Tonight I was sitting down and eating a grapefruit. I was thinking about how yummy the grapefruit is. I love grapefruit, I have to restrain myself from eating more than one at a time (I am in good company because Charlotte feels the same way.) Richard is not quite as enamored with the fruit and can only eat it with a lovely thick layer of sugar. Char and I, however, like it straight up. Anyway, I was sitting there and thinking about how much I love grapefruit season and how during that time of year I can eat a bunch and then they aren't in the stores anymore and no more dates with grapefruit. Then I realized that the truth of the matter is I hate everything about grapefruit season EXCEPT the grapefruit.
I am over the cold and the snow and I am so ready for it to be warm out. I hate the dark evenings and mornings and the brown leafless trees and the frequent sickness. But the grapefruit, the grapefruit saves me. For some reason the citrus taste makes me think of sunshine and it isn't a heavy winter food. It is light and fresh and I love it. I am resolving today to just spend more time thinking about the grapefruit and pretend that it isn't 19 degrees out. I will try to restrain the whine and remind myself that spring will be here before we know it!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Mail...it was called mail!!
A scene from “You’ve Got Mail”:
Schuyler Fox: “Cecilia Kelly, lovely woman, I think we might have had a date once . . . maybe we just exchanged letters.”
Joe Fox: ” You wrote her letters?”
Schuyler Fox: “Mail, it was called mail.
Nelson Fox: “Stamps. Envelopes.”
Joe Fox: “You know, I’ve heard of it.”
I love Christmas time for so many reasons, but one is mail. I love getting Christmas cards and seeing so many lovely friends and how their lives are changing and their children are growing. In years past I have always taped them all up and left them up for months (longer than most people would leave up Christmas cards). This year we went out of town before the bulk of the cards came in so I didn't attempt to tape them up until well into January. Yes, you read correctly, I was just barely taping my Christmas cards up in mid January. I really do love seeing everyone's smiling faces on a regular basis. About 10 minutes after I got them all taped up are heard a crumpling sound on found all the card in a heap on the floor. Two days later I finally got the energy to hang them again and this time I may have gone a little overboard on the tape. Yet even with the copious taping they all still fell down within half a day. I knew what I needed to do. It was time...time to throw the cards away. The packrat in me was rationalizing, "keeep them," she said. "what if one your friend's kids become famous or infamous or end up on The Bachelor one day and you are wishing you could prove that you knew them when they were tiny?" For a moment this kind of reasoning makes sense...yes! I should hang on to piles of cards to show somebody old family photos of somebody famous (or on The Bachelor). Then I shook myself out of my star struck sentimental musings and cleaned up, but I sure did love seeing everyone's cards and seeing stamps, envelopes and MAIL! (And if your kid does end up famous will you send me an old picture or just a certificate that I knew them when)
Here are some pics lately. Most of these are from Disney, Sedwick Christmas and January. OUr computer has no space for our Utah pics.
Friday, January 17, 2014
For my mouth
A few weeks ago we were driving past McDonald's and Charlotte said, "I want french fries!!" (although it is so much cuter when she says it-fench fies. I said, "no, we had french fries yesterday. French Fries aren't good for our bodies, so we don't eat them every day." Then some very wise words came from this little lady, "Not for my body...For my mouth!!" So true. So true. I eat many a delicious food for my mouth and most definitely NOT my body. These little peanut cookies are like diabetes in dessert form and so yummy. You're welcome. (I copied this from tastykitchen.com...I originally got the recipe from another friend, but I never took a picture of it).
Salted Nut Roll Bars
Recipe Description
If you like the SALTY & SWEET combo…try these! For some reason this is a hit with the men. At a potluck they usually grab for these instead of a chocolate brownie.
Preparation Instructions
Combine cake mix, 1/4 cup of the melted butter and egg in a bowl. It will be a little lumpy & dry, this is okay. Press into a 9 x 13 in pan.Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes (until very LIGHTLY browned).
Sprinkle mini marshmallows evenly over baked cake layer. Return to oven for about 3-4 minutes (watch carefully).
While marshmallows are melting in oven: In a medium sized sauce pan, melt peanut butter chips, corn syrup, 1/2 cup of the butter & vanilla over low heat. After all is melted, add the peanuts then the Rice Krispies and mix together.
Immediately spread or drop large spoonfuls onto marshmallows.
Chill pan briefly and cut into bars. You can chill for a few hours if you prefer, only problem is it’s hard to cut.
Cut into smaller bars because these are Rich!
Ingredients
- 1 box Yellow Cake Mix
- ¾ cups Butter Or Margarine, Melted, Divided In Recipe
- 1 whole Large Egg
- 3 cups Mini Marshmallows
- 1 package 12 Oz Peanut Butter Chips
- ½ cups Light Corn Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 cups Peanuts, Salted
- 2 cups Rice Krispies Cereal
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