Food 4 Thought Friday

Food 4 Thought Friday!

A little feast without the calories!!

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Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 
   
Breakfast ~ Who was your favorite celebrity as a child? I loved Burt Reynolds but that was when I was a teenager.  I thought he was so cute.  I also thought Larry kind of looked like him when we met.
Lunch ~  Are you a morning or night person? For most of my life I would say a night person.  However, these days I get tired at least when I am home and am not worth much at night.  I never would have considered myself a real morning person but now I really prefer mornings.  I get most my work done in the morning and like to get up and going because when I do I feel better the rest of the day.
Dinner ~ If you were invisible, where would you go? Hmmmmm....I guess I would probably spy on others.  I would also need transport powers to get around quickly because I'm sure once I spied on someone more people would come to my mind that I would enjoy spying on. When I was younger I loved laying in our back yard at night and watching my mom through the kitchen window...she had no idea we were watching and it was funny to just watch her expressions.  I think of that now when my windows are open in the evenings.
Midnight Snack ~ Name one thing you are looking forward to right now and one thing you are not looking forward to at all.  I am very excited that we are getting another grand in August.  I love meeting each new little one and can hardly wait for each their births.  Right now I know I need to call the dentist and have a tooth fixed (I think one broke a little) and I am not looking forward to that at all but have but it off too long already.
Recipe of the Week ~ (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?)  Be Grateful for the Moments Right Now.  Enjoy the present and find all the good in each and every day.

Kamryn is 7

I love this little cutie!  Kamryn is growing up so fast. She is in first grade at Freedom Elementary in the Spanish Immersion Program.  She's a smartie and loves school.  Kamryn is good at gymnastics and can do awesome back hand springs.  She is also a really good dancer and loves to play soccer.  I think she just likes doing everything.  Kam is a really awesome big sister to Jordyn.  She takes really good care of Jordyn and loves being the big sister and having a little sister...they are best friends.  This little ones adds so much delight to our family.  She's spunky and full of life!  I'm so thankful that she is ours!

Justin is 32

At this point in my kids life I have to take a second and think about  their age.  I feel like saying "15"...it's weird to acknowledge the actual age because it doesn't seem like that could even be possible.  Justin is an awesome son and a fabulous husband and daddy.  Justin has always been a hard worker and continues to be as he provides for his family.  He loves serving the Lord and the people around him.  He has such a kind heart.  Justin has always been the kind of kid that would give everything he has to someone else if he thought it would make them happy.  He's funny and witty and tender and talented and kind and adventurous and pretty much wonderful!  I'm very blessed to have him for my son.  Kid's are such a blessing and my kids have truly made me a better person!  I love Justin! ♥

Recipes

Stuffed Burger Bundles....

Ingredients:
Box of Stuffing Mix
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1 lb ground beef
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 TBS Ketchup

Directions
Prepare stuffing according to pkg directions
Combine evaporated milk and meat; divide into 5 patties
Pat each pattie into a 6 inch circle
Put 1/4/ cup stuffing in the center of each and bring meat up around the stuffing.
Place in casserole dish or cake pan
Combine remaining ingredients and pour over meat
Bake, uncovered at 350 for 45 minutes.

 Brownies for a Crowd....
Mix together: 3 cup sugar, 1 cup + 2 TBL cocoa
Melt and add: 1 cup minus 2 TBL shortening
Add and mix: 6 eggs, 2 tsp vanilla
Add: 2 3/4 cup flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 1/2 tsp salt.
* opt...1 cup nuts
Spread in a 11x17 jelly roll pan
Bake at 300 for 30-35 min.  Don't over bake! Makes about 40

About Me

One thing that not many people would know about me is that I once played the Clarinet and the Tenor Saxophone.  It was back in Junior High School.  I remember being tested to see which instrument I would be good at and I was told that I should play the flute.  However, my mom found a clarinet and so that is what I played.

I loved playing the clarinet and I loved band and the kids in the class.  I was also very good.  I liked to practice and was very competitive about where I sat.  I usually sat in the first chair and that is where I liked being.  Mr. May was our teacher and I loved him.  He was so good with kids and knew how to push and encourage us in all area's of life.  He was also  good looking which made me want  to go to class and be good.  I think of all the teachers I ever had Mr. May was my favorite and taught me the most.

In the summer I would go to beginning summer band and try a new instrument.  I remember trying the tuba one year and it about shook my face off.  It was not my favorite instrument but I could play it.  In ninth grade I wanted to be in the Stage Band because they played really fun music and got to compete with other schools.  Clarinets aren't usually in a Stage Band and so Mallory (played the flute) and I played the tenor saxophones.  We were able to borrow the schools and I really enjoyed playing it.  The fingering is so close to the clarinet and the flute that we were both able to play it.  I remember carrying that big thing home and back to school.  Mr. May saw me one time and decided that he would give me and a few other kids a ride.  We practiced before school and so it was nice to have a ride. I really enjoyed band and playing both the clarinet and the saxophone.  My favorite music on the clarinet was Sleigh Ride...I liked playing 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago with the stage band.  Fun Memories!

I continued to play in High School but only my first year.  It wasn't fun anymore.  I never had to practice to hold my first seat position and I didn't care for the Band Director.  My mom sold my clarinet to the neighbor across and the street and I loved listening to her play....she was good too!  

At this point in my life I wish I hadn't quit.  I tried playing years ago when one of our young women brought her clarinet over for me to try.  I couldn't remember the fingering anymore when I looked at the music.  I wish I would have learned to play the flute and the piano too.  I think music might be one of my hidden talents that I might have buried.  Maybe someday I will dig it up and up and try again. Playing these instruments and being in the band moved my soul.

Count Your Blessings

There is so much in our life to be thankful for~yet, so often our focus is on our hardship and trials.  By taking time each week to focus on our blessings I know we will notice a positive change in our lives.  Even in our trials there are blessing....we need to look for them.

 One blessing I am grateful for today.  The internet.  This last week the weather has been crazy which messes with the internet connection.  I like being connected and being able to search the internet.  You don't realize how much you like something until you can't get it.

An experience I have had that was a blessing to me. Being with my dad when he took his last breath is a blessing to me.  Because my life is so busy I am the child that isn't always at my parents and I was afraid I would be the only one not there when he passed.  I slept at my mom's and cancelled most things so that wouldn't happen.  I feel very blessed to have been standing by my daddy's side when he passed.  It's a serene, peaceful experience.  I was also with my sister and her hubby when he passed.


One Gospel Principle that is a blessing to me.  Repentance.  We all need it and I am thankful that each day throughout the day I can repent and be clean and pure again....over and over!

Something I have done to bless another. This week I paid for a strangers meal.  I hope it made his day as much as it made mine.  Larry and I also cleaned out Sandy's room at the nursing home.  It was Larry's idea and I was blessed by being a part of it.  I know the family appreciated us for doing it.

Who was a blessing to me this week? Jim Swearingen.  With everything Jim has on his plate right now he continues to smile and be happy.  He told us last night that he truly feels that way inside as well.  He's optimistic and grateful for everything that he has.  His example makes me more aware of the "little" things that are really "big" things.

Why???

Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?

Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke?

Why  do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?'

Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in our driveways and put our useless junk in the garage?

Ever Wonder......

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

Why is "abbreviated' such a long word?

Why is it that doctors and attorneys call what they do "practice"?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavoring, and dish washing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes?  Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff???

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Why are Fast Sundays sooooo  slow?

So many why's????