Flying J Kind Of Fell Down On The Job, Remember The Delish Dish??

We stopped at another Flying J, actually, not too far from the other I wrote about, and hubby just had to eat in the restaurant.  In we goes...

I ordered the Steak Tampico, Tampeanwheeiotie, Tampax, whatev and was expecting the same thing. 

Nope, not this time. 

This time, the whole dish was just plopped on the plate and then slapped down in front of me.  I had ordered my usual side salad and the waitress 'forgot' to bring it till right before she showed up with the hot dish.  This is not good.  I don't want my hot dish to wait while I'm eating salad!

Then there is the matter of who the dish looked on the plate.  The first place made it really nice and appealing.  This place, not so much!  Just a steak here, some rice pilaf there, a couple of tortillas, guacamoles, salsa and sour cream slapped together.  I don't know, I'm not a food critic (well, yes, I am but not in a formal way) but it just didn't look as well.  I was disappointed but at least, it tasted pretty good.  The first one tasted really yummy, this one, just not as well.  I'm sure it was a visual thing as well as taste buds. 

Next time, I'll take the time to look it over better.  Maybe I'll give it one more shot.  If not, I'll try to replicate it at home and call it a day! 

Why? Why, You Ask?? Hello??

I'm sort of over this now, but...the other day, hubby and I stopped in at a fab truckstop to eat, take a shower and do some laundry. 

Okay, I have to set this up for you...  A few weeks ago, we were all alone in this truckstop and not one person was around who wanted to do their laundry.  We were so dirty that we decided to shower first and then throw our dirty laundry in, do all of it at once.  Well, right before we stepped out of the shower, a nice lady (really, she was!) showed up and plopped EIGHT tubs worth of dirty laundry in the tubs.  So, that sort of taught us a lesson about grabbing the washers when we can, don't be shy about it!

So, the other day, I was walking out of the shower and saw a guy in the laundry.  I asked him most politely if he was just starting laundry or drying or almost done.  Know what the nitwit said??

"Why?"

Why??  Why??  Why on earth do you think I'm asking, nimrod??  I want to use the frickin' machines, Bozo!! 

Couldn't believe it.  Could he have been that stoopid??  It took about all I had to withhold my true feelings from becoming verbal.  All the twit had to say was "I'm done", "Just started" or whatev. 

Okay, have blown off steam from that one!  This blog does me good at times, know what I mean??  :-)

Ladies, Take A Look At Your Clothing

What is this??  I'm on a roll, so here goes!

What is with the older, er, 'heftier' lady who wears clothes like she is still 19, 20 years old??  Don't they look in the full-length mirror in the truckstop showers??  Just a suggestion, take a lookie-loo in the mirror and be brutally honest with what you're seeing.  As an aside, I do the same thing every so often.  Hurts like hell to admit I'm not a cutie pie sized 10 any more but at least I'm not embarrassing myself. 

Unless you're one of the rare, older one of us sisters who has kept her girlish figure and looks (think Raquel Welch and Sophia Loren, what cougars!) maybe rethinking your clothes and dressing more appropriately would be in order. 

Short shorts and spaghetti strap tops, or worse, tube tops with skin spilling/giggling all over the place, just won't cut it anymore. 

Trust me, I get it.  I loff feeling cute and sexy for my hubby but when you appear to be a lump of butter stuffed into uber shorts and tiny top, the effect ain't purty.  Maybe your hubby loffs you to look like this and that's great, whatever.  But you can modify so at least you look like you're in reality, not trying to live 20, 30 years ago.

Just sayin'... 

Ladies With (Multiple/Big) Tattoos....Please Read Below....

Please be aware that when you age, your tats 'may not' be exactly how they looked when first applied, get my drift?? A cute little bumblebee on the ankle isn't that bad.  I'm talking about tats that seem to migrate over a good percentage of the body, even in places we don't want to see out in public. 

Maybe, before getting all the tats, especially ladies, should really, really think this through and look years down the line and think of what the tats will look like.  Especially on older, sagging, sun-damaged skin...

Just sayin'....

Flying J Has A New Dish That Is Delish!!

It's called Steak Tampico or Tampaneco or Tampax or something but it's a helluva steak with chili's and all sorts of good stuff on it. 

I tried it at Lake Point, UT, where the waitstaff still actually tries to please the customer, and was very pleasantly surprised. 

If you get a chance, give this dish a shot, I think you'll like it.  Lord knows that Flying J needs all the help they can get in doing something right, eh?? 

Got The Damn APU Working Properly

Those things are worthless, aren't they?? 

We've had more trouble with ours.  If it is working, then it only goes for a few hours and then needs servicing OR it just doesn't work at all. 

Idling the truck is too expensive so we put up with the freakin' thing. 

Am Back!! Took A Whole Week Off, Went Fishing!!

Just flat took a whole week off and let the world take care of its' own problems.  I'm telling you, I feel GOOD!!


We took off yesterday and delivered a load today, missed a re-load but will do that tomorrow then back again for a nice long load to the east coast.   Kind of taking me a little while to get back acclimated to the truck. 

We did do some fishing.  I'm not good at it, in fact, the damn fish laugh at me from just under the water surface but I try, Lord knows I try!!  I had some good hits but can't set a hook worth a flip, so the finny things just swam away.  Still it was fun.  Even with the bobbers, that is more fishing action than I've ever had, so, all in all, I'm way ahead of the game.  Can't wait to go back!!

The one thing I can say...stoopid drivers are still out there, totally oblivious to the world.  I saw some humdingers today but the accidents were narrowly avoided, but, really, did they have to happen at all??  Hmmmm???

Anywho, am back in the saddle again and making some of da money, what could be better?? 

Already The Nitwit Drivers Are Out There....

Use some common sense whilst driving.  Nothing is THAT important to get to (I know, there's a dangling participle going on with that sentence).  I've already used my four airhorns this morning...and it's not even 10:30, my time.  Stoopid 4-wheelers.  Sheesh!!

Drive safely because we want everyone to live to see another gorgeous Fourth of July! 

Everyone Stay Safe Out There!!

It's the Fourth of July already.  Can you believe??  This is a time for all of us to sit back and think how lucky we are to live in the USA.  Freedom, that's the only ticket for us human beings.  We live in the greatest nation on earth.  We must keep it the greatest nation on this planet too.  We are the last bastion of true freedom.  If we give up or fall, there isn't any other place to go. 

So, everyone, when enjoying the fireworks and hotdogs, think of what you have under your feet and in your heart.  This IS America!! 

Stay safe!