conservation, go-green, products, tech conservation … Conserving Energy In an effort to find out where our electricity is being spent, we purchased a Power Monitor by Black & Decker. It displays the electricity use in the home. It looks like a huge headset but for an electric meter. It has a wireless…
food, products, supplements, tools food … Vitamins I have issues taking pills – I have for a long time – but I really like taking daily vitamins. I was determined to find a solution this time. Since I exhausted all of my options at GNC, or at least all of the…
food, recipes food … Crab Soup I made crab soup for the first time ever. I found a recipe and tried to follow what I could and then add replacement items for stuff I didn’t have. I purchased crab meat in the grocery store about a week or…
Environment, outdoors Environment … Black and Yellow Garden Spider A few weeks ago we had a cool looking spider make a web in the corner of our deck. I took a picture but never got around to researching before hard rains came and wiped out the web. Today, as I am in the…
color, decor, home, products color … Dots The article about Dots has been moved to our new Interior Design & Organization blog.…
Swine Flu Update If you haven’t heard yet, on April 29th, the level of influenza pandemic alert raised from phase 4 to phase 5 due to the spread of the swine influenza A (H1N1). It started in Mexico and has moved to the US and…
food, recipes food … Scalloped Potatoes I had never made scalloped potatoes before today. I looked at over 5 recipes and wasn’t happy with any of them. So, I took bits and pieces of different recipes and added an idea of my own. Below is the result of…
food, recipes food … Trail Mix Recipe Mod Recently, we have been making our original Trail Mix recipe on the lighter granola side (maybe a winter thing) and since I make our granola from this blog every time, I thought I would update the recipe. There are only 2 modifications: double all…
B+S Challenge on hold If you are wondering what happened and why I all of the sudden stopped my posts on only Day 4 of The Challege. I got in a little over my head. I needed to buy some items to continue the process. One lesson learned…
food food More Peanut Butter Product Recalls I received an email from Drugstore.com today notifying me that there was an update to the “Peanut Butter and other Peanut Containing Products Recall” that has been in the news for a little while now. The FDA has a new list…
Modifying Recipes I was just reading one of my friend’s blogs where she did the 20 Random Things About Me exercise. I noticed an item that we had talked about recently – she always follows a recipe when she cooks. This made me think…
B+S Challenge, food, health B+S Challenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 4 The Challenge Day 4… Stay on Track Healthy food for all week. Check. I made a crock pot full of rice, quinoa, lentils, split peas, veggies, and spices. I can only wonder if something in this concoction is breaking my face out. I…
B+S Challenge, fitness, health B+S Challenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 3 The Challenge Day 3… Detox Your Diet Today was the day I was supposed to start the eating plan according to Body+Soul, but I started it on Monday, so I guess I just got a head start on that part. I really…
B+S Challenge, health B+S Challenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 2 Today has been interesting. I woke up before 10am. I drove in the snow. And, the laundry is almost done and it isn’t even mid-week yet. Let me digress to update you on my progress yesterday. As for what I needed to…
B+S Challenge, health B+S Challenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 1 I thought I would get to look at the details of The Challege Day 1 this weekend, but it just flew by. Not looking like this is getting off to a good start, but it is, really. So, today I read through day 1…
health health A New Year, A New Me Well, maybe not a new me, but we all have things we want to change and I have a LIST of things. I love change and since I have drastically decreased my rearranging of the furniture in my house – not that the house…
life life Blogging Anniversary This is the One Year Anniversary of my first blog post. It’s been nice to be able to share my views, thoughts, and information over the last year. The site has changed a lot in look and the name changed too. Also,…
Sold Green Futon I am happy to announce our Ikea green futon finally sold. I knew it would finally find a good home and it did. This really nice and wonderful lady that sells shoes at the flea market was interested in it a couple months ago.…
food, stores food … Going Out of Business Sale: The Dinner Company As you may have learned from my previous article, The Dinner Company in Salisbury, MD is closing its doors. They are having a raffle and a Going Out of Business Sale. Below is an excerpt from an email I received from them regarding the…
stores stores Chance to Win $20,000 in Cash As you may have learned from my previous article, The Dinner Company in Salisbury, MD is closing its doors. They are having a raffle and a Going Out of Business Sale. Below is an excerpt from an email I received from them regarding the…
food, recipes food … Chicken with Peppers & Zucchini Ingredients Red Bell Peppers, organic (2 large) Zucchini, organic (2 medium) Chicken tenders, natural (1lb) Canned Tomatoes, organic (28oz) (type depends on preferred liking) Water (optional) (1/2 cup) Directions Place chicken separated in bottom of baking dish. Cut up veggies and place on…
food, recipes food … Egg Salad Ingredients Eggs, large brown natural cage-free (12) Mayonnaise, light canola (1/4 cup) Mustard, yellow organic (1 tsp) Directions Hard Boil eggs using desired method (See Egg Boiling Steps). Cut up hard boiled eggs into a large bowl. Add mayonnaise and mustard to eggs…
food food Dinner Company Closes Its Doors After a long summer struggling to keep their facility open, The Dinner Company in Salisbury, MD is closing its doors. I received an email earlier this week letting me know and I was saddened to hear but understood – people are cutting back everywhere…
life, outdoors, social life … Park and Flea A couple weeks ago I heard about a local flea market called Park and Flea in downtown Salisbury, MD where all kinds of vendors and yard-salers alike can sell their items in a group setting. There are large and small spots to set up.…
