Category Archives: Eating

We Had To Stop Here

The Hot Dog and Hamburger Haven is in Dunn, NC. We stopped there for lunch on Friday on our way to Hilton Head. You know this was a siren song to us. The hot dogs were the pink kind and … Continue reading

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Carrot Soup

Last night for dinner I made carrot soup. It was really awesome with a touch of sweet from the carrots, spice from the ginger and zing from the lemon. If you happen to have a lot of carrots, you can’t … Continue reading

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Crackers, Trout Pate and Mead

Today we made two batches of crackers…so easy and so delicious. I also thawed some smoked trout that we smoked awhile ago and whipped up smoked trout pate. Combine it with the crackers and mead from Heidrun and you have … Continue reading

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He’s the best

Some friends stopped by this afternoon to drop off some food for my sister’s family–sister had surgery on Friday and needs some recovery time so folks are a’cooking for them. I’m going to make a dish for Saturday night–it will … Continue reading

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From Net to Plate

While standing in the surf watching the better-half and The Niece swim, I had a brilliant idea. We purchased these from a fisherman: I made a boil out of some of the supplies we’d brought with us. They were the … Continue reading

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Working from Home

Today is an official state telework day and so I took the Governor up on his offer and have been working from home today. It’s funny how productive I can be when I work from home. I’m sure I would … Continue reading

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Random Access, Bad Memory Dump

Minutes ago I was sent a file that a co-worker has referred to as a PowerPoint file for a least 3 days. I received the email and found out it is a PDF file. PowerPoint and PDF are not the … Continue reading

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The Cucumber Battle is Over (almost)

I just yelled upstairs that aside from three slices of cucumber that I was in the process of eating that all of the cucumbers have been processed. The better-half wasn’t very enthusiastic. So I walked upstairs and said it again. … Continue reading

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Vegetables Overload

Sunday we spent most of the day either working in the garden or putting up food like good little pioneers. This year we took a tip and planted basil plants next to each squash or zucchini plant to ward off … Continue reading

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Finding Ways To Fill My Time

People have been asking me if I’ve been enjoying my freedom from schoolwork and since I was already the Queen of Lazytown, it’s kind of hard to say Yes. But, it’s true that instead of spending my evenings and weekends … Continue reading

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