Ok so if any of you love chocolate syrup as I do but don't like all the "stuff" they put in the store bought brand, here is a recipe (though not exactly healthy) that you make and you can pronounce everything in the ingredient list. Team it up with your homemade ice cream and yummo!!
This book inspired me to embrace my roll as a wife, mother and keeper of my home. She touched on all the doubts that I ever had about my roll and was encouraging all through the book. It is an easy read and I never once got bored with it or found it irrelevant.
Ahh! Friday! I love Fridays. Not only is the weekend here but it's time for some good clean fun. Now go back and post your funny video, picture, story etc. and then come back and link it up here with Mr. Linky down at the bottom of this post. Help spread some fun and laughter today!
I have jokes today. I laughed so hard at some of your jokes last week. I hope you enjoy these! He said,
"This person will gather food for you, cook for you, and when you discover clothing she'll wash it for you. She will always agree with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love and passion whenever you need it.
Adam asked God, "What will a woman like this cost?"
God replied, "An arm and a leg."
Then Adam asked, "What can I get for a rib?"
The rest is history..
The young man waited a moment and replied, "You know Dad, I've been thinking about that. You know, Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, Noah had long hair, and even Jesus had long hair...." To which his father replied, "Yes, and they walked every where they went!"
Don't forget about Friday Funnies tomorrow! After a long week, laughter is good medicine!!
We all know that we could all use a little extra money. Right? Well why not do that by promoting wonderful websites that you buy products from yourself. Oh my side bar I have 4 affiliate links that when you click through them and then buy something I get a percentage of the sale. It's really easy to sign up to be an affiliate. Just simply go to there website and click on their affiliate link and follow the easy instructions. I am all for helping people and I would love to know if you have affiliates as well that I can check out.
Until just recently I did not own a tea cup and saucer of my own. I had been drinking tea out of my Garfield cup. My husband did make his very sweet attempt at a very pretty cup but it wasn't your typical tea cup and saucer that you would expect to see sitting on a nicely decorated table, set for tea. But that all changed a couple of weeks ago. To my complete surprise, I received this beautiful tea cup in the mail from a most treasured friend, who wants to remain anonymous. (Love you sister friend!) But what makes this tea cup so special is that it's my very first one. I haven't told this to anyone ,but probably my family,but I have this silly thing that I don't want to buy my own tea cups. Not because I'm cheap but because I am sentimental and for some reason I like to put stories behind "things" if I can. And since tea time is such a special little treat for me, I thought it would be more enjoyable to think about the special cup you might choose to drink out of and the person who gave it to you.( no this is not a plug to get you all to send me tea cups, LOL) I just love my new tea cup and as I was having my cup of tea in it yesterday I thought I would show it to you and encourage you to just take 15 mins. each day to just relax. Make tea time your excuse to just sit and do nothing.
Eventually I'd like to host a small woman's tea. My mom has beautiful tea cups from my grandmother and she said that she will bring them down next year when she comes, right MOM? So I am very excited about that. For now I could have a BYOTC party. LOL. I'm sure most of you have figured out what that stands for, but in case you don't it means, Bring Your Own Tea Cup! LOL. 
ssum ask for. We lifted both sides of the trap and he just sat there with no intentions of leaving. This gave us plenty of time to really get up close and personal with this guy.(a.k.a.homeschooling, LOL) No we didn't touch it! Uh, Eww! But the more I looked at him the less mean he looked. This of course is when he stopped showing his gnarly teeth. He finally did leave and we set the trap again. But this guy got wise. He started to dig UNDER the trap and knock the food off the tray and eat what fell on the ground. Ah! Smart huh?
is my Vita-Mix Machine. This thing slices and dices,purees and chops and will also balance your checkbook. But wait there's more, act now and get a free set of Ginsu Knives! LOL. Okay sorry I got carried away. I think I've seen one to many Infomercials. But it is a WONDERFUL tool in my kitchen. I linked up the website in case you ever wanted to check out what it can do. I also got the dry blender container to grind wheat with. That comes in handy when making your own bread. I admit it is an investment but well worth the money.
we ever come into some money we can get the attachments for this as well. My parents actually got this for me for Christmas 2 years ago and I LOVE it. Again I linked to the website so you can check out the features. They purchased this one at Sam's Club so it was waaaaaaay cheaper than buying online.
ing, I absolutely love making burgers on. They come out so juicy. It's the George Foreman Grill. I know I know but I really do love it. I cook my homemade sausage patties on here and my turkey burgers and they always come out perfect. Fast and easy. Just what I like.
are pretty indispensable at our home. First is my coffee maker and the second is our handy dandy coffee grinder. I had to add them as they are used just about every day. Well the coffee maker is used ev
ery day!! Oh yeah!! Woo Hoo!!
Little Alex and the Plaque
One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it. The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the boy and said quietly " Good morning, Alex"
"Good morning pastor" replied the young man, still focused on the plaque. "Pastor John, what is this?" Alex asked.
"Well son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service."
Soberly they stood together, staring at the large plaque. Little Alex's voice was barely audible when he asked "Which service, the 8:15 or the 10:45?"
Now a video funny.....(don't watch any of the others that come up on the screen afterwards as I'm not sure of their content)
The frustration I'm feeling right now? For some reason OUR computer won't let us access email or our blog dashboard or CERTAIN websites but it WILL let my MOM'S laptop (which by the way is on the same internet wireless connection) access EVERYTHING. So do you feel it now? The frustration? Sometimes I just want to throw our computer right out the nearest window. LOL.I think it (our computer) is probably on it's way out anyway. They (whoever "they" are) say that you should get a new one every 2 or 3 years. Well we've done good to have ours for about 6 or 7 now. We keep putting off the inevitable by constantly rebooting and reprogramming everything to keep it going a little longer, erasing most of my files in the process because we really don't know what we are doing half the time! LOL. But that's a WHOLE nother story. Don't you love the word "nother". Does anyone else use that word? Is it even a word? Should I write my own dictionary? Are you bored with this post yet? This is my post for the day! LOL. Aren't you glad you stopped by? I). YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pets name and current car)---Muffin Expedition (LOL) Sounds tough doesn't it.
2). YOUR GANSTA NAME (favorite ice cream flavor and fave cookie)--- Peanut Butter Peanut Butter (LOL)
3). YOUR FLY GUY/GAL NAME (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
K-Wil
4). YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)---Red Dolphin
5). YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)---Jean Brunswick
6). YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)---Wil-Ki
7). SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)--- The Green Root Beer
8). NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)---Bernard James
9). DANCER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)--- Happy M & M's
10). WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) --- Ema Andrew
11). TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)---Albers Albany
12). SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)--- Winter Carnation
13). CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Apple Pajamay
14). HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)--- Pancake Oak
15). YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Drawing Sunshine Tour
happily married to the man of my dreams. He is my prince charming. I call him my polished redneck! He is an excellent husband and a wonderful father to our children. These have been the happiest 13 years of my life. I'm not saying we haven't had things thrown at us because we have. We've mourned over loved ones, had financial strains, things happen with our children, but our commitment to each other and the Lord has always brought us through. Those things make us stronger and grow us closer together.
uly as happy as we seem. And the answer is yes. Do we have a magic solution to every problem? No. We both put the Lord first in our lives and seek Him for guidance. Without him it would be impossible. He is the key factor here. The second thing is, don't knit pick. Just let some things go. We are all human and all have shortcomings. Have a servants heart. No I didn't say "slave". A servants heart is one that does something without expecting anything in return.
to show some pictures of "the past". A little reflection on our 13 years together. So here we go!
Then after everything died down we got a little silly. I wasn't going to post these but my son insisted and when you see the picture that he actually wanted me to post you are going to crack up. So here are some pictures from that!
I am linking up with Life as Mom today for the Ultimate Recipe Swap. The theme this week is - Your Ultimate Favorite Recipe! I have many recipes that I love but this one tops them all. It's a bit more work then most but it's oh so good. If you have a recipe to share head on over to Life as Mom for all the details.
This recipe is well worth the effort. I usually make it for a special occasion or something because it's kind of a fancy dish. And really it's not that difficult to make.
Ingredients:
6 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 TBS. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
8 oz. goat cheese, (i buy the herb kind, it adds a nice flavor), soften to room temp.
Sun Dried Tomato Sauce
1 TBS butter
1 TBS finely chopped garlic
1 TBS finely chopped yellow onion
1/2 c. dry white wine
1/4 freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 TBS cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 c. finely sliced sun-dried tomatoes ,without oil( I find these already sliced in the fresh veggie area, they come in a bag)
1/4 c. fresh basil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp white pepper, ( I didn't have this so I just used black)
Directions:
Prepare the Sun Dried Tomato Sauce: Place butter, garlic, and onion in a large skillet over medium heat and saute until garlic and onion are tender and transparent. Add white wine and lemon juice. Increase heat to medium high and simmer to reduce by half. Reduce heat to low. Add cold butter one piece at a time. Add sun dried tomatoes, basil, salt, and pepper and stir to blend ingredients. Set aside.
Prepare Chicken: Preheat grill, and brush chicken with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill Chicken approx. 15-20 mins or until cooked through. Divide goat cheese evenly between chicken breasts, placing some on each breast for the last two minutes of cooking. Place cooked chicken on serving platter and spoon Sun Dried Tomato Sauce over chicken.*Note I generally make the sauce while the chicken is cooking.
This recipe will make your taste buds sooooo happy. I usually double the sauce recipe because my family loves it. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!!
YUMMO!!!
Oh it's that glorious day of the week! FRIDAY!!! I always look forward to Fridays. Want some good laughs? Of course you do! Do you have any to share? Well then post your funny rated G joke, picture, video or story and then come back here and link directly to you post using Mr. Linky down below. Let's spread some funny today!!
New Law:
With the high rate of attacks on women in secluded parking lots, especially during evening hours, the Minneapolis City Council has established a 'Women Only' parking lot at the Mall of America. Even the parking lot attendants are exclusively female so that a comfortable and safe environment is created for patrons
Below is the first picture available of this world's first women-only parking lot in Minnesota...................
I'd like to find a mug that size! There's my one cup for the day! YES!
Oh if is were just that easy. I thought this was hilarious and a bit disturbing! LOL. What's he trying to say here? What should I make of this? It's kind of funny.We aren't "drinkers" so we don't have beer or wine in our house, but we treat coffee like it's an alcoholic beverage. LOL. The conversation goes something like this. Them, "Can we have some coffee?" I respond. "No!"
