Let me know how you like it. I don’t know how the categories disappeared, but disappear they did. So I put them back. So you can search by subject, such as recipes.
I also switched out the Archives for a Calendar, for testing. Let me know preferences if you have them.
Hope you’re enjoying your weekend! Dee
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All these months blogging. Actually I started at the tail end of May, and it’s barely November 1 so I really only have five months. Still a newbie. And an older one, so give me a break! AARP messed up my account so unless I get on it Monday I may not have my membership, which is what I really wanted for my 50th.
What has been learned in blogging? Not enough for me. Writing and hearing from you is a pleasure but real life cut into learning opportunities, so I’ll try to do better.
What has been learned in life is another story, a series of long ones that may take another blog. I must learn more about making this one better, first.
Much love goes to my husband Jim, family and friends and dog Zoe who keeps me company and “herds” me throughout the day.
Today I bought a 3/4″ thick T-bone steak from the butcher. I grilled it indoors on a grill pan with the fan on and one in a window. Olive oil, salt and pepper. Baked potatoes with a bit of butter, salt and pepper, topped with sour cream, chopped chives and chopped bacon.
After the steak cooled for a few moments, I carved the NY Strip for him, the filet for me. Even though this cut is expensive, you can use one steak for two and carve it as I did or carve all of it and place it on a platter so you can pick and choose your cut.
Comments are open but I don’t want to hear any from my own peanut gallery, Jim and Zoe! Cheers, Dee
on election day, when I don’t have my voter registraton card and drove around for an hour to find our polling place. Even though the registration deadline is October 6 my application was processed and accepted on October 1, which means that as of November 1 they have to send me a voter registration card.
I checked online and I’m registered but couldn’t vote early as my registration doesn’t begin until a month after I’ve become “accepted” into the system, which is tomorrow and today was the last day of early voting.
It’s not easy to vote here. Trying to get rudimentary voter guidelines and a sample ballot online I was plagued with a task force pre-2004 trying to get a statewide system in place but given a scan of their meeting minutes all they were doing was trying to qualify for federal funding, probably to spend on something else. Why should I be surprised.
Politics as usual. I wonder if I find my elusive polling place, that my vote will even count. I’ll go in with no voter ID number, a driver’s license, passport and not even a utiltily bill because we do everything online except for two bills that come by mail to my husband.
It is difficult for a smart, English-speaking college grad to try to vote. Imagine what it’s like for a voter who is eligible and has registered, but doesn’t speak much English or have a high school education. And please don’t lecture me on illegal immigrants. I’m talking about registered voters.
If I wanted to cook a patriotic meal on Election Day, what would I choose? Something English, Irish, French, German, Ashkenazi/Sephardic, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Swiss, Moroccan, Chinese, Lebanese, Japanese, Thai and many more. Don’t forget Catholics and Protestants.
That’s who we are. Remember our founding fathers convened us as a melting pot and tried to take religion out of the national agenda so we could get along with each other. Perhaps we can remember this next week when we go to the polls.
Take care, enjoy an extra hour of sleep this weekend. Cheers, Dee
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