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  Pizza Bake 1 pound sausage 15 or so pepperonis 1 15 oz can Chef Boyardee Pizza Sauce (used sauce from Pizza Kit but cheaper to buy just sauce...only at Amazon) 1 small onion Sprinkle of Italian Seasoning Mozzarella & 3 cheese blend shredded cheese Sargento sprinkle cheese Brown sausage & onions, mix in pizza sauce, pour into greased small casserole pan, add pepperoni, sprinkle cheese & top with other cheese.  Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes.   Dang yummy.

  I'm not a gourmet cook & many times I try a recipe & it's not great for me.  My mom cooked simple food & I loved it & then I cook my own simple food.  I'm ok with a little cheese but it's not my favorite thing. But I saw this easy looking recipe & made it & it's pretty good.  I do have 2 more servings that will have to be reheated so we'll see how that goes Melt In Your Mouth Chicken 2 medium chicken breasts 1/2 cup mayonaise 1/4 cup parmeasean cheese 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder Preheat oven to 375 Spray oil onto small casserole, space chicken out so the pieces are not touching Mix mayo,cheese,salt,pepper,garlic powder together in a small bowl.   Use a spatula, spread mayo mixture over top of chicken Bake 40 minutes for small chicken breasts, longer if need so all the pink to be gone.  If you use a meat thermometer to 165 I salted chicken before I put sauce in but between the salt & cheese in recipe i...

I got to see Steve Wariner at the Cactus Theater last night.  He was a big old deal in the 80s & 90s, which is the era of all my concerts these days. Well, me and about 400 of my friends. No one under 50 that's for sure. While he is a good singer, he's more famous for his songwriting & his guitar work.  And he's a star in all of that. He sang all of the songs I knew, plus a couple I did not realize he wrote.  He was very personable, had a great sense of humor & seemed to have a really good time. Only issue was for the money he could have gone on a little longer.   But I enjoyed a lot. I was thinking about his songs & think he had a lot of heartache when he was single. Kind of like Adele...brilliant but a little sad.  It was cool that he didn't have a band.  He had a guy who'd bring him different guitars but he was on stage alone, something I can imagine is really hard to do.  The show was billed as "An intimate evening with Steve W...

  I bought these cool things that replace twist ties on bread bags.  I lose the ties on a regular basis. Ironically,  they were tethered to the card with these:

  I don't sleep much.  I have a busy mind & toss & turn every night before going to sleep. Then I can sleep for a couple of hours & wake up again.  Usually at about 4am. Then hopefully asleep again by 6    Luckily I don't have to go to work anymore so it's rare that I have to be up at a specific time.  Even then, I rarely sleep past 9.  Then I go all day unrested & start over again.  So I've tried things to help. 1. Melatonin--gives me nightmares 2. OTC pill from Costco.  Bottle says take 2.  1 knocks me on my butt.  Out like a light for 12 solid hours. Won't hear phone if it rings. I wake up feeling better but  just sitting down & I'm back asleep again for a couple of hours.  I usually can sleep next night too.  Takes awhile to get through my system, obviously.  I can't take every day & function. 3. Tried CBD stuff.  I went to a local store & girl dold me I need this oil stuff th...

  I've had a fall table arrangement for a few years that my former friend Donna made me.  It is pretty but not what I would have chosen.  And now that Donna has dropped me as a friend, it's a bad memory.  So I decided I wanted something new.  I donated the old one to Goodwill.  I hope someone will enjoy it. So, I found a picture on Pinterest & today I put this together.  Well, my neighbor Leslie tied my bow It has red beans, popcorn & dried peas layered up.   I'm very pleased...I love it!!

  This week I went to Ruidoso,NM. It's a city that's about 220 miles west of Lubbock, up in the mountains.  Cool air, trees, fresh air.  It was good. I'd been there one time before. Many years ago my boss Elizabeth & her husband, the adorable LR, lived in an RV at a KOA park here in Lubbock but their real home was in Ruidoso.  We had a Christmas party up there one year.  I remember it being very nice.  I didn't remember much & did not drive so this trip was almost a new experience. I found the hotel on Travelocity for a good rate & I essentially won the hotel lottery. Less than one block away was the main street of shops.  Some were closed because they mostly do weekend business but many were open.  Lots of friendly people for sure.  I made a huge deal about shopping but I really didn't buy much. I didn't think much about it but I was really just a tourist.  I bought a t shirt because I loved the color & I like wearing Ts...

  I went to Colorado in June & used my GPS to get everywhere I needed to be, mostly without incident.  I had some issues with it taking me some backroads because of flooding. I figured out where I was way off track going & coming back was a breeze til I tried to cross from New Mexico into Texas & it sent me backroads then for some reason.  It had me on a farm road that was horrible...but I'm fixing that.  I'm planning a small trip next month to Ruidoso & decided I needed an atlas.  I actually found a New Mexico map in one of my files but then I ordered a used atlas from Ebay.  It's a 2018 but in great shape & I'm pretty sure nothing has changed since then, roadwise.  GPS does a great job telling me what road to go on & that in 56.2 miles I need to turn but it doesn't tell me what town I'm going through.  Even worse, I stopped at the Sonic & a gas station in one town & asked the kids working what the next town was ...

  My friend Deb brought me some wild plum jam that her company had purchased from a local vendor for a dinner.  Just had some & it was yummy.   Growing up on a ranch, wild plum jelly was a staple in our house.  We had wild plums that grew on a creek bed that ran through the property & we'd all go down & pick into 5 gallon buckets.  Mom would boil them down to juice & then mom would make tons of jam to last for the year.  I checked with the current owner of the property a few years ago to see if there were plums & I could go pick but he told me they had all dried up or he'd be happy to let me.  So sad. I've canned a couple of things over the years.  I made regular plum jam with Costco plums a couple of years ago & made cherry jam for my friend Deb last year.  A few years ago I made corn relish which was delish.  It made about 8 jars each time & I gave most away but not everyone likes things like this anymo...

The whole world paused this morning. Do you know why? Because an 8 year old’s tank was empty. The boys had already started their school day at their desks and I was preparing to leave for work when I noticed my littlest standing in the bathroom wiping his face. I paused at the door and asked if he was okay. He looked up with tears silently dripping and shook his head. When I questioned if something happened, again he shook his head. So I sat on the side of the tub and pulled him in my lap. I told him sometimes our heart tanks feel empty and need to be refilled. He cried into my chest and I held tight. I asked if he could feel my love filling him up? A nod, and tears stopped... I waited a minute... ‘Has it reached your toes yet?’ He shook his head no... ‘Okay man. We will take as long as you need. Work doesn’t matter right now. School isn’t important either. This right here, is the most important thing today, okay? Filling you back to the top. Is that good?’ *nods* One more minute... ‘I...

  I read an article yesterday about something called "glimmers" which are the opposite of "triggers".  Glimmers are little things that make you happy without a specific reason just as triggers are things that upset you without a specific reason.   Because I'm trying to have more positivity in my life instead of just the negativity that we are bombarded with everyday.  I need balance.  I'm going to try to find a glimmer everyday.   Here is my first glimmer: This is Layne.  She is my great-great niece & I got this picture of her on my birthday.  She is wearing a onsie that I sent her. ❤   This is a glimmer. For the record, I think people share too many pictures of their kids on the internet.  I love seeing the pics but I think it's a dangerous practice.  If Layne were older, if a location of her was possible to learn, I would not post it. But I think this one is safe.  

  This is a needle threader.  I don't sew but I do crochet & usually just fold a little tiny piece of paper to thread my tapestry needle when I'm done with my scarf.  But today I found this at Walmart.  I've never owned one before.   I'm officially high tech! Okm my picture is blurry so I'm reallyy not that high tech.

I can't sleep, as usual. I have eliminated overt caffiene in my diet though there is probably some hidden stuff.   I stopped drinking soda's in December though I do drink some some fruity carbonated sugar free drinks. Just one a day.  Basically every ingredient has 0's...Probably still not good for me but hopefully not hurting too bad.  And  I get tired of water all the time.  And I drink a lot of water & I like it.  To be fair to me, some days & even weeks are just water days. I'm intermittant fasting.  I eat only between 10 am & 6pm. I can eat what I want but only during those hours.  It's been pretty easy so far.  I started Monday at 148.5 pounds.  I want to below below 130.  I'd be happy with 129.9.   But I'm not going to beat myself up.  I've happy where I am but losing 20 pounds would be great for my blood sugar. Plus I found 3 shirts on sale last week that fit but would look better 20 pounds le...

  I just finished a book called 'The Ranger' by Ace Atkins.  It's the first in a series of books about a army ranger named Quinn Colson.  In this book he returns to his hometown for a family funeral & runs into drug dealers.  We finally end with him back on base but injured on desk duty.  I picture him moving home to be the new town sheriff.  I can only surmise that because it's the last book in the series I'll be reading.   Holy cow. The writing is awful.  There are waaaaaaay too many useless characters, everyone but Quinn & Deputy Lillie a complete idiot. The dialogue is repetitive.  There are complete chapters that are completely unnecessary.  It's setting is a Mississippi small town full of rednecks drinking nothing but Mountain Dew, living in squalor & throwing their trash along the side of the road.   I don't know where Ace was born but he went to school at Auburn so I assume he is a southerner.  I'm...

  I made an impulse purchase today...this jigsaw puzzle, from Costco.  When my mom was alive, we did a lot of puzzles, but 300 piece puzzles, not 1000 pieces.  And I enjoyed it because I got to be with her.  I like them too but I'm not very good at them.  I have problems seeing things in pieces & seeing a finished picture.  I also can't do the puzzles where I'm supposed to find 4 teapots in a big picture.  My brain just doesn't go there.  But I love Vegas & this looked fun.  I already missed several side pieces already & if I finish this, it'll take me a year. But...on I go.  My sister Cathy always loved Vegas too & I thought of her today as I worked on this.  She was not a lucky person & would run out of money fast. "I'd play, but I don't have any money...(insert sad face)...so I'd give her half of what I had.  But I was ok with that. Mom liked going too & we always got to meet Cathy & usually her d...

Texas Tech was established in 1923 so we are in a centennial year. Lots of celebrations are going on all over the state.  At the Tech Museum there is a commemorative exhibit of the University.  Today I went to the Museum to check it out.  It was pretty impressive. I read all the stuff & looked at the pictures & took a few.  Mostly, and sadly, the pictures I took were mainly sports.  I graduated from Tech but it's the sports that cause the memories. Ok, this is not athletic related.  I feell a little better. Model of Administration Building Construction started in 1924 Here are the 1993 Lady Raiders basketball team, our first National Championship ever in any sport. It was a season to remember. The star player's name is Sheryl Swoopes. She was only at Tech for her last 2 years of school.  I had started to notice they were doing well so I went to a few games her junior year.  I was excited about the future...so I bought a season ticket for t...

A guy on Twitter--now X--asked the other day if we considered ourselves a foodie.  I replied that I'm foodier.   Since food is so expensive & I cook more & try to have variety & try to eat better, I'm experimenting. I've made quesadillas before but now I'm trying new things.  I made air-fryer chicken, added onion, peppers, celery, broccoli & cheese.  It was dang good.  And it made 2 so it was dang good rewarmed 2 days later.  I do need to temperature adjust to avoid the charcoal but it was workable.  Gonna make again!

Growing up in Arizona in the late 60s I used to get to go to Flagstaff to my sister Cathy's house for time in the summer, from my years 10-12.  My oldest niece Karla was about 3 & I'd sit with her while Cathy was at work.  Her husband Jimmy worked out of town during the week so it was mainly just the 3 of us. They lived in a 2 bedroom apartment that I've come to realize was probably low income housing though I don't know that sure. I remember thinking it was a nice place & I wanted an aparement just like it when I grew up. About one time a week, Cathy would leave money so Karla & I could buy from the ice cream man.  I don't exactly remember but I can't imagine it was over a dollar for both of us.  Today I was sitting here reading & was thinking how hot it is & that I wanted an ice cream.  I don't keep it in the house because I tend to have it every meal (as the meal) til it's gone.  No lies.  So I will sometimes get a single cone bu...

Home from a heartbreaking loss for the #LubbockMatadors , 0-1 in OT. Worked up courage to get my kit shirt signed by the players. I am now a soccer fan tho I don't fully understand. Sad for these kids who played their hearts out. Shirt will never be a collectors item but I'll keep it & wear it & rememeber how fun this season was. Talked to a couple of the players. They are students on scholarship at different universities & this may be the only summer they get to do this. Maybe a last hurrah before life begins. Thrilled for them. Hope to see some back next year. Can't wait for next season. Last time Brownsville was in town, we sat next to these 2 ladies in for the game, one a Brownsville team mom. They were very nice & we talked for awhile & I went to say hi tonight. I told her I'd been thinking about her following her son & his dreams. I asked her if she'd dreamed of spending her disposable income traveling to exotic places like Lu...

 

I filed a lawsuit yesterday for some painting that was done at my house last November & turned out to be a disaster.  Paint literally fell off my fascia boards.  Scammer painter said "not my fault", blamed roofer & refused to come fix.  I had to hire someone else last week for $1800 to come fix the mess.  I have never sued anyone before but decided it was time to stand up for myself.  I have pictures, roofer & painter ready to testify & text messages.  Scammer going down! Alex says it fell off house because it got wet. I told him I'd owned a house for 40 years & never had paint fall off my house before. Scammer Alex & his mouthy wife who carries his balls in her purse are not going to be happy.  It's gonna be a bumpy ride.  She sent a text telling to me to stop sending hateful messages.  Hateful is not how I ride.   I just line my ducks up.  I hope.  😄

         Ingredients 1   cup   butter   2 sticks 1   cup   brown sugar 3/4   cup   granulated sugar 2   eggs 2   tsp   Butavan 3   cups   all-purpose flour 1   tsp   baking soda 1   tsp   table salt 1   cup   semi-sweet chocolate chips 1   cup   M&M’s  3/4 cups pecans Instructions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees  Cream butter & sugars together until  Mix in eggs & vanilla Add in the flour, baking soda & salt & mix well. Fold in chocolate chips & M&M’s & pecans Use a large cookie scoop & scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until the tops are just barely golden brown. (My oven needed 12 minutes) Cool on baking rack. New recipe for me & will definitely be making again!! Yum.   I edited the instructions a little.  I know they tell you when recipe writing to write eve...