http://www.christine-murphy.net crafts, cooking, product/service reviews, and more! Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:26:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you seen the latest issue of Everyday Food magazine?  Here is a picture of it, with Martha and Emeril on the cover.  Emeril will now be doing a regular feature for the magazine, called, what else, "Kick It Up!" This issue is all about grilling and other summer cooking.  What's ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/07/01/everyday-food-kicked-up-a-notch/ In no particular order... high heels pink baseball clothing sexy costumes pantyhose dresses/skirts tube tops underwire bras thong underwear nail polish fur coats I guess my X chromosomes were wired wrong, because women ate *supposed* to like all of this stuff. And as far as I care, if women do like it, fine with me! It just isn't me! Except ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/29/ten-things-i-would-never-want-to-wear/ If you came here yesterday and found something wrong with this site, I apologize. I was having some problems with the old installation of WordPress, and the only way I could think of to fix them was to upgrade to the newest version, 2.5.whateveritisthisweek. Luckily, the upgrade went off without ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/28/stuph-2/ I LOVE taco salad, and this is an easy and very tasty one to make at home. Click on the image above for a large printable copy of the recipe, this will open in a new window. A few tips here - 90% lean ground beef is kind of ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/27/get-inspired-taco-salad/ ...that I like to watch, but will probably never try any of the projects from, is The New Yankee Workshop. It features Norm Abram, who is also on This Old House, building a different piece of furniture each week. He has built everything from curio cabinets to benches ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/16/another-one-of-those-shows/ I have been seeing this advertised in a lot of craft magazines, as well as discussed on crafty message boards. This is something I can definitely use, as I can't fold a straight line to save my life. The official website for this is HERE. You can watch ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/12/topscore-enveloper/ Today I have a recipe for you that will make you need to dust off those ellipticals and get into some serious working out...the Infamous Triple Chocolate Cookies! I actually already have this online, so rather than re-typing or copy/pasting, I will just link to it.  GO HERE FOR YUMMIE COOKIE ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/12/c-is-for-cookie/ It's this Sunday. I'll be glad when it's over. I'm really sick of the sexist commercials that around both Mother's Day and Father's Day. I mean, look at them. It is ASSumed that all women want frou-frou stuff, such as flowers, jewelry, and other girly things. When ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/11/fathers-day/ We've been having a heat wave here in the Northeast...temps in the 90's for four straight days. We're getting some relief today, thank goodness. Temps in the 90's in June, in New England, is unseasonably hot. Usually, we don't get temps that high here until July/August. It could be worse, ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/11/too-hot/ This is one of the books that I want to get.  The PBS show of the same name is currently airing on CreateTV, and I really want to make a lot of the recipes in it.  But they are not all available on Lidia's website, so I need to buy ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2008/06/09/lidias-family-table/