Ann and the kids and the dog got here Saturday night. (Insert big smile). I'm so thankful it's been so nice out these past few days. Sunday afternoon Nelson put up the blow up bouncer. They had a blast with that. I think Annie is going to be here for a couple weeks. It's so nice to have her here. She's doing some packing for us and she re-arranged the living room. Sometimes her OCD is nice to have around!
Nelson worked out on the eliptical on Sunday morning and has rued the decision ever since. I'm starting to wonder if he has more of a physical issue going on...maybe like fibromyalgia.
The family is meeting next Saturday night to discuss how things are goig with Ma'am and to make future plans. Wish I could be a fly on the wall at that meeting. She was so sore when she got up this morning it really impacted her mood and actions. She was quite saucy with me right in front of her granddaughter. It was a little surprising to her.
It was so nice out that Ma'am sat out on the porch this afternoon. That's after I swept. I was afraid she would take off the porch and go pick up sticks. When I left one of the daughters was there with her husband pruning the apple trees. They were going to keep an eye on her.
I went to workout after work. I love my Curves workout. I work hard. Tonight Annie and I are going to take a walk. Feel the burn!!!
I've been writing a daily Lenten devotional on my other blog potofmanna.blogspot.com Hope to see you there, too!
More later.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
As You Requested
Seafood Lasagna
From the Kitchen of Becky Echelberger (as posted in the Ashland Times-Gazette)
9lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
1 green onion finely chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
cup chicken broth
1 (8-ounce) bottle clam juice
1 pound bay scallops or sea scallops, cut in quarters
1 pound small shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 (8-ounce) package imitation crabmeat, chopped
teaspoon ground white pepper, divided
cup butter or margarine
cup flour
1 cups milk
teaspoon salt
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup parmesan cheese divided
Saut onion in oil and 2 T margarine or butter until tender. Stir in broth and clam juice, bring to a boil. Add scallops, shrimp, crab and 1/8 tsp white pepper, return to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring gently, until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Set seafood mixture aside.
Make a white sauce by melting 4T margarine or butter in a saucepan, stir in flour until smooth. Combine milk and reserved cooking liquid, gradually add to saucepan. Stir in salt and 1/8 tsp white pepper, bring to a boil, cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in whipping cream and c parmesan.
Measure out c of the white sauce and stir into seafood mixture.
Spread 1/2c white sauce in bottom of a greased deep 9x13-inch baking dish. Top with 3 noodles, spread with half the seafood mixture and 1 1/4c sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and 1/2 c parmesan. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degreees for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Makes 12 servings.
From the Kitchen of Becky Echelberger (as posted in the Ashland Times-Gazette)
9lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
1 green onion finely chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
cup chicken broth
1 (8-ounce) bottle clam juice
1 pound bay scallops or sea scallops, cut in quarters
1 pound small shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 (8-ounce) package imitation crabmeat, chopped
teaspoon ground white pepper, divided
cup butter or margarine
cup flour
1 cups milk
teaspoon salt
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup parmesan cheese divided
Saut onion in oil and 2 T margarine or butter until tender. Stir in broth and clam juice, bring to a boil. Add scallops, shrimp, crab and 1/8 tsp white pepper, return to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring gently, until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Set seafood mixture aside.
Make a white sauce by melting 4T margarine or butter in a saucepan, stir in flour until smooth. Combine milk and reserved cooking liquid, gradually add to saucepan. Stir in salt and 1/8 tsp white pepper, bring to a boil, cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in whipping cream and c parmesan.
Measure out c of the white sauce and stir into seafood mixture.
Spread 1/2c white sauce in bottom of a greased deep 9x13-inch baking dish. Top with 3 noodles, spread with half the seafood mixture and 1 1/4c sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and 1/2 c parmesan. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degreees for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Makes 12 servings.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Yummers
I am married to the Top Chef. Oh my! Our community paper features the recipes of a local cook each week. Recently, Nelson spied a recipe for seafood lasagna and he determined to give it a try. Let me repeat, oh my!
We started the meal with a fresh salad. Mine had strawberries and walnuts with Spinach Salad dressing. It was scrumptuous.
It was so cool how we already had crab legs in the freezer (a manager's special at the grocery several months ago) and the other seafood was on sale! He made everything last night, which was mean sort of tease, and then assembled it after we got home from church. Oh my! We were both licking out our bowls. The garlic bread sticks only sopped up so much, you know.
Then for dessert we split a Betty Crocker warm delights: double chocolate and peanut butter. I believe I've said it before, oh my!
We figured it out. The seafood lasagna cost about $3 a serving. And the pan made at least 6 servings. I had my playlist playing on the computer in the background so we had ambiance with our amazing food. And the conversation was nice, too.
That's not thunder you hear, it's me purring.
We started the meal with a fresh salad. Mine had strawberries and walnuts with Spinach Salad dressing. It was scrumptuous.
It was so cool how we already had crab legs in the freezer (a manager's special at the grocery several months ago) and the other seafood was on sale! He made everything last night, which was mean sort of tease, and then assembled it after we got home from church. Oh my! We were both licking out our bowls. The garlic bread sticks only sopped up so much, you know.
Then for dessert we split a Betty Crocker warm delights: double chocolate and peanut butter. I believe I've said it before, oh my!
We figured it out. The seafood lasagna cost about $3 a serving. And the pan made at least 6 servings. I had my playlist playing on the computer in the background so we had ambiance with our amazing food. And the conversation was nice, too.
That's not thunder you hear, it's me purring.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Tagged for 3 (edited to clarify name)
Now, here's what you're supposed to do...and please do not spoil the fun. Copy and Paste into a new note, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then tag a few good friends and family INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known things about each other.
3's About Me
Three Names I go by
1. Mom
2. Mema
3. MMMT (edit: Oops, I meant to explain this. When Annie was still living at home she gave me this one. Whenever she was trying to get my attention, and it wasn't working, she would say: Mom, Mom, Mom, Tina. Each Mom got progressively louder until she exploded with the Tina and I eventually turned to her ready scold her for using my first name. It stuck and that's how she addresses my mails and I sign them.)
Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Pastor
2. Counselor
3. Deli Sandwich Maker
Three Places I have lived
1. Kansas City KS and MO
2. Eleva Wisconsin
3. Toledo Ohio
Three TV Shows that I watch
1. Top Chef
2. What Not to Wear
3. Way too much Spongebob
Three places I have been
1. Brussels, Belgium
2. The Grand Canyon (South Rim)
3. Disneyworld
Three places I'd rather be
1. Green Valley at my Mom’s
2. Ft. Leonard Wood/St. Robert MO visiting Ann
3. Brown County Indiana (we’ve only been in February)
Three people who e-mail me regularly
1. The Church Prayerline
2. Friends on Facebook
3. Daughter Ann with pics of the kids
Three places I go regularly
1. Curves
2. Church
3. Goodwill
Three of my favorite meals
1. Pizza Hut Pan Pizza Supreme
2 Lobster Bisque made by Nelson and Asher
3. Home grilled burgers and fries
Three websites I visit the most
1. Facebook
2. Opendiary
3. Indeed.com
Three things I am looking forward to
1. Going to Mom’s in June
2. Going to Disneyworld next year with the grandsweeties
3. Losing the unnecessary weight
Three things I'd like to do before I die
1. Write a book
2. Declutter
3. Move to Arizona
Three people I'd like to meet
1. Sandy Patty
2. Pasty Claremont
3. Max Lucado
Three things I cannot stand
1. Mean spirited people
2. Loose skin on my fingers
3. Being late
Three favorite material possesions
1. My laptop
2. My guitar
3. My great grandmothers mantle clock
Three songs I sing over and over and over again
1. “Who lives in a pinapple under the sea...”
2. “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
3. The ABC song I wrote for my grandsweeties.
3's About Me
Three Names I go by
1. Mom
2. Mema
3. MMMT (edit: Oops, I meant to explain this. When Annie was still living at home she gave me this one. Whenever she was trying to get my attention, and it wasn't working, she would say: Mom, Mom, Mom, Tina. Each Mom got progressively louder until she exploded with the Tina and I eventually turned to her ready scold her for using my first name. It stuck and that's how she addresses my mails and I sign them.)
Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Pastor
2. Counselor
3. Deli Sandwich Maker
Three Places I have lived
1. Kansas City KS and MO
2. Eleva Wisconsin
3. Toledo Ohio
Three TV Shows that I watch
1. Top Chef
2. What Not to Wear
3. Way too much Spongebob
Three places I have been
1. Brussels, Belgium
2. The Grand Canyon (South Rim)
3. Disneyworld
Three places I'd rather be
1. Green Valley at my Mom’s
2. Ft. Leonard Wood/St. Robert MO visiting Ann
3. Brown County Indiana (we’ve only been in February)
Three people who e-mail me regularly
1. The Church Prayerline
2. Friends on Facebook
3. Daughter Ann with pics of the kids
Three places I go regularly
1. Curves
2. Church
3. Goodwill
Three of my favorite meals
1. Pizza Hut Pan Pizza Supreme
2 Lobster Bisque made by Nelson and Asher
3. Home grilled burgers and fries
Three websites I visit the most
1. Facebook
2. Opendiary
3. Indeed.com
Three things I am looking forward to
1. Going to Mom’s in June
2. Going to Disneyworld next year with the grandsweeties
3. Losing the unnecessary weight
Three things I'd like to do before I die
1. Write a book
2. Declutter
3. Move to Arizona
Three people I'd like to meet
1. Sandy Patty
2. Pasty Claremont
3. Max Lucado
Three things I cannot stand
1. Mean spirited people
2. Loose skin on my fingers
3. Being late
Three favorite material possesions
1. My laptop
2. My guitar
3. My great grandmothers mantle clock
Three songs I sing over and over and over again
1. “Who lives in a pinapple under the sea...”
2. “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
3. The ABC song I wrote for my grandsweeties.
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About Me
- daisymarie
- I am 54 years old. I have been married for 32 years to one of the most incredible men on the face of the planet. Our journey hasn't been easy, but it's been rich in love, forgiveness, joy, and adventure. I'm learning daily that God really does have a plan for my life. I want to live into whatever that means...however it unfolds. I'm an ESFP with a healthy dose of ADD...I love to help people see how very incredible they are and how much love God wants to lavish on them!