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The Revolution provided scarves for the home opener.

They also provided a win.

Thank you and thank you, Revs.

Grandma Linda and I took Oliver for a little stroll through the hallways.

I will not be joining in the craziness of St. Patties in the greater Boston area, but I did make green beer.  Food coloring probably rots the cells in my body or something, but I have a bunch from making Christmas cookies and I’ve never had green beer.  I feel like my mom used to make green pancakes or something for the holiday (is that true Mom?).

You left coasters should also know that Boston celebrates Evacuation Day today, with some lucky folks getting the day off.

What’s everyone else doing?  Corned beef and cabbage?  General beer drinking?  Potatoes galore?

Lincoln’s aunt Molly is in town while her folks are out of town.  This means two furry beasts in the house.  It also makes for some hissing and growling.

Think they can work out their differences and become pals?

This post may be about puzzles, but it’s not about jigsaw puzzles and I’ll even throw in a cute nephew picture.

Okay, now on to the puzzle. Surely you’ve heard of Sudoku. This new puzzle is similar, but involves a little math as well. I’m starting to get the hang of it, so go try it out and let me know what you think.

KenKen at the New York Times

My Sudoku experience definitely helps.  I also must admit I’ve had to use a calculator a little.

I mean, enough about puzzles after I point out that you can do jigsaw puzzles online.  I just did this one.

It took me 8 minutes.

Looks like I have to cover up some of my site for this puzzle.  It’s good to change things up a bit.

Well, actually, I guess the team I was cheering for didn’t win.  It looked like they might for brief time there at the end, but oh well.  The nacho cheese sauce was delicious, especially poured over hot and crispy tater tots.

If you missed out on the commercials and are into that sort of thing, Hulu has put them online.

Over the weekend I also finished my second puzzle, the Commemorative Barack Obama 44th U.S. President Puzzle.

After another dumping of snow last weekend left me unwilling to leave the house, I was bit by the puzzle bug.  Okay, I did leave the house to purchase the puzzle, but it was totally worth it.

I finished this warm beach scene in a few days and wasn’t even sick of the whole thing at the end, so I’ll likely be going back for another.  I don’t know, I might even bump it up to 1500 pieces.

Wearing my inauguration sneakers (you may remember them as my election sneakers), I watched the swearing in and ate my slice of Obama cake.  The Presidential seal frosting was a little chewy.  I watched on the big screen with a lot of other people from the school.  What did everyone else do?

It’s time I showed a dismal cooking failure here.  This is the second time I have tried to make this cinammon swirl bread.  It tastes delicious, but just won’t come out of my pan.  The recipe is in the trash for good this time.

In case you haven’t heard, Oliver is running around on his own two feet these days.

And lastly, I will accept my friends’ friend requests on Facebook. I see no reason not to. Perhaps I will even make an effort to participate in the Facebook madness.