Work smarter not harder

We have been busy with Dad here trying to get some renovations done. Not only is my husband pretty handy but so is my Dad. Since most of the sheetrock was in poor shape, they agreed to replace it all with new. My husband started moving plugs to accomodate the new rock when I said to him "Where are you going to plug in the flat screen?" He looked at me and his eyes lit up just as he was about to cut the next piece to go up...Although we don't OWN a flatscreen at the moment, it made sense to plan for one as we know that our bigscreen is just too big. Hubby carefully planned the cuts on the walls, ran the cable for surround sound, and ran cables through the attic for satellite. Now your thinking!!!...He was so proud of himself even though it took most of the day to get everything ran properly it will be nice when we do get a new tv since its all there. Someone is going to look at us funny when we sell our house someday with plugs halfway up the walls-nothing a nice mirror can't cover.
Still lots to do though, tape/bed and texture the wall and then paint. Add flooring which which picked up last weekend and my living room will be close to complete.

Social networks and food

Yes it has been awhile since I have blogged, or read any blogs for that matter. My job has been keeping me busy-its admissions time and on the homefront, a grass fire, a snow storm and major home improvements haven't left much time to surf the net. But I promised myself when I started this blog I would stick with it. So here goes...
Prompts for this week:

#1- Social networks- the good, the bad, and the ugly (your thoughts on social media).
#2- The best food I ever had...

#1 is easy, I don't do Facebook as I posted back in July
There should be a law...
I have blogged about this before but it really is starting to irk me more and more. I don't facebook, I don't tweet and I don't subscribe to follow blogs, I will however return to blogs I love and read them often. What bugs me is that to enter contests I have to do all of the above or even sign up as a facebook fan to receive a free coupon. I won't do it. I like to comment when I read a blog that is interesting or has a great product but I should not have to sign my life away just to enter or get something for free. .I know that a company cannot make you purchase an item just to enter a contest---no purchase necessary, why should I have to create a facebook acount just to get a coupon... That's just my two cents.

#2-The best food I ever had. My Dad flew in last week from Canada for 3 weeks, its the first time he has seen his grandson and I can't tell you how much I love having him here. He is by far the greatest cook and there is no Ukranian food he can't make that isn't yummy. He is making cabbage rolls this weekend and I am hoping that he will make some perogies before he leaves.Now if I could just get my hands on some nice beet leaves he wraps them in bread dough and bakes them and then mixes them with cream and fresh dill. This is not diet food and you can't eat just one.
Hubby's birthday steak dinner was pretty good last night too!!