My first fishing tournament and we came in 2nd

So it was a great weekend for fishing and camping. My boyfriend and I caught about 30 fish. Unfortunately only 6 of them met the 14" and over requirement. The tournament limit was 5 fish, so we brought in 5 fish that weighed exactly 9 lbs. The first place winner fishes weighed 9.21....AGGGHHH. If only one of our fish was a little bit fatter. Anyway, the money paid for the weekend.

So my boyfriend tells me that he really likes fishing with me more than with his other fishing buddies. I'm thinking...well of course, I'm charming, good-lucking, and just fun to be around. Well he says that isn't the reason. It's because I have no fishing experience, so he gets to make all the decisions about where to fish. If he fishes with his buddies, they argue about where to fish, and they bring a lot of crap they'll  never use on his boat which makes it harder to get to the rods, bait, and things he needs. Hmmmm.

Much like when he told me he'd like to just date me because I'm seem pretty easy to get along with and going on new dates is just too stressful. Nice. He's a real  keeper with all the nice compliments. Wth?

So where I live, kids don't get out much. They have overprotective parents and stay inside most of the time. This weekend at the lake, there were a gazillion kids....minimum. Screaming, running, biking, flying kites, fishing, ghost stories, playing on the playground. They were loud and obnoxious and it was quite cathartic.

It reminded me of my own childhood. Back in the day when our parents threw us out the door in the morning and then looked for us about 9:30 in the evening. We hiked, rode bikes, fished, caught crawfish and snakes, played hide and seek, red rover red rover, rode go carts, and stayed out for hours.

So yesterday, watched my beloved Cowboys stink it up at the end of the game. Bummer.

On another note, if my daughter calls to tell me she skipped school BEFORE the school calls to tell me she skipped school, does that make it all better? She seems to think so.

Sunscreen and Crank Bait

Okay so the boyfriend is outside all the time. He runs a tennis academy. Well when he was younger, he didn't always use sunscreen or would forget to put it on his lips.

Well don't forget sunscreen!

He went to dermatologist yesterday and they gave him a shot in his lip and cut out a huge chunk of precancerous cells out. They also cut two places out of his face. He's had lots of places cut out, but your face and lips is a little more obvious that your arms or legs. Anyway, this is my public service announcement to everyone. Wear your sunscreen or face some pretty painful consequences.

So my pot roast with horse radish dipping sauce was awesome last night. Hayley told me earlier this year that she hates pot roast and won't eat it. Well she and her friend ate it for dinner. I had saved some leftovers to have for lunch today. I got up this morning and Hayley ate my leftovers after I went to bed. WTH?

So I picked out my own lure for the fishing tournament tomorrow. Oh yea....the tournament last week....the winner caught ONE fish. Fishing is not good right now. We had a cold front come in last night, so maybe that will stir things up????? Anyway, I bought a crank bait. It is really cute with some blue and yellow. I'm not letting my boyfriend put that pom pom thing on my line anymore.

So this should be a great weekend for camping. 50s at night and 80s during the day. Have a great weekend!

Adventures in Cooking This Week and My First Fishing Tournament

Well first, I must apologize to Hayley. She went to the store to get some frosting and muffin cups so she could make cupcakes for her coworker's birthday. She goes to mix the batter and realizes that I had hard-boiled every egg in the house. Oops. I wanted them for spinach salads. She calls me at work and asks if there is anything you can use to substitute for eggs. I do a Google and not anything I keep at the house....TOFU? Really?

Anyway, she had to go back to the store and I know she was in a hurry because she had to go to work. What can I say.....Sorry Dear.

So I made some Asian Slimming Soup this week. I didn't have the cabbage so I just added lettuce. Don't do that. It makes a mess. Every time you take a spoon of soup, a big piece of stringy lettuce will drip all over your face. Other than that, the soup was okay.

I found a recipe to try this week for peppered roast beef with a horseradish sauce. Well, I accidentally bought pot roast and not roast beef. Crud. So now I have a pot roast with carrots and potatoes in the crock pot, but by goodness, I still made my horseradish sauce and it is yummy. Here's what I used:

• Sour cream
• Horseradish
• Lime juice
• Tiny bit of mustard

Anyway, it's good on my finger, so I know it'll be great on my pot roast this evening.

So the weather is going to be great in Texas this weekend. So the boyfriend who is a bass fisherman (he's won money doing this), signed us up for a tournament. This is a small tournament, so I won't be winning any new bass boats or pick up trucks. Whatever. He better give me some good bait.

He always uses different bait than me and he seems to catch more fish. WTH? Last week, he put a white pom pom thing on my line and he had a rubber worm. Really? I think I was duped. But this is for money, so hopefully, he'll fix me up right.

A few things to add

My daughter was employee of the quarter at her job at TJ Maxx. She will be there a year in December. Congratulations honey to sticking it out with an annoying retail job.

Almost had a heart attack Tuesday morning. My ex took the dogs when we divorced because my old German Shepherd, Roxanne, is very attached to my exe's young dog. Well he called me Tuesday  morning to let me know she got hit by a speeding mini-van driver.

A long, horrible story involving a neighbor screaming bloody murder, another neighbor capturing the dog, lots of lying in the street moaning.....Long story short....He took her to the vet and she has no broken bones. She went to a doggie hospital over night hooked on an IV and Tuesday morning, she was fine. He said she even had pep in her step. Whew.

The house complete re-do is finished

Here is a link to my new digs. This links shows the before and after pics.

https://sites.google.com/site/constance9301/

I had a somewhat rough weekend. I rented a U-haul van to move some of my son's things into storage. There were no radio controls on the steering wheel. I'm driving a huge cargo van and I had to physically REACH over to the radio knob to turn up the volume. Well also add to the day, that we moved furniture all day, tore down a storage shed in my backyard, and shoveled a bunch of dirt to try and even out the backyard a little bit.

The boyfriend wanted to know if I wanted to come over that night....Hahaha. No. I couldn't get off the couch or get my feet out of the huge tub of hot water they were soaking in.Then to top it all off, I'm soaking my feet and I needed a wine refill.

There is a new driver in town

and its not in my golf bag.
My daughter and I waited outside in line at the Denton DPS this morning for 30 minutes. It was 28 degrees. This is Texas...wth? My nose was numb. 

If you  live in Frisco, just be careful. There is a new inexperienced, yet licensed driver in town.

My soon-to-be-ex called to talk about the final divorce decree. Let's just say it was not pleasant. I ended up just asking him to send it to my attorney.  Shoot that's why we pay them so we don't have to deal with the other party in such emotional circumstances. I've felt like crying most of the day, but I need to buck it up and move on. I need to NOT let that man have this much control over how I feel.

Today is Ryan's birthday so Hayley and I are looking forward to taking him out to dinner. 

A lot of stuff all at once...not counting Xmas looming near

So my daughter just turned 16. She got a job at TJ Maxx. She went to work on Thursday. They told her she gets a 10% discount, but that this past weekend she would get a 20% discount.

So the next thing out of her mouth "Mom, if you take me to TJ Maxx this weekend, I'll pay you back". So anyway, she shopped. I met her manager and some of her coworkers. They were all super nice and upbeat....surprising since it was late in the day and that store was PACKED. Troubling economy? Where? Not in Frisco.
So tonight is her first real day on the job...where she'll really 'work' and not watch movies about theft, and how to earn $350 by ratting out her coworkers.

Tomorrow I'm taking off so I can take my daughter to attempt her driving test again. The parallel parking thing didn't work out last time, which we all now how important that is...NOT.

Unfortunately in Texas, this is an all day process. You show up at DMV BEFORE they open. No  kidding. Someone walks outside and gives you an appt slip and you have to come back later for your test. Last week, I was there at 7:15am and there were 50 people in line...fortunately they didn't all need drivers' tests, so we were able to get a 3pm appt. Her driving test lasted all of 1.5 minutes.  She backed in to a pole and that was it.

After all of that tomorrow, we will drive another 30 miles away to take my son out for this birthday.

Oh and then next week...drumroll... please. Let's see if all this really happens. Technically I could be divorced on Monday (but I still haven't seen the final decree) and then I could close on the sale of my house on Wednesday. 

Some days I envy the people who have really boring lives. However, I'm having a great day and feeling upbeat.

NFLX is up $7 today...which is good because I bought some more last week when the price dropped. I also had bought PAY and DECK recently which are doing well. My current dud is RVBD. I will give RVBD a few days to turn around or they are fired.