Reese Payton » Food & Drink

Send Your Parents This

Reese — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:22:35 +0000

Had to laugh at tonight’s email from my mother of which she informs me to “send your parents this“ in which she provided me with a picture and the link to a website that sells the most amazing looking Berries and other edible goodies in gift baskets for all kinds of occasions. Since Christmas is right around the corner I am assuming that she is wanting this particular Cheesecake Trio and Full Dozen Giant Dipped Fancy Berries as one of her presents this year.

Doesn’t this look wonderful? I’ll have to order one for myself as well…..

4 Berries Dipped in Milk with Chopped Almonds
4 Berries Dipped in Dark with Dark Chocolate Chips
4 Berries Dipped in White with Dark Swizzles
3 Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes
Item #30005066

A delectable assortment of individual serving mini cheesecakes including a Classic New York cheesecake, a rich and smooth white chocolate cheesecake and a luscious chocolate Rocky Road cheesecake. With twelve Fancy Berries.

Keeping Away The Winter’s Chill

Reese — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:07:58 +0000

My favorite winter drink is made with Alpine’s Spiced Cider, which is found at all the grocery stores here in town. You just add hot water to the mix in the envelope and you are good to go.

I however like to add a shot of Captain Morgan’s 100% proof Spiced Rum, along with a cinnamon stick, which I add for the flavor and to use to stir the mixture with also. It makes for a wonderful winter beverage that will certainly put a smile on your face and warm your insides at the same time.

Thanksgiving

Reese — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:20:05 +0000

This year’s Thanksgiving dinner celebration is going to be different from previous ones. My mother usually hosts these holiday functions at the old homestead, but this year my brother’s daughter has volunteered to have Thanksgiving at her new town house. We were afraid that my mother might be upset with this but she seems grateful that she won’t have to do both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, since it is a lot of hard work for her to tackle each and every year. So we will see how it all works out come next Thursday afternoon.

African Entertainment Online

Reese — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:04:44 +0000

We have a pretty diverse group of good people where I work, which makes for interesting conversations and interactions throughout the time that we are all stuck there each work day. Having so many people from various races and countries certainly makes some interesting smells coming out of the break room, especially during lunch time. You never know what you are going to find cooking in the microwave or being kept in the refrigerator, it can be kind of scary some times as well.

Another cool thing is the variety of music that gets played throughout the day on numerous computers that we all have access to at our desks. Yesterday our Nigerian employee found some interesting Online Nigerian Music at a site that is chocked full of Nigerian Songs that he found at Hibuzz.com, which also offer a variety of Nigerian Movies that a few of us were checking out to see what they were all about. It was a nice change of pace from the country music that so many of my co workers seem to enjoy listening so much. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have anything against country music but I like my music to be mixed up a bit, not the same thing over and over and country music tends to get depressing after a while.

Paperless World

Reese — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:52:12 +0000

I did a bit of cleaning up around the place last weekend. Got rid of a ton of trash, freed up some space in my home office and the basement. It’s amazing how quickly we accumulate so much crap isn’t it? I found several years worth of phone books that I haven’t even looked at in several years. I mean if you have the Internet you really don’t need the local yellowpages for much. I can’t remember the last time I even thought of looking for something or some one in any type of paper phone book. My recycling bin got filled up quickly and is ready to be put on the curb in the morning for the city to pick up and recycle for me.

If I need to find something like one of the local restaurants all I have to do is go on a site such as local.com and they have everything that I need. The address, the phone number, directions and even reviews. Now what paper phone book can do all of that? I love how the World Wide Web has made a local search such an easy task to tackle and it can allow you to find people, places and things all over, which is just so cool.

Check This Out

Reese — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:12:00 +0000

HEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened November 4,1926, in Amsterdam . Now there are 150 stores all over the Netherlands.

Take a look at HEMA’s product page. You can’t order anything and it’s in Dutch but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens.

Don’t click on any of the products pictured, just wait and see what happens. Be sure you have your sound turned on.

This company has a sense of humor and a great computer programmer.

http://producten.hema.nl/

My Crock Pot Put to Use

Reese — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:54:39 +0000

I don’t know what I would do with out my slow cooking Crock Pot, now that I have figured out so many ways to use it, I find myself pulling it out from under the counter more and more as time goes by. Today was a perfect day to put it to use, they way it spills the aroma all through out the house is just wonderful and keeps everyone from wondering too far from the house come dinner time, that puts a smile on my face.

Peanut Butter

Reese — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:32:47 +0000

I love peanut butter sandwiches. You can add honey, or butter, or marshmallow fluff, or a cut up banana or jelly and jams galore and you will always come up with a first class sandwich each time. I don’t have a favorite brand, I usually just buy what is on sale or what looks good at the moment, any peanut butter works for me and it’s good for you, now how cool is that?

In a Jiff

Reese — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:52:17 +0000

Had to go to the local Jiffy Lube during lunch yesterday and have them throw an oil change on my car. Thank goodness they got me in and out quickly, I even had enough time to grab a bit to eat before heading back to work. Lunch breaks are never quite long enough to get things done and something in the stomach to keep you going until you clock out.

Too Much Plastic

Reese — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:56:54 +0000

It really irks me that each and every store that I shop at has a plastic card to issue you “in order to give you discount prices” we all know that they are using the information that is scanned on that piece of plastic for marketing reasons. I hate that my wallet is so jammed packed with all these plastic cards and not with hard cash. Why don’t they just offer cheaper prices and get on with it?