Found the best website ever!

As if I don't have enough recipes and enough websites to keep me occupied ... but... I have to share that I found the best website ever!  It is called The Yummy Life.  I never ever have any cereal products for breakfast because I am always hungry before I've even finished my morning commute.  However, she had a steel-cut oatmeal slow cooker recipe that intrigued me and sent me straightaway to Trader Joe's to pick up steel-cut oatmeal.  I had my husband start the crock pot at around midnight and the most delightful breakfast was awaiting me this morning.  I was not even hungry for lunch at lunchtime!  Anyway - I started looking around her site and the recipes are fantastic.  I have been inspired to stop at Bed Bath and Beyond this afternoon to pick up a programmable crock pot that she recommends.  I have been shopping for a new crock pot for ages, but there are so many to choose from that I just never knew where to plunk down my money.  Actually I have a small one in which I made the oatmeal, but I am getting a new larger one anyway.  The oatmeal I made was apple-cinnamon but she has a cranberry eggnog one that I can't wait to try as soon as the eggnog starts appearing on grocery shelves!

So anyway - why was I searching for oatmeal in the first place?  As I wrote yesterday, I got my blood test results back and they are less than stellar.  On the Mayo Clinic website (that I posted yesterday) they indicated that eating oatmeal is a good place to start, hence the search for oatmeal recipes.  My daughter is also trying to get me to understand how to use Pinterest so I have been pinning recipes and websites. Another summer project....I don't have enough to do to waste my time....but I'm feeling a renewed interest in new healthy recipes, so it's all good. 

Hubby got the pool cover off - and the water isn't nearly as bad as it was last year.  We can at least see the steps, which is a good sign.  I told him to keep up with the chlorine and to make sure to put in stabilizer, otherwise the water can "turn" in a heartbeat.  The ducks haven't come since the cover has been off - which is odd, since they usually don't give up the ghost until at least 2 weeks into chlorinating and running the pool.  My new cat Vinnie I think is doing a pretty decent job of patrolling the pool, but even he sometimes ignores the ducks - it's a losing battle...  The pool was filled with hundreds (if not thousands) of tadpoles and toads but last night things were much quieter so I think the toads have started to fly the coop, so to speak.  Poor tadpoles, though. 

Anyway - if you have time browse around that website - it really is wonderful!

Miriam