I love posts with pictures in them! But, I am going to have to learn that as pretty as they make the page, as much as they enhance the story, they are time consuming to prep and put into each post.

That was one of my goals for this blog to make it visually appealing. But I am letting that one go. Have you noticed that I have not posted in forever? I am going to do better from this point forward.

Also, I am working on a method to do posts via video. Yup - it's the other extreme I know! But, I realized that I am not so much of a writer as I just like to talk to people. With the new video log idea, I'm more likely to get more good content out there. So, look for that to be incorporated too.

So that was just a simple bit about what I've planned. Stay tuned in!

Here is a great suggestion for saving printer ink. I have an HP laser printer, but this would apply if you are using ANY printer brand or whether it's inkjet or laser.

First, anytime I print something that comes out of the printer wrong or that well-known last page that just has a page# and url at the bottom with nothing else worth keeping - I save it. It goes in a bin next to the printer. I load that paper in the printer
upside-down for random things I want to print because the backside doesn't really matter. Saving me $ on paper and lots of trees. Love that!

I also keep a three things near my desk.

1. Trash can
   
2. Shredder
   
3. Carton/box top or the cardboard box that is underneath a case of water you bought.
   
   

The first 2 are self-explanatory. The box top is for your paper trash. You know when you get a bill and it has envelopes and inserts stuffed in there with the statement? How about old magazines? And flyers from the mailbox that you have no interest in. Anything paper that you can recycle goes in it. I have one by my kitchen desk and my husband has one by his desk too. We empty them when they're full - into a bin in the garage - and that gets taken to our local recycling center!


Now about those ink cartridges...

Ask yourself each time you print... Does this really need to be in color?

Most of the time, it doesn't. So why are you wasting your color inks when they are so expensive? Especially for laser printers - there is one black cartridge and three color ones!

Here's what I do. I will explain with my printer in the example, but most printers give you options before you print.

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There you have it! Save your $ and be conscious of what you choose to do. I hope that you start making this a habit. We can stop wasting resources and consuming more than we need to... and save our $ for our own pockets and not someone else's!

Toodles,
Joanne

OK, this is so random. But, I gotta tell ya!

I got this recipe off of my 2008 Flagstar Bank Calendar for the month of October. Kera and her boyfriend came over in October (before I noticed the recipe under the huge picture on the calendar) and told me that they had entertained some friends at his house the night before. Jared made this very easy chicken recipe telling me the ingredients and how he made it, and everyone raved about it. So, they left and the very next day I notice this recipe on the calendar hanging in my kitchen and "I'll be darned!" if it wasn't almost exactly the same!

So, I go out and get the ingredients on my next jaunt to the grocery store. So, simple, quick, easy, and YES, it is "deelish"! We are having it for the second time tonight and I just thought "this is just too good not to share". In my house, I have to double it.

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CHEESY BAKED CHICKEN

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place 4 boneless, skinless, chicken breast halves in a baking dish. Top each breast with a slice of Swiss cheese. Mix 1 can of cream of chicken soup, 1/2 cup of fat-free milk, and 1/2 cup of nonfat sour cream and pour over chicken and cheese. Top with 1-1/2 cups of herb stuffing crumbs; cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes until golden brown.

Enjoy!

(Keeping it short, but at least I posted something!)

Gotta run...dinner's ready!