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Hodgepodge and Anniversary Wishes

First..Happy 46th Wedding Anniversary to Mama and Papa B.  🙂

They’re the best.  This is a link to the original anniversary post I made back on the old blog.  Mama B won’t allow pics so I’ll just share that original post today and say…all that still stands.  🙂  Love y’all so much.

Thanks for still to this day being the very best role models two girls could ever have.  🙂

Because of the holiday weekend and all the health stuff that was going on this past week…we’re not doing the celebration til next weekend.  And I’m still undecided on whether or not I’m cooking or we’re eating out.  Fingers crossed for a better week so I can get into the kitchen.  🙂

Hodgepodge Randoms:

  • Didn’t end up having to go to the cardiologist.  Still in limbo.
  • Don’t like this font at all and can’t figure out how to change it.  Love the color scheme of the blog.  Love the simplicity of it too.  But I hate this font.
  • Teachers responsible for teaching 12 – 20 year olds…they really don’t seem to understand the proper use of the word ‘ironic’.  Can y’all work on that?  😉
  • Drivers…when you see a cop on the road (not pulled over to the side or anything) and you’re driving the SPEED LIMIT…why do you slow down?  Seriously…it’s annoying.
  • Have y’all hit up any of the ‘End of Summer’ sales?  Me and Zulily are in a serious fling this weekend. 😉

Took a little trip to a place Papa B likes to call God’s Country (College Station) and got these $10 maroon M&M’s.  There was this shirt I liked on clearance but the clearance price was $30.

Me: I’m not spending $30 on a clearance item.

Mama B:  Oh but you’ll buy a $10 8oz bag of candy?

Uhmm yeah.  Hello.  Priorities.  😉

Made an end of summer batch of my Mema’s beloved shrimp pasta salad.

It’s labor day weekend.  America and all that.  I know America wanted me to have these cherry donuts. 😉

Happy Labor Day weekend.  Hope y’all are enjoying it and having a safe one.   See ya soon.  🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Steps

Hey…how was y’all’s weekend?  Good I hope.  🙂

I took some baby steps back into the kitchen.  Not gonna lie…it feels both good and daunting.  I just have so little energy right now…I kinda run out half way thru whatever I’m doing.

First up…Brownies. 🙂

Those may or may not be actual licks…in the bowl. 😉

Next…Mexican Cornbread.

Quite possibly the best thing I’ve eaten in months.

Dorito Burgers 

1/2 pound of 80 / 20 ground beef

2 big handfuls of Doritos crushed up

Couple sprinkles of Taco seasoning

Make shift press. Large soup can covered in foil.

Smothered in cheese, salsa and sour cream.

So delicious.  I think we all could have just eaten a couple pans of cornbread and nothing else though…it was that good. 🙂

A batch of gluten – free pancakes for Mama B. I make her up a batch every couple weeks and she freezes them in individual servings so they’re ready to go.

Banana Pancakes

1 cup Cup4Cup gluten – free flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

dash of cinnamon

2 tbsp sugar

1 cup buttermilk

1 very ripe banana

 

Cup4Cup, I might not need you anymore but I still think you’re the very best gluten – free ingredient ever invented. 🙂

Not sure what’s on tap this week.  I have my big appointment with the new rheumatologist today. Fingers crossed she can help me figure out what is going on with all the scary bruising.  I just know she’s going to put me back on Methotrexate and I’m dreading it so much.  I was on it before and it gave me the most horrific ulcer. But at this point I’ll do whatever I have to do to get better.  I can’t take much more of this. 

Everything in life is better with some Motown in the background so let’s have a little Motown Monday for luck. 🙂