Category Archives: Indoor Activities

A LAN Party and Custom Built Computers – Games and Gaming

This post is about custom building a computer to bring to a LAN party.
If you haven’t ever done so, you might have fun going to a LAN party.
My husband, our eldest son, our youngest son and I, all signed up to go to a PDXLAN party (hosted in Portland, Oregon).
We had such a great time.

Boundary County Historical Museum – Bonners Ferry, Idaho – Travel

If you are someone who enjoys going to museums, I found a museum you might like to visit in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Bonners Ferry is in Northern Idaho. It is only 27 miles (43km), to the Canadian border from there. Bonners Ferry is the county seat in Boundary County, Idaho. Boundary County Idaho is oneContinue reading “Boundary County Historical Museum – Bonners Ferry, Idaho – Travel”

Easy, Moist and the Most Flavorful Roast Turkey Breast – Recipe

I love a Thanksgiving dinner, but it is a lot of work. I always roast a turkey, make stuffing, mash potatoes, candy sweet potatoes and a vegetable. My daughter typically makes homemade cranberry sauce and we have side goodies (like black and green olives). Afterwards, we always have pumpkin pie. Uhhhhhh, it’s 10:02 and IContinue reading “Easy, Moist and the Most Flavorful Roast Turkey Breast – Recipe”

Fast and Easy Homemade Dairy Free Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

I promised that I would post a frosting recipe, to go with the carrot cake recipe I recently posted. Well, here is the second of two recipes. This one will be for a frosting made with a plant based, dairy free, cream cheese frosting alternative. For those of you who would be happier with aContinue reading “Fast and Easy Homemade Dairy Free Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe”

Fast and Easy Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

I promised that I would post a frosting recipe, to go with the carrot cake recipe I recently posted. Well, Here is the first of two recipes. This one will be for a frosting made with traditional cream cheese. For those of you who would like a healthier choice for your frosting, or for thoseContinue reading “Fast and Easy Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe”

Fast and Easy “Homemade Chicken Teriyaki” Recipe

My daughter and I started with hunger. We came up with a plan. We decided to make a fast and easy meal. She and I ended up making the best-tasting homemade chicken teriyaki we had ever made together! Ok, honestly, we hadn’t ever made chicken teriyaki together, so, yes, it was the best we hadContinue reading “Fast and Easy “Homemade Chicken Teriyaki” Recipe”

My Daughter’s Turkey Meatloaf – Recipe

We went to visit my daughter (sleep over)! We had some ground turkey that we had just bought, so, we figured we would bring it with us. My daughter offered to make us dinner (lucky us)! I asked what was on the menu. Well, she said she had a great recipe for turkey meatloaf. IContinue reading “My Daughter’s Turkey Meatloaf – Recipe”

The Good Earth – Books

The Good Earth was a best selling book in the United States. It was so well received, that the author (Pearl S. Buck) was awarded a Pulitzer prize for fiction and later in her career, she won a Nobel prize for literature. The Good Earth is a story about the life of a poor farmer and his family, over a span of about 70 years. It is a page turner. To learn more about the author and the story itself, read my post.

My Daughter’s Chicken Fried Rice

My daughter came over and offered to make dinner for us. I said, “Heck Yes”!!! I asked her what she had in mind. She asked me what I had in the house. Well, I had quite a bit of boneless skinless chicken breasts and a bag of mixed vegetables in the freezer. That was aContinue reading “My Daughter’s Chicken Fried Rice”