Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
My Christmas menu
Its Foodie Friday!
With the goal of rest, relaxation and not staying in the kitchen all day in mind, this is my Christmas menu:
Christmas morning special breakfast
Honey Baked Ham
Sweet Potato Casserole (I make the night before and then just heat up on Christmas morning)
Italian pull apart
Crock pot Chocolate pudding cake
With the goal of rest, relaxation and not staying in the kitchen all day in mind, this is my Christmas menu:
Christmas morning special breakfast
Honey Baked Ham
Sweet Potato Casserole (I make the night before and then just heat up on Christmas morning)
Italian pull apart
Crock pot Chocolate pudding cake
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Why I should not go Christmas shopping
Because I buy 4 pair of shoes for myself, and no Christmas presents.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I need some advice.... alteratively titled... stop me before I buy something else.
Do you have a krups?
Do you love it? Use it all the time? Is it a hassle to make one cup at a time? Is the coffee really good and fresh?
In other words.... tell me why I should or should not buy this thing.
Do you love it? Use it all the time? Is it a hassle to make one cup at a time? Is the coffee really good and fresh?
In other words.... tell me why I should or should not buy this thing.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tuesday unwrapped
A piece of my home, a little glimpse of heaven, a little moment to celebrate at Tuesday's Unwrapped. Food ministry bags, waiting for delivery, lined up in my kitchen.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Christmas tour around my house
I am determined that Christmas will be low key. Full of rest, not extra work.
the sheep are invited to the party. I love the sheep. I have my own little herd.
Is there anything prettier than glittery Christmas balls sitting in a crystal bowl?
Some people are getting a monogramed ornament this year.
The Brass family singing carols was a gift from my best friend. Each year we go on the local Tour of Houses. This family was sitting in one of the houses one year. She tracked it down after I admired it. Who else but your very best friend would pay attention to you commenting on decor at some stranger's house and then track it down for you? I love it because it reminds me of what lengths she will go for me.
My husband's favorite, the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.
Want to tour more? Look here and be sure to watch her video tour. Her house is fantastic.
THIS! THIS! THIS is the reason I garden
Finding a perfect, beautifully fragrant pink rose in the garden. . .
and then in my kitchen window sill.. . .
and then in my kitchen window sill.. . .
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Further proof that I am really 80 years old.....
...I have been talking about the weather A LOT lately.
Its been very cold and raining. So much so that Friday's lunch hour was spent at JC Penny buying a sweater to put over the turtleneck I left the house in. The store was packed and the dressing rooms taken. I ended up standing in front of a three way mirror just trying on sweaters, until I found the one I wanted (this one, in red), tore the tag off and brought it by itself to the register.
Then, just because I am crazy, I decided that 15 minutes was plenty of time to go to Lifeway Christian Book Store and then to the furniture store to look at couches.
I did (eventually) return to work, only to leave to meet my friend for an early dinner at 4 p.m.... yes at 4 p.m...... with all the other 80 year olds.
My friend has had a traumatic year, the kind of things that make you want to reach out and help, but there is nothing you can do, except meet her for dinner at 4:00 p.m. on some random afternoon that she wants to leave her office early and then set up some chicken fingers, fries, gumbo, fried mushrooms and chocolate pie between you.
Its been a hard year for several of my friends. Unbelievably hard. As I look around my nice house, warm and happy, I certainly have nothing to complain about, but disappointing things have happened to me this year too.
Makes me look forward to the new year, a new clean, fresh start. I don't typically make new year's resolutions.... but I've been thinking of one this year and I have finally settled on... keeping the car clean. I don't know why this is so hard for me to keep the car clean. I keep my house clean, keep myself and clothes clean (not withstandng the numerous coffee spills and the coffee/diet coke/grey suit incident of 2009), but when it comes to the car, I just fall down.
This book I am reading tells a story about an executive that before he makes the decision to hire someone in a high ranking position with his company, he schedules the second interview, only to invite them to breakfast out of the office. The catch is, they have to drive. This allows the executive to see the way they keep their car as well as how well they make small talk in an informal setting such as a surprise breakfast. I think the point being that your car represents what is really going on with you life.
So, I guess I should devote myself to the few small things I have some control over in life, keeping a clean car. As well as asking for gift certificates to the car wash. Or, better yet... begging others to just come pick up my car and take it to the car wash.
Oh wait... is that another sign that I am really 80? Me, at the vacuums on Saturday morning, searching for quarters and spraying air freshener on all the seats?
Then hitting the yard sales.
Its been very cold and raining. So much so that Friday's lunch hour was spent at JC Penny buying a sweater to put over the turtleneck I left the house in. The store was packed and the dressing rooms taken. I ended up standing in front of a three way mirror just trying on sweaters, until I found the one I wanted (this one, in red), tore the tag off and brought it by itself to the register.
Then, just because I am crazy, I decided that 15 minutes was plenty of time to go to Lifeway Christian Book Store and then to the furniture store to look at couches.
I did (eventually) return to work, only to leave to meet my friend for an early dinner at 4 p.m.... yes at 4 p.m...... with all the other 80 year olds.
My friend has had a traumatic year, the kind of things that make you want to reach out and help, but there is nothing you can do, except meet her for dinner at 4:00 p.m. on some random afternoon that she wants to leave her office early and then set up some chicken fingers, fries, gumbo, fried mushrooms and chocolate pie between you.
Its been a hard year for several of my friends. Unbelievably hard. As I look around my nice house, warm and happy, I certainly have nothing to complain about, but disappointing things have happened to me this year too.
Makes me look forward to the new year, a new clean, fresh start. I don't typically make new year's resolutions.... but I've been thinking of one this year and I have finally settled on... keeping the car clean. I don't know why this is so hard for me to keep the car clean. I keep my house clean, keep myself and clothes clean (not withstandng the numerous coffee spills and the coffee/diet coke/grey suit incident of 2009), but when it comes to the car, I just fall down.
This book I am reading tells a story about an executive that before he makes the decision to hire someone in a high ranking position with his company, he schedules the second interview, only to invite them to breakfast out of the office. The catch is, they have to drive. This allows the executive to see the way they keep their car as well as how well they make small talk in an informal setting such as a surprise breakfast. I think the point being that your car represents what is really going on with you life.
So, I guess I should devote myself to the few small things I have some control over in life, keeping a clean car. As well as asking for gift certificates to the car wash. Or, better yet... begging others to just come pick up my car and take it to the car wash.
Oh wait... is that another sign that I am really 80? Me, at the vacuums on Saturday morning, searching for quarters and spraying air freshener on all the seats?
Then hitting the yard sales.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
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