I tried a new recipe today.  I found it here.  And now for a review!

First, I used canned chicken from Costco.  One can did the trick.  (So much easier than cooking chicken ahead of time and then shredding it.)  Second, I didn't have 3 Tbs chicken stock, so I used 1 chicken bouillon cube and 3 Tbs water (approximately).  Then since chicken bouillon ( Read more... )

 Mom's been after me to post more frequently (and, admittedly, I have been slacking lately) so that's why I keep posting short things in hopes of appeasing her.

Today's vastly exciting news: we purchased new bathroom rugs today!  We had previously been using a nasty little cheap mat for the last 2 and a half years, but when I had to literally rip ( Read more... )

 I got this new game a while back, maybe a month ago, called Picross 3D.  It's basically a 3D puzzle/logic game, where you break away blocks to reveal a picture.  It came preloaded with about 350 puzzles.  Tonight I triumphantly beat the final puzzle!  Hooray!  (It was a tough one, too.)

And then rhb told me that there were 240 more available for ( Read more... )

 I have finished everything on my Saturday to-do list, and it's not even 6pm.  :) :) :) :) :)

As part of that, we cleaned the bathroom thoroughly and the tub is no longer nasty!  The bathroom floor is no longer nasty!  The nasty bath mat is in the trash!  The dishes are done!  The kitchen floor is swept!  The kitchen counters are clean!  Dinner is ( Read more... )

 My pumpkins from Halloween (the ones I didn't carve and have been meaning to bake up into something yummy) are officially dead.  *sigh* I even found some good recipes last November for pumpkin puree, too... oh well.  There's always next year, right?  And now I can finally have that corner of my kitchen table back.  Once I disinfect it.  I haven't ( Read more... )

So.  Rome.  It was pretty cool.

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 Last week when I was languishing at home with that nasty head cold that rendered it impossible for me to answer phone calls all day (and week for that matter), rhb sent me a link.  It was for a page on dealnews.com alerting those on the lookout for a good deal that DSW (my favorite shoe store) was allowing you to use several pretty good promo ( Read more... )

 As promised, I will now review the last 15 books I read.  Maybe not individually though.

( Under a cut because this got freaking long. )

 rhb went away last weekend for 4 and a half (ish) days, scoring free books and meeting authors, agents, and editors and World Fantasy.  He had quite a good time and, as previously mentioned, scored lots of free books.  By lots I mean like 20.  I am well stocked for reading material, even if it is all authors I haven't heard of!  All the better to ( Read more... )

I made a very important discovery: I can ride my stationary bicycle and read at the same time.  Moreover, I have done this twice so far, so I know it wasn't just a fluke.  Exercising with music = tolerable, exercise with music+reading = almost fun!  Okay, maybe not that far, but I definitely don't mind doing it.  If I'm going to read anyway, I ( Read more... )