Archive for April, 2008

Information Junkie

Information. I am addicted to information. I have always been that kid sitting in the living room at home and reading all the way through the World Book Encyclopedia. I cherished my thesaurus. I read nearly anything I can get my hand on and I soak it up with glee.
Now that we are a wired […]

Chicken and Dumplings

This is my ultimate comfort food. I requested my mom make them for me on my last birthday. She made them again this past Sunday, out of the blue and much to my delight.
My Great Grandmother would buy a “stewing hen” (an old laying hen too tough for anything but long cooking). She salted […]

Win Personalized Flash Drives for Your School

Students, faculty and parents need to head on over to Pexagontech.com as fast as your fingers will fly so you can enter their Flash Fiesta Giveaway. One winner will come away with 1,000 personalized USB flash drives for their school. How cool is that?
Enter now. The contest runs through the end of June. Not only […]

Florida Fresh

Guess what we did today? We went out to Dover, FL and picked strawberries. Right now they cost $1 for 2 quarts, so we picked 6 quarts. The next time I go back and will plan ahead and have more room in the freezer so I can get enough to make freezer jam.
After the berries, […]

Back to Back Birthday Parties

I love being a stay-at-home mom. In fact, that is why I have put off going back to work for at least another year. I love being there for my daughter when she gets home from school, bring able to volunteer, attend meetings, do errands without racing around at night, and spending extra time cooking […]

Sunburn Relief

I have sunburn. I should know better, but even so I went out to the beach yesterday and only put sun block on my face. So, I have sunburn on my arms and knees and even on my face, because the sun block was probably not strong enough for the sensitive skin of my nose […]

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