Black Oak's Daughter

He’s someone that I met <gasp> on line.  It was his name in the chat room that attracted me.  It was intelligent, and ironic, funny, and a little dangerous. I’m in   No I’m not going to tell you what it was. Lets just call him OC.
We chatted on-line and on the phone for [...]

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The universe is sending me a message.
The last couple of weeks have been hard. Work is relentless. The economy is relentless. I’ve stopped watching most of the news. I don’t think either guy running for President is very worthy, my kidney hurts, and I’m very tired, mentally, emotionally, physically of all of the negativity.
Today, I [...]

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I got ambitious tonight and made oatmeal banana bread. Roomie will be glad to hear I used real eggs and real oil so it won’t be quite as interesting texture-wise as the last batch…  You could have cut that one up and sold it as banana scented super balls..
I roasted the pumpkin seeds from the [...]

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NaBloPoMo is coming up. The deal is that every day in November, everyone who participates has to blog something, every day. There are some pretty spiffy/quirky/cool prizes, but with 6000+ participants last year, the odds of winning something were small. There will be more bloggers this year, so the odds of winning are probably even [...]

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In the last few days,

I’ve gotten my new progressive lens glasses, and I’m really trying not to hate them because the far vision is really better, but I hate that everything below mid height is blurry, and it feels like the right side of the right lens is all out of focus. It’s fine [...]

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The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.

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There are a few people in my life….. I don’t even know how to describe it… There are a few people in my life that just belong in my life. They’ve always been there. At least it feels that way. My best friend Pat, a certain cheezhead that shall remain nameless, Roomie, and one or [...]

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Answers To Quiz:
1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends . . Boxing
2. North American landmark constantly moving backward Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because [...]

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This sounds like the previously mentioned chicken recipe, except instead of chopped black olives, they were pimento stuffed green olives.

MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN

3 tbsp. olive oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
3 tbsp. black olives, chopped
2 tbsp. chopped parsley
3 tbsp. Sun Dried tomatoes (chopped)
Freshly ground pepper to taste
1 tbsp. butter
1/4 c. flour
4 marinated artichoke hearts, diced
1/2 c. chicken [...]

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OMG so much fun.
I get seriously filled up when I’m in a room with that many people that mean so much to me.  We talked, we ate, we talked some more. My cousin that almost died a couple of years ago is alive and well, my aunt who turned 90 did OK for someone that’s [...]

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