Oh, dear god, that poor little guy. My heart broke at that picture.

There were Hardee's in Wisconsin when I was a kid... the last one I know of in the area closed a couple years ago.

This is how I think about the high muckety-mucks at Husband's job. It makes me smile and shake my head to imagine them living on the measly paychecks he supports a family on.

Oh, I've totally done that!

My husband used to work for a local pizza place. I remember some of his stories, and, unless you work at the same pizza joint, this just proves that idiots are everywhere!

I've got some good ones from my days as a server. Crazy cooks, complaining customers, over-amourus busboys... 3 years working in a Greek diner, and I can swear and ask for a beer in 4 languages!

Buy the whole bunch, use what you need, then take the rest, tie the stems together and hang up in your kitchen somewhere to dry. Voila! you have dried parsley on hand! I have tarragon, marjoram, parsley, and rosemary all hanging in my kitchen, drying.

I'm so glad that they've finally revamped the WIC system. When I was on it, as a breastfeeding mom with 2 older children who qualified (my oldest was 6, the program is for 5 and under), we were given vouchers for milk, cheese, eggs, peanut butter OR dried beans (never canned), cereal, juice, fresh or frozen carrots…

I figure that expiration dates are just suggestions in most cases. As long as it's not slimy, moldy, or smelling funky, it's still good, in my book.

My kitchen would horrify you. The only things I'm super careful about is canning and washing my hands after handling raw meat. Right now, I'm reducing the pot of lamb stock for the 2nd day (I turned it off last night but left it out on the stove).

that poor woman. i can't imagine the mental strength it will take her to go back to work, if she does. when you are attacked for nothing more than doing your job... awful. i wish i could hug her!

my husband is like you. he's in the "once a month" camp, most of the time. i'm much (much) more sexual than he is, and it was a source of strain in our relationship for years. it's not like i was climbing his leg and begging him, but just that he knew i was unhappy, but in order to do something about it, he'd have to…

Judging by the awesome Chinese restaurant in our small Wisconsin town, I beg to differ!

Pear butter. Like apple butter, only 10 times more amazing.

yup, this stuff has "Wisconsin potluck dinner" written all over it.

I like you.

I think these 2 gifs most accurately describe my first time. I was expecting fireworks and shooting stars, and i got Meh. Not painful, not terribly pleasurable, just kind of... Well, that was okay, should we try it again? It got better. A LOT better!

Now THAT sounds like a tomato soup that I'll eat. I'm so trying this!

My teenager does this all the time because he's too impatient to actually cook the sandwich. It's groooosssssss.

I don't know where I picked it up, but I started putting mayo on grilled cheese instead of butter a couple years ago, and it's nummy. It's also easier than trying to remember to take the butter out of the fridge 2 hours before you want to have your sandwich! I still use butter when it's available, but mayo works…