This morning brought me a headache, so I am having quiet time watching a show that is new to me:
Netflix
My son’s friend has been nagging me to watch this show since the pilot aired. Looks great from the pilot! At least it gets the middle schoolers off my back. For awhile. This kid has good taste in movies and is a walking encyclopedia of Marvel Comics info, and has half a dozen more movies lined up for me to watch to bring me up to speed in the Marvel universe!
Best lines:
Doc-“This is a disaster.”
Mike-“No. It’s an Origin Story.”
And can I have Coulson’s special car… was that a Corvette? Yow!! This series will be fun just to see the return of Coulson!
No matter your faith background, everyone can agree that simple, kind acts are good for the soul and can have a big impact on the recipient. No PhD. in philosophy or psychiatry is required to understand this concept. Grand gestures aren’t necessary- just look how popular the “pay it forward” is in the coffee shops: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/400-customers-pay-florida-starbucks-article-1.1911813
There is a cozy cafe in the town where my son attends school. Before I pick him up this afternoon, I’d like to give the ever-present, always friendly owner $20 in two dollar bills, and ask her to use them for coffee or muffins to some of the folks that we see nearly every day who look like they could really use a snack on the house. Someone surprised my son paying for his popcorn when he was short of funds; my daughter was delighted by a stranger ahead of her in the cafe line because they felt like paying for a person behind them- she passed the kindness along to the next person…
Have you ever done anything like this? I’ll update this post when I hear from the cafe owner that I know!
“You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing. Jesus made it very clear. ‘Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me. Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.'”
Monday evenings are my favorite for one reason- we are all home. And since I love to cook, my family is subject to my main hobby whether they like it or not.
Usually they enjoy my cooking, but I always serve the same side dishes every time… like for the last 10-15 years. If salmon is for dinner, it comes with brown basmati rice and spinach. We all love this combination, and why change it? NO ONE, especially me, wants to hear whining about what is put on the table for them to eat.
Roast beef? We love it served with baked potatoes, broccoli, pinto beans and salsa, too. This is by far the family’s favorite meal. But alas, the cook is bored and a new muse has come barging into my imagination- I am going to force introduce New Menu Monday, and drag my family along for the ride.
Ever try a parsnip or turnip? I haven’t, but that is going into tonight’s dinner. Onions, carrots, garlic and potatoes too.
Photos are of the ingredients, prep work, oven ready (350 for three hours), and dinner!
Pot Roast with Roasted Root Vegetables -3 lb chuck roast sprinkled with salt and pepper -4 medium red potatoes, halved -1 onion, quartered (leave part of the root attached so the onion holds together) -4 carrots, chunked up -2 parsnips, chunked up -1 turnip, chunked -4 to 8 cloves of garlic, smashed -2 cups chicken broth -1/4 cup red wine Turn oven to 350. Place roast in large, heavy covered baking dish. Sprinkle roast with salt, grind pepper over it, pour broth around roast. Chop as directed and add all vegetables. Place lidded dish in oven and bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until meat is very tender. Serve with a green salad, maybe?
I’ll update this post with the family’s verdict…
Everyone liked the new vegetables, except my son. He is still swearing that I tried to kill him him by serving turnips. Insert eye roll here.
Along with a new project every month, a new book sounds like a great idea!
Both my husband and I picked up a few books while shopping for Christmas, 2013. NEITHER of us read those books. I don’t think I finished an entire book during the entire year of 2014, and in the past I was a voracious reader. What happened? Can I just blame this on Pinterest and Tumblr being so DARN interesting? No? I didn’t think so…
All right then, no more excuses.
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin Click the photo to a link to Amazon
This month’s read is “The Happiness Project,” by Gretchen Rubin. I love the alternate title even more: “Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sin in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun”
Got any great reads you’d like to suggest? Please share, I love hearing what others are reading.
Just do what the guy says and we will all be safe…
Three days into January and I’m still finding something new to do. Every day! WOO HOO! What are the bets that I can keep this up for another three days?
How about a project for the month? That sounds good to me. To quote the great Captain Picard, I’ll “Make it so.”
JANUARY’S PROJECT:
FIGURE OUT HOW IN THE WORLD DOES ONE SET UP AND MANAGE A BLOG?
(Now that I’ve dated myself with that ST-TNG reference above, I’ll get to the point…)
Hopefully, by the end of the month I will have figured out how to incorporate pictures, establish links with social media sites, choose what this blog will look like on screen (WordPress calls this the THEME, see? I am learning, YOW!) And while I figured out what a sticky post is,what the heck is a slug?
Lucky for me search engines exist, and these three sites will be great helps in this project:
So, if you are an experienced blogger and have some great tips for a n00b like me, please share! What did you do to learn how to navigate WordPress, Blogger or your platform of choice?
Jean Luc Picard says “Here’s to you, awesome n00b blogger!”Everyone should try new things every day!
branching out... on a limb 