Busy week

Originally I had planned to write here every day, but every day has been pretty busy. I've been working early morning shift so that means getting up at 4:30 every day. And going to bed early every night. I try to take a nap when I get home from work and by the time I'm up and showered it's usually one or two in the afternoon. That leaves me a few hours a day to do errands, run B around where she needs to go, cook dinner, do laundry.....well, you get the picture.

We went to a wedding Saturday night. One of the guys that J works with got married. I know him but I don't know her, so I get uncomfortable sometimes around people I don't know and have to sit with for a long period of time. But we sat with another couple he works with who he knows and I kinda sorta know, so it wasn't so bad. Plus we sat with the man who built the newlyweds new home. He was with his wife and two cute kids who, by the way were extremely well behaved. They were pretty easy to talk to so we ended up having a good time. It was a nice simple wedding, nothing fancy. Just a ceremony by the lake on a local farm. There was no dancing and none of that "I have to have the fanciest wedding and I need to go into debt" sort of wedding crap. So congrats to Mr and Mrs Cabrerra!

I've had to work every day this week, Sunday included. One more day to go and I'm on vacation for 8 days! On Monday, my brother-in-law came over and replaced the shingles on the roof for us. Since the roofer that did the estimate seems to like to take his sweet ass time returning phone calls we decided to let said brother-in-law do the job for us. They could use the money with another baby on the way. He said any home improvement stuff we need done to give him a call. That's fine with me. If the roof leaks, then we'll know where to find him! HA! Yesterday we had someone come out and look at the dryer vent. My clothes weren't getting dry and we figured that the vent just needed cleaned out. Wrong! Whoever put the dryer vent in long before we bought this house totally jacked up the vent and we ended up having to have a new one put in. So now we are another $500 poorer. I'm thinking it's better than having my house burn up because someone didn't know what they were doing. So I can't complain.

R decided he was going to finally show up. Almost three weeks and didn't hear a word from him. Then he comes home and pretty much demands that I give him the savings bonds that I went to my mom's to get a couple of weeks ago during that windstorm we had. I ripped him a new one though. Told him that he can't leave for three weeks with not a word to anyone then come home and "demand" that I give him money. I told him to come back tomorrow and we'll discuss it but he hasn't been here yet. I'll probably give him the money but I'm going to tell him that if he wants the remainder of the bonds he'll have to go to his grandmother for them. I'm tired of being the "bad guy". The kid needs to grow up and show some respect. J feels the same way I do. I

had a 4 day stress headache on top of sinus problems and I felt like total shit over the weekend. I need to let it go or I'm sure one of these days I'm going to find myself in a straight jacket at the local funny farm.

I made apple dumplings last night. I got the recipe from, where else, thepioneerwoman.com. I didn't take a picture because everyone had to eat on them right away but this is the picture from her website. Thanks PW! These are so damn yummy!

2 Granny Smith Apples (I use 3)

2 cans crescent rolls ( I use the big ones)

2 sticks butter or margarine

1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

cinnamon

1 small can Mountain Dew

Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each (if you use the big crescents then cut into 1/4's).

Roll each slice in a crescent roll. Place in 9X13 buttered baking dish. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream and spoon the sauce over the top.

J said I need to make these every week. I said my big butt really didn't need to do that. But it's tempting!