who said turkey?

it all started out clean and quiet...


















got to have the big shrimps...

( steam shrimp with 1 whole lemon, 1 onion quartered and 10 whole peppercorns... boil together for five minutes, add shrimp and cook until pink & opaque... easy breezy! )














self portrait. ( mama Q and me. )














who said the pilgrams didn't eat lobster? what's with all the turkey?

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okay another cool find...

clearly i am into alternative wall covering techniques...

check out the rasterbator!

the rasterbator creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. Upload an image, print the resulting multi-page pdf file and assemble the pages into extremely cool looking poster up to 20 meters in size. where you can take an image and create a whole wall treatment!

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i have way too much time on my hands today...

ok.. it is the day before thanksgiving and although i should be cooking up a storm, working or otherwise... i am perusing the world wide web... ( does anyone call it that these days... with internets and all.. )

one of my fave sites to check often and much is apartment therapy... i always find juicy nuggets of random facts, tips and who would have thoughts...

that's how i found this... man - what you can do with a pack of post it notes!

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a little sox news...

random bits of sox news will slip in here and there - i just can't help myself.

mikey lowell is back it seems... i just checked shil's blog 38pitches.com and it seems to be true!

yippeeeeeeee!

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good enough for grandma Quade....

i went to the grandma Quade dusting boot camp and she used the Ultimate Duster... and so therefore i do too... to this day none the less... this dusting cloth is amazing... try it you'll like it.. i swear!

you can find them online at www.colehardware.com - you can tell'em i sent you but i don't think it'll hold much weight.

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it's on....

today was a total betty crocker day... i am not sure why but i am so in love with food right now - it could be the sudden switch in temperature outside that brought it on but whatever it is baby it's hot in the kitchen!

i tried my hand at an apple crisp, baked some cookies ( and they were yummy! ) and finally took on the pumpkin bread i have been dreaming about....

that said... dinner was super yummy amy's veggie chili and a little pumpkin loaf! deee-licious!

some other autumn faves of mine are tomato soup from cafe steinhof and butternut squash soup from second helpings - both right here in the slope!

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why igloo? it is a fun, yet under used word!

Architecturally, the igloo is unique in that it is a dome that can be raised out of independent blocks leaning on each other and polished to fit without an additional supporting structure during construction. The igloo, if correctly built, will support the weight of a person standing on the roof. Also, in the traditional Inuit igloo the heat from the kulliq (stone lamp) caused the interior to melt slightly. This melting and refreezing built up an ice sheet and contributed to the strength of the igloo.

The sleeping platform is a raised area compared to where one enters the igloo. Because warmer air rises and cooler air settles, the entrance area will act as a cold trap whereas the sleeping area will hold whatever heat is generated by a stove, lamp or body heat.

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