Mother Nature’s trick = my treat
Month: October 2011
Occupying a place in my heart
I'm a bad Capitalist. I have no urge to accumulate possessions or wealth, I only aspire to pay my way fairly through life. I am always able to see that someone needs something more than I do - that $3 that rounds the tip up to a nice even number which doesn't require change, those … Continue reading Occupying a place in my heart
Pumpkin Pie ice cream
On what may have been one of the last open sunroof afternoons of fall 2011, I decided to indulge in a new-to-me flavor of ice cream - Stewart's Pumpkin Pie. I've always been more a lemon meringue pie kind of lady, but, since I haven't stumbled across a similarly flavored ice cream, I decided to … Continue reading Pumpkin Pie ice cream
Love muscle
image from dkimages As an admitted exercise junkie, I've done some casual reading about physiology. From what I understand, to build muscle one has to first sort of tear it apart a bit by straining the tissue. Maybe that's the "burn" thing Jane Fonda talked about so many years ago. It seems that when the … Continue reading Love muscle
Sausage & Peppers
sausageRecently I saw a brand of Italian style chicken sausage at my local Price Chopper - Lupo's from Endicott, NY. What initially attracted my attention was the sticker on the package stating that they were msg, whey and gluten free. Now, I've never had an issue with any of those ingredients, but, I figured in … Continue reading Sausage & Peppers
Table Hopping for 5 years
Table Hopping for 5 years
Scariest things at Fright Fest
Yesterday afternoon the boys and I headed up to the Great Escape's Fright Fest in an attempt to get into the spirit of Halloween. We had been persuaded to buy season's passes for 2012 by what seemed to be a pretty good deal - $49.95 per person with free parking for the year along with … Continue reading Scariest things at Fright Fest