Author Archives: Frog

Nutty Weekend

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Frog

The Nieces spent the weekend with us. It was a blur of activity and yesterday we went to Maymont. On the way there we stopped and bought disposable cameras. One each. Both girls took a picture of the horses. Both … Continue reading →

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Bagels, Bagels, Bagels!

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Frog

The food adventure for this week was to make bagels. The better-half bought a Peter Reinhart book awhile back and we have several recipes we want to try in the future, but we started with bagels. We started the dough … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Frog

This weekend the better-half and I spent time in the college town. I didn’t have class this past week, but went to college town anyway, because there was a conference on campus. I ended up having dinner with folks from … Continue reading →

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Making and Cutting the Cheese

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Frog

When does a fart joke ever get old? Never. I’ll still crack up over a fart joke when I’m a 110 and stinking up the nursing home. We made mozzarella cheese this morning using creamline milk: The better-half called the … Continue reading →

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What a difference a semester makes

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Frog

As I was walking out of the School of Ed tonight, a fellow student said something about how this semester is so much better than last. I laughed and said it was like this, raising my hand over my head. … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Cooking

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Frog

On my way home Friday, I stopped by Whole Foods to pick up a few things for our cooking adventure this weekend. I remembered how much lamb to buy, but the bulgur? I bought 1 1/2 lbs from the bulk … Continue reading →

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Technology

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Frog

Did I mention that over the winter break the better-half and I switched over to Droids from Blackberry? Yeah, not really missing the Blackberry. Have you tried any QR codes ? The new phone recognizes them. We saw an ad … Continue reading →

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Not quite ready for the happy dance, but close

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Frog

I just looked at the class list for those folks who are in my Thursday class and it looks like the woman who was such a trouble-maker last semester isn’t in this class. It also looks like we do NOT … Continue reading →

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Well I can’t see anyone else smiling in here

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Frog

This came up on the MP3 player and I thought it was about time I shared a video of it: It’s pretty amazing that this song came out in 1995. It’s so 80s. It occurred to me the other day … Continue reading →

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Small Potatoes

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Frog

I’ve logged in a few times recently and just cleaned out spam. It doesn’t seem right to bitch about the small things when folks are shooting people in shopping mall parking lots. I grew up in the South when the … Continue reading →

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