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No books for Ted!
So went into Dublin today to get what I hoped were at least the first couple if not more C S Forrester books. I failed. Chapters did not have them in their new book section or the second hand section. A well I will just have to keep and eye out for them as time goes by. -
Christmas present enjoyed.
So I go Hornblower - The Complete Collection for Christmas and have been watching them over the past week. Much like the Sharpe's stories the Hornblower series follows the adventures of a young man during the Napoleonic wars. While Sharpe is fighting in Spain for most of his stories, Hornblower is at sea as you would expect a navel officer to be ( Read more... ) -
Hapy new year and thank god that one is over.
Well here is hoping that everyone has had a great holiday season and may you have an even better 2009! Lots of ups and downs last year but made it through and looking forward to 2009. In a small attempt to catch up on recipes promised to the every wonderful Sammywol behind the cut you will find a recipe for Faux Gumbo as presented in the New ( Read more... ) -
something new
So my in-laws went to France last week and brought back Dijon mustard and herbes de Provence back for me. So today I decided to use the salmon portions that we got from the Lidle and try something new ( Read more... ) -
Not dead yet! And boy do we have good friends
So I have not been writing as I have been working but soon I will be back at the whole writing thing. On the food side Catie and I just got a Creole care package from
J.G. Jones. He sent us real Louisiana Hot sauce, Creole seasoning, and Gumbo File. I can not get those things in Ireland, or I have not found them anywhere yet, and was not ( Read more... ) -
Food Friday!
So not been doing much since I got back from moving the in-laws. The lovely nephews donated another new cold to the immune systems so I have been sick all week. :P So have not done any writing at all and really not done much of anything but trying to cough a lung out. However on the job front I have taken employment at the CareChoice Montenotte ( Read more... ) -
Still here!
Well that was a fun couple of days. I have now seen two more counties in Ireland that I had not seen before, and I must say Ireland continues to be a beautiful country. The in-laws are now moved from North City Dublin to Longford town. Their new house is huge. Anyway I managed to write both on the train ride up to and the train ride back from ( Read more... ) -
Third time is the charm
So here I am again making a go at this whole posting thing. So to sum up the last ugh year and a half: quit job found new job quit new job and now looking for next new job. There quick and dirty. I have discovered that being a full time chef leaves very little in the way of time for anything else. Furthermore being a chef makes me like cooking ( Read more... ) -
And I'm Off!!!
Ok well some would say I was always a little off, but in this case I have the weekend off. In fact I have three days off. Important note, I have not had a weekend off all summer. I know, I know I work in an industry that works while others play but geez a weekend off is nice every once in a while ( Read more... ) -
Right lets try this again
So it has been an incredible summer and the fall has started off nicely. In the three months I have worked at the commodore I have lost over a stone of weight. For my American readers a stone is 14 lbs. In fact I have lost closer to a stone and a half. How did I manage this, hard work, ie way to many hours and not enough sleep, food, or time ( Read more... )