My " in a nutshell" summary...This is an amazing book from America's Test Kitchen filled with comfort food recipes that we have all grown up eating...however...these have been lightened up!My thoughts after reading and trying out quite a few of the recipes in this book...This cookbook is filled with really great and practical recipes. I … Continue reading Yum!

If we ever win the lottery...today it's about 600 million or so...Den and I will give each of our siblings at least $3,000,000,000.00 each...then we are done...so potentially at 10:59 this evening...I could be rolling in money! Lol...and our brothers and sisters, too!Plus some pet groups and some blogger friends...I won't forget you! And all … Continue reading Potential Kabillionaires!

Oh boy...I think by now you all know my obsessions...books, clothes, kitties, order...buying things in threes...obsessing over things...whoops...TMI...and zebra finches.Anyway...today Jack died...one of my cute little zebra finches...I rescued him when I was still teaching...another teacher had 3 finches in a teeny tiny cage and Jack's 2 brothers were picking on him...apparently 3 birds in … Continue reading Bye Bye Jack!