Sometimes people just pop into your life.....

I wrote this to a very close friend of mine this evening but I feel it is worth sharing.

Tonight, a Sergeant in the army stopped by our house in his BDU's. He had business to do with my husband. Anyways, it was dinner time so we invited him to eat with us. We had pork roast, green beans, rice and gravy. Very, very nice man and we had great conversation this evening. We have met him a few times before. He is alone with no family. We heard about this I think the last time we met him and my husband invited him for Thanksgiving dinner. He found out this evening that we do not have any of our kids for Thanksgiving so he figured why would we go through all that bother. Why, because Thanksgiving means more to me than just dinner, just like Christmas means more to me than just presents. I told him that he may be the only one here but he will see that I cook for an "army." You never know who is going to show up. Everyone is welcome in my home at Thanksgiving. He told me of a retired vet of his with no family would we mind if he came. The more the merrier. Especially, on that day everyone is family. I always felt that people come into my life for a reason. I may never know the reason but it is certainly an experience and memory. I feel so blessed.

Our table has always been open. Not just for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I could never understand how my grandmother did it. We never knew who would be showing up for dinner. She always had enough food for everyone and we were extremely poor. Not one person left that table hungry. Sometimes I wonder myself how I do it. It must of rubbed off from my grandmother or she is looking over me. ♥

My friends response was this:
THE BREAD AND THE FISHES N THE BIBLE....HE WILL PROVIDE...♥
Just wanted to share.
((((hugs))) and have a wonderful night,
~Kay

Awesome Valentine's Day on a budget! :)

We are on a tight budget because I have been without a job for over a year but we never really did Valentines on a large scale. I always told hubby to please do not buy me flowers or anything on Valentines. I don't know about every where in the country but here our roses double in price. So here was our Valentines day.

Homemade French toast with hearts cut out, 1/2 pear and sausages.
Massage at home
Lunch at a local restaurant where we had a cup of soup and shared 1/2 sandwich.
Going to a local pet store to get Scout his rabies shot for $5.00
Made Scout and Teller Liver and Oatmeal Brownies - Easy and piece of cake
Dinner I made hubby Wilted spinach and mushroom salad, with prosciutto, carmelized scallops, and topped with shrimp.
Finally, end of the day glass of wine and watched a movie from NetFlix.

Now that was awesome and we did not have to spend lots of money.

How was your Valentines?
Happy Valentines everyone.
(((hugs)))
~Kay

Laughter is the best medicine.

Cooking turkey. This is actually funny now. Normally, it would of been fine because I am a master at cooking turkey dinner. Well, both my husband and step son were ill yesterday so I was on my own, which is o.k. However, I had my shoulder reconstructed in June so I am not as strong in my right arm anymore. I took the turkey out to take it's temp. It was just about ready so I decided to leave the oven on low because we had a little while before dinner. I went to put the turkey back in the oven and my shoulder popped out and I dropped the right side of the pan right into the oven! OMG, what a mess. I had to take towels and pot holders to scoop the turkey back in the pan. It completely fell apart and left a huge mess in the oven. I was so depressed but then I decided I would take the positive path and say "oh well, the oven needed to be cleaned anyways." So I started the cleaning process that locks the oven for 4 hours. Well, soon after that all the fire alarms went off in the house. The house was full of smoke. So much so we had to open the windows, disconnect the fire alarms and take the fans out of the closet to blow the smoke outside. (It is cold in New Hampshire) Well, needless to say I have iced my shoulder since last night. On another brighter note the boys, Scout and Teller (our adopted German shepherds) just love me for their meals of Turkey, gravy, potatoes and carrots and I have a clean oven :)
~Kay

My First Blog on Beer

Let's just say I am a fan of Corona Light. Well actually, my favorite beer is Carib from St. Kitts but it is not available in the US. They have a Carib here but it is not the same. Anyways, I decided to expand my horizons if you will and try different beers. I am a total beer snob so this will be hard for me. This evening I tried an interesting beer. Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat. Needless, to say I did not read the fine print "Wheat Ale Brewed With Lemon Peel" Anyways, the first thing I said was this tastes like "Lemon." So in essence, lemon to be precise, I was right. Anyways, it made me think that since I was willing to try other brands of beers maybe I would write about it. Some how I will determine a rating system of qualities that I think I like and that is what I will write on the different beers that I try.
In the meantime bottoms up!
~Kay
PS I am a firm believer in don't drink and drive.