Things that make me say, “Yes!”:
- vacancy in men’s bathroom at work;
- potato bread in stock at Meijer; and
- televised golf.
Category: Our Experiences
Tales of my life as told by me.
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Yes!
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Florida Vacation Journal
Day 1 – Saturday
Flight down; stop in Athens, GA; Land in Kissimee. Drive Town and Country up to Marriott Harbor Lakes.
Trip to Whole Foods and Golf Galaxy.
Day 2 – Sunday
Sleep in; drive to World Golf Village. There is the hall of fame (see pictures). Ate at Caddy Shack, Bill Murry’s restaurant.
Ate in St. Augustine in return; fed the birds and fish out the window.
Day 3 – Monday
Golf at Grand Pines in the morning. Great resort course, tight but long enough.
Pool time and then trip to Krispy Kreme and Edwin Watts.
Met Vozza family at Universal City Walk. Went to Bice (Beech-Eh) for dinner. Then played both of the new putt putt courses.
Day 4 – Tuesday
Meeting with Karen Johnson about Marriott stuff in the morning. ALL MORNING!
Tested a Mini Cooper; pool time; pirate show.
Day 5 – Wednesday
Lazy morning before lunch with Vozza’s and golf at Idleworth. Cirque du Soliel at 6pm. Dinner at Tommy Bahamas. Dan got Johnny Rockets and then left his bag there.
Day 6 – Thursday
Visit Crlebration, FL. Epcot. Things consumed: nachos, churros, fries, strawberry ice, asahi beer, Moracan mint tea, mousse, and lemonade.
Rode Test Track, Soarin, and a boat through green houses.
Dinner at Les Chefs de France. Illuminations light show to end the day.
Day 7 – Friday
Awake and packed bu 8:30 am. Take off at 9:30 am. Stops in Athens and Lexington before arriving in TC.
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# 4 Spinach Potato Casserole
DELICIOUS! Ok I have to apologize right away … I forgot to take a photo. But I love this dish.
Boil a big pot of water and peel a few potatoes and then boil the potatoes for about 15 minutes
Pour a little olive oil in a pan and saute a whole chopped up onion and a few garlic cloves, also chopped.
Add spinach (I had un froze a frozen kind), and then add chunks of sausage (I had cut up sausage links) .
Drain the water and mash the potatoes with a dash of nutmeg, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, 1/3 cup of skim milk and 1/2 cup of swiss cheese.
Mix it all together with the onion/sausage/spinach combo and place in an 8×8 baking dish. Cover with a 1/2 cup more of shredded swiss cheese and cook at 400 for 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly!
ENJOY!
Chris’s Rating – 8…I think, he said “add it to the rotation”, which is a good sign.
Lindsey’s Rating – 9…I initially gave it a lower grade, but after having it for lunch the next day, it was even more amazing so it gets bonus points for left over ability.
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My Style at This Point in Time
Turns out, I enjoy clothing and fashion. I make use of a couple distinguishing accessories – a bow tie and cuff links.
The bow tie is as much functional as it is an identifier. It does not dangle in my work the way ties did for my first year of practice and most anyone that sees me wearing it is somewhat amused. I’m happy to amuse the masses and also to be able to go to sleep at night and not worry that my tie did or ever will dip in my bowl of soup – at least not until the day I die face down on my desk!
The cuff links and requisite French cuffs are borderline not worth the hassle and extra time they require throughout my day – flipping the cuffs back, finagling the prong of the link through four shifting holes of fabric, my habitual pressing down of the link against my arm, and their snagging on the edge of my laptop computer. They don’t have the practical appeal that the bow tie does, and for that they may be retired or phased out at some point. I haven’t yet decided, as they make for a good gift and I enjoy wearing the variety of cuff links I’ve acquired to this point.
Going forward, I’d like to develop more of a uniform and I’d like it to be a well-fitted navy suit and white shirt. As it stands, I have four or five very different suits, which I have to switch between burgundy and black belt and shoe combinations. I don’t appreciate having to have both colors and would rather eliminate the black belt and shoes.
And finally, what initially got me onto this subject was the following sock selection advice that I read this morning in Valet Magazine: “As a rule, match your socks to the clothes, not the shoes. Meaning you should wear socks just a shade darker than your pants, but not as dark as your shoes.”
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# 3 – Apricot Chicken
Success! This dish was divine.Ingredients – chicken, 12 oz jar of apricot preserves, 1 onion chopped up, little bit of crushed red pepper flakes, 1 tsp soy sauce, and a little squeeze of dijon mustard. It was wonderful, flavorful and a little spicy.
Super easy to make and we heated it up the next day and it tasted just as amazing.
Chris’ Rating – 9
Lindsey’s Rating – 8
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# 2 – Cranberry Roast
One Word. Yuck.
Ingredients – 2 lbs stew meat, 1 can whole cranberries, 1 onion chopped, 2 table spoons soy sauce.
I think I overcooked the crap out of this…10 hours on low in the crockpot. The flavor was great but the meat was chewy. It was so disappointing because the house smelled out of this world when we got home from work.
In the future I would use less soy sauce, another can of cranberries and maybe some chopped up celery.
Lindsey’s Rating – 4
Chris’ Rating – 6 (I think he was being generous).
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#1 – Applesauce Delight
Today marks WEEK ONE! of my latest and greatest idea (and endeavor too a. cook more, b. become a better cook, and c. eat at home
more!) 52 WEEKS, 52 CROCKPOT RECIPES!Today I made Applesauce Delight!
Ease of making – 9.5….basically the only thing I had to do other than get the ingredients out of the fridge and toss them in the crockpot was chop up the onions and garlic.
Ingredients – 1 and 1/2 cup applesauce, cinnamon (I just poured some in), red pepper flake (same as cinnamon), pepper (same), 1 yellow onion chopped, and 3 garlic cloves chopped up, 3 frozen chicken breasts. Put it all in the crock pot – I was kind of behind after a long hike with yogi, so instead of 8 hours on low, I cranked my baby up to HIGH! 4 hours later, the house smelled amazing, kind of sweet and I was pleasantly surprised. In all fairness, I borrowed some ingredients from last night’s meal at Terry and Robbi’s (Mashed Potatoes and Corn Bread) and served it all up on a plate.
I LOVED IT! Chris liked it until he found a little piece of paper from the frozen chicken that I had forgotten to remove, but he ate seconds. It was a little spicy and really sweet at the same time and the chicken was divine and tender…yum yum yum.
Lindsey’s Rating – 9
Chris’ Rating – 8