A Manager Quits

Yep,one of the asst. clubhouse mgr's quit her position and took an accounting job at the club. This does free up the payroll in our department. Maybe the asst. gen. mgr. will quit looking at me (the lowest man on the totem pole).

It's a rainy day and we're looking at all day for this fun. Grey skies and low 50's. Good day for cleaning and blogging.

My fiance came down with the flu on Valentine's Day. He rarely gets sick enough to stay home from work but this one did it. I've always heard that chicken soup (the homemade version) has healing qualities. I gave it a try and it came out great, delicious in fact. I surprised myself.

Here's the recipe

1 Boneless chicken breast

1 Sweet onion

4 Stalks of celery

2 Medium bay leaves

2 Chicken boullion cubes

Garlic Salt & Pepper to taste


In a 5 quart pot fill 3/4 with water. Drop in 2 chicken boullion cubes on medium heat. Wash and pat dry chicken breast. Season chicken with garlic salt and pepper on both sides. Brown lightly in olive oil on both sides. Cut onion in quarters and celery in 1/2 inch chunks. Saute both in olive oil until onions are just turning clear. Put onions and celery in pot of water that is now at a mild boil. Add Chicken breast as is, dont' cut it up you can do that later. Turn heat down between medium and low. Let simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Keep and eye on it for water level, you want to have a decent amount of broth left when the soup is done. Taste it about half way through for re-seasoning of salt and or pepper. MMMmm. Hope you like it, we did.

I poured my chicken soup over some mashed potatoes. Certainly hit the spot. My love drank only the broth, he wasn't feeling so hot. But I have to say he did go to work the next day and the day after he said he was feeling great. There's something to that chicken soup myth after all hmm?

Thanks for listening,

Dulce

He's trying to fire me?

Haven't been to work in 3 days, my schedule, which is joke, nice to have the time off. I think our exec chef is quitting....hmm. I wonder why?He has to put up with one EYe also. You see one EYe is a, as I said previously, benevolant dictator! Imagine why someone would quit? I like chef, he's fun and truthful. I hope he has something better lined up, im sure he does.

I had a great day yesterday. I cleaned my house, I know it doesn't seem like fun, but when you are done it feels so good! Then my fiance came home, yes we live together, and we had the greatest time. We went out for lunch and then we came home and had dessert....mmmmm What an awsomely handsome man I have. Wow. We are to be married in April. I love him...mmmm

Ok, back to work. I think the asst. general mgr. is trying to fire me. You see, he has a payroll problem. He hired me thinking that one of the asst clubhouse mgr's were going to quit. He also had a backup plan, he was going to fire his wife (one of the asst. clubhouse mgr's) in September and didn't. Problem being, he sucks in his roll and the board would like to get rid of him, so he doesn't want to rid his wife of her job. He makes the money or she does? Can't do yourself out of income in both directions. Now we have the problem of where do we cut the payroll? Hmmmm, could we possibly harass one of the managers? You know, it hasn't worked so far. But he's trying. My job sucks some days and others well they just pass for something to do. So far my fiance has gotten me through the hard times, like I said he's great and very sneaky.

Gotta go, he's due home................I love him so much.

Im doing steaks tonight. Nothing fancy.

2 Black Angus Beef Loin Strip Steaks
1/2 tsp. Garlic Salt
4 twists of the pepper grinder

Grill on each side 8 minutes for medium well (DONT TURN)

Once done....let rest for 5-10 to redistribute the juices!

For side dishes use your imagination.... tonight im making brocolli and roasted yukon gold potatoes

Im steaming the brocolli with a little butter and salt & pepper. The Yukon potatoes will be cut in quarters and drizzled with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and parsley. I will roast the potatoes for 30 min's and turn them half way through.

Im thinking red wine tonight.......of course im always thinking red wine..(smile)

Thanks for listening,

Dulce

I Saw ONe EYe

Last night I took care of the Wine Tail Party, one eye was there of course. I thought I might have to deal with him at some point during the event but not so soon. I was busy decorating the tables for the wine party when along comes "the lemer" or rather "the drunken lemer". He is my immediate boss, I don't like him either. One eye is the drunken lemer's immediate boss. The drunken lemer is almost always drunk and says a lot of stupid things. So anyway, the drunken lemer comes into the room and starts with his input, which never makes sense. He proceeds to open bottles of wine and put the corks all over the place. Then one eye comes into the room and yells across the room at me "We don't need corks all over the tables!". I walk over to him as he's yelling and tell him that I didn't do it. He always has this ridiculous, condiscending way of talking to people, and cuts me off mid sentence. I really don't like him.

What does he get out of talking to people like he does? He purposely asks me questions and when I try to give him answers he cuts me off everytime. He asked me one time If I had everything ready for an event that evening and as I tried to make conversation with him he says "YES OR NO, that's all I need from you!" I really don't like him. For the first 6 months that I worked there he couldn't remember my name, he kept calling me someone else's name. This is how insignificant he thinks everyone is. As he walks down the hall and encounters someone he will say "hey, there she/he is because he can't remember their name either.

I've stated to others that he's always rude to me and that I just can't understand why. Their reply has been, no, he's that rude to everyone. Gee, makes me feel a whole lot better to know that.

The only consolation last night was that we were able to try several new wines, with one eye's permission of course. He once called himself the benevolent dictator at one of our meetings. Definition: Benevolent, good will-kindness. I've not witnessed him spreading any good will or kindness for that matter. Ok, I've spent enough time unloading the benevolant dic for one day.

Ive got another recipe for you!

KAHLUA CAKE

1 pkg yellow cake mix

1 pkg chocolate instant pudding mix

1/4 c. vodka

1/2 c. kahlua

1 c. vegetable oil

3/4 c. water

4 eggs

Mix at high speed for 4 minutes.
Pour into greased and floured bundt pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

Turn out of pan and cool.

Glaze

1/4 c. powdered sugar.
Kahlua sufficient to smooth and thin consistency.
Drizzle over top of cake.

Mmmmm...enjoy

Dulce

My boss- One Eye

I just looked at the date of my last blog........it's been awhile. I've been here several times with nothing to say or so I thought. I love a variety of things that I could talk about but truthfully, I just want to talk about daily life. What it takes to get through my day.

Each day is a different struggle, some good, some not so good, some great, some really terrific. What we would say if we could. I feel very closed off from the ability to speak, I didn't use to be this way. I use to speak up, but then I started corporate work. I didn't know about the consequences of speech in a corporate setting. I wish I could just say what I wanted to in regards to my job. I guess I could, no one there could hear me, really. They wouldn't know who I was, right? If I speak carefully, I could say anything and they wouldn't know would they.

I dont' like my boss, in fact I can't stand him or his arrogance. He thinks he's good looking, you can tell by the way he puffs his chest out.I'm really bothered by a bump he has on his forehead, I stare at it sometimes when we are at meetings. I don't sit near him during meetings so then maybe he won't pick on me. He also has one eye tooth that is longer than the other, I think he should shave it down to match the other. It seems to protrude from his lips when he smiles, like a huge icicle hanging from a mountain in Utah. I have to go to work in a few minutes. I know I will have to deal with one eye at some point tonight. We have a wine tasting tonight and one eye thinks he knows wine, he doesn't. He's the proverbial wine snob. When I see him tonight I will try not to stare at his bump, I will try.

I think I feel better. I will post more on him tomorrow.
Dulce

p.s. maybe some more recipes later