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Last night after work, I went to the Dollar store in search of cheap kidney beans and those awesome rubbermaid bowls with the twist-tops.  I found them, and also a great spray that my coworker friend Sara had bought from this same store.. Renuzit pet something or other.. in a Citrus scent. It’s wonderful stuff, [...]

So, it’s getting harder to deal with this no fast-food, no restaurant deal.  My brain is constantly trying to come up with ideas that it thinks I might actually fall for, rationalizations, etc.  Here’s just a few:
Subway is healthy. And you have to stand there and watch them make your food.. you’re consciously aware of [...]

Ok, so.. I came to my own personal realization and acceptance of the fact that I use fast food and eating out as a crutch.  It keeps me from doing two things I dislike doing by (and more importantly -for-) myself: shopping and cooking.
Cooking for people is awesome. Shopping for that is also ok.  I [...]

So, I brought the last of my lasagna to work today for lunch, and it’s still freakin’ delicious. Next time, though? I’ll freeze smaller portions, because there really is such a thing as too much lasagna when you aren’t hungry for the rest of the day after eating just one piece.
We’d also had a team [...]

Friday at work was one of those days that just didn’t want to end.  Brought to you by the words ‘Slow, slower, slowest’, the number Infinity, and the letters ZOMG.
That seems to be par for the course lately — the week rushes by, I wonder what happened to my days, then Friday comes with the [...]

Ok, so I know I’ve been neglecting my postings here for.. well, for months.  I haven’t really wanted to share anything that’s goin on — it doesn’t seem “share-worthy” really.
So, instead.. I’ve decided to document the phenomenon that I’ve discovered at my place of work. That spectacle is called “The Food Day.”  It’s a cherished [...]

Since the internet intermission currently going on at our house, I have neglected my blogging duties nearly completely. I say nearly, because I still try to keep up with other folkses writings, but obviously have not offered anything up myself of any worth in quite a while.
So, as the title suggests, I’ve read quite a [...]

There is a pizza place on the ‘T’ intersection of Middlebrook Pike and Cedar Bluff called Mancinos.
They have meatball grinders.
I have had a grinder from this place, now. (though not a meatball grinder)
When I walked into the place, it smelled EXACTLY as a pizza joint should smell. Like baking and meat and sauce, and goodness.
Another [...]

Finished Ender’s Game. Great book, and I’m probably the last person on the earth who hadn’t read it, so I won’t bother to recommend it. Finished it in a day, and was disappointed that we didn’t have the next book on hand. Will borrow from someone, or library. Ender rocks, though [...]