October 25, 2009 by tina.

I’ve had this one on my shelf for a very long time. Someone recommended it to me and I jumped right in and bought it. But then every time I picked it up off the shelf and read the back I put it back down. Well last night, during a strong bout of procrastination, I picked it up again. I read the first few pages and was hooked. At 3AM, I finally forced myself to close it and go to sleep and today it has been murder to NOT hole up and find out how it ends. It’s a REALLY good one!!!

Just realized that I haven’t mentioned that it’s called “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” Unless something totally freakish happens in the last 100 pages, I highly recommend it!

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October 25, 2009 by tina.

Our Chicken Philly was just included in The Second Supper’s 10 Best Sandwiches in La Crosse!!! It didn’t list an official ranking number but we were listed second and our write up was longer that ALL the other ones. That means that it’s the best, right? Briana describes the phenomenal goodness of the Chicken Philly on a Sun-dried Tomato Basil bun with fantastic detail and she sounds fun too! Now I just have to buy a frame….

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October 19, 2009 by tina.

My husband has grown a mustache. I don’t like it. Actually, that’s a pretty big understatement. He looks just like his older brother which I find to be really creepy. So while the actual stache doesn’t look awful, I can’t look him in the face without wanting to laugh at him. Now, I feel the need to explain because he didn’t do this just because he wanted to. The La Crosse fire department is currently involved in their first annual “Stache Bash.” It is an MDA fundraiser so each participant bought in for $20 and was officially clean shaven on September 30th and the contest will be held on October 30th. Of course, the bash will involve tip boards and other fund raising efforts….and maybe some beer. Each “grower” forfeits their entry fee and suffers tremendous ridicule if they cave in and shave it off before the 30th. (They may have to pay another $20 as an extra punishment but I’m not sure.) There are five categories for our celebrity judges to critique and analyze. But I think, more importantly, that the wives that have suffered all month should win all the prizes. It will be a really fun time and I think I’ll bring a razor!

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October 8, 2009 by tina.

I gotta tell you that I’m excited for fall food. Not sure how the rest of you are but when it gets cooler outside, our family’s menu changes. You start pulling out the recipes for casseroles and chili. Today, I even had the forethought to put something in the crock pot so that I didn’t have to think about dinner at all! That’s not to say that we don’t still grill occasionally over the winter, we just don’t do it six nights per week.

Happy warm belly to you all!

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