Pumpkin Sheet Cake is a wonderful recipe that I found back in the Fall of 1991. The recipe was in a home made church cookbook that has since been tattered and torn, but it is still readable. 🙂 I loved that little church in the New Mexico Manzano Mountains….and we ladies got together to…
St. Petersburg….The Captain’s Alumni Banquet! I have yet another confession to make. 🙁 Yes, there was the usual pomp and circumstance, such as the raised swords as alumni entered the building. The tables were set beautifully with little blue airplanes marking the table numbers. Military uniforms and Aviation memorabilia everywhere. There was even a huge…
Round Robin! We made a Round Robin! What a whirlwind this past week has been! I am dizzy from it! What? you say…. As many of you know who know me…..we have children scattered hither and yon with none of them in Cape Coral, where we live. ;( Most people who live in Florida complain…
“She” ????? It is confession time…again! The Captain came home from one of his “tours”…in other words flying, (working) and he brought me a present! Well, sort of a present! He had heard a song…an old song, but he loved the lyrics and thought they were appropriate to/for/about ME!!! The melody is haunting….which might explain…
Fall Decor Can Be Easy… I have a dear friend….(I call her Queenie)….and she was asking me the other day for a few ideas on simple decorating for Fall. (Click on the original post at Turn a Cake Plate into Holiday Decor from last November of using a domed cake plate to hold pinecones etc!) Queenie…
CrockPot Dump Cake…Yum! Fall is in the air and it is World Series Time…and this year Kansas City fans have lots to cheer about! 😉 But I digress….Lets talk about the ease of making a dump cake. Have you heard of dump cakes? The meaning is simple…you dump in the ingredients all at once ……
World Series…The Dream is Real! If you have been following my Blog…you will note my enthusiasm for Sports…particularly Kansas City sports, ie; The Kansas City Chiefs (Football) and the Kansas City Royals (Baseball) and the Kansas Jayhawks (College Basketball)! (If you missed my posts on this journey…you may click on the below posts) The Blue…
Orange Sweet Rolls….I don’t know what it is about yeast breads and oranges that seem to go together…. I have made several recipes involving these ingredients and posted them here…(click on the link below for the Orange Refrigerator Breakfast Roll recipe) Orange Refrigerator Breakfast Rolls But go together they do and this is a quick…
Today…! I would like to share with you a poem that I have on the wall near my computer. I read it out loud every single day. I just think it says it all and I understand the person who wrote this poem passed away in 2002 of ALS disease at the age of 50….
License Plate Dilemma…..Yep! it was definitely a dilemma! When we moved to Florida 4 years ago…we went to the DMV to get out driver’s license, car tags…etc! Everything was routine…except for one thing. The agent at the desk asked me what license plate I preferred….and I commented that I didn’t know there was a choice…
Canning/Preserving Bread & Butter Pickles! Still canning at this household this week….I love preparing and preserving veggies and fruits. I am sure that desire comes from both my Grandmothers….we always had sweet pickles, dill pickles and bread and butter pickles on hand with both of them canning on a regular basis. I am sure for…
Salsa Anyone? My Dancing Friend Across The Pond just visited the Captain and I for a lovely 12 days! She Arrived on the 20th of September and flew off to London on the afternoon of the 1st of October! I am sure if she is reading this post….she will assume I will be discussing…