All Along the Watchtower by U2, then you will like the following songs to accompany it in the play list.
Aren’t some of these on 8-track? Who’s feeling old? Not me. Because I have some cool & hip music. Genius says if I listen to They Might Be Giants, I might also like: R.E.M., Duran Duran, John Parr and the Cure. The Cure? Why not just stick a fork in me and put up Echo and the Bunnymen? Now I’m feeling old.
… and a family of six. Just how far will that go? Well, let me tell you. If you’re creative, it can be almost like Thanksgiving in March…. turkey for days. Harris Teeter had a special on turkey breast last week, so we bought one.
That’s the best $5.70 I’ve spent at the grocery in a while. I think we’ll finally run out Friday.
… and it was a little a lot, weird. Adam Lambert’s version of Ring of Fire was by far the oddest thing I’ve heard thus far on American Idol. Of course, I don’t watch EVERY week or even all of any episode. So who knows what other goodies I’m missing. I enjoyed last year’s INXS throwback, and I liked the winner last season. But while Adam was singing, I kept thinking I was listening to Freddie Mercury on a Johnny Cash tribute album. Then, Randy hit the nail on the head, …so to speak. That was exactly what Ring of Fire would sound like if it was covered by NIN (Nine Inch Nails). Now, … since it’s been at least 16 years since I’ve heard NIN, I’m going back to the laundry before anything else odd happens.
Happy folding!!
Dear U-Jimmy,
I love you more than flowers,
I hope you’re feeling better and better,
Love,
Sophie
It’s good for the budget and good for the planet.You don’t have to use a whole dryer sheet in each load of laundry. If you use dryer sheets, cut all the sheets in half when you first open the box. You can turn a box of 40 into a box 80 in about 2 minutes.
A few other good uses for dryer sheets (or half a dryer sheet):
Everyone makes mistakes.
“How we cope with and learn from our own, and our willingness to forgive others, shows our true depth of character and reveals our heart.”
May your mistakes be few and your forgiveness readily available.
You will need:
You can cook this one of two ways. You can cook it in a slow cooker on low for 5 to 6 hours, or you can cook it as a traditional casserole. For a traditional casserole, see the topping and baking instructions below. If you choose to cook it in a slow cooker, you can double the batch and “can it” if you are ambitious. Mmmmm …. tasty. I suppose you could freeze it too, I haven’t tried that.
For Topping:
Baking Instructions: Mix the apples, cranberries, white sugar, orange juice and cinnamon together and place in a buttered 9 * 13 casserole dish. Mix together the melted butter, brown sugar, corn flake crumbs and pecans. Stir and pour over the top of the apple/cranberry mixture. Cover with foil. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 – 2 hours. You want the apples to be tender, and some cook faster than others. Uncover the casserole for the last 10 – 15 minutes so the crust can get “crusty”. Enjoy!!
Well, … now everyone is trying to save on the food budget and stretch the dollars a little farther. So now I just appear normal, and my budget friendly habits seem timely. Whereas before, I believe the word “cooky” might have been slung in my direction.
Here’s a tip for your freezer. If you eat vegetables at your house, you probably don’t always finish the dish. For plain vegetables (served with butter and salt – or alone) toss the extras in a gallon sized freezer bag in the freezer door. Every time you have some leftovers of this nature, toss them in the bag. It doesn’t matter if they’re different. You’re making a collection of veggies. When the bag gets to capacity – you’re ready to make vegetable or chicken soup.
If you choose Chicken Soup, here’s another money saver. Use inexpensive thighs or legs to make your broth and provide the meat for the soup. These pieces are less popular, but they make a much richer base for your soup; no one can really tell what part of the chicken little shreds of meat came from in the bowl anyway. As a bonus, you can usually get those cuts of meat for MUCH less than cut up birds or chicken breasts.
Happy cooking!!!
Those of you who have been following our progress, or lack there of, this fall and winter will not be shocked to learn that we’ve had the stomach flu. That’s the only reason for the delay in the snow day pictures. The stomach flu arrived on the heels of the snow.
We did have about 5 inches before it “sank”. It was a very wet and cold snow. Would you believe that just five days later it was 82 degrees here?
