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Norwegian Epic - Food, Fantasy and Frustration - Day Seven, Nassau

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Ah, day seven...our final cruise day. We actually forced ourselves to wake up early because we had reservations for the Nickelodeon character breakfast at 8am in the Spiegel Tent.  This was primarily for our Little Lawyer's enjoyment, but I had[...]

My frustration: Trying to cook for the bland palate - a vent

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I'm fortunate enough to have grown up with the opportunity to develop an adventurous palate and an open mind about unfamiliar food. Flavours from my heritage in The Netherlands like sauerkraut, rollmops and pretty much anything pickled really, my Dad[...]

Norwegian Epic - Food, Fantasy and Frustration - Day Five, St. Thomas

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Day numero five brings us to the lovely isle of St. Thomas.  We were particularly excited about St. Thomas because one of our very dear friends packed up and left Florida to move here last year.  He absolutely loves it, and[...]

Norwegian Epic - Food, Fantasy and Frustration - Day Four, St. Maarten

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Finally!!! Land Ho! St. Maarten is one of the few Caribbean islands that we have not yet been to.  We docked around 8am and we got to stay until about 6pm.  We are not early risers or morning people, so we woke when we[...]

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Friday evening, Culinary Arts Level One Day Four, Garniture Bouquetiere - basically a bunch of cooked vegetables that is presented alongside a nice roast or other piece of beef.  Ours was to be prepared as an artichoke bowl filled with peas,[...]

So Frustrated

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OMG! Wasn’t I wondering just last week whether it was going to be a good or bad experience getting a new computer?  Well, as of today, I had the new computer and it was bad. All bad.  Let me rant…. My computer guy arrived 1 hour[...]

Post Election

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What a day!  All about the election results. The history made. The future questions, problems, challenges. It’s both exciting and scary.  Not being seers, we will just have to hang on to the positive aspirations of our hopes and dreams[...]

Convo's with the MIL

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My MIL lives in another state so we talk by phone a lot. She's a nice lady but of course her son can do no wrong and there is always an explaination on why he can does what he does "He's a buy, he's suppose to do that". Didn't you know being a guy[...]

Weekend Wrap Wednesday ~ Fun Hats, Hair & Clothing, Kids Build & Fun Things

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Yet another fun weekend here some silly moments along the way! My MIL made me some hats :) One is a flower & one with a flower. Saturday my dear coworker father passed away (please say a prayer for her family) so I filled in her job[...]

A frustration and a joy in pursuit of good food

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I am always on the look out for new places to dine in. Something with a great selection of food on their menu as well as prices that are quite reasonable. A new friend of mine suggested that I go to his two favorite restaurant haunts. One is[...]