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Adventures in Baking
by My Blog, posted Jan 30 2012 1:31PM
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My sweet tooth was acting up over the weekend so I decided to bake some cookies. I decided to bake a batch of M&M cookies, so I went to Target to pick up a bag of M&M's.

Decisions... decisions...

I never realized there were so many different kinds of M&M's. Buying M&M's used to be a pretty simple decision... male or female (with or without nuts). Now, however, there are peanut butter, pretzel, almond, dark chocolate, even coconut flavors. Oh... and there are cherry M&M's special for Valentine's Day. Did you know that M&M's even come in three sizes? Not the size of the bag, but the size of the candies - mini, medium (the normal size) and large!

Unfortunately, Target didn't have any mint M&M's on Saturday...apparently those are only available for Christmas. So much for the chocolate mint M&M cookie recipe I was going to try this time. I had to settle for a bag of traditional "female" M&M's and bake regular M&M cookies. I wonder what special M&M flavors they'll have for Easter!

Hershey's Kisses are the same.... traditional milk chocolate, hugs (with milk and white chocolate swirled), almond, cherry cordial, etc.

When did buying a bag of candy become so difficult?

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Tails from Roxy's House
by My Blog, posted Jan 23 2012 1:27PM
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I have an 8 1/2 year old dachshund named Marvin whom I've raised since he was a puppy, and according to Cesar Milan (The Dog Whisperer) and every other book and/or article I've read about dog training, I've made every mistake possible!

First, his diet. He does not like dog food! When he was a young puppy, he was on the right track. I gave him a bowl of dry dog food twice a day with a spoonful of canned dog food on top. He ate it with such enthusiasm every day. Then, when he was a few months old, I sat in front of the TV with a plate of leftover pot roast for my dinner. Marvin looked at me with such longing eyes that I gave him some of my meat, and he never wanted to go back to that crap that came out of bags and cans. Since then, he gets a plate of whatever meat I happen to be eating, whether it's beef, chicken, turkey, pork chops, lamb chops, etc. And if I'm not having meat for dinner, I cook a piece of chicken just for him!

The one exception - he does not like hamburger or meat loaf. I remember years ago, I made a small steak for myself and tried to give him a plate of leftover meatloaf. I ended up switching with him because he wouldn't touch the meatloaf.

Second, he leaves me presents around the house. It doesn't matter how many times I take him out during the course of the day or night, I can always find a new yellow spot or a pile of something.

Third, he will not leave me alone, whatsoever. I cannot sit and relax for 15 minutes in the house without him crying or staring at me or scratching me, trying to tell me that he wants something. Good luck trying to figure out what he wants! As a result, I'm constantly getting up and following him around, trying to figure out what he wants. And he will not be ignored!

However, when he's concentrating on a bone, God forbid if you get anywhere near him... get within a few feet of his space and he turns into Cujoe!

So, as you see, I have my hands full with this one. Any suggestions?
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The Political Season Begins
by My Blog, posted Jan 4 2012 2:01PM
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Last night was the first in what will seem like an endless string of preliminaries leading up to the November election... The Iowa Caucus. The result was essentially too close to call - Romney just edged out Santorum to win by 8 votes, and Paul came in a not too distant third place.

Now we get to listen to the "experts" argue as to what these results mean, and whether or not they even matter as the contest gets underway.

The general election is almost a year away, and I'm already suffering from fatigue... from the hundreds of debates, to all of the news coverage, the Sunday morning political shows and now the primaries. Just wait until the nominee is chosen and the campaign ads hit us!

Do you suppose this is why voter turnout is generally low?
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Stress-free Holiday Shopping!
by My Blog, posted Dec 29 2011 12:27PM
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Thanksgiving done, and now it's Christmas time. Everyone gets all stressed out about shopping for gifts - running up credit card bills that will take another two years to pay off, scrambling to find the perfect gift that you think will just blow that recipient away.

It ain't worth it!

I used to run all over town to find the "perfect gifts" for my family, and yes, I spent a small fortune every Christmas. Guess what - I never saw any of them use the gifts that I gave them. Similarly, they would give me gifts that weren't my taste, that didn't fit, and that I had no use for - so after Christmas, I would be standing on line in the stores that I think the gifts came from, trying to exchange them for something I would actually use.

Two words - GIFT CARDS!

Spend only what you can afford and get them gift cards for a store that you know they like to shop in or a restaurant that you know they like to eat in. They'll appreciate it a lot more and you're blood pressure won't climb in the process!

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Hey there
by My Blog, posted Nov 16 2011 11:31AM
I'm Roxy, and that's my "companion animal" Wiener Dog. (the word "pet" is inappropriate when talking about your dogs or cats) When I was young, I wanted to be like Pat Benatar, but since I couldn't sing, and the only instrument I played well was the stereo, I decided to do this for a living. I look forward to getting to know you.
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