A nice garnish can class up any meal...

Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | Posted by Em | Labels: , , 0 comments


Fancy Fast Food is my new favorite blog. They take food (ingredients) from fast food restaurants--Taco Bell, KFC, Wendy's, etc., and turn it into something that looks (if not tastes) gourmet. It's amazing what a good garnish and some creative plating can do!

Nauvoo University

Posted: Monday, June 29, 2009 | Posted by Em | Labels: , , , , 0 comments


If you know anyone who would like a really neat educational experience, a new university is opening in Nauvoo this fall. Nauvoo University is a university with LDS standards located in historic Nauvoo, IL.

Type of Institution:
Nauvoo University is a coeducational private institution.
The institution will initially start as a semester study program.
The next step will be to become a two-year community college.
The final step will be a four-year university.

Affiliation:
Nauvoo University is an independent, privately-funded university following in the rich educational tradition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Brigham Young University, but not funded or operated by either of those institutions.

Curriculum:
Nauvoo University offers a balanced education combining a classical liberal arts component with practical skills and training. The three current majors offered are General Education, History, and English, and will be expanded to others each year.

Location:
Nauvoo, Illinois, is a small rural town with a population 1,100. It is located on a bend in the Mississippi River in the Tri-State Area (Hancock and Adams Counties, Ill, Lee County, Iowa, and Clarke County, Missouri) with a population of 153,300 residents. The area includes Nauvoo, Carthage, Hamilton, Quincy, Keokuk, & Fort Madison.

Check out their Web site for more information.

I'm over 25. I guess it's time to grow up?

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Wow. Read this blog post at Tomato Nation. I guess it's time for me to grow up (and learn to walk in heels). Some of it I happen to agree with, some of it is a little harsh. Thank you notes are a must! Proper etiquette really has gone out the window. It's time for Emily Post (or her granddaughter) to write a new book that includes the etiquette of cell phones, texting, emailing, etc. I just thought this was an interesting article.

Michael Jackson (1958- 2009)

Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009 | Posted by Em | Labels: , 0 comments


The King of Pop has died. Thanks for Beat It, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, Bad, Thriller, Man in the Mirror and Black or White.

Music I'm digging right now...

Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 | Posted by Em | 0 comments


I am really liking Diane Birch lately. Her song "Valentino" is the perfect peppy-folksy-poppy-song for the summer. It's a good driving song--if only I had a convertible...The rest of the album, Bible Belt, is good, too. But, as always, you don't have to take my word for it.

Free Lip Balm

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This year Burt's Bees celebrates its 25th anniversary. To celebrate, the company is giving away a bunch of free stuff, starting with 25,000 tubes of lip balm.

Each day through June 20, the company is offering 1,000 free Beeswax Lip Balms online. Today's stash is already gone, but you should bookmark this page for a chance to win. The contest starts sometime between 9 a.m. and noon ET, but it changes each day -- you have to keep checking the site.

I love getting free stuff and I love Burt's Bees lip balm -- it's a win-win situation!

Happy Anniversary Burt!!

Of course it's not real fruit!

Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | Posted by Em | 0 comments


A California woman claimed she was deceived into buying Cap'n Crunch cereal during a four-year period because she thought "Crunch Berries" were real fruit. She sued the company for damages. Luckily the judge was smarter than her and threw out the case.

What kind of fruit did she think Crunch Berries were exactly? Dried um, maybe strawberries? Just another reason we need to put more money into our education system.

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