Stuology

Ada Bee This photo was only to test that the Alien Bee that arrived this week worked. That is all. Not a great photo, really. I unpacked it last night, finally, and set it up in the living room just to make sure everything was working before I disassembled the large box. When I unpacked [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day 2009 This is Ada’s 4th year3rd year of the Guinness hat photo. Why I cannot find 2007, I don’t know. We took one each year. Check out this one and this one from her first year. There are a few more mixed in with our photos from today. I’m really ready to [...]

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Grilled stuffed portobello mushroom Tonight’s dinner, it did not feature any chicken. By the time Mac got home with a needed ingredient, it was after 6:00. Prep and cooking of the chicken would have taken over an hour, so I cut out the chicken and stuffed the mushrooms. The stuffing consisted of diced tomato, onion, [...]

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The Sci Fi channel is changing its name to “Syfy.” I guess to add more appeal to the illiterate television viewing audience.

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Bacon, provolone, avocado and salsa burger Twitter and Facebook are teaching me the skill of brevity. Organized the closet–all my clothes are folded, fall/winter moved to the bottom, spring/summer moved to the top Caught up on laundry after a very busy work week. Six loads today. Four miles on the treadmill today. Ada’s fever came [...]

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I used to think that visiting a slaughterhouse would be what it would take to turn me into a vegetarian. Instead, it could be an art exhibit: Meat After Meat Joy. It caught my eye because it fell into my bacon-in-unexpected-places realm. The meat toilet almost made me gag. On a related note, I want [...]

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Saturday: Black bean quesadillas Sunday: Bacon provolone burgers with tomato and avocado and grilled asparagus Monday: Beer can chicken –the best way to cook an entire chicken on the grill– with grilled portabella mushrooms, red and orange bell peppers Tuesday: Bacon chicken tomato wraps — this is leftovers in disguise. It will probably just be [...]

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Today I am going to try to make the meal list for the entire week. Mac and I are going to try to teach Ada to play Go Fish with her new Hello Kitty playing cards. We–as in myself–are thinking of getting a pet. A bird. Mac will only tolerate animals that are in cages [...]

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Here is the weekly menu for March 8th. I’m editing as I go, so you will probably see it pop back into your feed. Sunday: Grilled fajita shrimp/bacon wrapped BBQ shrimp Monday: Shrimp scampi — I have leftover, uncooked shrimp. Bacon and garlic scrambled eggs were made for breakfast since I had the bacon from [...]

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Mac went out for lunch again this afternoon in Kansas City, and he once again took Ada. She came home with a new pair of pants, a balloon that says “I love Hooters” and a baby My Little Pony. She is playing with pony right now. She keeps telling it something about dinosaurs, making it [...]

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