So we just got back from HorrorHound Weekend III- I put a ton of pictures in a new album!!!  Go check it out!!

I will post a big story about our weekend.... it was amazing!!!

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I always feel very accomplished after I do my own taxes... this year especially!

It's the first year we get to file jointly as the happy married couple that we are, and I am definitely liking the consequences of doing that :-D

So, hopefully the refunds come soon because they are going towards the moving expenses. Speaking of moving expenses, we are inspired by how expensive everything is to start living more simply.

We have decided that we will try to make everything we need and only buy what we can't make, sounds easy... lol

Soooo... No more prepackaged granola bars (i'm going to start making them). No more eating out unless it's a special occasion, no buying clothes (for me, because I can just make the simple things), etc.

So, does anyone else do this? Anyone have any pointers, advice, or ideas for things that we could do to cut costs, waste, and all around yucky stuff?

Don't miss the beautiful lunar eclipse tomorrow (feb 20th)!!! It is the last total lunar eclipse until December 2010!!! So definitely try not to miss this awesome event!!

The eclipse will start at approximately 8:40pm Eastern time and will last about 3 and a half hours. ALSO!!!! The moon will appear to form a triangle with Saturn and Regulus (bright blue star)! The moon is expected to appear blood red, orange, and other reddish hues. If you are watching around 10pm eastern time and 11pm eastern time, watch very carefully because there should be a flash of turquoise around the edges of the moon, astronomers at nasa say it's because of the earth's ozone layer... I say it's magick ;-)

So try not to miss this event, bundle up with coats, scarves, hats, and mittens, make some hot tea and watch the amazingly magickal skies!!!

So, earlier I posted a question about blood oranges in recipes... well I decided to make my own recipe.  So........

I made fat free chewy chocolate cookies and added blood orange zest and diced blood orange.  They are AWESOME!!!!!

If anyone wants the recipe, just let me know!

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So, I went to Trader Joe's this morning with a friend and got some AWESOME stuff!  I got a bunch of indian food (my favorite style of cooking) and other goodies including Blood Oranges.

So, does anyone have any cool/unique recipe using blood oranges?  I see them on iron chef all the time but.... most of the stuff they make is weird ( see squid ink ice cream) :-D