Most cooking directions for pasta will tell you to cook the noodles for 7-10 minutes to get al dente pasta. Al dente pasta is pasta that is firm but not crunchy. Most of the time I end up with mushy pasta because I don't use a timer, I will glance at the clock over the stove, so I know how long to cook the noodles,
Image by iansand via Flickr My boy has spent the last week house sitting at his dad's, while they are on vacation. I miss my son. A lot. At first, I didn't think it would be a bad thing, less laundry to wash, fewer dishes in the sink, and no bickering between the kids. It hasn't worked out that way except for the laundry part.
As promised, or threatened, here is my 'recipe' for Chocolate Chip Cookie Waffles. 1 tube Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough 1 waffle iron I set the waffle iron at medium heat, because I was guessing. I assumed the innards of the cookie wouldn't cook if the iron was set at high so we went for medium heat. Take about a handful of dough and place
I usually mow my lawn on the weekends because that is when my neighbors on both sides of me mow their lawns. I do this because I don't want my lawn to look crappy when their's looks freshly cut. There is a certain rhythm to the neighborhood, lawn mowing is one of those things that is a dance (insert Lawn Mower Dance scene from She's
This is a repost from a couple of years ago, before anyone was reading my stuff. Dear Mr. Boss Man, Thank you for the raise the other day. I really appreciate it. Thank you also for the glowing review. I am not used to someone saying such wonderful things about me or my work. I appreciate the positive feedback that you give to me each
See this? It's my kitchen sink, a single kitchen sink. Pretty innocuous right? It's not. It should look like this. But it doesn't. It looks like this, not even three minutes after I said these words: "Unless it needs to soak, it doesn't belong in the sink." I used a lot more words before those words were spoken, such as I'm tired
Last August I took my daughter to get her ears pierced. Actually I took her several times to get her ears pierced because she kept wimping out. I documented the whole process here. She never had any problems with her ears, no infections, no irritations. She found a pair of puppy earrings and wore them everyday. She loved her grown-up look. Until Halloween. We were
Image via Wikipedia Day 1 without carbohydrates. ***The contest has been changed since only two people were willing to bet against me. New Contest For Happy Goat Soap*** This sucks. I'm only 12 and a half hours into this and I don't know how I'm going to do it. The hard part isn't avoiding the foods I am giving up. The hard part is the
Not too long ago I was talking to my ex husband's wife, my son's step mom. This is not a rip on the new wife post so don't get all I hate my ex husband's new wife on me. I like this woman. If I was going to be replaced by anyone I couldn't think of a better person to replace me. Of course, she
I'm already going to hell for my post on the Pope and the blogging priests so I might as well continue down that road. If you missed it on the news this morning, Nancy Kerrigan's father died when his son put his hands around his neck (and presumably squeezed) when the father refused to let the son use the phone. Watch the video and listen
