Be Still and Know...Then and Now

My week started with a trip to the drug store. It really started on the Friday before when I began to feel no so hot. By Sunday I was not a happy camper. My head felt like it was full of cotton and generally all I wanted to do was sit cuddled up under a blanket. Sunday, October 23 I’m a confirmed Alka Seltzer Plus advocate. For me it just works better than anything else I have tried. I also love the Halls cherry lozenges. They are packed with vitamin C, Zinc and Echinacea. Plus they are very tasty and help with your sore throat! Tuesday, October 25 I was feeling a bit better by Tuesday, enough to give my orange marmalade a taste. I was so pleased with the results. Click here for the recipe if you are so inclined. Not much photo worthy happened or maybe I was just milking the cold. I did take advantage of the situation to get a bit of rest. Friday, October 28 I have a tiny bit of fall happening in the back yard. There is not much of a fall showing but the Crepe Myrtles add a

Back in June I posted about My Bucket List , you know all the things you want to do before you pass through the pearly gates. Well there are a lot of very wonderful places all around the worlds that are all worthy candidates. However living with limited resources one must be realistic. Dreaming about amazing places and even one day getting to check a few off my list are goals to aspire to. But it got me to thinking about the things that we can all do every day. Those things that are within or grasp. Improving our minds, growing closer to friends and family. Learning new things. I think for me one of the things that I have come to realize is that getting older is more about your state of mind. I know my body at times is very uncooperative as far as what I think I should be able to accomplish. However that does not mean that I need to yield to the process and just stop trying to learn new things. One of my all time favorite simple pleasures is Orange Marmalade. It always reminds me of

Well I can’t claim success this week as far as capturing a picture every day, however the shots I did get I think are representative of my week. No pictures on Sunday, October 16 or Monday, October 17….bummer but I guess nothing photo worthy happen…… Tuesday, October 18 Grandpa’s new screensaver for sure! No pictures on Wednesday, October 19, Thursday, October 20 or Friday or October 21. And no i was not abducted by aliens….I think I was just not into the picture taking this week. I actually did take some pictures on Friday, but I am saving them for a future post about my adventure with Orange Marmalade. The jury is still out on the success of this adventure. The recipe takes several days to fully set. It will be an additional few day before I can do any tasting to determine if all the hard work was worth the effort. So until then it’s the wonderful waiting game. I hate waiting. I want to try it now! I was a bit skeptical that I had followed the recipe correctly. It appeared to

Several of you commented on the Brussels Sprouts from my last 365 post . They are not a fan favorite around my house but I really like them. I had high hopes for this recipe but alas it was not well received. I thought it was very good though. Recipe courtesy Robert Irvine from the Food Network Website   Ingredients Salt 16 Brussels sprouts, trimmed and sliced in half lengthwise 2 slices bacon 1/2 red onion, diced 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided Cook’s Note: I used Olive Oil instead. 1/2 cup dried cranberries 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon brown sugar Freshly ground black pepper Directions Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Generously salt the water and add the Brussels sprouts. Simmer the sprouts until just tender, about 5 minutes. Do not overcook. * Drain the sprouts well. *Cook’s Note: This step is very important or your final result will be watery and not very good! Heat a large skillet over medium heat and sauté

Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla…..even I am tired of looking at my pictures of shawls, bread and food. It is what it is….no fun vacation, no interesting anything. I did have a brief moment of hormonal murderous rage earlier today (you can click here should you care to visit the dark side of peri-menopause) but sadly there is no photographic evidence, which is probably a good thing. So with no further adieu or excitement here is my rather predictable and boring week, with the exception of Muffinhead! She is always the bright spot in my week! other than that it was a big yawner………Hooo Huuummmmm! Maybe somebody else did something interesting or photo worthy this week, I just know it wasn't me! No pictures on Sunday, October 9 or Monday, October 10 Tuesday, October 11 I was almost tempted to keep this one. I really did go very well with the living room colors. Wednesday, October 12 Muffinhead had a wonderful time rearranging the chairs in the family center after dinner at church. Sh

She sat there patiently waiting. The banana she had eater about 45 minutes ago no longer kept the hunger pangs at bay. Doing the mental tally in her mind she pressed the button on her phone and saw that there was less than a few minutes until her child would be done and she could go home. She had done all of her bible study, she was hungry, she was borderline hormonal and she was a bit irritated that she no longer was able to get her afternoon naps on Sunday but chalked it up to the sacrifices of motherhood. Choir practice was minutes, possible even seconds away from being done. She could hear the other children slowly filleting down the hall and out the door. Her bag was sitting on the table ready to grab and then she was heading out the door. . She did this every week, week after week, quietly waiting at the table (the very same table I might add) for the children to finish making their joyful noise. Today however unbeknownst to her she was about to encounter devil in disguise or po

First off…I just love this word. Shephelah…pronounced Sha - fā – la. It is the Hebrew word meaning foothills. It sounds wonderfully romantic and it just rolls of the tong. Shephelah…is sounds like a place you want to go and take a pic nic! In reality is was a very important place geographically speaking during biblical times. Quote from Faith Lesson on the Promise Land by Ray Vander Laan: “The foothills of Israel – The Shephelah – served as a buffer zone between the mountains where most of the Israelites lived and the Philistine cities on the coastal plain. Because control of the Shephelah ensured the security and power of the dominate culture many battles between the Philistines and the Israelites took place there. Although the Israelites failed to drive the Philistines out of the Promise Land, God periodically raised up heroes to confront the Philistines in the Shephelah. These heroes also reminded Israel of what God had called his people to accomplish” One of the things I love a

Hey There! I hope y’all all had a good week. I missed a few pictures again this week, one day the planets will align and I will get all seven days. Monday, October 3 There are defiantly advantages to having a good zoom on the camera. This colorful fellow had built a lovely web in the front bed. I had gone out to check the mail and passed him as I was coming back into the house.   Let’s hope she never gets to old to crawl up into her daddies lap…..just break my hear with love y’all! French Onion Soup for dinner…it was really good!   Tuesday, October 4 OK OK OK, so maybe I’m a bit obsessed with the bread making. But I did have some new pans that were begging to be used. I think I have the proportions correct on increasing the recipe. I did however over do it a bit on the oven temp at the very beginning. This batch is a bit on the crusty side. The inside texture is very good but the outer crust is a bit on the tough side. Note to self: next time decrees the oven temp by a few de

I did a bit better this week as I only missed two days of pictures. No pictures on Sunday, September 25 Monday, September 26 Last week while the DD and best friend were scouring the racks for the perfect homecoming dress I amused myself with a leisurely stroll around the mall. I was headed in he direction of Williams and Sonoma, the only real reason to go to the mall in my opinion, and I made a brief stop at a store called Teavanna. I left with a very small (teeny tiny) bag of chai. After enjoy several cups of tea I have decided that for $10.00 I think I may stick with the Tazo Chai from the Ingles and pocket the extra cash for Starbucks. It was good tea but not $10.00’s super good. This particular tea was so course that it did not work very well in my loose tea infuser so I was forced to steep it in a small measuring cup and then pour it through my small kitchen strainer. Not very fashionable but it worked all the same.   No picture on Tuesday, September 27  Wednesday, September