Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Fresh is the Word

My new recipe project is going like gang-busters!  It's been fun too, which is nice.  We've only had one total flop, according to Mitch and I.  I think the kids feel there were a couple they would gladly never have again, but alas, until they start cooking, it's not up to them. 

I also would like to note that I used "gang-busters" and "alas" in the same paragraph.  I think I would have done better in an earlier generation.

In more food related news, we had our first delivery from Winder Farms, a local online grocer.  Today's delivery included chocolate milk (in a glass bottle no less!  Earlier generation thing AGAIN!), bacon, eggs, sausage, a produce box, orange juice, milk, bread, frozen mac & cheese, and other things I'm forgetting.  They have tons of different products you can order, frozen and fresh.  I'd be interested to see if the delivery guy wears a white suit and little white hat.  I suspect he doesn't.  But seeing as the delivery comes at 5 AM, there's no chance I'm ever going to find out. 

Do I need this?  No, but it's all food we would eat anyway.  And while I have a "standard" order, I can change the order every week, or cancel a delivery if we're out of town or something.  And apparently, if you set up your truck and offer me two free bottles of egg nog, you can talk me into just about anything. 

Someone be in charge of reminding me to put the cooler on the porch every Tuesday night, okay?

Monday, January 9, 2012

And The Address

So we've been in our new house almost 4 months now and I have to say, nothing irritates me more than those companies who haven't changed our address yet.

For those you who haven't had the pleasure of moving recently, let me tell you:  filling out that little card at the Post Office to forward your mail makes the process infinitely easier.  And to be fair, you don't even have to GO to the Post Office to do this anymore.  For $1, you can do it online.

And I'm not real clear on how this all works, but the way I understand it, you fill out the request, your mail comes to your new address and the post office notifies the sender of your new address.  You don't have to do anything!  You don't have to fill out the back of the bill saying you've moved, which is damn handy considering that I pay all my bills online, along with the rest of the civilized world.  And shortly enough, your Chase bill and your Shell bill and your People magazine shows up at the your new address without that yellow sticker on them and without any real effort on your part.

But there remains 3 companies who haven't gotten on board with this, and let me tell you, it makes me crazy.  Especially because all three of those companies bill or work with us under Mitch's name, which means I cannot call and change our address. 

Even more irritating is the fact that one of these companies holds an account in my name alone, in addition to another account we have.  The other account is apparently the primary account, so when I called today to change the address, I wasn't allowed.  Even for the account in my name alone. 

But.......but they will send  a form to Mitch to authorize me on the account and where would I like this form sent?

Really?  I would like it sent to my new address that I can't change until they send the form to my new address.

Ironic, isn't it?

Further proof that big companies have policies that make no sense, even in the advanced technological age of 2012.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Happy New Year

Welcome to the New Year!

I'd like to tell you that one of my New Year's Resolutions is to post more.  But you should know that I don't make New Year's Resolutions.

What I do instead is start ANOTHER blog.

I know.  Shut up.

But I've started a new blog, Reading the Recipe.  You can find a link here on the right sidebar.  It's my effort to expand what we eat around here.  You know you need to expand your menu when your 12-year-old answers the question "What do you want for dinner?" with "Anything but pizza or tacos,"

So what I'm doing is making a concerted effort to try new recipes.  I'm not setting a number goal or anything, but I would like to make at least 2 a week.   I feel like I can easily obtain this if I use my crockpot for one of those.

Regarding the rest of our lives:  I got a new job, the holidays were great, we got a cat, there's talk of adding a turtle, we went to Las Vegas for New Year's, and we're looking forward to seeing Mitch's brother's family in February.

Gosh, when I do it like that, posting seems a lot less daunting.