Bartending

I have a new admiration for bartending. I thought it was an easy job until I started taking the course. I had no idea how much work was involved. Not back breaking work, but a head full knowledge. You have to know the recipes to hundreds of drinks by memory, know what glass they go in, what garnish to use, etc. And do it all with a smile on your face while making it look effortless. With that being said Iam glad I am taking the course. It will make my next couple of months bearable. I can create drinks (and trust me I'll need lots of drinks) and I can say that it is practice for work. Sometimes time and distance can lull you into a false sense of security. All it takes is an email to remind you why you moved to Southern California. So, I am glad I chose bartending. Turns out it's great timing. I think I'll be doing lots of experimenting in the near future with new drinks...and of course tasting my concoctions. Hopefully it will make the time pass quickly. Maybe I'll have some great new recipes I can take to Celebration...

Luh Up

Why is it that children learn the words first that you don't want them to learn at all? It is said that children are sponges, and I can see that. They copy everything you do and say. Just yesterday my two year old responded to me and had me speechless. It's amazing to hear yourself in a two year old. She had taken out all the movies that I had so painstakingly organized alphabetically and piled them up on the floor. I told her to pick them back up and put them away. The response I got was "Okay woman, sheesh." She takes words that she hears at various times and puts them together in random order that has you hysterical. She loves to tell everyone around her to "Be Quiet" or "Luh Up". Now we don't use that phrase in our house. I could not figure out where it came from and so we blamed Gordon Ramsey. If she starts calling people "Donuts" we'll all be in trouble. He has other interesting adjectives and adverbs but that's a whole other blog. But she was watching Racing Strips and then started singing "Luh Up" over and over again. Then it triggered in my head. A horse just said that. Then today I heard it again. Now why would they say that in a children's movie. It is difficult to tell her not to say that when she hears it (talk about hearing it from the horse's mouth). Anyway, out of the mouth of babes.... but I don't think that's what was meant by that expression.