WanderingAmylessly 2.0

Oh why the hell not. I make them every year. I break them every year. So does 99.9 percent of the rest of humankind who bothers. (And there are issues with verb tense/agreement in that last sentence, I fully acknowledge.) I'm going to go ahead and make resolutions. But I'm going to call them short-term goals instead. We'll see how that works out for me. This will be my top 10 things to accomplish in 2010. 1. Pick one way to say our new year's name and stick with it. Is it "twenty ten" or is it "two thousand ten"? (It will never be...get this in your thick head Katie Couric, "two thousand AND ten." My ninth grade English teacher taught me well.) 2. Reach my weight-loss goal. As of two weeks ago, It was 27 more pounds. It's no doubt slightly higher than that now, after the holiday season's snickerdoodles, chocolates, egg nog, peppermint mochas, and the blueberry scone currently being shoveled into my mouth. 3. Do something outrageousl

When we get a snowfall like the one this Christmas, Maggie loves plowing through the yard in search of small critters to disembowel. She's so dang cute. And she knows it.

My all-time favorite Christmas song (even if it's Mariah Carey...)

I entered a chili cookoff at work, with proceeds from the sale of the chili going to our United Way campaign. I didn't win. But a big deal upper management type said it was her personal favorite and asked for the recipe! So I thought I'd share with y'all too. It's not your typical spicy chili. It's more of a sweet-and-sour pork stew. I ate a bit and thought it was the best non-chili chili I've ever eaten. Give it a try. Best thing: it's a really simple slow cooker meal. Sweet Pork Slow Cooker Chili Ingredients 2 pounds ground pork 1 pkg (4 large links) fully cooked Chicken & Apple Sausage, cut into bite-size 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced small (or I used canned) 1 yellow bell peppers, diced 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained 1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained 1 (11 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste 3/4 cup chopped green onions 1 cup chopped baby corn 1 1/4 cups hard apple cider (it's alcoholic...cooks o

We're having a very merry GREEN Christmas this year. That is, we're saving the trees, skipping the snail mail annual holiday photo card and newsletter. If you've kept up with our blogs, you've hit the highlights and lowlights of our year. If you're on Facebook, you've read all our mundane, daily updates and seen all the important photos. So this is what you're getting. A half dozen sentences and some fun festive familial images. Enjoy! We wish you and yours happy holidays and the best in the new year!