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  • Home Cooked Favorites From Near and Far
    • Home Cooked Favorites Odds and Ends
      • Basic Pie Pastry Recipe
      • BBQ Rub For Smoking
      • Tortola Rum Cake
    • Asian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Cantonese Beef Steak
      • Chicken and Mango Stir Fry
      • Chinese Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
      • Chinese Beef Curry
      • Chinese Chicken Curry
      • Chinese Hot and Spicy Chicken
      • Fresh Spring Rolls
      • Hot and Sour Soup
      • Indonesian Beef Rendang
      • Pork, Asparagus, and Red Peppers With Oyster Sauce and Noodles
      • Pork (or Chicken) Stuffed Pineapple
      • Singapore Rice Noodles
      • Spicy Ground Pork With Tofu
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Pineapple
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Udon Noodles
    • Canadian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Beef Bourguignon or Beef Stew
      • Bratwurst Casserole with Sauerkraut and Potatoes
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Deep Dish Turkey Pot Pie
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe
      • Hungarian Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy
      • Pork and Lima Bean Casserole
      • Pork Loin Roast With Potatoes, Onions, and Carrots
      • Quebecois Tourtiere Recipe
      • Shepherd’s Pie
      • Sole Filets a la Bretonne
      • Steak and Kidney Pie
      • Swedish Meatballs and Gravy
    • Italian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Baked Balsamic Chicken Parmesan
      • Baked Cheese Cannelloni In Meat Sauce
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara With Smoked Meat
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Chicken Puttanesca Recipe
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Lasagna
      • Italian Meat Sauce
      • Italian Pastas
      • Italian Tomato Sauce
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Pasta With Ground Lamb and Tomato Sauce
      • Ravioli with 3 Cheeses in Meat Sauce
      • Smoked Chicken Carbonara
      • Spezzatino di Manzo al Chianti (Beef Stew)
      • Veal Scaloppini in Green Pepper Sauce
    • Mediterranean Home Cooked Favorites
      • Lamb Meatballs in a Curry Sauce
      • Mediterranean Cod With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Moroccan Chicken With Lentils
      • Moroccan Ground Lamb with Chickpeas
      • Orzo With Fresh Basil and Parmesan
      • Orzo With Parmesan, Peas, and Tomatoes
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Veal Scaloppini with Saffron Cream and Mushroom Sauce
    • Mexican and Latin American Home Cooked Favorites
      • Albondigas Soup (Meatball Soup)
      • Black Beans and Rice
      • Chipotle In Adobo Sauce
      • Enchilada Sauce
      • Fish Tortillas
      • Guacamole Salsa
      • Mexican Beef Birria
      • Mexican Chicken Enchilada Casserole
      • Mexican Rice
      • Mexican Stuffed Green Peppers
      • Pork In Tomatillo Sauce (Yucatan Salsa Verde)
      • Pork Tortillas
      • Smoked Pork Burritos
      • Tamale Casserole With Masa
      • White Bean Chicken Enchilada
  • My Reviews of Netflix Foreign Movies and TV Series
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Belgian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Danish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Dutch
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Finnish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – French
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – German
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Icelandic
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Norwegian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Polish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Russian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Spanish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Swedish
  • Travel Stories – Then and Now
    • Countries and Languages
    • Food and Recipes
    • Travel – Land, Air, and Sea
  • Travel Phrases For Using On Cruises or Resorts
    • Travel Phrases – Dutch
    • Travel Phrases – Finnish
    • Travel Phrases – German
    • Travel Phrases – Indonesian
    • Travel Phrases – Italian
    • Travel Phrases – Norwegian
    • Travel Phrases – Spanish
    • Travel Phrases – Swedish
    • Travel Phrases – Turkish

Category: Generic Blogs

First Week of May 2025 – Still Cold and Wet

May 8, 2025 jamesbalicki Leave a comment

Not a lot going on around here… just wondering when winter will end and spring begin; and it’s May already!!…

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First Week of April 2025 – Spring is Here… Although Still Feels Like Winter…

April 9, 2025 jamesbalicki

Not a lot going on around here… just work and trying to keep up with the crazy weather. Very unusual…

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End of February … Beginning of March 2025 – Spring Around The Corner… Maybe…

March 10, 2025 jamesbalicki

The third cruise to the Caribbean started 23 days after we got home from the Celebrity Eclipse one – it…

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End of January … Beginning of February 2025 – 3 Cruises Down … and One More to Go…

February 3, 2025 jamesbalicki

The second cruise to the Caribbean started 10 days after we got home from the New Year’s Eve one –…

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January 2025 – Another Cruise … and More to Come…

January 17, 2025 jamesbalicki

The first cruise to the Caribbean started less than three weeks after we got home from the Mexican one –…

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December 2024 – A Cruise … and Winter Has Arrived

December 23, 2024 jamesbalicki

The cruise to the Mexican Riviera cruise out of San Diego finally arrived – and it exceeded expectations 😊. We…

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October 2024 – ‘Autumn Finally Here .. Maybe…’

October 29, 2024 jamesbalicki

This will be another late post – whoomph week has finally arrived and there is a lot of work involved…

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September / Beginning October 2024 – ‘Summer Gone … Autumn Here .. What Goes Around Comes Around…’

October 2, 2024 jamesbalicki

This will be a short post – my intentions are to be updating on a biweekly basis. It’s been a…

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July / August 2024 – ‘Hot and Cold, Sunny and Rain – What Next’

August 19, 2024 jamesbalicki

I find it amazing how fast time goes by -the last seven weeks have gone by so fast.  Not a…

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June 2024 – ‘Summertime, and the Living is Easy…’

July 1, 2024 jamesbalicki

The past month and a half has gone by pretty fast. The third week in May had us beginning our…

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May 2024 – Another Glorious Spring…

May 13, 2024 jamesbalicki

The past two months have gone by pretty fast. But the last two weeks of April and the first two…

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April 2024 – Survived Another Winter – Time For Yard Work To Start…

April 10, 2024 jamesbalicki

The past two months have gone by pretty fast. But the last two weeks of February and the first three…

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February 2024 – Spring Is Here – Well, Maybe Not Yet…

February 19, 2024 jamesbalicki

January went by pretty fast. We headed back to Mazatlan for the last week of January and the first week…

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January 2024 – A New Year – And Mexico Is Coming … Again…

January 20, 2024 jamesbalicki

December went by pretty fast. … we started off with an excellent cruise out of San Diego down the Baja…

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Beginning of December – And Mexico Is Coming…

December 3, 2023 jamesbalicki

November went by pretty fast. … And here we are, ready for our cruise out of San Diego going down…

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  • First Week of May 2025 – Still Cold and Wet May 8, 2025
  • First Week of April 2025 – Spring is Here… Although Still Feels Like Winter… April 9, 2025
  • End of February … Beginning of March 2025 – Spring Around The Corner… Maybe… March 10, 2025
  • End of January … Beginning of February 2025 – 3 Cruises Down … and One More to Go… February 3, 2025
  • January 2025 – Another Cruise … and More to Come… January 17, 2025
  • December 2024 – A Cruise … and Winter Has Arrived December 23, 2024
  • November 2024 – ‘Strange Weather…Stranger World…’ November 15, 2024
  • October 2024 – ‘Autumn Finally Here .. Maybe…’ October 29, 2024
  • September / Beginning October 2024 – ‘Summer Gone … Autumn Here .. What Goes Around Comes Around…’ October 2, 2024
  • July / August 2024 – ‘Hot and Cold, Sunny and Rain – What Next’ August 19, 2024

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