Every year around the end of August, Albertsons gets in their batch of Hatch green chiles, fresh from New Mexico.  They roast them outside and have recipes and dips for their customers to try.  We always roast our own and then freeze them for multiple uses all year.  One more thing that lets me know [...]

I just got up. I slept in until almost 8:00 this morning, unheard of for me even on a Saturday. It was LOVELY.
Randy was off work all week, so he did the usual Wally World grocery run yesterday so as to avoid the annoyance of getting up this morning and going. He [...]

I’m too tired today to write anything, so you’ll have to make do with this.
Funny, especially the “well off” part.  *snickersnort*

What Your Taste in Music Says About You

Your musical tastes are reflective and complex.
You are intellectual to the point of being cerebral.
You are very open to new experiences, and even more open to new ideas [...]

I’ll say it again…cancer sucks.
It claimed another person in my life.  I can’t imagine how many loved ones it takes away from this earthly life every single day.
This time it was my ex-General Manager’s wife.  Sandra was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago.  Although she continued to have problems from time to time related [...]

A few words/phrases related to our trip to Fredericksburg over the weekend:
Lavender and Lemongrass
Rain on a tin roof
Humidity
Dappled Dachshund named Betty
Pedernales Porter homebrew
Shrimp Scampi
Mamacita’s
Olympics
Original Norman Rockwell paintings
Bougainvilleas
Hibiscus
English bridal bed circa 1880
Tomatillo sauce
Unlimited air conditioning
Blueberry muffins
Texas Limestone
“Big Balls in Cowtown” (song playing outside one of the shops called Shoulda Been a Cowboy)
Championship chili. We met [...]