Archive for June, 2011
Grilled Jerk Chicken
I was in a creative mood for something different when it comes to cooking chicken breasts. So I decided to try jerk chicken over a charcoal grill. I had to head to the grocery store to pick up some of the ingredients for the marinating paste that sits on the chicken before cooking. I bought [...]
Tomato Plants Update
It’s been a little over a month since I planted my tomato plants in pots on the deck. Despite the lack of rainfall over the past month, the plants are thriving. I have been using the hose a lot! The other thing that is thriving are the marigolds I planted that are supposed to help [...]
Peach Season Is Here
Is it just me or does it seem like peaches this year have been bountiful and tasty? I have seen regular peaches and organic peaches everywhere. I only buy peaches when I know they are from the southeast and I have already eaten South Carolina and Georgia peaches this year. All have been delicious and [...]
Newer isn’t always better in computer programs
Since my main computer is down with a dead power supply, I have borrowed my daughters less than a year old computer. It is faster and runs great. I needed to transfer a home movie and edit it to a dvd. I saw her new computer had the movie program iMovie ’09 on it. I had [...]
Tomato Plants Growing Quickly
I got a late start, but so far so good. My container tomato plants seem to be thriving. Granted, they are no where close to producing fruit; but they look promising. After thinking I was going to take a year off, a friend gave me a plant started from a seed and I just couldn’t [...]
Flying Rock Smashes Window
Never saw it happen, but while our car was parked in a school parking lot, the back window disappeared! A maintenance crew was cutting the grass and a small stone got flung up by the mower and made a bee line to my back window. It must have hit at just the right angle and [...]
College Baseball Playoffs
I remember the first time I watched college baseball, it wasn’t at the college I went to. I didn’t even think about baseball and college together. Now don’t get me wrong, I grew up a big baseball fan, but a Major League fan. I had just graduated from college and moved to Texas, and caught [...]
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