Tagged! Weird and Random

Posted by mimi on Mar 13, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Dara Edmondson tagged me to list 10 weird, random facts or habits about myself. Then choose 10 people to tag. So, if you’re reading this and you haven’t been tagged yet, consider yourself tagged!I’m a stacker. My desk looks like the Himalayas, but I can find anything on it within ten seconds.I hate to fold laundry, but I don’t mind ironing.I can tie a cherry stem into a...
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Rode Hard, Put Up Wet

Posted by mimi on Mar 12, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Ever have one of those days where you’ve worked pretty much the whole time, but then you turn around to see what you’ve accomplished, and realize you can’t really tell? Yep. I’ve had a day like that.Evil FCAT testing is upon us in the Sunshine State, so that means room changes, strange schedules, missing kids, stress, bureaucracy, you name it. Grades go in in about two...
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10 Things You’re Looking Forward to in the Spring

Posted by mimi on Mar 11, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Baseball. Spring training in Grapefruit League territory is a must.Orange blossoms. These are blooming all over already, and the scent is so wonderful.Kite week at the elementary school.Open windows. Spring in Central Florida lasts about 3.2 nanoseconds, so you have to grab those sunny, lower-humidity days whenever you can.Bare feet. Oh, who am I kidding. I go barefoot all the time!Slurpees. The...
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Chili Princess Redux

Posted by mimi on Mar 9, 2008 in dish | 2 comments w00t! Won third place in the church youth group’s annual chili cookoff again! Last year’s recipe, Not-So-Dumb Blonde Chili, was an outgrowth of a family-favorite white chicken chili I’ve been making for awhile. This year’s entry was a totally new thing. As in, I made it up as I went along this morning and prayed. Looks like everything turned out okay, considering one of...
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10 Favorite Drinks

Posted by mimi on Mar 4, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Iced tea. Real Southern belles can drink iced tea during a blizzard. I proved this last week in New York, drinking iced tea like it was going out of style while it was snowing sideways.Dr Pepper. The preferred carbonated vice.Cheerwine. The other preferred carbonated vice, especially when I’m in North Carolina.Freshly-squeezed orange juice. Nice bonus of having a Valencia tree in my...
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