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Cat, Rina, and I have been road tripping! We're fine, I thought Cat had announced that we'd be off for a couple weeks, she thought I had announced it here. I came in, looked for the thread, and couldn't find it. We do apologize! It was a spur-of-the moment thing. My manager back-dated a...

I got so frustrated one day last year I came home, sat down, and wrote this: As you know, I'm a customer service manager at Walmart. While 95% of you shoppers are absolutely delightful and brighten my day just by walking in the door, the other 5% of you need some ... refining. This letter is...

I started Vocational Rehab last Friday, known as VR, at Walmart. My VR coach went with me, and I was to spend two hours there, recapturing my job skills (like I ever had any to begin with) and memory. Well, I had a feeling this might be problematic from the get-go. They switched coaches on me...

My world fell apart on me this morning. While cooking breakfast, I couldn't do anything right. I kept dropping things, I didn't flip hubby's omelet right (he ate it anyway, it was good), I did something evil to my shoulder while doing my exercises, and I fell off my bike again. I came in, and I...

Our sweet Cat hopped off to Brasov to visit her hubby, Carl, and their dear daughter, Anna. Anna is growing, and they have to adjust her prosthetic leg and of course, Cat wants to be there. She did say all three of them might come back here, depending on how it goes. Rina is still here; when...

She decided to get whacked by the flu early this morning so we bonked her to bed with chicky broth and tea, and her fever's down to 99.8 after 100.1. She's sleeping good, and now it's my turn to care for her. Mercy, we need to name this house after some kind of soap opera. "As The Stomach...

Cat will be here Thursday. She's coming with Rina to take care of the storage stuff. It's going to be another full house; Cat and her Mom will have our bedroom and we'll be on the sleeper sofa, our neighbor is in the guest room... And luckily that foul-beaked buzzard hasn't said anything. If...

My sweet Mom left me with maybe 30+ cookbooks and a box full of letters she had saved from years of keeping in touch....the old-fashioned way. I finally got the chance while down with the flu to read these letters again. Oh my! Such treasures! In one, Mom was writing to an old high school...

Our pastor came to our home for New Year's Eve dinner and board games. He had lost his wife over the summer and they had no children. Our neighbor is staying with us. She had an unfortunate issue with a used gas stove and a brother-in-law who messed up the connection. That resulted in half her...

She just got in this morning and she will be here momentarily to post! I'll let her give y'all her news... She's by herself and selling her aunt's house. She'll be here for a few days and she's due here at 4:00!

One thing about having a cold in a house with eight cats in it is...there's never a dull moment. As if sneezing isn't funny enough by itself, it's really a hoot with cats. I can sneeze in this house and at least five out of eight cats go airborne instantly. Then when they hit the floor, they...

I do this stand-up routine at church, and it's a favorite every Wednesday night! I just do this thing like Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" in Prairie Home Companion on NPR. I live in a very small town where hardly anything major ever happens, and the names in this are names of church members...

Since my husband was so ill at one time and had lost his appetite, he's regaining his strength and his appetite is like it used to be before his illness. I have gone through here snagging ideas here, recipes there, new ingredients to try over yonder and a myriad of sensational new dishes and...

I was driving home on a two-lane road tonight (last night, now) and this road is very curvy with no passing lanes. It was about 11:50pm and it was very foggy, so I reduced my speed to between 30 and 35 mph on this 45 mph road. I couldn't see well because of the fog, and I'm normally a careful...

Back in June when a neighbor's house burnt, I rescued three tiny kittens from the house. They are ten months old now; two boys and a girl. We've had some severe weather where the power has gone out, but we have a whole-house generator connected to the gas line. The generator kicks on when the...

I needed something new and different tonight, so I decided on a sausage taco/burrito thing. Heat oven to 375. Ingredients: Burrito-sized tortillas 1 pound breakfast sausage 1 or 2 cut-up tomatoes, depending on taste 2 cups block sharp cheddar cheese, shredded Bacon Taco sauce of your choice...

I tried something new tonight with three chicken leg quarters I thawed out. The chicken was bone-in and skins on. I used EVOO, chives, a little over a tablespoon of fresh grated red onion and 2 minced garlic cloves to moisten the chicken first before dredging it through a Shake and Bake ranch...

I have a pack of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, a pack of thighs (bone-in, skin on), cream of chicken soup and wide egg noodles. Could I turn this into a casserole? I thought of Googling recipes but I think I'll trust you folks first. I don't have to use all the chicken, as there are only...

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Holy cow! Our cucumbers are huge this year! I put this in the cucumber salad tonight. It's sitting on a full-sized dinner plate! [/IMG]

Crockpot roast beef and provolone and swiss cheese sandwiches, dipped in Au Jus gravy, along with a cucumber, bell pepper and olive salad.

I didn't see a thread, and I looked, and I still didn't find it. Anyway, we had grilled cheddar bratwursts in rolls with provolone cheese wrapped around them and we dipped them in Au Jus gravy. A salad of lettuce, radishes, cut up tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, a very few cut up jalopena, and...

Cat and company were en route to Paris, France tonight. Cat says they're trying to squeeze in as many places as they can, and tonight they're sleeping on the plane. Her uncle met up with two other pilots who can help fly the plane, and I'm sure that helps a LOT! She sends her love to all of...

We love this. Ingredients: Preheat oven to 350 1 pound breakfast sausage 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes (I use the microwaveable ones) 1 can corn or any other vegetable 1 TBSP minced garlic 2 tsp Montreal Steak Seasoning 2 TBSP chopped red onion 2 TBSP Italian seasoning 3TBSP brown sugar 1/2...

Preheat oven to 400F. I use ovenproof ramekins for this recipe, because you'll want the sausages to nestle in with the lentils. Ingredients: 1 cup cooked lentils (or barley) 1 pound link sausages 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese Chopped red onion (about 2 tsp per ramekin) Garlic, minced or...