Cowgirl Goods

Jackpot!

I just heard two people won the Powerball.  WOW right?  I heard an interview with the NH lottery chairwoman and she said it takes two weeks to get the money.  What would you do during those two weeks?  Crazy.

I posted this soup recipe last winter Coconut Red Lentil Soup  I made it again, it is so good and perfect for a cold winter night. 

Off to help kitties and puppies.......have a nice day.

Shorty

Isn't this a beauty?  It's a vintage shortwave radio, it's not mine but I wish it was.  See I'm kind of a dork.  I have a shortwave radio, not this cool but my little shortwave lets me bounce all over the world and listen to folks in faraway places.  I've always been fascinated by shortwave and amazed that my little radio can pick up another dork on the other side of the world.  Very cool.  Well guess what!?  You can do "kinda" the same thing.  I have this way cool app on my iPad called TuneIn  Last night I discovered it's on PC's as well.  So if you go to TuneIn  You will see at the top bar there are options to search on type, music or location.  I like location.  I was listening to a talk show in Greenland the other night, (Greenland the country not Greenland, NH;)  We found a very cool station down in Albuquerque that is a Native American station.  It's AWESOME!  Even if you want to listen to your old favorite from where you grew up you can, or tune in to the middle east and try to figure that out.  It's not as gritty as a shortwave, you don't feel like you have the dial and antenna "just right" to hear those faraway places but I thought it was still very very cool.  Yes I'm a dork.

I love Sundays!

Shop Small Saturday!

I sure hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I also hope you stayed home yesterday to avoid the mob scene.  UNLESS you did need a new flat screen tv.  Kind of sad people have to shop at midnight on a holiday.  I'm not getting that at all.  BUT today is the day you do need to go "downtown".  It's Shop Small Saturday.  Once again kudos to American Express for running this campaign.  So no matter where you live, go to a little store today, hopefully in your town, spend some money.  If you don't have a little store to shop consider going to your local veternarian and putting money on someones account.  Elderly folks that have pets would love a little help buying Heartguard or Frontline.  Just an idea. 

Keep it small today.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING MY FRIENDS

Happy Anniversary to my Mom & Dad! 59 years! 

Big Ole' Hugs!

Love you!

Easy Bake Oven.....

Our old Black & Decker $20 toaster oven died a few years ago.  I didn't think we really needed another one so we had a generic toaster.  I don't like toasters, they are so lame and the bread we like is either hand sliced or just to darn big for the toaster.  I've been looking at the Breville toaster/convection ovens for a few years.  My cooking bud Joe F has one and loves it, my sister has one and loves it, my sister in law has one and loves it, my Mom just bought one and loves it, well I bought one yesterday.  If you use the 20% coupon from Bed Bath & Beyond you save 50 bucks.  This little thing is perfect for baking a dozen cookies, little tiny cakes and muffins.  The convection feature is a plus.  Anyway, that's my pitch.  I know boring.  Sorry. 

I do have a question for all of you.  Have any of you done your family ancestry using any of the on line sites?  I have a lot of information that was done years ago, old school way, so I think I have a good start.  Any feedback on that would be appreciated.  I may have to go back to France to find more.  Sigh.  I know boring;) 

Yet another reason....

.......................why I love November.  Breathtaking fire sunsets almost every night.

I love November.  It's sunny, chilly and perfect working in the woods weather.  I see some trail cutting in my future.  I see some sitting around the fire late at night in our future also.  It's all good and not complicated.  Not complicated seems to be the way to live now days.  Plenty of complication all over.  So have a easy going uncomplicated weekend.  Cheers!

Whatcha readin?

I'm not sure I'm a fan of the fall back time change.  Instead of putting my comfy clothes on at 6 or 7pm I want to put them on at 3pm.  It's full on dark here by 6.  My parents couldn't believe it. So once again I may be the only one who thinks this, but Maine should really be in the Atlantic time zone.  So I guess full on dark means more reading time!  YES!  Currently I'm reading this:

La Seduction; Howthe French Play The Game of Life.  Very interesting, I wish I read it before our trip.  You thought it was something sleezy didn't you, like 50 Shades of Grey? hee hee

Next up and I can't WAIT to read is:

Tom sent one of his slaves to France to learn how to cook French cuisine and learn about wine.  That slave was James Hemings.  I really can't wait to read this. 

My Mom was reading this, Mrs. Kennedy and Me.  I'm adding this to my list as well.  She said it was excellent.  We will always be in love with Jackie won't we? 

Then I had a weak moment today.  I couldn't help myself, I HAD to look at magazines at the bookstore.  I have weaned myself down to two subscriptions and stopped buying them.  The iPad is kind of one big magazine.  But I needed a fix, a fancy magazine fix. 

I am such a sucker for the Country Living British edition, it's waaaaaay better than the U.S. edition. Then I picked up the Simple Things, total EYE CANDY! 

What are you reading?  What is on your list?  We have all winter........