Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 11, 2009, 4:00 am
You know that feeling you get when you’re coming down with something really vile?  Yeah, I’ve got that feeling.  Swell.  Why can’t people just keep their germs to themselves??? A...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 10, 2009, 4:00 am
The women’s bathroom in my office building has become a marvelous source of amusement for me lately, and yesterday was no exception. “Cause when I went in there first thing in the morning...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 9, 2009, 4:00 am
I’ve been…reasonably decent this year.  I guess; it’s certainly up for debate.  I can definitely say I haven’t started smoking again (which some days is still damn hard, but ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 8, 2009, 4:00 am
A conversation between me and Beloved last night: Beloved:  What are you doing? Me:  Thinking about my post for tomorrow. Beloved:  Random Thoughts? Me:  Yup. Beloved:  Do you have any rando...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 7, 2009, 7:20 am
When my kids came to visit for Thanksgiving, Darling Daughter asked if I’d buy some Ben and Jerry’s. “No,” I said, ” but I’ll make you some ice cream.” She ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 4, 2009, 4:00 am
After all your wonderful help Tuesday, I picked the two photos to submit for my test – the back of the church with the graveyard and the buggy going through the cornfield.  I logged into the si...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 3, 2009, 6:03 am
Before we go any further, let me just say that I do NOT own a ricer. Yes, I am a culinary heretic. However, I have been “mashing” my potatoes on the “low” setting of my cheap...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 2, 2009, 6:09 am
When Jen handed out this week’s Spin Cycle assignment – Holiday Newsletters – I managed to laugh and groan at the same time (it was surprisingly easy to do).  I’ve never liked...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Dec 1, 2009, 4:00 am
If you took all the girls I knew When I was single And brought them all together for one night, I know they’d never match My sweet imagination - Everything looks worse in black and white. ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 30, 2009, 8:03 am
Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving – it was very, very tasty here at the Sushi Bar.  Tiring, too – I’ve been cooking non-stop since last Tuesday evenin...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 26, 2009, 7:40 am

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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 25, 2009, 4:00 am
The Spin Cycle this week is Giving Thanks.  Jen, the lovely and witty arbiter of all things Spinning, is participating every day this week, which I thought was an excellent idea so I will join her. ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 24, 2009, 7:53 am
The Spin Cycle this week is Giving Thanks.  Jen, the lovely and witty arbiter of all things Spinning, is participating every day this week, which I thought was an excellent idea so I will join her. ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 23, 2009, 7:21 am
The Spin Cycle this week is Giving Thanks.  Jen, the lovely and witty arbiter of all things Spinning, is participating every day this week, which I thought was an excellent idea so I will join her. ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 20, 2009, 4:00 am
It has been a long darn week. Beloved has been working long hours out of town.  I’ve been working long hours in town.  I DID get the car serviced this week (if you can call $190 for basically...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 19, 2009, 4:00 am
My two grown children are coming here for Thanksgiving, and I am THRILLED.  I’m proud to say that I’m close to all of my kids, and that holidays spent together are not an obligation but a...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 18, 2009, 4:00 am
This subject of this week’s Spin Cycle – heroes and bravery – has been unusually difficult for me to tackle, not because I don’t know anyone who is heroic or brave, but because...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 17, 2009, 4:00 am
Actually, this post has nothing to do with any of those things (well, except the wine); I just thought it sounded like a cool title. ~~~~~~ I guess I could have called it “Leftovers, Dog Poop ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 16, 2009, 4:00 am
Good gawd, we were so busy last week that I never got around to posting a recipe.  And it’s not going to get better any time soon; after more than a week with Jolly and Little Guy, Beloved left...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 13, 2009, 4:00 am
There’s no better way to bookend this week of blogging.   And the best thing of all?  He’s moving back to Ohio after the first of the year! Grandpa and Grandma have just become putty i...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 12, 2009, 4:00 am
Okay, so the term is a little outdated.  So am I. Without a doubt, I have the most wonderful readers in the blogosphere.  I am nothing less than overwhelmed by the response, in the comments section...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 11, 2009, 4:00 am
I once got into an argument with my mother.  She was berating me about my weight – an all too common occurrence.  I told her that losing weight wouldn’t make me a better mother or wife o...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 10, 2009, 7:42 am
There’s a certain hell for bloggers who sit in front of their computers with no idea what they are going to blog about (even Jen at Sprite’s Keeper is giving us a “free” Spin t...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 9, 2009, 5:58 am

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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 6, 2009, 9:02 am
We are having so much fun here at the Sushi Bar with Jolly and Little Guy!  There will be more pictures very, very soon, but I can’t let a week go by without at least one recipe.  This is a go...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 5, 2009, 4:00 am
So, Jolly and Little Guy landed at Cleveland airport safe and sound at 2:30 p.m., EST, Tuesday.  Little Guy slept the entire 50 minute drive home.  He woke up briefly when we got home, ate and went ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 4, 2009, 3:00 am
Grandchildren are a parent’s reward for not killing their children. I’m an old parent, and I’ll be the first to admit it -  I’ve been doing this job for 26 1/2 years.  It re...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 3, 2009, 3:00 am
So, yesterday evening after we left the office, I got my (current) heart’s desire. A macro lens for my camera. I think I’ve just forfeited any Christmas and birthday presents for the nex...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Nov 2, 2009, 3:00 am
Last night, I convinced The Young One the french fried onions on top of the green bean casserole were Funyuns. After 26 years, I still rock.
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 30, 2009, 7:41 am
It is Friday.  Thank gawd. As much as I love him, if the dog wakes me up tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m. barking because our absolutely ANAL paper delivery person walks up to each and every front porc...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 29, 2009, 8:33 am
You’d think I’d be tired of posting recipes after last week, but nope.  They give me an easy out I love recipes. Beloved is not all that crazy about pies, and even less enthusiastic abou...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 28, 2009, 4:00 am
The Spin Cycle this week is all about Halloween.  This is re-posted from last year and pretty much sums up how I feel about this particular holiday. I love Halloween.  In fact, everyone in my famil...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 27, 2009, 4:00 am
No RTT today; I’ve got one started, but I just haven’t had time to do the whole thing justice so it will just have to wait until next week.  We are VERY busy; lots going on at work this w...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 26, 2009, 11:26 am
Well, the Sushi Bar suffered a major network outage this morning when “a backbone router went bad in the Mzima network center.”   Thank you so much, Web Host Guy, for that completely con...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 23, 2009, 4:00 am
A certain bloggy friend of mine has brought to my attention that the lovely Jen from Blissfully Caffeinated had her little bundle o’ joy last week, and she wasn’t doing too terribly well w...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 22, 2009, 4:00 am
The Spin Cycle this week is all about Fall recipes – and what recipes represent Fall better than Thanksgiving recipes?? You’ll be hard-put to find any American family that doesn’t h...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 21, 2009, 4:00 am
Once again, the topic for this week’s Spin Cycle is recipes, and I’m participating every day until Friday.  Just thought I’d get that out of the way. I asked Beloved what kind of a...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 20, 2009, 12:44 pm
I don’t often do two posts in one day, but today is my mother’s birthday; she would have been 64. Happy birthday, Mom.  We sure do miss you. If you want to know the story behind this vi...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 20, 2009, 4:00 am
Again, the Spin Cycle this week is “Fall recipes” and I’m participating every day.  However, Beloved asked that I take today off and do a Random Tuesday Thoughts; he says they’...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 19, 2009, 4:00 am
This week’s Spin Cycle is all about recipes – Fall recipes, to be exact.  Since I love to cook and have recipes out the wazoo, I’m going to participate in the Spin Cycle every day t...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 16, 2009, 9:49 am
As you may or may not know, Jen at Sprite’s Keeper is the proprietress (for want of a better word) of a wonderful weekly forum (because it’s NOT, she will tell you, a meme) called the Spin...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 15, 2009, 9:49 am
So, as promised, more pictures from our most recent visit to Hocking Hills State Park for the Photo Essay Spin Cycle.  Let’s just jump right in and get started, shall we?  (Click on any image ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 14, 2009, 9:06 am
This week’s Spin Cycle is “Photo Essays” – something Jen does fairly often, and quite well, too.  (I’m rather fond of the ones chronicling the shenanigans of Sprite and ...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 13, 2009, 9:10 am
Well, y’all – I’m back. And, frankly, tempted never to go on any sort of a vacation from work again.  I was out of the office for all of 1 1/2 days – a total of 30 hours R...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 8, 2009, 5:40 am
Well, Beloved will be home around 9 this morning and since I have not seen him in a week and a half, I do believe I am going to spend a great deal of time smooching his face today.  Tomorrow we leave...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 7, 2009, 4:00 am
My mother was a very artistic person.  She painted, sketched and sculpted and was the most talented cake decorator I’ve ever personally seen.  She loved arts and crafts, and my childhood was f...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 6, 2009, 4:00 am
First, may I just say that if you’re easily grossed out – like me – then going to iStockPhoto.com and doing a search on “sutures” is probably not the best of ideas. Just...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 5, 2009, 4:00 am
The bastard. Because, yes, it’s that time of the year again – time of the inexpensive candy. Not cheap candy, mind you – if all I had to deal with was candy corn, candy pumpkins an...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 2, 2009, 4:00 am
Thank you, John Lennon.  Eloquently stated. I’ve got a couple of posts started that (I think) will be moderately entertaining.  But life? It gets in the way. So my delusions of entertaining...
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Janis S. posted an article on Jan’s Sushi Bar ? A Little of This, A Little of That - Oct 1, 2009, 4:00 am
A Longaberger basket. Just one of the many interesting sights you can see in Ohio – the headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Company. Yes, this is a real, honest-to-goodness building. For m...
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