Stuology

I would already be slapping meat and veges on the grill, except for one problem. My grill has cancer–aka rust. Boo. We have a big cover for it, but alas, it is still rusting and one of the gas burners has rusted away so instead of nice distributed flames, I have The Flame. I replaced [...]

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Jay has been coughing and producing great amounts of snot the past few days. Yesterday, I was helping snap his pants and he started coughing. Instead of ending his cough by just stopping, he ended his cough by puking all over me. Then last night, Ada crawled in bed with us. I was only half [...]

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I stumbled upon this site today: Cookbooker. It allows you to keep a list of the cookbooks you own, tying you together with other owners, where you can share notes on recipes in said books. I’ve started adding a few of mine, and will get to the rest later. I have made nothing fabulous lately. [...]

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You know that wonderful smell of rain and earth that occurs only in the Spring? I love it. Except when it is ground into my carpet. Thanks, children. I really wanted to spend the entire night steaming the carpets*. Yesterday was warm and sunny and beautiful and muddy. Today is cold and rainy and still [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII is really beautiful, as everybody says. It is also really boring, and the dialog is grimacing. I should have learned from the past. When did the Final Fantasy series go downhill? Does anyone remember? Paul? I was trying to recall this fact with Mac. Was it Final Fantasy IX or X that [...]

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The kids and I packed our things and headed to Branson on Monday. We left today a few minutes after 2:00pm. Normally, we would have gotten home at 7:15-7:30pm. I pulled into the garage at 10:51pm. The roads were not good. There were times where 35 mph was the best we could do on the [...]

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Ada’s birthday isn’t until May, but she has been talking about it since October. I hear this at least once a day: I have a great idea. I’ll get this for my birthday! She’s been inviting her friends to her birthday party for months. The one I haven’t even really planned*. She has been talking [...]

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I have added three new KU t-shirts to my collection this month: one for Big 12 conference championship, one for the 2000th win* and one for St. Patrick’s Day**. Tonight KU won the Big 12 tournament, beating K-State. Again. I’ll go pick up my fourth new t-shirt on Monday. Since it is Spring Break, I’m [...]

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I got a new toy, and all of the components are now here. I wanted a heart rate monitor for running, so I could use that as a way to keep track of progress instead of just with time. Of course, I can’t get something that just simply does heart rate because I’m me and [...]

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What have I made lately? Nothing terribly exciting. I’m still working on making stuff on hand. I liked the quinoa pilaf. I’ve made chicken burrito mix via the crockpot. I had a brisket in the freezer, so I’m making a Guinness brisket, again with the crockpot. Thanks to the artisan bread in 5 minutes, I [...]

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