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The Five Mistakes I Made With My Instant Pot
First of all, what’s the Insta-Hype? So I’m one of those people who only JUST got herself an Instapot. Also, I know it’s probably Instant-pot or Instant Pot. Yep, I just checked. It’s Instant Pot. I don’t like it. It should be Instapot. Or Inst-A-Pot. Wouldn’t that be cooler somehow? Am I the only one who thinks it should be rebranded? Well, let me tell you about the lessons I learned using the Instant Pot and the mistakes I made along the way. Anyway, I digress. I didn’t get the hype. I kinda still don’t. See, I think kinda like …
My Covid-19 Experience
When it hit the United States, it was in my backyard. Seattle is much, much too close for us to feel safe from the virus and the more I heard about it on the news, the more worried I became. My fears were compounded when my mother sent me to the store in early March with a grocery list, and I found produce shelves empty and the refrigerated section ransacked. My Covid-19 experience had begun. To read about more such articles visit nican . We Made a Plan I told my husband we needed to hunker down for a while. …
Salt Lake Comic Con
Hey readers, did you get a chance to attend this years Comic Con in Salt Lake City? It was such a blast this year and there was no shortage of celebrities including Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), William Shatner (Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk), Ian Somerhalder (Vampire Diaries, Lost, and Smallville), Stephen Amell (Arrow) , Michael Rooker (Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy), (Dukes of Hazard) (Happy Days) and MORE! Check out our amazing celebrity pics! It’s Luke Skywalker! And Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek! Do you remember the TV Show Dukes of Hazzard? Check out the hunky …
4th of July at Colleen Houck Residence
Happy belated 4th of July America! This summer has been a whirlwind of activities for Colleen from attending RT Book Convention in May, going to San Diego Comic Con, finishing edits for book two of the Egyptian series, working on the novella, prepping for the REAWAKENED book launch coming up in August and hosting family for the week of Fourth of July. I’d like to share some of our highlights these past weeks, some fun, others delicious, a couple exciting and yet tiring, and I’d be lying if there wasn’t a little insanity, but. . . mostly it has been crazy cool! I begin at the doorstep of the …
Tribute to Leonard Nimoy
The passing of Leonard Nimoy was very sad for me. There are a lot of fantastic actors in Hollywood who play wonderful characters but there is no character as memorable to me as Mr. Spock. He’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and I love him as if he were a real person. My fondness for Star Trek began when I was a little girl. I remember sitting on my dad’s lap watching Saturday Star Trek marathons. We bonded over it and I grew to love the show as much as he did. With …
A Baby Shower Sprinkled in Pink
Another Lotti girl is due to arrive in the next few months. Velvety soft blankets have been sewn, blushing flowers adorn little shoes and head bands, and pink is sprinkled everywhere. Unique baby names are shared to keep Linda smiling the last weeks of her pregnancy like Shalisha, Shimmer, Amaziah, and Grass. Two overly wonderful sisters-in-law and I threw a baby shower for Linda. Heather was in charge of decorations, and as you can see she has a talent for it. Megan has games and the fruit and veggie platters. (Not the smell and taste what’s in the diaper sort of games, …
In The Doghouse
Originally written on October 6, 2010 by Colleen Houck Both Ren and Kishan are great gift givers but I think the worst gift stories would be more interesting. If you haven’t seen “In the Doghouse” you should watch it. Some of you already know my Christmas present story but I’ll share mine again. We were snowed in a year ago or so and could only make it to Costco for our Christmas shopping. I, of course, didn’t need to do much since all my shopping is done online now except for stocking stuffers. Brad hadn’t done anything so he took …
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