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Thanksgiving when and how I want it
Well really it's not a rant against Thanksgiving. I love major holidays and cooking for them. This year, as in previous years, Thanksgiving was at my Mom's. My Grandmother is now 94 and does not travel. She has some issues with not remembering names when she wants to but is in good health overall. And she just doesn't like to travel anymore. ( Read more... ) -
Catch
We went to the pool this evening after picking up Dane from camp. We needed a cool off and some play time ( Read more... ) -
Hot time summer in the city...
We've lived in this house for almost 15 years without ac. Most people think we've nuts to live without it. After working in restaurants in 120 degree kitchens, seeing home care patients in the city in houses with the windows nailed shut and no ventilation and living at Pennsic for 2 weeks with no ac, it's never been a big deal for me. I've ( Read more... ) -
Vacation memories
Pulled from my response to another's LJ post. I wanted to share this bit of vacation memory silliness ( Read more... ) -
Wildlife in our back yard
2 nights ago, and many times last summer, I was woken up by the sound high shrill barking. Lots of it for a long time. I never could figure out what it was, it always got the dogs riled up, so I figured it might have been a highly distressed possum ( Read more... ) -
Gardening
I ordered galvanized steel hinged stacking corners to reconstruct the original raised bed and construct a new one. The original bed's sides are decomposing and the screws are rusted in. The steel can be recycled and the wood can go to compost. The new bed will be built over the old apple tree stump ( Read more... ) -
Things I now live for
Dane and I stopped to get gas on the way home from dinner tonight. He pulled out his new library book and started to read on the way to the gas station. The book is about cobras, snakes being his latest fascination. So my 6 year old kindergarten-er was reading aloud to me. He needed help with words like Philippines and Asia and did really well ( Read more... ) -
Cooking humor
Blinkensopps asked for chicken and dumplings for dinner tomorrow night. So I did a search for recipes. I have my own recipe but was looking for something different. Oh boy, is this one different. I'm not sure which is the biggest turn off, the pictures, the instruction to use that quantity of "cheap biscuits" or the entire concept. My suggestion ( Read more... ) -
So you think you're being the good employee
I worked from home Wednesday and Thursday thinking it would be a good thing. Wrong. On so many levels wrong. The log in from home was slower than the proverbial molasses in January and would dump you out at the drop of a hat. I am now deepest depths of hell behind in my work, have double the cases I normally would and this is considered a bad ( Read more... ) -
It was way too early...
I got up early this morning and Dane was up before me. For once no extraction of child from bed. That allowed for much productiveness before heading in to work at 10. Had the pleasure of cleaning out the fridge, doing those and breakfast dishes, changing beds, doing 3 loads of laundry, making my lunch, cooking eggs for lunches the rest of the week ( Read more... )