Our anniversary!.  Ten years of wedded bliss!  And at 5am, husband stepped in cat poop with his bare foot.  He declared this metaphorical, with a big grin on his face, as he wished me happy anniversary ( Read more... )

Hey, happy vacation to me.  I am currently in Maine on vacation visiting family.  We had a few days of gorgeous weather and now it is a bit muggy.  Not so much with the warm (nothin' compared to VA where my plants will be dying according to beanpot's assessment of the weather there), but lots with the humid.  Just got back from our annual ( Read more... )

so one of the little bastards on my street keeps coming into our yard, right by our front door no less, and bending a frog garden stick way back.  is it wrong of me to coat it with hot sauce or something that will cause pain?

more to the point...do any of you have suggestions for how to inflict maximum agony?
 

saw it.  last nite.  with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the Haymarket Theater in London.  scored tickets at the theater before lunch.  amazing!  what an amazing couple of actors.

off to see the Tower of London and ride a silly boat on the Thames

ta, love! 

 
Some of you already know that husband and I are planning to leave for England and Wales...eeegads, NEXT WEEK, for a trip we have wanted to take for ages.  I know many of you on my flist live over there, have toured about, or know things I may be missing.  We'll be in Bath, Brecon Beacons, York and London for our 10.5 days.  While I'd love to visit ( Read more... )

I came across this recipe:

Peanut Butter Balls

1 1/2 cups PB
3/4 cup soft butter
1 tbsp vanilla
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 bag of 2 lb bag of powered sugar

mix, roll into balls, and chill
dip into melted semi-sweet chocolate and chill

Yeah, I think I'll be throwing that away now...

*eyes tasty evil recipe* 

 Yikes.  We have thus far made 4 inquiries and struck out 4 times!  I have two more inquiries out to likely places before I have to start hitting the internetz for a place to stay with no vetting (we use Rick Steves' whenever possible).  Anyone stayed anywhere in London for a reasonable price and enjoyed it?