Cathy's Ham and dressing

well get a picnic ham.....about 8 or less pounds.

get some heavy duty wrap...

wrap and put in a pan with sides on it like in the store

put the ham in the pan...preheat oven to 300

then put in oven and cook for about 2 hours.

then cut it down to 250 for the night..

put it in the oven at about 11:00pm and cook all night...

take it out around 7am

Dressing

buy you some frozen homemade biscuits...store brand...

get a pack of five or 6 thighs.....boil them for about an hour

chopp med. size onion .... get some poultry seasoning and sage

yes chicken

take about 8 biscuits (cooked)

crumble them up in a bowl and them put your onion and sage and poultry seasoning in on top ....pour some broth off your boiled chicken in on top of all this bread and seasonings.A little bit at a time and let it soak up in the bread .Stir as you pour and mix well......keep on till you get a good texture...not too wet ...you can taste it too make sure its got the right amount of sage in it.

spray pan with pam and then pour the mixture in the pan

put salt and pepper on top...

make the dressing the night before and put in fridge overnight.

cook the next day in oven at three fifty..

cook for about a good hour and 1/2 then take foil off the top and brown it .

the part about the poultry seasoning and sage was wrong.....use one or the other...but not both...my bad

It seems complicated but is fairly easy

If you have all the ingredients its easy....if you get sage use a little then keep tasting after stirring...

same if you use poultry seasoning.....add to taste

poultry seasoning has sage in it.....

thats why you dont use but one or the other...

Cathy's Sausage Balls

Ingredients:

• 1lb Hot Sausage
• 2.5 -3 cups Shredded Cheddar
• 3 Cups Bisquick
• 1 Tablespoon Water

Combine, roll into balls of desired size

Bake at 350 degrees, for 30 minutes.

let cool, enjoy!

Whirlpool

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Joe's Rating:  1 of 5

Melissa's Rating: 1 of 5

Whirlpool 28.6-cu ft French Door Refrigerator 

with Single Ice Maker (Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Lowes: Item #: 397787 |  Model #: WRF990SLAM

Home Depot: Model # WRF989SDAM  Internet # 203491523  Store SKU #829099

This Refrigerator was picked out among a huge selection.  Whirlpool because my grandmother used to be an appliance salesperson and in her (obviously biased, but still lovable) opinion, Whirlpool tended to have the least problems, rarely returned and the customer-base that were loyal to the brand was pretty significant.  She loved selling Whirlpools because her commission would almost always make it to her bank account without any hiccups.  She herself was fond of Whirlpool and would even often purchase the Kenmore (Sears brand) of a product if Whirlpool manufactured it, which was often the case with Kenmore appliances.

The pro's are just completely in the description of the product, this thing has a lot of neat little features but the one that sold Melissa (and I was indifferent) was the in-door ice-maker system.  This left a lot of room for items on the shelves.  This was probably the selling feature, we moved this to the top of our list for that reason alone.

The con's weren't obvious at first.  The problems being demonstrated as we use it.  The filter needs to be replaced every 6 months, which isn't that big of a deal, but still obnoxious (I come from a simple fridge family :)) but the huge problem started about 3 months before our year warranty ran out, but we didn't consider a problem until 3 months after the warranty ran out.  This problem being:

The compressor sounds like its going to explode.  It is clearly working its ass off to generate enough pressure to do whatever happens inside of there to make things cold.  I opened the back end, to maybe theorize a DIY solution (I am pretty well versed in physics and I have an engineer on standby at all times) but the internal organs of this beast look like I will definitely damage and ruin this $2500 fridge.  So I contacted Whirlpool's customer service, who was beyond ridiculous to deal with, so I tweeted my grievances and they've contacted me since, but say they'll contact me again soon.  Which is what I do when I'm flaking out on plans, so we'll see what happens here.

The outcome of the repair, including cost (free is what I want, of course) and hassle will be added to this review, so as to be complete, without the fact that the freezer has stopped working, the ice-maker is leaking and stopped working this fridge would get 5 stars, but with those things in mind, it gets a 1 star.  These problems are so critical to the use of this machine that I wouldn't just score it low, I would passionately recommend against this product.

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Product: Sta-Green 15-lbs Sun Bermuda Grass Seed

Mohawk Bermuda
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I would recommend using this.  These are not my photos, but they describe very well what experience I had.  I have photos of my own yard that I will post soon.  This photo is from another review of this same product by an anonymous reviewer on Lowes.com

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I am already excited about christmas.  So I drew up a rough draft (version 1) of my concept for lights!

Paint, Bedroom 3

Top is before

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Backyard May 2013

We cut out the dead tree, just followed the previously made flowergarden and put down some fresh mulch.