Today I made brownies with the sole purpose of giving them away, voluntarily. However, the longer they cooked, the better the brownies smelled making me question my sanity on giving them away. Anyone who has ever made brownies knows how utterly divine they smell while baking. Anyone who has ever made brownies [...]
Today is my day for the prayer partnership and I find myself at a loss for words on what to say. There are so many things rattling around in my brain but they all seem disjointed and intertwined. I was asked to pray about our present and future economy.
I thank my Lord for:
continuing [...]
It looks like Flash will not be going to school for a couple of days. She’s picked up a chest cough at school (probably) so we will keep her home for a day or two until she starts to feel and sound better. Bronchitis and the flu are being passed around the different [...]
Eric at Certa Veritas:
Father God,
We approach you with humility and awe at your greatness and power. You have blessed each one of us in many ways as well as pouring out many blessings on our country and its many leaders over the years. Lord, we come to you today in the midst of our election [...]
How’s this for a big girl attitude? Flash was so hungry she set the table hoping we would get to eat faster. Actually, I don’t know her motivation for setting the table, and we praised her a lot for it. It was very cute. First she picked out some toddler silverware [...]
Tonight I made BeeBee’s Coca-Cola Brisket from Carnival of Recipes #1. It turned out delicious, but it could have been a disaster.
Just a little preview – BeeBee’s recipe calls for brisket, chili sauce, onion soup mix, and a can of Coca-Cola (hence the name). Only 4 ingredients and I have to substitute 2 [...]
We were finally able to find some paint primer yesterday so I am hoping to repaint the back bedroom this week. At this time it is painted half pink and half blue. It used to be Flash and Peanut’s room. They don’t have much furniture to speak of so I dumped lovingly [...]
Songstress at News From the Great Beyond with our presidential prayer for today:
Abba Father, I come before You today in thankfulness and humility. Thank You that You allowed us to be born into (or to come to live in) a country where we are free to worship You, and where we have the freedom of [...]
Kelli at Spare Change with today’s Presidential Prayer.
Dear Father, Today, I pray for the presidential and vice presidential candidate’s families. First, I pray that if none of them know You as their personal Lord and Savior, that You would draw them to Yourself. I pray they will repent, [...]Due to a small mix-up I missed linking to day 2 of our Presidential Prayer Project. Christopher over at What in Tarnation wrote the prayer for the day.
Dear Lord,
I acknowledge that wisdom comes from you and that wisdom is a result of reverence and obedience of You. I pray that during this election season [...]
Heard today in the car:
Flash: Mommy, shhh. Peanut is sleeping…Never mind. You can talk loud now.
Is she implying I talk loud or is she just giving me the option? Hmm…
The kids have been rough around the edges today. Flash has been bossing Peanut around and he has not been happy about it. It reminds me of a conversation Flash and I had almost 2 years ago.
Think back…Flash had been rather demanding of Peanut. I decided she had been bossy enough, so [...]
Tonight Pinwheels and I attended the Air Force Ball here on the island. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to go because we had trouble finding a babysitter, but by 8:30 this morning, everything was set. Thanks to my sister, the Newlywed, I had a very nice formal dress to [...]
It’s time for the Carnival of Recipes. Jennifer of Mellow Drama is our hostess this week.
I got this recipe from Taste of Home magazine. These are best if you let them cool a bit. Here it is:
Mini Chicken Turnovers
Filling:
3 Tbsp. chopped onion
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 3/4 cups shredded cooked chicken
3 Tbsp. [...]
Bryan, at Spare Change, has asked for our help in praying for our President, the office of President, the candidates, honesty in the candidates, and so on. Each day until the election, we will have a new topic and prayer from someone in the blogosphere. We only ask that you join us [...]
I had to drop Flash in her classroom, kick the door shut, and run. Actually, I had to pull the door shut quickly, but you get the idea.
We are once again having to pry Flash off my body when we go to school. Two weeks ago, we were able to bribe convince her [...]
I don’t know much about the Vietnam War. I do know my dad was drafted in 1971, and because of some unfortunate accidents over in Vietnam he did not actually go. I was born 3 years later when the wounds and memories and horror were still fresh. I know many people did [...]
Yay! I’m so excited. My sitemeter bumped over 1000 last night. How cool is that? Thanks to my faithful readers, my one-time visitors, and all those who are only here for the food.
This is not word for word, and I apologize. I didn’t know at the time it would be important. The O’Reilly Factor showed a clip of a Dan Rather interview with Bill O’Reilly from several years ago. Dan Rather said something very similar to this, “I think someone can be an honest [...]
I actually do. Here on the island, many things have a “boonie” connotation, so I think it is only fitting to say I actually live in the boonies.
Boonie bees: smaller than regular bees, and have a tendency to swarm
Boonie cars: usually refers to a car just barely holding together or looks like [...]
Peanut took me to his room today. He pointed to his bed which I had stripped earlier so I could wash his sheets. He wanted to know where his sheets were. I said I was washing them. He crossed his little arms over his chest and asked, “why?” I couldn’t [...]
Amy over at Prochein Amy has posted this week’s edition of Carnival of Recipes. She has done a fantastic job of dividing the recipes into categories making it a breeze to find what you’re looking for. If you don’t go look, you might miss one of your new favorite recipes. Won’t you [...]
Heard halfway through dinner…
Flash : “I don’t like the eggs anymore. They taste funny.”
Flash (to Peanut): “Don’t eat the eggs. They’ve got something funny in them.”
I didn’t know eggs changed flavors during dinner, did you?
Carnival of Recipes is being hosted by Amy at Prochein Amy of For this week’s Carnival of Recipes, I decided to go with chocolate again. You just can’t go wrong with chocolate, at least to me. I even won a dessert contest with this cake. I didn’t have time to let it [...]
I linked to a story (I forgot where) today regarding a lifelong Democrat, Jimmy Boyle, who lost his son on 9/11 and is
supporting Bush and the fight on terror. As I read through the article, there was a woman, Terry Rockefeller, who lost her sister in the attack on 9/11 and she is [...]
Last night, Pinwheels and Peanut went out for a little dinner, bonding, and relaxing. They went to Capriccio’s for a little Italian, and then stopped at Cold Stone Creamery (are you surprised?) for dessert and to bring some home to mommy. Pinwheels was able to enjoy some alone time with his little boy [...]
Two weeks ago I told you I wasn’t going to be overly political on my blog. I had not planned to be, and I guess that was unrealistic so close to the Presidential election. My goal is not to offend anyone, but I know that, also, is unrealistic. I will do my [...]
If you’re looking for a quick and yummy snack, try a sliced Granny Smith apple with T. Marzetti’s Caramel Apple Dip. It doesn’t take long to slice your apple and the dip comes in several sizes, one of which is roughly enough for one apple (comes in packages of 6). I’m sure it [...]
Teresa over at Technicalities has some good “tips” for getting prepared for a hurricane. Since I live in a typhoon area, I too can benefit from these preparedness tips. Here’s my favorite suggestion:
SHUTTERS:
Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors, and—if it’s a major hurricane—all the toilets. There [...]
I’ve read many posts regarding September 11th, and I’m sure there are many more out there. This is a good thing. We have to remember what happened so we don’t forget who is responsible, what they did, and to make sure it does not happen again. I have cried in sorrow and [...]