Food 4 Thought Friday.

I copied this Friday Meme from Dawn


Breakfast What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?

Lunch What is something that you are disappointed about right now.
Dinner What is in your fridge right now?
Midnight Snack What are you really anticipating right now?
Recipe of the Week (instead of your recipe for life, what is it just for this week?)

Here are my answers:

Breakfast - My favorite breakfast is Bagels & Cream Cheese, just putting this down is making my mouth water. The only bagels I like are cinnamon & raisin or the everything bagel. My favorite cereal is the Special K with chocolate, that is so indulgent first thing in the morning!


Lunch - Nothing disappoints me right now, I am preparing a big Green Tortilla Chili for the Baby Shower tomorrow, so if anything I am excited!!

Dinner - There's cheese, limes, tortilla's & plenty of veg to make a stir fry!

Midnight Snack - I am looking forward to dinner out with my Hubby to celebrate his Birthday. A greek dinner in Tarpon Springs:)


Recipe of the Week -My recipe of the week is what I am making for the Baby Shower tomorrow:)

Green Tortilla Chili

ingredients
1 rotisserie chicken, stripped and shredded
or
1 to 1 1/2 pounds leftover roast turkey meat, shredded
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
1 large onion, chopped
2-3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 jalapeño, seeded and chopped
1 rounded tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 16-ounce jar tomatillo salsa
1 beer, any brand you like
1 quart chicken stock
4 handfuls tortilla chips, divided
1 handful cilantro leaves
Juice of 2 limes

preparation

Heat a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat with the EVOO. Cook onions, garlic, and jalapeño until soft, about 4 minutes. Add chili powder and cumin, and cook for another minute. Add the tomatillo salsa, beer and stock. Bring up to a bubble and add in the shredded chicken. Simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, grind 2 handfuls of the tortilla chips and the cilantro leaves in a food processor. Add this mixture to the chili and continue cooking until it thickens, about 8-10 minutes.

Right before spooning into bowls, add in the lime juice and serve with some whole corn tortilla chips alongside.

Yields 6 servings

Hubby's Birthday:)

It's Keith's Birthday today:) He's already opened his cards, got some nice gifts too!


But by far he enjoyed the gift he got last night. Keith is an avid Football Fan, as in UK Soccer. Yes Football in the UK has been around for a very long time! Keith has supported Fulham since he was a little boy. Last night they won their semi-final game to get into the final of the Europa Cup. Now this is a BIG achievement, apparently every English Newspaper has the news on it's front page today.

Wordless Wednesday.

I just love black & white pictures, I know Rion is looking forward to meeting Emmitt!

Beautiful pictures (I'm biased though)!

Last week Brandy thought it would be nice to get some pictures done. A friend of her's has their own photography business. They all met on Anna Maria Island & had these taken. Apparently there were loads of pictures taken, but these were just a few I have seen so far:)

Wordless Wednesday

A very unusual Seahorse taken at Tampa Aquarium last year.

Brandy is 32 weeks!

I thought it was so funny what Brandy said when she posted her picture on Facebook today. She said it looked like she was trying to smuggle a melon out of Publix!!

On May 1st we have her Baby Shower, I have made her Diaper Cake, I won't post pictures yet in case she see's it! I am so looking forward to meeting my grandson:)






This other picture was taken when she was 29 weeks. I'm looking forward to the picture of Gareth holding his Son for the first time. I'm sure I will get weepy then, but a good weepy!

That dreaded C word , & the power of prayer.

Cancer is one of those words we all dread hearing about. It took my Aunt & Grandmother, now a good friend is battling the disease & another friend's Son has also been diagnosed with it too.

With all the advancement we have these days, how come we still can't seem to find a cure? This though is one of these times I believe in the power of prayer. We hear about miracles happening. So I ask each & every one of you who follow me to please say a prayer for Myrtle who used to be on MM & for Allen, his Mom Cheryl used to be on MM too.

We can only hope & pray that one day we will have a cure for this disease, then we never have to fear hearing the C word again.

Wordless Wednesday.

Brandy only has 10 more weeks to go!

How ants take a vacation!

The other day I took Rion to the airport with me to pick up hubby. As we got closer we could see the planes coming in to land. He pointed to the large plane & asked if that was the one that "Mr Keith" would be on. I said it could very well be.

Then a smaller plane came into land, without another thought he said, that's what ants fly in when they go on vacation!! It was just too cute!

Birds visiting my Bird Feeder!

I have always liked to see birds around. Not long ago, I found Blue Jays eating the cat food outside. I thought it couldn't be good for them, I went to out local Birds Unlimited Store.

The owner told me that it wouldn't do them any harm, only upset the cats!! I brought a feeder & some bird food. My computer is by the window & I can look outside & watch them come & go.

These are some of the pictures I have taken so far!

This is a Tufted Titmouse:


















Male Red Cardinal:














Blue Jay:
















Woodpecker:

































I have no idea what this bird is, hope someone can tell me!

Gift for the baby from another blogger!

Kimeri is a good friend & has her own blog Kimeri's Kastle
I received a package in the mail from Kimeri yesterday. There was the monkey, teething ring & burp cloths. Kimeri makes the burp cloths herself! They are so beautiful & Gareth & Brandy are thrilled with them:) They are so unusual & very colorful too. Thank you so much Kimeri I will love using them when the baby comes over:)

It's 2pm, time for a chat with Jacqueline Winslow!

I have been so excited that we are able to do this chat today with Jackie! I am also waiting on my copy of the book to arrive this afternoon, then I can get reading:) Now lets get started & I would like to welcome Jackie to my blog!

Live Blog Chat today!!

The day I have been waiting for has arrived. Today is the live blog chat with Jacqueline Winslow, about her book The Bargain.

It is a Christian Romance Novel, I am so excited the be able to have on the blog & do this with her. Please drop by between 2-4 today & chat to her yourself!!

Easter Egg Hunt:)

I had my first Easter Egg Hunt yesterday with Rion! I had never done one before, when we lived in the UK they never did Easter Egg Hunts. You just gave your child a chocolate egg or gift for easter.

I don't know who had more fun yesterday, me hiding them or Rion opening them!! Once he had found them all & saw what was inside, we had to close them up & he wanted me to hide them again:) Then he hid them & I had to find them! It was a wonderful afternoon:))

Blog interview with Jacqueline Winslow!

I am sure those of you who were on Maya's Mom remember Jacqueline. She has been very busy & just had her first book published!! On Wednesday April 7th from 2-4pm we are having a live blog interview with Jacqueline:)

I will be asking her some questions & I am hoping that you will all be able to come
join us too.

If you would like to go take a look at Jacqueline's book, it is called the Bargain & it is a christian romance. This is a link to her page:

http://www.jacquelinewinslow.com/#/jacquelines-books/4538578319



You can also now purchase the book on Amazon. Hope to see you on Wednesday April 7th!

White Rabbits!!

In British Folklore it is customary to shout White Rabbits when you wake up on the first morning of the month, it is supposed to bring you good luck.

There is also one where you say a Pinch & a Punch for the first of the month, pinching & punching, gently the first person you see! This is where the origin for this came from. Originating from old England times when people thought that witches existed. People thought that salt would make a witch weak, so the pinch part is pinching of the salt, and the punch part was to banish the witch. The witch would be weak from the salt so the punch was to banish her.

Here are some more British Superstitions!

Good Luck
It's meant to be lucky to meet a black cat. Black Cats are featured on many good luck greetings cards and birthday cards in England.

Lucky to touch wood. We touch; knock on wood, to make something come true.

Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves.

White heather is lucky.

Horseshoe

A horseshoe over the door brings good luck. But the horseshoe needs to be the right way up. The luck runs out of the horseshoe if it is upside down.

Horseshoes are generally a sign of good luck and feature on many good luck cards.

On the first day of the month it is lucky to say "white rabbits, white rabbits white rabbits," before uttering your first word of the day.

Catch falling leaves in Autumn and you will have good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month next year.

Cut your hair when the moon is waxing and you will have good luck.

Putting money in the pocket of new clothes brings good luck.

These are supposed to bring bad luck, so avoid them at all cost!

Bad Luck

Unlucky to walk underneath a ladder.

Seven years bad luck to break a mirror. The superstition is supposed to have originated in ancient times, when mirrors were considered to be tools of the gods.

Unlucky to see one magpie, lucky to see two, etc..

Unlucky to spill salt. If you do, you must throw it over your shoulder to counteract the bad luck.

Unlucky to open an umbrella in doors.

The number thirteen is unlucky. Friday the thirteenth is a very unlucky day. Friday is considered to be an unlucky day because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Unlucky to put new shoes on the table.

Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs.

Now go enjoy your April Fools Day!!