B**g is a four letter word

Digital death

We have owned 5 sony digital cameras. I even bought a sony dsc-w80 as a gift for my daughter this past Christmas.  I bought the same dsc-w80 for myself.

The dsc80 worked fine yesterday but this morning when the prince of electronic doom tried to turn it on today .....NOTHING. I tried everything. Nada. Zip. Zero.

In my usual extravagant manner I immediately searched for a new one. But I also scanned the sony site and found out that I am (of course) still under warranty. So for 8$ I am shipping my baby to Ct. for repairs. Sniff. Sniff.

I do have a standby ... but it's my sonyf828. I don't take this camera many places (paid too many $$s for it) that's why I got the small cybershot.

Package all ready to go including the prepaid UPS thingy.

Bye bye camera. We hope to see you soon.

love,

us

Shadows

We saw our shadows in Philadelphia yesterday.... that means we'll be back for a visit to the zoo in 6 weeks or less !

Nascar fans and wisdom of same

"A soft economy and record gas prices have NASCAR fans weighing the wisdom of fueling their cars and campers to watch other vehicles race. " from SportNewsonline.

Duh. Duh. Duh.

I weighed the wisdom of Nascar fans who drive to the race to watch the cars go 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round.  Weight = zero.

Better burgers by Jove

2 lbs beef

1/3 cup minced garlic

1/2 cup barbeque sauce

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

3 Tbls worchestershire sauce

Mix well and make patties

Adjust recipe up or down to amount of burgers desired !

Excellent and very moist !! Not bbq-y nor garlic-y! (add garlic to your hearts desire)

Thank you s-i-l for the recipe!

Lawyer joke ahead !

This made me laugh out loud.............................

Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer. 

In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?'

She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a
youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'

The defense attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, 'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.'

Last night...

Last night my husband said those three little words that made my heart sing:

"YOU LOST WEIGHT!"

Oh, woe is me but wait

I am hot for a Blackberry curve! But oh woe is me.. my carrier doesn't have the curve yet. Drat.

But wait:

On the brighter side the weather here has taken a turn for the better. High 60's today. My hydrangeas have not suffered at the hand of the Plant Killer. Under penalty of instant death the Plant Killer has not maimed nor murdered a single plant this year. Two of the gallairdias have met with a natural death. They weren't doing too well at the end of the season. I like them so much I am willing to give them another try!

I need some lilac bushes. I do. large ones.  right now. Must get to Rave's.

Saturday... trying out a new restaurant. Well, new to us.. Pazzo's. A spin off  of an old family restaurant in Wyoming Angolinos.  Will let you know how it turns out.

Oh, yeah. party tomorrow. work party. I usually despise these events and cook up an excuse not to attend...but Karaoke..... an obs.gyn performing "Love Shack"  a general surgeon doing "Wild Thing" with his own lyrics.. now THAT's a good time!

Million dollar babies

Peanut Butter Cookies ****

makes 24 cookies -

Ingredients

1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts, finely chopped
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 cup confectioners' powdered sugar
1 roll Pillsbury Create 'n Bake refrigerated peanut butter cookies, well chilled.

Procedure

1. Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, mix chopped peanuts, granulated sugar, and cinnamon; set aside.

2. In another small bowl, stir peanut butter and powdered sugar until completely blended. Shape mixture into 24 (1-inch) balls.

3. Cut roll of cookie dough into 12 slices. Cut each slice in half crosswise to make 24 pieces; flatten slightly. Shape 1 cookie dough piece around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Repeat with remaining dough and balls.

4. Roll each covered ball in peanut mixture; gently pat mixture completely onto balls. On ungreased large cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Spray bottom of drinking glass with Crisco original no-stick cooking spray; press into remaining peanut mixture. Flatten each ball to 1/4-inch thickness with bottom of glass. Sprinkle any remaining peanut mixture evenly on tops of cookies; gently press into dough.

5. Bake 7 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Let cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Store tightly covered.'

*****Believe it or not.. these babies won the Pilsbury Bake-off. If I had know it was this easy I might have entered myself. Crisco, roll out cookies? My my my...  faux baking.  To top it all of there are no fork tines on the cookies! Blasphemy. The recipe creator is a heretic! But hay she won the million.  I guess the end really justifies the means ---- no fork tines I just can't get over it.

Redrum redrum

Tadum.. I have no idea how this color red will play out on your personal monitor this was the choice by popular vote (mine). Color: I don't know. It's in the garage and I am too lazy to go look at it. The trim is still being debated. I am leaning toward the Churchill Hotel Maple. No grey or pink in this beige........ just a nice sort of khaki! 

Next job:

Selecting a wall paper for the kitchen to pull the two rooms ( kitchen is open into family room) together. What we will cover with paper is also up for debate.. I am leaning towards a beadboard/wainscoting on two walls in the kitchen accented by a matching red sofit  with some wall paper. See what I mean ? It sounds choppy. Too many things going on.. wallpaper, paint, wainscoting............. more thought must be given to the overall kitchen project.

Next up:

A new deck. Decks according to designers are O-U-T. Patios are "IN". IN-schmin.... I'll be the judge of that........ don't want some city slicker with a postage size yard to dictate.

Shitake Mushrooms and steak

I don't eat much beef but on occasion even I can't pass up a great steak dish-- here's one the Mr. made just the other night! (Believe me the picture doesn't even do it justice! and the salad was awesome!