Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup soft fine bread crumbs
1 large egg
1/2 cup ketchup (plus more for topping, if desired)
2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard or Creole mustard
1 medium sweet onion, finely chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Cajun or Creole seasoning, or similar seasoning blend
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried leaf oregano

Preparation:

Heat oven to 350°. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl; work together with hands until thoroughly blended. Pack into a meatloaf pan or a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan and bake for 1 hour. If desired, spread about 1/2 cup of ketchup over the top of the loaf about 15 minutes before the meat loaf is done. Serves 6.

Sony Ericsson JD Power Award

“As cell phones become more complicated, it’s going to be critical for handset manufacturers and wireless service providers to educate their customers on how to use these new services and features,” said Parsons. “Making it easier for customers to learn how to operate specific products and services can increase satisfaction as well as promote future purchases of value-added products and accessories.”The study measures customer satisfaction with wireless handsets by examining five key factors. In order of importance, they are: physical design (24%); operation (22%); features (20%); handset durability (19%); and battery function (15%).

Sony Ericsson ranks highest in overall wireless customer satisfaction with a score of 741 points on a 1,000-point scale, performing particularly well in features and battery functionality. Sony Ericsson also receives the highest ratings from customers in operation and handset durability. Samsung (728) and Motorola (726) follow Sony Ericsson in the rankings.The study finds that 40 percent of customers chose their wireless phone primarily due to the design and style of the handset. Other popular reasons for selecting a specific handset include: received for free (27%), easy to use (22%), discounted/reduced price (21%), small size (19%), digital camera features (15%) and variety of features offered (15%).

Click on the link below for the full JD Power article.

Source: http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007271

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"

Since we are going on Vacation, we thought we'd setup our decoration before we left for Thanksgiving. The real tree was such a mess last year, so we bought a beautiful new pre-lighted tree and love it! We are looking forward to seeing you all in a couple days, and it'll be nice to get away from the cold for a few days.

Blog all setup

Well we finally setup our family blog. Boy this was easy to do. Now I just have to get Lissa to use it. I'll link everyone elses blogs to mine once you give them to me. Reply to this posting with your blog address and I'll add you. This is going to be so much fun! Love you guys!

Mike