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What do you get...

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when you mix leftover cheesy onions, bacon and beef broth? A very tasty, quick faux French onion soup (without the bread): YUM!!!!

Still puttering along

Tomorrow I get to have a couple tiny cavities filled. ICK!!!!! It shouldn't be too bad. It has been a long time since I've had to have it done and my dentist has some new technology for doing it. Been chasing down a photo of mine that seems to have gotten loose. First I knew of it was last week when someone commented on it on my Flickr page that they had seen it in an article on Extreme Chocolate Chip Cookies on Yahoo. Someone on Facebook posted a link to the article so I was able to find it. Sure enough, there was my photo! Luckily they posted the URL back to the photo, so that explained that. Wanted to look at the recipe Yahoo had, but the page they had was a dmain up for sale. So I googled chocolate chip cheese ball and found someone else was also looking for the recipe on Ask Yahooo. Someone else found one and I checked it out. There was my photo again. No link. So I fired off an email tot he site asking them to put a link back and sure enough, they did. Tried using

More signs of spring

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MMMMMMMMM! Spring!

Spring is officially here, recent weather notwithstanding.

The crop duster was making practice flights over the field next to the house when I got home from work last night. Sun is shining this morning and the crocuses in the neighbor's flower bed are blooming. Have to go over at some point and get some pictures. I really do need to plant some of my own one of these years. I also need to clean out my flower beds, I didn't this last fall and they are looking seriously sad. Scrapper is being much better about sticking around the house and not disappearing at night. I think he learned his lesson from his little adventure of a couple weeks ago. He started not feeling well again last week, spent a lot of time on the bed. Came home one evening to find him looking rather sheepish on the bed and the biggest hair ball I've ever seen next to him. Black fur, so I think Scrapper had gotten a toxic mouse a couple days previous and his poor tummy was giving him fits. But he is back to his perky self and demanding as much attention as he can

New from Purple Ducky Designs

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The Tig: The Tig by JeanC_PurpleDucky View more mousemats on zazzle

I love naan!

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I have been loving the gluten-free naan recipe I got form a friend a while back. Not only is it great as naan, it is versatile. As an accompaniment for that yummy lentil soup I made with stock from a lamb bone: Topped with white American cheese, ham and blue cheese and then popped under the broiler for a very yummy lunch: Now it is my go to recipe for when I want pizza. Hubby loved it so much he kept wanting to eat it long after he was painfully full! Hubby's pizza made with garlic Alfredo sauce and topped with Canadian bacon, crimini mushrooms and cheese: Mine with tomato sauce with garlic, rosemary, oregano, red pepper flakes sauteed in olive oil topped with pepperoni, criminis and cheese: Mine was extra thick crust, still working on splitting the dough into equal batches. Hubby's pizza was the perfect thickness and texture he loves. He isn't a crispy crust fan. I added Johnny's garlic seasoning to the crust. Will use Italian seasonings next t

Help with the relief efforts for Japan

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Royalties from the sale of this t-shirt will go to the Japanese Red Cross to help with relief efforts: Hippie Dippy Hippie hearts Japan by JeanC_PurpleDucky View more Japan T-Shirts Please visit: http://www.zazzle.com/japanrelief for more products donated by other Zazzle artists and designers for the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Other places you can donate: Below are organizations that mobilize relief efforts for countries hit by disasters. AMERICAN RED CROSS : Emergency Operation Centers are opened in the affected areas and staffed by the chapters. Donate here SAVE THE CHILDREN : Mobilizing to provide immediate humanitarian relief in the shape of emergency health care and provision of non-food items and shelter. Donate here . AMERICARES : Emergency team is on full alert, mobilizing resources and dispatching an emergency response manager to the region. Donate here . GLOBALGIVING : Established a fund to disburse donations to organizations providing reli

Week almost half over

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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had an appointment today to go over my recent thyroid levels. Things are looking good, we'd up my meds 5mgs so that is working and we'll keep it there for the time being. Won't have to check again until June. Week started off sucky, had a dentist appointment first thing in the morning. Just the way I wanted to start my week, teeth cleaning. But everything was looking lots better and it is finally time to get a couple tiny cavities taken care of, so will have that done the end of the month. At least the weekend was good. We did dinner with friends on Saturday night, Moroccan themed. I made some gluten free garlic naan (okay, not Moroccan, but it was a flat bread) and a leg of lamb: The lamb was presented on a bed of saffron rice. Our friends also made flat bread along with a yummy lentil soup, a raw veggie salad marinated in vinegar and goat cheese and herb stuffed eggplant rolls. Oh Great Goddess it was all so good. We split up the leftovers

Return of the idiot orange child

Scrapper finally came home last night. He wandered off a week ago and while he'd been sighted on several occasions by the neighbors, I hadn't seen him. Hubby found him wandering up to the house when he came back from a client's last night. Scrapper is moving very slowly and stiffly, has lost at least 2 lbs and is very, very subdued. He is currently tucked up on the bed and slept on the end last night. This morning we swooped him up and gave him lots of cuddles and scritches. He wasn't interested in the wet kitty food I offered last night, so we'll pick up more tonight on the way home and make sure he gets all he wants.

WHIMPER!!!!!!!

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Make it STOP!!!!!!!