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Sunday Social – 3’s

It’s Sunday Social day where Ashley and Neely post questions each week for people to answer on their blogs and a linkup. Top 3 favorite kinds of food: Seafood, Mexican, and Appetizers (yes, I’ll say that’s a food group). First 3 things you do in 

Boof went to dog daycare!

We were talking about taking Boof to dog daycare once every week or two so she could socialize with other dogs and get some energy out while we are at work instead of sleeping on the couch for 8 hours (we webcam her, so we 

Weekly Workout: Jan. 12 – 18

I had a decent workout week, despite being busy every night after work with something or another.  Because of that I didn’t get dinners made that I’d hoped, but we did well enough. Saturday and Sunday, January 12 – 13 Nothing:  I don’t usually do 

Tuscan Pot Roast Recipe

Tuscan Pot Roast Recipe

I picked up a big, beautiful piece of meat from the House of Meats at Anderson’s last week when it was on sale.  I don’t remember exactly what the cut was – I think boneless top round or something like that.  I knew I had 

Retainers at age 33

I just got a set of retainers.  Yeah, like a teenager.  I wore braces for years and slept in a retainer for about 5 years after that.  At some point I cracked the top retainer down the middle of the plastic, but I super-glued it 

Slow Cooker Spicy Asian Chicken

Slow Cooker Spicy Asian Chicken

We love spicy Asian food around here, so this Spicy Asian Chicken was a hit with both of us.  I love that you can throw this in a crockpot to cook all day long and then finish it up 10 minutes before you eat.  I 

Our Weekend…Car shopping

We spent a fair amount of time car shopping this weekend.  Luckily it went better than our first night of car shopping on Wednesday. We picked a place that is known for no haggling – they set a price and that’s the price (hint, the 

Sunday Social – Blogging

It’s Sunday Social day where Ashley and Neely post questions each week for people to answer on their blogs and a linkup. What is the name of your blog? How long have you been blogging? I have two.  I’ve been writing Columbus on the Cheap 

This Week We….

We had a pretty productive week.  I did some kitchen organization that I’ll post about soon.  Lo fixed the one issue with the furnace on his own.  It cost $122 for him to order the part, and 20 minutes to install it, versus $699 for 

Weekly Workouts: Jan. 5 – 11

I’m finally getting back into some good workouts – and NOT because it’s a new year – but because my knee if finally mostly better and I CAN do some hard workouts again.  I’m done with physical therapy and it only sometimes hurts, but I