My Nieces and Nephew Dressed Up

Here are a few pictures of my nieces and nephew dressed up for Halloween. Theo didn't know what all the trick or treating was about. I should have gotten a picture of him when he was home with all his candy. Alice is the cat. Becky is the witch and Theo is Sullivan from Monsters, Inc.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Hope you get to see something scary today.

Two Postcards Today

I received two postcards today. One from Australia and one from Florida in the United States. I think I like the Aussie one better.

What about you?

Another Kaj Card from Finland

This one is cute.

I have 22 of these now!

Ah Paris, Today's Postcard

Ah Paris.... Here's the postcard I got in the mail today.

My Favorite Postcards

These are from Finland. I love them.

IF you go to Finland please pick up more for me :)

Want to feel old? Do this!

My friend Chris got this going. Well and I think I agree with my friend Janna that there is no surer way of feeling a bit old than doing this exercise. :)

Now my question are you supposed to be answering with how you felt your graduating year or now? Well I guess I'll answer how I feel about these songs now.


The Rules:
A.) Go to Music Outfitters.
B.) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year (the top link).
C.) Bold the songs you like, italic through the ones you REALLY hate.


1. Look Away, Chicago
2. My Prerogative, Bobby Brown
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
4. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
5. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
6. Cold Hearted, Paula Abdul
7. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
8. Girl You Know Its True, Milli Vanilli
9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
10. Giving You The Best That I Got, Anita Baker
11. Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx
12. Waiting For A Star To Fall, Boy Meets Girl
13. Lost In Your Eyes, Debbie Gibson
14. Don't Wanna Lose You, Gloria Estefan
15. Heaven, Warrant
16. Girl I'm Gonna Miss You, Milli Vanilli
17. The Look, Roxette
18. She Drives Me Crazy, Fine Young Cannibals
19. On Our Own, Bobby Brown
20. Two Hearts, Phil Collins
21. Blame It On The Rain, Milli Vanilli
22. Listen To Your Heart, Roxette
23. I'll Be There For You, Bon Jovi
24. If You Don't Know Me By Now, Simply Red
25. Like A Prayer, Madonna
26. I'll Be Loving You (Forever), New Kids On The Block
27. How Can I Fall?, Breathe
28. Baby Don't Forget My Number, Milli Vanilli
29. Toy Solider, Martika
30. Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul
31. The Living Years, Mike + the Mechanics
32. Eternal Flame, The Bangles
33. Wild Thing, Tone Loc
34. When I See You Smile, Bad English
35. If I Could Turn Back Time, Cher
36. Buffalo Stance, Neneh Cherry
37. When I'm With You, Sheriff
38. Don't Rush Me, Taylor Dayne
39. Born To Be My Baby, Bon Jovi
40. Good Thing, Fine Young Cannibals
41. The Lover In Me, Sheena Easton
42. Bust A Move, Young M.C.
43. Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Great White
44. Batdance, Prince
45. Rock On, Michael Damian
46. Real Lov, Jody Watley
47. Love Shack, B-52's
48. Every Little Step, Bobby Brown
49. Hangin' Tough, New Kids On The Block
50. My Heart Can't Tell You No, Rod Stewart
51. So Alive, Love and Rockets
52. You Got It (The Right Stuff), New Kids On The Block
53. Armageddon It, Def Leppard
54. Satisfied, Richard Marx
55. Express Yourself, Madonna
56. I Like It, Dino
57. Soldier Of Love, Donny Osmond
58. Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Tears For Fears
59. Cherish, Madonna
60. When The Children Cry, White Lion
61. 18 And Life, Skid Row
62. I Don't Want Your Love, Duran Duran
63. Second Chances, .38 Special
64. The Way You Love Me, Karyn White
65. Funky Cold Medina, Tone Loc
66. In Your Room, Bangles
67. Miss You Like Crazy, Natalie Cole
68. Love Song, Cure
69. Secret Rendesvous, Karyn White
70. Angel Eyes, Jeff Healey Band
71. Patience, Guns N' Roses
72. Walk On Water, Eddie Money
73. Cover Girl, New Kids On The Block
74. Welcom To The Jungle, Guns N' Roses
75. Shower Me With Your Love, Surface
76. Stand, R.E.M.
77. Close My Eyes Forever, Lita Ford
78. All This Time, Tiffany
79. After All, Cher and Peter Cetera
80. Roni, Bobby Brown
81. Love In An Elevator, Aerosmith
82. Lay Your Hands On Me, Bon Jovi
83. This Promise, When In Rome
84. What I Am, Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians
85. I Remember Holding You, Boys Club
86. Paradise City, Guns N' Roses
87. Iwanna Have Some Fun, Samantha Fox
88. She Wants To Dance With Me, Rick Astley
89. Dreamin', Vanessa Williams
90. It's No Crime, Babyface
91. Poison, Alice Cooper
92. This Time I Know It's For Real, Donna Summer
93. Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson
94. Heavan Help Me, Deon Estus
95. Rock Wit'cha, Bobby Brown
96. Thinking Of You, Sa-fire
97. What You Don't Know, Expose
98. Surrender To Me, Ann Wilson and Robin Zander
99. The End Of The Innocence, Don Henley
100. Keep On Movin', Soul II Soul

Meat ball Soup from Williams Sonoma Soup Cookbook

Made this meatball soup from the Williams Sonoma Soup Cookbook.
Albondigas with Beef-and Tortilla Meatballs

Ingredients:

Meatballs
1 lb lean ground beef
4 eggs
1/2 small red onion finely chopped (for meat balls)
3/4 cup crushed tortilla chips
4 tbsp finely chopped fresh cilantro
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground pepper

Soup:
7 cups meat or chicken stock
1 can (1 lb) tomatoes with their juice
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp red pepper flake
2 carrots corsely chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 onion, chopped (for soup)
1 bay leaf

In a mixing bowl, stir together the beef ( you can use turkey or ground pork instead) eggs, onion, tortilla chips, cilantro, oregano, salt, cumin, and pepper. Cover tightly and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Put the stock in a large sauce pan. Add the tomatoes, crushing them slightly with a wooden spoon, along with the sugar, red pepper flakes, carrots, celery, onion and bay leaf. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer.

Moistening your hands with cold water, form the beef mixture into balls 1-1 1/2 inch in diameter and slip them carefully into the simmering stock. Cover and simmer gently until the meatballs are cooked through and the vegetables are tender about 20 minutes.

Discard the bay leaf. Taste the stock and adjust seasoning.

Notes: I used some corn chips I had for the tortilla chips and used a 1 lb can of chopped tomatoes. This was a great soup especially on a cold night. I didn't take any pictures so you'll have to make it yourself.

I served with cheese straws that I made.

Postcard from the Netherlands Today

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Here's a postcard from the Netherlands.

I like it.

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Hello Hungary

Here's one from Hungary.

Two Today

I got two very different cards today!

Postcard Received on Friday

I got this on Friday. I like that it is so colorful. Hope to write more tomorrow when I hope that I'll be feeling human again.

Cat Flushing a Toilet Music Video

I received this postcard today

Its from Maryland by way of Washington DC. The picture was taken by the postcrosser. I think she did a good job. Maybe I'll do that next? But take a picture of what? hmm?

Postcrossing Postcards Received Today

I got the following 3 cards today.

Also Postcrossing added a cool feature you can now upload your postcards and see the ones you sent and received! Check out my profile if you want to see. I'm curlygirl at www.postcrossing.com

Remembering Grandma

My Grandmother passed away back in 1994. I've been thinking of her and then found these pictures from a visit she paid to my parents and I in Wales.

I think the one with my dad, Grandma and I are at a Welsh Museum and the other is of my Grandmother by the front door of the house my parents lived in.

Hoping I can find other pictures.

Postcard from Lithuania

I got this postcard from Lithuania today. It's of St. Ann's Church. Apparently Napoleon wanted to take it back to Paris with him.

Postcard from Portugal

Wouldn't this be a great place to be when it is cold and wintery at home? I think so.

Raspberry Pie

Well I have never made a pie that required me to make a crust...so here goes. For my first attempt I did a pretty good job.

First off thanks to Lynn! The raspberries are great. Hard to believe we were picking raspberries on a saturday in October in Minnesota but we did.

Here are my share of the raspberries.


Making the crust


Making the filling

the Cooked Crust

Tada the finished pie.

Postcards received Thursday and Friday

Slow posting week. So here's a look at the postcards I got Thursday and Friday. 3 from the U.S. and 1 from the Netherlands.

Kathy Griffin

Seeing Kathy Griffin tonight! I can't wait. I'll let you know how it was.

Great Show! Funny jokes about Palin and of course Clay Aiken.