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Moo Shu Chicken with Pancakes
So, this dish had a lot of mushrooms, and I don’t like mushrooms, but expanding borders etcetera. For me it was OK. It wasn’t the worse mushroom dish I’d ever had, and as far as they go it was pretty darn good, but man, SO. MANY. MUSHROOMS. Shmoo ( Read more... )

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I’ve finally found something I *can* talk about that won’t ruin December surprises and remembered to do a post about it!

I am trying to learn to take care of orchids. Let me preface this by saying I had an orchid a few years ago that was given to me as a gift because I like ( Read more... )

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So, we’ve managed to unpack most things we can without committing to new furniture first, and life is chugging along.

I’ve managed to get Bronchitis but am finally in the last bit of cough that sticks around forever stage.

I’ve finished a knit! But it’s going to be a Christmas ( Read more... )

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This has been a busy and eventful year for us.
Back in March, shmoo’s father was diagnosed with Leukemia, and we spent 3 weeks in Arizona.
Then in July, two ER docs said he had less than a week to live, so we went back and and spent 2 weeks in Arizona again.
Our jobs were very ( Read more... )

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Hai webbernets! I’m sorry it’s been so long. There is actually a reason I’ve quit posting besides laziness in general, but I’ll post about it later and for now go back to ignoring you after this post.

This is a list of links for my standard Thanksgiving Day recipes.
I’ve been ( Read more... )

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(I’ve posted this before, but it’s at the bottom of a long fibery post and I am trying to go back and make sure all my recipes are single posts so that they are easily found and read. So, if you missed it the first time, this is one of my favorite salads!)


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Again, mostly for a co-worker of shmoo’s, but feel free to take/use/etc.

3 cups Fresh Broccoli, chopped
1 1/2 cups water
4tbs flour (mix and dissolved in 1/4 water)
2 cups milk
1-2 tbs butter
1-2 cups Grated Cheddar Cheese
1 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Garlic Powder
Salt and Pepper to ( Read more... )

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I’ve not done much in the way of knitting. Just a row here and there, but nothing really to show. I have finally finished my first bit of weaving but have yet to actually get it off the loom, so nothing to show there either.

I did take some pictures of our container garden on ( Read more... )

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This is for shmoo’s coworkers, but the rest of you can feel free to try it too.
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So, April is almost over, so I figured I should post.

I’ve spun a little.
I’ve knit a little.
I’ve grown seeds into seedlings and then had the birds eat them after I put them in their permanent pots and decided that I wasn’t going to have bird feeders on the porch anymore during ( Read more... )