Saturday Feature

I am thinking of renaming Saturday Humore.
When I started it I did expect to post more humor.
But it has become more about sharing our interests.
The regular blogging is mostly a journal of our life ...
Sometimes it can be very mundane aka boring.
The Saturday posts help you know us better,
where we live, what we surf on the net,
what tickles our funny bone.

Some possible renames include:
Saturday Feature, Saturday Special,
Saturday Express, Saturday ???.
I will post more when I think of them.

Renamed it Saturday - nice and simple!

Movie Categories

We enjoy watching movies.
I decided today to tag movies by genre.
We will not do that for all the movies and genres.
But certainly will for the ones that matter the most to us.

AFI/Oscar - movies on AFI list or received Best Picture Oscar
Family Movies - those that can be watched by whole family
Romantic Movies - both romantic drama and romantic comedy
Sci Fi Movies - sci-fi/fantasy movies which may also be thrillers
WOW Movies - that make you say WOW and make you think

previous Christmas category includes Christmas movies

Thinking of adding Musicals, Classics (pre-1970), and Comedy.
After talking to Randy will also be adding Action and Drama.

Product Reviews

As a newlywed couple we have been purchasing new items.
We have blogged about household items we were considering.
Even started some research categories to keep links handy.

Thought it appropriate to review those products for ourself.
We may also come back months later for an updated review.
I like to see reviews after people have used item for awhile.

The new category is called Product Reviews.
I plan to start with the new bakeware items.
Randy will review the initial setup of LCD tv.

Hiatus

I have been blogging pretty steady for over two months now.
I plan to take about a week break to do some other things.
Randy will likely blog a time or two - Sunday and Friday.

We started watching Steven Spielberg's Taken yesterday.
Upcoming week's agenda includes ... miniseries Lost Room,
Stargate (1994 movie), and Alien Nation (1988 movie).

Movies vs Videos

Decided to add category of Videos.
Previously had category of Movies.

Movies are movies we have watched ...
whether from Randy's collection or from tv or from renting.

Videos will be any discussion of videos ...
whether it be on VHS or DVD or whatever tomorrow holds!

Will backtrack to connect old entries to new category.

Roadtrip

Added a new category called Roadtrip.
Randy and I enjoy taking them together.
We do have a habit of getting lost but that's okay.
We have a Maine Atlas map book in the car.
We simply have not had lots of luck with directions.
Many of our roadtrips up to this point are either
sightseeing trips or shopping trips or a combination.

Will backtrack to connect old entries to this new category.

Home Management

I started a category called Home Management.
I believe it was a couple of weeks ago now.

Home Management includes many things ...
Organization and Space Management
Tips or info about household matters such as ...
Kitchen Concerns and Cleaning in General

Categories Explained

For some of the categories I start with explanations.
This entry will be an index of links to those entries.

Booknotes and Blognotes

Cool links or websites

Home Management

HUMORE (Saturday feature)

Movies vs Videos

Movie Categories (breakdown by genre)
Photos by us - self explanatory

Product Reviews
Research and More Researching

Road Trip

Saturday Feature

Video Sets

Cool Links

I am starting a new category: Cool Links.
I will attach cool links/websites I blog about.
The Eureka entry is definately one of those.
As well as the recent LiveScience entry.

More Researching

I originally started a blog category of research.
Currently I have been doing research on two things.
To make it easier to find all articles on each ...
I decided to create a couple new research categories.
The original research category is for general items.
Research-kitchen currently has stuff about dinnerware.
Research-electronics currently has stuff about HD etc.
Research-appliance will start with stuff on coffeemakers.
Research-health added in February 2008

Research

I enjoy researching. It is part of my analytical nature.
I have with this post created a new category called research.

We've been researching LCD flat screen televisions.
As well as getting a VHS DVD combo player.
We got some new information on that yesterday.
Will sometime today find the news article(s) and blog.

I am also researching replacing my Spice of Life.
Have gone back and forth whether to or not.

Predating Posts

For the record I sometimes predate posts.
That means we may be too busy to blog every day.
We may come back and post from a day or two ago.
When I do that I put a 10 PM time on the post.

We were busy over the weekend so did not blog.
Today I predated a couple of entries.
The Saturday entry: Brunch, Brownies and Beans.
As well as the Sunday entry about category Blog Notes.

Blog Notes

I started a new category called "blognotes".
These entries will be informative in general.
And even moreso explain certain categories.
I have some back entries to add to this category.

Photos By Us

I created a new category this morning.
It is called "photosbyus".
It will be images we took.

Did some back tracking this morning.
Added images to some old posts ...
Cat curio cabinet
Christmas ornament
Lasagna - before and after

Have previously uploaded other pics.
Will need to connect those to new category.
Will try to do that this weekend.

Recipes Organized by Category

Dinner Meals:

~~ Very Meaty
Tangy Meatloaf +
Sicilian Meat Roll +
Pot Roast

~~ Casseroles
Chicken Casserole - chicken, green beans and macaroni +
Hamburger Casserole - hamburger, chicken noodle soup, chips +
Hearty Chicken and Noodle Casserole +
Blissful Macaroni Cheese Bake
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Tuna Romanoff *
New England Maple Beans and Sausage

~~ Italian/Pasta
Lasagne +
American Goulash/Chop Suey

~~ Other
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie +
Impossibly Easy Bacon Pie +
Impossible Ham Pie +
Impossible Chicken Pie
Burger for a Bunch +

Crock Pot:
Potato Bacon Casserole

Salads:
Cranberry Salad
Blissful Ambrosia (dessert salad)
Ham Salad with horseradish sauce *

Breads and Muffins:
All Bran Muffins +
Banana Bread +
Cinnamon Oatmeal Muffins +
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins +
Cranberry Fruit Bread
Cheese Garlic Biscuits
Pineapple Cheese Muffins
Strawberry Muffins
Blueberry Muffins

Sweets - Cookies:
Macaroonies - coconut with choco chips +
Orange Oatmeal Chews - orange juice and rolled oats +
Macadamia White Chip Cookies - mac. nuts, white choco chips +
Snickerdoodles - sugar cookie with cream of tartar
Chocolate Shadows - mint, choco chip, peanut butter
Spicy Crinkles - spices, coconut, rum flavoring

Sweets - Bars/Squares:
Cream Cheese Cookie Bar
Marshmallow Treats
Banana Pudding Squares
Coffee Bars +
Blissful Banana Cream Dessert +

Sweets - Other:
Chocolate Bread Pudding +
(Impossible) Banana Custard Pie +
Macaroon Cookie Cake
Chocolate Cinnamon Sundae Cake
Impossible Brownie Pie *
Chocolate Cherry Crisp
Apple Crisp

Lighter Sweets:
Vitamin Pie - "coffee cake with fruit" +
Pineapple Coffee Cake - could be used for muffins
Maine Apple Cake - similar to coffee cake texture

+ FAVORITES (of both or just one of us)
* NOT a favorite (especially of Randy)

Saturday HUMORE

HUMORE stands for HUMOR and MORE.
This will be our Saturday feature of the blog.
Saturdays we will post something HUMORE ...
H = Humor/Laughter
U = Unique/Interesting
M = Maine and New England
O = Odd or Fun Facts
R = Really Cool Links (more cool links)
E = Educational/Entertaining/Edifying
We expect some of the posts to be a combination...
Maybe Maine humor or something interesting about Maine.
We know there are family/friends from "away" that may visit.
This is also a way to get to know us even better by what amuses us.
Have created new category called "humore" so will be easy to find.

Update as of April 2008: renamed category to "Saturday"

Leaving Comments

We've heard from a few people having trouble leaving comments.
We have it set up so you have to be registered at Blogger/Google.
And it requires a "word verification" so spammers beware!!!

Hopefully these are simple to follow instructions:
1) click on "comment"
2) leave actual message in text box
3) enter "word verification"
4) identify yourself ... (this may be the problem area)

You must have a Google/Blogger account.
To get one click Create Google Account.

Honeymoon Blogging

We are NOT blogging everyday. We ARE honeymooning!!!!
I am writing down noteworthy items to blog about daily.
Yesterday we both sat down and wrote up our ...
wedding day viewpoints: Groom's and Bride's.
In addition I added the Wedding Day Facts.
This morning I added photo entry posts of
Our Wedding Cake, Us with Attendants and Our Wedding Rings.
Also this morning I added entries for Sunday thru Tuesday ...
Praise God, Love Poems, While Sleeping and Snow Message.

Booknotes

I started a new category called Booknotes.

I will put excerpts from books I/we have read.

It is just information I/we think is good to remember.

Since we are just beginning our life together we are not experiencing any problems.
We just want to be as informed about marriage and the each other's gender as possible.

Blissful Days

The love of my life is Randy and my name is Cathy.
We met online at a Christian fellowship forum 2 years ago.
We became good friends right away because of similar interests.
January 2006 we admitted to having crushes on each other.
We started to get to know each other even better.
I went offline for awhile but we kept in contact thru email.
Eventually I returned online and reconnected with him.
January 23, 2007 we started seriously courting.
August 2007 Randy took his two week vacation to visit me.
He stayed an extra day to propose.!!!!!!!!!!!!
(back dated to be first post - plan to journal the visit)