And on this day of course I have to talk food. I got up early. Then hit the snooze button so I could get the bird in the oven. We are trying some variations on Alex's roasting with cheese cloth, Tylers sage butter for under the skin, I created a stuffing recipe with Apples and Bacon.
My mother is bringing her mandated side dish the Pecan Sweet ( Read more... )

I complain about my job. My day job. The one that sucks the life out of me. My soul diminishes a little bit every day when I have to placate customers and tote the value of the companies abilities. Yep.. But the good thing is perhaps not for much longer.

I used to have a day job in front of a computer that I enjoyed. I worked from home. Worked in ( Read more... )

I have a love for the calavera and found this website through facebook. I have a plastic bin full of fabric to create a calavera quilt. By now it is likely to fit my king size bed. On there last visit my stepmother offered to help me peice it together if we come out for a trip. So road trip me, the family, my pattern and that bin of fabric. Get rid ( Read more... )

This was on CNN the other day at work.. funny, had to share.

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and the website. there are a couple of other little short films I saw the tailgunner, funny.

I meant to post this and then got some drafting work.. YEAH!!! drafting, it is a double edged sword. The money is truly needed, my hours have been reduced at work so the bills will get paid (they alwasy do it is just the delay in paying the payee does not like). The other side of that is when tax time rolls around. On a payment plan because of the ( Read more... )

Well tonight I am making a beef stroganoff - with some twists. I have ground turkey and potatoes. I found this recipe online and decided to change it up a little. I have the soup, but not the mushrooms. So I will figure something out.

Still working up a desert. Watching movies and relaxing. A lazy day off for a change. didn't have to leave the ( Read more... )

Having an extra day off has been really nice. I have finished two books as well as the super secret fathers day gift. Last night the kiddo and I made the no bake cookies I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Tonight we are making a spinach quiche with a home made pie crust.
I am also working on a gift for a friends daughter. We sewed a large elephant ( Read more... )

I got a link to our news site and it has posted an oppourtunity towin a trip for 4 to San Diego (whales vagina in spanish). I thought I would pass this along.

So I am home today (perhaps only for the morning) because the hubby has a doc appt - he can't drive himself home from.
I am looking at the tuna casserole recipes on Cooks.com because I remembered that when I checked before there had been a bunch of them that used cheese soup in lieu of a cream of ____ soup. I found a tuna rice casserole, a mac and ( Read more... )

We are revisiting the dinner from the holidays and making London Broil for the family dinner tonight. My father and step mom are in town for the weekend. The kiddo has an orchestra concert Monday night so they will be here for that too.
So along with the meat and salad from our previous dinner foray we will add potato gratin to the mix. Picked up ( Read more... )