Wednesday Medley ... Cheesy Doin's

1.  National Cheese Day is Tuesday, rather than Wednesday, but I think we should celebrate cheese this week!!  Let's start by sharing your favorite cheese with us.  Which one is always in your fridge? 

Cheddar, Swiss, Parmesan, mozzarella.

2.  What is your preference? Mild, Sharp, or Extra Sharp?  Sharp cheddar. 

How do you use cheese most often? 

Usually in pasta recipes, grilled cheese, scrambled eggs or cheeseburgers. 

3.  Cheesecake?  New York style or what other flavors would you rather have? 

New York style is what I make once a year at our son’s request for his birthday. One for him and one for him to take to the fire station. I make blueberry sauce for topping. 

4.  When you do grilled cheese sandwiches, which cheese do you prefer to use and what condiments do you use, if any? 

American or cheddar. I use butter for the outside of the bread and only cheese in the sandwich. That used to be the thing the grandsons always requested at my house. I found a recipe on Pinterest for peanut butter and jelly grilled sandwiches. Yummy! Nobody else thinks so. 

5.  Number 5 on June 5th... Say happy birthday to my sister, Tammy!! 

Happy birthday, Tammy. May your day be blessed with every good thing. 

6.  Share something with us about your week. If it includes using cheese in a recipe, please also share that with us too!! 

I have been somewhat under the weather, so it has been fairly quiet around here. I fixed DH a cheeseburger, baked beans and baked fries last night. I’ve also gotten caught up in a book series while not feeling well and am now on book 6! 

The only excitement I guess was the snake that managed to slip in our house somehow! Again, I just "happened" to be downstairs doing a few things when I saw the thing in the breakfast area headed for the kitchen. DH was outside and as I ran to the garage for the snake tongs, I began to scream, "JAY"!! over and over until he FINALLY heard me. Handed him the tongs and after a few tries, he got the thing. I opened the back door, grabbed the tongs and ran like I haven't ran in a very long time to sling that snake over the fence. Thank You, Lord, that I saw the thing, that we caught him, that I made it through the back yard, and didn't lose him on the way, although it came very close to slipping out of the grip. 

I saw this on the storage marquis this week. 

One of my very favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond has to do with cheese and is called The Suitcase. The situation is a suitcase on the stair landing and both Raymond and Deborah are expecting the other to put it away after returning home tired from a weekend getaway. Thinking he found a way to force the issue, Ray put a hunk of cheese in the side of the suitcase.

National Frozen Yogurt Day Medley

Well, Terri, I have to agree with you about your choice and how important the topic of food is! So, in honor of National Frozen Yogurt Day, we grab the questions from Terri for the Wednesday Medley and share your answers with us!

1. Today, Wednesday, February 6th, is Frozen Yogurt Day! A cold dessert on what must be a very cold day for most of you reading this today! Do you enjoy frozen yogurt? Does it matter what the weather is? Share with us your favorite flavor and/or topping, please!!

So maybe the creator was from a southern state? I like frozen yogurt occasionally, but I prefer ice cream. Hot fudge on top?

2. What food do you know you shouldn't eat but can't help yourself? 

Maybe hot fudge sundaes or some kind of chocolate cake or brownie with ice cream and hot fudge on top. Oh mercy! I love bread pudding with vanilla sauce. Yum, yum! And some coconut cream pie.

3. If your life was a meal, what kind of meal would it be? 

Can’t we pick more than one? Okay, okay. A meat like roast beef or fried chicken surrounded with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans or peas, carrots, onions and yeast rolls. (Maybe a turkey dinner with all those wonderful side dishes!)

4. Do you like spicy food? I Do! 

Why or why not? 

Because it clears out my sinuses? I love Mexican food. What is the spiciest food you have ever eaten?

5. (Most of you know I have been sick with a cold.) What food do you eat or crave when you have a bad cold? 

Chicken noodle soup since I never can taste anything when I have a cold. Chicken noodle soup just feels good going down. 

6. Please tell us something random about your week (and maybe it will involve food).

Yes, doesn’t it always involve food! We had a wonderful birthday celebration for our daughter-in-Law, Amy. Her birthday is today and I haven’t yet posted pictures of our trip to Medieval Times. That was her birthday wish and we had a wonderful time. The food was good, but it was all food to be eaten with your fingers. 

I drink any alcoholic beverages, but that afternoon, ale just seemed appropriate to drink since we were pretending to be in the days of yore. I ordered a shiner bock (no idea what that was) and took a few sips before I felt wasteful since I knew I couldn’t drink it. During the ride home, I mentioned something to the effect of I shouldn’t have gotten the beer, to which Kate replied, “Nonnie, are you drunk?” That just struck everybody funny and we had a good laugh.

Happy Birthday, Amy!

We love you!

Beginning Afresh!

Yes, yes, it is February. But I now am going to ignore the fears of Google + and say thank you to Lea of Cici's Corner for her checking on how to handle. I choose to ignore and be thankful that Blogger should not be affected. Just in case, however, I hurriedly prepared and order a blog book printed for last year so my posted pictures will be preserved!!

Yesterday we had the joy of celebrating our daughter-in-law's birthday at Medieval Times. That was her birthday wish and it was a much more fun than a gift and dinner! It really was a gift and dinner! We yelled and cheered for our red knight on his horse until we were hoarse!

In front of the castle! (which had a real moat!)

At least Amy and Jack heard the photographer say, "grab the sword!"

Jack was a little sore because he could never make up his mind which souvenir he wanted. (He really wanted them all!) Kate was happy with a tee-shirt!

The queen was in charge and all did her bidding!

The horses pranced, dance and bowed!

Our red knight!

It was fun to watch and pretend!

Lots of jousting, and sword fighting. This must be a fun job every day to ride horses and pretend! Their choreography was very precise, especially in the sword fights. Our feast was tomato soup, roast chicken, with roasted potato and corn on the cob, with pound cake for dessert! No utensils were provided as we were instructed to use our fingers for all the meal! Fun, fun! Kate got a flower from our red knight and was deemed “Queen of the Tournament.” 

A memorable day and I wish sweet Amy a happy birthday!

Google Plus

Good February morning! 

I am wondering whether any of my blogger friends have received notice about Google + closing down and our data being removed. So far, I do not understand.

Can anybody explain what will be happening in plain English that I can understand? And what I need to do about it?

A Positive Wednesday Medley

Here is a medley of questions from Terri, our Friend from Florida. You may choose to answer on your Wednesday blog. There aren't any rules and there is no obligation. Link up if you want to. I'm enjoying this and it is helping me to join other bloggers at least once a week and I invite you to join in, too!! Right here is the place to get your questions!

NATIONAL CROISSANT DAY

Well, I do agree with your statement that you love croissants when they are fresh, but day-old croissants need to be turned into a donut. I happen to really like all the croissants offered at the le Madeleine and that sounds like a good place to have breakfast this Wednesday. So... how do you like your croissants? What is your favorite way to eat them? 

A plain fresh croissant, alongside an omelet or scrambled eggs and bacon are good, but a fresh croissant with dark chocolate or an almond filling is just heavenly!

2. Speaking of food... How do you handle stress? 

Speaking of food? It would be chocolate. 

3. Out of the negative emotions of greed, anger, jealousy, and hate, which one would you say affects you the most? 

Anger is probably one I feel most these days. We are living in a time of angry and hateful people bent on destroying others. I am so sad with the direction our country is going, especially when I see that efforts are being made to tend to problems, but there seems to be an agenda adding to the problems and leading us to a path of destruction. I feel helpless because I wish I could do something about the problems and the people who are causing them and creating even more problems for our children. The callous abortion ruling and and ... well, I could go on and on, but I will stop here. 

4. Out of the positive emotions of compassion, positivity, enthusiasm, and initiative, which one is your biggest strength? 

I still remain positive knowing that God is in control and my faith in Him will bring the peace to sustain us through good and bad. 

5. What do you get every time you go grocery shopping, other than the staples such as bread, milk, butter, flour, sugar... 

orange juice and bottled water. They are staples at our house.

6. Please tell us something random about your week so far.

Jack was over this last Saturday and Sunday. He’s such a sweet and fun boy! I noticed many little things about him such as picking up litter left by others in the parking lot and trashing it. He returned a cart someone left in a parking space, he holds the door open for me and others. We went to the park so he could ride his hover-board and he offered to let someone else try it, which made me a little nervous. (You can fall on those things!) 

I laughed embarrassingly when he and DH came out of the men’s restroom at church and Jack said, “Grandpa, you forgot to wash your hands!” He made him go back in to do that. Poor Grandpa. He can’t remember so many things these days. I loved when Jack told us the Bible story they talked about in church and he repeated his memory verse. All our grandkids are honor roll kids at school and good students. It is so pleasing to watch them as they grow up. Hard to believe the sweet baby I carried upstairs and around the house is now able to carry a case of water upstairs for me.

Showing off his skill. He can really move on this thing and even go uphill!

Problem right here is there are some big cracks in this stretch of sidewalk and you

remember that old proverb, "step on a crack?"

Roll over the crack and fall down. 

This is the view when Nonnie bends over to help you

with the phone still on!

Wednesday Medley

National Pie Day seems a good time to join Wednesday Medley with Terri! Get the questions here and join in!

National Pie Day is celebrated annually on January 23rd. (Not to be confused with March 14 which is PI π Day.) 

National Pie Day was created simply to celebrate the pie.  It is a day for all to bake or cook their favorite pies.  Even more importantly, it is a day set aside for all to enjoy eating pies!

The first pies appeared around 9500 BC in the Egyptian Neolithic period or New Stone Age.

1.  Okay, fess up.  Tell us your top three favorite pies, please.  Will you have some pie today?

Coconut cream, chocolate and pecan. 

2.  While we are talking about food... are you a picky eater or are you ready to try almost any new food?  

I was picky growing up, but when I reached my teens, I discovered all I had been missing out on all those years. What is the worst thing you have ever eaten? Gee, I know I’ve eaten some bad things, but I can’t think now the worst thing. I will say we ate something this weekend that brought us down for the last couple of days. It tasted all right when we ate it, but somehow we ended up with food poisoning. So that’s the worst thing I’ve eaten lately. (I think it was the potato salad and it’s going to be a while before I can eat it again ... one of my favorites!)

3.  Baking could be considered an art as could cooking.  How do you define art? 

Something pleasing to look at. And since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it would be different for everybody. I love landscapes and paintings I can look at and wish I were there. I like art I can understand. A sunset, sunrise, the mountains, waterfalls. 

And I love the artwork the children make for me. 

Many of my friends have a great knack for decorating or dressing. Wouldn't that too be considered an art? 

4.  Tell us a really stupid joke that made you laugh, please.

Q: What happened when the butcher backed into his meat grinder?
A: He got a little behind in his work.

5.  January 23rd is also National Handwriting Day. Do you have nice handwriting? Did cursive writing come naturally or did you practice in those double-lined practice books until your fingers hurt?

We drew circles over and over again. Move your whole arm as you write, the teacher said. I developed my own style of writing and did get a penmanship award. People tell me I have very nice handwriting and our daughter asked me to address her wedding invitations. My hands won’t cooperate that much these days.  

6.  Tell us something random about your week.

We went to visit our nephew to celebrate our great niece Londyn’s first birthday. We had a wonderful time. 

Londyn with Mommy

Daddy and Hunter provide entertainment

Brother Lincoln "stole" the barn with horses and never let them out of his sight!

He took them to church the next day and on to the restaurant. So cute!

Two cuties!

Happy Birthday, Londyn!

We have been homebound since the weekend due to this nasty bug and I still feel weak and am wondering if I will ever get caught up with things. Today we are going to breakfast with DH's buddies and I will be getting a haircut later. We also plan to visit Norma’s Cafe today for a slice of pie! It’s free! And we love Norma's! And here's hoping my tummy is ready for it!

My Strength

Father, I thank You that I belong to you; You hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but You? I desire You more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever.” Amen


Psalms‬ ‭73:23-26‬ ‭NLT‬‬