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I liked it. Really, I did. There was just this one thing I couldn't get past. Like a big red flashing light:

Filed under: Entertainment, Pictures, Tender Lumplings on May 29th, 2007 | 23 Comments »

We had a little BBQ with my brother's family yesterday and I'm not too humble to admit that my favorite part was this pie that I made. Soooo good! It really is a great summer treat. It's super easy to make and if you buy the crust it requires no baking! (This is a MAJOR [...]

Filed under: Family, Food, Pictures, Recipes on May 29th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

There's a new photo album up with pictures of Annabelle and Chloe. Why don't you go check it out?

Filed under: Annabelle, Chloe, Pictures on May 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Ask most people what they imagine when they think of the West and they'll probably call up an image not too unlike a barren wasteland of cacti and tumbleweeds. Despite the green fields of Utah and the lushly forested banks of Lake Tahoe, this image of lacking water is not too far off the mark. [...]

Filed under: Politics, Utah on May 28th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Web folks are fascinated with statistics. We love to see how many visits our blogs get, how they get there, who's linking to us and what browser everyone is using. In our quest for meaningful data concerning who's reading and paying attention to our writings, we'll pour over numbers from AWStats, Google's PageRank and [...]

Filed under: Geek, Rants on May 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »

One of the best parts of WordPress is the ability to customize to your heart's content. You can either go as basic as downloading and installing a new theme or plugin or as extensive as re-writing individual components. Today I made some touch-ups to try and clean our cluttered interface and add useful features.

Filed under: Geek, Website on May 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Last week, legislators across the country decided to take part in the Food Stamp Challenge, a project to have elected officials live on the same budget as a person on food stamps for a week. About a dozen Utah civic leaders and elected officials decided to take the challenge and see how they'd do. [...]

Filed under: Food, Frugal Living, Politics, Utah on May 21st, 2007 | 78 Comments »

In a measure sure to steam everyone who hates America's favorite big box, Utah's entire House delegation voted against HR 698, a measure to prevent anyone from opening an industrial bank unless financial transactions account for 85% or more of their business. This also leaves Home Depot and DaimlerChrysler in the lurch, unable to carry [...]

Filed under: Politics, Utah on May 21st, 2007 | No Comments »

Her own collar/chewed in half
Chloe's collar/chewed in half
More of the rug which is already near death/ripped and chewed
Several used Kleenexes/chewed and ripped to bits
A sanding disc (used) with which I sand the nasty dead skin off my feet/licked, savored and chewed to bits
Our sanity and desire to get any more puppies no matter how cute [...]

Filed under: Annabelle, Family, Pictures, Tender Lumplings on May 21st, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Since we've been budgeting, I've been paying real close attention to coupons that come in the mail. The other day, we got a coupon for a free movie rental (no strings attached) at Hollywood Video. That was good, but then we got a postcard in the mail addressed to my dad (Thanks, Dad!) for a [...]

Filed under: Food, Frugal Living on May 19th, 2007 | 4 Comments »