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What’s Up Wednesday

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What we’re eating

I mentioned in this post that I could live on orange soda and rotisserie chicken.  Once upon a time, that was my diet.  But at the beginning of this year, I took part in the Daniel Fast for 21 days.  On the menu… Plants and Water.  Think BEANS, GREENS, POTATOES, RICE, and LENTILS.

This is mixed salad greens doused with my homemade chickpea dressing and a sprinkle of Tajin chili-lime seasoning.

Interestingly enough, I enjoyed the Daniel Fast and I am proud of my success.  Also, I like the way that I feel.  I am still following a whole food plant based diet.  LB is half following.

Now that the 21 days has ended, I’m drinking coffee in the morning again, but with almond/coconut creamer only. This one is pretty good. Hummus has replaced rotisserie chicken as my new favorite.  But I am once again enjoying my orange soda on the weekend!

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What I’m Reminiscing About

The GOOD OLE DAYS.

I must be getting old.

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What We’ve Been Up To

Last week I made a birthday cake.  A four-tiered birthday cake.  It took four days.

This was a learning experience that included cake boards and dowels.  I baked the ten inch layers on Wednesday, the eight, six, and four inch layers on Thursday, applied the crumb coat on Friday, and put it all together on Saturday.  Although the finished product was pretty ugly, the princess who ordered it seemed pleased.

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What I’m Loving

Yes it was worth it!

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What I’m Dreading

Four years of the Biden/Harris administration.

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What I’m Working On

Trying to come up with content for my blog.  Now that I rarely go anywhere, it isn’t as interesting to post about what has been going on.

If I report my thoughts about politics any more than I already have, I may be cancelled 😆

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What I’m Excited About

Daylight Saving Time

which begins on the 2nd Sunday in March.

Yes it is true that we are going to lose an hour, but I prepared for this and took the following Monday off.

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What I’m Watching/Reading

With my 21 day Daniel Fast book came a devotional.

Since that 21 day experience ended, I have been reading my Bible every morning.  It only takes 21 days to form a habit.

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What I’m Listening To

since I’m increasingly and overwhelmingly disgusted with MSM, I’ve been listing to alternate news, for example     AndWeKnow  on Rumble.

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What I’m Wearing

I haven’t bought into the lounge-wear trend.  So I am currently wearing jeans.

Every.

Day.

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What I’m Doing This Weekend

I absolutely will  NOT be baking LOL!

At the moment I anticipating sleeping in on Saturday morning.  Nothing has been planned at this point.  Going out isn’t as much fun as it used to be, mostly because I can’t breathe under a mask.

This is why I reminisce about the good ole days.

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What I’m Looking Forward to Next Month

Spring!

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Friday Favorites

This week we observed Valentine’s Day so it stands to reason that I’m going to mention my Valentine

Favorite # ONE

LB

My Valentine!

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Favorite # TWO

Valentine’s Day Presents~

It has been almost a year since our world drastically changed.  Last year on Valentine’s Day, I was working several miles away from my home… commuting daily and complaining the whole way.  These days I seldom leave the house except for those rare occasions when we go out to dinner.

On Sunday LB and I went to

Favorite # THREE

Salsas

Mexican Restaurant

This one has probably been a favorite before.

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And speaking of Salsa, has anyone tried this…

Favorite # FOUR

Herdez Guacamole Salsa

OMG I love it!

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It wouldn’t be a true Valentine’s Day post if I didn’t include my favorite Valentine’s Day Baby

Favorite # FIVE

Rory

Born on Valentine’s Day 2018.

She is growing up so fast!

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Friday Favorites

Favorite # ONE

Super Bowl Sunday

I don’t care a whole lot about football, but LB has a couple of friends who come over to watch the super bowl game with us every year.  This year we had a great time catching up and EATING.  I enjoyed seeing them!

In addition to that, I did notice that Tom Brady didn’t don a mask when he arrived at the stadium.  He didn’t wear a mask at all.  He also took some flack about not wearing a mask.

Is Tom Brady a Superhero?

The liberals are unhappy. 

So YES!

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I recently completed my 21 day Daniel fast which inspired me to look for ways to make vegetables taste better.  One of my favorites is a recipe that I put together using several other recipes I found.

Favorite # TWO

Cheese Sauce

with no cheese

Vegan Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 2 Yukon gold potatoes
  • 2  diced carrots
  • 10 oz. frozen cauliflower or butternut squash
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 ¼ tsp lemon juice
  • water

Instructions: 

Boil potatoes and carrots together in a pot until fork tender.  Reserve the water to add back into the cheese sauce.

Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender, along with some of the reserved water and blend. Add more of the reserved water to thin to desired consistency.

 

I’ll be making another batch this week!

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Favorite # THREE

Hair

My hair.  I  am happy because I got my trim and color this week.

I’m not including the photo.

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Favorite # FOUR

UHaul

What would we do without UHaul America?  If all you have is a compact car, have no fear… you can rent a UHaul truck for the day.  Anyone can do it.  This week my daughter rented one and on Wednesday night it was loaded with the contents of her house, to move to her new house.  I was able to take Thursday afternoon off to help unload it.  I felt like I worked hard.  My fitbit showed 17, 499 steps and the end of the move.  But I didn’t do nearly as much as my nephew Clay.

What a sweetheart he is.  One in a million!

Clay is a great guy!

Which leads me to my

Favorite # FIVE

I listen to a podcast [on RUMBLE, a free speech platform] on which the speaker frequently refers to “our favorite President”

This one will forever be my favorite!

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Friday Favorites

It’s Friday!

YAY

Someone suggested to me today, that Friday should be called YayDay.

Seems fitting to me.

Let me start my Friday Favorites with last Saturday.  We threw a BIG party for Mama’s 75th birthday.

Favorite # ONE

She seemed to have a really good time.

We had a band, a sing-a-long, a Mary video, lots of family, food, balloons… it was quite an event!

Happy Birthday Mama!

And on the subject of birthdays…

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Favorite # TWO

Happy Birthday LB!

LB had a birthday Tuesday before last, and would have been in last week’s Friday Favorites if I had created a post to share.

Hoping to get me to spend more time on the back patio, he chose an outdoor heater as his birthday present.

We celebrated the big day by going to LaNopalera for dinnerand taking the next day off.

LB wanted to go to the beach for a cookout.

So we did.LB will always be my favorite!

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Favorite # THREE

Carrot Cake

February 3rd was National Carrot Cake Day.

I asked LB to choose a birthday cake from my Southern Living Cake book.  Guess which one he picked.That’s right, he wanted a giant carrot cake for his birthday.

And on the subject of cakes, this week I recieved a request to make a birthday cake for our favorite soon-to-be 3 year old Rory.

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Favorite # FOUR

A Cake like no Other

This is an example of the cake that Emily believes Rory will love, since she loves the story of Sleeping Beauty.

Reminiscent of the birthday cake the three fairies made for Aurora.  It looks like a mess, so I’m sure I won’t have any trouble replicating.

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Although it isn’t always PRETTY, it is important to pass along information to people you care about.  Especially since it won’t be covered on News4Jax or any MSM.

Favorite # FIVE

Being Informed

Clearly you will see that this video was created prior to our 2020 Presidential election, however it contains information that everyone has a right to know.

https://rumble.com/vdkn0l-covid-911-learn-the-truth.html

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What Happened?

It has been exactly 2 months since I published a blog post.

There was so much to talk about!  I missed posting about Christmas, New Year’s happenings, The Daniel Fast, and LB’s birthday.  Although I managed to write up a couple (Dec 11 and Dec 20), I never published either and they are both sitting in my drafts folder.  I may backdate and finish them at some point.

What happened?

 I have been preoccupied with political news.  Nearly obsessed.  I have read a lot of posts on Telegram and watched many videos on Rumble.  I don’t buy into all of what I see, but much of it makes sense to me.

And for the record, there is nothing anyone can say that will change my mind about the election fraud that occurred.  The evidence will be heard eventually.

“For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light” (Luke 8:17 ESV).

Since the mainstream media will not provide this information, watch the following:

If the link doesn’t work, copy and paste the URL below and hear for yourself:

https://rumble.com/vc32yv-the-plot-to-steal-america-now-censored-on-youtube.html

Watch and SHARE!

Since the making of The Plot to Steal America, due to censorship, Parler is no longer active.  For more info watch the following:

https://rumble.com/vcqaql-these-two-apps-will-not-be-silenced.html

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I’m going to snap out of my funk and get back to blogging again.

But please forgive me if I rant occasionally.

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

Friday Favorites

IT IS

YAY!

Favorite # ONE

Amanda

Wednesday was Amanda’s birthday but since she had to go out of town on business, we gathered Sunday night to celebrate.  Amanda requested a birthday cake that is reminiscent of one my Mema Reid used to make.  I have never been able to make mine look like hers.

It is a yellow layer cake with chocolate icing.  The icing is fudgy like candy

Favorite # TWO

Humility

There is nothing like presenting an ugly birthday cake to someone you love.

I don’t know why I can’t get this cake right!

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Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

now that the Christmas cards are coming and this one is my favorite…

Favorite # THREE

handcrafted by this little artistAfter sending this picture via text, I told Emily to tell Lydia that I love it.  Lydia’s reply was “I knew she would love it.”

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Favorite # FOUR

Duck Duck Go

I’ve said goodbye to Google.

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Favorite # FIVE

Texas

You can read about it here.

God Bless Texas!

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Friday Favorites

Its Friday!

This week EVERY day has been as wonderful as Friday because I have been on vacation.  LB and I didn’t make plans to go anywhere in particular, but decided to take it a day at a time.

As I mentioned previously we went to EPCOT last Friday.  We spent the night then on Saturday, enjoyed a late breakfast and a shopping trip to Tanger Outlets in Daytona.  Once we made it back home, it was clear that a recovery day was in order.  So Sunday was a day spent doing nothing.

On Monday, late in the afternoon, we made spur of the moment plans to go to South Carolina.  Richard was on track to open a new restaurant on Tuesday, and LB thought it would be fun to surprise him by attending.

Favorite # ONE

Opening Day

at Maple Street Biscuit Co Mount Pleasant.

I enjoyed getting to see Richard in his Maple Street world and I also enjoy this concoction

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Favorite # TWO

LB posted this shot in google maps and it has had hundreds of views

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Favorite # THREE

Lydia and Rory are the sweetest little girls that I’ve known since my own Stephanie and Amanda.  Before we left SC they wanted to spend a few minutes snuggling.  So we did.

Snuggling and giggling. They are precious!

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Favorite # FOUR

I mentioned in an earlier post that LB and I had visited St. Augustine to see the Nights of Lights, but it was SO CROWDED, there was no getting into the historic district.

We decided to go back on a weeknight during our vacation, and that happened on Thursday.We had a great time and the city was beautiful, as always

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Since we couldn’t get tickets to President Trump’s rally in Valdosta on Saturday night, we decided we would go to Fernandina to hear a band that LB follows.  So we went to Fernandina, checked into the Hampton Inn (which was very cute), walked around the town visiting shops and enjoying the Christmas displays, we had dinner at Pepper’s and then walked to the place were the Bluff Five Band was scheduled to play.  It was outdoors and it was just too cold.

So we went back to our cute hotel and watched the rally in Valdosta…

Favorite # FIVE~

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