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  • Happy Father's Day

    Happy Father's Day

    Just wanted to say that I am privileged to have a good father and mother who instilled in me the values needed to make it through life. For that I am very grateful. Were they perfect? Of course not. Parenting doesn't come with any instruction book. I …

    June 19, 2022
     · shakiestnerd
  • Salsa

    My wife has been on a quest for her perfect salsa. This one comes pretty close the the Mexican restaurant style we like.

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup white onion - roughly chopped
    • 1 clove garlic - roughly chopped
    • 1 jalapeño - roughly chop, remove seeds and ribs
    • 2 14.5 cans fired roasted …
    June 04, 2022
     · shakiestnerd
  • Vegetable Casserole

    This is one of our go to recipes for an easy meal. One nice thing is that you can be creative with the vegetables.

    Ingredients

    • 32 oz. pkg. frozen mixed vegetables
    • 1 cup Sharp Cheddar cheese shredded
    • 1 can cream of celery soup
    • 2/3 cup sour cream
    • 1 small …
    February 03, 2022
     · 1 min read
     · shakiestnerd
  • Mexican Rice

    One of the things we miss since leaving Texas is the great Tex-Mex food. So, we have been trying to learn to make some of the dishes that we love. We tried out this recipe from the Villa Cocina channel on YouTube and it was very good. It turned out …

    July 16, 2021
     · 1 min read
     · shakiestnerd
  • Hurricane Sally in Baldwin County, Alabama

    Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama on September 16, 2020 as a category 2 storm with 105 mile per hour winds. As the storm moved inland, it passed over our travel trailer on its trek northeast. We went to my in-laws to have a more secure location to …

    October 03, 2020
     · 1 min read
     · shakiestnerd
  • Thoughts on COVID-19

    It is now four weeks (July 11) since I came down with COVID-19 and it is nine days after getting home (July 31) from my three-day stint in the wonderful Memorial Hermann Sugar Land hospital.

    Here are some random thoughts.

    The 16 days that I was ill before I got …

    August 11, 2020
     · 5 min read
     · Doug Green
  • Why I Wear a Mask During COVID

    Spoiler Alert - I will tell you the answer upfront. I wear a mask for you, my fellow sojourners through a strange new world. By wearing the mask, there is a slim possibility that I may protect someone from contracting this heinous virus.

    The mask makes me look stupid. The mask …

    June 24, 2020
     · 1 min read
     · shakiestnerd
  • Communicate Your Intention

    Driving over the Thanksgiving holidays reminded me once again of a problem on our highways.
    It is the lack of drivers using their turn signals. So, with so many examples of poor driving in mind, I resolve to make this one small contribution. I will use my turn signals to …

    November 30, 2019
     · 1 min read
     · shakiestnerd
  • Home Video

    Update

    We have sold our home! We are going to live without a mortgage for a while as part of our plan to save money.

    When I returned to work the next day, my co-workers had made a special sign for me.

    sign

    Thanks

    I owe a huge thanks to Jonathan …

    August 08, 2019
     · 1 min read
     · shakiestnerd
  • Little Things

    There was a time in America when smoking was much more prevalent than it is today. Yes, people complained about second-hand smoke and how literally breathe-taking it was to walk past a group of smokers.

    I remember a little thing. It was the butts. They were everywhere. In parking lots …

    June 28, 2019
     · shakiestnerd
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