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Chinese Takeout Hack - Making Your $4.75 Go Further

This is the quickest, easiest, and cheapest meal to feed a crowd EVER. Step One : Buy a HoHos Happy Combo, which is a ginormous box of lo mein, fried rice, and 3 entrees for about five bucks. Of course, if you don't live in Albuquerque, you can always substitute food from your favorite local Chinese restaurant. On a quick side note, when did "ginormous" become an actual, spellchecker-approved word? Step Two : Steam or boil whatever tasty vegetables you have lying around. I love to use carrots, cabbage, celery, and bean sprouts. Throw in some peanuts too! Eew, these bean sprouts look like little bugs. They sure are tasty though! Step Three : Mix everything together. Let the flavors mingle.   Look how healthy this is! Other than, you know, all that greasy Chinese food you're about to add to it. Step Four : There is no step four. You're done! Wasn't that the simplest, most affordable meal for a crowd you've ever m

Our 4 and 8 Anniversary

It's crazy to think that Sexy Nerd and I had our first date 8 years ago. Things were so different back then. (Click the image to enlarge) And has it already been 4 years since we got married? Really? I wonder if I'll look back another 8 years from now and be amazed at how much things have changed. By then we will hopefully have our home in the mountains and Baby Nuke . I'm hoping Pica and Biscuit will still be here (though I'm realistic that our punk Pica will probably run down the street one day, never to be seen again). If all goes according to plan, we will each have a new vehicle by then (a Prius C for me and "something sporty" for him) and will have traveled to Australia and cruised so many times. Sexy Nerd will have his Ph.D. I suppose I'll call him Dr. Sexy Nerd. Life can change so much from year to year. Based on the past 8, I think we're in for some pretty wonderful times.

Dogs Wearing Earmuffs!

Oh, the cuteness! Sorry, Pica and Biscuit. We couldn't resist! Pica was a pretty good sport about this. We're cheap frugal and keep our house at a toasty 50F. She probably wishes she could wear earmuffs all the time! Biscuit only put up with this for a few seconds, just long enough to capture her annoyed photo. Some dogs just can't pull off the earmuff look.

Monster Jam in Albuquerque

I managed to avoid this for almost 27 years. Finally, someone has been sly enough to drag me to a monster truck show. Darn you, Sexy Nerd! Warning, ladies. Monster Jam tours the country. They were just here in Albuquerque a few months ago and will be back again soon. Monster Jam may very well be coming to your town next. Don't get suckered into going like a certain blogger you know. If you hear a commercial that starts with "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" you need to spring into action and change the channel, pronto. Meh. What's more exciting than a bunch of elephant-dwarfing, room-shakingly loud trucks racing each other? Oh, just a little thing called the Tingley Colosseum concessions stands. Albuquerque-style Frybread and Navajo tacos in hand, it was time for the monster trucks: Vroooom! Monster Jam: The Destroyer Although the trucks weren't exactly my thing, I did love that Sexy Nerd had such a fun time. Monster Jam: