Friday, March 20, 2009

Miranda Square dancing

Miranda's school had a square dancing show.
It really looked FUN!!
She's the cutie-pie in the blue jeans, tan boots and dark brown hat!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Pop Up Rolls

These “rolls” are so, so easy!

Source
Pop-Up Rolls
1 ½ c. self rising flour
3/4 c milk
3 T sugar
1 ½ T mayonnaise

Stir together place in muffin cups Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes.

Variation:
I also make some similar to Red Lobster by adding 2 T garlic seasoning, ½ stick butter and 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese before mixing. MMMmmmmmm!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

DAVID (my brother) IS HOME FROM IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!
Praise the Lord!!

Did You Know

Using objects or machinery designed for right-handed people kills every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people.

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.

Donkeys kill more people annually than are killed in plane crashes.

The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant, is 69.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Hushpuppies

Hushpuppies
source

1-1/4 c yellow corn meal
1/2 c flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sugar
Pinch salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 onion diced very fine
1 egg beaten
1/2 c milk
1/2 c whole corn
1/4 c green onion or chopped jalapenos

Mix corn meal, flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pepper. Blend well. Add onion, egg, milk, corn and green onion/jalapenos. Mix until well blended. Using double spoons or an ice cream scoop, sample one pup in a 350 degree deep fryer. Adjust seasonings and continue to fry away.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Did you know - 2

  1. There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S!
  2. Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year.
  3. A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
  4. There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world
  5. A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
  6. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
  7. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
  8. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
  9. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.
  10. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'.