Didn't say no to anyone today. Even volunteered to bake a cake, but was rebuffed. Oh well. Everyone seems more concerned about me than me.
Talked to an old friend tonight. Love that. Spoke with another friend briefly. Life sure can be complicated.
Daughter will be 18 on Thursday. Must lay in birthday supplies and figure out what we're doing. It's a much bigger deal for her than it is for us. Suddenly she's hitting us with I'm all grown up now and can do what I want. Sigh ... I can remember feeling that way once upon a time. Now I'd like to move back in with my mother and let her direct my every move again.
Big to do at work in a conflict over journalism ethics and bitter former staffers taking pot shots at us, with the help of our own staff. Really burns me up. Was very upset at all of it today. Just want people to leave us alone and let us do our jobs.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The weekend
Weekend is coming to a close. Really wish I had one more day to rest. Slept 9.5 hours last night and too a two-hour nap this afternoon. Still tired.
This weekend was more than a bit nutty. Open house at work on Saturday morning. More than 500 people attended! It was fun to take people through the building and let them see the newsroom and the presses. That appears to be everyone's favorite.
Had a lot of fun at my daughter-in-law's baby shower. It's amazing what sorts of things available for parents now. It's also always interesting to watch group dynamics at work. It's especially interesting to see genetics at play in a group setting. Got to see that twice yesterday, at the baby shower, and later at the bridal shower at my home. Both parties were fun. But, I never took ANY photos...
We wound up with 20 people at the bridal shower. We used lots of hot pink and white lace, with a sprinkling of Easter decorations and fresh flowers. Fun. Served crackers and cheese for appetizers, with fresh fruit, then we had rolls and seafood lasagna. I liked the lasagna, but thought it could be more moist.
Used the recipe from the Kraft website. Made it the night before, then baked at last minute. Didn't use the low-fat stuff, subbed ricotta for cottage cheese. Used twice as much ricotta as it called for and would have liked more shrimp.
What You Need
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
3 cups milk
1/2 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese
1 cup KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
9 lasagna noodles, cooked, drained
1/2 lb. deveined peeled medium shrimp, cooked
2 cans (6 oz. each) crabmeat, drained, flaked
Make It
HEAT oven to 350°F.
MELT butter in large saucepan on medium heat. Whisk in flour until well blended. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly; simmer on low heat 3 to 5 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan; set aside. Mix spinach, cottage cheese, 2/3 cup mozzarella and nutmeg.
SPREAD 2/3 cup Parmesan sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Cover with 3 lasagna noodles and layers of half each of the shrimp, crabmeat and spinach mixture; top with 2/3 cup of the remaining Parmesan sauce. Repeat layers, starting with the noodles. Top with remaining noodles, Parmesan cheese sauce and mozzarella; cover.
BAKE 45 min. or until heated through, uncovering after 25 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.
Here's to the start of a new week, with my new goals in mind.
This weekend was more than a bit nutty. Open house at work on Saturday morning. More than 500 people attended! It was fun to take people through the building and let them see the newsroom and the presses. That appears to be everyone's favorite.
Had a lot of fun at my daughter-in-law's baby shower. It's amazing what sorts of things available for parents now. It's also always interesting to watch group dynamics at work. It's especially interesting to see genetics at play in a group setting. Got to see that twice yesterday, at the baby shower, and later at the bridal shower at my home. Both parties were fun. But, I never took ANY photos...
We wound up with 20 people at the bridal shower. We used lots of hot pink and white lace, with a sprinkling of Easter decorations and fresh flowers. Fun. Served crackers and cheese for appetizers, with fresh fruit, then we had rolls and seafood lasagna. I liked the lasagna, but thought it could be more moist.
Used the recipe from the Kraft website. Made it the night before, then baked at last minute. Didn't use the low-fat stuff, subbed ricotta for cottage cheese. Used twice as much ricotta as it called for and would have liked more shrimp.
What You Need
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
3 cups milk
1/2 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese
1 cup KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
9 lasagna noodles, cooked, drained
1/2 lb. deveined peeled medium shrimp, cooked
2 cans (6 oz. each) crabmeat, drained, flaked
Make It
HEAT oven to 350°F.
MELT butter in large saucepan on medium heat. Whisk in flour until well blended. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly; simmer on low heat 3 to 5 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan; set aside. Mix spinach, cottage cheese, 2/3 cup mozzarella and nutmeg.
SPREAD 2/3 cup Parmesan sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Cover with 3 lasagna noodles and layers of half each of the shrimp, crabmeat and spinach mixture; top with 2/3 cup of the remaining Parmesan sauce. Repeat layers, starting with the noodles. Top with remaining noodles, Parmesan cheese sauce and mozzarella; cover.
BAKE 45 min. or until heated through, uncovering after 25 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.
Here's to the start of a new week, with my new goals in mind.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Fed up
I decided two things today. The first is, I'm fed up with negativity -- in all its forms, personages and attitudes. Over it. I've started deleting negative people from my Facebook and where possible I'm going to start deleting them from my life. I am too stressed, too fed up, too overworked and too disheartened to put up with any more.
I am particularly fed up with negativism at work. People: Get over it. Some of us have jobs. Some of us don't. Those who do should quit bellyaching and just do the work. Never mind how someone else thinks it ought to be done, how it was done 20 years ago or how someone taught you in J-school. The business is different, and whether it survives or not just might depend on a little change from the old way. And while I'm at it, in my view if you own a paper you ought to be able to do whatever you dang well please. I felt that way under the old owners and I still believe the same thing under the new owner.
The second thing I decided today was that I'm going to learn to say no. That means no to you, and you, and you. Everybody tells me I should learn to say no, but many people continue to ask me to do things.
I am stressed to the breaking point and need to take steps to get a few priorities straight and maybe for once put my own sanity -- or what's left of it -- first.
This list may also be expanded to include an anti-drama and histrionics campaign in all its forms.
I am particularly fed up with negativism at work. People: Get over it. Some of us have jobs. Some of us don't. Those who do should quit bellyaching and just do the work. Never mind how someone else thinks it ought to be done, how it was done 20 years ago or how someone taught you in J-school. The business is different, and whether it survives or not just might depend on a little change from the old way. And while I'm at it, in my view if you own a paper you ought to be able to do whatever you dang well please. I felt that way under the old owners and I still believe the same thing under the new owner.
The second thing I decided today was that I'm going to learn to say no. That means no to you, and you, and you. Everybody tells me I should learn to say no, but many people continue to ask me to do things.
I am stressed to the breaking point and need to take steps to get a few priorities straight and maybe for once put my own sanity -- or what's left of it -- first.
This list may also be expanded to include an anti-drama and histrionics campaign in all its forms.
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