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A while ago I created a recipe database to add recipes to. I am part of a couple email recipe exchanges and I have been adding recipes that I receive from them as well as ones I have from family or other places. It's been a while since I have put new recipes on there...

This was a recipe I found in Rachael Ray's magazine. It looked really good in the picture. I wish I could have made it look as pretty in person as it looked in the picture. I followed the directions, (so I thought) but things didn't turn out as I had hoped. It said to mix...

I made this dish today for the Brunch I had at our house. It was really easy to make. I was pleased with the way it turned out. I got this from my aunt Patty. Everyone at the Brunch said it was really good. I changed the recipe slightly and added both ham and sausage...

Today I had some people over for a brunch and I decided to do some crafts while they were here. It was a lot of fun. I made lots of food that turned out pretty well. I made a Raspberry-Lemon Shortbread tart that I didn't think turned out real well, but people seemed to like...

I finished painting the bedroom last weekend and during the week I painted the end tables in the room. I painted it grey. The name of the color is “Anonymous”. I really like it. Here is a picture of the room: I think it turned out really well. I was a bit worried about the...

Chuck got a new laptop today and I got his previous one. The current one I had was a bit too slow to use for work. We thought about getting me a new one, but getting him one made more sense. I love it. It's so nice…and fast. Chuck's new one does some cool stuff....

A friend of ours had a couple extra tickets to the Gopher hockey game last night and we got to go. We were in the first row! There was lots of hitting on the glass in front of us. You could even see the expressions on the players faces! It was so much fun. I...

In the last entry I wrote about meatloaf. With the new kitchen color, I have started to try making one new meal a week. So this is a place for me to let you know about them. Email me if you want any of the recipes to the meals I write about in here. This...

This was actually pretty good. It tasted like most other meatloaves I have had. The difference in this was the sauce (bbq-like) that you put on the top. I liked being able to put it in the slow cooker. It cooked for about 5 hours. It was pretty good, though. Might make it again sometime....

As promised, here are pictures of the rooms I have painted in the house so far. * Main Bathroom * I think this room is so cute. I love the light yellow with the red towels and rugs in here. It feels so open and bright. * Dining Room * These pictures don't give the...

I have been on kind of a painting binge at home. I painted three rooms last week with my mom's help. * Main Bathroom – Yellow – Banana Cream * Dining Room – Green – Mother Nature * Kitchen – Red – Cinnamon Cherry I have three more rooms on my “need to paint” list,...

* OLD VERSION * The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or...

We just returned from our cruise to the Caribbean on the 11th and we had a wonderful time! There was so much to do on and off the ship. We really kept ourselves busy. And of course, there was more food than I could imagine available any time of the day. 1st stop * Half...

I have decided that more things should come in miniature size. Like shampoo…not just a select few, but all of them. Then if you wanted to change shampoo, you could get a sample first. This could just be me being strange, but I really like those little samples. You can't get much use out of...

It's been a whole year and a couple days since my grandma passed. I can't believe it's been so long. Time flies. We got through Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it was strange. I think having them at our house really helped. Had we been at her house or my dad's I think it would have...

So when a cat loses a tooth, do you leave them a kitty treat? I found a tooth this morning when I was cleaning up. It could be Dax's since kittens do lose their baby teeth. I didn't see any obvious places in her mouth it could be from, though. Maybe it was from Sam...

We changed phone companies yesterday. Cingular wasn't very good. Your “year” contract with them is 366 days by the way. But we finally we able to cancel and went to T*Mobile again. We got the Motorola Razr V3 phones. So far I really like it. I have been draining the battery life in it just...

It's been a long time since I have posted anything on here, so I had better give an update. Christmas was pretty hectic, but a lot of fun. We had my family here at our house for Chirstmas which was a new experience. I really like haveing people over, though. Next year will be a...

Puzzles (1000 piece) Ornaments Holiday decorations Snowman anything Vases (unique/intersting ones) Books (from the previous entry “book list” or anything that you might think is a good read.) Gift cards: Target Craft stores (Michaels, JoAnn Fabric, etc) Restaurants (Don Pablos, Applebees, etc) REI Bed, Bath and Beyond Cookbooks Norah Jones “Feels Like Home” CD

It finally snowed the other day. I forgot to say anything about it because I was too busy enjoying it. Sadly, it isn't going to stay on the ground very long, though. They said it would all be gone by tomorrow. But there is more int he forecast. Our new driveway has proven tobe...