Suzanne Schaffer

It's been a while since we've discussed our fa vorite websites. Here are a few of my favorites: My Fitness Pal a free online weight loss/ maintenance site. I've been on there since January 2012 and it's been so helpful. eBay well, no explanation needed Pinterest so much fun in one place should not be allowed Accuweather local weather, as in local local. Th ese fol ks are just 40 minutes up the road from me. Urbanspoon the best place for foodies to find new places to eat  Paperbackswap    a mus t if you're an avid reader    

My si xteen year old suggested that I place a cottonball inside the lid of my Lemongrass Spa mineral make-up to keep it fro m spilling into the top when the lid is on. What a great tip! This can be used for any p owdered cosmetic. Do you have any helpful hints to share?

What's missing from this picture? That's right, the own er of the purse. She's in the fitting room. Remember my post ab out stupid things ? Let's add this one to the list.  

I find it more than a little disconcerting that songs from the 80s are now being used as j ingles in ads on TV. The worst is th e Chase (?) remake of Footloose . I mean, come on, that's like messing with a piece of history. How could they do that? How co uld Kenny Loggins allow that ? It's just not right. I've hear d I'm Only Human by The Human League. That one doesn't bother me as much because I never liked that song. I a ssociate it with some things that I'd rather not remember.  

I spent most of Tuesday rolling out pasta dough and using a heart-shaped cookie cutter to make these ravioli. They were the perfect dinner for Valentine 's Day .  Pa ired them with a green salad and then for dessert we had chocolate pasta with a hazelnut cocoa sauce, fresh raspberries, hazelnuts, whipped cream, and shaved white chocolate. Decadent to say the le ast. It was fun to create a holiday meal. I'm wondering which holiday I can make the next big meal for. Any ideas?

I'm so glad yesterday is over. I set aside the entire day to work on something very special. Heart-shaped ravioli's for Valentines Day. I mixed up the freezing cold meat filling by hand (left the water running on lukewarm so I could warm them up when they started to numb), made the dough myself, rolled it out, used a cute little heart cookie cutter to cut them out, filled them by hand, pinched the edges and then sealed them with a fork, tossed them in the freezer and then started the process all over again. I made a nice batch of the heart ones for tomorrow and the rest I made into regular ravioli shape.  I also did other housework, but the ravioli took up most of the day. When dinner time rolled around the last thing I wanted to do was cook, but I threw together a chicken curry vegetable soup with everything that was left in the fridge from last week's grocery trip. It was one of the best pots of soup I ever made. I need to go back and write down what I did so I can

I have no idea how she knows because these are things that I don't tell anyone. I'm thinking about getting some Cutco knives.  She gives me some. I'm thinking about getting a new mini food processor. She gives me one. I'm thinking about getting a new blender. She gives me one. I'm thinking about getting a mandolin (food slicer, not the instrument!). She gives me one. Now, if she gives me a beach house I'm going to go totally crazy.....