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Comments (33)And Happy New Year back at'cha! Wish you all the best in these next months. :) Pit Update: Saturday a friend of a friend came and took both of them. She's mature, got a good job, owns her home with a big yard. She's keeping Bobby (aka puppy-boy) and her neighbor is taking sweet Maggie (aka puppy girl). These were the happiest, sweet dogs. Turned out to be clean, trained, house broken, curious, and just joyful. Someone dumped them, I'm sure, but they were house dogs. Perhaps breeders, but definitely house dogs. It was interesting. All the time they were here, they never left the yard. When I went out, they were right beside me. Bobby, would play catch with a 6' 4x4. Throwing it in the air, standing on it and trying to pick it up. Made it difficult for me to sort out a load of reused lumber, which had nails in it. It had to wait. He was a JOY. What a energetic puppy he was. He'd sit and kinda roll backwards with his feet stuck out in front of him, like puppies do. Didn't quite lift his leg. Hasn't earned his man card yet. Although they always wanted to ride in my car, they didn't want to go with her. (Leaving me? Awwww) But once in the car, they settled in, with their heads poking out between the seats to look out the window. The only time I'd see Maggie get excited was when wheels turned. Cars, trucks, bikes. She'd bite at them from underneath the door, vs. from the front. Scared me she'd get a tooth stuck and be crushed. I mention this, because the week before I had to get 2 new tires. Saturday night when I came out of work, I had a flat. Grrrrr. Had myself towed to my car place. He called me the next morning and asked if I'd hit anything, or was out in the field, etc. [wait for it] There were 2 puncture marks, one torn, in the sidewall of my new tire. So.... I guess Maggie is successful in her mission of killing All Things Tire. Got my living room painted. It is Beeeuuuuttiful. Even moreso without the crap stacked to the ceiling. Ceiling is Glidden 'Natural Wicker' and the walls are Duron/SW 'Tinderbox.' I just picked up the paint for the bookshelves. All this room needs is trim. and maybe some curtains. Well, maybe not. So I have 2 rooms done, -trim. This is very, very exciting! Leaves 7 rooms to go. Drywall, finishing, paint, trim. As a dear friend once said, "Baby Steps." Well, it's only 10 years this year from that stupid fire! Baby enough? Have a great, warm day. Eat those beans and rice if that's your thing, or just watch football. (Got my MI State U sweat shirt on, just for my sisters.) Take care!...See MoreWhat are some of your favorite comfort foods
Comments (50)Crockpot lasagna (from shiffysmom): 1 lb ground beef 26-28 oz spaghetti sauce 8 oz tomato sauce 9 oz lasagna noodles (8) 1 lb jar alfredo sauce 12 oz shredded mozzarella 1/4 cup parmesan cheese Brown hamburger in skillet and drain. Spray crockpot with cooking spray. Spread 3/4 cup of spaghetti sauce in crockpot. Stir remaining spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce into hamburger mixture. Layer 3 lasagna noodles over the sauce, breaking them if necessary to fit. Top with 1/3 of the alfredo sauce, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with 1 cup mozzarella. Top with 1/3 of the hamburger mixture, spreading evenly. Repeat layering twice, using 2 noodles in the last layer. Sprinkle parmesan on top. Cook on low 3 and a half hours to 4 and a half hours. Cut into wedges (8 servings). You do not have to pre-boil the noodles -- there's enough liquid to cook them through. (Yes, the jarred alfredo sauce has way too much salt in it, as well as calories, but this dish isn't something to have often!)...See Morecomfort food childhood memories
Comments (68)We also were dirt poor so there were no elaborate dishes for us. Mom was a plain cook but she could do some things well - fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy (or potato salad) on Sunday. Sometimes we'd pack it up and take it to the "pasture" which was simply a cow pasture owned by Dad's boss and we'd spread our feast out on a blanket on the ground and eat. If Dad had an extra dollar, he'd stop on the way and buy a gallon of ice cream for 99 cents. If he was really feeling rich, a six-pack of Pepsi. Bottles, of course. After our feast, us kids would run up and down in the grass and wade in the creek. Mom could make a great goulash from hamburger, elbow macaroni and homegrown tomatoes, tall fluffy cinnamon rolls with lots of gooey brown sugar on the bottom and minimal icing, and a lemon meringue pie she was extremely proud of. After I watched her make the meringue once, I wouldn't eat it. But the lemon part was good and she was great with piecrust from scratch. My grandma, Dad's mother, was a very plain and unimaginative (English) cook. But her sugar cookies were wonderful. We lived with grandma and grandpa for a short while when I was a kid and when we got off the school bus and ran inside to smell her sugar cookies - bliss! I make her recipe now and it is probably my most memorable comfort food. Tall, soft and cakelike - she didn't use any icing, but I do!...See Morecomfort food ... for anytime
Comments (23)Dave, I thought you were in Illinois? I mean, I know it's next to Iowa, but isn't that way North of you? Anyway, I'm sorry for the madness and your part of it. I think, for me, exhaustion is more a dry burrito with condiments (habanero mustard, sour cream, etc.,) to fix it up on the inside bite by bite. Today I did order the wet burrito, but it didn't come with any of the promised bits on top. There was some salsa picante in the fridge, as well as sour cream and Greek yoghurt, but one of the guests opted for a burrito instead of the shrimp stuffed gorditas, so I ate that, with its little shreds of lettuce and cup of black beans instead. It was very good, and I still ended up with chicken soup and a burrito to take home. What I most want when sick is what others have said--someone else to feed me! I can't face raw meat when I'm sick, but do better if I eat cooked meat, thus the burrito craving. :) I'm feeling more energetic now, but it's time to clean up the kitchen (pass) not start cooking....See Morecooper8828
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