Apologies to “Queen” for using We Will Rock You as my inspiration for this! Enjoy!Tummy, don’t you lie, make some small noise ( Read more... )

Today is Milton Hershey’s birthday.
It’s also the dreaded Friday the 13th.

I say we celebrate both by consuming large quantities of dark chocolate!

Anyone with me on this?

Our Thanksgiving dinner is planned for around 2:00 pm ET tomorrow, give or take a bit. So... have a Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Enjoy your turkey or tofurkey or whatever it is you like. We will be having turkey (16 lbs), stuffing and corn bread dressing, green bean casserole, roasted root veggies (I think - the housemate makes them), sweet ( Read more... )

So on Saturday afternoon I did four main things ( Read more... )

Have had a relaxing weekend so far. Hubby brought home some tasty beverages (viz, Starbucks) and bagels from Panera, so as we ate yummy bagels, the three of us watched a few more episodes of Leverage before he had to get some sleep ( Read more... )

Had a late but yummy dinner at Saul Good's restaurant. I had an Amazon deal for $22 worth of food that only cost me $11 when I purchased it, so our bill tonight after the discount was under $5 for the food, and with tip only $10. I tried their Crab Rangoon flatbread - it was good, and I have leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Hubby got one of their ( Read more... )

As a reminder, I have a Holiday Card Poll going on, so if you would like to receive a handmade holiday card from me, please go fill it out. I only have seven people signed up so far, and I've got several dozen cards that I can send out if wanted, so don't be shy about signing up - yes, even you overseas folks are welcome to request a card! I have ( Read more... )

We are cooking for 9 tomorrow, not a whole lot of people but we will all be hip-to-hip around our dining room table, which seats 6 comfortably, 8 decently, and I guess we will have to slide the chairs around a bit to sneak in the ninth person ( Read more... )

Note to self: Remember to stop here when we pass through Austin, Texas for the Christmas holidays:

Tiny Pies website

Address:
5035 Burnet Road
Austin, TX 78756

Hours:
Mon-Fri: 10:00 am until 8:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am until 7:00 pm
Closed on Sunday

(I really shouldn't watch Unique Sweets so late at night, LOL)

I'll be the first to admit that we eat fast food far too often in our house. Some days I just don't feel like cooking, at least not beyond the dump-and-nuke stage, maybe a bowl of Campbell's soup with a sandwich on the side, or warming up a frozen Totino's pizza if I'm feeling feisty ( Read more... )