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Captain Cavedweller

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Musings, tagged , , , on September 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Today is Captain Cavedweller’s birthday.

I have a feeling since it is Monday, since we both have to work and since it isn’t a “milestone” birthday, the celebration is going to be pretty low key.

Low key works for CC because that pretty much sums up his personality – low key, laid back and casual.

When I met CC, he was so different than other guys I knew. He liked to stay out of the spotlight, he genuinely cared about others and he wasn’t embarrassed to hug his mom or his grandma. You know you’ve got a keeper when he lets his grandma pinch his cheeks in front of his new girlfriend or allows his mother to hug him or his dad to ruffle his hair without rolling his eyes or complaining.

Some of the things I most admire about CC includes his ability to break the tension in a room with a joke or a laugh. Rarely is anything all about him. He can be completely exhausted, but if someone asks for his help, he’ll see what he can do to provide assistance. He doesn’t dwell in the negative or stew over things he can’t change. I recently witnessed him take the high road when taken the lower road would have been a lot easier.

He has taught me to look beyond what is just in front of my face  – to see the stars twinkling in the night sky or the butterfly dancing with summer’s fragrant blossoms.

CC still holds open doors for me, he brings me flowers “just because,” and makes my world a little brighter just be sharing it with me.

Although I’m sure it would embarrass him to acknowledge it, he provides me with a wealth of inspiration for my romance novels. In my stories, most of the guys are gentlemen. They treat women respectfully, work hard, have fun and do their best. They may not always get everything right, but they try.

Rather like my Captain Cavedweller. He’s not perfect, but none of us are. And if you want to tally flaws, I’m pretty sure his are far, far fewer than mine.

Which is why I love him so.

That, and he looked really cute in his jeans in boots.

CC knows I’m a complete and total nut-job most of the time, yet he loves me anyway.

He gives me time and space to be me… to dream. And he not only encourages my dreams, he does what he can to support them and help them become a reality.

I know his love is unconditional. I like to think he knows mine is too. Unconditional and deeply grateful for the blessing of him in my life. I don’t know how he manages it, but he melts my heart on a daily basis, makes me laugh and gives me more joy, friendship and love than I would have thought possible.

So today, my beloved Captain, I wish for you all that you deserve and so much more. I wish for you a special day and an amazing year ahead. I wish you dreams come true.

Happy, Happy Birthday!

She Who Loves CC From the Very Depths of Her Heart

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Breakfast Burrito

Posted in Breakfast, Captain Cavedweller, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Recipes, tagged , , , on August 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Captain Cavedweller likes to make breakfast burritos.

They are not for the faint of heart.

Yesterday he whipped one up so I took a few quick photos of the process. Start to finish, takes less than five minutes and they are pretty tasty (but don’t tell him I said that!).

Ingredients

Slice pre-cooked sausage thinly and brown in a skillet.

While the sausage is browning, whisk eggs with milk.

Add in some spices. CC uses Mrs. Dash.

Pour eggs in with sausage and scramble.

Then scoop into a tortilla shell.

Sprinkle with olives and shredded cheese.

Wrap and devour! (Someone got in a hurry to eat their breakfast and wouldn’t let me take more photos, sorry!).

Breakfast Burrito

2 pre-cooked sausages

3 eggs

1 tbsp milk

1/4 cup shredded cheese (CC used colby-jack)

1 tbsp. olives

salt, pepper to taste

seasoning to taste

Thinly slice sausage and warm in a skillet on medium heat. Whisk eggs with milk and seasoning then pour over sausage. Scramble until eggs are set. Scoop into a flour tortilla and top with olives and cheese. This will make three burritos (or two really big ones).

You can also add in sour cream, ranch dressing or salsa if you like. (CC doesn’t like, so his is the plain-jane model).

She Who Would Like One of These for Breakfast

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Liar, Liar

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Entertaining at Home, tagged , , , , on August 8, 2012| 1 Comment »

“Liar, Liar, pants on fire!”

In the sparkly pink world that exists only in my head, where I prefer to spend a lot of my time, people are honest. People do the right thing. People are honorable and truthful and kind.

Then I get blindsided with reality and it makes me sad. And angry. Really angry.

I can’t tell you how many times over the years I’ve heard my dad say “that’s just not right” in reference to something someone has done that is wrong. I not only inherited his optimistic outlook on things, but also his way of thinking that people should just know right from wrong and do what is right. People should be honest. People should tell the truth.

People lying really gets to me. I can put up with a lot of nonsense, but bold-face lies throw me over the edge every time.

Last week, Captain Cavedweller was in a traffic accident. It wasn’t his fault. He made every effort to get out of the way and prevent the accident from happening. Unfortunately, the other driver did not. The driver apologized, shared their insurance information and went on their merry way.

Now, the other driver is claiming CC ran into them.  Their elaborate fabrication of the truth is nothing like what really happened. In their story, CC was exceeding the speed limit and ran right into them. In truth,  CC saw the vehicle crossing the center line and pulled as far off the road as he could coming to a complete stop, wedged next to a guard rail.

It bothers me the other party is blatantly lying. It annoys me that they are trying to scam the insurance company. It makes me irritated that, because of their falsehoods, we are left short a vehicle that was very much needed at our house.

What makes me livid beyond belief, though, is the fact that they are defaming CC. He is one of the most responsible, careful drivers I know. He is also as honest as the day is long. It make me feel like a mama bear with a cub to protect thinking about the nasty, stupid lies they are telling about CC trying to keep from getting in hot water with their insurance company.

My hope is that they will be proven wrong and the truth will be made known.

She Who Wishes People Would Just Do the Right Thing

(The saying “Liar, Liar” supposedly comes from a poem written in 1810 by William Blake)

“The Liar”
Deceiver, dissembler
Your trousers are alight
From what pole or gallows
Shall they dangle in the night?
When I asked of your career
Why did you have to kick my rear
With that stinking lie of thine
Proclaiming that you owned a mine?When you asked to borrow my stallion
To visit a nearby-moored galleon
How could I ever know that you
Intended only to turn him into glue?

What red devil of mendacity
Grips your soul with such tenacity?
Will one you cruelly shower with lies
Put a pistol ball between your eyes?

What infernal serpent
Has lent you his forked tongue?
From what pit of foul deceit
Are all these whoppers sprung?

Deceiver, dissembler
Your trousers are alight
From what pole or gallows
Do they dangle in the night?

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Panting Lizards

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Musings, tagged , , , on August 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It’s been hot in our little corner of the world the last few days. Mercifully, not as hot as other parts of the country, but plenty toasty just the same.

A few weeks ago when Captain Cavedweller and I went out of town, we decided to stop by a zoo. It was hot that day, too.

As in roasting.

As in sweltering.

As in suck the air from your lungs suffocating.

As in part of me is still melted back by the giraffes and zebras.

Walking around the zoo, hot and dazed by the oppressive humidity, we didn’t see many of the animals. The only ones who seemed to be acting with any degree of normalcy were those in air conditioned buildings like the birds and meerkats above.

(On a side note, the meerkats are industrious and highly entertaining to watch).

We saw the giraffe family, one which seemed to have a tongue at least three feet long as it stretched to get leaves out of the tree.

We saw lions and tiger and bears, oh my. Except the lions and the tigers were hot and panting in the shade. This sloth bear was the only one moving around and he was moving as fast as a… sloth.

These little guys were to hot and pooped to even eat their breakfast. They just hung out by the food, begging for popsicles.

Not really, but if they could ask, I bet they would have.

The striped hyena was showing about as much enthusiasm as I was feeling at the moment. Did I mention it was hot and sultry and miserably warm?

This guy was moving faster than me by the time we got to his display.

The Komodo dragon was outside, sprawled out, panting and cranky (somewhat like I felt by that time). He gave all new meaning to phrase panting like a lizard on a hot rock.

And oddly, I wanted to join him.

She Who Will Not Be Touring Any Zoos During a Heat Wave Again

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