I was looking over my Amazon order from earlier in the week and I was a bit amused. Some are humorously telling me the item could've been delivered sometime last week but are still on the slow boat from China. But one particular order had me giggling a bit. "Guaranteed delivery by Sunday, November 30." The amusing part of that entry was the ( Read more... )

What would happen if a Danish chamber orchestra were to encounter red hot chili peppers? Not the funky rock band, but the actual peppers?

Behold:

And, yes, the bearded fella conducting is really named Chili Claus. I have to say, the musicians kept it pretty much together despite eating some of the hottest peppers in the world. After finishing the ( Read more... )

I know, I'm being a bad blogger, no real content for some time. I've been mostly busy, but not a whole lot of that busy-ness I figured would be post worthy. Let me try and fish up some highlights ( Read more... )

Yesterday was not a good day for lil' Snickles. For his six month birthday he got taken to the local vet to be fixed and chipped. I felt bad for the poor guy. He seemed very proud of his dangly bits, and, truth be told, he's pretty well hung for a little dog. The energetic, alert pup I dropped off had become a sleepy wet rag when it was time to ( Read more... )

Mother Nature's "heavy flow days" continue to be a thorn in our side. While we remain high and somewhat dry, the garden languishes in a sea of weeds and tomatoes rotting on the vines. We will mount an attack to dig around and harvest the surviving veggies, then once it (eventually) dries up, till the spent stuff under and possibly throw a little ( Read more... )

It might be a blustery, cold evening here, with temps in the mid-upper 20s and some insane winds, but the house is nice and toasty with the woodstove cranking out the heat, and with a nice bonus of a loaf of whole wheat bread baking, making the nice warm house smell like absolute heaven. A few minutes and the bread is done. Jeff has been on a bit ( Read more... )

Jeff and I headed up to Pennslovakia this weekend to drag the trailer back here for its winter stay as well as take care of other business. We went out shopping for a new dishwasher for Jeff's 'rents since their old one finally gave up the ghost after slowly falling apart. We found a display model at a substantial discount. I installed it with ( Read more... )

I managed to roust myself out of the house and did a few things in the garage, that made me happy. I also cooked the approximately 2 gallons of tomato juice down to just under a gallon, it's nicely thickened, rich and pulpy, ready for the second stage. I'll get some fresh herbs, onions, mushrooms and other goodies tomorrow and finish the stuff off ( Read more... )

I've noticed an increase in my friends list. Welcome, dear new readers, to my (fill in the blank) Of Mayhem ( Read more... )

Well, as is always the case around this time of year, I have a nasty cold. I blame people at work for handing it off to me. Though it seems it's something making the rounds everywhere, s evidenced by the woman at the post office today. "I see you got it too". Yep. Misery and company I guess. I truly hate being sick ( Read more... )