Continuation from YESTERDAY'S post ( Read more... )

So I am sure that by now many of you have seen that old advertisement from Ladies Home Journal for a nifty dessert made by pouring Jello into a can of ringed pineapple slices and 4-6 hours later you can slice the rings apart for a cool green and yellow dessert. Seems simple, right?!


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I posted this request in a forum for an upcoming event and realized that some of my LJ readers may benefit from it too, so I am sharing it here. I am by no means an expert on this but I have been doing my research on this ever since I saw an episode on Ted Allen's Food Detectives (Food Network) when they debunked the myth that alcohol completely ( Read more... )

Every year our unit has an entire week dedicated to honoring the unit, it's past and it's future. (And while I am at it... THANK YOU to all of our brothers and sisters in arms who have or continue to defend our freedoms!) It is a week full of events, memorials, formals, etc... (it's called WONSA) Anyways, Saturday we had our unit picnic. The NSA ( Read more... )

Thursday was memorable to say the least ( Read more... )

Just got my offical Phi Kappa Phi membership card in the mail.... I feel special. LOL! Did not realize that with this card I can get 30% off any DELL product. I guess I might have to consider getting Jim's laptop from them, huh ( Read more... )

Hey- I got this in an email today and I thought it was too funny not to share ( Read more... )

So we spent the 31st with the most important people... family and friends! In the morning we played lots of hand & foot and euchre with the family including my aunt who flew into town as a surprise from MN! The afternoon we spent with one of our bestiests, Jennie, at the mall shopping/returning/exchanging gifts! Then in the evening we had dinner at ( Read more... )

OK, so my Poor Pagan Samhain party was supposed to be fun, good food, games, and silly childlike fun.... well.... add a bit of alcohol and all good intentions go out the window! So we still had fun but it was definitely of the adult variety... I'd love to tell all, but hell... that would make it unfair to those who actually showed up... so I guess ( Read more... )