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Friday, June 6, 2008

Improving the Blog - Rainy Day Activities

June 6, 2008
Broad Brook, CT

We've had a pretty rainy week, not steady but some rain most every day. We've had moderately severe thunderstorms a few times in the past week, and today we had our second power outage of the week. It was short (not like the last one, which lasted several hours) and we got by on the inverter without needing to run the generator. I think we've only had about 2" of rain this week but it seems like a lot to us. We've gotten quite used to Arizona, where 2" of rain can come in a season, not a week.

So, today I started on some "rainy day" projects. I started organizing a folder full of magazines that I'd put aside to cull relevant articles, most for future travel ideas. I also added some upgrades to the Blog, changing some of the links and adding a map feature that will allow us to show folks where we've been and where we're going in a graphical format. It's a feature I saw on some of our motorhome friends' blogs, and I'll play around with it some more on another "rainy day".

On the food front, we made a simple chicken roulade yesterday that got mixed reviews. It was stuffed with goat cheese and a fig/raisin chutney before being rolled, breaded, and browned and finished in the oven. Of the five of us who had it, three really enjoyed it, one found it too dry, and one said it made her sick. Oh well, you can't please everyone, I suppose. Geri and I felt that it was a "keeper" recipe, so we'll just make it for ourselves! :-)

Tonight, we're making a simple salad topped with seared Ahi Tuna, which will be a nice change of pace from some of the heavier meals we've had lately. And, we'll probably be eating lighter over the weekend since we're in line for a hot spell through Monday. That assumes, of course, that you believe the forecasts. They've been wrong for the last two days, so who knows what the next few days will bring...

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