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Hooray for Leftovers!

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Normally when a person thinks of leftovers they think of something gross and unappealing. Well my lunch today was leftovers and I'll have you know it was very YUMMY! In an effort to save money on groceries because we just bought a new car, the hubby and I have been exploring alternate methods of cooking that are cheap but also not time consuming. This is what we've come up with.   We don't have a name for it, but it is so very yummy and it cooks all in one pot. Ingredients: 1 package Hillshire Farm precooked Beef Sausage 1 fresh sliced yellow onion 5 sliced red potatoes (depending on size) 2 fresh cloves of garlic 1 can Veg-All, drained 1 cup white Minute Rice 1 can of water 2 Tables spoons light margarine Tony Chachere's Creole Spice Mix Garlic Powder We start by slicing and adding the onion, potatoes, Veg-All, water and margarine and spice to taste (we like ours a bit spicy) so that they can start cooking. Then slice up and add the sausage. Once

Real ID for World of Warcraft

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As some of you may know I'm hopelessly addicted to World of Warcraft an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). I've been playing for nearly 5 years now and I love the game. I have 8 level 80 characters plus 3 more in their mid 70s. My husband and I met through the game and it is a part of our lives.  One of my sisters likes to give me crap because we pay $15 each every month to play this game. But $30 once a month for unlimited entertainment is so much cheaper than dinner and a movie that we'd only get to do once a month. Recently Blizzard (the company that owns World of Warcraft) released a new feature for WoW and their other games. Real ID. Real ID was a revolutionary new chat system for the game. Friend your friends and you can now talk to them no matter what character they are on no matter if they are of a different faction, on a different server, or even in a different Blizzard game. I became really excited about this as I love to randomly create new