Christmas Pictures
So here are some recent pictures of the last few days and our Christmas celebrations. Nearly 100 pictures. I hope you enjoy.
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Photos Courtesy of Nea's Heart.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
I am sitting in my parents house, enjoy spending time with my family. There are nine of us here right now: my parents, John, Mary, Melissa, Daniel, Ruth, Renae and I. We have plans for the next couples days to go visit grandparents, take pictures, playing games, etc. I am so thankful for being able to spend time with my family. I would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas. Let me know what you are doing for Christmas.
Dinner For Two
Sunday December 14 was Renae and my six month anniversary. We decided to go out for dinner but to wait until Monday night to do it. In the mail, earlier in November, we received a coupon to TGI Fridays that would give us a dinner for $30. The dinner for two would include two house salads, two entree's and a dessert to share. Beverages were extra. So we decided to go and use the coupon.
The salads were very good, it even came with a bread stick. For our entree's Renae orders the bar b que bacon cheddar sliders with fries, and I order the 12 oz. Champion New York Strip Steak (medium). We both enjoyed our meals thoroughly. Then came time for dessert... a sizzling apple pie a la mode. It came out on a hot iron skillet where the brown sugar glaze was sizzling, the ice cream atop the apple pie drizzled with caramel and just in case the was a bowl of caramel to add at any time. It was amazingly delicious. Renae and I devoured it, and will no doubt be back just to have the dessert again.
So if you are going to TGI Friday's and are wondering if you should get dessert. Don't think about it, just order the sizzling apple pie a la mode.
Creamy Ranch Breaded Chicken Pasta
So I pulled out some chicken this morning not knowing what I wanted to cook with it later on tonight. At 6:00 pm, I pulled out some ingredients and started to cook and this is what I came up with. Now here is the recipe available to you for your eating pleasure.
"Creamy Ranch Breaded Chicken Pasta"
2 - Chicken Breast (Boneless Skinless) cut to bit size pieces
1 - Package of Noodles (Recommended: Rigatoni, Sea Shell, Bow Tie, or similar)
2 - Tablespoons of Olive Oil
1/2 - Cup Ranch Salad Dressing
1/4 - Cup Bread Crumbs
1/4 - Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese (Mild)
1/4 - Teaspoon of Garlic Salt (Lawry's)
1/4 - Teaspoon of Basil
1/4 - Teaspoon of Chili Powder
In a skillet, grill the chicken in the olive oil, season with garlic, basil, and chili powder. In a medium to large sauce pan boil the pasta. Once the chicken and pasta are fully cooked combine and stir in the ranch, bread crumbs and cheese. Serve and enjoy! Serves 3 to 4.
Answer Me This
So if you look to the sidebar you will see a new feature to my site. Polls. I thought I might want to try something new to add to unlinked media and this seemed like a good idea. You will also see a new page at the top called "Questions" this will be the place were the results of the polls will be posted after the poll has been closed. If by chance it allows you to vote more than once please do the responsible thing and not vote again. I would appreciate your integrity. Let me know what you think, and if you have a sweet question that you think should be asked.
- hold nothing back
The End Of The Seven
I have now gone a straight 7 days without coffee, 6 of those without caffeine. Total damage, none some people were amazed that I had had no withdrawal headaches when I told them how often I actually drank coffee. Tim you were a little bit right. I woke up about 2:30 this morning and was dreaming about coffee, not craving it just dreaming about it. So to an extent Tim, you may have been right (no pun intended) but if that was the only side effect of no coffee, I'm okay with that. I got up around 9:00 am and had two cups of coffee. Welcome back joe.
Hold nothing back...
a week with no joe
This morning I was told by a friend of mine that I was addicted to coffee, and I told him I could stop anytime and he said "sure!" So I told him for the next week I would not drink any coffee at all. Starting tomorrow morning and for seven straight days I will abstain from coffee to prove to Tim him that I am not addicted to it. In addition to not drinking coffee, I will post every few days, if not daily to let you know my success.
Elementary Christmas Program Pictures
So these are the pictures from last night Christmas Program. The students did a wonderful job. Some of the pictures are a little blurry becuase the camera sometimes does not focus correctly in the dark. But you can get an idea of what went on. In the first few pictures are twelve of my fourteen students. (Two of the boys were not able to come.) I hope you enjoy the pictures let me know what you think.
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hold nothing back
Elementary Christmas Program
Tonight is Bethel Baptist School's Elementary Christmas Program. My fifth grade class is excited about the performance. One of my students is doing a violin duet with Mrs. Davidson (the school music teacher), and two of my students have narration parts during the program. Practice went well today and I am looking forward to seeing them perform well. The entire will be singing 4 songs with the 3rd-6th grade class, and the girl in my class will be singing another song with the sixth grade girls. Renae will be taking pictures; so I'll have some pictures up soon. I'll be manning my post back at the soundboard, cheering on my class.