We had steak for lunch - marinated in soy sauce, grilled sesame oil and lime juice ...

Peaches go into my morning muesli along with either natural yoghurt, fromage frais or greek yoghurt. I am too fond of them fresh to experiment with them much (we have a local producer who grows organic peaches that are HUGE as in 4 peaches to a Kg, that's a good half a pound each and they are the BEST). 

Eff off to the fact that women who are assertive in the workplace have to walk that fine line so that people won't label them a "btch" I work with several people that seem to consistently under deliver on the job.. and their lack of ability to do their jobs properly means it's a problem for ME.  Right now, dealing with people in my dept.. in accounting and legal that are just flat out not listenting.. and It's not just me.. I talked to a coworker today (man) who agreed we have made all these things an issue for months.. and it continues to not get resolved.. these people flat out don't even respond to emails a lot of the time!  I can't be any more firm without it being seen as being difficult to work with.. gahhhh.

forn would be my sweet pickled jalepenos.. this year has been a bumper crop from the garden.. so made sweet pickled whole peppers.. so good on a cracker with a smear of cream cheese!

Eff 0ff to:   

• Unemployment insurance that takes forever to access.  Not a crisis, but a definate PITA.  It has been a long time since I have navigated the UEI process. Automation... my butt.  Fill it out. Wait for a response. (Theme for jeopardy playing......).  Response... they need more information.  From my former employer.  So, I gave the State my old boss's direct contact info.   The issue, a pull down selection on why you lost the job.  Not a RIF, not a layoff.  The only option, Eleminated or Fired. One selection.  Then comes the inquisition.  What did you do to get fired.  I was given zero reason, no disciplinary action, no coaching, no follow up PIP meetings (that were to have happened biweekly) so the subselection I chose "Replaced".  Since I was not terminated for attendance, or any of the behavior selections.... And the theme for Jeopardy continues.
• Housework.  I forgot how much housework there is when there is someone always in the home. Two people working out of the house....Comparatively no housework. Nothing 30mins a day won't address. One person either home officing or not working.... DISHES!!!! Piles and piles of dishes. And LAUDRY!! Not that it piles up, but you cannot as easily ignore it. It nags at you. Constantly picking at the back of your brain... Fold Me! Fold Me!
• Cooking. I usually enjoy making dinner as I am the home who makes it most evenings.  This became our norm during Tax Season. Now... as DW is the one who is funding my current and hopefully short term status as a kept man.  Thanks for being my Sugar Mama my beautiful.

• The SKid who does not call or respond to anyone without being badgered. He has pissed off his mom, my dad, me.....  He just does not engage. His mom pointed out that she is ready to put out a hit on him. His phone is in his hand all of the time. He engages for work, friends, God knows what else.  But responding to family.... nope. It takes dozens of attempts before he responds.  So, he is going to get an ear full very soon. From me, his mom, his Deepa (my dad), his Aunt, his Cousins.  The whole family is ready to dispose of his body over this.
• That is about it.

F0rn: (This weeks dinners)

• Low cab crack slaw.  Great stuff.  I have modified it. I use hot breakfast sausage in lieu of ground beef.  Shredded multi colored cabbage, shredded cruciferous vegetables. Chopped green onion.  One pan, 20mins, and a Soy (low sodium), Vinegar, Ginger,  Garlic, Chili sauce ... low carb yumminess.
• Spice chicken meatballs with caccio pepe sauce and konjac pene.  Carmelize the meat balls, add a ton of sliced mushrooms (as exotic as you can find in  your usual grocery haunts), add chopped green onion (or whatever onion type you prefer), add caccio pepe sauce, bring to a simmer, add pene. Enjoy. - All ingredients procured from Trader Joes. We have one less than a mile from our condo.
• Pork belly, sauted mushrooms, and fresh green beans.  
• Chef or Cobb salads - twice this week

And... not an Eff 0ff nor F0rn.  We leave at 07:00 in the AM for a week on Kauai.  The Skid will fly in tonight landing around Midnight.  We have a hotel booked at the Airport so we can pick him up, get some sleep, then leave for the airport at 04:45 tomorrow. This saves 2hrs of driving to and from the airport.  This will be the first extended time with the Skid since 2019.  We did see him for 2days at Christmas. Now, to balance enjoying out time together and.... give him clarity on not disrespecting the family and replying if only to send a short text in response.  If he pushed back, there are Tiger Sharks in Hawaii that I can draft to aid in his disappearance.   I may put raw steak in his snorkle when we do the coastal catamaran trip.

I am excited to see my son. His mom is buzzing with excitement.

Have a great weekend and next week STalkers.

To my poor puppy aging.  :(   He no longer can walk down the stairs so we have to carry him.  This weekend DH is installing a ramp on the back deck so he can walk down that.

Unfortunately, college days ruined me for peaches and we have some really good ones in NJ.  Fuzzy Navels  UGH.  I cant even smell a peach without having a gag reflex. 

Yumm ESMOD those peppers sound delish.  I love pepper jelly. 

I just tried to send a PM to you with a recipe and it gave me a failed message!

Peach pie! I make at least 3 during peach season.

Aw, classyNJ, so sorry to hear about your ailing honey. I can relate about carrying one's pup in their last years. My DH and I toted our girl around on her special cushion when she was nearing the Rainbow Bridge. When she needed to relieve herself, one or the other of us got up with her at any time during the night to take her outside. That's what we dedicated pet lovers do; they are our children after all. (((((HUGS)))))

Eff off to people who dump animals. 

What the f@ck is wrong with people? Is the human population getting worse? Seriously. 

I took in a sweet little orange kitty today. Wasn't planning on a new pet as I just got a new kitten 3 weeks ago. I guess the magical kitty distribution network smiled on me 2x. 

Peach Forn

Wasa rye cracker smeared with ricotta, peach slices and finely chopped rosemary. Maybe a small sprinkle of aleppo pepper instead of rosemary if I'm in that kinda mood. 

Eff off to whatever has been causing my guinea pig, Princess Popcorn, to lose weight. She's been to the vet THREE TIMES.  I will probably end up getting a full body X-Ray done on her.  I thought it might be a UTI, got her on antibiotics and a painkiller.  She did gain some weight back but now she isn't.  I've been giving her Critical Care for almost a month now.  She is still eating so I don't know what the problem is.  

Eff off to the vet who saw her two of the three times. Seriously, how much did you pay to have that degree printed?  He immediately jumped to it must be a dental issue that he can't see because it's so common with these little guys.  He wanted to sedate her right then and do an X-Ray on her mouth.  He didn't see any abnormality with her teeth so it must be underlying.  I'm not saying it's impossible but don't disregard me saying I saw what I thought was blood in her pee.  There is nothing worse than a know it all who knows nothing.  He's married to the other vet, who is awesome.  She may not know what is wrong with my furbaby but at least she'll say so.  He missed the knot in her neck that I found last weekend.  Awesome Vet got it out.  It was a cyst.  I'm still worried about the little princess though.  She's my buddy and I'm scared to death that I'm going to lose her.  

Eff off to death.  You've visited my home too much the past 3 years.  You've taken two parakeets, two guinea pigs, and one cat.  Just leave us alone!  

Eff off to the weather.  It's either hotter than Hades or it's raining.  

Eff off to the grass and weeds in my garden that I can't deal with because it's either too hot or it's storming.  

Eff off to the mosquitoes that insist that I am dinner when I come out to pick some veggies or fruit from my garden.  I guess FORN for the mosquitoes is my type A blood.  I thought they were more attracted to type O.  

FORN: either the watermelons from my garden or the chick fil a that I had for dinner.  Princess Popcorn certainly enjoyed the two pieces of watermelon that she got from my husband.  I had to talk him into giving the other two some.  She got two pieces but they only got one.  I had to explain that Queen Twerp and Princess Chunky would smell it on her and aggravate her, so they got some too.  

I'm a day late to this so I'll give you my super soggy not so sunny Saturday list:

Eff Off to: Next door neighbors who can't be bothered to do the bare minimum and pick up the trash in their yard that's migrating into mine. I saw them walk past it, they were in no rush, just pick up the damn trash and put it in the trash bin you have to walk past to enter your house. Easy peasy WTF-Y.

Eff Off to: being old. My 8 + mile walk to Canada yesterday has me hobbling badly today. I shouldn't feel as old as I do. My everything below my waist hurts. 

Forn: it's fresh fruit season here. Cherries, berries, melon about to be ready YUM!

Eff off to people who want to run multi project simultaneously when we only have bandwidth to do one at a time.

Eff off to people who won't provide a project manager so I end up working 7 days a week to keep things running.  

Eff off to the same people who are swanning off on holidays for two weeks over the key pinch points.

And finally eff off to some one I normally enjoy working with who has decided that we can do all of this and support some of the project on 100% internal resources.  Not possible.  Have to speak to them next week about this insanity.  Never mind I had already told them very seriously that we were being stretched too thin already.

F0rn

I love peaches and nectarines with pork.  With cured ham in an arugula salad.  As stuffing in a roast loin of pork.  Or fried and served with a pork chop.

Ok it's Saturday!

I had no effs yesterday! It was a day off work!

Slept in, went for a long bike ride with a friend, out to a vegetarian lunch after, then over to my neighbors for a bit, then my other neighbor came over and we drank too much wine (ok, ouch that's my eff off to myself!), Now I'm waiting for my sourdough bread dough to rise before baking.

Summer fruit is so good it buy bags of it from our local market. Now is peaches and nectarines, I'm hoping for potatoes soon!  Fresh fingerling potatoes roasted on the grill with butter, salt, pepper ...