Yikes

Quite a lot has happened since the last post. Nothing earth shattering. We have been to the El Dorado...our favorite place to eat. The park is nearly full as most everyone who is coming arrived this week. There will be a few more arrivals trickle in but from now on out it will be a trickle.
This morning the other Brooker's and Toomire's and us went to Denny's for breakfast. And then it was garage sale day so we checked that out.
We are still experiencing cool temps. We usually have temperatures in the 70's and 80's for daytime highs but this year it is hard put to get even close to that. I still have hopes it will get better soon.
The guys are golfing this afternoon.
Till next time...

DirectTV

So we called DirectTV. They seem to be used to getting the calls because they start coming with offers. So the bottom line is our bill has been reduced by $15 for a one year period. They made sure we understood it was only for one year. I made sure they understood we would reassess our thoughts on it in one year also. So for now we still have it including a National feed for PBS. I will make another call next year.
I hope I get to talk to Marsha again...

Another cold and rainy day

With the weather being cold and drizzly we went to a movie yesterday with Bill and Jo and saw The Blindside. It is a great movie but more than a bit of a tear jerker. Take at least 3 kleenex, maybe 4.
H.E.B. had pork roast on sale for 97 cents a while back and I bought one and cooked it in the crockpot. It was about a 7 pound roast so I had to freeze some for use another time or we were going to get very tired of pork. So when I ran across this recipe it sounded ideal for using up some pork and indeed it was! I poured it over tortilla chips (white ones)and then sprinkled on grated Mexican blend cheese. It was yummy and a make again recipe for me.


Slow Cooker Mexican Pork
1 lb boneless pork loin roast, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 1/4 cups Old El Paso® Thick 'n Chunky salsa (from 24-oz jar)
1 can (4.5 oz) Old El Paso® chopped green chiles, drained
1 can (15 oz) Progresso® black beans, drained, rinsed
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (4 oz), if desired

1. In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix pork, salsa and chiles.
2. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
3. Stir in beans. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 5 minutes or until beans are hot. Sprinkle with cheese.

Substitution
Vary the taste by using pinto beans instead of black beans and Cheddar cheese instead of Monterey Jack cheese.
Special Touch:
Serve over hot cooked rice or tortilla chips. Top with a dollop of guacamole or sour cream.
Nutrition Information:
1 Serving: Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 70mg;
Sodium 1550mg; Total Carbohydrate 39g (Dietary Fiber 10g, Sugars 6g); Protein 33g Percent Daily
Value*: Vitamin A 20%; Vitamin C 4%; Calcium 8%; Iron 20% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0
Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

No More Free TV

Yesterday we received an email from DirectTV informing us our bill would be going up in February. Our bill is already $85 a month. We pay an extra $10 a month for high definition another $10 a month for local feeds of both coasts and we do not get public television, which when we are in Iowa is our most watched station. Part of our expense is because we are in the RV and move from location to location. So we are weighing in on what we are going to do about this. Our first instinct and most likely solution is to give it up entirely. We will get TV off the antenna and settle for whatever shows up. Well according to the news this morning in two different locations, nothing much is going to show up.
We first discovered we were in a fix when they went from analog to digital. The minute the big switch was made our number of TV stations we could watch off the antenna dropped to practically nothing and in some locations it was nothing!! In order to get TV at all we were forced to subscribe to cable or satellite. Now who and how did that happen?!!? I have a few ( Big Business) guesses (Big Business). They snuck that one past us pretty easy!!
The two articles below are both about TV and rates of such. I am about ready to tell them to stick it up their old wazoo and we will go to reading books, taking more walks and getting more Netflix movies.

Http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091229/ap_en_tv/us_free_broadcasters_in_peril

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091229/SPORTS020502/912290360/Sinclair-No-deal-Mediacom-hopeful

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