Roast Beef Chili

This is a great recipe for using up leftover roast beef.  My whole family enjoys it. Ingredients 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 19 oz can of diced tomatoes (with liquid) 2 cups chopped cooked roast beef 1 package of Taco seasoning (low sodium) 1 (4 ounce) can diced [...]

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Best Friends

Last year, we spent Christmas at my parents’ home. Little Miss Bean was enamoured with all of the Christmas decorations adorning my parents’ house, but she was completely smitten with a two foot tall nutcracker statue. She stared at it, spoke to it and played with it for hours. On our subsequent visits to my [...]

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The Sun Will Come Out . . .

NEVER!! When Mr. W was making the pitch for us to move from the northern prairie city of my upbringing to the northern coastal city of his upbringing, he told me, “oh, the winters are so much better. It’s not as cold and it really doesn’t rain THAT much.” HA!! I didn’t really believe him, [...]

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Old Crap

I bought my first antique a few days ago. It is a 140 year old Tibetan cabinet I intend to use as a sideboard. I stared at it for a long long time before purchasing unsure if my excitement would fade and I would loathe it in a few months. It is now in my [...]

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My Birthday My Way

It was my birthday recently.   Mr. Wanderer, as much as I love him, stopped planning romantic outings long ago.  I don’t hold this against him.  He has many wonderful attributes and I don’t need to be romanced, anymore.   True to typical form, my birthday was approaching with no big plans.  Normally, I don’t really care [...]

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To Begin . .

If you had asked me 10 years ago what I might be doing at 3 pm on a Saturday afternoon, I never would have replied that I would be sitting in my livingroom starting a blog as I watch my 2 year old play and listen for my 4 month old to wake. But that [...]

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