Away for a While

I have a job interview in Indiana on Tuesday so I'm taking off tomorrow morning to go and visit my Mom. We are going to have thunderstorms so it should be an interesting trip. While there I'll check and see what I want to bring with me when I move and what I want to store. I plan on living with my Mom for a few months just until I’m settled with a new job and find a place of my own. I also want to make sure that she is going to be alright. She has a very bad heart and one of my reasons for moving from the Chicago area to Indiana is to make sure I’m close enough to take care of her.

I have a new recipe that I'll try when there. It is my version on Chili Con Queso.

                             Chili Con Queso

Recipe By     :Michele Wilson
Serving Size  : 16   
Preparation Time :0:05
Start to Finish Time: 0:20

Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1          cup              four-cheese Mexican-style shredded cheese
  1          cup              cheddar cheese, lowfat
  2          cloves          garlic -- minced
  1          small           onion -- minced
  4          ounces         LaVictoria diced green chilies -- drained
  14 1/2   ounces         canned tomatoes with green pepper & onion -- drained
  1/2        teaspoon      cumin
  1/8        teaspoon      Tabasco sauce
  1           teaspoon      Worcestershire sauce
  1/4        cup              fat-free evaporated milk

Add everything except cheese and milk. Heat on low heat for 10 minutes.

Add cheeses a little at a time and stir until melted. Add milk after all of the cheese has melted. Heat on low for 5 minutes.

Description:
  "A kicked up cheese dip from the Southwest."
Source:
  "Healthy Food That Tastes So Good!"
Copyright:
  "Michele Wilson © 2004"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 50 Calories; 2g Fat (43.5% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 7mg Cholesterol; 225mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

Just Unwinding

One of my big loves is musical theatre. I actually have a degree in theatre and I love to sing. Michael Crawford is one of my favorite performers hence the music I’m listening to.

Tomorrow is going to be a big day. I have a phone interview with the unemployment people to try and convince them that I should get unemployment even though I quit my job. I have very good reasons to leave the job and according to their own rules if you leave because of health reasons which I did you are eligible. Also I did have another job lined up which turned out to be for a company when I did some research on had questionable business practices. I’ll be glad when the interview is over and things are decided once and for all.

I also have moving companies coming in tomorrow and Friday to give estimates. I want to get down to Indiana by mid-October before the weather turns rotten.

Busy

I have been going through a few years worth of papers and trying to get all the financial stuff on Quicken so I can eliminate the paperwork. Sheesh! What a job. I must admit that Quicken is a wonderful life saver though.

I finished a new picture last night. That makes four since I quit my job. I am also doing a new story. It seems that now that I am out from under the strain that the job caused me the creative juices are really flowing.

Julia Child

It is no secret that I love to cook. I have been working on an original recipe cookbook for about five years. It currently has 141 recipes. I have 12 that I need to refine and take original pictures of the finished product. I love watching cooking shows and always have. Like many people the first cooking show that I watched was the French Chef with Julia Child. She made a big mess, would drop chickens on the floor, crack jokes and showed just how much fun cooking could be. She had a voice you could never mistake for anyone else. By all of us who learned to love to cook by watching this woman she will be missed. Cooking has lost one of its brightest stars. Rest in peace Julia and thank you.

Good Days, Bad Days

"There will be good days and bad days. Be gentle with yourself on bad days." The past couple of weeks have been very bad. I was forced to leave a job I loved by a jealous person who made my life a living hell with her harassment. The man who recruited me for a new job lied. I will be making a life change and move to the town where my mother lives. Her health is very precarious and I want to be there to take care of her. I keep reminding myself that life will get better. These two pictures go with my quote from above and are called "Good Days" and "Bad Days." I still find solace in creating art.

 

 

Ouch!

The doctor has given me some Vicoden to help with the pain caused by a lung infection. With a little luck I'll be able to sleep tonight. It has been a real rough couple of weeks. He has me putting heat on the sore places which at night turns out to be 15 1/2 pounds of very spoiled kitty who allows me to have a little bit of the bed. Of course if I have to get up for any reason during the night Merlin takes up most of the bed and I have to shove him over when I come back to bed.

I wonder if I should amend my resume to read "Merlin's Mommy" as a job description? ;-)