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2011
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Gananoque, On Today is Monday, March 28th and I know I am forgetting something . . . Is it that today is National Black Forest Cake Day? I did not know that so that can't be what I am forgetting. (but I just might treat myself tonite!!) Is it that today is Vince Vaugh's and Reba McEntire's Birt...
03/28/2011
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Today the sun is shining, the birds are singing but the North wind is blowing cold. A perfect day for something warm on the stove and smelling terrific throughout the house. I have some chicken breasts on the bone so we start from there . . . What you'll need is: 3 or 4 chicken breasts, bone in...
03/27/2011
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This came attached to an email this morning: "Technology doubles every 14 months ... continue doing what you are doing and next year you will be 50% behind." How do you react to that statement? Does it make you feel excited? Or are you on the other side of the spectrum feeling discouraged? I'm in...
03/24/2011
Only 1 more day to Get Your Irish on . . . If you've been reading my previous posts in my St Paddy's Day series, you'll know how much I love the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. Well here is another treasure for you to enjoy: Bushmills . . . both the town and the whiskey! I'm sure you've heard o...
03/16/2011
Only 2 more days to GET YOUR IRISH ON . . . This is one of my favourite places to visit -The Giant's Causeway. It is to be found on the Antrim Coast about 3 miles from the famous town of Bushmills (more about it tomorrow!) It is made up of approx 40,000 interlocking columns, the result of an anci...
03/15/2011
3 Days left to get your Irish on . . .No visit to Belfast, Northern Ireland would be complete without calling in to The Crown Bar for a pint or two or even a cup of tea, for in the Crown Liquor Saloon "there are no strangers, only friends who have yet to meet." As one of the oldest and most loved...
03/14/2011
Gananoque, Ontario YAY YAY and YAY! SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD I just love it when things work out for good people! My Seller is celebrating today because we just had all conditions WAIVED on the offer for her home and she can now move forward with her life's plans!! Is this the...
03/14/2011
TICK TOCK . . . ONLY 4 MORE DAYS TO GET YOUR IRISH ON! Do you ever hear Irish words or terms and not have a notion of what they mean? Well let me talk you thru a few of the more popular phrases and their meanings and a few more Irish Facts: Blarney . . . 1796, from Blarney Stone* (which is said t...
03/13/2011
5 DAYS TO GET YOUR IRISH ON . . . I've made these for the past 5 years now so I thought they were appropriate for our 5 day countdown to St Paddy's Day! (I make a Tirimasu version too which is pretty darn tasty but these little gems win the day on the 17th - YUM!)Cupcakes:1 cup Guinness1/3 cup bu...
03/12/2011