November 2, 2008

Whew!

It feels like it should be much later than 3:30 (even 4:30!)!  Here was my to do list: I have a few things to do today: clean my desk and file paperwork menu planning for the week – DONE grocery shopping – DONE a couple loads of laundry – 1/2 WAY DONE walk with Ed – 35 MINUTE WALK – DONE! I’ll finish the rest of the...
November 2, 2008

Popcorn 101

Tony, hands down, makes the best popcorn.  Our popcorn of choice this time of year?  Boy Scout popcorn!  It’s all white kernals and it pops up really well.  This time of year they sell it outside of grocery stores and Sams’s Club.  Our second favorite is Orville Redenbacher. The secret to Tony’s popcorn?  No lid.  We use a mesh screen – that way the popcorn...
November 2, 2008

Crap Fair

Yep, I spelled that right.  the CRAFT fair was just CRAP!  First of all, it was about 1/10th the size of last years, and it was mostly retail stuff – I would have to say that 10% of it was actually handmade things!  The only thing I got at this fair was a snowman apron – I wore it while putting dinner together! My mom...
November 2, 2008

Tony loves me!

He said he had a special present for me when I got home from work . . . I couldn’t guess so I just had to wait until I got home. And this is what I found!  This baby is HEAVY!  I weighed it on my scale and it comes in at 15 pounds!  Tony is going to christen it today for his dinner menu.  ...
November 1, 2008

I only had

one trick or treater tonight by the time I got home from work.  Tony only gave out six pieces of candy before I came home.  We were even sitting on our deck, bowl of candy in sight, and people walked right by us!  So since I thought we’d be sitting outside, and I really didn’t feel like cooking tonight, we ordered a pizza! Yes, I...
November 1, 2008