PICK YOUR FAVORITE JANUARY TABLE--NO DRUNKS ALLOWED!

 The reason for the 

NO DRUNKS ALLOWED?

I ran into someone the other day

that said they were still

HUNG OVER FROM NEW YEAR'S EVE!

Seriously?

Personally, I can't imagine.

I "think" they meant that they were just

exhausted after the holidays---but--

who knows!!

So- here we go.

It's January-  a "downer" for some of us.

But---CHEER UP!!!!

You've been invited to a wonderful dinner

with a good friend.

You would put on a great looking outfit

and pick which table to sit at~

Ready?

TABLE #1

WOODLAND-PARTY ANIMALS INVITED

TABLE #2

JANUARY BLUES- SPRING IS COMING

TABLE #3

HELLO SNOWFLAKE! 

TABLE #4

BLACK & WHITE ALL OVER

TABLE #5

JUST SO SIMPLE AND SWEET

TABLE #6

WOOD YOU LIKE TO SIT HERE?

TABLE #7

OH DEAR DEER, DEAR

You know the routine.

Pick ONE--YES ONE--table

to plunk your butt at.

No complaints allowed!

And DON'T ask me what's 

ON THE MENU

because it is NOT my party!

Got it?

As you know- I don't like winter

SO

You will see me immediately 

when you get there......

I'll be the one with the frozen expression!

A SUNDAY PRAYER REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL BLOGGER

 Many of you know our

Ricki Jill Treleaven.

Her blog is 

The Bookish Dilettante

She has always given of herself

to all of us in many ways.

She has shared her book reviews,

her artwork,

her travels,

her family

and her sweet self.

Sadly, she has been hit with that

horrible word

CANCER.

She has breast cancer.

Even though she has breast cancer

it does not define her.

She posted about it on her blog 

but said she will do 

NO MORE POSTS ABOUT IT

until she rings the bell when she

finishes treatment.

Here is what she posted:

Right before Thanksgiving, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  It required quite a lot of diagnostic testing, and I had my first chemo treatment on December 27th.  My prognosis is very good because it was caught early.  I will not be blogging about it at all because cancer does not define who I am.  It will, however, limit my activities because my immune system is being destroyed.  BUT I have fun things planned to do at home, and since all other activities (in person art classes, all travel, DAR, sorority functions, and church) are completely off limits, I will be spending more time blogging.  The only other time I will blog about cancer is when I get to ring the bell after my last treatment.  

She knows that I am doing this post

so feel free to leave her a message here.

She just does not want her blog

flooded with anything to do with

CANCER.

So, all you praying people know what to do.

Thank you all!

~Sending you MY love~

If you are not a pray-er, then

please send well-wishes and 

healing thoughts and vibes her way.

FRIDAY FUNNIES-STEPPING OUT OF THE SHOWER

 At one point,

when I first started blogging,

I did a quite a few 

'FUNNY POSTS'-

at least I thought they were funny.

Because I am trying to 

keep to somewhat of a schedule

I thought 

FRIDAY FUNNIES

might keep me on track.

These posts are mostly nonsense.

Seeing the humor in the 

little daily things in life

that happen to everyone me.

A few years ago my little 

SWEETCHEEKS, age 3-1/2,

was peeking through the 

bathroom door just as I was

stepping out of the shower.

I ask-

Who's there?

The door cracks open

a bit wider.

Guess who?!?!

Me:  What are you doing?

 SC: I'm juss' whatching yohu, Nana..

I seen yohu like thaht

 beforah, yohu know!

Yes! I know!

SC:Nana?

Yes, honey?

You knhow whut?

What?

Yohu luuk a lot bettah

wiffth yohurh clothes on.

Thank you!(sarcastically)

Yohr'er wehlcome (sincerely)

Lord, I think I am finally getting it.

Remember the generation that

said kids were to be seen

and not heard?

Yeah...

NOW I get it!

And there you have it.

Moral: Never undress in front of someone

that does not know how to lie to your face.

And this is what she looks like today-

AND she still won't lie to my face-

   So- What do you think?

More of these little tidbits from daily life?

This is an old "funny"

but many of them will be much newer.

Thanks for following along.

Love my fellow bloggers and friends.

HEART HEALTHY? NOPE! HEART WARMING? YEP!

Here I am!

I said I was going to try to get back

in the groove of blogging again.

I know sometimes bloggers

say they are 

TAKING A BREAK

and then they disappear forever.

I sometimes wonder if their mate

got tired of them blogging and

"offed them"-if you know what I mean!

Anyway

When you wake up and it is 

7 DEGREES outside it is 

WINTER!

Winter calls for food that

"warm-your-bones"!

This is what Midwesterners

like to refer to as

HEARTLAND food-

Mostly because it will put you at

coronary risk...

don't say I didn't warn you. 

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Now- If you are looking 

GLUTEN FREE 

or 

LOW FAT 

or 

HEART HEALTHY

please run away from here as fast as your

bony little butt will take you.

This is none of those!

I had SOME hamburger but not enough 

to feed two kids and two adults-

and-I did need to use it up.

Isn't raw hamburger kind of gross to look at?

So...I thought- if you can make 

CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

why can't you make 

CHICKEN FRIED HAMBURGER?

Guess what?

YOU CAN!

I had about 2/3 pound of hamburger.

I added 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese,

and 1/3 cup of the Shake & Bake crumbs.

Mixed it all together with my hands 

(yes my hands)

then formed patties that were less than 1/2" thick.

Is 3/8" of an inch too calculated?

Then I turned them once in the flour,

then put them in the beaten egg,

then put them into the 

Shake & Bake mixture.

Lined up and waiting-

Then I cooked them in medium hot oil 

for about 2 minutes per side.

They were delicious.

I served them with carrots and 

sauteed zucchini along with

a microwaved apple topped with

cinnamon and Splenda brown sugar.

 

And while EVERYONE ELSE likes their

chicken fried hamburgers

with a bit of gravy,

I like mine with KETCHUP.

It tastes like a cutlet that way (to me).

Listen- Here is my advice for 2022!

ALWAYS eat before you go

grocery shopping.

Otherwise you will be posting 

a sign like this one.

Have a Happy Wednesday!!

I am going to start to do a little

FRIDAY THING.

I will post the first one this Friday

and y'all can tell me if I should

continue along my schtick.

AND

I will be around soon with another

PICK YOUR FAVORITE TABLE

now that!

I am back in the loop

or loopy-you decide!

ESCAPING THE REALITY OF A COLD WISCONSIN WINTER'S DAY

 It is COLD COLD COLD here.

What do you do on a cold day?

Well,

because I am still not feeling

like going out and kicking the

snowplowers' butt-don't ask

I decided to go through

some of my old magazines

and came across this one from

January/February of 2015,

Sadly, they have stopped publication

of this magazine.  

I had all of them from the first

issue forward.  

When I got rid of most of my old magazines,

I just could not bear to part with them

but, finally, this fall I donated

my whole collection to an old friend.

She told me she now wants to redecorate

her whole house.

Please pray for her husband-lol

She loves romantic and so do I.

Romance is just kind of timeless,

isn't it?

Anyway--

February is all about Valentine's Day  but-

I don't think you have to wait for 

Valentine's Day to make this for someone special.

 Pink Pearl Lady Cake

HERE is a similar recipe.

The Baking Bible-Rose Beranbaum

Ben Fink-Photographer

I thought the cover was just lovely.

Got your cake mess cleaned up from
baking that heart cake above?
Good!  Now then
 you can see the

PINK HOUSE

owned by 

Malla Ruutiainen

It is softly sweet and livable.

You can find her on Pinterest by clicking on her name.

by-Jo-Anne Coletti

 Here's a little sneak peek at the Florida estate 

of a New York couple.

This home was designed by

Guillaume Gentet

By:Sarah Yoon/Mark Roskams/photographer

It looks like Florida, doesn't it?

You can find more 

PINK FLORIDA HOMES HERE!

Okay-Now-Doesn't the home of

Carolyn Westbrook

just make you dream of warm summer days?

Even though we are freezing our butts off here.

I found her on Facebook.

You can find it by clicking on her name above.

Prepare to  have your mouth hang open for a while.

While your mouth is hanging open....

purse your lips a bit and 

BLOW HARD.

Then you can blow up balloons to put together

this beautiful garland

styled by  

Selina Lake

photography-Shirlie Kemp

So-There you have it.

A few things I love in the old

2015 January/February Issue of

Romantic Homes.

Know what else I love?

You!

Thanks for following along here.

Here's how I am feeling about you this morning....

Lips still puckered up from the balloon blowing

are they?  Good!

Here's to you!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022

 I hope to soon be

IN THE PINK!

I have been blessed

this past year,

even with all the Covid stuff going on.

Right now I have a 

daughter that had a painful

surgery and she is still in a 

LOT OF PAIN.

I have 2 sons with Covid,

2 daughter-in-laws with Covid,

an ex-son in law that has been

hospitalized for over a month with Covid.

We have lost friends and people

we love this past year.

I was tested this week for Covid

and have all the symptoms

but my test came back negative.

I am spending the weekend in bed

to try to get ahead of this mess.

In spite of ALL of this-

I am so looking forward

to a

wonderful

Happy

Healthy

New Year.

I wish the same

for each and

every one of

YOU!

Thank you for being

part of my life-

blogging and beyond

during this past year!

Blessings!



ps....NO headaches here-

How about you?