I just read a how to on making liquid hand soaps from scratch - very time consuming (if you do it right from scratch), but also very interesting.  The web site I bookmarked was "The Spruce" not sure what all that stands for but I liked the instructions - very clear if you ask me.

Hello all you bright and sun shinny people!  I have the day off and I'm going to roast a chicken later, after I take a shower, hit Aldi's for some celery, red potatoes, and whatever else looks good in the fruit area.  I'm tying to be frugal but that's a hard thing to do.  It's also my way of avoiding the data entry needed to get going on my taxes... but that's another story!

After my chicken is roasted, I'm panning on eating the wings (of course), then some of the white meat, then I'm going to shred to rest of the meat for spaghetti or chow mein.  Have you ever done that?  I've used shrimp in place of hamburger in my spaghetti before (tastes great), but not chicken or turkey.

We'll see how it turns out and what my Thursday night regulars think about what ever I make. ***Especially when one of them keeps adding ketchup to my beef and pork roasts, before tasting - without naming names... (you know who you are... TOM).  My brother as it turns out, innocently said "what??? I'm a tomato guy", as his explanation - it's not that I used my veggie stock in vein.  So all-righty then, the next time I make my beef stewage, I'll make the No Peek recipe, and use the tomato concentrate and see if that works better for him.  Harumph.

The other thing (I haven't done it lately), but I experimented and it worked out fine is, dumping in a can of French Onion soup in the stewage to get that extra beefy, oniony flavor - not to mention feeding my salt addiction - some people do drugs... just pass me the salt!

Well that's it for now - I must shower!!!

It's Tuesday and the sun is shinning, the weather is supposed to be in the 60's and it's March!  I might take some time to dig in the garden, try my foot (and hands), at turning under the composted leaves, expose some worms, give the robins a thrill (yes - the first sign of spring has happened - four fat robins were on my front lawn yesterday when I left for work at the crack of 7:30AM).  

Actually, my first sign of spring is a squashed skunk on the side of the road, not sure they were skunks, but there has been a lot of roadkill out on the highways the last week or so.

And another thing... I was going to shower wasn't I?  What's up with all the missing dog posters out in the country side?  Is someone dog napping peoples pets or what?  Take a drive out to Carver Minnesota to see what I mean, poor doggies.

OK I really must shower now, maybe I should just write more often then I wouldn't have so much to say huh?

Stay upright,

The Puzzle Goddessa