Drive-Bys, BIG sighs...and a Shout Out to That Guy...

My, my, my, my, and my.....WHAT a week....um, yeah...I know...it IS only Monday, but my, my, my and my...It feels as though I had just discussed Mondays...I guess it must have been last week.  Sorry...my mind has been turned to mush..distractions and such..I blame chainsaw jugglers...totally and absolutely...they should be illegal..Well, um, nah..I don't really think they should..So, Mondays...I believe last week I had some spectacular adjectives to describe the day, and they were even allowed to be next to one another in the same sentence...although, not meet behind the gym after geometry...well, I declare...Mondays are now new favorite day of the week...filled with amazing adjectives...and, now they ARE allowed to meet behind the gym...and, perhaps, share a piece of Bubblicious...

"Oh, Mama...It appears as though you have found the cure...a cure for a case of the Monday's!  I feel so much better...what a relief..BTW..what's with all of these butterflies????"

We did take a trip to The Fred Meyer today..for groceries...mostly..However, I was side-tracked...yeah, shocking..We found these fantastic stickers!

You can't beat bugs...actually, you can swat them and squish them and destroy them with flip flops...but those are the evil bugs...These bugs to which I reference are cute and sweet..(like CSJ's) and now stuck to everything in my apartment and all over me...I couldn't help myself..Makes me want to become an entomologist.  Not really...I prefer to just purchase bug stickers...no tests..no degree necessary..

"Mama, bug stickers are the bee's knees...tisk-tisk...get it???"  Again, she takes after her Mama...

We have gotten wayyy off track..even for a Monday...it that mushy mind syndrome...again, I am a work in progress...I was planning on making this special soup...but, cataclysmic events occurred..exceptional ones, mind you...so this is why I always have a contingency plan..a little trick or two up my sleeve. so to speak...for emergencies...so I kept dinner simple...KISS approach...I must have had something on my mind...hmmmm....

You WERE forewarned...no culinary expertise required this evening....which is wise...drive-bys do things to the brain..things resulting in memory loss...and that is a great thing, breathtaking, one might say...

Steak, baked potato with cheese, butter and sour cream...and corn..I have tons of that stuff left over..anyone need an ear or two???

The potato was baked in the oven..It was cooked a long time, accidental, mind you...so do as I say and not as I do..do NOT turn on your oven, place the potato inside and then fall asleep..for two hours..Fortunately, nothing caught fire and my potato wasn't destroyed...the oven setting was on low...

A baked potato is merely a lonely and naked potato without cheese...oh, and butter and sour cream...they're coming...tthey are coming...they wouldn't miss it for the world... The sour cream and butter, mind you....

We cooked our steak!  Yep....we did..and have no regrets..none..

Ah, yes...the skillet....of Justice...I know..and I AM sorry..I can't stop..it's like Leon Phelps and Courvoisier..too funny to just move along...and it makes me giggle...giggling is a hoot...total.. just ask Woodsy..he will totally back me up..and he doesn't pollute..that is soooo Portland!

Drum roll...and for tonight, at least...throw in a tambourine or two...possibly a mariachi band....someone capable of hitting and delivering...jugglers of the chainsaw variety???

For the record...This was absolutely too much food...so E.V. enjoyed as well..and I reserved the rest of the steak for later this week...shhhhh..I practiced restraint so I could eat fifteen pieces of Halloween candy...umm, boy, was it good and tasty...like chainsaw jugglers, one might even say..

It was a long and glorious day..as hard as it was to endure this long day...we managed...E.V. was even kind enough to help with the dishes..she's such a sassy and sweet gal...I raised her well.....it was long and hard..but...

This pre-cleaning step is critical as well as beneficial...as I have forgotten to purchase dishwash soap for at least the past week...it's on that list I seem to keep losing....she really is a sweet pea...like...hmmm..allow me to think a moment...

So, yes...that is us in a nutshell this evening..totally KISS cooking approach....We did shake some bootie..It couldn't be helped....AND it will rock your world....like chainsaw jugglers....and ....BHG, but CSJ's...totally win and they worm their way into your brain.....And dinner was delicious..although the soup did get the shaft tonight, we will have it tomorrow...tomorrow is time for soup to shine...and it requires a more hands-on approach....volunteers to help with the soup?????  Stay tuned.....Shhhhhhhhhh...it's a secret...don't report me to the authorities.....