I have a dear friend! I have been blessed to call her my friend for over 25 years. We met when we were both orienting for a new job. I remember thinking the first time I saw her that she was "one of those girls". She was beautiful and smart and all […]
Author: Linda
PLANS FOR THE LAUNDRY ROOM ~ and it isn’t doing a load
One of the projects on my TO DO LIST FOR 2014 is this laundry room. It's a generic, one wired shelf kind of laundry room. Nothing exciting or interesting. My plans are to use the upper cabinets of the kitchen cabinets we bought at the ReStore place for the family room bookcases seen here. These […]
FROM SPRING TO WINTER ~ wait…what?
A couple of days ago, my sweet daughter and I and our puppy took a long walk. It was a beautiful sunny day. We wore light jackets and ended up taking them off and wrapping them around our waists because it was so warm. What a beautiful day!! The birds were singing, the […]
MUSIC IS THE PRAYER THE HEART SINGS
Hello Strangers!!! I have not posted in awhile. We've been very busy with all the snow, ice, sleet, and rain we've been getting lately. And I just found out we experienced a 4.1 earthquake last night. We were completely oblivious!! Hope everyone is safe. The puppy had NO idea what to do with all this […]
OLIVE GARDEN’S SHRIMP CARBONARA
OLIVE GARDEN’S SHRIMP CARBONARA Marinated shrimp 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 cup hot water 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning 1 Tbsp chopped garlic 3 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined Sauce 1 cup butter 1 1/2 tsp chopped garlic 3 Tbsp bacon bits 3 Tbsp flour (all purpose) 1 cup Parmesan cheese […]
BAKED CHICKEN
Tonight we had one of my family’s favorite dinners. Baked chicken with potato casserole, green beans and onions and crescent rolls. Hope the picture looks as good as it tasted!! BAKED CHICKEN 3 lbs. chicken thighs 1 Tbs. salt 3 Tbs. sugar (I usually add a little bit more-hee hee!) 1 1/2 Tbs. soy sauce 3/4 […]