Quick recipe alert! Spicy cornbread for dinner! (sorry all, no pics of this, as it did not survive dinner!) It's not gourmet, but it is GOOD!
Ingredients;
2 boxes Jiffy cornbread mix
2/3C milk
2 eggs
1 small can chopped green chilis
1/2-2/3C shredded PepperJack cheese
2/3-1C shredded cheddar cheese
Dump it all into the pan and mix it well, then pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 400F for about 15min. Then turn off the oven, and let it sit for another 15-20min (but don't let it burn, just brown nicely). Cut into slabs, serve warm with butter.
Goes well with chili, smoked pork country ribs, grilled corn on the cob, and other tasty items!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Only in Texas...
While out riding through the county on my bike, I have seen lots of interesting things, pretty flowers, clouds, flattened fauna, etc. Most of the time I don't stop, and whip out the camera for a picture. This is a failing on my part. The only camera I usually take is what comes with my cellphone, and it rides in the bag on the back of the bike, making it somewhat inconvenient to stop and take a picture.
Still, once in a while something just begs to be photographed, like yesterday. I was riding down a familiar road, but ended up seeing something unexpected.
No, not the burros. They're everywhere in Texas for some reason. They're like pets, or something here. Every hobby-rancher-farmer seems to have a couple. I thought at first they were being used to guard other livestock, but no. Usually the burros are alone in fields, often in numbers large enough to be small herds of them. Oh they're cute enough, but I never see anyone doing anything with them--they're not hitched up to carts, they're not being ridden, no one plows with them....I guess they really are just BIG pets!
And then there are the exotics...folks who ranch unusual species of deer (Fallow, Stag, etc). Those are also along one of my routes, but they are often hiding in the trees and behind high fencing. And one place has zebras and I think a giraffe! I tell ya, it's a Zoo down here!
But yesterday, I saw this...and in a field with burros no less! It's on a road I have ridden a lot, and never seen this creature there before yesterday. I don't know if it is new to the land, or if I just never had the good fortune to see it until now, but here it is!
Still, once in a while something just begs to be photographed, like yesterday. I was riding down a familiar road, but ended up seeing something unexpected.
No, not the burros. They're everywhere in Texas for some reason. They're like pets, or something here. Every hobby-rancher-farmer seems to have a couple. I thought at first they were being used to guard other livestock, but no. Usually the burros are alone in fields, often in numbers large enough to be small herds of them. Oh they're cute enough, but I never see anyone doing anything with them--they're not hitched up to carts, they're not being ridden, no one plows with them....I guess they really are just BIG pets!
But yesterday, I saw this...and in a field with burros no less! It's on a road I have ridden a lot, and never seen this creature there before yesterday. I don't know if it is new to the land, or if I just never had the good fortune to see it until now, but here it is!
Yes, that is a camel. In Texas. Grazing. Go figure...
(It's a Dromedary, not Bactrian.)
Monday, July 29, 2013
Unexpected pleasure
DH loves wasabi peas. I think they are ok, but the wasabi lacks a fullness of flavor I seek. Still they make a nice snack.
Our friend and Saturday evening dinner guest showed up this past weekend with something different. Spicy Sriracha Peas. He got them for DH...lucky for me, they didn't suit DH, and I snagged 'em!
Sriracha sauce is to Asia, what ketchup is to America. It is spicy, but has flavor, and is actually rather nice. Not as hot as some sauces, but with a tomato-flavor that enhances foods.
I think I will be buying more of these!
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Gunning for 500k
So I am a bike geek...I confess. I use Strava to track my rides and as a convenient way to check on my improvements (meager though they are). Each month, Strava posts a new challenge, usually to ride a certain distance in the month, or during the TDF, etc.
They give electronic 'badges' (think like a patch) marking certain distance milestones each month. So far, the best I have done, is to earn the 250k badges, never having made it to 500k in a month. It honestly doesn't "mean" anything important, but I'd like to get at least to 500k this month.
I am SOOOOO close! I have 47K I need to ride between now and the 31st. I should be able to do it...barring illness (which is currently cycling through the Monkeys...). Time is usually what kills my efforts. I can DO distance, I know that. I just generally don't have TIME to ride that much. So this month, being so close to 500k, it's somehow important to me that I hit that milestone. Especially since I apparently am not fast enough to ride with the local cycle clubs on their slow rides. (Hint: add 4mph to the published ride speed average, and that's about where they really ride at.)
Here's a look at my ride today.
They give electronic 'badges' (think like a patch) marking certain distance milestones each month. So far, the best I have done, is to earn the 250k badges, never having made it to 500k in a month. It honestly doesn't "mean" anything important, but I'd like to get at least to 500k this month.
I am SOOOOO close! I have 47K I need to ride between now and the 31st. I should be able to do it...barring illness (which is currently cycling through the Monkeys...). Time is usually what kills my efforts. I can DO distance, I know that. I just generally don't have TIME to ride that much. So this month, being so close to 500k, it's somehow important to me that I hit that milestone. Especially since I apparently am not fast enough to ride with the local cycle clubs on their slow rides. (Hint: add 4mph to the published ride speed average, and that's about where they really ride at.)
Here's a look at my ride today.
Friday, July 26, 2013
R5F 07/26/13
Today's random thoughts...
1. I really hate sinus headaches! This is day #2 where I have awoken to one.
2. Today is proof again that God loves Texas, or maybe that the .Gov weather machine is broken.... it is raining out there again! A lovely moderate rainfall, in late July....in Texas! It has rained several times in this July, which is unusual. It has also been a significantly cooler summer than normal, despite a couple hot days of 100deg on record.
3. I got my hair cut again yesterday. It had grown too fast after the initial cut and was constantly in my eyes driving me bugnuts. I think it looks much better this time, and is pretty well just what I was looking for. DH said he liked it too, so I guess I am golden!
4. I took a couple pics of myself yesterday, so I could remind the stylist how it looked, next time I go in, in a couple months. Upon looking at them, I thought I looked OLD for the first time...It kind of shocked me--I don't FEEL old (mentally anyway--sometimes I do feel the mileage in the bones). I guess that's what I get for a life in the sun, losing weight (makes for looser skin) and refusing to wear makeup to hide it all.
5. I have errands to run today and bike parts to order. I'm going to order the new bar set up for the Giro, and have a set of Avid BB7 brakes, which should be nicer than the BB5's I am currently running for disc brakes on the bike. I also need to order a box of inner tubes, as we seem to be out...and that could be a problem, with one of us possibly riding the Cleburne Goathead ride tomorrow. There's a reason it's called the Goathead ride...the route is known for having THIS along the roads.
1. I really hate sinus headaches! This is day #2 where I have awoken to one.
2. Today is proof again that God loves Texas, or maybe that the .Gov weather machine is broken.... it is raining out there again! A lovely moderate rainfall, in late July....in Texas! It has rained several times in this July, which is unusual. It has also been a significantly cooler summer than normal, despite a couple hot days of 100deg on record.
3. I got my hair cut again yesterday. It had grown too fast after the initial cut and was constantly in my eyes driving me bugnuts. I think it looks much better this time, and is pretty well just what I was looking for. DH said he liked it too, so I guess I am golden!
4. I took a couple pics of myself yesterday, so I could remind the stylist how it looked, next time I go in, in a couple months. Upon looking at them, I thought I looked OLD for the first time...It kind of shocked me--I don't FEEL old (mentally anyway--sometimes I do feel the mileage in the bones). I guess that's what I get for a life in the sun, losing weight (makes for looser skin) and refusing to wear makeup to hide it all.
5. I have errands to run today and bike parts to order. I'm going to order the new bar set up for the Giro, and have a set of Avid BB7 brakes, which should be nicer than the BB5's I am currently running for disc brakes on the bike. I also need to order a box of inner tubes, as we seem to be out...and that could be a problem, with one of us possibly riding the Cleburne Goathead ride tomorrow. There's a reason it's called the Goathead ride...the route is known for having THIS along the roads.
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