Thursday, November 20, 2008

The Pink Hat


Here's a picture of me and the perfectly matching pink hat I wore at the tea party.
It was cold enough Tuesday night that I covered my plants. It ended being a tad above freezing, and my plants are still lovely. It looks like we here in Pensacola have the possibility of below freezing again this Saturday night--I am ready just in case.

Monday, November 17, 2008

I Love My Kitty Tekoe

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Tea Time

Yesterday I attended a tea party put on by one of the wonderful ladies from my church. To say it was fun and fabulous are understatements. Sandra is such a wonderful lady, and gracious host.
She also has a lovely home-so tastefully decorated. I did get some good decorating ideas.
We were all decked out in our good clothes, but not many of us had hats. We were directed to one of the bedrooms where there were at least 25 hats on the bed. I chose a pink hat that matched my outfit perfectly. In fact it was as if Sandra knew what we were all going to wear and put out hats accordingly.
The teas and sconce were out of this world. Everyone brought some sort of dainty little finger sandwich, or dessert. I had volunteered to make cucumber sandwiches-(what was I thinking?)
I knew my friend Diane in Omaha made the best so thanks to her recipe my sandwiches were a huge hit. Many asked how they were made. Since they are so good I thought I would share Diane's recipe with you all. Thanks again Diane!

1 brick of 8 oz. cream cheese. Softened
3 heaping TBLS sour cream.
1 package of Hidden Valley Buttermilk Dressing-the original seasoning.
Mix all together. You can add more sour cream if mixture is too hard to spread.

Use a cookie cutter to cut bread (of your choice) into shapes. I used a round one, and a heart shaped one.
Spread the cream cheese mixture on bread and top it with a slim slice of cucumber.
Put a paper doily on your serving pate and arrange sandwiches. Use a second plate doing the same thing, then begin to layer up. This can be done several hours before serving.
Right before serving sprinkle a little paprika on each.
When your serving dish runs out-simply move the next layer onto it.
You will not be disappointed.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Easy Scallops

Sea scallops are baked with butter and basil and parsley.
Ingredients:

* 2 pounds fresh sea scallops
* 1/2 cup butter
* 3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
* 1 1/2 teaspoons dried leaf basil, crumbled
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation:
Wash sea scallops in cold water; put on paper towels and pat with paper towels to dry thoroughly. Place sea scallops in a large, lightly buttered baking dish in a single layer; dot with butter. Sprinkle sea scallops with parsley, dried basil, salt, and pepper. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes; stir to coat with butter and herbs and bake an additional 20 minutes. Serve with butter and herb sauce from baking dish and hot cooked rice or small pasta.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

A Plithra of Stuff

Tekoe says "HI".
Friday night I saw a wonderful Christian singing group-Triumphant Quartet. If you have not heard them, google them. You will be able to see and hear them on Youtube. Their piano player is out of this world. I bought one of the books with the piano music to many of their songs. I will need to practice to get that good.
Had a wonderful day at church this morning. There was a health fair in our new gymnasium afterwards. I got lots of pens, pencils, sticky notes, etc. My friend and I went for lunch when we were done getting all the free stuff. I had a chicken salad to die for.
I have a busy week ahead. I plan on getting to the gym everyday, plus I have much to do before leaving for Thanksgiving with Steph to Sarasota. More about Thanksgiving as it draws closer.
So till then I will continue to futz around the house, and do what I need to do.