Beeker’s Words

My sister and her family gave me a Colorbok Pre-Designed Scrapbook for Christmas. I love scrap-booking, however I tend to get so bogged down in designing the pages that I never seem to complete a project.  This is why I am in love with the Colorbok Pre-Designed Scrapbook. It comes with the album, materials, and [...]

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Pete and I would like to wish all our family and friends a very Merry Christmas! We love you and are thinking of you all today.

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I am sure most of you read about or saw video clips concerning the recent New Orleans Council vote to allow the federal government to demolish 5100 existing public housing units. The plan is to replace these units with mixed income developments that would have only 3,343 public housing units. Public housing is a sensative issue [...]

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I was reading an article By Paul Thomasch on Reuters this morning and I followed a link to a website called FreeRice. FreeRice has two goals; to provide English vocabulary to everyone and to end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. Those who advertise on their site pay money for each [...]

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January 1, 2008 at 7:30pm. FOX will be broadcasting this game!

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I hate going to the grocery store in New Jersey. I miss my HEB/Central Market from Texas, my Harris Teeter from Georgia, and my Ukrops from Virginia. We have Whole Foods, or Whole Paycheck as my husband calls it. I like organic, healthy products, but not when it triples my grocery bill for the month.  We [...]

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This is a wonderful and easy cookie for the holidays and the rest of the year!
8 whole graham crackers
1 cup butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9 by 13 baking dish with aluminum foil. Lay out the graham crackers in a single layer. Sprinkle pecans over [...]

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I love William Sonoma. I just found a neat gift for the chef in your life. You can now personalize spatulas. Pete this is a hint.

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My husband has our 2 and half year old niece singing this song. Her favorite sandwich is Peanut Butter and Jelly.

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Recently our cat Kirby started to lose weight (about 3 pounds) and completely stopped eating. At first we thought it might be allergies or an upper respiratory infection. We took Kirby to our local vet who prescribed an antibiotic, gave him subcutaneous fluids and took blood to test for other possible issues.  We were told to take him [...]

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