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• A parents worst nightmare - come true
  on Dec 6, 2011 in kidnapping
  It was December 1974. While he was only three, he remembers bits and pieces of the most horrific day in his life - unbeknownst to him at the time. One evening, a young first time dad decided to do some last minute Christmas shopping and br...
• Made from Scratch Sunday
  on Dec 4, 2011 in cinnamon rolls buttermilk cluster
  Hello!  I bring you greetings from all things homemade and well...not so perfect. On the baking schedule today: cinnamon rolls and a buttermilk cluster. I started my cinnamon roll journey thinking (and reading) that they were oh so easy to ma...
• Super Grinch
  on Dec 2, 2011 in Italian bread lasagna
  Anyone else feeling Grinchy this year?  I am so BAH HUMBUGGING out.  Sigh.  I guess I just miss my family.  Of course there is good reason for living so far away from them all, but I miss them terribly around the holidays.  I...
• Unilateral conversation sucks
  on Nov 28, 2011
  Despite the fact that no one reads my blog, I am going to press on and continue to post even though daily I fight with myself to 'publish' another word. So, with that being said how was your Thanksgiving?  Did you have a nice time with family?
• Happy Thanksgiving!
  on Nov 24, 2011
  Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours - have a great day and if you head out to shop - be safe. Here's a special look at my family.  This is the first time ever I have posted pics of me and my family - enjoy and try not to pee your pants!
• Homemade Monday
  on Nov 21, 2011 in Baking Illustrated New York Zucchini bread Black and White Cookies Banana bread
  I started writing this post Monday - it is now Tuesday. There aren't enough hours in the day!  I am already sleeping 2 hours a night - maybe I should just stay up?  I doubt my time spent awake would be productive.  Sigh.  Today I...
• Coupon exchange?
  on Nov 17, 2011
  I HATE throwing away coupons that I simply don't use. Would anyone be interested in starting up a coupon exchange?  Right now I have a large envelope stuffed with coupons I do not use.  It contains coupons for pet products, air fresheners,...
• We have a winner!
  on Nov 15, 2011
  According to Randomizer.org, our winner is: CYN! Research Randomizer Results 1 Set of 1 Unique Numbers Per SetRange: From 1 to 5 -- Unsorted Job Status:        Set...
• Loafin' it Sunday
  on Nov 13, 2011 in Baking Illustrated Bosch Universal Plus American Sandwich Bread
  It's here. My very first stand mixer.  800 Watts of pure awesomeness.  Better known as the Bosch Universal Plus. Wow. There it is just out of the box. Confusing right?  I was too.  I am used to seeing stand mixers with a...
• You know you live too close to your Mother In Law when...
  on Nov 12, 2011
  My oldest is at a sleepover tonight - yay! So my fiance suggests we grab some dinner after dropping him off at his friends house.  I ask him "are you sure you want to?", he says "sure, lets go".  Great.  Dinner out with a two year old...
• I bet I could be political too...
  on Nov 9, 2011
  Blech - merely thinking the word makes me want to scream expletives. My brother tells me tonight he is a Republican.  Asks me what I am - I hesitate - what does it matter?  I tell him and he laughs.  Says "you're a bleeding heart Libe...
• The deliciousness has landed
  on Nov 9, 2011
  If you have never made homemade pasta before because it is too time consuming and/or labor intensive - you really need to find the time and the energy, I promise you won't regret it. Tonight, I made homemade pasta for the first time.  I was luc...
• UGLee Pen Review and Giveaway
  on Nov 7, 2011 in UGLee Pen giveaway ink grip ergonomic pen UGLee Pen pen
  I've been using my UGLee Pen everyday for about a week now.  My fiance also got one to try, as well as my 11 year old son. I tested this pen in all sorts of situations - writing for long periods of time, short periods of time etc...  At...
• Bisquick - for cookies???
  on Nov 5, 2011
  If you have never made cookies with Bisquick - you really need to.  No seriously, you NEED to make these cookies.  I had never tried it until tonight and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised.  So much in fact I had to make three diff...
• A little bit peeved
  on Nov 2, 2011
  So, how was your Halloween?  Ours was super.  My oldest didn't want to trick or treat and my two year old had the sniffles - we opted to stay home instead of freezing our buns off.  I made a Halloween themed dinner complete with a Calz...
• Ghastly Ghost Sunday
  on Oct 30, 2011
  So, let's talk about ghosts or the unexplained.  I guess my first 'live' encounter with something 'paranormal' was shortly after we moved to Michigan.  We were living with my fiance's family at the time and I had just gotten out of the show...
• Received my UGLee Pen today
  on Oct 28, 2011
  It's a pen and it's UGLEE.  No really, it is ugly, but pretty cool.  I received my ergonomic pen today and I'm gonna use it for awhile and give you all the deets.  I'm really looking forward to using it because of the damage the pregna...
• I took the PAM challenge!
  on Oct 25, 2011
  Thanks to my friends over at Smiley360, I was able to get a box full of goodies in conjunction with a mission from PAM.  I received a brand new 9x13 Pyrex baking dish, a PAM spatula, a coupon for free PAM and another coupon for free Hunt's canne...
• Food allergies: here one minute - gone the next?
  on Oct 23, 2011 in Benadryl hives EpiPen Jr swelling anaphylaxis food allergy egg allergy
  My daughter was around a year old when I gave her scrambled eggs for the first time.  It was one of those "breakfast for dinner" nights and she eagerly dove into the eggs.  It was going great until I saw her take that second bite - then I n...
• Raised to hate
  on Oct 20, 2011
  I lived a portion of my childhood in a small, yet busy town in upstate New York.  My parents owned a laundromat and we resided in the apartment above it.  Around us were other homes, a church, small markets and various other businesses. &nb...

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