Based on the shelves I saw it was either cans of soup, dry pasta, flour, yeast, or toilet paper (although not a food item but it does come in 12 roll packs....).

From 1992 until 2007, I ate at my couch as I never lived any place with a kitchen table and chairs (some places had tables but no chairs). Now, I eat breakfast in front of my computer in the office. I try to eat lunch at the table or outside if it’s nice. Dinner is at our table. Snacks are definitely welcome on the…

We call it Chef Mike.

Our shepherd mix is named Chimay. When we adopted her 9 years ago, she was so skinny and her coloring matched that of a belgian malinois. Once we got some groceries into her, she gained 20 lbs and proved that she was definitely a GSD mix not a Malinois mix. She still loves her name....although she can no longer hear…

We do a gift exchange. Limit is $150. There are 5 of us (my parents, me, my husband, and my sister. There used to be a BIL but he’s long gone, thank god, but I digress). We use elfster to maintain a list and it does the draw automatically then on Christmas day we do the exchange by Zoom. It’s easy, no fuss, and you…

Small family here.  It’s always just me, my sister, and my husband.  Her husband used to round out the quartet but he’s long gone (thank the gods).  We always try to do something different for Thanksgiving so this year we are doing pizzas.  We figure we can make one up, throw it on the grill, eat it and then make…

Those guys absolutely scared me!

Thriller was definitely on the hit parade. I was 8 in 1980 and I went to a evangelical Christian school although my parents didn’t do church or praying or anything (believe me, I spent YEARS worried for their souls given my brainwashing). Anyway, in 4th grade, one of the girls in our class gave a speech on the dangers…

Are you talking about the one in Baldwin Park, CA?

It was a weird feeling.  It wasn’t really scary but it was creepy.  It hasn’t happened again....but then again, I’ve never been back to Clifton’s (which I think may have closed.)

Okay, I checked it out and it is definitely scarier than the thought of being taken over by a sad ghost with a penchant for sappy christmas songs.

So this story is not really scary but it was creepy when it happened and I hope it never happens again.

Well, now that I know this I CAN pay more attention.  Thanks for the tip.

Holy shit. I can NAME my timers? Usually I have one on the stove, one on my phone and one on Alexa and then I’m like, is that the rice, the meat or the carrots?  Maybe I should pay less attention to my wine.

Not fast food but I remember when Steak, Salad, Seafood, Sizzler amped up their salad bar into a veritable buffet.  I never ate it because this was my only chance to eat steak and seafood.  My sister, however, loved it but didn’t eat too much of it.  I remember one time my mom told her, “I know that you are going to…

My husband always orders a Sazerac when we try a new bar.  It’s a very simple drink but can be made terribly.  One time I believe it was served over crushed ice.  If they can’t do that then we know that they probably aren’t our go to for cocktails.

Indeed, but I am going to work the hell out of that defrost button on the microwave before I buy a new one.

Our fridge had an issue a few years ago so we opted to fix instead of buy. Then the dishwasher went out. We bought instead of fixed. The light on my hood stopped working a couple years ago. Only the defrost button on the microwave works anymore and the igniter went out on the stove earlier this month. They are all…

There is a range shortage as well. Ours died on 09/06 and we went shopping for a replacement and were told that we would have to wait until October or even November for the brand and model we wanted. That caused us to look at other models and then discover the open box stores. Now, I’m in love with a Dacor at one of…

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