Old Navy

All clearance is an extra 50% off this weekend! Not many fantastic deals for women or kids, as their summer/early fall stuff was pretty meh this year. But there are great deals for men...a lot of shirts for 99¢ - $3.99.

Wild Rice Chowder

Made this today: Wild Rice Chowder

The whole time it was cooking I was very leery of it -- it just didn't smell quite right. So of course I tossed a zillion odd things into it, and it turned out fabulous, and I will never be able to recreate it...

My search is over.

I've found it: the PERFECT dinner roll recipe....ixnay on the omsmay eastyay ollsray....these ones are the absolute very bestest:

Oatmeal Dinner Rolls

Had to add 1/2-1 cup of flour, but other than that, no modifications. Perfection.

Mom's Yeast Rolls

Forgot to post this last week in the midst of my bread kick:

Mom's Yeast Rolls

Definitely needs more flour, as many reviewers have commented. But goodness, they turned out AWESOME. A sad comment: I was so proud that they looked store-bought. Sigh. What our world has come to...lol...

Chalkboard paint.

My mom was 30 years ahead of her time, and we had an entire hallway painted in chalkboard paint back in the 1970's. It's become pretty popular in the past few years...and here is how to make your own (any color). Nifty!

How to make chalkboard paint

Still on a bread kick.

Now THIS is a great recipe. Success on the very first try. I can't wait to tweak it... Schlotsky's Bread