My parents had gone to a friend's barbecue the day I left for camp. When I came home, I discovered a bottle of French vanilla syrup on the counter. There was a matching one in the pantry; that one's open. The friend, retired from his regular job, works security at a fast food company and somehow came home with these items and gave them away. ( Read more... )

We knew it was going to be beautiful today, so mom mentioned something about going for a walk. The thing about mom is that a lot of the time she can't just walk for walking's sake. We went to the post office first so she could drop off her mail, and then we ended up going to the former Dairy Queen. Remember, she's on Weight Watchers, so any ( Read more... )

I had a nice birthday with my grandparents today. As expected, they came out and took me to lunch at Egg Harbor. My grandfather, immediately upon being seated, told the hostess that it was my birthday. This could have led to great embarrassment, but thankfully all it meant was I got sprinkles on my mint hot chocolate. That was fine. The food ( Read more... )

We had tacos last week, and needed to purchase more seasoning, and that is how we found ourselves in the international aisle of Woodman's on Saturday. There's a small frozen section there, and in the Mexican aisle (the adjacent one is Asian/European) that means ice cream. There are some interesting flavors like guava and mango, and this week I ( Read more... )

At least one of you has geekcooks on your f-list. In today's entry, regarding potatoes, the poster mentions she could eat potatoes as her main dish and even dessert ( Read more... )

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We're fake tree people in my family, and my dad got the tree out of the basement on Sunday. He put it up, hung the lights, then strung the garland. However, that was as far as he got. I like to do the ornaments, so he wanted to leave that to me. However, I didn't have a day off until today, so the tree sat partially naked and forlorn in the ( Read more... )

1. When vacuuming the hardwood floor--which you've never done before, and for which your mother would probably kill you--do not use the outlet near the smoke detector, as when you turn the vacuum on, the alarm goes off ( Read more... )