it smells so lettucy

I harvested a head of lettuce last night and the smell – wow.  Homegrown veggies have such a strong, hardy, yummy smell, stronger than grocery store veggies.  There is one benefit to buying store-bought veggies though; I’ve never cleaned a head of lettuce and found critters inside.  Yikes!!  I had to call Husband to the [...]

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well…at least it’s sunny

It snowed last night.  Most of it has melted away thank goodness.  And it’s beautifully sunny today which is always a nice thing to wake up to.  Here are some pictures I have taken with my new camera.  Oh!  I didn’t tell you about my new camera.  Well, here’s the story:
Yesterday I got an email [...]

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bakin’ fool

Yesterday my husband got a promotion.  For reasons that I cannot begin to explain, I had the sudden urge to bake and cook after I found out.  For dinner (can’t say that without thinking of Julie’s joke) I made a chicken pot pie.  I’ve never made a chicken pot pie before and I have to [...]

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kickin’ butt and takin’ names

Okay, actually I feel like someone has kicked my butt.  My body aches, my back is sore, but you know what?  My den is organized, my bathroom is organized, my kitchen is organized and tomorrow or the next day the mudroom will be organized.  Husband worked really hard during his time off these past two [...]

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in the new year

In the new year, I’ll be doing things a little differently.  In 08 I tried to get rid of our dependence on foreign oil, but to no avail, so instead I decided to stop buying paper towels.  Hey, one thing at a time, right?  I was successful until we had to move to San Diego [...]

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