It’s FRIDAY!

According to superstition, Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.

However, Friday is MY FAVORITE DAY, whether it is the 13th or not!

And my Friday Favorites will go on!

Favorite # ONE

The beginning of

Daylight Saving

It happened last Sunday!

When Daylight Saving Time starts just before spring, we set our clocks forward by 1 hour.

Yes, an hour is “lost” [yawn] and on the clock, the day of the DST transition has only 23 hours. For those of you who work a night shift, you will get away with working 1 hour less that ‘day’.

Because I work a day shift, and do not appreciate the loss of an hour, I took the following day OFF.

Favorite # TWO

A Random Day Off

Where’s Kim?

Yes, that’s right.

I took Monday off and I’m not going to apologize.

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Favorite # THREE

Another Keto Recipe

These are Low Carb Keto Biscuits and I found the recipe here.

I baked these in my muffin top pan.

The recipe yields 9 biscuits, but I was able to get 12 biscuits. If I still have math skills, there are approximately 173 calories and 4 carbs in 1/12th of this recipe.

Low Carb Keto Cheese Biscuits

Servings: 12
Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

1 ½ cups superfine almond flour
¼ tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
No stick cooking spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 450°F. Lightly spray muffin tin with no stick cooking spray.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together almond flour, salt, baking powder, garlic powder and onion powder.

In a separate bowl, combine eggs, sour cream, butter. Whisk until smooth. Pour into bowl with dry ingredients.

Mix together until batter is combined. Stir in cheese. Batter will be thick and sticky.

Scoop batter into lightly sprayed muffin tin.

Bake biscuits about 8 minutes or until tops are golden and toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool slightly before serving.

Yummy!

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Favorite # FOUR

New Outfits for spring

Wide Leg Crop Jeans & Ruffle Top // Peplum Top // Flare Crop Jeans

I really tried to NOT shop, but it’s no use. I’m a hopeless shopaholic and a sucker for 50% off.

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Favorite # FIVE

New Glasses

One of my weekend errands was a visit to the eye specialists at Target. I’ve gotten away with NOT updating my glasses for a long time.

It has been 3 years but now my prescription has changed enough to justify new lenses.

I’m getting old y’all.

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Friday Favorites

March 6, 2020

This has been a long week, but now…

All this week I have been trying to follow a keto diet plan. It isn’t as easy as you think. There is more to keto than low carb. Also, it does matter how much protein (chicken, tuna, etc.) you consume. To guide me on this fat fueled journey, I’ve found a couple of websites that have been helpful.

Favorite # ONE

Learning about Keto

Wendy told me about

Diet Doctor

which provides a lot of information about low carb and keto.

And

Keto Diet Yum

where I learned about the Chaffle

which I made last Saturday.

At this point, I’ve lost the same three pounds twice, but at least I’m no worse for the wear. On the bright side, I’ve discovered a couple of recipes that I love. The first is one I mentioned previously. Today I’m sharing the recipe and naming it as my

Favorite # TWO

Keto Reuben in a Skillet

As I mentioned in my Instagram post last week, I found it [here] as Reuben in a Bowl. I reworked it a tiny bit and renamed it because it is made in a skillet.

Here is the recipe:

Reuben in a Skillet

Servings: 6-8
Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

One bag coleslaw mix
1 pound corned beef cut into bite size pieces
2-3 tbsp butter
1 cup Swiss cheese

Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sugar free ketchup
4 tsp horseradish mustard
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
pinch of pepper

Instructions

Melt butter in skillet.
Add corned beef and saute for 5 minutes.
Add coleslaw, cover and cook for 5 minutes.
Stir together coleslaw and corned beef then top with cheese. Cover skillet and allow the cheese to melt about 5 minutes
Drizzle with dressing.

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Favorite # THREE

This Story

Recently during a phone conversation with a customer, I heard a doorbell ring. She asked if I could hold for one moment while she answered the door.

While I waited, I could hear that she opened the door, and unmistakably hear the following

MOOOOOO

(Surely a cow did not ring the doorbell)

When she returned to the phone, she explained that she lives on a farm. Her daughter-in-law had found a newborn calf that had been abandoned. The calf was hungry and she was looking for the bottle. Apparently this is a common thing. We ended our call so this emergency could be handled with the promise I would follow up with her.

When I opened my email the following day, I found that she sent me a picture

which is my

Favorite # FOUR

I appreciate that she let me know the little calf was okay.

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If that isn’t enough to bring a smile to your face, this week my nephew Clay and his wife Chynna blessed us with a new addition to our family

Welcome to

I love her name!

And I love the photo of Clay showing this new baby to her siblings Levi, Thea, and Adrian.

Favorite # FIVE

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Friday Favorites

February 21, 2020

and time for my

Friday Favorites!

Last Saturday the family gathered to celebrate my favorite two year old

Favorite # ONE

Rory

As I mentioned last week, she was born on Valentine’s Day.

Rory loves “Toy Stoy”

and as soon as she laid eyes on her birthday cupcakes she exclaimed

“FORKY!”

Favorite # TWO

Forky Cupcakes

When Emily sent this photo from Pinterest with a request to make Rory’s birthday cake/cupcakes a few weeks ago, I knew I would HAVE TO TRY to recreate this presentation.Emily suggested chocolate would be best. I used a chocolate cake mix (from a box) and homemade vanilla buttercream frosting.

Each Forky was lovingly brought to life by Glammy herself. Not bad for an amateur.

Rory picked out her birthday presents about a month ago while she and Glammy surfed Amazon.

Favorite # THREE

Shopping with Rory

This is what she wanted. This is what she got.

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Three weeks ago, the six members of my team learned that there will be changes coming to our team. Two members of our group would be leaving to take new positions. Today would be our last day as a group of six. With that, we began planning a potluck because that is what we do. I can’t even explain it.

In this case it wasn’t a celebration potluck, but deliberate, indulgent, group stress eating.

The potluck has happened. Today we enjoyed chicken wings, deviled eggs, tea sandwiches (ham/Swiss and chicken salad), a veggie tray, cookies and a new recipe

Favorite # FOUR

Cream Cheese Tuna Dip

That I found here.

Interestingly enough, it is very tasty and pairs nicely with Wheat Thins.

Everyone on my team loved it!

YaY!

Favorite # FIVE

My Team

Corey, ME, Kathy, Wendy, Keith, Troy

A miscellaneous assemblage of geniuses.

(I really do appreciate you guys)

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Friday Favorites

February 14, 2020

Happy Friday

and

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

One of my coworkers made the comment that his wife asked him to give her flowers for Valentine’s Day.

She ASKED him. And he didn’t send her flowers!

I told him I would blog about this and he shrugged.

One day there will be shaming!

After listening to two of these guys talk this morning about how they don’t observe this “Hallmark holiday” I am even more convinced that

I have the best Valentine in the world.

My Valentine is my

Favorite # ONE

LB

Not because he spoils me, but because he adores me.

And I adore him!

He gives and gives and is always trying to think of ways to outdo himself. This morning I was greeted by hugs, kisses, balloons, chocolates, gifts, and flowers.

LB knows how much I love flowers.

Favorite # TWO

Tulips

LB bought these last week. No flowers at first, but they started to show signs of budding within two days.

When the flowers finally opened, Elvis would have none of it. He decided it was time for them to go. As of this morning, he has bitten off two flowers and left them for me to find on the table.

At least he didn’t eat them and hopefully he won’t eat these

Favorite # THREE

A Special Delivery

with a note quoting a line from my favorite movie You’ve Got Mail.

I’ve mentioned this in another Valentine’s Day Post here.

Yes, LB, I do think daisies are the friendliest flower!

[He is such a romantic]

Favorite # FOUR

All This

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There is NO way I can post today without reminiscing about Valentine’s Day 2018 and mentioning

Favorite # FIVE

RORY

was born 2 years ago today and I was privileged to meet her only minutes after she arrived

She has changed so much in two years!

Happy Birthday Little Valentine!

Yippee Ki-Yay!

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Friday Favorites

February 7, 2020

The first Friday in February is

National Wear Red Day

to raise awareness about heart disease in women and show support for saving women’s lives…

Red is one of my favorites! And today is time for my

Friday Favorites!

Favorite # ONE

is that red sweater!

It came from Old Navy and I have it in 3 colors!

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This week has been a long one, not only because I commute to work in another city. every. day.

But because of an experiment I am doing for my Behavior Modification class. This experiment (and class) deserves a blog post of its own, but for now, let me say that I would not have been able to track the number of grams of sugar I have consumed each day without this smartphone app

Favorite # TWO

MyFitnessPal

It is amazing how many grams of sugar can be consumed in one day even when you aren’t indulging in sweets.

Even cauliflower has sugar!

This week my intake has been light.

Last week was an entirely different story because there is a huge amount of sugar in

Favorite # THREE

Birthday Cake

I LOVE CAKE!

LB’s January 26th birthday cakeBanana Split Cake

Wendy’s January 29th birthday cakeWhite sheet cake with BUTTERCREAM ICING (my favorite believe it or not)

And Mama’s January 31st birthday cake WHICH IS MY

Favorite # FOUR

from Spicy Southern Kitchen

Amaretto Pound Cake

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan with baking spray.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Use an electric stand mixer to cream butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat well after each addition.
Mix in amaretto and almond extract.
Add flour mixture, alternating with milk. beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 80 to 90 minutes.
Cool for 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.

I’m saving this recipe so I can make it again.

This time I’ll leave it in the oven for the required baking time 🤣

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Favorite # FIVE

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Friday Favorites

January 31, 2020

This birthday edition of my Friday Favorites celebrates a special event.

Happy Birthday LB!

LB wanted to enjoy a weekend out of town for his birthday. He also wanted seafood for dinner. On our way to St. Simon’s Island, LB and I stopped at

Favorite # ONE

Zachry’s Seafood & Steak

It is a popular restaurant, so we had a short wait where we took a moment to snap a selfie.

LB’s dinner included shrimp and oysters, “lightly breaded and fried to a golden brown”, served with salad, hushpuppies, a loaded potato,and LOTS of condiments!

In addition to dinner, there was live music. We dined to the sounds of Cops-n-Robbers.

On day 2 of LB’s birthday weekend, we stopped to look at a car for sale. And now I’m hooked.

Favorite # TWO

The

Mercedes CLA 250

This would definitely be a Kim car and it has been added to my wish list!

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When we returned home, LB chose a birthday cake recipe from my

Favorite # THREE

New Cookbook

It was a Christmas gift last year.

The Southern Cake Book by Southern Living.My banana split cake looks nothing like the picture in the book.

I march to the beat of my own drum.

Favorite # FOUR

Surprising LB with

Birthday Presents

Especially this one… which he really needed… and seems to be pretty excited about!

LB is joined by a number of special people whose birthdays are celebrated in January

Favorite # FIVE

January Babies

There are so many special people who were born in January.

Some of my favorites are…

My niece Sydney

My uncle John

My great niece Thea

My Mama’s dear friend Gerry (my friend too)

My Aunt Debbie (Mama’s baby sister)

My dear friend Wendy

My sweet Mama, born on January 31st

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Friday Favorites

January 24, 2020

Today is National Compliment Day!

So in case no one else has told you…

YOU LOOK MARVELOUS!

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Today at work we observed Chinese New Year, and [if it matters to anyone out there] it is the year of the rat.

When I think about Chinese I think about the fascination my son has always had with Chinese martial arts… specifically kung fu.

He started practicing when he was in middle school

What a cutie!

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Favorite # ONE

My little kung fu youngin’ who is all grown up!and has a youngin’ of his own

who finds her way into my favorites often; just the way she has in my

Favorite # TWO

Lipstick

Emily captured this moment, just after Rory engaged in a personal makeover.

Lipstick has the potential to bring your look together.

Rory decided her look was JUST RIGHT!Glammy likes it too!

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Favorite # THREE

30% off

Plus Kohl’s cash and free delivery.

Journee Collection Isobel Women’s Ankle Booties from Kohl’s, regularly $49.99

I saved $112.00.

and bought two pairs… Black

and Tan.

They also come in Multi (animal print), Multi Snake (ew), and Olive.

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Favorite # FOUR

SURPRISE!

Guess who came to visit tonight?

I am one lucky Glammy! Emily came to town with the baby girls tonight! This little DIVA is temperamental when it comes to picture-taking. There have been moments when she has become quite aggravated if I was taking her picture. But tonight she was ready for selfies and for

Posing

Favorite # FIVE

Lydia jumped into the recliner with Mema and called to the camera man…

“Hey Larry!”

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