All I've Got

What's the fun of getting to stay home from work and school for two days, stocking up on water and flashlights, and filling your bathtub with water (so you can still flush your toilet in case water goes out) if it's a gentle rain outside with a nice cleansing breeze?
Come on - give us something to remember! Meteoroligists built this one up and really set us up for dissapointment. We hunkered down to weather Ivan in Pensacola - which hit as a Category 3 hurricane, and compared to that, I feel like all this weather is good for is churning up the surf and creating an exciting day at the beach.
It's only noon, so I'll keep you posted.
I might take a nice walk outside. It's the first time in weeks the humidity hasn't made me want to say, "I'm going for a swim around the block."

"A man’s mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Our minds have been stretched, our eyes have been opened; may the passionate and courageous lead the way.

State Farm is the place to be.
I'm so excited to get my foot back in the door. It's a wonderful company to work for and have insurance with. I'm only sorry they don't give me an employee discount so that I can afford to have insurance through them.
I guess when you're number 1, you can afford to be a bit snobby:)
But being in the Customer Response Center, filing claims, talking to claim reps, answering policy questions, it's all coming back to me (8 years really flew by!) and I want to make myself a valuable asset to my team and to myself so that when the time comes for us to move to San Diego in the spring I'll have some relocation options.

Speaking of moving to San Diego, I'm hoping we can stick to North County.
Well, actually I have a lot more to say about the whole experience and all that goes into it, so I'll leave that for another blog.
Happy Tuesday!

My chicken and rice soup is suffering from Clumping Disease.
I added too much rice, which meant i had to compensate by adding more water.
The extra water diluted the flavor, and in the end, it still wasn't enough.
The result?
I'm eating my "soup" with a fork and it tastes overwhelmingly like the color white, which it most definately is.

That was the catastrophe part.

The adventure is: I have made my first loaf of home made bread.
The yeast part scared me. I read the packet and learned they were living!
Consequently, I opened with caution, not knowing what to expect.
Nothing jumped out at me, in case you were wondering.
It was fun kneading the dough, punching out air bubbles, watching it rise.
It's currently in the oven, so I can't actually confirm that this "adventure" shouldn't also be labeled under "catastrophe" as well.
20 minutes will tell.
But I haven't failed so fantastically at dinner in...oh, I don't know - years I'd say.
Imagine that!
Even back in the days when it was Hamburger Helper and Tuna Casserole 4 x a week did I manage to fair better than this.
I'm holding out for the bread.
Time will tell.
It always does.