Blogging

Well the time has come to get my blog up and running again! I thought computers were supposed to SAVE us time! My thanks to The Cutest Blog on the Block for their help. If you are looking for a new background for your blog, just click the link to their site in the upper left corner of this page or this post's title. Smoochies!

Old Glory in All Her Glory!

I am a pushover for seeing the American flag waving in the breeze. We had one attached to the house for years, but I always wanted one high up on a pole. I put one up yesterday, then waited for a breeze lol! Smoochies!

I Need Your Vote : )

I've been nominated for the prettiest page on The Vintage Village. You can click here to see it. A real honor! Please CLICK HERE and cast your vote! The voting box is in the lower right hand corner. All votes appreciated! And while you're at it be sure to check out The Vintage Village! A great place for all things vintage! You'll love it! Smoochies!

I'm Back Again!!!

I wish there were more hours in a day! Etsy, Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, taking pictures, listing and on and on! I know most of us suffer from overload! I'm going to try to blog more regularly. Stay tuned! Smoochies!

I'm Back!!!!!

Well actually I never left lol! My computer was having lots of "issues" (a definite word of the millennium ; ) and I couldn't blog because my computer would freeze. So I decided to try again and look...no issues! I can't believe it! First and foremost I want to thank all my new followers. I'm stunned! I hope that you find something entertaining or interesting in my posts! Smoochies!

Bok Choy Becomes Bok Ciao !

Last night I cooked bok choy for the first time. I don't cook Chinese food. I let my local Rice Shop do it for me. I cook Italian food so I Italianized bok choy and it was great! From here on in I will refer to it as bok ciao lol!

Heat some olive oil in a pan and add as much chopped garlic as you like (we like LOTS of it) and a medium sliced or chopped onion. Cook until limp or just starting to brown on the edges. Meanwhile chop up 3 small heads of bok ciao. Start at the white end and cup into 1/4" slices. Add this to the pan. After a couple of minutes add the green part of the bok ciao sliced into 1/2" ribbons.

Then mix in some Herb-Ox chicken broth, in POWDER form, to taste (do not add water). I use this in many of my recipes instead of salt. It gives vegetables a nice, rich flavor in addition to the salt it provides (it is also available in a low-salt form). Add some Italian Seasoning (or any Italian seasonings of your choice) and black pepper. Mix all together and cook on a low to medium heat until the bok ciao is limp. About 5 minutes.

Bok ciao reminds me of escarole and makes a great side dish. It is delicious and a nice accompaniment to chicken or pork. Serves 3 to 4. Enjoy! Smoochies!

Mr. Muggs a.k.a. "The Good Boy"

"No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."

I love those words by Will Rogers! Some twenty plus years ago I called Lost Pet hoping to adopt a dog or is it the other way around? We got to the house he lived in literally moments before he was going to be brought to the pound. He was the last of a mixed breed litter. He was 6 months old and he didn't even have a name.

It was meant to be...we had the same birthday! "He" finally got a real name...Mr. Muggs and we spent the next 16 years together. Not a day goes by I don't think of him. I have his picture on my desk and now on my blog. You can see it in the left column. It really shows his sweetness and his fun loving personality! He just got finished rolling in the leaves! Muggs was the best friend I ever had. He was also randomly called, "the good boy" and that he was. Other than the springs he had for back legs, which made him jump a bit too much, he never did a thing wrong and even if he did I wouldn't tell.