tanks for nothing

well, after 3 days of fighting it, nacho finally got the tankless water heater installed and running - check it out here. he started Sat and finished yesterday (Mon). we had to take a day off from work not so much for the job, but because we had no running water all day Sunday and no way to shower Monday. i think we would have been asked to leave work had we gone in. so now there is all this room in my laundry room. hmmm what will i do with all that extra space? bowling alley? jousting pit? game room? torture chamber? the possibilities are endless!

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mom made the best!

although we didn't use crushed red pepper. Happy Gobble Gobble!!!


A Southern-style turnip green recipe with salt pork.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 to 4 1/2 pounds turnip greens
• 1 pound salt pork, rinsed and diced
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar, optional
• a dash of crushed red pepper, optional

PREPARATION:

Cut off and discard tough stems and discolored leaves from greens. Wash greens thoroughly and drain well. Cook salt pork in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp and brown. Add the turnip greens, water, onion, sugar, pepper, and crushed red pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 40 to 45 minutes or until greens are tender.

Taste and adjust seasonings.
Serve with vinegar or pepper sauce and cornbread.
Serves 6.

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i hadn't thought about this in years!

while working until 1am last night/this morning, a co-worker showed me a blast from the past!

i have to check with my bro and sis, but i'm almost positive we had one of these when i was a kid. or maybe i knew someone who did. i did alot of cough medicine when i was younger (aka up until 10a this morning) and i swear we had one. what i'd love to find is a picture of an even better toy that my bro and sis had when they were babies - some "walker" contraption that was a crab with claws that clip clopped on the floor when they would push around on them. oh, i should mention, my siblings are twins, so any gift that was given was given in two's. my mom railed about those damn crabs for year. i'll see if i can locate something on them. in the meantime, you can find this baby at a very reasonable $29.99 at Toys'R Us.

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fabulousness

today at work:
D - why do i have to log into the wiki wtih my domain id now?
B - cuz E changed it.
D - but i liked my denacho account.
B - E likes domain accounts.
D - but if i use my denacho account, people ask what the denacho is for and i get to tell them about the fabulousness that is denacho
B - wow! i don't think i've heard the fabulousness of denacho
D - well, not only are you hearing about it, but you're lookin' at it!
B - well now

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