Tuesday 4 Meme

                              

Hosted by Toni!
Bits And Pieces

1. What TV gameshow or reality show would you like to be on?

I loved the Match game.. I think I might have done well on it!!!

2. What is your favorite scent? 

Wisteria, for sure!!

3. What is one place you've visited, can't forget and want to go back to? 

Beyond a doubt, Ireland and we do plan to return within a year or so!

4. What is your favorite fruit? 

I love all kinds, but Hubs brings me my dose of vitamin C every evening- a peeled little tangelo. I love those perhaps best of all!!

Happy Homemaker Monday

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The weather:::

Cool start to a much warmer  week!!  Glad the a/c is working!!!

As I look outside my window... 

the colors of spring are fading to all green..   except a couple of late blooming  azaleas  whose  bring pink and  white  dots the landscape

On my bedside table..various medicine bottles,  a box of tissues and  a land line phone.  Sounds like grandma's  bedisde table  oh, my!

On my reading pile:::

Continue through the Bible readings from Psalms, Leviticus, 2 Timothy, 

I got my books I ordered from the library.. Loving the first one..Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor.

Movies or Shows I watched this weekend:::

Most of my tv viewing was on YouTube.. old  shows like  What's My line..  I'm loving these old shows..  and  some Catherine Cookson novels set to film by the BBC.
On my TV this week:::

I saw  the Jane Eyre film with Ciara'n Hinds listed on you Tube. I will try to watch it this week!

On the menu for this week:::

Monday 

Spaghetti

Tuesday 

fried chicken salad

Wednesday

leftovers

Thursday

Firehouse sub
Hook and ladder

Friday 

fish fry

On my to do list:::
laundry (lights)

Make a couple dozen  lemon Madeleines to take to  our Bible Study brunch

Must have a madeleine pan

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Resting Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 24

Ingredients

¾ cup all-purpose flour (plus extra for coating pan)

1 teaspoon baking powder

pinch salt

2 large eggs

½ cup granulated sugar

Juice and zest of half a lemon

1/2 cup salted butter (melted) (plus extra for coating pan)

Confectioners’ sugar for sprinkling

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and coat a madeleine pan with butter then sprinkle each section with flour. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Using a stand or electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar until creamy. Add lemon juice and lemon zest and continue mixing.

Melt the butter and slowly mix into your wet ingredients until thoroughly combined.

Fold in dry ingredients just until combined. Cover the bowl with a dish towel and allow for the batter to rest for about 30 minutes. 

Fill the molds of your madeleine pan about ¾ of the way and tap to ensure no air bubbles form. 

Bake for about 8 to 10 minutes or until edges become golden brown. 

Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar before serving.

Looking around the house:::

a tad of vacuuming and dusting needs to be done...  then I need to trade out  my clothing and put winter  away

what am I listening to:
Unfortunately,  it's hub's turn to HAve talk radio on!  BAH!

From the camera:::

Angelwing begonias

We have been busy  planting the planters and  consodering the flower beds..

regular begonias

 This needs repotting!

This Non stop Begonia is gorgeous!!!

What I'm wearing today:::

White 3/4 length sleeve top with black cropped pants

One of my simple pleasures:::

watching Hubs wash the dishes...  He  has taken that over and how marvelous!!!

Bible verse, Devotional, prayers::: 

What a lovely idea!!

Prayers 

The President and his family, and the administration, for protection and godly counsel!   In particular regarding our nation's security

Pray against all division in our nation, that harmony and peace will reign supreme throughout the land. Also, pray that the Justice system will work properly and investigate and convict those who need to be held accountable for their acts against our nation

For the God's will to work its way through our Congress to promote a healing and a functioning environment

Pray against delusion and lies of the enemy, protect the hearts and minds of the young, and especially the uniformed electorate!

Pray that pastors across the nation are renewed and re edified to preach the gospel using the whole counsel of God... Let no personal kingdom or agenda sidestep the work of the Spirit in the church!

Please, God, take back our institutions of higher learning

Pray for the sick that they might be healed

Pray for the peace and harmony of Jerusalem ...also pray God's favor over Bibi Netanyahu 

Pray that the light of Christ will shine boldly through His people and everyone is establishing within their own hearts the manner in which to live for Him in 2019

Pray for our service men and women overseas who put their life on the line everyday to protect our freedoms. I lift up particularly my own sweet cousin Josh.... Please add in the comments other names you would like named here!!

Joshua in  Middle East

Pray for the lost who are bewildered and lost... they are hopeless in need of a loving savior

Sunday Stealing

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Another set of questions from Facebook. 

Your favorite songs

Aside from hymns and worship music  I will share  a few from the other genres ..this is  a pretty good cross-section of the music I love!

When We Dance~  Sting

Emmanuel and Cinema Paradisio~Chris Botti

Come Away with Me~ Norah Jones

The Wild Song ~ Anu'na

Spirit Wind~ Dan Gibson

Skellig~Loreena McKennitt

What's Going On~ Marvin Gaye

The Girl from Ipanema~Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz

Traces~ The Classics IV

Toccatta ~ Mannheim Steamroller

In a Gadda Da Vida~  Iron Butterfly  (You Asked  .. My favorite song in college!)  I still  go sort of crazy over the drum  solo!

Your favorite bands
Anything Motown, Sting, Chris Botti,  Claude Debussey,  The Classics IV,  Anything by Dan Gibson, Anything by Anu'na
Chicago, Moody Blues,  Mannheim Steamroller, Enya,  Celtic Woman

Your favorite actors or actresses
Danny Kaye, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper,  James Stewart,  Gregory Peck, Peter O'Toole,  Michael Caine,Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Pal Newman, Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall,  Gerard Butler , Pierce Brosnan

Ingrid Bergman, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn,  Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Fontaine, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Emma Thompson, Maggie, Smith, Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter,  Amy Adams

Your favorite books

This is impossible,BIBLE!

Favorite authors, Derek Prince,  Ravi Zacharias, Bob Sorge,  Bill Johnson,  Adrian Rogers,  C S Lewis, John Piper, Liz Curtiss Higgs,  Lynn Kurland,  Diana Gabaldon, Kathleen Givens,

Rosamund Pilcher , Victoria Holt

Genre, Theological,  historical romance, Time Travel, Scottish, Irish story lines,  light mystery

Books you dislike
not too serious crime or  mystery, no gore or  sci-fi
nothing of  an evil   theme

Your favorite movies

Pride and Prejudice, Phantom of the Opera, Mr. Blandings Dream House, Philadelphia Story, Jane Eyre,  Secret Garden,  New Beauty and the Beast   with Emma Watson,  North and South (British one) to name a few

Your favorite TV shows
Outlander because I loved the books
Old tv  like What's My Line  on You Tube
Old  films   also on You Tube
Hall mark movies
Cooking and home shows

Your favorite foods/drinks
Chinese, tea parties, Italian foods

Your favorite animal
Domesticated ~Sheep, Wild ~ Tiger  and fox

Your favorite scents
Wisteria, lemon,coffee, caramel

Your hobbies/ things you do in your free time
read, play piano, oil paint

Your pet peeves
ignorance of the voters  I can hardly stand  listening to  interviews of ignorant young people who think socialism is  being sociable."It's what the world needs more of" 

Things you collect
transfer ware china

Things you like to swap
recipes

Places you've been
all over the east coast~no further west than Indiana
Germany, Holland, Ireland

Places you'd like to visit
Britain

The songs you dislike
Rap

The movies you dislike
too realistic.gory

The TV shows you dislike
CSI, etc

classes you liked in school
English Lit, history, Home Ec, physical science like geology

classes you disliked in school
higher mathematics,  biology, 

crafts you would like to learn
learn to knit well, not just barely
Water colors

Saturday 9

Every Time You Go Away

Let's join in with Sam on this one!!

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions. 

Saturday 9: Every Time You Go Away (1985)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song is about separation. Who is the last person you said goodbye (or maybe just "so long") to?

For us as a couple we  said goodbye to  two other couples  who  went to Myrtle Beach for  two weeks..  These are friends from church  and  sad  especially   to miss them  on Wednesday dinners when we always sit together!

2) This week's featured artist, Paul Young, was a gifted athlete during his school days and briefly played professional football (aka soccer). Sam enjoys playing tennis, though her serve doesn't give Serena Williams anything to worry about. What's something you enjoy doing, even if you don't excel?

I took golf in college  and really enjoyed it.. Haven't played in some time now,  I had a good swing,  but never could hit the ball very far, so  we often played par three course..  But  I loved it!

3) Mr. Young and his wife Stacy were married for 31 years, until her death in 2018. What do you think is the key to a happy marriage?  Learning to  compromise and think of the other person's point of view,  because  over  45 years  things can change radically and  one has to be willing to flow with that change. 

4) Paul Young's performance of this hit song was one of the highlights of the July 1985 Live Aid Concert. This international benefit raised more than $100 million to alleviate hunger in Ethiopia. Tell us about a charity you support.

 To name one...We  support Bibles for the World and have sponsored 3 children  over time through high school in India  to  allow them  to go to  school..  They  were and are  Lal, Angela, and John!  We also support various missionaries,   as well as,  local support groups for the poor and  needy.

5) This song was written by Daryl Hall, of Hall and Oates. What's your favorite Hall and Oates song?

6) In 1985, when this song was popular, the New Coke was unsuccessfully introduced. What's the last beverage you drank?
My only beverage I like is  Dr. Pepper!!  I had one yesterday!

7) In 1985, the New York Stock Exchange had to close because of Hurricane Gloria. Has a hurricane shared your name? (Find a list of recent/upcoming storm names here.)
I have a very unstormy name!!

8) 1985 was the year that the Titanic wreckage was discovered. There have been at least 11 movies and TV shows about the fatal voyage. Have you seen any of them?

The  greatest Titanic film 

9) Random question: Would you rather own and run a coffee shop or a shoe store? Why?  Change it to a Tea Room and I'm all in!!

Friday's Fave Five

Let's join Susanne with our friday's fave five!
1.

I am excited about   our new garden statuary and  bedding plants...  Since  my "kid"s live so far away I do enjoy seeing these "kid"s  playing in the garden every day!

 2.  Today I am  going to meet  a group of friends  for lunch  at  a favorite  restaurant...

I can already attest that  a grand time was held by all!!!
3.  One of the things that  I am so pleased about  in my own  initiative is  that  here it is  the end of April and I am still excited about my daily Bible reading.  I am doing  a new  format.
Through this plan I have already read through
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Matthew, Mark, Luke John, and into the Psalms, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Proverbs, into Ecclesiastes, Acts, Romans,I and II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy.  I read    from 4 sections of the Bible daily  but what makes it easier and fun for me is I use my  rad aloud Bible  and follow along  which isn't so tiring...  I have to say Leviticus has been  hard because it is pretty repetitive but it readily drives home to me the  idea of   atonement by blood!I  have gained so much spiritual insight  by doing this  each day!
4.  

This precious  little doodle bug is our youngest granddaughter ,  age 3,  and  so  smart and  happy.   Such a delight, but the last couple of days she has been  a pretty sick little girl...    a terrible stomach virus and  complete lethargy..  I am asking all to say for prayer  for our little VIV!

5.  

We just  have the best time lately..  thank  the Good Lord for our health,  strength,and vitality  to enjoy  this life!!!