What kind of activities do you enjoy when you’re on vacation? I know that a lot of people like to shop. I think it’s the “thrill” of new-to-them shops and stores. Even nationwide chain stores seem different somehow when they’re not your local store.
Today my sister and I had a mini-vacation day which we spent [...]
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Indulging in A Vacation Activity
Posted in family, holidays, travel, tagged holidays, travel on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Recipe Variation
Posted in family, food on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I was a girl, my mom sometimes made breaded pork steaks for supper. She would dip the pork steak in beaten egg and then in flour. It was then fried. These crusty pork steaks came out tender and delicious.
The other day I saw a similar recipe for baked chicken. This recipe had you use [...]
Christmas Traditions
Posted in family, holidays on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every family has its own Christmas traditions, I think. One which isn’t always observed in my family is playing some sort of board game or Scrabble after Christmas dinner. This year one of my nephews got a new Risk game. I had never played this and neither had his dad or brother. But he assured [...]
Round and Round It Goes
Posted in family, health on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m battling a bout of vertigo so my head is going round and round. It’s been several years since I’ve had this but there’s no mistaking it. Fortunately I have some medication left from that last time which I started taking yesterday. Grabbing onto furniture and clutching walls to get to the bathroom is NO fun!
I had [...]
Heavy Hearted
Posted in family, tagged family on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had the family over for dinner tonight to celebrate N and P’s birthdays. My niece arrived first. I thought she was supposed to move into a new-to-her apartment today and asked her about it when she arrived. She said she hadn’t moved because she’s moving back with B, a man she’s dated off and on for about [...]
