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Well in the blurry month I was sick, my birthday, Christmas, and Paul's birthday came and went.

I spent most of the time in bed and watching my house get further and further into clutterdom.

Even though I told Paul not to get me anything for Christmas, he did anyways.  But it really is a couple's gift so I guess it doesn't count.

He got us one of these:

A Soda Stream!  We had looked at them before Christmas trying to decide if it was something we would like and use.  We LOVE it!  The flavors we've tried have been delicious:  Root Beer, Orange soda, Pink Grapefruit.

Right now we an assortment of fruit flavorings to make just flavored Sparkling Water.  This week we bought Ocean Spray Cranberry-Raspberry and Tonic Water.  Both delicious and so easy to make.  We're looking for Ginger Ale now and haven't been brave enough yet to try Cola.  Less sugar in the Soda Spray drink.  But I've been replacing some of the Coke with the sparkling waters.

 Be warned:  when sampling new Cranberry beverage, don't spill it all over yourself.

 Seriously, if you have stains in clothing you have to get this stuff.  I haven't seen a stain it couldn't remove yet.  Even old greasy stains in Pizza Zone t-shirts.  It's the best.  ***you can go back and repeat this whole paragraph in a women from a TV commercial voice.....(it will make it more interesting)

 I thought I would just share a couple of pics from my first Thai Cooking experience was happening.  We went to the Chinese Market and bought the necessary ingredients. 

Since I'm sure most people have no idea what Lemongrass is (or have ever even heard of it), this is Lemongrass.  Not what I had pictured in my mind.  It's almost like little stick stalks (say that fast 3 times).  When you cut into it, it had a very aromatic smell of lemons.

Here's the star ingredient........Fish Sauce.  I actually cut back a little on the portion of that in the recipe.  But in the whole grand scheme of things you never really taste it in the soup.

 Here's the final product.  We added shredded chicken to it as well.  This recipe is a keeper!

And Paul whipped up a batch of home veggie fried rice to make the meal complete.

 

 

Paul & Debbie's secret trip Hint #3: 

Our destination city had a high temperature of 16 yesterday and will probably be just as cold when we visit.