The dog woke me up before 6:00 this morning needing to go out. It was fine as I had already been awake for a while. I went to sleep thinking about an interview I have on Friday and the performance task all applicants have been asked to complete. This task was also what was on… Continue reading Meal Planning

When everything started shutting down last year, and we learned how hard hit restaurants and their workers were from the pandemic, we decided to continue to support those businesses as best we could. Two evenings each week, for the last 14-months, we’ve ordered takeout. On occasion, for a date night, we’d go through the drive-thru,… Continue reading We Ate Out!

Over the years, I’ve heard people and the media talking about a Race War. It has popped up quite a bit over the past week, and especially on the day of the verdict in the murder of George Floyd trial. There were people who were (are) worried about a Race War starting, and others who… Continue reading 400 and Counting

This book is my new favorite canning and preserving cookbook. It has many of the tried and true recipes, and a whole lot of new ones. The introduction speaks to coming into the new realm of taste and flavor of the current day. It lives up to the expectation. At the start of each section,… Continue reading Canning and Preserving, Oh My!

Officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all charges. This is not a win for anyone, but a loss for many. It is rare for an officer to be found guilty of murdering someone. Officers get a lot of leeway in how they handle a situation. We have seen way to often, in my… Continue reading Guilty on All Charges for the Killing of George Floyd

When we are young, we have not really a care in the world. In most instances, our family provides a roof over our heads, food on our plates, clothes on our backs. Hopefully, there is also plenty of love to go around. As we grow older, we become a little more aware of the world… Continue reading Ignorance is Bliss

I, like so many, want to have a very lush green yard. One in which I can walk around barefoot, where it is soft and cool on the feet, and where one doesn’t sink down in the mud pit. When we built the house, we knew the front yard would be sod, and we could… Continue reading When to Weed and Feed

I had a different post for this evening, and then life happened, or is happening. Be back tomorrow, hopefully finishing what I started today. Thank you life (not!).

Well, we have another apparent sign the pandemic is coming to a close, for all practical purposes, in the U.S. Not only are administered vaccines on the rise, so too, sadly, are mass shootings. After a decline, for the first time in several years, of mass shootings in 2020, we seem to be on track… Continue reading Making Up for Lost Time

The wonderful thing about trying new recipes is the joy of also tasting new ingredients. It is also a time to try a mixture of ingredients one might not think to put together. This has been the case twice this week. Over the weekend, I generally put recipes I want to try on a list… Continue reading First Time for Leeks