Sunday, May 26, 2013
A 'Lil bit of Chicken Fry
It may not be chicken fry but this potato salad recipe is awesome and Bar-B-Q’s are the ultimate sign of summer at the beach or anywhere. So what is your
favorite summer recipe? Here is one that
my step-Mom started cooking up a few years ago and it is so simple and
yummy. It sounds a little odd, but try
it and you won’t be disappointed. The
only thing that would make it the ultimate is if you use homemade buttermilk
(ranch) dressing. I’m kind of a ranch
dressing snob and really only eat the homemade version. There is just something so delicious about
it. The store bought kind just doesn’t
quite do it. So here is the recipe, let
me know what you think.
- Potato & Sweet Potato Salad
- 4 Potatoes boiled and cut into chunks (if you want to leave the skin on that is up to you)
- 4 Sweet Potatoes boiled and cut into chunks
- throw the potatoes and sweet potatoes into a bowl after they have cooled, you don’t want them to mush together
- scallions – one bunch cut up
- bacon pieces cut up – amount to your liking, I say load it up, because I love bacon
- some salt and pepper to your liking approximately a teaspoon of each
- a bottle of ranch dressing
Toss the rest of the ingredients in with the cooled potatoes add in the bottle of ranch with all the other ingredients. Refrigerate until right before
you are ready to eat and watch the bowl disappear. Yummy….
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Oklahoma....Our thoughts and Prayers go out to you all.
Unbelievable destruction in Moore, OK. Prayers out to all of those that have been affected. I can't even imagine what those people are going through. A few years ago my daughter and I were caught out in the tornado that went through our area, but we found our way into a grocery store. We were driving home and this storm arrived literally out of no where and very, very quickly with almost no warning. We knew we were not going to make it home as our car was being tossed around a bit and we could not see much of anything. My daughter was suggesting that we pull into this neighborhood and was asking me if I knew anyone in the area and I really didn't and was concerned going to any houses because if there wasn't anyone home we were just wasting precious time. So I pulled into a grocery store parking lot and told Taylor (my daughter) that I wasn't even pulling into a parking spot, but just driving up to the front doors and we were going to run in. We both just jumped out of the car and I told her to run, I couldn't get my van door to shut because the wind was blowing so hard and I just left it open and went running with her into the store not knowing if my 4 month old vehicle would be intact when the storm was done. As we were running from our van to the store there was an electrical box that was blowing up across the street from us. There were men holding the store doors open for us and another staff person handed us meat locker jackets because they were telling us to run to the back of the store into the locker where we would stay during the storm. I called my husband as we were running to the meat locker and told him we wouldn't have phone service and where we were at, he let us know that they were all fine and they loved us. We were in the locker area for about 45 minutes. When we were released from the locker area, we headed out to our vehicle - the van door was shut but there were some plants on top of the hood of our van and some water in our van. All easy things to clean up. There was a fence knocked down across the street and there was a semi turned over on the way home along with some trees knocked down and other items scattered everywhere.
What we went through was scary, but nothing compared to what others have gone through especially the destruction that Oklahoma went through last night. Prayers to all of them and a quick recovery to pick themselves up and put everything back together again.
God Speed....
What we went through was scary, but nothing compared to what others have gone through especially the destruction that Oklahoma went through last night. Prayers to all of them and a quick recovery to pick themselves up and put everything back together again.
God Speed....
Friday, May 17, 2013
Random Acts of Kindness
Wow, is it gorgeous outside, I was enjoying working out on my
front patio, Wi-fi is such an awesome
invention. My neighbors daughter and
friends just came home (seniors who had their last day of school earlier this
week) and they are going swimming, isn’t that the life….that was a long time
ago, but definitely the more care free days.
I was searching for some articles on the internet and came across
this great one about Random Acts of Kindness, or as they are calling it Random
Acts of Pizza after the bombing at the Boston Marathon. People are donating pizza to those who are
housing others that were stranded in Boston and the Chicago tribune is sending pizza to the Boston Globe for all of
their reporting efforts at such a horrific time. It’s simple, it’s pizza, but it is a random
act of kindness that let’s others know you are thinking of them. Random Acts of Kindness can occur anytime or
anywhere. What will be your Random Act
of Kindness? It was suggested that we
all just do a Random Act of Kindness once a week Can you imagine how awesome
that would be?
Maybe your random act of kindness is helping a friend who has a
child graduating? Help them plant some
flowers, make their food, decorate or just pick up around their home. Graduation is such an awesome time, but can
be very nerve racking for everyone. Do a
Random Act of Kindness for a friend and see how great it feels.
We have a few graduations to go to ourselves, but we also need to
head back to our stomping grounds and go to my husbands cousins daughters
(twins) graduation. Whew, that is kind
of confusing huh. It will be great to
see the family, we will even hang out at the lake for a bit before heading
back. Enjoy your weekend. See ya next week.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Why I'm blogging.
This blogging thing….it’s amazing how much
people blog and what they blog about, business, family, pictures, dogs, you
name it, people blog about it. Honestly, why am I blogging? I opened this online website for
BeachAndCottageLiving.com and I had a choice, I could either write this
business blog and bore the ever living daylights out of you and myself or write
more of a personal blog and add some personal humor to it – as bland as my
humor is. So here it goes. I’ve always loved home furnishings and beach
and cottage furniture is so cute, fun, classy and it can also have vintage
characteristics. It can be shabby chic,
and a little bit rustic. You can paint a
room almost any tone of white, place neutral couch and chairs in the room –
then jazz it up with some coastal print pillows, colorful end tables , coffee
tables add an eclectic lamp maybe a bookshelf with some cottage character and
strategically place candles, books, pictures and personal items and Bam!! – you’ve got a stylish room. How much fun is that? Drop me a note and let me know what you love
to put on your bookshelves to reflect your personality in your home. We would love to hear from you. Enjoy the rest of your day, I’m off to get
supper ready for the kiddos. Here is a
picture of a beautiful tulip out in our yard,
I just love tulips, but wish they would stay around a little longer….all
summer would be fine with me. See ya at the beach!
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Happy Mother's Day!!
Summer is just around the corner, at least I
hope it is. It's so fun to watch the birds outside building their nest to
prepare for their little ones. Got to tell ya, there is this one mama
bird that built a nest on our outdoor speakers....she kept flying back and
forth with all kinds of nesting goodies, twine, thin spindly sticks, all kinds
of dried up stuff, and by the end of the day....poof she had this unbelievable
nest built. There is no way I could even put that together with two hands
and glue, let alone a beak and dragging everything back and forth. It's
amazing what they can do. Luckily, the kiddos and I have been able to
talk their dad into leaving the nest there until after all the babies are born.
Wooo hooo!! He even suggested that we point the outdoor lights away from the nest so that we don't fry the little guys....ahhhhh. I know, what a sweetheart.
Happy Mother's Day for all of you moms that create your
own little nest for your little ones and not so little ones every day. It
may not be out of sticks and twine, but it's your own nest made with love.
Enjoy your special day this Sunday, maybe it will be a day where you can go and
spend it at the beach, dipping your toes in the water and @33 in the
sand. You know what I mean. Have fun, enjoy the day & hang out.
What are you doing for your Mom on Mother's Day?
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Happy Birthday Charlie!!!!
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It’s Charlie’s birthday….he’s 8 years
old. Hard to believe that we rescued him
a little over 7 years ago. May 9th
is the day that the Boston Terrier rescue group gave him for his birthday….who
knows when it really is, but today works for us. Happy Birthday Charlie. If you are thinking about getting a dog, what
about rescuing one. We have two now and
absolutely love both of them. Junior is
a little annoying….at least Charlie thinks so, ok so do we. He acts like the little pest of a brother
that he is, but Charlie puts up with him to a point and then puts Junior in his
place. Hope you all have a great rest of
the day, go out and enjoy the beach.
Monday, May 6, 2013
BeachAndCottageLiving.com is now ready to take your orders
It's taken a little bit longer than what I was hoping, but so is the Spring weather; however, BeachAndCottageLiving.com is now live and ready to take orders. Come visit us, we have beach furniture and cottage furniture, decor items. mirrors, pictures, living room furniture and patio furniture and we are adding more in the weeks to come. If there is something you would like to see, shoot us and email on the contact page and we would be happy to respond. We are going to be posting a variety of different blogs here including great decorating tips, party idea, beach games, and of course recipes....every great party needs great food and we've got the recipes for you. So bookmark this page and visit us often for some great ideas. Enjoy your Monday and take a stroll down the beach or sit out on the dock and read a good book. Thanks for stopping and we'll see you soon.
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