Well, hello all! It’s been a rather hectic spring break and much, much too quick. I have a few things to post, I know it’s long, but the story at the end makes it all worth reading.
1. I bought green nail polish not even thinking about St. Patrick’s Day, but I was covered when the time came. It’s from Target, the brand is Sinful Colors and the name is Show Me the Way; I think it’s a fantastic new addition to my polish collection:
2. I made Sassy Turkey burgers, they were pretty good for my first try at using ground turkey. The recipe uses ground pork to add a little fat and flavor but not being a huge pork fan I decided I’ll need to find something else…maybe the standard egg to hold it together and some chopped green chilis might work well. I would still recommend trying a turkey burger recipe if you haven’t already.
3. I baked these Chocolate Puddle Cookies from the blog 101 Cookbooks, which I love looking through. The recipes are really natural, and many are too natural for me, but they’re inspirational none the less! The cookies are fantastic, they’re a little like brownies, slightly chewy and flakey on the outside. She notes in the recipe that they spread, but they really, really spread…probably where the puddle part comes from.
4. Bad part of my break: Car broke down and was in the shop for a water pump replacement for a couple of days. And I went to the dentist, who sent me to an Endodontist, who performed a cold test on my tooth and I will be having a root canal done on Good Friday, which is super. Finding out that it is snowing in Stillwater wasn’t so fantastic either.
5. I should have started out with this story, but trust me keep reading…I think it’s worth it. I went to the most back-woods, redneck memorial service EVER. It was a very nice service and I’m incredibly sorry if you’re from southeastern Oklahoma, but my family is too, so I can make comments. If you recall the banjo music from Deliverance (skip to 2:15, if you watch this), that’s what was playing in my head the whole time. We made it up to Tishomingo and over to Hopewell (yeah, googlemap that, if you hit Wapanucka, you went too far) and turn onto a dirt, not gravel, dirt road that had a sign pointing us in the direction of the church….9 miles away. Longest 9 miles of my life, I believe it took at least 35 minutes, if not longer. On the way there we encountered a burial plot…in someone’s front yard. This, thankfully was not my family, but literally there was a real headstone surrounded by 4 pipe and cable fence gates wired together to make a barrier, a cow was standing guard 6 feet away from Mama, or whoever was laid to rest there. Here’s a picture of a shack that we think someone still lives in. This is across the road from the man that sits on his front porch and shoots at cars, no joke, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a picture of him.
6. Overall it’s been a great break though! I tried several different recipes, a few I’ll share later, and I got to see Jim and the family! It’s over too soon, but was a really nice break!
1. My nails were painted “Autumn Berry” on St. Patty’s Day.
3. Oooo! Can you make these for game night, please?
5a. Ahh… Dueling Banjos. I can play this on the guitar – does that make me backwoods?
5b. The man that sits on his porch and shoots at cars reminds me of the movie “Second Hand Lions”. I love that movie!