Alphabet Thursday Letter B-Back

Back. . . yes!!!! I am Back . . .

Perfect word I think for Letter B

I love taking photo's when they are walking away . . . Their Backs

One of my favorites of his Back.  I used it for a Wordfilled
Wednesday post.  (illustrated scripture) . . .

 

Going into school for his Christmas Party.  

Their Backs.  Pa and Zane.

 

I took lots that day!

 

His Back.  His hands in his pockets cracked me up!

 

 

 

 

 I love his Back

 

 

 

A sweet rare moment

Father and Daughter

Beautiful Backs

 

Thanks Jenny for Alphabet Thursday

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Happy Trails

 

 

 I couldn't resist this one is fitting.

Smiles

 Sherry

Hold The Post---Off to the store

I had a post all planned and then I visited Cindy at
Little Miss Celebration and saw this . . .

Can you say Yummy! My favorite summertime fruit. Well anytime! Is the beautiful Blackberry.

I am stopping what I'm doing and runnin' to the store. Be back later!

Actually I cannot tell a lie.  I was only planning on visiting a couple of blogs then running to the store! 

Beans are on the stove!  Recipe from this cookbook ...

I'll let you know how the beans are!  And the Yummy cake although I am already expecting five stars with that special ingredient!

Happy Trails ...

This is our blackberry lover.  Story to follow.
 

Have a day filled smiles

Sweet images to fill your day with smiles . . .

                        Someone mentioned my blue slippers.  
                                      It made me Smile. 

                         I hope your day is filled with Smiles.

Happy Trails

 
                                           

Blue Monday/ Alphabet Thursday Letter A

Happy Memorial Day

Celebrating the Letter A 





America the Beautiful by Gods beautiful hand.

And a little Blue too because it's Blue Monday.





God Bless America

Linking with Sally for Blue Monday
Linking with Jenny for Alphabet-Thursday
Linking with Patriot's Palooza

Because they make me smile.  I hope the bring a smile to your face.
                            Happy Trails

Happy Memorial Day

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Happy Memorial Day

Plans for the Day/Week

My day began at church. . .

I love our congregation . . .

It's not your typical group.  Our congregation is a group of boys ages 15-18.  They are in prison . . .

This morning when Cowboy asked "What tools can you use to fight
Satan?"  My heart leapt when they said Matthew 4:10 and John 3:16. 

The remembered.

Cowboy had used the Matthew verse last week and taught them how to remember the reference. 

Matthew the first book in the Bible
4:10 a 4:10 shotgun is called a snake charmer . . .
Satan(the snake) get behind me. Matthew 4:10 . . .

My day started with a smile and a Praise . . .

And it is the beginning of my vacation.  A week off from work.
I love my job!  It is so nice to have little weeks and days off here and there to rest and get caught up at home.  And make plans for my classroom. 

My plans this week include . . .
Sleeping late
Writing blog posts and visiting lots of blogs
Reading (stopped at library on the way home and got 6 books)
Catching up around the house
Giving the dog a bath

But first a nap!

Happy Trails . . .

This one made me smile. Well actually they all do! Enjoy!

Katherine's Give A Way Offer

I went to visit my old friend Katherine who hosts a great Thursday
linky and I found a great give a way.  You can't pass this up!



Pretty cool huh?  Go over to Katherines and enter.
Click Here

Good Luck!

Happy Trails,
Sherry

Love this one thinking about adding it to the sidebar...(insert Smiley face)

Sweet Saturday--Day/Night Date

So our day ended with a nice dinner.

Today for the first time since October Cowboy had a day off. 

We spent the day together. 

A little day date . . .


Maybe ending in a nice ride . . .

Our date wasn't quite like my fantasy.  Nontheless it was dreamy.

We spent the day at a trade day sale.  Cowboy had cleaned out some of his stash of hunting things.   

It was fun watching him get excited over a sale.  I sat quietly reading my book. 

He told me later that the vendor behind us commented to him that he was lucky because his wife would never sit all day with him just happily reading a book. 

I didn't realize it was a big deal.  I guess it was. 

My dream date may be different than the Cowboys but in the end
we both enjoyed a rare and special day together. 

A sweet Saturday for sure!

Happy Trails . . .

Starting New . . .

Takin 5 Minutes to tell you just how Close I am . . .
I am Close to keepin' up with blogging again.
I have a list of things to do . . .
# Start a new Facebook . . . check it off done!

I wanna get Close again.  I love 5 Minute Friday and Lisa Jo and all the sweet friends I've meet before. 

Would you come back and visit?  I am Close.  Only a click away.

I know it's been a long time since we've been Close. 

And there are probably new people visiting Lisa Jo who I've never met . .

That takes me to #2 on my list . . .

Visit the 5 Minute Friday links.  I am getting Close. 

A couple more things on my list.  Make new friends!  I need some new friends.  I would love it if you come and visit me. 

I write about all kinds of things like cooking, teaching Preschool,
Horses, Thrifting, Quilting.  Look at my long list of Labels on the sidebar.  I write about a lot of stuff.  I love to read and I love to review books and cookbooks. 

Stay Close and come by and check out my next review which will be posted tomorrow! 
Go by and visit Lisa Jo and join 5 Minute Friday!  Click Here

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Trails!

5 Minute Friday--Close

Joining Lisa Jo for 5 Minute Friday . . .
Simply writing on a topic for 5 Minutes w/o deep thinking, just what prompts you from the prompt...

Close. . . closure comes to mind.  I have been thinking for a while what to do with this blog.  If you visit you'll see I haven't been able to post regularly.  I think we all go through times when life catches up. 
Mine has.  I have found closure in a couple of areas. 
Life has me coming and going.  Going back to work after more than 30 years. 
Beginning a new job.  That I love.  I've been busy. 

Too busy to join 5 Minute Friday. 

And I love my blog.  I don't want closure. 
I was looking forward to today.  To join Lisa Jo.  To begin again.
Would you join me?  Let's be close again. 

Thanks Lisa Jo for a great Friday linky!  Click Here to join.

Happy Trails . . .

Passwords What A Pain

With multiple exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need cake . . .

Or maybe a little sleep . . .

Or maybe a few Super Heros!

To straighten out . . .

This tangled mess of Passwords!  Yep now it is Yahoo messing
with my mind and I am ready for a stiff drink. 

Just wondering is it just me or is anyone else having a problem with Passwords?

Some More S'Mores At Home

Do you love S'mores? 

Ever wonder how to make the luscious fun treats even if your not hanging around a campfire? 
   I was planning a camping unit for school and of course we had to do S'mores.  

I didn't bother to look on Pinterest.  I just kind of winged it and put the ingredients in foil and cooked in an electric skillet on low.  Really low.  They turned out great. 

I wish I could share the gooey smiling faces! 

Later I got to wonderin what I might find on Pinterest. 

Here's a few examples . . .

From the extreme . . .
Click Here
To the Creative . . .




Click Here

To Super Simple . . .
Click Here

And maybe a little decadent . . .



. Personally I would leave off the bananas. But that's just me. LOL. Click Here.  I loved the name of this blog . . . Cooking Classy.  These sure look like a Classy S'more to me. 

And there were so many cute S'Mores Party ideas I couldn't decide which was my favorite so I went with a simple one . . .
The link didn't work for the exact post but Click Here to go the blog.

So want a S'More now?

I just love Pinterest don't you.  Check out all the wonderful recipes and ideas.  Just go there and
search S'Mores! 

Have Fun!

Linking with 6 Sisters Strut Your Stuff. 
Click Here.
Linking with Sondra Lyn on
Share It Sunday.  Click Here.

Happy Monday

Looking for, expecting a good week. 

How about you? 

I didn't join Sally for Blue Monday today but thought I would share a few Blues I've collected . . .

Love this one.  It just makes me smile. 

Saw this on Pinterest and thought it was cool.

We made one a school.

The kids love . . .

 

It makes me smile

Hope your smiling today!




Have a good week!

You can visit Sally to see some cool Blues . . . Click Here

Happy Mothers Day

Great Buy on Pork Now What?

So I stopped at the store there was this great buy on really thick cuts of pork.  The Cowboy likes those big 'ole man size chops.

 
I usually pan grill with a side of spinach and rice or potatoes of some sort. 

As I was driving home with my treasure I got to thinking . . .
Did I see a bone in the pork?  Got home went to put them in the fridge and Yep I was right no bone.  Now what?  I have never been really successfully with those thick 'ole pieces of boneless pork.

What do I do now? 

So I decided cook in the oven with rice and some good 'ole cream soup.  Should make it tender and juicy right?  I was hopin'. 

So I get my ingredients.  Chop some garlic and onions.  Fry a couple slices of bacon to cook them in.  Add a big hunk of butter and start them slowly cookin' in the bacon grease. 

Then I thought.  How much rice? How much water?  Well off to Pinterest I went. 

Here's the recipe I adapted . . .


And look heart healthy too!  Actually it didn't look anything like this.  I didn't put in broccoli, or carrots or the cheese.  Basically I just used the ratios of rice and water.  I stirred the onions and garlic into the rice mix.  Saved a little and poured onto the pork. 

A good deal on pork turned out to be a great dinner! 

Here's the link to the recipe Campbell's Soup Chicken Rice Bake

I love using cream soups as a base for recipes.  Do you?

There was just enough leftover rice for the dog to get a bite!

And that other ingredient I mentioned . . .


   I ate it!