Thursday, February 11, 2016

SUPER SIDES: Garlicky Asparagus and Mushrooms

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Another very easy and tasty side dish using our standard method of grilling vegetables on the barbecue. I was inspired to do this mixup by a...

Another Front Coming Through

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The front yard rose garden is a bit played out. We've pruned it but its time to give it a little boost.  I added some bone meal to all t...

D-DAY: The Journey of Thousand Miles Starts with Ten Thousand Steps

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I kind of look at diabetes management as a triangle. Sort of like the fire triangle where you need three sides...heat, oxygen, and fuel. For...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Being Upfront With Our Gardening

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This week, we're concentrating on the front yard, starting with the lawn. Previously, back in December, we overseeded out lawn with a he...
Friday, February 5, 2016

This Week's Menu: Smoked Tri Tip Roast and Stuffed Pasilla Chiles

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Changing it up a bit this week by focusing on a side dish instead of breakfast and giving you (reluctantly, I might add) one of my best reci...

DINNER: Smoked Tri Tip Roast

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Texas has it's saucy version of barbecue, Memphis has its rubs, and Kansas City it's smoke.  All three are hard to get good versions...

Super Sides: Stuffed Pasilla Peppers

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I like stuffed bell peppers but, for some reason, these mild peppers give me an acute case of heartburn.  The hotter pasilla chiles don'...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

D-DAY: The Spatter Specialist

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An ongoing look a life as a type II diabetic... Today is a blood profile day. That means readings throughout the day to gauge how the glucos...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Giving the Green One More Try

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About a month and a half ago, we overseeded the front lawn with a new heat-tolerant strain of grass seed. Winter rains have been coming in ...

CEREBRAL PALSY STORIES: Going On The Record With My Disability

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As many of you who follow this blog may or may not know I was born with a disability known as Cerebral Palsy.  As the mission statement o...