Hello! Food again ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about diet a lot since going back to work is going to mean having food planned out in advance, something I SUCK AT. And by "diet" I mean "what we eat", not "restricting what we eat", just fyi ( Read more... )

God, I have to say in the past week and a day being AWAY from my old job has been liberating as hell. It's sunny today and I've got the shades open and I actually feel happy, and hopeful - it's nice. It's also long overdue. I can't remember the last time I was actually happy in February since Ruth died, maybe even before that. I feel really ( Read more... )

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I think I am a slow cooker failure. Either that, or my Crock-Pot is some sort of freak of nature because it overcooks things every single time. I cooked a 3# pot roast - a pretty thick one, too - for 8 hours on low as directed and even opened it halfway through (a big no-no, I know) to check the temp with a meat thermometer, the liquid was 165 ( Read more... )

- from last Sunday -I am in a good, good mood today :D Even if I am sick ( Read more... )

Fridays in the car have started to become sort of an open forum. I pack Margaret up around 7:30 and go to pick Michael up from gymnastics. On the ride home we'll listen to music and we'll talk ( Read more... )

I am starting off this entry with some GREAT news! Well, I've had other great news today that most of you already know about, but this is in addition to that - I feel very blessed today ( Read more... )

We had a snow day yesterday - it wasn't all that bad (probably because we just stayed home and didn't try to go anywhere) but the schools closed before the snow even started flying as a pre-emptive measure ( Read more... )

I had an entry started and everything, then Dumbass the Orange Cat stepped on the power button of my computer and I hadn't saved it. Jerk ( Read more... )