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Bocce Ball Potluck
For this month’s Heights Time Bank potluck, Matt and I hosted an evening of Bocce ball in our driveway. I gave Matt a few ideas of things we could make for a main course. Once he picked macaroni and cheese, I decided we should run with the theme: “Bland in color but not in flavor.”For the mac & cheese, we followed my best friend’s recipe:
- Mix 2 cups cheddar cheese, 2 cups cooked pasta, 1 beaten egg, 2 cups cottage cheese, and 1 cup of sour cream in a bowl. Transfer to a baking dish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes.
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Library Books
I trekked to the library in preparation for our spring break trip. Originally, I wanted to go to the big downtown library, but Laziness beat me in arm wrestling and I went to my local branch instead.
Here’s what I walked away with (in my Envirosax, which I adore):
Pregnancy Books
- Body, Soul, and Baby: A Doctor’s Guide to the Complete Pregnancy Experience, from Preconception to Postpartum–I started reading this book a few months ago, but my renewals ran out and I had to return it. I really appreciated its emphasis on conscious pregnancy.
- Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven: A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot and
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A New Game to Add to Our Collection
My best friend got me two new games for my birthday. A group of us played one of the games tonight: Snatch It.Here’s how it works:
- You start with a bunch of Scrabble-like tiles and turn them face down in a central pile.
- Each player takes a turn flipping over a tile.
- When someone can make a word with at least three tiles, s/he says the word, grabs the tiles, and sets up the word in front of him/her.
- At any time, a player can grab one of the tiles from the middle and use it to make a new word using someone else’s words (hence the “snatch
