First day of spring!

Jan 31st, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

I had no idea the first day of Spring this year would be in January. It is 71 degrees out. I opened the windows, and I’m sitting on the deck while Ada plants and waters flowers in my herb planters. She is even using real water. Because it is 71 degrees, so who cares if [...]

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New Toy

Jan 31st, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

I got my V-Day present from Mac. Early, but I’ll be glad to have it next week. He got me a new bluetooth headset to replace the old Jabara headset that I had and quit using a long time ago. It kept unpairing with the phone, and it was too big for my ear and [...]

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Weekly Menu – January 31st

Jan 31st, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 2

This menu is so easy I can get it done at 3:30am. I’m doing it at 3:30am because I have a headcold (again or still). Sleeping has been craptacular, so I got up, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, and then took a ride on the interwebz. Saturday: Whatever we can dig up. Leftover spaghetti if [...]

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Marking a milestone

Jan 25th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I never filled out a baby book for either Ada or James. We got one for Ada, but I’m just not that overly sentimental about the first time she pooped*. Filling out memory books does not make me feel like I’m recording precious memories to be carried forward generations. It makes me feel like I’ve [...]

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These little piggies are driving me crazy

Jan 25th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

Both of my children like playing This Little Piggy with their toes. However, in my version, I use each piggy to summarize something they have done today. James’ today was: This little piggy dumped his juice on the floor This little piggy strategically placed plastic barrel of monkeys where mommy would step on them. This [...]

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Recipe: Chicken with Lime Sauce

Jan 24th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

Ingredients: 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 teaspoons olive oil Cooking spray ¾ cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 1 tablespoon brown sugar 3 tablespoons lime juice, divided 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1 tablespoon butter Directions: Place each chicken [...]

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Weekly Menu – January 24th

Jan 24th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I’m still going with the theme of cleaning out my deep freeze so I can defrost it. I have a big bag of strawberries that I need to figure out what to do with. I just cannot make ice cream in the winter. The thought of ice cream in the winter almost makes me nauseated. [...]

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I’ve always wanted a mnemonic

Jan 23rd, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I had moved on after doing this and decided to go back to get it. It generated another one–no caching I guess. My first one had Minuscule Emo Lumpy Legwarmers. mellystu Miniscule Empyrean Liberal Llamas Yodel Stupid Tinted Unicorns spacefem’s mnemonic device generator

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On menu changing and laptops

Jan 22nd, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

My laptop broke again, so Mac took it in for me. I’m okay for work since I have a back-up one provided by them. I’m not okay for dinner since my recipe was on my laptop, and I forgot to print it out–when I can print. Our printer is going crazy as well. So, dinner [...]

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Ewwww–Squick!

Jan 20th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

This link almost gave me hives. It requires flash. Thanks, Grandma. Blech. I watched most of the inauguration online. I had troubles with the feed, but Mac did better. He finally unplugged his headphones so I could watch and listen on his. We got to hear the speech with only a few bumps, which was [...]

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