Our weather has been nothing less than wonky this year but the heat is in full swing now. We’re averaging around 110 degrees and some god-awful humidity has descended upon us. What a horrible, horrible thing humidity is.
Every year for the past several years, we’ve managed to bump up the temperature setting on our AC. [...]
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Surviving the Heat
Janky
Jan-ky [jang-kee]
-adjective
1. Inferior quality; held in low social regard; old and dilapidated; refers almost exclusively to inanimate material objects: We tried to pick up on these girls waiting for the bus, but I was driving my sister’s janky 1989 Geo Metro so we just got clowned instead.
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2. Poorly constructed or unattractive; put together of [...]
Meal Plan Monthly
Because I can neither meander through commonality, nor tolerate excessive time among crowds and cash registers, the weekly meal plans I’ve seen gracing the pages of blogs don’t appeal. For several months my goal was bi-weekly meal plans and shopping, but even that’s been irking my nerves, giving my over-achieving tendencies a chance to kick in.
I [...]
Goodbye Darling
I watched my truck drive away last night. The insurance and title has been arranged and the new owners were anxious to take what was now theirs. I wasn’t sad to see it go, like I’ve been in the past over other vehicles, despite this being my first *brand-new* vehicle. I was really excited to [...]
Homemade Garlic Powder and Onion Powder
Blogging by popular demand (or so I’d like to think): I made garlic powder and onion powder! Oh yes I did! Am I the only one who didn’t realize just how easy and inexpensive it is to make this stuff?
Probably.
It started when I wanted to make my own taco seasoning, which called for both these [...]
