Author Archives: aliceaudrey
Whisper Winner
Remember the Whisper Contest? Here’s the winner. Only three people placed comments on the correct blog during the correct time period to qualify for the $20 gift certificate, and the only one to qualify for the cookies didn’t want them. Sigh. Usually I write all the names, then have my daughter pull the winner from a hat. This time I just flipped a coin. Andi, you get the gift certificate, and if you’ll let me tag you yet again, I’ll […]
Bird in the Rice
1 c. cooked rice 1 pkg dry soup starter – onion or mushroom 1 c turkey or chicken 2 c milk In a small casserole dish layer rice, then turkey or chicken meat. Mix dry soup with milk, then pour over rice and poultry. Put in oven at 350 for 1 hour. Also good with a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste mixed into the rice.
With Running Water
Jill: What-cha doing? Jack: Trying to fix this leaky faucet. We have buyers coming in to look at the house tomorrow. If they see the faucet leaks, they’ll think all kinds of things are wrong with the house. Jill: We should hire a plumber. Jack: The one with the huge butt and the pants… Jill: … that hang down to… and he kept telling all those dirty jokes…. hmmm…. Isn’t there anyone else? Jack: Not one we can afford. Jill: […]
Suzie's House 72: If the Shoe Fits
In the episode from last week, Ben tried to come home, but Suzie couldn’t let him stay. Suzie might not have caught Miranda red handed if she hadn’t felt so bad about the way Ben stormed off. She felt like crying, and didn’t want to do it in front of anyone, so headed for her room. At the top of the stairs, she saw Miranda sneaking into Ben’s room. “Miranda, what are you doing?” Suzie reached her son’s room just […]
Thursday Thirteen #32: Things I'd Like to Say to my Neighbors.
1. What are you doing with that tool kit? It doesn’t look like you’re actually fixing anything. 2. Why can’t you and your girlfriend argue INSIDE your house? 3. You should have kept playing the saxophone even after you patched things up with your girlfriend. You were starting to get good. 4. Please stop putting your trash in my can. The disposal company charges extra if the lid isn’t all the way down. 5. Thanks for the tool box. Since […]
By George! He Was Born to Lead.
When we left of last week, George IV was about to get his heart’s desire. Is anyone besides me wincing? It seems that The Prince had been after dad about military service for some time. Most of his brothers were getting to cover themselves in…um…glory…after a fashion…so why did he have to sit on the sidelines? There were some very good reasons for doing so. One, he was a spoiled, drunken womanizer with the impulse control of a three year […]
How's Your Weather?
It’s summer, and all through the land people are facing extremes in the weather. I’m in Western Montana where summer has been very, very slow to come. We had snow a week ago and highs in the 60s for over a month now. The Big Hole, which is a few miles to the south of me, is more water logged than I’ve ever seen it before, and all that water is going into the river, which is already even higher […]
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How to Lay Floor Tile Part 3: Tilus Interuptus
That bit of green and the doors above it are the closet, which still had the original carpet. Somehow I naively thought I could tile right up to that point and call it good. No go. So I had my mortar down and the tile laid up to about a foot away from the closet, then I had to stop and take the closet apart. Yeah, it would have been better if I’d taken the closet apart first, but […]
PMS
Jill: Did you just say… P. M. S.? Jack: Uh… yeah. Jill: I’ll show you PMS!!! saturday photo scavenger hunt The rules for Photohunt can be found here. Today’s theme is emotion. Be sure to visit the home page. This is the culmination of a three part series. If you haven’t already seen them, I recommend you check out the other two parts: Previously in Jack and Jill Jill Alone in the […]
Suzie’s House 71: The Outsider
Ben walked the same route he’d walked before, going home to Mom’s house from Dad’s apartment, hoping the red haired man – the one who had tried to give him a ride – would come by. Ben wasn’t sure what he would do when he saw the man, but he’d do something. He would. He really would. He got all the way home, and nothing. He should go back to Dad’s apartment, but he didn’t want to. It wasn’t […]
Thursday Thirteen 31: Contests, Real and Imaginary
1. Whisper. What do you think? Too complicated? 2. Watermelon seed spitting. I have a friend who says her brother once spit a seed over the roof of the house. Knowing her brother, I believe her. 3. Unicorn duels. No way I could come up with 13 without making up a few. 4. The TriWizard Tournament. Actually, if I include ones other people made up I can do it easily. I’m all for easy. 5. Avon FanLit. Those who entered […]
By George! Even the Sickly Can Raise Cain
Last week Mr. Al left us hanging with the intentions of Prince Augustus, George III’s youngest son, regarding the way his father exiled him from England. Let’s see what he does about it. In October of 1792 he wrote to the Prince of Wales that he longed to return home “after an absence of so many years. I have frequently wrote to His Majesty on this subject. The physicians have also informed The King it would be highly advantageous to […]
What’s New?
My mother has a new kitten. He’s very cute, and very active, and hard to get pictures of. The girl is having a grand old time playing with him, but the boy isn’t quite as interested. My mother said what he needs is a big dog he can run around. Personally, I’d like to have both a dog and a cat, maybe a couple of cats. Mr. Al is not so keen on it. He seems to think you can […]
The Whisper Contest
. A few weeks ago I started a meme called Whisper. Now it’s time to hold the contest based on the meme. This is how it works. I read through all the memes that were posted by those who chose to do it and found the following phrase. He came from the bathroom, a plunger in one hand and a tool chest in the other. Your job is to find which meme has that phrase and leave a comment. I […]
