Well, first of all, let me say that I really like Paula Deen. And yes, that recipe does sound very easy. But, and this is an important but, it is different than the way I normally cook peas. I usually dump some peas in a microwave safe bowl, add a couple of splashes of water (I do not use canned peas, they are gross!) and then I cover the pan with a plate and nuke the peas for a couple of minutes, stir, nuke again.

Then I serve the peas with a slotted spoon and let each individual diner choose whether to add butter or not. Some people prefer their veggies very plain, not drowning in butter. And you know what, I don’t like cooking with butter because it burns too easily. Give Paula a break, guys!

These new technologies are very important to me because they will help us to slow down the pollution that we contribute to the ever-growing pollution problem. Ever since I can remember the teachers in my schools have been encouraging their students to reduce, reuse and recycle, and find ways to promote the conservation of our planet. Sometimes I wish that I had been able to go to college to get a degree in conservation and make my living in that field; I feel so strongly that too many people are trashing our planet. When solar energy becomes mainstream, I think it will be a great leap forward in preserving our planet!

Moving caused so many problems between my husband and I. He was the one who wanted to move to a bigger house. I agreed to move, but I told him he would have to do most of the work. He said that was fine, and then he did not help with the work at all. After the paperwork was signed for the new house, he backed off completely. I was so mad at him throughout the whole process. I did almost everything, and that is a lot of work when you are moving a family of four. He gave himself a big pat on the back for going to http://www.wildbluedeals.com/ and connecting our satellite internet. I know that took all of 10 minutes, and he gloated about what a great job he did afterwards. His behavior made me want to rip his head off. I try to be patient with him because I knew he was like this when I married him, but over the years his attitude has either gotten worse, or has started to annoy me more.

My grandmother seemed to spend most of her day in the kitchen, cooking the meals and canning fruits and vegetables while my grandfather tended the animals and crops. 

Seems to me that’s all anyone that I knew had in the way of kitchen appliances.  If you wanted coffee, it was percolated in a pot on the stove-top.  If you wanted to open a can, you used a manual can opener.   The day’s garbage was fed to the pets, or thrown in the garbage can.

I look around my kitchen today and see my range, refrigerator/freezer, two microwave ovens, a bread machine, an electric coffeepot, a food processor, three slow-cookers, a George Forman-type grill, an automatic dishwasher, a hands-free battery operated can opener, a blender, an electric mixer, an electric waffle maker, and a toaster oven.  (Note:  some of these are tucked away in kitchen cupboards.)  I COULD have, but don’t want, a trash compactor and a garbage disposal. 

I’m really glad that technological advances have provided for all of these conveniences.  I don’t think I would have the time or energy to live the way my grandparents did!

The club member can cancel membership at any time. There is a variety of software to choose from several different interest areas – children’s software, business software, family interest software, games, creative, and graphics.  The family interest group includes a software program with 10,001 recipes in it!  I’d be interested in that!

Apparently the company told her that even if she moved out of her house that she would still be responsible to pay the remainder of the contract. Her house is currently for sale because she cannot afford the mortgage payments anymore and she is trying to get out from under it. So when we found out that our own mother went out and bought herself a security system instead of taking over my sisters, we were really upset. This crazy family needs to learn to communicate better – my mother could have taken over the contract and had a perfectly wonderful system!

The website has lots of different sections that you can go to.  My two favorite links on the website are the Top Tens and the Reviews pages.  In addition to those links, it has blogs, news, videos, and it has forums.  It even has contests to win prizes; the only hitch is that you have to register as a user of the website.  That’s shouldn’t be a problem, registration is free!

I was trying to use thewww.texaselectricityproviders.com/ website to figure out what the best options were for my energy utilities. I really need something I can rely on. At my one of my old houses, we had some problems with the provider. My husband and I always felt like we were being overcharged and it seemed like the electricity would cut out randomly for what seemed like no reason. We both decided we really wanted to do our research for the next house and avoid the same problem. We are set to move into our new house next month. We are both really excited. It is a lot bigger and a lot nicer than our first house together. However, since it is so big, I am a bit concerned about the price of our utilities and if we can handle it. My husband told me that he really thinks we will be fine. I just get a bit concerned because electricity is essential. I do not want to be strained for money so making the decision for the most cost-efficient and reliable source would be ideal for me right now.

I got my card a few days later, but I noticed in my email in-box was a rejection letter for my hubby’s card.  It turns out that he was rejected because they don’t think he is him!  They said that they rejected him based on information from a credit report company.  So I printed it off and gave it to my hubby and told him to call the credit report company, which he has been trying to do all morning long.  I am concerned that this may have something to do with an identity theft attempt! 

I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if home delivery of the mail was cut down to only a couple of days a week, or even eliminated completely in favor of people having to pick up their mail in a central location like cluster mailboxes at the intersections of their roads, or like commercial mailboxes in a post office or a general store, like in the old days when the post office was just delivering mail by pony express. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that we would revert back to ponies, just that the mail delivery would end at the posts office and people would have to come get it from there.

Then I asked her if she was going to be using it as a gaming computer or using it as a media center computer. She said it really was not something that she had thought about, but she really expected to just use it for “regular stuff” like word processing and Internet browsing and doing a few graphics applications.  So I suggested that she look a the workhorse computers for what type she wants, and suggested that she check out the shopwiki.com website for the best deals.