A correction - I looked through a lot of family photos, but the one I posted of my Dad came from my cousin SueAnn in Arizona. Sorry about the confusion - I am so grateful to her for this great picture of my Dad.
Recipe Review
Today’s
Recipe and Location: Skewers of Glory
Found
in: The Pioneer Woman Blog
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2013/12/skewers-of-glory/
I figured out that there are
126 calories per serving, if 30 servings are made. (Please note that the calorie
counts vary depending on the specific brands of ingredients that you choose to
use.)
Today I have a wonderful
guest cook and critic. Alaina Erd
is my fabulous niece who made Ree’s shewers for our holiday party. Alaina loves and watches Ree’s show.
(another Ree convert)
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| These make a really attractive hors de ouvres |
Her review: Skewers of glory…and man are they
ever! I wanted to make something
new and Ree inspired me for Christmas. After spending around $50, I thought to
myself…”Ree, this better be good.” There are no fresh, de-tailed, jumbo shrimp
in the tri-cities area so I bought jumbo shrimp that were already
deveined. I just thawed them. De-tailing actually wasn’t difficult or very time
consuming. The trickiest part of the recipe was wrapping the pineapple. There
is a distinct art to doing this. I think I figured it out on my last one. I
felt assembly was required immediately before cooking, but I feel like next
time I’d assemble beforehand. When all is said and done, this dish is well
worth the money, time, and effort. It definitely made for some happy humans,
and a wonderful holiday. We’ll be
making them again shortly!
Craft Corner
I was digging through the
sewing room when I ran across these quilt squares. I purchased a flip calendar
book a few years ago. Each day has a different quilt square to make.
I
love the squares and had a great time making them. When choosing the fabric, I
decided to make a quilt that is partially black in all of the different squares
and a separate quilt that is partially white.
The
down side is that the squares are different dimensions. So I just began making the squares and
figured that eventually I would have enough to make several quilts.
Unfortunately,
my free time was diminished over the past year as I have taught several classes
at the university. I just need to make time for these things that I really
enjoy. Now that the days are
longer, this really seems doable.
Random Reflections
I am a worrier! I feel tremendous stress on many days. As I get older, it seems to escalate. I
worry about doing something wrong. I never used to worry about these types of
things when I was younger. I always went out and did what I thought was best
and things always went well.
Most
of the stress I feel is in my job situation. I have always loved my job but the tension and pressure has
increased as time goes by.
I
was just watching Joel Osteen, my pastor, who said that we need to stop
worrying and let it go. That I need to stop owning the stress and just enjoy
the moment. I love his sermons
because they always relate to my life.
OK
– today is the day I work really hard on distressing my life. I will continue to do the best I can
and not worry what others think about it.
That sounds great – now I
just need to make it work in my day to day life.
Wants and Wishes
This
week my class and I discussed a news article about a local farm that had many
animals that were being removed due to neglect. The article and news report were asking for local help to
remove the animals.
I
was really distressed by this topic. I am such an animal lover and will never
understand why any animal is abused or neglected. Why don’t people ask for help or give the animal to a
shelter when they no longer want it.
“Pride goeth before the fall.”
I believe that “what goes around, comes around.”
I
hope the people responsible are fully prosecuted. There is no excuse for such
behavior. My wish is for animal
cruelty to end, NOW.
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