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Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Rat mines, here I come! Went to a late meeting last night. Hope I got enough a nap in yesterday afternoon to not be totally zombied out today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! I've eaten my salmon breakfast and it's off to the salt races. Wednesday is tag day which can be interesting...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Wednesday is tag day, which can be rough. I got the tagging done, and the cigarettes counted though, and made it through! Sales were down somewhat due to the holiday, I think. Tomorrow is another day!
J and I just made a HUGE wok full of vegetable biryani for him to take to work tomorrow for a potluck. He found a recipe he liked the look of and I helped him adapt it to not use whole cardamom seeds, whole cloves, cinnamon sticks, etc. so that people don't have anything to eat around. In other substitutions, I assured him a similar amount of toasted fennel seeds would work in lieu of caraway seeds (I couldn't find the caraway seeds that I was SURE I had - may need to buy some), especially in a biryani, so he went with that. Lastly, since I didn't have any cilantro on hand we subbed parsley, for color if not quite the same flavor. 46 years of cooking experience is good for SOMETHING.
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I remember that cartoon! Loved it then and still do.
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Wednesdays are when we change the weekly (or longer) sale prices. It's not usually TOO bad out at the fuel center, except when there are a lot of changes to the signage on the tops of the gas pumps. Today the Monster drinks went OFF sale (from 3/$5 to regular price, $1.99 each) which did require some changing to the tops of the gas pumps. There were two other changes to be made at the gas pumps. Needless to say, I did the OFF SALE tagging first, so I wouldn't have to sell very many drinks at the old sale price. I didn't end up selling any as I got all the tags changed before anyone wanted to buy any of them.
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! No tagging today, but I need to do a "random 30" inventory review to ensure that what the list says we have IS what we have on 30 items.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! I'll be training the new lady first thing this morning, which is a lot harder than it sounds...then can "relax" and go with normal for the second half!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! J had mentioned yesterday that, in addition to photography for orchid judging, we had a party this evening, but I just checked the online invitation and it's the 21st, not the 14th for the party. And I've already put a cheesy casserole in the oven for it. Was going to rewarm it between orchid photography and party. Guess what we're having for dinner tonight? Oh, well, it can be a "test" casserole I guess. LOL! That will teach me to double check before cooking as he's often confused on dates.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
It turned out his confusion was justified! The web page for the group has a calendar that does show the party for the 14th, but the eVite invitation clearly states the 21st, giving directions, asking for a response by the 19th, etc. As people get (and respond to) the eVite, J checked and it is actually the 21st, not today, which makes more sense anyway as it's supposed to be a Thanksgiving themed party. I can easily duplicate this casserole next weekend if desired and bring the same thing to the party.
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Ambrosia apples are delicious! I usually buy some when we have them at work. Honey Crisp, Ambrosia, and Pink Lady are my favorite varieties right now.
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The casserole warmed up quite nicely, and we have half of it left for another meal. Of course for us it WAS the meal, not just one of many sides...so we had more than just a spoonful of it each. When I make it again for the actual party next week, I'll probably just have a bite of it, if even that much, as I'm sure there will be many other sides that I will want to taste.
I'll try to follow my usual party rule. Taste everything you want. Eat nothing...though I may eat slightly more than a taste of the turkey and/or ham. LOL!
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! Still getting used to the idea of mostly having weekends off. But it's an idea I can, I'm sure, get used to again! I've been up for a while, but distracted by breakfast and plant identification questions on the Walter Reeves site. Someone was wanting to get rid of some mushrooms growing on their mulch, and I honestly think they are Golden Chanterelles, and the best way to "get rid" of them would be to pull them up, cook, and eat them, but without getting closer to them and getting a more positive ID can't really recommend that to them. I told them my suspicion and pointed them to a web page that might help them to decide.
Got the dishwasher going, and pondering laundry.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! Squirrels are evil. Tasty, but evil. They get in attics and chew wires and make a mess, but not as badly as raccoons I guess...
Off to the rat mines.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Dinner last night was some homemade vegetable soup and baked/broiled chicken. The soup was really good! J had some as his starter too and finished off with the last of the vegetable biryani that we made for his work thing last week. There is vegetable soup left for another starter we can look forward to.
Off to the salt races!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! It's supposed to thunderstorm today. Whee!
Last night's dinner was a nice, beefy, mushroomy, noodle dish I made. Chuck steak slow cooked in broth with mushrooms, carrots, and onion, then chopped, and spatzle noodles added until they were done. Thickened with a little cornstarch. I went easy on the noodles (carbs!), leaving the dish on the beefy side.
Off to the rat mines.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...
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I never buy meat at full price. I always shop the manager's special rack and get the discounted meat, then stock it up in the freezer for later need. Today I picked up three nice pieces of ocean fish for the freezer.
This morning was the tag day from hell. I think EVERYTHING on the cigarette planogram needed new tags. And most of them were just changing the "regular" price but the sale price remained the same. I had to change them because if they go OFF sale ever, then we just tear off the hanging yellow sale tag.
And then three things needed to be changed out on the pumps, in the cold and wet. Bleah.
Took me half the shift just to get done with that. My filing will have to wait until tomorrow and be mixed in with tomorrow's filing.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! The horrible rain and wet from yesterday is supposed to be over, thankfully.
Off to the salt races!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! Caught up on the filing yesterday, and cleaned the rain runoff out of the spill buckets (where they put the gas into the tanks) because even though they have enough depth to hold a bit, we're supposed to keep them cleaned out. Also got my weekly mini-inventory of 30 "random" items done. I don't actually pick random items, but usually start at a certain point in the list (or on a rack) and just run down until I've done at least 30. Then the next time I'll start at the next point on the list (or rack) and continue so that over time I get the whole kiosk done and hopefully the inventory isn't very far off.
You might not think there's much inventory in that little kiosk but my predecessor managed to pack in extra types of candy bars and put chips in where there wasn't ANY room, as well as motor oil and some of the fuel additives. We've actually got, with all the cigarettes and tobacco, a couple of hundred or more items in there. Part of our supplies are stored in the employee bathroom, but there's enough room still to turn around in there so it's OK.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday!
In the fuel center, the tobacco products, candy, gum and mints are mostly pre-defined by the district, though there is a little wiggle room as the racks for displaying them sometimes have just a bit of extra space. If the city allows, then there will be six or seven drink coolers outside displaying all sorts of drinks, and displays of motor oil, transmission fluid, cases of drinks, fire wood, etc.
My store is physically located in John's Creek (though the mailing address is Alpharetta) and John's Creek won't allow most of that outside stuff. We have two outside vending items: an ice box (only ten pound bags) and a large sliding door cooler for Coca Cola products. Inside we have a very small cooler for Pepsi products and an even smaller one (that customers can't see) for overflow from the others, as well as Kroger single half liter water bottles. We can also store our lunch in the smallest one if there is room.
We have three added candy bars, which is all the wiggle room we had there, as all the others are required items. My predecessor had cleaned out a small storage cabinet and removed its sliding doors for use in displaying additional snacks, and moved a storage cabinet from outdoors into the rather roomy bathroom, for storing supplies indoors (which is really more convenient anyway, and didn't require locking the cabinet) so that made room for some chips, cookies, and peanut butter crackers. We did have some peanuts and sunflower seeds hanging from the ceiling but we can't get those anymore, which is a shame, as they were good sellers. Then we have some 5 hour energy scams...er, shots, Tums and a couple of headache remedies and that's about it. It's amazing how many tobacco and candy products you can fit into a relatively small space, which is why we have so many items in there.
I am watching some of the added candy bars and considering letting some of them go and, perhaps, rotating in something different. We've been having some requests for Milky Way, which we don't have out there, and perhaps it could replace one of the other three that aren't selling so well, in my opinion.
For chips, we try to always have Lays Classic (very popular), Doritos Nacho (likewise) and Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream (when we can get them) along with a varying selection for two or three more, depending on what's available in the big store. Right now I have some Cheddar popcorn, some Butter popcorn, and some Ruffles Fully Dressed (a limited time offer) but we rotate in Cheetos, Funyuns, or whatever I can find to give us a decent variety in a limited space. There are times when there are only three items that seem to be available in the store, so those three are it for the chips.
Some customers like the variety, and some wish we were more consistent, but we're constrained by what's available in the big store, and that's how I explain it to them. I have what I can get any given time and I'm sorry that I don't always have their favorite...I don't get to give a Fuel Kiosk order to the Frito vendor...
I don't think many people realize how much work and planning go into stocking that little kiosk. Trust me, the lead/manager does NOT have time to sit down and read in the quiet spaces. Once in a while I can just sit and chill. I treasure those brief moments. LOL. I usually have scheduling, filing, supply ordering, cleaning or something else that requires my attention. Thankfully, I don't have to generally get tobacco products, as the store sends someone out with those, ice, Coke and Pepsi products. They are SUPPOSED to take care of our other items, but I usually have to get the candy and chips and motor oil and such (including Red Bull and the 5 hour shots, as that's not covered by Pepsi or Coke) myself as they don't have time. If I don't have time either, we run out and no one likes THAT.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...
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In God we trust. All others pay cash, debit or credit. No checks.
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! Yesterday we had a memorial service for a friend/acquaintance who was in the Orchid society, followed by a light lunch (in the church hall) and then rushed home from Athens to prepare my enormous spicy, cheesy, shredded potato casserole for last night's party. It was a big hit, and there may be just enough left for one good serving each. Not vegan, but vegetarian. For a while it was the ONLY potato available, which may have contributed some to its popularity, though later a guest did bring a huge bowl of mashed potatoes, and another brought a large tub of potato salad. As expected, there was turkey, ham, dressing, gravy, and an assortment of sides that were mostly tasty. I managed to find roasted carrots, potato salad, potato casserole, NOT mashed potatoes (turkey broth in them), some spinach casserole, and some fourth item, I forget what, that were vegetarian for J's plate, as he was working the registration desk fairly late into the party, along with a piece of chocolate pudding pie for his dessert. Someone brought some mac and cheese very late, so I brought J a bite of that too. He said he got enough to eat, and later when registration had pretty much closed, he found a cupcake to eat as extra.
Today I've had breakfast and then back to bed for a short nap with Lilo (missed my nap yesterday, and needed it!) and will likely go back for another nap after lunch. Speaking of lunch, I need to see about warming up the rest of the vegetarian hot and sour soup I made the other day.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! And it's COLD out there! 30 feels like 25 according to the weather channel page.
I've had my breakfast so off to the rat mines!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Not quite as cold this morning, if one degree makes a difference...
Off to the salt races!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Really? There are going to be RESTRICTIONS for just a few days, and you can't just TELL me what those are but you have to include a .XLS file that explains them, instead of telling me in the text?
Oh, and this very important email is from the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK at admin@hdredirect-lb-399551664.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com? Yeah, OK...sure. I'm sure there must be a valid reason for the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK to be sending mail from such an odd email address.
DON'T FALL FOR THIS OBVIOUS SCAM FOLKS!. The macros in the .XLS file attached are sure to be malicious. If it were real, it would be signed by a person, not a bogus title. And it would be addressed to you BY NAME. And wouldn't be coming from admin@hdredirect-lb-399551664.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com...
Email shown (minus cute, official looking formatting) below:
FED Wire and ACH Restrictions. Important!
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
Important:
You are getting this letter in connection with new directive No. 172390635 issued by U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The directive concerns U.S. Federal Wire and ACH online payments.
We regret to inform you that from 11/24/2015 till 11/27/2015 definite restrictions will be applied to all Federal Wire and ACH online transactions.
It's essential to know all the restrictions and the list of affected institutions. The process of working with online transactions is mostly very tense, so it's possible to overlook the applied restrictions, that may be very important for you.
More detailed information regarding the affected institutions and U.S. Treasury Department restrictions is contained in the attached document.
Federal Reserve Bank System Administration
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Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! Thanksgiving Eve! We're in a warming trend. Only 36 out there this morning.
Off to the rat mines.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Howdy y'all. It's Thanksgiving Eve. This year I'm actually working, so most of the Thanksgiving meal will be pre-fab. I bought some sliced turkey, sliced ham, stuffing crumbs (I'll be making my "stuffing" myself, even though it won't be stuffed into anything), some bite size pumpkin tarts (easy and SMALL dessert), gravy mix, corn (D wants it...), and "instant" broccoli rice cheese casserole. One presumed guest will be bringing another dessert, which is one of his family traditions, and possibly a bottle of wine, though I've got the wine covered too.
My plan is to come home from work, take a nap for two or three hours, get up, warm everything while I make the stuffing, serve and eat...D is here for Thanksgiving, and his "friend" from Augusta is supposed to be coming with the other dessert, and another friend of ours is biking over for it late tonight and will be sleeping in the guest room. I'll be asleep but D will let him in...
As manager, I open so I'll be home about 1:00.
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Howdy y'all. Happy Thanksgiving! Off to the rats racing in the salt mines. Never know how busy holidays will be, but if it will be very busy it's likely it will be a bit later in the morning.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
Final Thanksgiving menu (D, 2 guests and me):
Sliced turkey breast
Sliced ham
Light bread dressing
Corn bread dressing
Mashed potatoes
Turkey gravy
Broccoli Rice Cheese casserole
Corn
Mini-Croissants
Butter (for rolls)
Bite size pumpkin tarts
No-bake cheesecake (from scratch) - Thanks Michael!
Wine of choice: Woodbridge Pinot Grigio (Robert Mondavi winery)
Too much for pictures and I forgot anyway.
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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! You can guess what breakfast was today.
I don't expect too much business this morning, as the day after Thanksgiving is pretty dead unless you work near a major shopping mall or department store, and I don't. Of course people may run out of gas running around between them all...
Off to the rat mines!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some only once...0 -
It was a pretty quiet day. Came home, had more leftovers for lunch and took a long nap. Then more leftovers for dinner. I have a quart of leftover turkey stock so some leftover turkey might find its way into a pot of soup eventually. I've certainly got enough vegetables in the freezer to make a nice soup, or I could use some freeze dried or dehydrated veggies. Only one small serving of mashed potatoes left. No more broccoli rice cheese casserole, as it was a small one. The bowl of mashed potatoes was small too, but I eat smaller portions of that...so a little bit left. Still some sliced ham, turkey, gravy, cornbread dressing and light bread dressing. I'm the only one who likes cornbread dressing and I question how some of these people have lived in the south so LONG without developing a taste for that, but I guess there's no accounting for taste...
As one of the guests for dinner is allergic to chicken, I used vegetable stock to make both types of dressing. They were vegan and quite delicious, if I do say so myself! I didn't use the turkey stock because (who knew?) it's made with turkey broth (expected), CHICKEN broth (WTF?) and vegetable broth. Um...why? When I make turkey stock, it's made from ... well, TURKEY broth. Turkey bones, skin, maybe fat, all boiled up with some herbs. I bought the box of turkey stock, thinking, well...turkey. Then read the ingredients before making the dressing and quickly changed my mind and grabbed a handy box of vegetable stock instead. Good thing I keep that on hand at all times, being married to a vegetarian!
Thus, the leftover quart of turkey stock for soup. It won't go to waste, as I like turkey soup.
There are also leftover bite size pumpkin tarts, of course and quite a bit of Michael's HUGE family/party size dish of no-bake cheesecake. Fortunately he'll be taking most of that home with him when he goes back to Augusta tomorrow. He said it's one of his family tradition desserts that his extended family just about fights over! It was good, and I'm glad he felt comfortable sharing one of his traditions with us. My main family Thanksgiving tradition is food...LOTS OF FOOD! And I definitely inherited that gene.
We feed friends. Relatives. Friends of relatives. Friends of friends. No one goes hungry at a family holiday dinner.
And I've learned to taste most things and eat a reasonable amount instead of chowing down on half a turkey, half a pan of dressing, etc...and it's actually MORE enjoyable when I don't have to be rolled away from the table.
Plus I don't have to cook for several days...which is very nice.
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