Today happens to be Homemade Bread Day so I thought it would be fun to share a homemade bread recipe or two. Given the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays, the timing couldn’t be better. I found the following homemade bread recipes on TipNut.com – a great place to find craft projects, household tips including ones for the kitchen and cooking, as well as easy to follow recipes. American Sandwich Bread from Annie of Annie’s... 

I have a friend who has a daily holiday calendar on his desk at work; each morning I get an email with that day’s holiday in the subject line. This morning’s subject line was: Happy Use Your Common Sense Day! Yes,use your common sense day is a legitimate holiday. We exchanged a few emails back and forth about the lack of common sense in today’s world, and then this afternoon he sent me this: I stopped at Micky-deez since I was at Wal-Mart,... 

Did you read what happened last night? Pretty funny, huh? Here’s a little update. This morning I heard what sounded like the moving of empty garbage cans so I went to my bedroom window to investigate. I watch as a woman moves my can away from the curb and back up to her garage. This woman, by the way, I think I’ve seen once before but I’m not really sure; but the car that was in the driveway was one of the three I’ve seen. As she’s... 

Oh hell no!! Hilary’s new neighbors need to recognize! Thursday is garbage cans on the curb night, with recycling going out every other week. As I drove up to my house tonight after date night, I noticed a garbage can and a recycling can in front of my house. How nice of my cute neighbor with Barkly the Dog to have put my cans out, I thought. Uh…..yeah, I was wrong! I pulled into my driveway and realized that my cans were still in front... 

A lot of my friends email me stuff for my blog to do whatever with; most of the time I hang on to it until it fits in with something in my life. Which is exactly what happened today. I had a bit of a shock this morning – and without going into too much detail – it was once again a lesson that I ultimately do not have control. Oh sure, I can control when I eat or when I pee and stuff, but in the grand scheme of things, I’m not in charge. Today... 

mo⋅ron – noun – a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment. From one of my local news stations, Fox40: Dine, dash, smash: Women reportedly try to skip out on bill at IHOP, plow into restaurant DETROIT (AP) — Four women trying to skip out on their bill at an International House of Pancakes ended up plowing into the Detroit restaurant as they sped away. No one was injured in the accident Tuesday morning. Restaurant... 

Today is Monday and Mondays SUCK!! But as bad as you think your day is going, keep in mind that it could be so much worse. In a hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 am, regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the super natural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around... 

Want to make a smoke bomb? It’ll be really cool, I promise you. A smoke bomb is a firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition. Smoke bombs are useful to military units, airsoft games, paintball games, and self defense. Colored smoke devices use a formula that consists of an oxidizer (typically potassium chlorate, KClO3), a fuel (generally sugar), a moderant (such as sodium bicarbonate) to keep the reaction from getting too hot, and... 

Do you have a vacation home you’re struggling to rent out because no one really knows about it? Do you need a strong marketing campaign but can’t afford a high-quality one? How about listing your vacation rental on a great Facebook page dedicated to online vacation rental marketing? It’s free and your vacation rental listing will be seen by thousands of people. Say all the negative things you want about Facebook, but you have to admit... 

We all know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears – little girl breaks into home, eats bear food, goes through bear belongings, falls asleep in bear beds. But what happened to her once she was chased away and grew into an adult? Perhaps it goes a little something like this: Police in Casper, Wyoming arrested a 28-year-old woman last Saturday after responding to a call from her hotel room, and found the woman to be in possession of... 

Corned Beef and Cabbage Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 2 Hours 25 Minutes Ready In: 2 Hours 35 Minutes Servings: 5 This traditional Irish dish is the centerpiece for many a St. Patrick’s Day table. Pre-seasoned corned beef – available at most grocery stores – takes a long, lovely simmer with potatoes, carrots and cabbage for a hearty and satisfying dish. Ingredients: 3 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet 10 small... 

“Erin go bragh” means “Ireland Forever” in case you were wondering, and is actually the Anglicizatin of a Gaelic phrase used to express allegiance to Ireland. Today is St. Patrick’s Day – the one day of the year when we can all be Irish. In order to be the best Irish person you can, however, you need to know a few things….. An Irish saying: In life, there are only two things to worry about— Either you are well or you are... 

I had every intention of doing a detailed Grammy’s post tonight, but I just don’t think it’s going to happen. Today was a Monday in every horrible sense of the word. I awoke with an anxiety attack, which tends to happen a lot on Mondays – probably because my alarm is a reminder of how much I don’t like going to work. Plus, my boss tends to be in the crankiest of cranky moods on Mondays and basically changes the rules depending... 

No, it didn’t happen today. Don’t you think it would have been on the news? The totally crazy (and extremely hot) flood happened on January 15, 1919. From History.com: Fiery hot molasses floods the streets of Boston on this day in 1919, killing 21 people and injuring scores of others. The molasses burst from a huge tank at the United States Industrial Alcohol Company building in the heart of the city. The United States Industrial Alcohol... 

This is hilarious. Leave it to someone from the San Francisco Bay Area to use Craigslist in such an innovative way. To the wingnut who stole my Obama/Biden magnet and left a note … Date: 2008-11-20, 12:49 A.M. PST I was really angry when I got to my car, which was minding its own business parked in the Barnes & Noble parking lot, and I saw that someone had stolen my precious Obama magnet! I waited more than 2 months for that magnet... 

Quick doggie update: She’s doing much better and has some of her pep back. The blood test results came in today – they found some stuff in her urine so now I get to have the enviable job of catching my dog’s pee in a cup. Yes, you read that correctly. My boyfriend and I had a little date night tonight (which included walking the dog with me following behind her, to no avail). It was cold but a nice way to break up my normal... 

Man, I have a headache; the spots look like marshmallows. So I came home this evening, with my head throbbing, and discovered that my dog is a bit under the weather. I’m actually not sure what her problem is, but there seems to be a sensitive spot on her side that makes her yelp if pressed too hard (guess how I found that one out). She was fine when I went back to the office after my lunch break; she was happily eating food in her bowl.... 

A full standing prime rib is 7 ribs, about 15 pounds, and large enough to feed up to 14 people. Prime rib is “standing” when the bones are included in the roast, allowing the roast to stand by itself. It’s important to keep in mind that just because you have “prime” rib, it doesn’t mean that it’s USDA Prime. Most of the time the “prime” ribs we get at the grocery store is actually USDA Choice quality – which is fine,... 

I would love to list all the different hours for all the different stores open on Christmas Day, but that would take far too long and quite frankly, I’d rather sit on my couch and watch Scrooged with Bill Murray – my all time favorite Christmas movie. So instead, I’ll just give you a heads up on some of the stores that are open on Christmas. As with most everything, Christmas store hours are not the same everywhere, so be sure to check... 

Christmas is 3 weeks from today (Thursday), which means after Christmas sales start 3 weeks and 1 day from today. Some of the absolute best deals in retail are the after Christmas sales. You can buy stuff that you didn’t get for Christmas, or be an early bird and stock up for next year. Most after Christmas sales have insanely low prices, with things like holiday wrap, gift bags and tags, and even ribbon going for next to nothing. The...