Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Harvest Stew!

Harvest Stew

2 - 12oz. Bottles of Blue Moon Harvest Moon (or your favorite pumpkin ale)
1 - 12oz. Bottle of Woodchuck Draft Cider Harvest Cider (Spiced Cider can work, too.)
24 oz. Water
1- Packet of Onion Dip/Soup Mix (I got mine from Aldi)
1 small package of cubed stew beef
1 medium sized red onion, sliced and quartered
2 large portabella mushrooms, chunked
1/2 small package of baby carrots
3 small potatoes (I used russet, though you can use whatever's available or to your fancy)

Directions:
1. Prep vegetables (and meat, if necessary).
2. Toss beef in slow cooker.
3. Add onion soup mix, toss to cover meat.
4. Add pumpkin ale and spiced cider.
5. Add vegetables.
6. Add water.
7. Close the lid of your slow cooker, set the cook time to 8 hours.
8. Sit back and relax and wait for everything to finish.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

*ping*

Still over at LJ. Haha. Haven't been here for 3 years AGAIN. So, for those of you following me here, let's do a rundown of what's happened the past 3 years, shall we?

Work:
- Started working for AlliedBarton Security on 11/27/2006. Kristina's birthday.
- Started working at OfficeMax Bryn Mawr on 12/4/2006.
- Became Bryn Mawr's Site Supervisor on 7/16/2008.
- Transitioned to Guardsmark on 1/9/2009.
- Was flown to our McCalla PowerMax to interview for a position as a Supervisor in mid-May.

Love Life:
- Separated from Ben in December 2006.
- Went on a few dates in Summer 2007 with various women. Nothing serious developed.
- Dated Mallory from February 2008 to Late March 2008
- Dated JJ from September 2008 to May 2009
- Have been dating my current girlfriend, Laura, since May 21, 2009.

Moving/Housing:
- Hotel-hopped and couch-surfed from July 2007 to December 2007.
- Lived with my friend Mark from December 2007 to October 2008.
- Moved into an apartment in Elgin with a couple of local furs in October 2008.
- Kicked one roommate out in January 2009 for lying and stealing.
- Gained another roommate in March 2009.
- One roommate (the other leaseholder) up and left in May 2009.
- Current roommate will be moving in October 2009.
- I will be having another friend move in Ocotober 2009.
- I will be renewing my lease in October 2009.

Cars:
2006 would put me at having Aurora, wouldn't it?
- Had Aurora (1997 Ford Escort LX Wagon) until December 2007.
- Bought Marauder (2000 Dodge Intrepid) on December 24, 2007.
- Paid off Marauder on July 6, 2009.
- Going for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation class in Kankakee on Saturday afternoon.

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Well, it looks like LJ's back, so I'm going to resume my normal posting there. Come find me there if you wish to read about more of my exploits and thoughts!

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

First Post

So, I created this blog back in '04 and it's just now getting used... x_x Wow. Hrm. Still over at LJ as SamiiTiger, so that's where you'll find me mostly... Although if I ever get to starting up my webcomic, this seems like a decent place to post it.