Facebook Friends

I love Facebook. It has let me catch up with old friends from high school and family members.

I love the fact that my Facebook friends know me well enough to post things on my timeline when they see something that makes them think of me or even send me a private message if they see something. Most of my friends know I'm a big coffee drinker and I'm a HUGE lover of anything Christmas. So when I get those messages they make me smile.

There are some who know me even better and will post something that makes me spit my coffee out when I start laughing.  That's as good as texts I share with some of those same people. 

I know someone was thinking of me and cared enough to send me a message or post on my wall. That's a good feeling.  Likewise, I tend to do the same thing. I see something and share it to someone's wall just because it made me think of them.  

The other day I was scrolling through my Facebook feed catching up on my friends.  It occurred to me that I have some people on here that I'm not real sure who they are.  

You are probably thinking, "why are they your friends on Facebook if you don't know them?"  Well, I can explain that. 

I get friend requests. I don't accept all of them, especially if I don't know the person. And sometimes, I just don't want to be involved in the drama that I know they will bring with them if I accept their request. But sometimes I think, 'hmmm they sound familiar'. So I'll go look at their page, see who they are, who their friends are, etc.

Lots of times it's friends of my daughters' who want to be my Facebook friend.  Of course I'm going to accept those because I know it means that I'm going to get to see more pictures of my away-from-me family.  Never want to miss that chance.  Besides, I've met them often enough on visits that I think of them as friends anyway. 

Sometimes it's my daughters' friends from high school. Of course, I accept those. I know these people and I tend to have more interaction with them on Facebook than my daughters do in some instances. That's fine too. 

Sometimes the name just sounds familiar and I accept the friend request because, quite frankly, it's nice to hear from people from 'back home'.  Then as time goes on you realize - oh hey, that's not who I thought it was. Then I think maybe I'll just delete them. I don't really know who they are.  

BUT -- by this time I have been reading their posts and saying prayers for requests they have had. I know what's going on in their lives, sometimes more than I need to know. And I think perhaps I should keep them as my friend because it's pretty obvious they need some prayers. 

So for now I'll keep my Facebook friends I have. I enjoy reading all the posts even if I don't always comment on them.  I like seeing how the kids who grew up in my house are now, for the most part, responsible adults with children of their own.  

It's nice to know that when I get a Facebook request someone thought enough of me, or perhaps one of my daughters or grandchildren, to want me to be a part of their lives.  

How about you? Do you have friends on Facebook that you sometimes wonder why you have them as friends?  

What's For Dessert?

Do you ever hear, 'What's for dessert?' I don't know about you but dessert is not something that I grew up with.  Now don't get me wrong - we had cakes and cookies and even pies and puddings but we never actually had dessert with our meals.  Well, sometimes we did have Jello. They were more around to snack on.  One of my dad's favorite things to snack on was yellow cake straight from the oven with butter on it.  If you haven't tried it you should.

So recently our Lily-girl was baptized!  Very happy occasion for sure. However, circumstances did not allow us to have a 'special' meal for her then.  She asked to be allowed to choose our theme for New Food Night.  Can you guess what her theme was?  DESSERT NIGHT --- she has been trying to get us to do this for quite some time.

Grampa made a compromise. He would make a soup and then everyone else could bring a dessert.  Pretty good compromise.  So here you have our Dessert Night Themed Dinner,

As promised, Gary made a soup.

He went with Taco Soup.  Now this may not be new to you all but it's the first time it has ever been made at our house.  We really like it and I can see that we will be making this again.  It makes a lot so we will have to just share with a neighbor or friend.

NOW FOR THE DESSERTS

I made some Iced Pumpkin Cookies.

These things are addictive!  Just a soft pumpkin flavored cookie iced.  Yummers. I will make these again and perhaps add some cinnamon chips to them.

Miss Annette made Lemon Chantilly Crean

Now how good do these look?  Lemon pound cake, with cool whip flavored with some lemon zest and topped with raspberries and blueberries dusted with sugar.  OH! MY! GOSH!!  This is a perfect light dessert.

Lastly, we have Frozen Hot Chocolate.

This was K.C.'s contribution.  Some chocolate chips melted with milk, hot chocolate mix and ice all blended together!  What a great summer time treat.

Here's a picture of my dessert plate.

Yes, I also had a cup of coffee as I knew I would be eating a cookie (or two or three).  LOL

Here's a couple of other photos from Dessert Night.

The kids had bought some build-a-straw kits and Remington was trying his out at dinner.

So tell me, is dessert something you always have with your evening meal or is it a special occasion thing?  Or, like me, do you just have it around to snack on?

Our Munchies

Have you been concerned about how we are faring on New Food Night?  I'm kinda late on posting. Don't worry, though -- we didn't go hungry.  LOL  That's the last thing that is going to happen at our house.  

Last week we had decided that we were going to have an Appetizer Night.  This is always one of my favorites when we have it at home.  I love appetizers, don't you? 

Look!!  We have our sign on. That means it's time to chow down!  

Since we have a new house every gathering is considered trials on how we will work out Thanksgiving. We are used to having all the food on either the table or side tables in the dining room. Our current dining room size does not permit that so we are doing trial runs on how to set up the kitchen island and proceed to the dining room.  

Here we are having a trial run on filling our plates. 

Now, here is the food we enjoyed.

K.C. made some Jalapeno Poppers. 

These were really good. Jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped up in a crescent roll. What's not to like about this?

Gary made his favorite -- Fried Ravioli with sauce for dipping. 

Now he did not make his own ravioli he used frozen. He then proceeded, with the help of his able assistant Lily, to bread the ravioli and deep fry it.  What isn't good deep-fried? 

I made Spinach Cream Cheese Swirls.  Cream Cheese, Monterrey Jack Cheese, Garlic powder and frozen spinach. Spread this on puff pastry, roll up, slice,  and bake.  Man was this good!

Miss Annette made Pizza Strips.

These were really good.  I don't remember what she called them but I said Pizza Strips because they are cut in strips.  

So there you have it our Appetizer, 'Munchies' Night.  Now I'll confess that I wasn't sure how filling our Appetizer night would be so I doubled my recipe. Now look through our pictures and most everything had a form of bread with it (Jalapeno Poppers, Spinach Cheese Swirls, Pizza) and bread is very filling.  Don't worry, I didn't let those Spinach Cheese Swirls go to waste.  I froze them!  So when I need a little 'munchie' I can just pull 2-3 out of the freezer and pop them in the microwave!  Win Win for me. 

So, tell me, what is your favorite appetizer?