Susan's Pendulum

I may never can again. Things did not go well when I attempted to put up some incredible chili last week.   So yesterday I made chili an...

Saute together in a humongous pot: 1.5 pounds hamburger 2 onions, finely chopped 1 large sweet green pepper, finely chopped 1 large hot ...

As my mom's health began taking a turn for the worse last year, she mentioned one of her regrets.  She says she wished she'd done mo...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I've had my fill of tomatoes.  Wow!  Even two weeks ago, I didn't suspect that ...

It so happens that, due to the holiday and scheduling flukes, I ended up being off work for nearly the whole week.  My jobless week included...

We have been flirting with the idea of looking for a house in town so that Maggie will be close to the library, church, the stores, the rec ...

It's time for that biannual job -- weather sealant for the deck.  Step 1: clean the deck.  Don't use the power washer. Don't we...

Dear Neighbor, I understand.  And I agree that most people are over-protective of children.  I understand that your 7-yr-old daughter is h...

I am not the manager.  I am not the supervisor.  But I've seen quite a few tellers come and go during the months I've spent at my jo...

Tomatoes are doing nicely.  Best year for peppers I've ever had.  We ate some awesome stuffed-pepper skillet the other day. Maggie and...

Our town hosted "Heritage Days," a montage of historical re-enactments, all the way from ancient Greece & Rome, up to WWII....

Jeff Fitzgerald. For all you undecideds, take a look at our Assembly Speaker . He stood firm with Gov Walker. Granted, any of the four ...

I haven't been in a traffic jam this bad in years.  Even when on my rare forays into Chicagoland, I haven't seen this kind of traffi...

When you're a kid, you don't know what adults call their in-laws.  After all, parents usually refer to their in-laws as "Grandm...

Although the DPI now has available the online census form on which we report the enrollment of our homeschools, now is not the time to file....

Because I bruise easily, I know that every single bump into a corner of a counter-top, a piece of furniture, or a car door, will result in a...

So while we're babysitting today, the 3-yr-old comes from the garage, onto the deck, with a hatchet. Andrew's eyebrows pop up, and ...

So when the peach pie or the apple pie contains the fruit-skin, when the mashed potatoes have skins in them, does that mean a) the cook i...

I think it might be worse to watch somebody else make a mistake at work than to botch it myself. Almost half of our tellers are new in Jun...

Heads-up to guys: This is a girls' topic. About a decade ago, the doctor sent me for tests.  She was quite sure I didn't have can...