COME SPRING COME!

Are you ready for spring, what does Spring hold for you, come on now I know you've been thinking about it LOL, who's house will we eat Easter dinner this year, how will we decorate, what plans are we secretly doodling how we want our yards to look LOL, what new craft designs are buzzing around in your head, will you do Spring shows this year, will you try your hand at gardening, I'm thinking of trying my hand at growing herbs & keeping a bird journal, we have the most interesting birds fly through here, just yesterday the tree was full of little birds that had a rusty brownish red chest with blue heads , it's not hard to think of spring when you have weather going from the 20's up to the 60's back & forth, makes the poor birds & flowers so confused LOL

but my sweet Peaches & me say come Spring come! for we want to play in the dandelions again!

TEMPT MY TUMMY/FRITTERS

last week I came across a recipe that looked soooo good & knew I had to give it a try, sorry I'm still trying to figure out where I seen it but it is a simple & delicious recipe for fritters, as you can tell in the picture I did not use a tablespoon to drop them like the recipes says LOL, needles to say I got some big ole fritters LOL it also sugest to mix all ingredients & put in the fridge for 2 hours then add apples, I wanted to make them for Sunday breakfast & knew that by the time I mixed, chilled for 2 hours, made, ate , got ready that church would be over LOL so I mixed the ingredients before I went to bed & added the apples when I got up & they turned out great! I dusted some with cinnamon/sugar mixture & some with powdered sugar, it was hard to tell which we liked best & now that they're all gone we'll never know but ohh my word I'm soo going to make them again soon! LOL



FRITTERS

2c. flour (self rising)

3 tbsp. sugar

2 eggs (well beaten)

1 c. milk

2 c. tart apples (chopped)

shift togethr flour & sugar,gradually add eggs, add milk stir to blend & refrigerate for 2 hrs

stir in apples & drop by tbsp. into hot oil

roll in choice of cinnamon sugar mixture or powdered sugar

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BLUES IN REVIIEW

Welcome to another week of BLUE MONDAY, this week I am

sharing a few blues of blues gone by, a blue review if you will LOL, so grab something to drink as you step back into our blues gone by, then be sure to visit our host Sally over at Smiling Sally's where you'll find more wonderful participants waiting upon your visit to show off their blue treasures

We hope that you've enjoyed your visit & will come again, don't forget to go by http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ & meet Sally & all the wonderful BLue Monday particicpants

TABLESCAPE THUR./A B'DAY SURPRISE

Welcome to our very first tablescape Thursday, every week you can find beautiful table settings over at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com I pulled off a surprise birthday party for our pastor's wife last night after church & thought I'd finally join in the fun of tablescape Thur.

there were also chicken wraps, ham sandwiches, blue chips with dip, corn chips, cookies, fruit kabobs, Oreo balls, cookies, on the buffet table she was soooo surprised & we had a great turn out

TEMPT MY TUMMY/OREO BALLS

OREO BALLS

1 pk.Oreo cookies(crushed)

1 (80z) pk. cream cheese(softened)

1 pk. white almond bark

1 pk. chocolate almond bark

mix oreos & cream cheese & roll into walnut sized balls

chill for one hour

melt 3/4 of choc. bark &dip Oreo balls using a toothpick,

allow to harden & cool on wax paper about 15min then drizzle tops with white chocolate

I do 1/2 & 1/2

be sure to go by http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/

where there's lots of wonderful recipes & helpful tips waiting just for you!

(Wed) I just made these tonight & thought I'd Show a pic

BLUE MON./LANTERNS

It's raining once again, but that wont make us blue LOL there's too much to do to be blue, speaking of blue, have you seen all the great blue treasures posted over at Sally's on Blue Monday, be sure to go by & say hi & met all the sweet participants, you'll be glad you did, this is the good kind of blue for your soul LOL

Blue Monday can be found at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

Sunday I talked about the wonderful time we had antiquing & visiting family this past weekend & today I am sharing one of the treasures we found along the way, when hubby saw it he said oh I think I need that to go with my little one, so here is our blue treasure

yep I would say he could be the grandaddy to our little one LOL, don't they look like they belong together

SUNDAY SEELCTIONS

How did the morning find you today, it is a dark & rainy day in our neck of the woods, so would it be a dark & dreary day or a glorious rainy day, the way we look at our circumstances determines a lot on how the outcome will be ,yesterday we went out of town & antiqued along the way, was able to visit some of hubby's Aunt's we haven't seen in a while, stopped at a beautiful log cabin restaurant called The Plantation House & we did all this in the pouring down rain! no we're not crazy we just chose to have a wonderful day together in spite of the surrounding, we found neat treasures antiquing, family was excited to see what the rain dragged in LOL, to some it may have been a dark dreary day, but we saw no dreary, for we laughed, we shared memories with family, yes, we got wet! & I imagine we were quite a site by the time we reached the restaurant LOL , today is another glorious rainy day as we get ready for church, in spite of what we see outside, today will be a good day, it will be a joy to see all the smiling faces in my choir this morning, they'll be rejoicing as praise reports are given, we will lift names up in prayer & wittiness the power of God's word, there are two ladies besides me that have birthdays coming up in the same week in Feb.ohh the laughs & fun we'll share deciding what to do , where to go, yes today shall be another glorious rainy day!

PSALM 63:1-7
O God thou art my God, early will I seek thee, my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water
(2)To see they power and they glory so as I have seen thee in they sanctuary
(3)Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee
(4)Thus will I bless thee while I live,I will lift my hands in thy name
(5)My soul shall be satisfied as with morrow and fatness and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
(6)when I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches
(7)Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice

PINK SATURDAY

Welcome to pink Saturday, we're so glad you stopped by, we hope that your visits is an enjoyable one & will come again, pink Sat. is hosted by our wonderful sweet Beverly over at HOw Sweet The Sound, be sure to drop by & say hello & meet all the pink sweeties participating today, they're just a click away http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com

we were out & about the other day & hubby was looking at knives, when I saw this cute little pink one, as I reached down for it I said ohh how sweet to put on my key chain, in case I need to open something LOL Isn't it just the sweetest thing!

this sweet little prim pillow is going to a dear friend of mine, I came across it in a prim booth in an antique shop & knew instantly she'd love it, so shhhhh it's a surprise LOL

SHOW-N-TELL

It's show-n-tell time once again, today I started tweaking around the living room, pulling out some of my antique drink crates , I think I'm happy with this little arrangement on on antique end table, the yellow Pepsi crate holds hubby's , dad's collection of Louie Lamar books, which have been in one place or another around he house LOL, the brown RC crate holds lamp, silk plant & collection of Country Marketplace magazines




be sure to visit Cindy over at http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ where you ll meet a lot of wonderful particapants who are waiting to share show-n-tell with you

TEMPT MY TUMMY/LEMON TART

Today we are sharing a lemon tart pie, I got this recipe form my husbands aunt a few years ago & it is delicious! so if you love

lemon, you'll love this! it makes up thin like a custard
with that great lemon flavor & with just a few basic ingredients, you'll want to make it time & time again.
Today is tempt my tummy Tuesday which is hosted by Lisa over at http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/ so be sure to go by & visit all the wonderful participants that are waiting to tempt your tummy with yummy recipes!





LEMON TART
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. flour
4 eggs(beat in separate bowl)
1 tbsp. lemon zest
juice form 2 lemons
1/2 tsp. van.flavoring
1/4 tbsp. almond flavoring

shift flour & sugar
add to beaten eggs
stir till thick (about 3 min)
stir in juice from lemons
add zest, butter, flavorings
pour into frozen pie shell
bake 20-25 min

***note*** by rolling lemons then placing them in the microwave for 30 sec. they will produce twice the juice!

SUNDAY SELECTIONS / SO BLESSED

Welcome to Sunday Selections, we pray that today has found you richly blessed in God's goodness, have you ever really stopped & thought how truly blessed you are, if you were given another day you are blessed my friend, if you are surrounded with family that loves you , you are blessed, take the time today & look around you & see how really blessed you are

PSALM 34:12

OH TASTE AND SEE THAT HE LORD IS GOOD;BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT TRUSTED HIM

oh how true is that! we had the most wonderful time last night with our youngest daughter, son-n-law & the grand kids, toward the end , the twins let us know that it was past their bed time LOL

look at that big kitchen area! it was right in front of you when you entered the front door just to the right

look at all those orders coming out, we were like kids in a candy store watching them, thinking humm that looks good , wonder what that is, looking in a menu trying to find it LOL

coloring on the e table is encouraged LOL, here we have paw paw teaching how to draw his famous MR Nobody LOL

Madison on the other hand wasn't too sure about that,knowing that coloring on the table is a no no
Maegan on the other hand thought it was a great idea! Hannah was hard at work on her art work as well

yipee! the food's here!

PROVERBS 23:7

FOR AS HE THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE...

look around you my friend, can you not truely say that you are blessed