Cooking Review - Meatloaf

I made meatloaf in the slow cooker today, and Mom and Dad brought over potato salad and green beens. It turned out ok. It was a tiny bit dry but not too bad. I did not get the camera out until I was going for seconds.

dryer problems

I have a problem with my dryer. It will spin and blow, but it does not heat up. Dad came over to look at it with me, and as it turns out I also have a bad multimeter. Dad was able to use a circuit tester, that I had, to follow the power down to a bad fuse. He bypassed the fuse and tested the dryer and it worked, so tomorrow I will try to find a replacement fuse.

Cooking review - Cherry Cobbler

I made cherry cobbler today. It turned out good. It was not hard to make either. This worked out well in the smaller crock pot that I have. Crockpots are great.

Blog stats - Aug

168 visits of those:

65% were with IE

City Visits

Buffalo 77
Albany 49
Salt Lake City 9
New York 8
(not set) 7
Glassboro 6
Rockville 4
Indianapolis 3
Beaufort 1
Charleston 1
Atlanta 1
Mililani 1
Phoenix 1


I am guessing thaat the 7 not set is Adam... When I view it by country, I get 6 in United Arab Emirates and one not set. It seems like there were a lot more hits this month then previous months. I am thinking that posting food has something to do with that. Everyone loves food...

Project Playlist

You may have noticed a new link on the blog(music). Click on the link and it plays a bunch of music that i have selected. This Started by a short lived post on Kay's blog. I looked at her code and tried to make sense of it, and sent her some more code to play with. Then I took a look at the site that was referenced, and it is kind of cool, and I started making a playlist of my own. I am about up to an hour and an half of music right now.

One Payne, any Payne

I got an email from my manager today looking to get something looked at. So I started looking at it, and them when I asked for more detail to get it working right, Dom realized he email the wrong Payne. Since I was already working on it he gave me the info and had me finish up. I guess they do not care who takes care of things as long as they get done.

Hat racks

My hat racks came today. I put one up in my bedroom and the other in the mud room.

Puzzle's done

This on took longer than normal. I was only working on it during breakfast. Then I got bored with it and finished it one evening last week.

Cooking Review - Peach Cobbler

It turned out good. The recipe would have worked out better in a smaller slow cooker. It did not last very long. One trip to Mom and Dad's house and it was gone.

YSA FHE

The young single adults had Family home evening over at my house today. They wanted dinner and a movie. They were planning to have hamburgers and chips and what not. I decided to make the sloppy Joe and bake bread again. They did not bring much meat so it was a good idea to have the stuff I made. The sloppy joe turned out better this time, but the bread came out a little bit darker. It was still good though.

Opps

So, when I went to the new blogger, I did not update the template to send info to google anaytics. When I looked at the report for July, it was empty. I realized right away what had happened and it is now resovled.

Bad dog or just spoiled?

Cooking Review - Slow cooker

I broke in the slow cooker today. I made sloppy joes. I did not follow the recipe too well. I put in have the peppers and onions that was called for. It turned out good.

This is how I made it:

Brown 2 pounds ground beef with 2 medium onions cut into slivers. Then I put that in the slow cooker with 2 medium red peppers sliced up, 1 medium green pepper sliced, 1 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Mixed it all up and cooked on low for 8 hours.

Cooking review - Cookies

So tonight I baked cookies. They turned out good. None burned and like usual my first batch was the best. Nothing fancy just chocolate chip cookies, but I was able to confirm what I had guessed before I made the Bread... my oven runs about 25 degrees higher than it says. I baked both at the lower temp with good results. Too many cookies and I have chocolate milk....

Cooking review

I made some white bread on Saturday. It turned out good. I will have to see how well the next batch turns out. I took half a loaf to Mom's and putting more than half a loaf in the freezer. It is different cooking for one. Not many recipies are designed for just one. I end up throwing stuff in the fridge or freezer, and having leftovers another time.