How Come? Part 2

So yesterday I spent 99.9% of my day at home waiting for the phone to ring with job news and the fax machine to ring with something I desperately need from my last company. This little something I asked for over 2 weeks ago and was assured that I would get it within 24-48 hours. Fast forward two weeks, I call and ask where it is and I was told, "We all have a case of the summer's here. We will get that to you later." Hello? What? Just because you don't feel like working doesn't mean I need that paper any less!!!!

So any who, I had to run out for like 30 minutes to get more pampered pet food- because of course they can't eat the stuff they sell at grocery stores, or even at pet stores. I have to go to a place and special order it. Sorry, sidetracked. Well, while I was out I got three e-mails from someone with questions about a Pampered Chef order, two from another person looking for a recipe, and low and behold, when I get home there is a message on my machine that the fax did not go through and I needed to provide another fax number! All within like my 30 minute dog food run! I called the lady back, gave her Pampered Husband's fax number and now I have everything I need- well, except for a job.

How come things only happen when I am not home and able to take care of them immediately? Here is the plan for today- GET OUT AND STAY OUT! Things only seem to happen while I am not at home, so I will leave. I am going to try to do every stinkin' little errand I can think of today and I am going to enjoy it. Time to stop stressing. My stress will not get me a job, just a stomachache.

Need to get going,

Pampered Wife

How Come?

How come everytime I sit down to do this I can never think of anything to write, but later this afternoon I will come up with ten other things to write about? Ahhh... Today I think I want to talk about my summer reading.

The first book that I read this summer just for fun was Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella. This is the latest (as in last year because I refuse to pay for the hard cover) in the Shopaholic series. They actually made the first one into a movie, a bad movie from what I hear- so I am staying away from it. I love this series! It is all about a woman with a shopping addiction who is truly smart but feels a need to "fake it." In this book we get to experience her pregnancy with her and feel all of the insecurities that women feel during pregnancy- not that I know, but from what I hear. I loved the book. Read it all in one day. I would probably give the book 3 1/2 stars overall, but 5 stars for being a great summer read- quick, easy, enjoyable, doesn't require too much thinking!

The book I am currently working on is Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews. It is about two regional food show hosts competing for a show on The Cooking Channel- a la the Food Network. The cool thing about this book is the fact that it is set in the area I live in! I love reading it and thinking, "I've been there." However, it is slightly annoying that the author continually is changing from first to third person and even point of views. I find myself rereading a lot of the book just so I can figure out who is talking. I find that so distracting. As of right now, I am thinking 3 stars as a whole, and pretty much only 2 1/2 stars as a summer read. I will keep you posted as I complete the book...probably later today.

Oh yeah- still waiting on dream job!

Still waiting...

Uggh...I am still waiting to hear from dream job. I am starting to wonder if this truly is a dream job. Would I want to work for someone who has to take like 3-4 weeks to make a decision? In my profession you are taught to make the decision quickly and then work with the consequences. I am hoping to hear something today. Trust me- I will not leave my telephone's side until I hear something.

On another note, I am happy to report that my blog inspired someone else's dinner last night. I love that I have the time and the tools necessary to experiment in my kitchen- now I also have an outlet to share all about it. I hope you loved your Chicken Pesto dinner! So let me gush about last night's masterpiece- Mozzarella Red Pepper Chicken Sausage and Spaghetti Squash lightly tossed in olive oil. It was so simple and so delicious and the true kicker- it was healthy! PH was amazed that I did not eat one carb at dinner. We made up the calories though, we each had small Blizzards from Dairy Queen after dinner!

So that is all that is going on today in my life. How about you?

Pampered Wife

A Tool for Every Need

Good Morning! How was your holiday weekend? Mine was fun.

This past weekend PH and I just kind of hung out and didn't do anything too exciting or too special. We are still new to town and have not made any new friends yet, but we are past the "exploring" part of moving to a new city- so we are on our way.

The best part about this weekend was all of the fun cooking I got to do! I started off Friday dinner with a phenomenal chicken thing that I just kind of came up with myself. I took a few boneless skinless breast and covered them in pesto. Then I placed spinach leaves on top, sliced tomato, and finally sliced fresh mozzarella. I baked it for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. It was to die for! Such simply clean flavors, nothing too complex, and just the perfect blend of seasoning.

Then we cooked out on Saturday. Simple hot dogs for lunch and another dinner concoction. I took lean ground beef from Trader Joe's and diced tiny hot/sweet peppers, that we bought at the farmer's market in the morning, and mixed them in with the ground beef. We grilled the burgers and put some American cheese on top. They were also delicious!

Yesterday I begged PH to make dinner because I was totally engrossed in a new book- more on that another day. He said no, so I did what every resentful wife would do in this case- I made leftovers for dinner!!! HA! Well, leftovers for me, PH had purchased a salmon encrusted with pecans and lemon from the Fresh Market and I baked that for him. It smelled delicious, but I just do not like any kind of seafood. I have no idea why, but I don't care at all for seafood. He said it was great.

The whole reason I had so much fun this past weekend with all of my cooking was the fact that I had a tool for everything that I needed to do. Pampered Chef products really do make cooking more enjoyable and easy. I couldn't believe how amazing my food turned out and how little prep time it took! I heart Pampered Chef!

So what are you cooking?

Pampered Wife

Happy Birthday America!

So I have to be honest, Independence Day happens to be my absolute favorite holiday. Yes, I like it more than Christmas, and impossible to believe- more than my birthday. My love for this holiday can be summed up in one word- FIREWORKS! Who doesn't love fireworks?

I love American history. People say that, compared to the rest of the world, America is so young and has very little history- which is technically true, but what it does have is amazing. To think that this country was started by a few brave souls who merely wanted to believe in their own religions. Then the turmoil the country went through when some believed in "All men are created equal," and others thought they could own people. But we survived. We overcame a depression that could have destroyed the country, we went to war with and against other nations. And here we are now, in a very similar situation that we were in years ago. Hopefully we have learned enough from our past to get through the tough times once again. I guess it is true that history repeats itself.

Oh yeah- on the fireworks note, I know three things that don't like them- the pampered pets! So even though it is my absolute favorite holiday of the year, PH and I will be staying at home helping the pampered pets through their least favorite holiday.

Happy Birthday America!

Pampered Wife

So Much To Do, So Little Ambition

Here I sit in a maze of boxes using the excuse "we just moved." However, I have not really been working too hard on the pampered palace. I am quite embarrassed actually. I need to get to work on this place today. Really, I do. Really I am going to...just after I check my DVR for shows from last night. D'oh, that's not the right attitude!

Ok, so wish me luck. Hopefully tomorrow's post can include all of the things I accomplished today.

(Can you see that I am even too lazy to put effort into this post?!?! I think I might need help!)

Pampered Wife

News....Kind of....

Ok, so dream job is still out there looming. After having a down in the dumps kind of day yesterday due to this insane scenario I made up in my mind about not getting the job, I got up this morning, and with a little push from pampered husband, I called to check in on "my job." So, the gentleman was very nice and said that he was glad I called. He asked if I have accepted any other position- NO, hello, waiting on pins and needles for this one! He also asked where I was in the application- finally mailed in transcripts yesterday. He also asked for my local number- thank goodness we got one, normally we just use our cell phones.

So here is the big news- he wants ANOTHER WEEK to decide!!!! AHHHH!!! I can't play the waiting game much longer, I don't think my nerves can take it, or my marriage.

Here is my opinion on this whole thing. I truly think he wants me. I think he is a little worried about my lack of experience with the laws in this state- remember I am new here. I think he might also be slightly worried about my age- in my field, I am a little young (not getting younger though as I sit here on pins and needles!!!) I also think he might be waiting for a finally go ahead from the people above him. I understand all of this, it is logical, but I really want the job.

Will keep you posted!

Pampered Wife