Moose and Ink

That is the number of words written today in Genie Memories.  I’m proud of that. This is because after two days of not writing at all, I was able to pick up the story without a problem.  In the past, this has been an issue.  I used to miss the…

Pardon me as I dabble in politics for a moment – Congress introduced two bills yesterday, S.436 and H.R. 1076, both entitled the “Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth Act’. See how nicely they spelled out SAFETY? Them Congress Critters are always looking out for us. Per…

It has been just about one year since I was officially diagnosed with IBS. What’s changed?  Quite a bit.  I would be hard pressed to say I have ever been healthier in my life.  I haven’t had an attack in almost 9 months.  I almost broke 20 minutes in the…

Recently, our vacuum cleaner suffered some issues and died.  Had something to do with a motor or a belt, but we weren’t terribly torn up over it.  We’d only paid a little over a hundred bucks for it and really, it’s just a vacuum cleaner.  What’s the big deal? Apparently,…

We’re back.  Wait, you didn’t know we were gone?  Okay, now you do:)  Sadly, Iowa has little on Florida when it comes to weather.  It was 80 when we boarded the plane, 18 when we landed.  Ouch.  It’s late so I’ll post more photos later on, but here’s one for…

I have to say that this looks an awful lot like the mountaintop.

In 11days, we leave nice frigid Decorah, Iowa and head south to the slightly warmer climate of Orlando, Florida.  Seven days at Walt Disney World.  Woo! Steph and I are going down for different reasons.  I like taking time away from work and just having fun.  This year I’ll be…

Turmeric – per Wikipedia – is a member of the Ginger family.  It is mostly grown in South Asia and is used extensively in Indian food as well as a great deal of Middle Eastern food.  Here in the States, it is often used to add color to recipes.  For…