LIFE IS NOW AWESOME

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Tbh, Swedish Chef and Animal are my favorite Muppets. :3 And Carol of the Bells is one of my favorite holiday songs. (Huh, never knew the origin of the song though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_of_the_Bells Interesting...)


Finny, I made that vegetarian chili recipe you shared the other day and it was \o/\o/\o/ (http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1694187&cookbook_id=5075658) Naturally I had to mess with it though: added too much yellow squash and zucchini, and so it had to go in the stockpot on the stove rather than the crockpot because of running out of space. Also did tomato puree + vegetable broth (whole box over time because of stovetop causing it to cook down) instead of tomato juice since Mom's on a restricted sodium diet--thus the can goods were also no or low sodium. Also added minced garlic, dried parsley, dried celery flakes, a bit of dried minced onion, a bay leaf, and used several types of Mrs Dash (garlic/herb, original, and extra spicey). Topped it with a mix of sour cream and yogurt plus some cumin, tumeric, and cilantro (have some 'fresh' in a tube).

And that which is very not awesome: my friend Kelly's father had been very sick over the last few months, a severe infection he'd never bounced back right from. Yesterday Anj called to pass along news that there'd been complications, and he was given 'anywhere from a week to maybe months'--this morning she called to update that he'd passed away last night. Poor Kel (and her mother, too, who I knew from back when I worked at the library). There's never a good time, but right before Christmas, for some reason that just seems more painful.

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/patpat I do that sorta thing all the time XD