Oops!

I was hoping to post every day and somehow three weeks have gone by without a single post.

I will make an effort to start posting again this evening.

Still tweaking . . .

I am still tweaking this blog as I've never had one before and I'm not sure how I want it to look. I have been doing research and looking at other blogs and I think one thing that I will change is the size of the pictures. I thought they looked OK but after looking at other blogs I see that they are a little small. Bigger definitely has more impact.

I'll practise by showing a photo of the cat that is in the process of adopting us. He has decided to live on our porch but refuses to set foot in the house. He is getting more and more friendly every day. When he first came to visit us he would hiss whenever I put food or water out for him. Now he doesn't hiss and he actually likes to be stroked before he starts eating his food. And he puts up with being groomed. He had been a stray in the neighborhood since before we moved in. We haven't agreed on a name for him yet. Here he is:

Out to lunch!

School vacation is almost over. I decided to take my youngest out to lunch today while her older sisters are at driver's ed as I don't get to have much one on one time with her. We went to:

Red Robin is a favorite of the whole family as the food is so good and there's so much choice. But I think the biggest draw is their shakes. They are so big that you can get two glasses full. I don't know why they bother ordering food too as the shakes look like a meal in themselves.

Every time we go I vow I'm going to try something else but I always order the Teriyaki Chicken Burger. It reminds me of a burger I used to get at Friendly's years ago and I love the combination of the teriyaki sauce, the grilled pineapple and the Swiss cheese with the chicken. My daughter had what has become her "usual" -- the soup and salad combo with the clam chowder and the chicken caesar wrap. Unfortunately we didn't get to talk much as there was a TV on showing cartoons and no kid can resist watching those.

I have beef, carrots and potatoes in the crockpot for tonight but I have a feeling that two of us won't be very hungry!

No fish and chips!

Last night I had a craving for real English fish and chips and mushy peas. We drove for over half an hour to London Fish and Chips in Cary, NC only to discover that it was closed and it looks like it might have closed down forever. We had to eat so we went next door to The Original NY Pizza. http://www.theoriginalnypizza.com/ It was really good. Probably the best pizza we've had since we moved here. Of course, we ordered too much food so we have a lot of Sicilian pizza in the fridge.

The camera is here!

My camera has finally arrived. I made a simple dinner yesterday instead of a big ta-da dinner as I wanted plenty of time to play with my new toy.

I made Hoisin Honey Chicken from my "The New Creative Crock-Pot Cookbook" by Rival and the sides were roasted Brussels sprouts and carrots and brown rice.

Here's a picture of the vegetables before:

And after:

My photography skills leave a lot to be desired but I hope I can improve once I am more familiar with the camera.