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Thanksgiving Stuffing

That’s right, y’all!

Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK!

Do you know what you are going to fix yet?

Did I just give you a mini heart attack?

If I did……..

I’m sorry!

Well, there is one thing that I know I am going to fix and it is good ole Stuffing!

I have a question though.

Do you fix Traditional Stuffing or do you fix Southern Dressing?

Well, I grew up with the Traditional style, while my husband grew up with the Southern Dressing.  Though, I am not partial to either because I love both…….

You see, my mom would fix it the Traditional way and my Grandma would fix it the Dressing way.

So, I decided to fix each one and share the recipe!

First up is the Traditional Way.  Rustic, large chunky bread and sausage, with celery and onions and LOTS of butter!  😉

I’m breaking the recipes up into two posts, but because I love you so much, I made a video.  Make sure to check it out below and give it a “thumbs up” if you like it!

For the full written recipe, check it out below the video!

Recipe:  Traditional Thanksgiving Stuffing

•  8 Cups Cubed Bread  (* 9 if omitting the Sausage)

•  16 oz. Sage Sausage  (Regular is fine)  * I used this to enhance the Sage flavor.

•  3/4 Cup Onion, Finely Chopped

•  1 1/2 Cup Celery, Chopped (with leaves)

•  1  3/4 Sticks Butter

•  1 1/2 Tsp. Dried Sage

•  1 Tsp. Dried Thyme

•  1/2 –  3/4 Cup Vegetable Stock , Unsalted  (Use according to how dry you like)

•  Salt and Pepper to taste

•  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

•   In a large skillet , melt butter on medium heat.  Add celery and onions and saute’ until just softened.

•  Stir in 1/3 of cubed bread and toss for a minute.  Transfer mixture to a large bowl and set aside.

•  In same skillet, add sausage and cook until completely brown.

•  Add cooked sausage to vegetable and bread mixture.

•  Add remaining bread and ingredients to bowl and toss until well combined.

•  Add salt and pepper to your taste.

•  Spray a 9 x 13 casserole dish with non-stick spray and transfer stuffing mixture to pan.

•  Bake 30-40 minutes or until mixture is completely warmed through and top is golden brown and crispy.

NOTE:  * Tossing mixture in the middle of cooking time, may help keep bread underneath from becoming too moist.

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Simple Thanksgiving Table Setting

I am beyond excited for Thanksgiving this year!

I thought I would share some of my ideas with you all in hopes that you may get a few ideas of your own.  You know, in case you are in the same kind of  tizzy.  🙂 (That IS a word, right?)

I am definitely a color person and I have been getting bored with my regular old white plates as of lately.  I decided to go to Homegoods and “look” around.

However, I had a Starbucks in my hand and I can never just “look” when I have a Starbucks in my hand.  All I will say is stores who have Starbucks in their stores know what they are doing.  It’s like having waitresses serve you drinks when you are gambling in Vegas.  The more you drink, the more you spend.  It’s NO DIFFERENT with coffee.  You are high on caffeine and BUY BUY BUY!  Well, at least I do.  LOL!

I fell in love with this blue and really built the color palette around this one plate.  All the plates were $4.99 ea. at Homegoods.

Now, my centerpiece will be a little different come Turkey Day.  I plan on lining mason jars down the center.  Some with flowers and some with candles.  I just didn’t have any flowers or candles on hand, so I thought this would look better than empty mason jars.

These Turkey salt and pepper shakers might get lucky enough to stay though……

I definitely have quite an eclectic taste, as you can see.  I still get all googly eyed when I look at my new chandelier.

I firmly believe in using lots of natural looking elements like Burlap.  I found this Burlap Runner at Target a while back for about $17.00.  I love it because it is so versatile.  It usually stays on the Coffee Center, but I’m going to use it here for the dinner.

I know you are probably thinking to yourself by now, where are the glasses?  The answer to that is I haven’t figured that part out yet.  If I don’t by the actual day, then I guess we will be drinking out of Solo Cups.  😉

Or, I guess I could just toss the flowers out of the mason jars and use them instead…….. RIGHT?

So, what kind of table setting are you doing this year?  I would love to know!

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Turkey Tenderloin w/ Blueberry Sauce

I am always looking for something different to cook for dinner.  Don’t get me wrong.  Sometimes, I just want to fix spaghetti or order out a pizza, but I think we can all agree that we tend to get into a “dinner rut” from time to time.

Well, the other night, I had a Turkey Tenderloin that I had been wanting to cook.  I new I wanted to do something different, so I started searching Eating Well’s website.  I heart that site by the way.  They have plenty of healthy recipes and the ingredients are not foreign sounding names that you look at and go , “HUH???”

Anyway, I searched Turkey Tenderloin recipes and this one came up:  Turkey with Blueberry Pan Sauce

Now, before you go “HUH???” again, trust me on this one.  It was REALLY  good!!!  Normally, I would put something like this in front of my kids and they would look at it……  sniff it…. and walk around it like a curious animal before pushing it with their nose over to the side, then eating the stuff they really wanted.  *Did I just refer to my kids as dogs?

But NO!  They ate it up.  Even the little one!

It has the most subtle sweetness to it and let’s be honest.  Cranberry Sauce goes just fine with Turkey at Thanksgiving, right?…….Cranberry haters,  don’t answer that!

I liked this recipe so much, that I think I may just switch out the traditional Cranberry Sauce next Thanksgiving for something like this instead.

I did notice that the longer the sauce had time to sit in the pan, the sweeter it became.  To tell you the truth, I preferred it that way.

I used frozen wild blueberries in mine because I didn’t have fresh on hand.  I think either would work just fine.  The recipe didn’t state whether or not they needed to be fresh or frozen.

If you want to look up the nutritional info, I have put a link to the recipe here.  However, if that kind of thing doesn’t interest you,  you could also just look below for the recipe.  Notice the *’s   .  This is used wherever I substituted ingredients for the things I had  😉

Turkey Tenderloin w/ Blueberry Sauce

  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 pound turkey tenderloin
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup chopped shallots  (*I used regular onions)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme  (*I used what I had, which was dried ground)
  • 2 cups blueberries  (*I used frozen)
  • 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

  • Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge turkey in the mixture. (Discard any leftover flour.)
  • Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over high heat. Add the turkey; cook until golden brown on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn the turkey over and transfer the pan to the oven. Roast until the turkey is just cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer the turkey to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
  • Place the skillet over medium heat. (Take care, the handle will still be very hot.) Add shallots and thyme and cook, stirring constantly, until the shallots begin to brown, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add blueberries, vinegar and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; continue cooking, stirring occasionally and scraping up any brown bits, until the blueberries burst and release their juices and the mixture becomes thick and syrupy, 4 to 5 minutes. Slice the turkey and serve with the blueberry pan sauce.

Enjoy! and let me know what you think!

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Oh Christmas Tree!

Like most, my family was on the road this past Thanksgiving.

And also, like most, we always get our Christmas Tree right after Thanksgiving.

When we first moved almost 3 years ago, we couldn’t seem to find a Christmas Tree stand around our new house, which was completely crazy to me since there were probably Christmas Tree stands just about every 5 miles where we were from.

After the first year where I had to suck it up and go to Food Lion (which I will never do again)……..  (No OFFENSE Food Lion), and got a tree that DIED (I’m talking Brittle Dry Twigs People!) within the first week……

We decided that we would always get our tree while we were visiting home for Thanksgiving.

This year, I was VERY excited.  This year would be the first year I wouldn’t have to measure anything.  This is because our new house has 12 ft. ceilings.  I know, I can hardly believe it myself.

I have NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER had a house with 12 ft. ceilings.

The kids on the other hand, just wanted to play hide and seek.

Aidan was really the first one.  I lost him for a while, but thankfully he showed back up again before we were ready to leave.  I know, great parenting.

Even Z was playing….. ok, not really.

Now was time to get down to business.  Would it be that one?

Or that one?  Or that one?  Or that one?

And then, there I stood…. across the   room  grass.  I could have sworn I heard music playing, something like “Why do birds…… suddenly appear….. everytime!  You are near!”

“Just like me, they long to be, CLOSE TO YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU!”  She was PERRRRRRRRFECT!  Yes, SHE!

BUT!  Then!……… DUT DUT DUUUUUUUHHHHHH!   Would it go through the terrifying tunnel of Net?

So we held our breath……

And with a HEAVE!!!

And a HOE!

She came through!

Yes, we drove 3 hours home with her in the back and Yes, we don’t mind if you call us the Griswold’s.  We will own it and be proud to bare the name.

In closing, we came! ……. We saw!……

Have a great weekend!

P.S.  I’m working on A LOT of updates of the New House.  Stay tuned to Blog Posts on it coming soon……… Like Monday!

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

You played a great game.

I know I said I wanted to keep the hockey stuff over at the other blog, but I just have to share this one here.

Game 7 is over, and the San Jose Sharks have just finished off the Calgary Flames.

The camera is on the hand-shake lineup, and the focus keeps switching back to Owen Nolan's face. He's disappointed, obviously, having joined a Calgary team that seemed to have a shot at going deep in the playoffs even though they drew the hottest team in the NHL going down the stretch.

Owen Nolan. Who was a superstar in San Jose for years. Who still keeps a home here. Who famously called his shot in an All-Star game played on home ice in 1997. When he was a Shark.

He's in San Jose tonight, looking tired. A nasty red mark graces his left cheek. He was in San Jose in 1996 when I moved here for the first time, and he was new himself, having been traded from the soon-to-be Stanley Cup Champion Avalanche. I watched his Sharks play in the Shark Tank, and I cheered for him. I could care less about the Sharks.

I cheered because every time he touched the ice I was transported back to my childhood, when I could watch Owen Nolan play for the OHL team in my small, smelly town. He was the star of the Cornwall Royals before being drafted first overall. He was the rookie of the year in the OHL in 1989. And just as he would someday be an All-Star in the NHL, one night he was the star of the 1990 All-Star game between the OHL and the QMJHL, played that year in my smelly little town.

After that game the goalie coach conspired to deliver a stick to me: the OHL goaltender's stick, signed by the winning goalie, Fife, I believe his name to be. That was nice. It was a game-used stick. It was signed just for me, a 12-year old kid who was finally getting excited about hockey.

After the game my mother took me to Cornwall BBQ for a very late dinner. I carried my stick in with me and sat it down at the table. And just as we started eating a family walked in to the restaurant; jovial, starving, and beaming. And the big kid, all of 18 years old, who walked in with them was Owen Nolan.

I saw him, and stammered "That's Owen Nolan." My mother, because she is my mother, said "You should go talk to him."

"What? I can't talk to him. He's with his family, and they're just here to eat."

And because when my mother looked at him she saw an 18-year old kid and a family flushed with pride instead of a hockey god on earth, as I did, she pushed it: "I think his family would be really happy for him to see you come up to him here. Just tell him you are a big fan."

Reluctantly, but excitedly, I gave in. I picked up my bulky goalie stick, and walked into the other dining room, where Owen Nolan, my hockey hero, was sitting with his family.

"Hi, um, Owen?"

"Yes. Hello there."

"Um, I uh, just wanted to tell you that you played a great game."

"Thanks very much."

"And, uh, I was um hoping that you might sign this stick. It'sthegoaliestickPaulDesjardinsgaveittome." This last in a rush of hopeful name-dropping. Paul was the goalie coach for the Royals, and was a family friend.

"Sure. I'd love to."

"Thanks Owen. I'll see you around." And then, elated, I returned to my table with my now sacred trophy in tow.

For 18 years I've carried that memory around with me, close; closer than the stick with his autograph, which was lost in a frantic move about a year later. He's probably had hundreds of encounters like that; I've only had the one. I think I've mentioned it so many times to my wife that it grates on her nerves a little. Whenever his name is mentioned on television she says "Hey look! It's your buddy."

She teases.

But. For that night he was my buddy.

And tonight he's disappointed that his team won't be going on to the next round of the Playoffs.

But tonight I'd like to say, as I did 18 years ago: "You played a great game."

My_Dog_Is_Better said...

I think Owen thought you were a pretty weird kid for carrying a hockey stick around with you to restaurants.

mamatulip said...

Okay, I'm a baseball fan, not really a hockey fan, but this story got to me. Love it. :)

furiousBall said...

That's awesome. And mamatulip, I don't blame you for being a baseball fan, living in Leafs country and all, ;-)

for a different kind of girl said...

This is the part of sports that I understand. Except in my head, I replaced the name of the hockey player with that of some musician (Ok, no. Not really). What a great memory!

Mumma Boo said...

Great memory! I know next to nothing about hockey except that every time I go to a Bruins game, they lose. So I stay away. Even though that doesn't seem to help them in the playoffs - ever. :-)

Heather J. said...

Cool Memory.
Why did you have a hockey stick in a restuaran?
Just asking.

Headless Mom said...

Great story. I love hockey- an Avalanche fan, myself. The bummer is that I live in an area that could care less about hockey and the local news-heads don't mention it at.all. So I get tidbits from folks like you!

Patti Mayo said...

That's a pretty awesome memory to have. I'm definately envious. I grew up loving the NY Rangers and would love to meet Mark Messier or Mike Richter...those are my idols. Those guys rocked.

Have you checked to see if Owen has a blog somewhere or a myspace page or something. you can still tell him he played a great game.

(p.s. totally siked that the Rangers took the Devils 4:1 in the series...we're on to Pittsburg next)

Rick said...

Most excellent story.

I've been lucky the past decade or so, I get to as many games as I want as a journalist - is where I work now - and have met some awesome players. Sorry to say, I've never met Owen though.

My favorite memory as a kid was meeting Gump Worsley at a Toronto Marlies game. He was in the stands and my dad urged me to go say hi. I had nothing autography, so I simply shook his hand, and his hand was huge nexyt to my 9-year-old mitts.

Cornwall? Small world. Napanee born and raised, now in Cambridge.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Jumping Back In

I know I have to start writing again.  It  is my cheapest and most effective form of therapy.  Watching the words fill that white void literally feeds my soul.  So here is my attempt to get back into the groove.  Bear with me as I find my literary legs again.

I finished this blog last night.   At 2 AM, it felt pretty solid.  At 5 PM today I sat down to proofread and edit.  It turned out to be a four-page, rambling diatribe.  I considered scrapping the entire thing, but I have been grossly negligent toward my writing, so I decided I would try to salvage something and post it.  There are some “nuggets” I like in the original,  and I’ve pulled them out and included them below.  This may leave this post a bit disjointed and choppy, but it would be indulgent (and boring) to post the entire ridiculous rant.  I’ve tried to stitch it together as seamlessly as possible.

 But doesn’t best mean BEST?
The last couple of weeks, I’ve found the word and concept of “friend” recurrently popping up in my life…It started a few weeks ago when I was around someone who refers to pretty much everyone as her “best friend.”  Technically (and grammatically) speaking, one should only have a single “best” friend since the superlative form of “good” indicates that something is superior to all others.  I am the first to admit, however, that it is possible to have more than one “best” friend.  There’s no ranking system for friends, no “Bob, you’re friend #4, right above Janet.” But often there are a handful of people who surpass the simple title of friend and deserve a special designation.  “Best friend” isn’t always literal, but a way to distinguish those friends who are dearest to us.   But what about people who have dozens of “best” friends?  Not only teenage girls, but also adults.  You probably know one of these people…Do they mean well?  Is it an attempt to make all of their friends feel special?  Or are they subconsciously trying to make themselves look more loved and admired?

You have four friend requests…
Could Facebook be responsible for “friend” losing meaning and significance?  I mean, how many of our Facebook “friends”… are a part of our lives outside of Facebook?  How many people actually take pride in how many Facebook friends they have?   To a degree, the concept of “friend” has been trivialized by social networking.  Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Mr. Zuckerberg and his creation, but I’ve made a conscious effort to maintain realistic about distinguishing between my real world friends and Internet-only friends.  Granted, there have been times when connecting on Facebook has led to a rich “real world” friendship, but for the most part these are two different worlds.   The problem arises when people can’t seem to distinguish between online and offline friends.  Since Facebook encourages us to share our lives minute by minutes, we do feel like we know people, even when we don’t.  This often leads to awkward situations and circumstances.  For example, I recently saw a post where someone complained about her job.  There were several comments below, including one that essentially chastised the person for complaining about a job when so many people don’t.   Now the comment itself wasn’t necessarily out of line, but this is something you would reserve for a family member or close friend—someone with whom you are “on that level.”  In this case, the author of the status replied with her own comment:  “Considering you and I have only met briefly once and I only accepted your friend request to be polite, perhaps it’s best if you either attempt to CHEER ME UP or kindly SHUT UP.”    Ouch.    But this is the hazard of allowing people you don’t really know to have access to your life, especially if their primary source of social interaction is via Facebook.  The line of distinction between friends and “people I see on the Internet” begins to blur, as do the guidelines that dictate what is acceptable and what is annoying.
 Recently, Facebook added new list options that include “acquaintances” and “close friends.”    You’d think I would see that as an improvement, a way to distinguish between actual friends and just people I know.  But who wants to log on to Facebook and see that you’ve been added to someone’s “acquaintance” list?  While we do tend to categorize friends, this should happen in our heads, not on our profile pages.  It’s bad enough that Facebook has turned friendship into a numbers game, but now there’s a filing system for our friends?  (Note:  I have no idea how many Facebook friends I have.  This means I have never once looked at my number and thought, Gee, I wonder who deleted me.)
Did Tina Fey write my life?
If you get this reference, I love you.
I keep coming back to the scene in Mean Girls where Regina George—the head “mean girl—tells another student how much she likes her skirt, only to snarl to her posse in the next breath, “That’s the ugliest effing skirt I’ve ever seen.”   Yeah, that’s where I’ve been a couple of times recently, on the receiving end of insincerity and plain old meanness.  Not to my face, of course, because that would just be flat out unfriendly [insert painfully exaggerated eye roll]… Look, I get being mean to people, honestly I do.  I don’t like it, but I accept that some people are just mean.  Maybe it makes them feel better to point out others’ faults.  Maybe their meanness was “taught” by mean parents.  Or maybe they just get off on it.  But why on earth go out of your way to say something nice just to set yourself up to say something heinous?  Why waste the time and energy acting like someone’s friend only to tear them down as soon as they’re not in your presence?   Wouldn’t it just be easier to not be someone’s friend?  Or at the very least, to be cordial and polite but to not act all “buddy-buddy”?  I have tried to make sense of this, but the fact is that it just doesn’t make sense  So I approached it from a different angle:  what if someone just has a warped perception of what being a real friend means?  What if in their minds, they actually are being a friend?  Are there people out there who honestly believe they are being a good friend as long as they are kind and encouraging while they are face to face with someone?  Like it cancels out any shitty, underhanded comment they make once the person leaves the room?   Do they balance their friendships like a checkbook?
“Let’s see, I complimented your shoes and let you cut in front of me at the copy machine this morning. That totally validates the fact that I’m going to announce to the break room that your suits look like they came from Goodwill.”
No, that still doesn’t make sense.  In fact, it pisses me off a little.  There must be a reason people act this way, but any other theory I’ve come up with sounds like a case study in some sort of mental illness, and I’m under qualified to make those diagnoses.
Passing it on...
The biggest problem all of his presents for me—bigger than the devaluing of “friend” or people who stab those backs they should be protecting—is how my friendships influence my daughter… No one will deny that the way we treat our spouse or partner affects our children’s future relationships.  But what about our friendships?  How does that affect them?   While children often learn about friendship from peers, they begin their education at home.  From early on, we are providing examples of friendships for our children to mimic, including how we treat our friends and how we allow ourselves to be treated.  What do we teach our children when they watch us “play nice,” only to verbally crucify a friend once we part ways?  What about when we lie or make excuses to avoid doing something for a friend?   Or when they hear us being critical or condescending?   If our friendships are of the fair-weather variety or are only out of convenience, how will that affect our children’s friendships with their peers?   Are we teaching our daughters to be queen bees?  To be doormats?  To be fabricators, flakes or “frenemies”?   If so, how will we handle them when they become bullies?  Or when they make poor decisions in an effort to “fit in”?  How can we expect them to keep their word or to be loyal if we do not demonstrate it first?

I’m slightly OCD so you know there will be a checklist…
Our flawed friendships—both those with tiny cracks and those with crumbling foundations—take a toll on us and often those around us. Sometimes it is necessary to step back and evaluate the connections we have with other people… I’m all about the checklist and benefit from putting and seeing things on paper.  One morning as I sat at the breakfast table and watched my daughter feed the remainder of her scrambled eggs to the dogs, I jotted down what I personally think a true friend should be like.  As I read over my list later that day, I had a vague moment of déjà vu, like I’d read my list somewhere before.  It took a few moments to realize that I had subconsciously written down most of the “love chapter” found in Corinthians 13.   I recalled before I married my husband being told to replace the word “love” with his name to see if he was “marriage material” and then to replace “love” with my own as a set of guidelines for being a wife.   Since the etymology of the word friend is rooted in the word love in so many languages, I looked up Corinthians 13 and replaced the word “love” once again, only this time with “a friend.”  Regardless of whether or not you adhere to biblical teachings, this chapter could be a “Dummies Guide to Being a Friend.”

A friend is patient.
A friend is kind.
A friend isn’t jealous.
A friend doesn’t brag and isn’t conceited.
A friend does not dishonor (or disgrace or humiliate) others.
A friend is not self-seeking.
A friend is not easily angered.
A friend keeps no record of wrongs.
A friend does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth.
A friend always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

As I meditated on the list, I smiled, thankful to know people who have been my friends in action and in name.  None of them have been perfect, but they’ve got it right more often than not, and I’ve never doubted their love for me or mine for them.   But I found myself make a mental list of those who have repeatedly sinned against our friendship.  It is on these people that I found myself dwelling, resenting their duplicity and chiding myself for allowing them to maintain the title of friend while their actions scream “foe.”  But these moments of self-righteous indignation are dangerous since they blind us to our own shortcomings.  It’s not just about whether or not my friends are legit but about appraising myself… I can’t look at that list without noticing that I am lacking in several areas of the friend department.     In theory, it sounds easy because these are the things we are supposed to do for the special people in our lives, but at the end of the day, I struggle with being self-serving.  How often do I put being a friend to myself ahead of the needs of others?  How often does my “bad day” get in the way of comforting someone who is legitimately hurting?   And I don’t blame Facebook or anyone else for that matter, only my own selfishness and laziness…
I’m challenging myself…and not for the sake of having future blog material.  I’ve spent several weeks dwelling on all of this, and it’s time to stop mulling and start acting.  So here’s my new checklist:
1.      Check out my real life “friend status.”  Figure out who my real friends are and take the time to personally tell them how thankful I am that they’re in my life.
2.       Address the “frenemies” and friends who tear me down more than they build me up.
3.       Provide solid examples of friendship for my daughter.
4.      Most importantly, evaluate my own words, actions and even thoughts toward friends.  Am I the friend I want others to be for me?  Would I be my friend?
I acknowledge that this may come off as “preachy” or even sanctimonious, but my relationships and friendships are such a vital part of my life, as they are for most people.  I want genuine camaraderie, not plastic people… and I want my little girl to learn to choose friends wisely and to be a true friend herself.  This is a responsibility I have taken lightly up until now…It’s time to focus more on the people in my life and less on the drama on someone’s Wall.

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12 Days of Cookies!

When Gourmet magazine produced a special Web feature compiling its favorite cookie recipes from the year 1941 through 2008, I felt a thrill of excitement. History + baking = a pretty compelling reason to go out and buy a 4-pound package of butter from Sam's Club.

Andrea of Andrea's Recipes and a few other food bloggers were taken/afflicted with the same sense of excitement and enthusiasm necessary to participate in an event that calls for baking 12 varieties of Christmas cookie in 12 days (and blogging about it), and before long, the 12 Days of Cookies Gourmet Cookie Extravaganza was born.

My first post will appear later today, followed by a different cookie a day for the first 12 days of December. Grab a cup of coffee or cocoa ~ or a tall glass of milk ~ and stop by later for today's post: first up, Brown Butter Cookies.

I should mention that we decided to keep things fun and interesting by each choosing 12 cookies without telling the others what our choices would be. So it should be very interesting to see how tastes match up, and also how they differ. Don't forget to check out the other Extravagant Cookie Bakers:

Andrea of Andrea's Recipes
Claire of The Barefoot Kitchen
Kelly of Sass & Veracity
Courtney of Coco Cooks
Jerry of Cooking by the Seat of My Pants
Judy of No Fear Entertaining
Ben of What's Cooking?

Also, stop by the Gourmet site and choose some of the cookie faves for your own holiday baking! You may just discover that an old classic is a new favorite.

glamah16 said...

Oh, I did Brown Butter cookies, but they wont post until later this week. Looking forward to seeing it.

Andrea said...

I can't wait to see your cookies!

kellypea said...

I'm looking forward to seeing how those turn out. Brown butter is a favorite -- even in ice cream!

Maris said...

Sandy, If I did this I would gain 12 POUNDS in 12 days!! LOL

Sandy Smith said...

~Glamah16: Can't wait to see your version!

~Andrea: You know I can't wait to see yours either! This is so much fun!

~Kellypea: Brown butter is IT. Love it! Haven't tried it in ice cream - let me know if you have a good recipe! :)

~Maris: You know I added extra time to my exercise routine! :)

Michelle said...

I made the Brown Butter Cookies several months ago and they melted in my mouth. A very good cookie with iced latte!

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Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman produced an impressive body of elegant California modern architecture over their long partnership, including a contribution to Art & Architecture magazine’s Case Study House Program, as well as houses for many celebrities and the Governor’s Mansion for Ronald Reagan. Buff and Hensman’s houses epitomized an increasingly casual lifestyle that began to revolutionize social habits across the United States. An almost perfect climate in and around Los Angeles made it possible for the architects to evolve a light wood frame and glass panel architecture that blends seamlessly with its surroundings. After a building code change later in their career made it necessary to change their design medium, they did it effortlessly, opening up a new phase in their creative life.

This book is the first comprehensive look at their achievement with inside commentary on their most important projects, as well as a complete chronology of all of their work.

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Tuesday, August 1, 1989

I attended Graduate school at Carnegie Mellon, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I had a double major: Costume design and Scenic design, in the Theater department.

Before graduation in 1989 I had to do my THESIS PROJECTS. For me, as a double theater major, this meant doing all the designs for a fictitious production, as if it had an unlimited budget. Unlike the rest of the students, I was uninterested in doing a play, musical or opera. Instead, I wanted to do a MOVIE!!!

This was a problem because movie design wasn't part of our education, although I did design a television set for a special project. My professor, Cletus Anderson, was a movie production designer who worked primarily for George Romero, and I figured he'd be well qualified to advise and judge my work. Well, to make a long story short, I eventually wore him down and he let me do the project. He came up with an assignment:

Pick a short story.
Turn it into an outline or treatment to show how it would be a movie.
Do production paintings of all the major sets.
Do detailed design drawings and color boards for one of those sets.
Do costume designs with fabric swatches for all the costumes in the movie.
Do storyboards for enough scenes to identify all the necessary sets and movie scope.

Cletus knew that even a small movie is extremely complex, so he hoped I'd pick a simple story to keep the number of sets down.

Instead, I picked an EPIC short story: RAY BRADBURY'S LOST CITY OF MARS.

Why this story? I have no idea now, so many years later. But I was looking for something totally 'out there', and this story features a voyage into a completely alien city, and I loved the idea of inventing my own idea of architecture, without having to rely on historic architecture, which I've never had that much interest in.

I worked at it for months, drawing, sketching, planning... It was fun! I never did quite complete the assignment, because it was true that the project was way more complex than I thought at first. In the end, what I came up with was more of a movie proposal than a full-blown design. However, I did so many drawings and designs, far more than any of my fellow students, that Cletus passed me based solely on sheer amount of work done (it was strictly a pass/fail type of thing).

After I graduated I occasionally thought perhaps I ought to do something with the project. At the very minimum, I thought it would be fun to show it to Ray Bradbury. But ultimately I got a job at Walt Disney Imagineering and got so caught up in my career that I completely left my movie design plans behind.

Fast forward to October, 2007. I received an invitation to attend a special celebration at Club 33 at Disneyland, where Ray Bradbury was to be the guest of honor! He was being honored for his longtime work with Disney. 32 years previous he had published his book "The Halloween Tree" and now Disneyland had decided to add a Halloween Tree to Disneyland, with a commemorative plaque, which every year on Halloween will be decorated and embellished. Basically giving Ray a place in Disneyland forever!

So it occurred to me that I could cut together all that artwork and create a proposal that I could hand to Ray! Not necessarily to turn it into an actual project, but as a commemoration of my own, a thanks to him for his inspirational work. Lately Ray, who is very old, is traveling the world receiving honors and attending new theatrical productions based on his work.

So I put together these pages, and bound them together into a book and Tony Baxter, the Imagineer who organized the event, introduced me to Ray so I could hand it to him. He's a bit hard of hearing, and I wasn't entirely sure he understood what it was. But a little while later I took him MY copy of the proposal so he could sign it. Inside the first page he wrote "A+! Ray Bradbury". Yay!

I have no idea if Ray has ever looked through this proposal, or if he likes it or hates it. He's a pretty persnickety dude, and I wouldn't be suprised if he didn't like it, but hey, I did it a long time ago.

DESIGN NOTES: I changed the plot slightly from the original story, but not that much. Mostly to add elements that would make more scientific sense, as well as elements in the end to give a more happy ending to the story. The short story ends in such a way that it feels quite bleak and bizarre, but I thought it needed something more romantic, or at least more conventionally romantic.

MOTIFS: The main motif I used throughout was the shape of an eye. This is due to a theme of 'observation' found throughout the story. The astronauts are observing distant planets, and the Martian city observes the occupants. Therefore I worked a lot of eye shapes into the martian scenery, mirrored by the eye shaped telescope of the astronaut's space telescope.

HUMAN STYLE: The colonists are recently arrived on Mars, so their equipment is mostly functional and kludged together. But some of the characters are very rich, so their private weapons and vehicles show a swooping, elegant design. The costumes I specifically designed to appear unrelated to modern dress, as if this story takes place far into the future. One of my pet peeves in most sci-fi movies is that they usually keep modern clothing basics, such as buttons, collars, shoe shapes, skirts for girls, pants for men etc... which I believe will disappear eventually. So I came up with a completely different way to shape collars, generally pointy and asymmetrical. And I made the shoes have a strange bridge over the top of the foot, primarily because its one of those arbitrary style things that people adopt to create a silhouette, not for any practical reason.

SCIENCE: I designed this as if Mars is being terraformed, and is to the point where people can walk and breathe freely, but they need small blowers in front of their faces to get enough oxygen. Also they need to wear clothing that will cut out the UV radiation from the sun. So each character has some sort of hood or had incorporating red transparent materials to eliminate UV in addition to red being the color of style on Mars.

MARTIAN STYLE: to contrast with the Human world, I tried to make the architecture mostly sculptural, avoiding human things like symmetry and geometry, and structures like arches and columns. Inside the city itself the technology is so advanced that the structure is completely hidden, so vast buildings can be entirely sculptural, without even the smallest hint of the mechanical systems that support them.

I doubt this project will ever become a movie, particularly because its a pretty obscure piece and there are a lot more famous Bradbury stories that would be made first. But if there were a movie version of the Lost City of Mars, I like to think it would look something like this.

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Sarah Rutledge contends her supervisor at San Mar Children’s Home in Boonsboro told her not to mention her wife at work. She claims the directive was part of a written improvement plan after Rutledge was put on probation in September.

San Mar President Bruce Anderson denied on Monday that any illegal discrimination occurred.

Rutledge filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.

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The University of Maine baseball team will fly all the way across the country Thursday — from Portland to Atlanta to Portland, Ore. — for its series against Oregon State.

Fans might wonder what would lead the Black Bears to embark on such a long trip.

Basically, because it’s free.

Scheduling is an important and challenging part of Steve Trimper’s job as UMaine’s head coach. The Oregon State trip is a win-win for the program.

First, the Bears get test themselves against another top-25 team. Better yet, the experience won’t cost them a cent.

“The guarantee is $19,000 and [the cost of] our hotels,” said Trimper, who compared that to what UMaine might have done this same weekend, in the past.

“We’d get on a bus this weekend and drive to New York Tech. It’s a $12,000 weekend,” Trimper said. “Now [going to OSU], we’re not going to pay a dime. We might even come home with some money.”

Trimper’s goal every year is establishing a balance between games against top-level programs and those with comparable talent. He is pleased with how this year’s nonconference schedule is working out for UMaine.

“You can schedule light [against weaker teams] and get a false sense of confidence,” Trimper explained. “You can schedule heavy and have your kids get down and think that they’re not good. I worked hard on this schedule getting the right mix of teams that were good, the right weekends.”

This weekend, UMaine plays a four-game series against nationally-ranked Oregon State. The Beavers are ranked in the top 18 in five national polls, including as high as No. 13 in the Collegiate Baseball top 25.

The Bears have already played a three-game set at then-No. 11 North Carolina and a season-opening series at Lamar of the Southland Conference.

Those series also came with financial benefits. Lamar paid all the Bears’ expenses after the first $4,000.

“For $4,000 I can’t go play a game in Portland, Maine,” Trimper said.

North Carolina offered $6,000 plus the cost of the hotel and UMaine used that series as a springboard into its annual Florida trip.

UMaine went 0-3 at Lamar (now 12-4), then took one of the contests against the Tar Heels (13-4, ranked 17th).

“That North Carolina win is going to go a long way with recruiting for the next two or three years,” Trimper said.

It also provided a big boost of confidence to the players, who came away knowing they can compete with just about any team they encounter the rest of the way, including Oregon State.

“It should be fun,” said sophomore center fielder Taylor Lewis.

“I know we have the confidence to go down there and compete with them and pull at least one or two games out,” he added.

The Beavers will be among the best teams UMaine will face this season, especially on the mound.

“We’re going to go out and face big-time pitching,” Trimper said.

By the same token, there won’t be any sense of awe among the Bears’ players.

“We’re not going out there thinking, can we compete with these guys?” Trimper said. “We’re going out there knowing we’re good and we can compete with the best of them.”

With the unseasonably warm, late-winter weather long since having disposed of the lingering snow on the ground at Mahaney Diamond, the Bears will return to Orono and gear up for their home-opening series (March 26-28) against Lehigh.

UMaine then has a final nonconference series at New Jersey Tech before starting America East play against Albany the weekend of April 10-11.

“This is like the final tune-up of top-notch competition before we try to take the next two weeks with Lehigh home and New Jersey Tech on the road,” Trimper said. “Hopefully the next two weekends we can roll a little bit and get ready for Albany and start the conference off. The real season starts then.”

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Posters from teachers' unions from around the state were posted outside the Madawaska High School library, where a school committee meeting Monday afternoon was attended by more than 200 residents. The committee agreed unanimously Monday night to cut teacher salaries by nearly 10 percent and to implement three furlough days to meet $525,000 in voter-mandated school budget cuts
By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff

MADAWASKA, Maine — The Madawaska School Committee agreed unanimously Monday night to cut teacher salaries by nearly 10 percent and to implement three furlough days to meet $525,000 in voter-mandated school budget cuts.

“By making these cuts we can save a majority of the teaching positions and a majority of the athletic and extracurricular activities,” said Yves Dube, chairman of the school committee.

The proposed 9.45 percent cut in teacher salaries, a two percent cut in administrative salaries and three furlough days were presented to the committee after a five-hour meeting Monday between members of the Madawaska Education Association — the teachers’ negotiating arm — the superintendent and the school committee’s negotiating team. It was during that meeting the teachers’ collective bargaining agreement was reopened for negotiation.

More than 200 residents then packed into the Madawaska High School library for the school committee meeting at 4 p.m. Monday and stayed through a nearly two-hour-long executive session in which the full committee addressed the reopened collective bargaining agreement.

Teaching positions, academic and athletic programs and extracurricular activities were all on the chopping block as the Madawaska School Committee looked for ways to cut more than $525,000 from the current budget.

Residents got their first look at proposed budget cuts last Thursday when the Madawaska School Committee held an emergency meeting to discuss potential cuts for the current fiscal year, which started July 1.

To meet the more than half-million dollars in cuts, Superintendent Terry Wood had suggested one option that included eliminating nine full-time teaching positions and several support staff and ed tech positions; cutting staff hours; reducing administrative pay by 1 percent; implementing four mandatory furlough days; eliminating middle school, junior varsity and varsity athletics; shortening the school year by one day; and cutting the pay of all teachers by 2.2 percent.

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The negotiating team, she told the crowd, put forth an offer to reduce teacher salaries by 5 percent over three years through a combination of pay cuts and furlough days and with the knowledge the proposal could still result in elimination of teaching positions.

After close to an hour of public comment, Dube, the committee chair, addressed the gathering before he presented the panel’s proposal and the five members voted.

“The primary issue that is really on everyone’s mind is we need to solve these issues for the kids [and] we are being asked to do the near impossible,” Dube said. “We are now at a point where a decision needs to be rendered. The people of Madawaska asked us to cut this budget [and] we need to make a decision and we will make one here tonight.”

Even with the 9.45 percent cut in teacher salaries, there could still be positions and programs lost, he said.

Wood said it is unknown exactly which positions and programs may still be affected by the proposed cuts. Wood said she needed to work out all the details before posting warrant items for a special town meeting to be held in the near future. She expected residents would get to vote on the proposal later this month.

The need for the budget cutbacks was prompted by property tax abatements granted to Twin Rivers Paper Co., reducing its valuation from $170 million to $85 million over a four-year period beginning in fiscal year 2010.

“This is extremely difficult,” school committee member Walter Desrosier said. “No one that I have crossed paths with has an idea that would not impact the education of our students [but] it is our moral obligation to move forward and make the cuts, as difficult as they are.”

After the meeting, members of the teachers association said they were shocked their 5 percent salary concession was increased to 9.45 percent.

“We put together something that showed a significant cut,” Faucher said. “We knew the problem is not going to go away in a year and we wanted to do our part and we negotiated today in good faith.”

Faucher said she is not sure of the status of the current teachers’ contract following the reopened negotiations on Monday.

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Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury reached agreement with the Boston Red Sox on Friday on a one-year, $9 million contract to avoid arbitration, multiple media outlets reported.

Ellsbury, 29, will be eligible for free agency following the 2013 season.

Ellsbury finished second in the American League Most Valuable Player Award voting in 2011, when he hit .321 with 32 homers, but he played only 74 games in 2012 after dislocating his right shoulder. He hit .271 with four home runs last season.

In other moves, the Red Sox avoided arbitration with new closer Joel Hanrahan after reaching agreement on a one-year deal worth $7.04 million.

Hanrahan, who will be eligible for free agency after the 2013 season, came to the Red Sox last month in a trade with Pittsburgh. The Pirates paid him $4.1 million in 2012.

Hanrahan posted 36 saves last season and 40 in 2011 with a combined a 2.24 ERA for the Pirates.

Red Sox manager John Farrell already has designated Hanrahan as the team’s closer going into spring training.

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PORTLAND, Maine — Parents in a section of Portland’s Libbytown neighborhood say school redistricting proposals would force their children to change schools twice in four years, an unfair burden to solve school crowding problems that should command a citywide solution.

“It’s hard to believe that out of the whole city, they just keep coming back here,” said Edwards Street resident Mike Brown. “One neighborhood can’t bear the burden [of changing schools] every time there’s a crowding problem.”

The chairman of the Portland Board of Education said that concerns about redistricting are premature. School board chairman Jaimey Caron said Portland Public Schools leaders are still considering multiple options for easing the overpopulation of the two-year-old Ocean Avenue Elementary School, some of which do not involve asking students to switch schools.

During the current school year, the school used music and art rooms as makeshift traditional classrooms to accommodate more students.

Portland isn’t the first Maine city to experience heartburn over potential school redistricting this year. In Lewiston, a proposal to redraw school catchment areas to better distribute poorer and non-English speaking students more evenly among the city’s facilities fueled heated debate and was ultimately thrown out by the school committee there.

Caron said the time for talk about citywide redistricting in Portland is still years away, with the school system focused first on an ambitious facility renovation plan that would involve significant upgrades or replacements of five city elementary schools.

Those sweeping renovations, which had an early price estimate of $46 million and would likely need to be funded by a voter-approved bond, could take several years to complete and would need to be finished before school officials make an informed decision about widespread redistricting, Caron said. He said the board will need to see how the school populations settle once some of the aging and downtrodden buildings are more attractive to parents.

“I think at that point, it would be a much different discussion than the one we’re having today,” Caron said. “When you look at the deplorable conditions of some of our buildings today, it really creates a barrier for some parents about which schools they’re willing to send their children to and which schools they’re not. … I think there’s a lot of discussion that will take place before a redistricting effort.”

Parents in the section of Libbytown that includes Craigie, Edwards and Frances streets say they want answers now. Two years ago, when the city opened the $14 million Ocean Avenue Elementary School, those parents begrudgingly agreed to move their children from the beloved — but outdated and now-closed — 1909 Nathan Clifford School to the new facility.

Now, Ocean Avenue Elementary School, which was built to accommodate 437 students, has a student population of 491. And with the enrollment expected to exceed 500 next fall, one way school officials are considering to ease crowding is to move kindergartners and first graders from the area bordered by Brighton Avenue, Bradley, Congress and Douglass streets — that same section of Libbytown — west from the Ocean Avenue school to Fred P. Hall School.

The same neighborhood shift is recommended for children of all grades as part of a draft long-term redistricting map submitted this month to the school board by the Biddeford-based planning consultants Oak Point Associates.

“[School officials told us two years ago], ‘We promise we won’t do this to you again’ — it was a verbal promise that wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on,” said Edwards Street resident John Gordon, who has a second and third grader attending the Ocean Avenue school.

The 57-year-old Hall School was closed for three weeks last fall because of a fire and remains in poor enough condition that it would be replaced outright under the school department’s $46 million facilities upgrade plan. Edwards Street resident Mike Podolsky, father of a third grader and kindergartner, said both the Hall School’s current state and the spectre of sending his children to a facility where heavy construction is going on outside the windows concern him.

“The choice for us two years ago was: Do we renovate Clifford or do we build a new school?” said Podolsky, one of five current or former Ocean Avenue Parent Teacher Organization board members from the neighborhood. “One of the things they told us was, well, ‘You’ll have this great new school [if you support the closure of Nathan Clifford].’”

Brown noted that children from their area have attended several different schools going back to the 1970s, when the neighborhood was considered part of the West School’s territory. He said he and his neighbors want the shuffling to stop and for their close-knit community of parents to have some school stability.

“Libbytown has been moved around a lot,” Brown said. “It’s not just this last move. They went from Longfellow [in the 1980s] to Clifford to Ocean Avenue. To maybe Hall.”

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HULLS COVE – Mrs. Mary Seidl Kinsey, 87, died February 16, 2014 at her residence. She was born May 19, 1926 in Milwaukee, WI, the second child of Henry and Margaret Seidl Sr.
She graduated from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wi. in 1948 with a BS in Occupational Therapy and joined the United States Army in June 1949. She completed her basic training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas and was stationed at St. Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC. In February 1950, Mrs. Kinsey received secret orders to report to the Public Information Division in New York City. Mrs. Kinsey had been selected as one of six women in the military to model the new Army uniforms designed by Hattie Carnagie. She and her fellow service women unveiled the new uniforms in a special presentation at Governors Island in New York. The ladies were featured in newspaper articles around the United States and newsreels. Mrs. Kinsey was also featured on the recruitment poster. Francis and Mary were married on November 14, 1951 in Milwaukee, WI, and raised their seven children in Adelphi, Maryland. After numerous vacations to Maine, they bought a house in Hulls Cove in 1985. They joined Holy Redeemer Catholic Church and have been active members.
Mary is survived by her beloved husband, Francis E. Kinsey. Seven children; Kathleen and Charles Faircloth, Kevin and Margaret Kinsey Sr., Maureen and Stephen Kaufman, Margaret and John Vish Sr., Barbara Kinsey, Edward Kinsey and Charles and Wendy Kinsey. Three siblings; Richard Seidl, Charles Seidl and Carol Hensley. Nineteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by four siblings; Helen Wierschke, John Seidl, Robert Seidl and Henry Seidl Jr.
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Last night

I opened the preheating oven the oven to put the first part of dinner in, and saw something I have seen in an oven once before, about twenty years ago. Guess what? This is not really something you want to see happening to your oven element. I decided to go ahead and chance cooking dinner in there and see what happened.

Dinner cooked, and apparently the problem moved along too, which I have to admit to not really expecting. The last time I had an oven element look like that, it flamed up and made a puddle of melted metal in the bottom of the oven. This time it kept sparking its way along the element, around the curves and turns. Yes, I know I should have turned it off and I probably spiked our electrical usage for the month (or more), but I really wanted to eat dinner. I did check on it a couple of times to make sure it wasn't doing anything drastic (and Chan, I promise the fire extinguisher was right there).
Sometimes when I checked it, the element just had a red hot spot, and sometimes it was white hot and sparking like a sparkler.

Which is pretty much what it looks like all cooled off and ready to have a new element installed. We are hoping that Home Depot sells them so that life can be back to baking as normal around here before Tuesday.


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plugging away

Yesterday was spent in the studio - pretty much literally. It was a nice day outside from what I saw of the world out there, the sun shining and a light summer breeze. But from 10 am until 5 pm, stopping at 2:30 for a little lunch, we worked on the midi tracks from last week.

Beside the word 'tedious' in the dictionary there could be a picture of this. Songs are listened to, then fragments of songs are listened to, the notes in that segment adjusted ever so slightly for timing or pitch, the fragment listened to again, more adjustments made, listen again, move on to the next segment, rinse and repeat. I move between getting tired of the songs and being amazed, on hearing the finishing product, that I wrote such a good-sounding thing. Thankfully, I land mostly on the side of the latter and I still like my music.

But, for all this, it is a step that makes the music better and better. If we didn't do the tedious work the finished product would be sloppy and not reach its full potential. Yes, we're not going to launch it when we'd hoped. But we also won't have done a rush job on it that doesn't do the songs justice. Tim is amazing in how he brings all the bits and pieces together, adjusting and tweaking and doing all that tedious work and bringing the songs to a place that still manages to surprise me.

And I returned home to some surprises. We are getting out house rewired, removing some electrical wiring and fixtures that are probably original to the 1940s. The first switchbox he opened was certainly vintage, with the wires sautered and taped (rather than using those little things we use nowadays that screw on and for which I'm sure there is a name that I don't know). D was off for the civic holiday so was able to help with the work. One discovery: on pulling off the board-and-batten siding near the back entry he confirmed that the construction of at least that part of the house is, indeed, logs and chinking. We'd wondered about that, so seeing the evidence is pretty cool. It also explains why the house is more than just cool in the winter! Logs with board & batten, and then siding. Insulation, anyone?

Today I'm home, with more electrical work going on. It's going to be a chaotic, disruptive couple of weeks. Oh well, we'd hate for life to get boring...

Booner said...

The "little screw things" are called "marretts".

(And I believe you mean "soldered" instead of "sautered" :-))

barb said...

Ah, I knew they had a name. And soldered... my non-handyman-ness is showing!


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I was awakened this morning by the entry of M into the room, smiling and saying "good morning, Mommy and Daddy, I made you breakfast in bed!" Such a sweet start to the day, and she was obviously so happy she'd done it.

On the tray was a glass of juice, two slices of cinnamon toast, a napkin, a glass of Coke, and half a cup of hot coffee.

The glass of Coke was, of course, perfect for D who hates coffee.

"Wow, did you make coffee?" I asked, a little hesitantly, thinking I'd never shown her how to use the machine.

"Nope!" (insert excited, quite-proud-of-herself grin here) "There was some in the machine yesterday so I poured it in a glass, hid it in the fridge to have it for this morning, and reheated it in the microwave!"

Loving foresight trumps fresh-brewed every time in my eyes.

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We currently are suffering from Fowler Mason Jar Overload! I have been collecting them for some time to use as vases at special occasions such as weddings and birthdays, however, we now have hundreds of them, so I am going to start to sell them. We have a variety of sizes the prices range from the smallest jar being $3 to the tallest jar which is $6. Their super cheap price does not reflect their quality (they are perfect) we just need to get rid of some of them to make space for more pretty things.

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We all know that March 8th is an important date to protest, march and show solidarity against the many inequalities women face worldwide, as well as a day to think about how eventual gender equality may come about.

Nowadays, many activities have sprouted using this date as an opportunity to do something different, and while this is great, it’s also important not to forget what happened in the past that made us name March 8 “International Women’s Day.” For those in need of a brief refresher course, here are the main points:

First, a little history

International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 19 (not the later March 8), 1911. On that day, all those years ago, a million women and men rallied in support of women’s rights. The idea behind this day was born after America’s National Women’s Day, which was set to take place on the last Sunday of each February, and had started on 1909, as declared by the Socialist Party of America.

With this to serve as inspiration, the Socialist International met in Denmark and the delegates approved the idea of an International Women’s Day. It’s celebrations often included marches and other demonstrations. Not even a week after the first International Women’s Day, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire killed 146 people, from which 123 were young, often immigrant, women, in New York City. That incident was the starting point which serve to cause many changes in industrial working conditions, and it has been often invoked as part of the history behind the International Women’s Day.

Women's Day taking place back in 1917. (Photo via University of Chicago)
Women’s Day taking place back in 1917. (Photo via University of Chicago)

This day also serves as a day to celebrate the many triumphs and successes of brilliant women around the globe. It’s a chance to look back at the past and be proud of what women have achieved, but also a time to challenge the present and be optimistic about the future.

With Buenos Aires fully embracing International Women’s Day, you really have no excuse to miss out on the many events celebrating women taking place across the city. And since we’re so very nice, we’ve come up with a few ways to do just that.

Head for a few drinks with the gals and say cheers to women everywhere

Hamburger restaurant Mi Barrio is offering a full day happy hour for all the lady fans of gin and tonic. Offering four different gin and tonic drinks, women can enjoy two for one all day. FYI, no one said anything about after office – what about during lunch?

Take your pick from orange, lemon, cucumber or berry flavoured gin and tonic. (Photo via Mi Barrio)
Take your pick from orange, lemon, cucumber or berry flavoured gin and tonic. (Photo via Mi Barrio)

Open from 12 PM | Locations across the city

Jewish style street-food gastropub Benaim is mixing up three cocktails that are all inspired by female Argentine musicians. Argentine poet María Elena Walsh will be featured along with Mapuche originated Aimé Painé and tango singer Rosita Quiroga. From 6 PM, women can enjoy any one of these cocktails for AR $100, along with a happy hour including all of their eight craft beers.

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There’s no better way to celebrate than to party

Moroccan brasserie Tetuán will be hosting an electronic music party to transport you to a far away land without you even having to set foot on a plane. Bartender Irina Juárez will be mixing a few new drinks with one in particular dedicated to Mexican artist and legend Frida Kahlo, along with another one dedicated to Simone de Beauvoir. Progressive house music Dj Martin Bordoli will be about spinning the decks, creating a perfect ambiance to chat about all the inspiring women in your life and in the world, and drinking – literally – to their names.

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Dr. Emilio Ravignani 1780 | 6 PM – 12.30 AM | More info

Head for a couples dinner… but instead treat you and your best girl friend

Fusion style Basque–Middle Eastern restaurant Lekeitio is offering a glass of sparkling wine to all those coming for dinner on the day. A classic date restaurant that is just right for you and you best girl friend, pick and mix between garlic prawns, tortilla and cod croquettes while you sip on a Negroni and chat the night away.

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(Photo via Lekeitio)

Santos Dumont 4056 | 8 PM – 12 AM | More info

For those that feel like adding a bit of culture to the mix

To celebrate International Women’s Day, throughout all of March the Recoleta Culture Center will be showing a selection of movies all directed by women. With International Women’s Day falling on this Thursday, 8 March, there’ll be a screening of classic American movie “Big” or in Spanish, “Quisiera ser Grande,” directed by Penny Marshall. Chosen to explore the female directors’ view point, the Center wants to encourage female directors in a world where male dominated cinema rules.

Centro Cultural Recoleta | Junín 1930 | 8 PM | Free | More info

INCAA, the national center for film and audiovisual arts, will also be showing movies directed by women in all of their venues and many national cinemas across the country. Starting on the 8th until the 14th, you’ll be able to catch several incredible movies at the Gaumont cinema, the first one being “Hoy partido a las tres,” directed by Clarisa Navas, at 8 PM.

The Gaumont Cinema, where many of the movies will be shown. (Photo via La Izquierda Diario).
The Gaumont Cinema, where many of the movies will be shown. (Photo via La Izquierda Diario).

Cine Gaumont | Av. Rivadavia 1635 | 8 PM | 8th – 14th March | More info

If you’d like a bit of discussion

On the eve of the big day (so, today, basically) head to the Museo Histórico Nacional in San Telmo for a talk about the lives of distinguished Argentine painters Raquel Forner and Josefina Robirosa. Run by the San Telmo Art Group, well known writer Isabel Haydée Botana along with the editor of Clarín Mujer, Carola Sainz will be among the women leading the talk. Prepare for some strong women talking about other strong women, and feel free to have your girlfriends join you so that you can continue the conversation even after the event is done.

Museo Histórico Nacional | Defensa 1600 | March 7th | Free | More info

Also later today there will be a discussion between influential feminists and directors of political organizations here in Buenos Aires. Organized by the Observatorio de Género y Políticas Públicas de Buenos Aires (an organization analyzing gender and public policy), representatives from Ni Una Menos and LatFem (Latin America’s digital media outlet dedicated to feminist news) will be speaking.

Centro Cultural Casa Brandon | Luis María Drago 236 | March 7th | Free | More info

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Naperville North is a different team when Kayla Sharples and Zoe Swift are on the court.

That couldn't have been more obvious Thursday.

Sharples scored 15 points and pulled down 14 rebounds after sitting out a first quarter where the host Huskies spotted Glenbard East a 9-point lead, and even without Swift, Naperville North held on for a 38-33 win.

Swift was out of town at a soccer tournament. Sharples sat out the first quarter after missing a practice due to a soccer commitment. Her impact on return was immediate. Sharples scored the Huskies' first two baskets of the second quarter, then assisted on a Delaney White 3-pointer.

On more than one occasion Sharples grabbed a defensive rebound and led the fastbreak.

"She makes things a lot easier for us," Naperville North coach Jacquie Discipio said. "We were giving up a lot of offensive rebounds and with her arms she just reaches out and gets those boards. We were able to get some quick releases and run down the court. We're better when we're running."

It's been a stop-start season thusfar for the Huskies. Because of soccer commitments and injuries, Naperville North hasn't yet had its entire roster for a game. Still, after Thursday the Huskies (8-7, 1-2 DuPage Valley Conference) are over .500 for the first time and riding a three-game win streak.

"We're 8-7 and gaining confidence," Sharples. "It's definitely been tough physically and emotionally."

And the Huskies are doing it with quite a young group.

Freshman Laurel Pereira scored 6 points in the first quarter Thursday, and freshman Cece Pope scored all 6 of her points in the second half to go with 5 rebounds. Only one senior played Thursday.

"These young girls are eager to learn. They're like sponges," Discipio said. "It's good to see girls stepping up. It's a positive thing for our program."

Glenbard East (2-12, 0-4) is young and growing in its own right, starting two sophomores and two juniors with junior Tajanae Key the Rams' top sub.

The Rams, coming off a hard-fought 29-23 loss to a ranked Willowbrook team, got out to a 15-6 lead after a quarter behind a combined 13 points from sophomores Allison Hansen and Rachael Leifheit.

Held scoreless the entire second quarter, the Rams bounced back to take a 21-18 lead before Naperville North answered with an 11-4 run to close the third quarter and take control of things.

"We're starting to compete, starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel," Rams coach Don Finnie said. "Last year we lost this game by 30; this year we were within 5. My girls played hard and they never gave up."

Hansen finished with 13 points and 7 rebounds and Key had 8 points and 5 rebounds for Glenbard East.

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Hello everyone,

As the title speaks for itself, I was unofficially assigned to organize a trip to Blue Mountain. So for those of you who have not been there and are keen and excited to explore more of the Blue Mountain, you are most welcomed to join us. The more the merrier. :)

The details are as below.

When: 18th APRIL 2009 (This Saturday)

Please be at the Central Station by 8:00 a.m. I was informed that the train ride to Blue Mountain would take approximately about 2 hours. So if we were to be there by 8:00 a.m., we can then take the train that leaves the Central at 8:18 a.m. (The next train available to Blue Mountain would be an hour after that). Click here for the train schedule.

Ticket *UPDATE*:

The Blue Mountain Explorer Link ticket would cost you for AUD$51.00 (The AUD$29.20 ticket is for concessions only. SORRY!!!). This ticket includes return (same day) CityRail travel to Katoomba Station with all day access to the Explorer Bus.

Once we reach there, we are going to exchange our CityRail ticket for a Scenic Pass ticket with and additional payment of AUD$28.00. This ticket includes the Skyway, the steepest Railway, the Cableway and the Walkway rides.

So the total amount for transport to Blue Mountain is AUD$79.00.

Things to see and do:

Blue Mountain offers wide range of activities - from bushwalking to visiting the Chocolate Factory to getting onto the world's steepest passenger railway. For more info on the great attractions that the Blue Mountain has to offer, click here.

So our meet-up point for that day would be at the Central Station. Please RSVP this event by putting your names in the comment box or the chat board by this Thursday so that we can do the headcount.

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