I suspect that my oven is not getting up to temperature, so I go on Amazon and order one of those dial thermometer doohickeys ( Read more... )

COOKING: In throwing in the ingredients for Carrot Butternut Squash Soup in the crockpot, I made a huge mistake - I added the milk at the beginning.   I also used bison broth and a little curry instead of the paprika because I apparently keep forgetting to buy more.  No money outlay this time, as the squash came from the food bank and the rest I ( Read more... )

Tried to save money today by making mayo under the tutelage of a few videos, one of them Gordon Ramsay's (but I didn't end up using his recipe).  And as I only keep two oils around, olive and coconut, and I needed to use up an old bottle, I elected to use olive oil ( Read more... )

Spent several hours today making Zazzle products, and marvelling at the fact you can do a lot with just one simple design thingy.  I took the wreath in my Frosty the Snowbot image above, and had fun putting it on things.  For about a thrid of that time I had my tablet flat on my desk, so I was a bit hunched ( Read more... )

Look, I made a food!  Yes, it is purple!

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So I've also been reading a blog about TBI, and researching the other little parts of my brain atop the stem that obviously got damaged and have been ignored by the doctors in favor of assuming I'm developing diabetes and thyroidism because of weight....instead of the doctors putting the pieces I've told them over the years together and noticing ( Read more... )

GARDEN NEWS: Will be a container garden, up along the chain link fence of the garden area in my 'new' (as of last March anyway) apartment.  Like my first garden, it is several stories below my apartment at ground level, but this one is fenced, and the only dangers to my plants are squirrels and loose dogs.  And their owners.  And the other ( Read more... )

I need your votes!

I am participating in this contest on Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/contests/national-tv-photo-contest-3.html?tab=overviewThe first round is all voting by the public, so I need your votes to get to the second round, which is the one that will be judged by Anne Geddes!  Final prize is to appear in their commercial ( Read more... )

I joined the Whatcom Art Guild in March, and attended my first meeting at the end of last month, where the final discussions about the 50th anniversary art show took place.  I decided what the heck, and volunteered to help...then later paid the money to put a couple pieces in the judged part of the show.   I'd pulled the metal prints of Sneaky ( Read more... )

I want one! :)

https://store.wacom.com/us/en/product/DTHA1300H?

--Zhora