Monthly Archives: August 2004

Brain Power!

This quiz was kinda interesting. My results: Auditory : 37% Visual : 62% Left : 60% Right : 40% Jess, you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always. Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that [...]

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Travellin'

All those red ones are places I've visited in the US. Technically, I've been to Texas too, but that was when I was 3 mos old and so I don't remember it too well. I've only ever driven through Iowa and Nebraska, Ohio, Alabama, and Penn though. But I dunno, LOOONG hours in the car/bus [...]

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Strikeout

A fun little meme … you strikeout the stuff that doesn't apply to you. Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. [...]

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More Scrapbooking

For y'all that are interested in the digital scrapbooking gig, here are two pages from our trip to Appleberry farms that I did. here and here. To do the first one, I just filled the background with a ginham pattern, then I made the text, and applied another pattern to it. Then I did the [...]

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Fun With Boxes

After getting her toes trompled on, May found a nice spot to rest. Our apt is a mess! We've got stuff strewn alllll over the place. It's pretty much non-functional for anything except eating, bathing, doing laundry, and sleeeeping. We can't cook or watch TV and internet will soon be gone! We're having fun though, [...]

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Roll Call!

I'm in the throes of packing and moving, so I can't really make decent entries 'til that's over. In fact, we'll be without internet access for like FOUR days (what will we do???). Quel dommage!! No fear tho, I can pre-post some entries for your enjoyment. Anyhoo, today I want to do roll call. Do [...]

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Mini Post

Here are the recipes we cooked last night: Shrimp Boil Tomato-Cucumber Salad Buttermilk PIe served with watermelon and french bread … yum!

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Buttermilk Pie

from: Everyday Food September 2004 Ingredients2 lemons, halved 2 medium onions, halved 4 garlic cloves, smashed with the flat side of a large knife blade coarse salt commercial seafood spice bundle or home made (see ingredients below) 3 pounds medium red potatoes, scrubbed 8 ears fresh corn, shucked and broken in half 3 pounds unshelled [...]

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Tomato Cucumber Salad

from: Everyday Food September 2004 Ingredients2 lemons, halved 2 medium onions, halved 4 garlic cloves, smashed with the flat side of a large knife blade coarse salt commercial seafood spice bundle or home made (see ingredients below) 3 pounds medium red potatoes, scrubbed 8 ears fresh corn, shucked and broken in half 3 pounds unshelled [...]

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Shrimp Boil

from: Everyday Food September 2004 Ingredients2 lemons, halved 2 medium onions, halved 4 garlic cloves, smashed with the flat side of a large knife blade coarse salt commercial seafood spice bundle or home made (see ingredients below) 3 pounds medium red potatoes, scrubbed 8 ears fresh corn, shucked and broken in half 3 pounds unshelled [...]

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