Archive for November, 2009

Grrrr!

I had coveted (from a distance) this cute little car.   If only it were red.

But then it parked REALLY close to our car.  Grrrrr!

I know that Craig is a super driver but at times there are limits . . .  Could he pull out of this tight parking space?  Without banging into that little black [...]

Monday, November 30th, 2009

I Never Met a Potato I Didn’t Like — Until Yesterday

Several years ago,  I hosted the extended Lewis family for Thanksgiving (like I did this year).   I knew the teen-aged boys loved mashed potatoes. So I peeled potatoes.  Lots of ‘em.  An amount that I thought would be enough.  Then I peeled some more.  And even more.  We ended up with enough mashed potatoes that [...]

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Weight Loss Program

Worried about gaining weight on Thanksgiving?  Are your math skills shored up enough for the mind-numbing calorie counting that looms on your eating horizon?  Do you have haunting nightmares about succumbing to the allure of eating piece after piece of delicious pie?
Fear not!  The Lewis Weight Loss program is for you.  Cast off all of [...]

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Mr. Seat Stealer

The last time I wrote about riding public transportation to work was on October 9th.  I promised if you wouldn’t stop reading that post I wouldn’t write about the bus for a month.  You finished reading (that was so nice of you) and I exercised self-control and didn’t write anything about the bus.  Success!  That [...]

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

I’m Singin’ the Rice Cooker Blues

Over the years, I have heard people rave about their rice cooker.  A while back at work, I had a “meeting” with my student employees.  As part of that “meeting,” we cooked a yummy chicken/rice dish.  It was a great meeting.
One of the students brought his rice cooker to fix the rice.  This was my [...]

Monday, November 23rd, 2009