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This is Walnut just before his most recent hair cut. Doesn't he look like a litte, grumpy wookie.
Walnut The Wookie
Friday, January 14, 2011
23:40
Posted by
leosaumure
This is Walnut just before his most recent hair cut. Doesn't he look like a litte, grumpy wookie.
Ok, That Didn't Work
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
19:50
Posted by
leosaumure
Kristie and I are bonkers for a good veggie burger. We are also big fans of anything to do with quinoa. So when we came upon a quinoa veggie burger recipe, we thought it would be something like those Reese Peanut Butter Cup commercials: "You got quinoa on my burger." "You got burger on my quinoa."
As it turns out, a Reese Peanut Butter Cup burger probably would have been a better choice for dinner. Mental Note: see what I can do with a Reese Peanut Butter Cup burger.
We followed the recipe to the letter, and it turned out that when all the ingredients were mixed together, we couldn't even form a patty from the goopy slop. We tried frying them up like a fritter, and even then, the things didn't seem to stick together properly.
All in all, this recipe was erased from our bookmarks.
As it turns out, a Reese Peanut Butter Cup burger probably would have been a better choice for dinner. Mental Note: see what I can do with a Reese Peanut Butter Cup burger.
We followed the recipe to the letter, and it turned out that when all the ingredients were mixed together, we couldn't even form a patty from the goopy slop. We tried frying them up like a fritter, and even then, the things didn't seem to stick together properly.
All in all, this recipe was erased from our bookmarks.
No One To Blame But Myself
Thursday, January 06, 2011
21:43
Posted by
leosaumure
Here in NZ, we don't have the all-you-can-eat broadband packages that you generally get in Canada. We have a 20 GB/month plan, which is generally not too bad, unless you want to be a heavy duty cloud user.
I downloaded a trial version of Carbonite to backup all of my data to the cloud. I do onsite backups, but I like the idea of having the off site backups too. What I didn't count on is how much data I actually had to backup. I have something like 66 GB of data on my laptop, which actually isn't a lot of data now-a-day. And that doesn't count how much data is on Kristie's laptop.
Anyway, for those who aren't very good at math, 66 GB of data is a larger number than the 20 GB cap I have from my ISP. So not only didn't I get all my data uploaded to the cloud, but now that we reached our monthly limit, we're throttled to dial-up speed until the billing cycle has ended. I had given some thought to this issue afterwards thinking that even if I did get all the data uploaded to the cloud, if something catastrophic happened, it would take a couple months to get it all back.
I think NZ should start thinking about no limit caps from ISPs. As more and more of life's dealings will be done online, NZ will be left in the lurch as no one will have the bandwidth to do it all.
I downloaded a trial version of Carbonite to backup all of my data to the cloud. I do onsite backups, but I like the idea of having the off site backups too. What I didn't count on is how much data I actually had to backup. I have something like 66 GB of data on my laptop, which actually isn't a lot of data now-a-day. And that doesn't count how much data is on Kristie's laptop.
Anyway, for those who aren't very good at math, 66 GB of data is a larger number than the 20 GB cap I have from my ISP. So not only didn't I get all my data uploaded to the cloud, but now that we reached our monthly limit, we're throttled to dial-up speed until the billing cycle has ended. I had given some thought to this issue afterwards thinking that even if I did get all the data uploaded to the cloud, if something catastrophic happened, it would take a couple months to get it all back.
I think NZ should start thinking about no limit caps from ISPs. As more and more of life's dealings will be done online, NZ will be left in the lurch as no one will have the bandwidth to do it all.
Nutella Baked Oatmeal
Monday, January 03, 2011
13:08
Posted by
leosaumure
Kristie and I made this recipe for our Christmas Breakfast. It was absolutely fantastic.
We got the original recipe from The Family Kitchen Blog. This is one of our new favorites.
Nutella Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup milk
3/4 cup Nutella
2 eggs
2 tablespoons ground flax or chia seed
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sliced almonds or other nuts or seeds
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together oats, milk, Nutella, eggs, ground flax, baking powder, vanilla and salt until incorporated. Stir in almonds. Smooth evenly in a greased 8″ baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes until center bounces back when touched.
Serve warm with cream or an extra dollop of Nutella.
We got the original recipe from The Family Kitchen Blog. This is one of our new favorites.
Nutella Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup milk
3/4 cup Nutella
2 eggs
2 tablespoons ground flax or chia seed
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sliced almonds or other nuts or seeds
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together oats, milk, Nutella, eggs, ground flax, baking powder, vanilla and salt until incorporated. Stir in almonds. Smooth evenly in a greased 8″ baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes until center bounces back when touched.
Serve warm with cream or an extra dollop of Nutella.
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