It's been a bit of a crazy week. That's okay. Stuff got done. Things like, painting out there on the place. The second story. Which was a hard thing. I sold my Oui Jars. Met a couple of really nice people. Now I am inspired to sell my silhouettes. It's been difficult to create menus. I am not sure if it is the problem with diesel fuel being so ridiculously expensive making it hard for trucks to travel much or not, but besides the prices of things being so awfully high, now t

And here we go. Teri's Toe Fungus with Little Brown Maggits Cold Red Snow and Yellow Polar Paws SPN - SKS Big Black Sleeze Boogers River Beasties Did that whet your appetite? LOL. Too much fun. 250 lbs here on Earth is 94.5 lbs on Mercury. No, I'm not fat. I’m just not on the right planet.

I am watching a series called Blacklist on Netflix. (I told you I was before). It seems all the characters on the show think that Elizabeth Keen (main female subject) is some sort of beloved angel who can do all kinds of evils, all kinds of wrongs, and all kinds of horror and none of what she does is her fault. She causes all sorts of bad things to happen, does all sorts of bad things herself, arranges bad things to happen and watches other execute those bad things and has no

I shred paper stuff and old credit cards. After shredding I put the shreds in the recycle bin. When it comes to old credit cards, I shred, then take half and put in the garbage and then wait a week (until after the trash is picked up) and then toss the other half. I do this so that I am taking one precaution against identity theft. I'm sure there's plenty more I could/should do but I'm not sure what those other things are, really. Yes, I recycle my old menus. Last week's is a

Well, you are right. I have not posted a review in a long while. Yes of course I am watching shows and yes of course I am watching movies on DVD, and yes of course I am reading. I just have not posted about that and so I am going to make up for that today. I am watching shows on Netflix right now, waiting for the fall network shows to start up. For comedy and laughs I am watching "Leanne". It's funny. I do not like the actress in the lead role of Leanne. I never heard of her

LOL. Just ask. And I'll interpret for you. 1. Cluckers wearing Bells and Dancing on Polenta Crema 2. Kung Foo Pao Hens with P&P, Throwing Rice 3. Squished Acorns with M&Ms 4. Smoking Swimmers, Spudnik Surprise and Martians 5. Roasted A to Z on Puddles From Oz I am having way too much fun these days. Surprisingly I am still staying within a certain budget range. Thank goodness cuz things sure are not getting any cheaper. Went to my doctor (my Endocrinologist) this week a

Not kidding. The weather did a full 180. The air is cleared out of the smoke. The temperatures are 30 degrees cooler. Here's the rub though, now that's it is so much cooler we can't open the doors and windows without the furnace kicking on. LOL. Good grief. Speaking of Good Grief (I can hear Beethoven playing in the background) this week's menus owe a lot to the comic strip that made that idiom more well known. Thanks Charles Shulz. You made my week. Here's the menus: Gnom

With the prices of everything going up and up I am getting even more budget conscious. I am sticking with what I know I like so there is less food waste and sticking with what I know is affordable at the same time. Sezme Chicken with Ali Baba Cuban Chickadee with Pellets Silver Darlings with Smoky Mountains Pasta Tamahtah with Leafy Delights Grilled Melty Memoirs with THE WORKS No dictionary for you this time. You are on your own. hee hee hee hee What is red and smells

The point to making your own seasonings is to avoid the salt and sodium that is put into the premade mixes. Sometimes there is also anti-caking or coloring additives in the premade mixes. I know that corn starch is often included from reading the ingredients on the packets. Nothing wrong with corn starch, just it's another thing that maybe does not need to be in there. That's up to you. For the butter chicken seasoning packet, there is maltodextrin added. Actually, the first

I've had a busy week and I've been putting a lot of energy (focused energy) into creating what is now being called "BoyBunny". Well, something that sounds like that anyway. So a day late in posting the menu list for this week (which starts today). Oh well. With no further ado, here it be: BB Braggers and Air-Fries Round Browns Stew and Buskicks Butter Chicken and Burley-Bobs Fish and Tater Salad COTF Fancy Foo Foo Had a lot of leftovers that needed to be used before turn

I stepped back from working on my painting and my drawing recently. I had already stepped back from decorating bottles and jars. And a host of other crafts I like to do, or used to like to do. They say that losing interest in things like hobbies, or things you used to do often is a sign of early onset dementia and/or depression. Gosh I hope not. I'm so tired all of the time that I find it hard to turn to my hobbies when I get done with chore. All I seem to want to do is sit

Okee Dokee, here's this week's menu list. Enjoy. As an aside, have you ever heard of Chicken Paprikash? No? hee hee hee Purple Parm with Caesar Peppers SezME Chicken with Cuckoos Bok Choy and Pearls Chickencatchatoady with Mashed Taters and Broccoli Salmon, Kale, Smashed Cannellini with Sauce Dictionary: Purple Parm = Eggplant Parmesan Caesar Peppers = Caesar Salad with Roasted Red Pepper Dressing SezME Chicken = Sesame Chicken Cuckoos = Couscous Chickencatchat

I am a big fan of Nora Robert and Heather Graham - for fun reads. Nora often writes about magic and the supernatural. Heather writes about a band of psychic people who solve crimes. That's the kind of thing I like for light reading. I also like reading James Patterson, Stephen King, Michael Chrichton who's writing is often cautionary tales. Intriguing. Sometimes scary. So right now I am reading books by Heather Graham entitled the Unseen, the Unholy and the Unspoken. I finis

So, here is this week's menu list. Every dinner except one is made with canned chicken. Don't tell me you didn't see that one coming. LOL. The one exception is of course, the Friday fish thing. Not salmon this week. Doing something different. Surprise!! Hash-Tastic Medley Pasta LaVista Nemo Burgers Cozy Chicka-Little Stew Cluckin' Good Stirrups To repeat that in the yerk version: Sweet Potato Chicken Hash Chicken Pasta Tuna Burgers Chicken Lentil Stew Chicken Stir

I do not eat red met (ie: lamb, beef, pork, rabbit, deer, bison, moose, etc.) What I DO eat is fish and fowl. Fridays are for fish, which is usually salmon, but sometimes mackerel or herring. That's for the Omega3's of course. Only once a week because of the concerns over mercury content, which are pretty low for that type of fish. Overcautious? Probably. Anyway - mostly I eat fowl. Which means chicken for me, because turkey only happens once or twice a year in my house. And

On a budget? Only feeding 1, 2 or 3 people? Wondering whether you should go for canned chicken or fresh? The simple answer to this question is: Yes, canned chicken is generally cheaper than its fresh counterpart. Canned chicken offers cost savings due to its longer shelf life and ease of storage, making it an affordable option for those on a tight grocery budget. Dr. Google says that if you buy the white chicken in a can that is packed in water, and then rinse it, that you ar

I use to think I was being a little more healthy by buying the "Lightly Salted" potato chips but those apps disagree. Dang. So, now the plan is to make my own French fries in the air-fryer and forego the potato chips altogether. Of course I will make my own dip using non-fat, plain, Greek yogurt. I will try to make it taste like tartar sauce because I use to love fries and tartar sauce. It will be good. I use to think I was being a little more healthy by buying the 'better'

This week's menus are based on leftovers in my fridge and the fact that it's too hot in my kitchen to entertain the notion of spending more than an hour in front of a hot stove. And no, I do not use my oven at all in the summer. However, I do use the microwave for things you might not suspect. (Example, corn bread muffins). And I use the Air Fryer. Then there is the crockpot too. Here's the menu list: Spaghetti with Veggie Marinara and Romaine Salad Salisbury Bean Steaks wi

What do I mean by economizing? In this case, I am talking about using up what I have in order to save a few bucks and not waste any food. So this week's menus include things left from last week's recipes and snacks and desserts, etc. I really do not like to waste food, but I dislike wasting money even more and food costs money. (More money recently than before, even.) So as I go through posting the menu items, I will explain a little bit so that you can supplement if needed.

I do not mean that in the sense of "wow, watch me blog the internet to a standstill". I mean in the more literal sense of "oh my heavens, the Northwest portion of the USA is burning down". The smoke has been awful, in the unhealthy or hazardous zones for days and days. The fires are just raging due to all the dry stuff. There has been a drought they say, which has dried everything out pretty bad and so the danger of fire is really high. They say the fire is jumping natural ba