if you are on pinterst, I have seen several yummy crockpot things there recently.

I have no crockpot recipes but I do have travel drama! After last week's business of "Go Wednesday. No, Monday and Wednesday. No, just Tuesday. No, Tuesday/Wed. No, Tues/Wed/Thurs!" BS, now I'm told "Next week go to Cincy! No wait, it might get changed. But you'll go to Iowa the week after that, and depending on when Cincy is, maybe to Florida! Or not" and then "No, wait, no Cincy, no Iowa, but maybe back to LA!" ARGH.

Hmm, not on pinterest.

weeding weeding weeding ....

It is every other Wednesday - which means happy hour at 430

but there is a lot of work going on in the house today .

what happened to lazy days off?

Oh, Lord. And now it's "Can't they reschedule to next week? Then you could go Cincy to LA and then more LA and then Florida! Yeahhh!"

OMG- now MORE theatre drama! Only now I am being dramatic!

So every year the program director sends out an email to all the students and staff asking the students to respond to him with their interest in student positions. This is also how he announces the season.

This does not seem weird, but it makes me over-the-top angry because

a) This is also how he announces the season to the other professors and staff- like, we do not get a heads up about dates, plays, directors, anything before the mass email is sent out.

b) We have all already hired most of our students for next year but even though he knows this, and says he won't veto it, he sends it out blank, as though all positions are open, and the students we already have an agreement with need to reply to him.

c) THEN, instead of sending out an individual email to the students who are not selected (which few of them will be, because none of the positions are open) he just sends out another mass email in a week with all the positions and who is filling them.

and he totally does not understand why any of that bothers me. Also, he announced a director as hired who he asked me yesterday to meet with to make sure we could work together as mentors before he hired him.

crock pot -- chicken parts - onions, peepers, mushrooms cover with wine and tomato sauce ( spice like basil )

serve over spaghetti

chicken catchatori ( which I can not spell)

Other crockpot recipes.

sweet potato curry
sweet potatoes, boneless skinless chicken (so the result is not greasy) breast, thigh, or mixed, sweet potatoes or yams (chopped) chopped (not pearl) onions, chopped veggies of choice - mine for this is usually broccoli and sweet peppers, maybe a few chopped carrots. coconut milk, lime juice, honey, maybe a very little wine, curry powder, garlic, salt pepper. Frozen peppers and onions work well (defrost in microwave) If you want you can skip sweet potatoes skip salt add soy sauce, and add spaghetti or similar when you get home to turn it into a pseudo singapore noodle. Oh, almost forget. if you do use the sweet potatoes add cinammon

cooked sausage, sweet pepper, mushrooms, onion, tomatoes, garlic, basil, marjoram, thyme, black pepper, salt pepper, lemon juice, wine, olive oil, honey. canned drained Garbanzo beans (chickpeas) if you wish. (About 15 minutes before serving add mozzarella.) Serve over pasta. or add dry pasta about 45 minutes before serving to absorb liquid. Chicken and sausage mixed also good.

Note trick with pasta assumes whole wheat pasta. if using ordinary pasta it cooks qucker, and can be added about 20 minuts before serving.