I’m lazy and it’s really hot here. I offer that not as an excuse for not posting, simply as a statement. For two weeks now we have been breaking records with temperatures well over 100 degrees and no rain. The forecast this coming week is…you guessed it – hot. When you work in a kitchen for a good part of the day, you learn to appreciate little things, like cold wet napkins fresh from the cooler tied around your neck and the joy of standing in the walk in freezer with the door shut, not to mention the cold shower when you get home from work and sitting in the bought air directly under the vent while watching a movie!
This summer has been hectic. I received a promotion (and raise!) at work, which of course means more responsibility. The extra work would not have been so hard had not my assistant decided to throw himself down the stairs, breaking his ankles and leaving me to cover his job in his absence. This has given me a great deal more time in the kitchen to develop a lot of new recipes so prepare to be overloaded on my food blog, as soon as I get a chance I will be adding some really great new recipes.
I have been downsizing a great many things in my life. I read a book called Zen Habits and I have been restructuring not only my blogs, but my life in general. I really find that making things simpler has led to so much less stress and made life so much easier. If nothing more, it has certainly streamlined house cleaning and anything that shaves time from my Saturday morning domestic Goddess routine is a good thing!
One of the things I have most enjoyed downsizing is music players. I put my old iPod, Walkman, and Zune on Craigslist and invested in a new Z series Walkman Android. I love it, the sound quality, paired with Mog and a new pair of DJ quality headphones is amazing! I have spent the last two months rediscovering songs I had forgotten I loved. The new music player is 32gb and holds all of of my disc library as well. Although my Samsung Galaxy II has the same capabilities, I often kill phones and the sound quality isn’t quite on par. Besides, there are times that I just don’t want my phone around, I get so little time away from work these days that sometimes it’s nice not being ‘in touch’.
I’ve been working on lots of new playlists, but I don’t have them quite ready to share with the public yet, but for now, here’s a link to one of my more favorite blues lists, a collection of songs that inspired some of rock-n-roll’s greatest hits. Clickie
Bring It On Home by Sonny Boy Williamson
The Sky Is Crying by Elmore James
Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton
Baby Please Don’t Go by Big Joe Williams
You Shook Me by Muddy Waters
Statesboro Blues by Blind Willie McTell
Keep A Knockin’ But You Can’t Come in by Louis Jordan
Back Door Man by Howlin’ Wolf
Can’t Quit You by John Lee Hooker
I Just Want To Make Love To You by Muddy Waters
Crossroads Blues by Robert Johnson
Suzie Q by Dale Hawkins
Killing Floor by Howlin’ Wolf
Come Let The Good Times Roll by Earl King
Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters
You’re No Good by Betty Everett
Love In Vain by Robert Johnson
Take Me To The River by Al Green
Midnight Special by Leadbelly
Stay cool, dear friends!
Très romantique… Maintenant il va me falloir la bonne traduction ! De gros bisous à toi Chloé dans ton beau pays – yolaine
Vous êtes si gentil, je vous remercie beaucoup! XoXo
C’est toi ou ta file dans ce magnifique champ de blé ???
Mais bien sûr! Merci
Parfois, vous devez être prudent, ce qui ressemble beaucoup à une image peut en fait cacher des serpents et des araignées copperhead et les guêpes. Ne portez jamais de short dans un champ!
“Fille” sorry !
Voici ma fille, elle et je ris souvent ensemble.
Elle est très belle Chloé !! Vive les sourires…
What a come back ! You are totally excused… if you stay.
Take care
Thank you! I will stay
I love T-Rex!!!
Your daughter is pretty like her Mom
I’m glad to see the blue sky, The spring was horrible here and the summer seems to be the same : storms and rain. The temperature is around 20°c sometimes less, can you imagine ?
So I’m singing the blues… great list of ol’ American music!
Your food blog is very classy my friend!
Thanks, I need to do more with it, and I shall this very day!
But where is it ?!
It is here:
hottestpartoftheflame.net
Thanks!
I agree with WWW: it’s a really smart blog, showy and appetising!
Tu vois “food blog” en bleu ? C’est le lien.
Aww thank you!
I’ll trade you any day, I hate the heat. I keep counting the days until winter. I spent my entire day off in the swimming pool.
What a voice!
I know Elvis’ version, but I’m very fond of the roots and old rhythms
Well then, you will be very comfortable in my home. I love the blues and Kansas City is famous for them.
Glad you are posting again! Hope to see you around town…take care and stay cool!
Hey thanks, you! This heat wave has left me completely uninspired.
Looks like a statue of Venus with arms to me, in that wheat field.
Thank you!
It’s good to simplify. I’m a big fan, myself.
I hope the heat lets up for you soon. Most of the country has been baking. I’ll consider us lucky over here.
Love the pics!
Somehow, you crept into the spam folder. WP has been misbehaving lately, no updates, comments acting squirrely…it needs a reckoning. Yes, the heat is horrible, I have decided that since you are now back from vacation, I am going to pack up and come stay the rest of the season with you. I will drink tea and read blogs while you work in the garden like a field hand every day, then I will let you make me lunch
How rude of WP. It has been a little wonky. I came home to find that my blog was displaying a never-ending scroll that was taking forever to load, and I had comments needing approval from pre-approved friends. The format for viewing additional posts has also changed. Plus, every time that I refresh the reader page, different posts show up. Hopefully they’ll fix it soon.
Come on over, but no, you will work for me like a field hand!
I might cook for you, but I do not do manual labor. That is why there are men
If your Zen book is not enough, you shall have a look to that one: The One-Straw Revolution, by Masonobu Fukuoka.
Thanks for coming into my fields, enjoy yours till the crops are down!
Oh, I will have to check that one out! Thanks for the tips and I will see you in the fields!
We have seen that terrible Weather in USA !
my old Ipod 60GB, 2005, is not so bad. With Bose headphone, its good. I’ve classical music on it.
As I am sure you have guessed by now, I listen to everything. I love all music – except for Death Metal and Chamber Music, they both seem to put me in a most foul mood
Looking at the first picture, I wonder if you could be a real cereal killer.
Hehe, I tried not to harm it too much while I was there. This is the real cereal killer
What a terrifying machine… It looks like a John Deere one, the greatest competitor of Massey Ferguson (recognizable with his red color). I am an expert in plants criminology.
Hi Chloe! Heat wave in France as well, we are waiting for storms and colder temperature. How are you ? Hope the things are going ok with you
Ah, I am going crazy with computer problems! I finally had to break down and buy one. But now I am back for good! Let’s skip work this week and go to the beach!
For sure, I’d like to swim in the Atlantic Ocean, my favorite!
You just have to cross the continent and we’ll be able to say hello to each other from our respective coasts
One never knows, I might hop a tramp steamer and show up on yours
It would be a pleasure to meet you in the flesh ( the French expression is “en chair et en os”, flesh and bones)
It’s raining and I am waiting for you…
Hurry up, only 2 days remain ! Come play with us here : http://wwwcine.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/billoyez/
I will attend, but I can’t play
What a pity… I would have voted for you.
Hi Chloe! Nice to see you. I know you can’t write very well in French, what a pity! Here’s my text : http://wwwcine.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/tour-divoire/
The fist part was written for our first contest : “the time travel”, and the second part was written for the contest “il pleut et je t’attends”, a kind of summer crap story, hehe…
Not fist but first of course!
I plan to read them all tonight!
Je venais juste dire bonsoir… Donc bonsoir et gros bisous Chloé -
Mais c’est le matin, donc je vais dire bonjour à vous, Yolaine
Bisous
C’est le matin ici aussi
– gros bisous Chloé jolie – yoyo