This is no way, shape or form an advertisement for Pampered Chef. Other than depositing my checks into their fat bank account, they have no clue that I even exist. However, I am a huge fan of their products. Yeah, they can be a little pricey. . . but you can’t beat […]

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Halloween sure is a whole lot different now that my kids are grown. I used to decorate the house, make homemade costumes, throw Halloween parties with the appropriately goulish foods, do Halloween crafts and activities with all the kids in the neighborhood. All that jazz. This is how times have changed since […]

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I interupt this week’s Birthday Brunch Buffet fest to bring you a post from the funny side of YJB.
A friend of mine sent this to me and I thought it was really funny. I love people with a great sense of humor. I’d have hired the old guy myself. My sister, however, […]

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For my mom’s birthday Brunch this past Sunday, I made a buffet of food with recipes that I’ll be posting all week. Some of the recipes were from my tried and true collection, others were from recipes that I found in my myriad of cookbooks that I thought were worth a try, while some […]

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My mom’s birthday was yesterday. She’s a whopping 67 years old. It amazes me how that doesn’t sound so old to me now as it did when I was 20 and she turned 40. I thought she was over the hill already. Little did I know that several years later, she’d […]

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How does that happen? Well, leave it to Serious Eats. They have it going ON combining Halloween, FOOD (my favorite topic), pumpkin carving and the Presidential Race. That’s quite a combination.
With Halloween a week away, I was looking around for some pumpkin carving ideas and/or patterns and look what I found. […]

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Even though I’m 147 years old, I still learn valuable lessons every single day. Today’s lesson actually concerns my dinner last night. I made Mexican Lasagne and it was very tasty. But lesson learned - No matter how delicious you think smothering Mexican Lasagne with green Habanero Sauce might be (and it […]

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When my oldest boy moved out of the house this past summer, he was so worried about his mommy “being bored” without him there. Yes, I miss my babies and I did suffer some Empty Nest feelings . . . the first time he moved out, but the boy is 24 years old now. […]

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And I’m not talking food when I say Grease.
I have a confession to make. Now don’t be too alarmed. . . it’s not that bad. But it will demonstrate my weirdo side. I confess that I really like Daytime TV. I actually like Daytime TV more than Primetime TV, except when […]

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After my harrowing, heart attack filled Friday where my cat tried her mightiest to get me to take a flying leap, I settled in for the weekend. About 10:00pm, I sat down to watch Ghost Whisper on the DVR when my phone rang at 10:30pm. The only people that call me that late […]

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