Today’s Hit List: Project work Make some broccoli salad Bake some bread Brush the dog and hope I can get some of the summer coat off on a brush, rather than the rug What am I currently listening to? Just started Ptolemy’s Gate, book three of the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. Movie News: Shrek [...]
I’m a big broccoli lover and this is a simple recipe for making broccoli salad! This is for a big batch, so cut it down by half if there are just 1-2 or you in the house. Ingredients: 8 slices bacon (or try Hormel’s Real Bacon Bits … never, I repeat never use Bacos or [...]
I’ve decided to delve back into the world of coffee. Mostly because I have come to the sad conclusion that if I don’t have coffee … I’m dead weight. I had hoped that if I didn’t have coffee for a month or two that my body would re-adjust, but alas, that hasn’t happened. Now that [...]
I admit it … I am an avid eBay-er. I’ve been shopping on eBay since July 19, 1998. I even remember what I first looked for, bid on and, consequently won … a 1973 Looney Tunes Pepsi Glass (they were from Hardee’s & McDonald’s) with Henry Chickenhawk on it. He’s that little chicken hawk that [...]
We all have heard of Black Friday – the day after Thanksgiving when the “supposed” Christmas shopping holiday begins. I say “supposed” because as soon as Halloween candy was gone, the stores put out their Christmas items. Yesterday I got a slew of emails for “Cyber Monday” – Buy, Gaiam, Brylane, Circuit City, Best Buy [...]
Thanksgiving is always a bit stressful for me, as I am truly culinary challenged. Coupled with the never-ending antagonism between Marc & his Mom, cooking and making sure everything is right .,. I just get too stressed. However, this year was great! I drove to Mom & Dad’s new house around 10:30a … I was [...]
… you’ve just seen something in the house and then go looking for it 2 days later and can’t find it?!? I just recently saw my Christmas Music CD that I burned when I put in a new laptop hard drive. Saw the CD about a week ago … and poof! Now I cant find [...]
I don’t know how many times I have started a blog only to find that weeks, or months have gone by without an update. I swear that I’m going to be better about this … mostly for my own sake. I was over at Mom’s house the other day and I realized that since I [...]