Thursday, April 26, 2012
A Date With Our New Car
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Heebie Jeebies
This is a horrible surprise I hope none of you find. Yesterday, when I grabbed a bowl out of the
cupboard, there was a huge brown spider in it.
Now, every time I grab a dish, I have the heeby jeebies. I hope the spider doesn't have any relatives left
in the cupboard. Who knows what dishes
it touched. What if you were to reach
your hand into the cupboard, and one came down all sinister on its web? Although the horrible surprise with the
spider totally gave me the heebie jeebies, I would like to know if you have any
gross spider stories. Please comment (if
you use anonymous it is extra easy) with your gross spider stories.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Spring Fever
The Spring Fever has taken hold. I have my little “nursery” of baby plants I
started indoors a couple weeks ago. It
was a little later than usual, but they should still be mature in time. I have been scouring the Burpee and Gurney’s catalogs as well as` my new favorite catalog, David
Austin Roses. There are such
beautiful roses. In all these catalogs,
I have a wish list total of about $1000
or more. There are so many cool things,
including royal purple potatoes, multicolored carrots, flowering trees, mini
greenhouses, rain barrels, compost containers, raised beds, ect. My ambition is always so big at the beginning
of the season. Then, I go on one out of
town summer trip, and come back to weeds and kind of let things slip. This year,
however, the weeds will not win. I hope
to give my garden tender, loving care all summer .
So far, there are
baby tomatoes and peppers in a rainbow of colors, herbs of all kinds, and some
pretty Dahlia’s and Impatiens. They are
all growing adorably in my little indoor mini greenhouses. I have seeds out the wazoo that can be
planted directly outdoors as well. There
are several kinds of lettuces as well as fruits and veggies. Hopefully, there will be room for
everything. The new life in the spring
gives me little goose bumps of excitement.
The colorful spring flowers have provided the perfect appetizer for what
I hope to be my garden’s best year.
I am always jealous of “green thumbs” and wish my thumb were
greener, but, as it stands, I believe a “green thumb” is developed over time,
with experience and studying plants. So,
when I am an old lady, I hope to have a
fully-developed green thumb. I want one
of those cute English gardens with flowers everywhere the eye can look. I want my fruits and veggies to always be
plentiful, so anyone can walk out and have a taste straight off the plant. That isn’t too lofty a goal, right?
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Famous Coleslaw
I sometimes dream of coleslaw. There are certain resturaunt recipes that make you crave them. KFC Coleslaw does that to me. It is one of four recipes that does that to me (P.F. Chang’s lettuce wraps, Girl Scout Samoas, and Olive Garden salad are the other three) . Summertime is a perfect time for coleslaw, and since it is just around the corner, there are plenty of warm days for a picnic. I know I am not the only person who loves KFC Coleslaw. So here is a delicious coleslaw recipe, that almost rivals, if it does not surpass KFC’s coleslaw. Enjoy!
½ cup Mayo
1/3 cup Sugar
¼ cup Milk
¼ cup Buttermilk
2 tbsp Lemon juice
2 tbsp Vinegar
Dash of Salt and pepper
8 cups finely shredded Cabbage
¼ cup diced Carrot
2-1/2 tbsp minced Onion
Cut cabbage, carrot and onion into tiny pieces, and mix together. Mix rest of ingredients in bowl with whisk, then add to cabbage mix. Mix well and refrigerate overnight. So yummy!
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Spring Break, Spring Cleaning, and Taxes
Starting today, my family and I are fortunate enough to have a five day break from school. Sounds fun, right. Wrong! This is when I am finally making myself do taxes and Spring Cleaning. Weirdly enough, even these tasks can be made fun. I found the cutest site to help me with all my Spring Cleaning tasks in a fun, effective way. Go check it out yourself, as it seems to have everything. http://housekeeping.about.com/cs/cleaning101/a/springclnngguid.htm
As for taxes, perhaps they can’t be made fun, but you can get them done for cheaper if you do it yourself. I am a fan of Turbo Tax. I seem to get the same results as when I paid to have them done, for less than half the price. You don’t even have to go to the store to buy it. It can simply be downloaded on a rainy day. If you already have your taxes done, hooray for you! As for us procrastinators, we better get to it. Happy Spring!
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