My coworkers are hysterical. This was my cubicle today (and it's a mess). The red flag means stay out. No one has been allowed to talk t...
Corkscrew Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
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To continue on with cooking my way through all of my cookbooks, the next meal I made came from Marlene Koch's Eat What You Love . I fir...
Fewer candy bars, more vegetables
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My last post was titled "into every life a little rain must fall". That theme continued throughout the week and into my weekend. Y...
1st Annual Peter Mahon Memorial Trail Run/Walk 5K
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Yesterday I completed the Peter Mahon Memorial 5K that was held at La Plata High School in La Plata, MD. I didn't realize until I recei...
Father of the Bride (1950)...and a reflection on mid-century Hollywood...
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During World War II Hollywood churned out popular pictures both entertaining and patriotic, bolstering home front morale and earning enormou...
Slow Food Fast: Italian Sausage, Peppers and Onion Hoagies
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Yesterday I posted about my goal of cooking my way through ALL of my cookbooks . I thought better about posting these recipes under my &quo...
29 weeks
(FYI: Thursday I was actually 30 weeks…but wanted to get my 29 week post up anyway!) How Far Along: 29 Weeks Size of baby: Baby Bangert...
Another 5K!
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I am making HUGE strides in raising money for two walks that I am participating in: The March of Dimes March for Babies & GreatStrides ...
Setting Goals for 2011
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I've done two 5K's in my life. I enrolled in both of them as a walker but I ended up running them. It was an amazing feeling compl...
Into every life a little rain must fall
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The Rainy Day Written at the old home in Portland, Maine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains,and t...
(Not Quite) All About Bette...
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Bette Davis was born 103 years ago on April 5 in Lowell, Massachusetts. She attended drama school as a young woman and made her Broadway deb...
A Strange But Prophetic Day On The Strip
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We were an unlikely crew of protesters: a deacon from St. Matthew’s attending her first demonstration; a deacon from Christ Church chiefly k...
Not So Bad Afterall
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This past week I spent 4 days at my sister's house in PA to help her out with the recent birth of my new nephew, Rexon. For weeks I hav...
Checking in
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I haven't posted anything since Sunday because my job is consuming me lately. I'm slightly stressed at work. I still love where I wo...
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN...his best-remembered film
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Actor Farley Granger died in New York on Sunday at age 85. He'd begun his career in Hollywood under contract to Samuel Goldwyn and mad...
It's hard to lose weight but it's even harder to be fat
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As I struggle to get control of my eating and get my weight back down, I constantly wonder why this has to be so incredibly difficult. I kno...
I didn't know I was so fat but pictures don't lie
Before Pictures (from the Big Climb March 20, 2011) Rear view (ugh!) It's weird how I often don't see my body as it really looks. Wh...
27 weeks
How Far Along: 27 Weeks Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the size of an eggplant! Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans and pants but...
Hitchcock's Silent Version of Blackmail on the Big Screen
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The era of talking pictures arrived while Alfred Hitchcock was working on his crime thriller, Blackmail , in 1929. The film had already been...