Category: random
My sister sent me a link to this site today: http://www.stilltasty.com/ It’s a website where you can put in the name of a food and it will tell you how long it should stay safe (in the fridge, in the freezer or left out). It’s a pretty good idea for a site, as I can’t […]
People who correct you on totally inconsequential matters. Like when I went into Tim Horton’s and ordered a “multi-grain” bagel. The cashier gives me a look of confusion and then says, with a tone of superiority in her voice “You want a 12 GRAIN bagel?” Yes, 12 is many, multi, lots of different grains. Honestly, […]
The reasons one should love St. Paddy’s Day: being whiter than white is OK today – I’m Irish! I feel like I don’t get enough green food colouring in my diet most days I’m celebrating today by eating a variety of green foods: spinach salad, edamame and olives stuffed with jalapeño peppers. I know, I’m […]
My new fridge arrived on the weekend! So happy to have cold, unrotting food again! My old fridge, like everything else in my apartment, was old. Very, very old. Let’s do a little side-by-side comparison of fridges old and new, shall we? Old fridge on the left, new fridge on the right (or old fridge […]
Hooray for no more spoiled groceries!
So I had hopes of writing a great blog posting about how I am the harbinger of mechanical failure lately. I had lots of material to work with *and* it would give me a chance to use the word harbinger. Instead, here’s how my evening went: leave work around 5:15 p.m. stop at grocery store […]
Tomorrow we have to swtich our clocks for Daylight Saving Time. Spring forward, fall back. I hate Daylight Saving Time. Here’s a little secret: you don’t actually get more daylight, you just shift when in the day you get it. Hours of actual daylight – the same. All this is going to do is make […]
Things That Are Making Me Happy Today: olives stuffed with jalapeño peppers getting to play hockey on the big rink frozen homemade cookie dough Things That Are Not Making Me Happy Today: sleep deprivation too much work to do not enough time
gulab jamun chocolate chip cookie dough chips poutine
While trying to think of something to blog about, I decided to check out my drafts, as I have a bunch o’ half written blog postings. Figured maybe there was something in there that would inspire me. And I discovered that there was a fully written blog posting that I was fully sure I’d posted […]