I have been trying to teach myself how to play guitar lately and it's going... not well. First I borrowed a guitar from a very generous friend and I was working hard on learning the first few cords. In the beginning I thought I was having a hard time because learning new things can be hard sometimes. Then I realized that my fingers might be a ( Read more... )

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I have posted frequently this spring about enjoying cooking, trying new recipes, and growing food in my garden. My herbs seem to be doing pretty well, although some of my other plants have faded. I wanted to come up with a couple of recipes that would use some of my thriving herbs.

I found a recipe for Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs and I was ( Read more... )

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I have decided to go vegetarian-ish. I'm not doing it for moral reasons or political reasons, but more for health and monetary reasons. This means that when I really want to, when it is more convenient, I will eat meat. Many fast food restaurants serve mostly meat items and things such as pot-lucks frequently have hidden meat items that can trick ( Read more... )

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So, sometime last December I got a parking ticket. I think this was one that I got at B's place where they are very serious about alternate side parking. Now, I received a notice in the mail saying that I have not paid this parking ticket and that they are going to suspend my license plates in retaliation. (My license plates are due for renewal ( Read more... )

Today was my final day of motorcycle class. At the end of 3 hours of in class work and 4 hours of motorcycle work we took the final driving test. This is the test that replaces the DMV license test. I passed. Yay, go me. I need to work some more on slow turns in tight corners but that's a really tricky move that a lot of people had trouble with. ( Read more... )