Gone Fishing'

I will be out for a week fishing at the McCloud river.

Sunday brunch

Once in a while I make a meal I want to share with you all.

Since you know I don't like normal food, you wont be surprised at my choice.
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Grilled Calamari Salad.


Marinade (for two thin calamari steaks):

1/8 cup Peanut oil
1 Tbs Lime juice
spoon full of minced garlic
tsp sea salt
2 tsp pepper
2 tsp coriander

Place steaks in zip lock bag and marinade for 20-30 minutes.




Start up barbecue grill on high heat until preheated.

While the steaks are marinading, prepare the salad.

Salad:
1/2 half a head of Romaine Lettuce hearts
Artichoke hearts, quartered and marinated (Bought in store this way)
Oil and Vinegar dressing (I just used the artichoke marinade as dressing)
Cheese cubes (The cheese I used is Dubliner from Ireland, by Kerrygold)

When the BBQ grill is heated up, the calamari steaks are ready to go on.

** Be careful about the time you cook them!**

Put them on the grill on high heat.
Cook 1 minute, turn, then another minute on the other side.
That's it, only a minute each side.



Slice the calamari into strips for the salad. Add to salad and toss.



enjoy!

All Work and No play...

Here's a couple of pictures of me at work:
















The picture below is "Toy Zoe." She just arrived in a shoe box, yesterday. Zoe and Sarah are in Kansas. I am in California. So, I needed a Zoe here. So, Sarah sent me a "Toy Zoe" she got from Washington D.C. so I wouldn't be lonely.
She likes to ride around on my remote control truck.

A day in the Life

So, you want to know what I do every day? So do I! Just kidding.

Here is a typical day:

I arrive about 7am without donuts or a little later with donuts. I meet with co-workers and see what's going on around the plant. Then, I start the lab work. I check all the instruments, calibrate, and check quality assurance of lab water and instruments.

After the initial checks, I start collecting samples from different locations around the wastewater treatment plant. I collect small amounts to represent much larger volumes. The best part is that I drive a small electric car called a "GEM car."



So I race around in the GEM car and get the samples, bring them to the lab, and analyze them. I check pH, conductivity, and many other things. I do a lot of wet chemistry and some microbiology. I test the fluid coming in, process along the way, then the final effluent leaving the plant to irrigation or the river.

I make all the lab supply orders and do routine maintenance on instruments.

This week I am preparing to do California State lab certification (ELAP). To complete the tests, I have to perform about ten lab tests on unknown samples that the state knows the answer to. So, wish me luck!

Friday night

I just got done fixing up a post-nap dinner. I decided on peanut chicken and vegetables with noodles, a taste of Thai. I love the peanut sauces! I was supposed to put noodles in but somehow I forgot the cooked noodles in the colander in the sink. It was really good without the noodles! So, I mixed the leftovers with the cooked noodles.

I have this thing with the Dog Whisperer. I love the tv show and wish I had a dog so I could whisper at it. Caesar, the Dog Whisperer, is awesome. He takes old ladies who spoil their dogs until they attack everyone but their owner, and train the old lady, not the dogs. So he trains people, NOT the dogs. It's great! Oh it's shark week also on Discovery channel. Stop laughing, I haven't had cable tv for some time now. You wont believe the things on tv nowadays!

The Big City

I was driving today and notice that the freeway I was on was five lane one way. That is a 10 lane freeway! I just have been in rural Missouri or too long I guess, but that is a lot of road. Of course everyday it fills up with cars in the morning and evening for rush hour. There is a good amount of traffic as you get towards the city. I live on the edge of it all, so I can avoid it mostly. The interesting thing is how I have a sense of direction that is "old" from having once lived here. So I get a deja vu but don't know why. I also seem to think I know where I am going, but then turn around because I don't. And yes, I never ask for directions cause I'm a man (and I also have a GPS with mapping)!