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Forever Everly

Last night I was watching a movie on CMT when, between commercials, I saw a tribute to Don Everly.  He had passed away at age 84, and although I didn’t know him personally, it made me feel sad.  Don Everly is best known for his work with his younger brother, Phil, who died in 2014.  They were truly a couple of cuties! Together they were known as The Everly Brothers.  Immediately I shared this with my family, because it gave me a clear memory of my Daddy.  I’m not sure the younger ones would be able to follow that, but I shared it anyway.

The Everly Brothers

began as an American country duo and became Grand Ole Opry members in 1957.  They were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1986.  Known for “steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing”, Phil and Don Everly were raised in a musical family.  They debuted on radio singing along with their father Ike Everly and mother Margaret Everly as “The Everly Family”.  They gained fame quickly when they became a duo in 1957. 

I suppose that was about the time when my daddy first heard them sing, and they became a favorite. 

Many years later he would introduce them to me.

It has been said that family members are able to harmonize together in a way that cannot be duplicated by those who are not related.  It is certainly true that the Everly Brothers had a way of complementing one another vocally that was nothing less than fascinating.  Considered one of pop music’s greatest vocal partnerships, Don and Phil Everly had worldwide hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s; hits like “All I Have to Do is Dream”, “Walk Right Back”, “Wake up Little Susie”, and “Cathy’s Clown”.

My sister and I tried to mimic their sound singing “Bye Bye Love” LOL.  Mine was the high part.  I’m not sure I could still remember how to sing my part with her, but I think it would be fun to try.

The Everly Brothers had many hits and I’ve included two examples of their hit songs.  I will ALWAYS love their music and I hope you will enjoy listening.

 

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Banana Pudding

In case you didn’t know, banana pudding is a southern delight.  It is a dessert that typically consists of layers of vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers, and sliced bananas and can be prepared baked or refrigerated, topped with meringue or whipped cream.  My daddy’s aunt Fran used to make the baked version, but the refrigerated method is the most common. Many home cooks chose to cover the top of the dish with Cool Whip (faux whipped cream made with hydrogenated vegetable oil).

Recently I found a recipe by Eagle Brand and decided I needed to try it.  I’ve always thought instant pudding and whole milk were somehow lacking, even if covered over the top with Cool Whip.  The sweetened condensed milk makes a big difference.

I followed the recipe for the most part, but I doubled it.  Also, the recipe called for vanilla instant pudding, but I used one package of vanilla instant pudding and one package of banana cream instant pudding… because that was what I had in my pantry.

It turned out to be the best banana pudding I’ve ever had (if I do say so myself).

 

This is the recipe I used from the Eagle Brand website.

 

Banana Pudding

  • Servings: 10
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

•             1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

•             1 ½ cups cold water

•             1 (3.4 ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix

•             2 cups (1 pint) heavy cream, whipped

•             1 box vanilla wafers

•             4-5 barely ripe bananas, sliced

Directions

Whisk sweetened condensed milk and cold water together.  Add pudding mix and whisk until well blended.  Chill 5 minutes.  Fold in whipped cream.

Spoon 1 cup pudding mixture into serving dish.  Top with one third each of the vanilla wafers and bananas .  Repeat layering, ending with pudding mixture.

Garnish as desired.

Chill thoroughly for several hours.

Friday Favorites

Today is Friday the 13th.

Don’t walk under any ladders, don’t break any mirrors, don’t spill any salt, don’t open an umbrella indoors, don’t pick up a penny facing down, and don’t walk by any black cats.  If you’re superstitious, that is.

Still, Friday the 13th is better than ANY Monday.

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Yesterday was

National Middle Child Day

Favorite # ONE

This Post

I was planning on sharing the post about My middle child that I published a few years ago, but thought I would save it for today.

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All of my kids came over for a pool party on Saturday!

One of them brought a giant unicorn and a giant Stitch along…

Favorite # TWO

And now we have 2 more giant floats to add to the collection!

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Favorite # THREE

I don’t anticipate FaceBook losing popularity anytime soon, but I’m getting tired of it.  Since Parler didn’t work out well, I’ve opened an account with GETTR.

The Marketplace of Ideas

Sadly, I haven’t found anyone that I know on GETTR, other than political figures and the character il Donaldo Trumpo, who is hilarious.

I hope you will all join and look me up when you do! @krstar0601

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This week I listened to Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium.  The team endured cyber attacks, infiltration by ANTIFA and Mike was physically attacked when going to his hotel room.  It appears that there is a great deal of information that someone doesn’t want to be uncovered.

However, not all was lost.  The Cyber Symposium Red Team was able to prove that the voting machines were hacked, and in some cases, data has been deleted.  During the symposium, the following video was released and it is my

Favorite # FOUR

Very interesting information.

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LB likes to take pics and Elvis is typically one of his subjects.

I thought this sequence of photos was pretty cute.

Favorite # FIVE

Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the box.

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How America was Almost Destroyed

Last week I shared a video in this post called “We Are The Plan”.

When you click on the link in that post, it will take you to YouTube, but it would not surprise me if it is eventually taken down.  If it disappears, just search Q we are the plan.

Short disclaimer: I am not a conspiracy theorist.

Typically, I don’t care about anything that relates to government or politics.  However, as I mentioned in this post, I noticed that something about the 2020 Presidential election was WAY Off.  I saw it with my own eyes and I shook my head in disbelief.  Others would like me to get over it, but I simply CAN NOT.

In this post I am sharing a video from one Joe M. which is called

“A Story About How America Was Almost Destroyed by Criminals”

This video was made after the first year of President Trump’s term in office, and much more has happened since.

It tells a story about how America was almost destroyed by criminals.

It is being taken down, but as of today you can still watch this short Story About How America Was Almost Destroyed by Criminals here.

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Thank you for taking time out of your day to enlighten yourself…

And for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.

God Bless America!

Friday Favorites

The weekend is here!

It has been awhile since I’ve posted a Friday Favorites, so I have favorites to share from a few weeks back.

Lydia’s birthday was on the 12th, but she didn’t make it to Florida until the following weekend.  We were able to celebrate her 6th year at Mama’s (the gathering place).

Favorite # ONE

As you can see, we had a unicorn themed party.

My favorite 6 year old and her family have moved back to Florida!

Favorite # TWO

Everyone is so happy to have Richard, Emily, Lydia and Rory back in Florida.  Even though they came to town often, family gatherings while they were away just weren’t the same.  This week they walked over to visit.  Little Rory was so excited she started running.The photo is fuzzy, but you get the idea!

My family isn’t the only company we’ve had recently.  We finally got our new roof!  You can’t tell from this picture, but there were men all over the roof that day.  Needless to say, they made a lot of noise which was particularly upsetting to Elvis.

Favorite # THREE

He stayed closed by me for most of that day.

Favorite # FOUR

.  The new roof looks great and the leaking has stopped.

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Next week Mike Lyndell is hosting a cyber symposium next week to submit evidence of the election fraud and the act of war initiated by the CCP on November 3rd when they hacked our 2020 Presidential Election.  Mike is one of the patriots that I admire most.  In an effort to help support him, LB and I ordered 2 of his pillows.

Favorite # FIVE

Good product!

I’m looking forward to watching this…

https://www.mypillow.com/frankspeech

 

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Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.

We Are The Plan

To begin with a personal story, my Mama has not ever permitted the name Barack Obama to be spoken in her presence.  Actually for several years, I thought she was being ridiculous;  it was fun to say the name just to make her cringe.  Although I didn’t like him either, I would come to find out that she possessed a discernment that I did not have.  At that time.  At this point, I can’t stand to hear or see his name in writing.  His name IS cringe-worthy.

I am not a conspiracy theorist.  Typically, I don’t care about anything that relates to government or politics.  However, as I mentioned in this post, I noticed that something about the 2020 Presidential election was WAAAAY Off.  I saw it with my own eyes and I shook my head in disbelief.  Others would like me to get over it, but I simply CAN NOT.

In this post I am sharing a video called

“We Are The Plan”

and it tells a story of a very sinister plan to eradicate democracy from the most WONDERFUL and FREE country on the planet.

This following video is set in operation beginning with the letter Q.

I want to go on record that I am not a follower of Q and I am not one of Q’s attendant Anons.  That said, I do NOT discount the information that can be derived from either.  I want to know the truth.  I know that God’s word is Truth (John 17:17) and His people have been equipped to speak truth loud and clear to one another.

  Something about this presentation shouts TRUTH to me.  And something about this man on the front slide screams EVIL.

I’m not wrong, and if you don’t already, eventually you will agree.

Currently this is on YouTube, but if it disappears, just search Q we are the plan.

I’ve read that eventually they will not be able to walk down the street.

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Thank you for taking time out of your day to enlighten yourself… And for reading my blog.

God Bless America!

Audit Update

Arizona is nearing the end of its forensic audit.  To be clear, this is not a ballot count, this is an investigation of the November 3rd election and process in its entirety.  Arizona auditors have not fully completed a report to share, but they have provided some of the findings.

Pennsylvania has begun a similar forensic audit, and Georgia has begun an investigation.

Georgia is a cesspool, and its secretary of state, who certified the states’ election himself, is beginning to point his finger at others.  Rats are jumping ship.

“When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers” (Proverbs 21:15).

They will all be scrambling, trying to figure out what to do.

Tucker talked about it last week.

When the actual election audit, of each vote and ballot count has been completed, it will be determined that there was extensive fraud, likely in all 50 states.  In addition, there is evidence of foreign interference.  Mike Lindell has provided this information in his presentation Absolutely 9-0.

WE THE PEOPLE were robbed of the president we elected.

Did you vote for Donald J. Trump?

If so you are a victim of FRAUD.

Our elections are the basis of our democracy.  And at this time our election process has been severely hindered.  The people responsible are currently working on taking away our freedom of speech.  Our right to keep and bear Arms will be the following target.

I wish everyone would wake up and see what I have been seeing for months.

GET OVER IT KIM!

It was JUST AN ELECTION!

You think so?

A democracy is a system of government by the people, through representatives that the people elect.  The current administration, [which is illegitimate] was put in place by the evil, power hungry, corrupt elite, not the people.  That administration is seeking to turn our democratic republic into a socialist communist state.

The fact that many people today, especially young people, believe socialism and/or communism is a viable,  even morally superior option for modern societies proves they know nothing about communism’s moral record. Therefore, they do not have a healthy fear of communism, which means this evil could happen right in our USA.

Think about Cuba.

Cubans have become uncomfortable and have begun to rebel.  There are some who have been targeted, their homes invaded by the government; they have been taken away and not heard from.  Those who pass away are wrapped in a bed sheet and delivered to their families to do with as they see fit.

On a daily basis the government shuts down the power and water to Cuban citizens for 4 hours beginning at sunset.  Their internet has been completely shut down.  They would LOVE to have what we have had.

Think about China

and the genocide of a sector of its population by the Chinese Communist Party.  There have been several countries that have endured the atrocities of a communist regime.  Millions of people have been tortured and murdered under this type of system. Some by forcing its citizens into starvation.  And many survived by finding sustenance in the unthinkable.

This is the direction our country is being driven, and I’m not buying anything that the current administration is selling.  Their plan to “build back better” is not the kind of better that will make Americans happy.

It is my hope and prayer that God will allow darkness be brought to light, so all Americans will see the truth that is not being shared by the media.  You can count on me to tell you the truth!

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“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream” (Amos 5:24).

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