A very happy and safe Independence Day to all my American sisters and brothers! And a jolly Tuesday to everyone else.

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I baked my ham and made my colcannon and I can go into a food coma now. Back around Easter I was looking for an alternative to the basic pineapple and brown sugar topping for my ham and did a little online research. Brown sugar and spicy brown mustard sounded good...and it is! This is the best one yet. Just the right combination of each and not so ( Read more... )

The people directly in back were/are shooting off a series of big ones that are going off almost right overhead. The glare is actually lighting my living room and it sounds like they're setting off M80s under my balcony. Plus I can hear the tink-tink-tink-tink of the burnt out cinders raining on my balcony roof and the aluminum roof of the stairway ( Read more... )

I've had animals before that totally freaked out on the 4th, and I've had animals that were OK with it, but I've never had one like Phouka ( Read more... )

Happy Boom/Pop/Ooooh! Day to my American friends. I had to work today but now I'm home, showered and lounging in front of my little fan. I'll probably be able to get away without the a/c for a few more days before it gets too hot again. It's in the mid-80s but the humidity is so low that it's very comfy if you're not too industrious. A far cry from ( Read more... )

I'm semi playing hookey today. Department mgrs are supposed to work at least one of the summer holidays - Memorial Day, 4th of July or Labor Day - and today was going to be mine. Last night when I was checking online to see my paycheck amount for tomorrow, I happened to see my schedule for today and I wasn't even scheduled. I was intending to go in ( Read more... )

Well, even though I didn't get to sleep until almost 2 am I was awake just before 7 am. I managed to stay in bed reading until nearly 7:30 but then I just couldn't do it anymore. *headdesk ( Read more... )

Today was actually...pleasant ( Read more... )

I saw Drum Eatonton at the Piggly Wiggly the other day and I smiled at the sonofabitch before I could help myself! - Steel Magnolias ( Read more... )

America: My country right or wrong.

I do believe this. That doesn't mean if it's wrong I hide my head in the clouds, stick my fingers in my ears and chant lalalalalala! at the top of my lungs. It means I try doing what's needed to fix it, this land where I was born, that's given me so much. Last November I thing we finally began our U-turn. I ( Read more... )