What else is there to do, really, when you’re are work but sit down and write down your latest blog entry? I guess not much else besides the inventory on hundreds of stupid little pens. There was way too much to do when I figured out this morning that one of the companies inventory was really wrong. Needless to say, I managed to get it re-done, get everything re-tagged, and then make sure that the inventory was reflected correctly in the system. It took me from 12-4 to actually get that all done, and now I’m eagerly awaiting being able to get the heck out of here and go home. We’re eating the deer tonight, which is another fun story – and I have to open tomorrow morning anyway, so I want to go home.
The Deer Story:
My little sister is dating a marine. He’s a marine we all pretty much like (Not the bastard that she dated before). He hunts – typical marine, he likes to shoot at things. He’s a pretty good shot and he hunts off our deck. He and his buddies live happily on deer for most of the year. My father hates deer and they are always running into cars and eating his plants. SO he lets Proia hunt off the deck. Mind you, our deck is in the woods and the deer are usually under 100 yards away from where we stand. It is the perfect place to hunt because the kills are clean and we have easy shots.
Last weekend Proia went hunting. He took down a doe and we went out into the lingering snow to go and get her. She was probably 75lbs and we had to gut her (That was a new experience). Little Bit was a little too squeamish to help so I helped Proia gut the thing. It was pretty neat, and surprisingly wasn’t terrible. I guess after dissecting things for years in HS and College it really didn’t phase me, but I was able to point out what all the important parts were.
Once gutted we had to get her home to the house. It was up hill and she was heavy, and still dripping. I had to help Proia lift her onto his shoulders and we both got rather bloody. Though, he more so than I did. It was a bit gross to have all the blood running places, but tis life and I have a feeling that she is going to be damn good eating. Haha. We got her to the house and Proia showed me how to skin and butcher a deer. I hadn’t seen that before either, unless you count that random time in PA when I was drinking with a few friends and one of their friends showed up with a deer after it totaled his car. They butchered that thing and froze the meat, but I didn’t really watch it too closely, and when I think of it now it reminds me slightly of a horror movie – or a murder she wrote story from TV.
Needless to say, we had a pretty good time and got some good meat off the doe. We’re cooking it tonight, so we’ll see how that goes. I’ll add an update later with some more information on my first run-in with venison.
In other news, I’m the proud new owner of a CuisinArt Espresso Machine! I’m pretty thrilled about this for a few reasons. Espresso is my friend when I have to be up at the crack of dawn. Also, this thing was 50% off of what its usual price is. It is a really good machine. I’m pretty thrilled to be playing Barista and my white chocolate syrup comes next week! EEEE! Nothing like a homemade white mocha in the morning rather than having to spend 5$ a pop on that at Starbucks or Nordstrom’s café. They both have good coffee, yes, but that is a little pricy when you’re working and living on coffee all the time. SO far what I’ve made has been fantastic. I’m really looking forward to getting better and better at this! I’m happy to be saving the money and since I didn’t pay that much I’ll be making up for the price of the machine in no time while thoroughly avoiding starbucks and their new higher prices for larger drinks. On that topic, did you know that Starbucks makes a Venti just like a Grande, with more milk? The number of shots of espresso doesn’t actually change. NO wonder Nordstrom’s espresso is so much better. Their Enorme drink is three shots and a little less milk to the Starbucks Venti. .. Way to scam people Starbucks.
I made a caramel macchiato last night for my mother. She said it was just like starbucks version. So apparently I did okay. Haha. She drank it really fast, and finished it. I also think we’re a little beyond the humoring me because I’m her kid stage. So that one apparently gets an A+. W00t.
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