Good evening!

To clarify: Most of what I will post will not be happening during business work hours (I always work at least 8 hours…usually and sadly more than that). I am just calling these posts WFH because it is a good way to differentiate pre-WFH boring Joy and now new cool Joy that will start blogging more often.

New WFH in my office/guest bedroom setup thanks to #thehubs for moving the TV and setting up the HDMI cable. Pretty cute…now I just need to replace the batteries in the clock. It was a good excuse to cleanup (ummmmm, put everything that was on my desk into the closet).

Now on to randomness in no particular order:

MADE A GIN COCKTAIL, AGAIN. RECIPE BELOW

• • • • Fill glass (12 oz)  halfway with ice
      • Add a heavy pour of GIN (about 2 ounces), I prefer a dry gin
      • The juice of half a lime
      • Sparkling water to the top
      • half a packet of Stevia
      • two maraschino cherries
      • Stir and ENJOY!

MADE SOME Pico de Gallo and Guacamole for tomorrow’s dinner. RECIPES BELOW

Joy Perks Pico de Gallo

• 2-3 Diced tomatoes ( I prefer roma tomatoes for this)
• 1/4 or less diced medium Red onion
• 1-2 medium sized chopped jalapeños (half seeded and the other half not)
• juice of 1/4 lime
• 1-2 tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro
• salt and pepper to taste
• a few dashes of garlic powder

Use a spoon to combine ingredients in a small mixing bowl together and let it rest in the fridge…the more it rests the better flavor it gets.

Joy Perks Guacamole

• Basically take my Pico de Gallo and add about 1/3 of a cup of that to this (my husband does not like onion so I have to make this the hard way.
  • 1 diced tomato (roma)
  • 1/8 diced small red onion (or add onion powder if you have an onion hater in your household), sometimes I substitute 1 stem of thinly sliced green onion (just the green part)
  • 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/2 to 1 medium chopped jalapeño (half seeded)
• two medium very ripe Avocados from Mexico
• juice of 1/4 or 3/4 of a lime (I like mine with lots of lots of lime)
• 1 minced clove of garlic

Combine ingredients in medium mixing bowl and mash them together with a large fork or a potato/bean masher(it should be slightly chunky). Salt to taste with kosher salt (about 1 teaspoon), squeeze more lime if needed, mix with spoon and  and enjoy! #teamchunky

I STARTED A RADISH EXPERIMENT and added fresh sliced radishes to left over dill pickle juice and place back in the fridge….I know you are supposed to warm the vinegar mixture and then add to whatever you are pickling…but why not try this easy method and see if it works?

#THEHUBS COOKED A DELICIOUS STEAK AND BAKED POTATO DINNER. Salad was consumed but not featured. Left over creme fraiche was utilized.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST. I REMEMBERED TO USE CHOPSTICKS FOR POPCORN to prevent my hands and fingers from getting greasy. #hottip