We got our refrigerator moved into the house on Sunday afternoon only to discover that it didn’t fit into the spot in the kitchen. We had measured this fridge and the one that was in the house before we bought it and we thought they were the same size. Apparently we didn’t measure too well because our fridge was about …
2005 Paella Party
We’ve done a paella party every year for the past several years and this year will be no different. This year the paella party also serves as a sort of house warming — the first event in our new home. We’ll be scrambling like crazy to get everything in order this week for the party on Saturday. We won’t have …
Hiking in Corsica
Meg Hourihan: Apparently Corsica is home to the GR20, “the spectacular and arduous 130-mile route that many claim is Europe’s best backpacking trail.” Oooh! Perhaps my next trip to France will involve a visit to the GR20. Spectacular and arduous are two of my favorite hiking-related adjectives! A few years back (Easter of 2000) Sarah and I had the opportunity …
Splenda (now in Diet Coke)
If you’re not familiar with Splenda here is a brief introduction. Splenda is a no calorie sweetner. Splenda is actually sucralose which is made by replacing some of the hydrogen in sucrose (table sugar) with chlorine. Sucralose tastes remarkably like normal sugar and I can’t detect an aftertaste. About two years ago I mostly gave up drinking regular soda and …
Trailers Really Damage Trucks
So we borrowed Sarah’s uncle’s truck and trailer to move with last weekend. As you can probably guess from the title of this post we had a bit of a mishap. While backing the trailer into our driveway I hit the curb, jackknifed the trailer and put a nice dent/scratch all down the rear quarter panel of the truck. Funny …
WIFI @ Reliable Chevrolet
I’m waiting for some work to get finished on my car and using the free WIFI that is available at Reliable Chevrolet. I’m going to start using the ability to be connected as a criteria in choosing service providers for this type of work. I have to sit here for 2 hours while they work on my car, it’s much …
Trader Joe’s General Tso Chicken Sauce
I’m a huge fan of General Tso Chicken. I’ve found that most places in Springfield don’t make it to my tastes though. It’s either way too sweet, not sweet at all, and/or usually not spicy at all. While we were in St. Louis last month we made the obligatory visit to Trader Joe’s (which I’d love to see in Springfield, …
Blingo
I’m always a fan of free stuff online so when I got an invite for Blingo it seemed like a good idea. It’s powered by Google so the search results are the same, they’ve got a Firefox search box plugin, and they give stuff away. It’s hard to argue with it. If you’re interested you can click on the logo …
New House!
Same picture as before, but I thought I’d go ahead and post it again. We closed on our new house today. We’ll take possession later this week, and move over the next couple of weeks. Got any advice for new homeowners?
Great Weekend
We had a great weekend in Eastern Tenn. with the young adult group from our church. We did some white water rafting on the Ocoee River, hung out in Chattanooga (I would have liked to spent more time there), and cooked dinner for the staff at Confrontation Point. All in all a good trip and a much needed break.
Software & Tennessee
Haven’t been posting for quite a while because we’re right in the middle of a release cycle for our online training tool. This past week wrapped up most of the code for the first beta. This weekend I’m headed to east Tennessee for a weekend of relaxation with our church young adult group. (posted from Clarkville, TN)
Garbanzo Potato Curry
Originally the Indian food last night was just supposed to be a simple pork curry using a premade sauce. Then I decided I wanted to make naan which gave me time for another curry. We also filled some of the naan with potatos and onions which was quite good (see the Naan recipe on this site for more info). Garbanzo …