Valentines 2010

Posted by on Feb 14, 2010 in Cooking | 0 comments Valentines Day around here means one thing: It’s all about The Hunka. He gets his annual meal of Chicken in Port Wine Sauce and Asparagus-filled Crepes. Good stuff. I goofed around most of the morning, and then decided I probably needed to get busy. That hair and face ain’t gonna do itself. Getting purdy is always a requirement for wooing your sweetheart, right? It took way more time...
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Valentine’s day

Posted by on Feb 13, 2010 in Cooking | 0 comments I’ve been getting ready for our annual Valentines day dinner. This is one holiday that is dedicated to The Hunka. I usually get taken pretty good care of the rest of the year so I’ve always made it a point to do something big for Valentine’s just for my babe. The meal for this annual event is a French one I found in this tiny little ‘French’ cookbook I bought back in...
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Iran 2010 verus Iran 1979

Posted by on Feb 11, 2010 in Ramblings | 0 comments 31 years, 1 month and 5 days ago there was a revolution going on in Iran. The people clamored to the streets to protest, chanted to Allah, and wanted their freedom from their dictator and tyranny in their government. My family had been living there for 2 years. In one blink of an eye we lost everything, were whisked to the airport and evacuated out of Iran – without my Dad. My mother,...
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Mondays

Posted by on Feb 8, 2010 in Dear Devon | 0 comments Mondays are vocabulary day and begin new thing day here in the Shelly school of hard knocks and today is no different. We started a writing assignment last week following a pattern of three point concepts. Devon has already written two such papers and next to him is the recipe on how to get it done. He has a total disdain for writing though so for the first 30 minutes he sat there pouting. He...
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I’m lovin’ my Foodsaver

Posted by on Feb 7, 2010 in Ramblings | 0 comments Like Salad? Me too. Like those premade bags with the mixed lettuce that’s precut into bite sized pieces? Me too. Do they turn into a jellied mess before you finally eat them all? Yeah. Mine too. I hate that. Truly. (cue super hero music with cheesy man voice) Announcing the Foodsaver that Saved Shelly’s Lettuce!!! Too much? Okay, fine… I love my Foodsaver. It does a lot more...
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