Hey I was rereading the Edge books and your burger recipe with rice? Since many of us might be stretching our meat as well, can you post that recipe? Laura Okay, so this is a regional Russian recipe that happened when Southern Russians decided to merge the traditional Russian cutlet with Lula Kebab from Caucasus.
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Easy Dishes for Being Stuck at Home
Both UT and ACC have reported students who are infected with coronavirus. Neither cancelled classes. Kid 1 goes to UT. Kid 2 goes to ACC. I get to doomsday prep. For two years I have resisted purchasing a second freezer. For two years I have only bought enough frozen groceries for a week at a
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Acrylic Pour
We have a nice dinner on Saturday night with Grace and Patrick Draven, and during it Grace mentioned the advice someone gave her. When your creative pursuit becomes a job and a primary source of income, you have to choose a new hobby without any pressure of making money attached to it. I knit. I’ve
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Flame’s Daughter
This is a Chinese Fantasy/Martial Arts drama, available on viki. Romance, martial arts, magic, and happily ever after. Which doesn’t typically happen in Chinese historical or pseudo-historical drama because only Communist path can guarantee happy future. Verdict: Liked it a lot. It’s a nebulous historical time in China. The country is ruled by an Emperor
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Computer games?
So I tried to write a post about our lives and I deleted it because everything seems to be sucking right now. I’ve vented to Jeaniene Frost yesterday and told her that I haven’t written anything for a while, and she said, “I can’t imagine why. Your life is so zen, like a little green
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Things I Learned From Chinese Dramas
Physics are for wimps. Warrior maidens are awesome. sometimes the bad guy is just cooler heroes are gallant Dramas listed in this post: Princess Weiyoung, Love Me If You Dare, Princess Agents, Legend of Yu Xin, and the General and I. Everything can be found on viki.com.
Dianxi Xiaoge, My Favorite Youtube Channel
Let’s watch the video first. Makes you feel better, doesn’t it? The woman’s name is Dianxi Xiaoge, the dog’s name is Da Wang. They live in Yunnan in China. I’ve been following her videos on Facebook for months, and they always make me feel better about my day. I don’t watch for the recipes –
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The Purse Story
K. writes You had a funny story about your purse on the blog and I can’t find it. That’s because it’s archived. After a few years, I archive some posts from Family and Life categories. But since you asked. So it’s May 2015. We just finished a draft of WHITE HOT and we are exhausted.
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I’m So Mad
Why is this not the real thing? Do you know how many times I have watched that cartoon series from start to finish? Someone make this for us. We deserve it! For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about: Come on, Hollywood. You love remakes.
Moonlight Drawn By Clouds
I have found it, the magical unicorn of dramas. Historical setting – check. Amazing costumes – check. Cool brutal action scenes – check. Outstanding leading actors – check. Lots of humor – check. Less than 50 million episodes -check. Happy Ending – check. Behold! I give you Moonlight Drawn by Clouds. This Korean drama is
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Rainy Day Ramblings
It’s raining. It will rain really hard for a few minutes, then slack off, then rain again. I have my tea. Awhile ago I’ve made the decision to get my news from the actual news sources rather than social media, because with the social media you get a wallop of outrage with the news, and
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I made a Russian Hat
So this is a hat based on a pattern available at Modnoyevyazanie.ru, pattern Kosa S Tenyu, or Braid with a Shadow. Here it is, being reluctantly modeled by its intended recipient. When you get a typical pattern off Ravelry, it usually comes in a multiple of sizes with a graph and a video and different
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