Ridiculously-Easy Apple Sauce

Easy Applesauce One of my favorite things to make in the slow cooker is applesauce.  About 8 years ago I made apple sauce on top of the stove.  I was trying to use up apples from our fruitful backyard tree the day before going to Germany for three weeks.  Talk about lots of pressure to… Continue reading Ridiculously-Easy Apple Sauce

KB Snatches Revisited

Tuesday I took a first shot at training to get 100 snatches in five minutes with a 53#KB.  Click here to see what I’m talking about.  It involved 120 snatches in 10 minutes.  Today I did 112 snatches in 8 minutes.  Here was the workout: Seven rounds, one round per minute: 8 KB snatches –… Continue reading KB Snatches Revisited

Thrifty Thinking: Saving On Heating Your Home

As the temperature starts to dip remember to go around to your rooms and close all of the closet doors, and doors to rarely-used rooms that don’t need heat. We have a gas heating in our home.  The vents to our bathrooms and laundry room are closed, and we shut those doors at night so… Continue reading Thrifty Thinking: Saving On Heating Your Home

WinCo Wednesdays 11/9/11

I have listed below some selected “Extra Savings” prices (WinCo’s version of a sale) along with some commonly consumed grocery items.  Unfortunately these prices are subject to change without notice, so these deals were valid Tuesday, 11/8, in the Marysville, WA area, and it will, at least, give you an idea of prices there: WinCo   … Continue reading WinCo Wednesdays 11/9/11