Yearly Archives: 2011

Riding Horses

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We’ve had new neighbors for a while, who happen to be really nice, but I miss seeing our old neighbors.  Their daughter, who is elementary school age, loves to ride horses, and her parents gave her riding lessons at an equestrian center back when they were our neighbors.  I don’t know if the center used english horse tack or any of the details, but I do know that our young neighbor absolutely loved to ride horses there!  I wonder if she still rides.  The answer is more than likely “yes!”

Insurance Costs

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My insurance is part of a group insurance policy where I work.  I don’t know much about Medicare part D plans, but I do know that medical costs have greatly increased over the last couple of decades.  The cost of a regular doctor visit is double what it used to be just a few years ago.  It’s almost as if people can’t afford to be sick because it costs so much!

Fashion

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Do you keep up with the latest fashion?  I don’t, and I must admit that my mother-in-law keeps up with it more than me.  I’ll sometimes ask our daughter if something is in style that I’m not sure about.  It’s not that I don’t have an idea about what’s in style, but I don’t keep up with what’s the very latest fashion.  I know some brands, but some brands like apple bottom I don’t know about.  Wearing what’s comfortable and stylish enough for me is what I like to wear.

Menu Plan Monday 5/2/2011

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First of all, please pray for all of those in Alabama who have lost a loved one, for those still missing, for the hundreds and hundreds who have been injured, and for all of those who have lost their homes. Our hearts and our prayers are with them!

Also, Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday. If you would like to make an easy, somewhat healthy, and impressive cake for someone special in your life, then you might like my Fresh Fruit & Angel Food Cake

Here is our simple menu for the week:

Monday: Salmon Patties, sautéed Baby Bella Mushrooms & onions, baby lima beans, fresh tomato wedges

Tuesday: Leftovers from Monday

 

Wednesday: Rotisserie Chicken, baked sweet potatoes, fresh tomato wedges

Thursday: Leftover chicken, broccoli, corn

Friday: Homemade chicken soup using the rest of the Rotisserie Chicken

The Story Behind the Song: “Blessings”

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Knowing what inspired someone to write a song has always been of interest to me. A new song that I recently heard was inspired by the hardship that a young newlywed couple went through. Laura Story married her high school sweetheart, and just a year or two later, they discovered that her husband had a brain tumor. At one point she didn’t know if he was going to live. At one point he was on a breathing machine and had significant vision and memory loss.

Laura said, “But there’s a decision that I find God is asking us to make: whether we are going to choose to interpret our circumstances based on what we hold to be true about God, or whether we’re going to judge what we hold to be true about God based on our circumstances.” She and her husband have held on to what they know to be true about God!

(Update:  Laura Story Wins Grammy Award for “Blessings”)

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Fresh Fruit & Angel Food Cake

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With Mother’s Day coming up soon, I thought it would be good to post one of our family’s favorite cakes for birthdays and special occasions.  (A dear family member would always request this for her birthday.)  So here’s the recipe again in an easier to read version:
INGREDIENTS:

  • Angel Food Cake ( I buy a round cake, or to make a rectangular cake as pictured then I buy 3 Angel Food Bar Cakes.  If you can’t find the smaller rectangular angel food cakes, you can cut up a round cake and still make it look like a rectangular shaped cake when finished.)
  • Cool Whip, largest size
  • Fresh fruit such as strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, & kiwi

DIRECTIONS:

One thing about this cake is that if you leave the cake whole and don’t pre-cut it, it’s very hard to serve without making a mess of the piece you’re trying to cut.  That is why I started pre-cutting the cake into individual pieces, placing all the pieces side-by-side on the cake plate, and then “icing” the cake pieces with Cool Whip to make it look like one whole cake.

Once this is done, you can decorate the top of the cake with your favorite berries and kiwi once they have been well washed and dried.  (Note:  Bananas are not good to use because they turn brown.)  Here is another picture of the top of the cake:

Age Doesn’t Matter

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I’ve come to the conclusion that age doesn’t matter when faced with the problem of how to get rid of acne.  Sure, when a person is a teenager they expect to have acne at some point.  But even when well past the teenage years, and I’m talking about even when you have children and grandchildren, acne can pop up every now and then just to aggravate you.  It might just be one small pimple, but still it’s a nuisance.  Acne is no respecter of age!

Texas Weather

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It is a cold, windy, and wet day in north Texas.  Here it is May and the high tomorrow is forecast to be 50° which is rare for Texas in late spring.  With this type of weather, I doubt people will be using their outdoor spas and will be using spa covers to keep out any debris that these strong wind gusts are blowing around.  But in Texas, weather changes quickly and it could be nearly a 100° in a few days!

Friendly Friday 4/29/11

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Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog, too! Just get the InLinkz code and copy it directly into your post. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way to get even more traffic to your blog and make Friendly Friday more beneficial for everyone.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

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OrangeHeroMama is, in her words, a “far from 32” (I’m guessing that means she’s still in her 20’s, don’t you think?) Canadian mom to two girls. OHM hosts giveaways and reviews, but also shares a lot more than that. When you visit her blog you feel like you get to know her and her family through her posts and photos – you’ll feel like you’ve known her forever!

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Katie at Mommy Katie is married to a former Marine and is raising two kids in Texas. She and her family have been affected by hard economic times, but have kept a positive outlook and have made the best of things! She hosts a lot of reviews and giveaways..

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