, not only is she feeding the cat unhealthy stuff, but she is taping the utensils onto the thing. HOW DULL MUST HER HUSBAND BE??!!!


Ok, there you have it, I'm a bitch. I can't help it, this was just too dumb.

I just dropped my son off at his first day of high school. I got him into a program which is set up for double credit, their boast is 90% of their students have an associates degree before they have their high school diploma. I really hope he does well. The other bonus for him is there are 250 kids in this program and only 50 boys. The rest are all girls! I had to drop off his paperwork and saw all of the kids lined up. SOOOoooo many girls and all of them were very pretty. I have to start worrying I know it! With those odds I have fear I will be a grandma before I'm 35. Oh I hope I have taught him well, the plus side of this is his school is walking distance from a Planned Parenthood too so I hope he makes use of their services if he needs them. Anyway, exciting day for him. I hope it goes alright, he looked so lost but I had to resist the urge to be the overbearing mom and I just told him to stand around with the other kids until he figured out where to go and I left.