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SAMMY'S #1 SALMON PATTIES

Bella — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:51:53 -0600

1 14.75 0z. can salmon
1/2 med. onion, chopped
2 eggs
1 tsp. ground pepper
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
1 whole pkg. saltine crackers, crushed

Empty 1 can salmon & juice into large mixing bowl (remove bones). Add 2 eggs. Add lemon juice. Stir mixture well. Add onion, pepper, crackers. Stir.

Form into patties 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Set aside on plate or wax paper (make 5-6 patties). Let set 5 minutes.

In large frying pan heat 1/2 inch cooking oil to med. high temperature. Do not skimp on oil. When oil is hot place patties in pan and cook 4-5 minutes per side. Make sure patties get cooked all way through. Center should not be cold.

Patties will be beautifully brown, crunchy, and very delicious. Squeeze on some fresh lemon. mmmmm... they are to die for.

Submitted by: Sam Triplett
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1945,135186-245192,00.html

Paid blogging

Bella — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:56:05 -0600

I accepted a few paid blogging assignments on this blog but I've decided now that I don't want to do that here.

I have a few other blogs where I do get paid to blog on occasion and that's cool, but I think I'm going to just let this blog go back to being my own personal blog that is for my own enjoyment only. I frankly don't give a flying flip if anybody ever reads it or not. pfffft!

I really need a place to go where I don't feel like I have to cater to and bow down to the wishes of others, even if they are freekin' paying me money to do it. blah. It just isn't worth it for BellaBlog. This blog has always been my haven and I plan to keep it that way. So there.

What is worse than the people that pay me money are the people I pay money to! I paid for membership at an online community and the admin(s) had the gall to come in recently and delete posts from my forum. I figure that I paid for the service and it is up to me to decide which posts I choose to delete and which to leave up. AND the deleted posts did not break the TOS of the site. They are bastards. ~~And I'm not talking about The Reef~~. The assholes know who they are. *sweet smile*

Orlando Luxury Real Estate

Bella — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:54:11 -0700

I'm not in a position to even begin to start looking for my dream home but that doesn't stop a gal from dreaming, does it? We have been discussing my husband's retirement lately and those conversations always seem to lead back to Orlando luxury real estate.

One thing I definitely plan to do when we start looking for our dream home is to make sure we use the services of a buyer's broker. A website I have recently visited is Buyers Broker of Florida which I have bookmarked for future reference (like I said it is never too early to start dreaming).

Buyers Broker of Florida have the reputation of always representing the best interests of the homebuyer and not those of the seller and that's exactly what I'm looking for. I wouldn't hire an attorney that would only represent me part of the time and I feel the same way about hiring a real estate broker. I'll definitely be looking up Buyers Broker of Florida when we get ready to make the big move.

The Superficial, because you're ugly!

Bella — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:37:50 -0700

What kind of website uses the "f" bomb in the title of their posts?

Geez, I finally had to remove the news feed I had on my sidebar of The Superficial. I've noticed a few words that were really iffy but for goodness sakes, I can't have a blog with the "f" word prominently displayed. I can get as down and dirty as the best of them but there is a time and place for it. This blog is not the time or place.

Get a clue The Superficial! If you want to talk smut that's fine and dandy - you are the only celeb trash site I bother to read and I'll continue reading your blog. But leave the nasty words out of your titles and RSS feeds. Dang.

Tomorrow is Old Lady Day

Bella — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:55:11 -0700

I have to take my mother-in-law to the heart doctor tomorrow for a finger stick to check her protime level. I dread it.

This woman talks non-stop and bitches and complains and gossips about anyone and everyone she knows. Taking her anywhere is pure torture for me. But I do it. And cheerfully too! Can't you tell how cheerful I am? haha

Cutting Edge Vacation Website

Bella — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:29:35 -0700

Thank goodness for the internet when it comes to vacation planning. You young whippersnappers probably don't remember what it is like to try to plan a vacation in the ice age, that is, before the internet was invented.

Hubby has a vacation coming up and we have been surfing the net looking for vacation websites to help us plan the perfect vacation.

I recently found a newly designed website called vacations.net that looks pretty good.

The all-inclusive resort vacations are what really caught my eye at vacations.net. Most resorts prices include your room, all meals, all beverages, and all tips and gratuities. Also included are activities such as scuba and snorkeling. But wait, included in the resort price are entertainment and airport transfers. Wow.

I plan to do a lot more digging at vacations.net. It seems like if you book a vacation with vacations.net you can leave your wallet at home!

Thursday Thirteen 82nd Edition

Bella — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:36:41 -0700

Thirteen Things about Bella

1. I'm an MMORPG addict but I'm trying to kick the habit.

2. I'm in my 4th and final marriage.

3. My mother-in-law drives me crazy!

4. I have 3 cats.

5. I live in Florida.

6. I drive a white Buick Regal.

7. I have a hard time thinking of 13 things!

8. My husband is cooking pizza now.

9. I don't know how people do this every week.

10. I made my first paid blogging post on my other blog so I'm $5.00 richer than I was this morning.

11. When I'm not gaming I'm just as addicted to web design as I am to the games I play.

12. I've been on the internet since the WWW was invented.

13. Pizza is ready, going to go eat now!

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I guess I'm not a "future thinker"...

Bella — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:36:34 -0700

When I first set up this blog I had no inkling that I might want to monetize (aff) it one day. That's why I set it up as a subdomain. I didn't think it would ever really matter.

Fast forward to today. Now that I've decided to try to make a little side cash by monetizing my websites I can see that having this blog on a subdomain was a very bad move. I should have purchased my own domain name for it in the very beginning.

Oh, well, that's water over the dam now and nothing I can do but pick up and move forward. I purchased a domain and set up another blog there. *crying* Now I have to move from a PR2 blog (not great but at least it is ranked) to a PR0 blog. Dang.

About this site

Bella — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:33:06 -0700

This is a personal blog. There really isn't any rhyme or reason for it except to have a home base of my own and not be at the mercy of the site administrators at some of the hosted communities I frequent.

Any and all comments by real people are welcome! However, due to recent spam bot abuse new comments go into an approval queue before being posted. Fie on you spam bots! Fie fie fie!

Internet Explorer is stupid!

Bella — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:25:42 -0700

Well, if this blog is good for nothing else it is at least a good place for me to RANT!

I couldn't even log into my OWN blog with IE until I cleared my cookies and history. #$%^&%$# Internet Explorer is a pain in the butt!

I did download IE7 this morning and must say, I like the look of it a lot better than the old look. I already have Firefox set up with the extensions I like though and I'm not into configuring IE to match. Plus, I'm still scared of all the holes in IE - too much bad press I guess.