Every year for the 4th of July, Cedar Rapids puts on this huge festival to celebrate. It starts up in mid-June and goes through the 4th. For the past several years, Ariesna and I have bought buttons for the festival1 but have missed most of the festival. Given that we live in [...]
Unlike the majority of Amercians, I did not head back to the office after the Memorial day weekend. Well, not back to my office anyways. Instead, I whipped out my interview suit1 and went to a job interview. It was a really good thing that I left early to get there as [...]
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Chocolate Brunch Waffles
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups milk
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Toppings (whipped cream, chocolate shavings, sifted powdered sugar, fresh fruit, ice cream)
Directions
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
Microwave morsels and butter [...]
21 September 2005 – 12:37 pm
*blech* I hate being sick. Sure, it’s paid time off from work (121.5 hours of sick time remaining) but I’d rather be feeling good and taking vacation time. I am mostly over the bug I’d caught, but still feeling a bit congested. That being the case, I’m skipping coffee [...]
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31 August 2005 – 12:42 pm
I had originally planned on attending a Pampered Chef party with my wife last Sunday. I had been thinking it would be some pleasant socializing over some tasty food with a bit of somebody trying to sell me some pricey kitchen stuff. That is to say a not entirely unpleasant to spend part [...]
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