Thoughts and Quotes: It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells you what kind of life you've lived. Helen Walton
Eat a salad every day. It can be any kind, but preferably with a green leafy vegetable. This is not mandatory. You can eat fruit salad, potato salad, Jello salad, macaroni salad, bean salad, etc., and don't forget Cole slaw. The choices are endless - easy, peasy.
So everyday, eat apples in some form, foods high in magnesium LINK, and a salad. We can do this! We have to eat anyway; it might as well be something good for us.
Time for fun: I've been doing a lousy job of celebrating our national days. Maybe I can do better this week. Shhhh. I might have to fudge a little.
Monday is Cherry Turnover Day.
Tuesday is Chop Suey Day.
Wednesday is Toasted Marshmallow Day. I think a sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top should count, don't you?
Thursday Happy South Carolina Day to our friends in The South.
It's also Matchmaker Day, which I believe I'll skip as I'm happily single.
And Diatomaceous Earth Day, which I'll skip but found very interesting. Click HERE.
Guess I'll just eat some trailmix.
Friday Lazy Mom's Day. Yes! I'm a mom, and I'm an expert at being lazy.
Saturday Tailgating or Blueberry Popsicles. I've never seen a blueberry popsicle, and I don't go to football games. Maybe a picnic instead?
Sunday Welsh Rarebit Day. How about a grilled cheese sandwich instead? It's close. Well, it is.
And scatter she did. After Sam died and she was president of Walmart, she gave a $300 million donation to the University of Arkansas - the largest private donation to a university to date. And she passed on the "scatter" gene. It's her daughter Alice who founded the Crystal Bridges Museum (with free admission sponsored by Walmart).
And my "scattering" has begun, but on a tiny, tiny scale. I've passed on two sets of placemats, four sets of napkins, two sets of napkin rings, a pie plate, and a loaf pan. If you see anything on my blog which speaks to you, let me know. It might be something I'll be "scattering" in the future. If not, I keep THE LIST of things for my kids to pass on after I'm gone to those who've asked for them, before they put everything in a garage sale.
Busy week, but a short blog today - here we go.
The Pepper and Pals report: Monday night, the two white babies came for dinner with their mother. One was gone for five days and the other six. I have no idea where they went or where they ate. They came back Tuesday and Wednesday nights, missed Thursday, back on Friday, and absent on Saturday. Obviously, someone else is feeding these two sweeties. They don't look as if they've missed any meals. Still no sign of the other two siblings.
Tasting: Tuesday I went to Joplin and had my car serviced and had lunch with Lil' Bro' and Lil' Sis'. The day was rainy and overcast; then I saw these clouds up ahead. Just had to take a photo. They looked like a strange mountain range.
We went to a restaurant called Crabby's which was a welcome change from the chains. I left my camera in the car, so Jim took the photos with his phone. Phone cameras just get better and better, don't they?
Becky had a seafood pasta
Jim had seared ahi
And Pepper and I had fish and chips
Wednesday I had more tasting with friends at Hu Hot Mongolian Grill for lunch. I highly recommend it, and you can see if there's one near you HERE. The selection of foods and sauces seems to be endless. After you fill your bowl(s), you take it(them) to a huge round grill and watch it being cooked. If you leave a tip in the jar, you can bang the gong and the cooks all yell "HU HOT!". They serve brown or white rice to share at the table, and it's all you can eat of everything, including beverages. Sorry - forgot the photos.
Tip: I added chunks of mango to my bowl and it gave my stir fry a really fresh and bright taste. I brought the leftover brown rice home and made a stir fry of leftover tri-tip (beef) chunks, onions, yellow squash, and some soy sauce. Remembering the mango, I added some cantaloupe chunks, which gave that same bright and fresh taste. Be bold! Add some fruit where you usually add only vegetables; not just in stir fry dishes, but salads, soups, etc. as well. Good place for your daily apples.
Thank You: To LInda, who brought me these sweet little teapots when she came to Hu Hot for lunch. I need one more table for fall, and I'm thinking Farmers Market. Wouldn't these be perfect? The apple is for perspective so you can see how tiny they are.
Before lunch, I dropped by Katie's. Didn't have time to go to card class, but she and Jeanne had their next two cards ready, so I wanted to get photos and give them the printouts for the next four cards. In alphabetical order, left to right, Jeanne, Katie, Patsy.
If you're a cardmaker and would like to try this, the link is HERE. There's a window to click on sketches 1-200 and another for 200 and above. We just completed Sketch 72, and the website is on Sketch 287. You're welcome to join their group, but we just follow at our own pace. We love seeing how one sketch can be interpreted so differently by the cardmakers.
And we take many liberties. We probably couldn't qualify for awards on the website. Jeanne was legal here (the white piece could be any shape), Katie left off the middle strip between the flip-flops and the water, and my strawberry was much too large, because it was supposed to fit on the left. And in sketch 71, we all made standard 5-1/2" by 4-1/4" cards instead of square cards, which require extra postage.
Using a prescribed layout truly helps with your creativity, and if you just don't know where to start, choose one and dig in. And if you need more than 287 layouts, go HERE. I've pinned over 2,000 on Pinterest.
Tablescapes: I have four tables for November, but need one more. November seems a little late for Farmers Market, so I'd have to do some shuffling. Here are the four I've finished.
Sketch 71
Sketch 72
If you're a cardmaker and would like to try this, the link is HERE. There's a window to click on sketches 1-200 and another for 200 and above. We just completed Sketch 72, and the website is on Sketch 287. You're welcome to join their group, but we just follow at our own pace. We love seeing how one sketch can be interpreted so differently by the cardmakers.
And we take many liberties. We probably couldn't qualify for awards on the website. Jeanne was legal here (the white piece could be any shape), Katie left off the middle strip between the flip-flops and the water, and my strawberry was much too large, because it was supposed to fit on the left. And in sketch 71, we all made standard 5-1/2" by 4-1/4" cards instead of square cards, which require extra postage.
Using a prescribed layout truly helps with your creativity, and if you just don't know where to start, choose one and dig in. And if you need more than 287 layouts, go HERE. I've pinned over 2,000 on Pinterest.
Tablescapes: I have four tables for November, but need one more. November seems a little late for Farmers Market, so I'd have to do some shuffling. Here are the four I've finished.
Autumn Leaves
Notice the little leaf candles in front of the plate.They're a gift from my kids which I can't bear to light. I just keep them for decoration.
Yellow Brunch
I think this table is boring. I'm thinking of a redo with white placemats. Your comments, please.
Bountiful Harvest
Autumn's Gold and Orange
And yes, I grew these flowers. Even I (world's worst gardener), can raise marigolds and zinnias. They practically take care of themselves.
Taking Care of our Health: So how did you do this week? I was a very good girl, and ate everything I was supposed to eat. So - are you ready for Week 3? 
Jeanne gave me this beautiful trivet, and when I sent her a photo to show her I finally found the perfect table to use it, she said that she didn't remember giving it to me. Sometimes we "scatter" so much, we don't even remember doing it.
And yes, I grew these flowers. Even I (world's worst gardener), can raise marigolds and zinnias. They practically take care of themselves.
Eat a salad every day. It can be any kind, but preferably with a green leafy vegetable. This is not mandatory. You can eat fruit salad, potato salad, Jello salad, macaroni salad, bean salad, etc., and don't forget Cole slaw. The choices are endless - easy, peasy.
So everyday, eat apples in some form, foods high in magnesium LINK, and a salad. We can do this! We have to eat anyway; it might as well be something good for us.
Time for fun: I've been doing a lousy job of celebrating our national days. Maybe I can do better this week. Shhhh. I might have to fudge a little.
Monday is Cherry Turnover Day.
Tuesday is Chop Suey Day.
Wednesday is Toasted Marshmallow Day. I think a sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top should count, don't you?
Thursday Happy South Carolina Day to our friends in The South.
It's also Matchmaker Day, which I believe I'll skip as I'm happily single.
And Diatomaceous Earth Day, which I'll skip but found very interesting. Click HERE.
Guess I'll just eat some trailmix.
Friday Lazy Mom's Day. Yes! I'm a mom, and I'm an expert at being lazy.
Saturday Tailgating or Blueberry Popsicles. I've never seen a blueberry popsicle, and I don't go to football games. Maybe a picnic instead?
Sunday Welsh Rarebit Day. How about a grilled cheese sandwich instead? It's close. Well, it is.
MAKE PLANS FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
FINISH MULCHING
FOLLOW OUR EATING PLAN
READ A BOOK
CALL YOUR MOTHER
THANK YOU FOR SHARING MY LIFE
The fish and chips look delicious, and the kittens are precious! The table settings are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour comments are always give me a lift. Thank you.
DeleteThe table settings were a delight, I actually loved the Autumn leaves setting and didn't find it boring at all. Maybe a different tablecloth would make the items pop a little better.
ReplyDeleteActually, it's the Yellow Brunch table I'm worried about.
DeleteI confuse some people because I put the information above the photo instead of below. Since you're scrolling upward, it just seems logical to be to say what you're going to see and then show you. Sorry for the confusion. I've always wanted to do things "my way". Maybe because I'm the oldest child and it made me bossy.