Category: Rants Raves

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A great Thank YOU  to mother of wonder, author of the blog Labor of wonder for nominating and introducing me for and to the Versatile Blogger Award.  MOW has a great blog, filled with family, fun, football.

If I am understanding this nomination to Versital Blogger correctly, I now have a job to do.

If you are nominated, you’ve been awarded the Versatile Blogger award.

•  Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.
•  Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
•  Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly.
•  Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
•  Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

1. So here are the 15:

Back to Faith– Fred Lybrand, great friend, speaker, pastor, author

Baseballs Butterflies and Blessings– K is an amazing mom, blessed with amazing children. K’s children have physical disabilites, this is glimpse of her faith and God’s grace.

When He calls me, I will answer– Natalie is a missionary/teacher in Uganda- Her life, through HIM!

Goings on out in West Texas– Just linked up with Taylors blog, really good read!

Get Phyt.org:Neat site by two young College grads for youth and teens on health.

Celiac Family.com-Great site, recipes and such- (Kind of like….)

Soul Blind Ministry– Christian, study,search and find of Daniel Lyon, his testimony is enough.

ect.Espee Trading Co. Shannon is just starting out, with a passion! She is a seamstress and mom, horse woman, and great friend

Jules Gluten Free: Great GF site, lots of info, put together exceptionally well.

Searching for Middle Ground– Great new site I linked to-Real.

nomnomglutenfreebakery-gluten free blog– good food good news

A Girl Named Bong; AMAZING recipes and photos of.

Oats N Bows.– GF twenty something Sarah is soooo fun to read

The Ultimate Late Bloomer; Great blogger that happens to be GF

Celiac Central Bits and Bites– Another GF site, really informative and lots of worldwide info!

7 Things ABOUT ME.

1.  I was a lifeguard for a season. At the community pool where I spent all my childhood days, it was a dream come true.
2. I am adopted
3. I talk to my pets and think they understand me and me them.
4. I am not a very ‘good’ friend. I am friendly, but not a real ‘active’ friend.
5. I AM an introvert, damn it! I am not shy, I enjoy the company of others and at times I talk to much. But I am an introvert.People suck the life out of me.
6. I am a people pleaser. It is horrible. I have to apply “Am I now trying to win the approval of men or God.? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. Gal 1:10. ” Dail I too often compromise what is right in order to please others.
7. I dream, desire, hope and pray to weigh 125 lbs someday– And stay that way.  I have a long way to go.

Today we have 33 degrees and misty moisture stuff. Not snow yet, but you never know. Probably will have icy-ness tonight.  Oh, I love when the season changes, when it is supposed to!  West Texas has a habit of NOT having seasons correctly, especially here in Midland.  It is so odd to me that just 117 miles north, in Lubbock, where I spent most of my childhood, seasons do occur a bit more, by the book.   I had several white Christmas’ growing up. I think we have had maybe 3 in the 30 years we have lived here. I am probably de exaggerating, but we get maybe 1 snow compared to Lubbock’s 4 a year.   I am not complaining, too much, though, I know those up north get snow way TOO much, and I would NEVER wish snow everyday upon myself.

I like the opportunity to get my coats and sweaters out, wear my boots with out burning up by 3 PM, but the thrill of the cold wears off pretty quickly for me.  And west Texas Weather accommodates my weather wishy washiness pretty well in the winter. The temps will climb in the next few days, and we will have mid 70 weather a few days before we drop again.  I really do not have enough sweaters to have cold all winter long.

Today, I am taking advantage of the weather and making some Chicken tortilla soup  I adjusted the recipe a bit from the cookbook (My cookbook, Throw the Wheat in the Sea) I can do that since I am the author ;).  I used fresh (frozen) Hatch green chilies, I am not sure we will be able to eat the soup now, the taste test proves that we did get HOT chilies.  I am also cooking this on the stove top, instead of the crock pot. If it is impossibly hot, I think I will add sour cream to the bowl, when I serve.   I can adapt recipes like I adapt to the weather.