Yesterday at this time, I was bustling in my kitchen preparing one of my dear friend, Kanzen’s recipes. Kanzen calls it the Easy Peasy Banana Pudding Cake…. Psst, hit that link and wish Kanzen and her husband a happy 14th wedding anniversary! Well, as you do… I needed to improvise with what I had on […]
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Alright, I know many of you will snarl at that title. For the first time in my life, I bought a weight scale, which arrived today. Stats: Height: Just shy of 5’3″; Weight: 78.2 lbs. Here’s the deal: I have one of the highest and fastest metabolisms. I lose weight if I sit still and […]
Yesterday, I posted a note that I would be off baking cookies and came back to comments that wanted recipes and then Ina Kuvik mentioned one of hers that got me drueling… Update: You needn’t go to the trouble of the actual recipe – I just love the descriptions: Ina wrote, “Yep, the spunge or […]
When I was married, my husband, who was a superb cook, used to tease me that I had 11 recipes that contained the same essential ingredients. I was chagrined to admit he was right and he was the first to admit they all tasted really good. Asked about temptation along the lines of favorite or […]
In these days of tough economic times and tightening the belt, locking up the wallet, etc., I got an email from a friend of mine with a handy-dandy list of establishments offering discounts to seniors, some as young as 50 on up. I did some research myself and it looks accurate – nonetheless, verify, verify, […]
Second article in a series of being prepared for an emergency. First, you’ve got to have water, next, you’ve got to have food. But what kind of food? How much food? Well, how long of an emergency are you preparing for? A couple of days, a week, six months? We used to talk about a […]
Beginning a new category – Stocking Up the Cupboard, Freezer, and Under the Couch. Why? Because stuff happens. I was posting with another friendly blogger and we got to commenting on good times to stock up, i.e., March is freezer month. I have been in emergency management (EM) in one capacity or another for over […]