The next cookbook up is also Betty Crocker.

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I have... a lot of cookbooks. I have the combined cookbook collections of my paternal grandmother, and all the women in that line. I have garage sale cookbooks, cookbooks for causes, cookbooks for wine country, and an entire cookbook of things to do with hot dogs and hamburgers. I have cookbooks from a torrid fling with a cookbook of the month club ( Read more... )

So that was last Monday. After my adventure, I refused to get on a bus until the snow cleared. I worked from home the next two days. The kids were off school. It was all very Seattle-snow.
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I had a pretty good weekend. I went out to MN. On Friday, I got a haircut. I think I look a little like I might be planning a bandom costume for Halloween, or like my stylist is way hipper than I am. But I trust her. I am sometimes very skeptical, but after about 3 days of living with a haircut, I'm usually finding all the hidden advantages. I'd ( Read more... )

Friday evening, we are serving turkey and fixin's. There may be gaming/Rock Band afterwards, although we will shoo everyone out at 9 since we have to be at the skating rink at the crack of dawn ( Read more... )

Piemas is March 14, 3.14, you see. This year it conveniently fell on a weekend, so I invited people over and we had pies. It was a lovely, social, low-key evening.

For pictures I direct you to my twitpic stream, and also this:

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resolute arrived safely. I guided her in the last leg by means of "do you see some kids with foam lightsabers?". We sat around and chatted and then sil made enchiladas. mmmm. After dinner we watched some Star Trek ( Read more... )

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Oh, you guys, I have so much to tell you about -- reviews on Lego Rock Band and Sherlock Holmes, Baz's dental repairs, loot given and received, all that stuff. But first let me tell you about Christmas Eve dinner.
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I am making my customary fabulous Christmas Eve dinner at my mom's house. Standing rib roast, chantilly potatoes, yorkshire pudding, maybe a beet salad, because mom and sil and I like it, whatever else strikes my fancy at the market for sides ( Read more... )