I certainly hope all of you had a blessed and filling Thanksgiving. We did. I cooked and cooked and cooked and loved all of it -- well except for the brine for turkey spilling all over my cabinet and floor! Today I worked very hard at work - lots of inquiries, phone calls, etc. In addition, I am typing all of the recipes for our Church Christmas brunch so we can get them out to the precious ladies that have agreed to help us!! BLess their wonderful hearts!!!
Tonight I made homemade chicken enchiladas with homemade tomatillio sauce! Very good - but I am worn out - not from the making them, but from the cleaning up!!! I did serve homemade lemon icebox pie -- made with fresh lemons off one of my lemon trees! They are so sweet - you can just eat them like grapefruit - which I've also been having off our tree! Such fun and delicious!!! Already finished off all of the manderin oranges!!!
I have been really worried about friends of ours that are having marital problems. I wish they would remember what they promised to one another and more importantly to God "in sickness and health, in good and bad, TILL DEATH WE PART." Those are pretty serious promises to God -- and he expects us to keep our promise to Him and our partner. A friend told me many years ago - after going through a divorce (probably her choice), a relationship, and then marrying someone else: "You can choose to love whoever you want to!" She went on to say "if I had realized this - I would still be married to ______________!" And you can - you can focus on the bad -- and there will be bad - there will be promises unfulfilled - there will be disappointments - there will be unhappiness - but was it only because of the promises and the dreams (that haven't come true) - that you made that promise to one another and to God???? This is especially true if there are children involved! I've even heard, "well I want better for little Johnny or little Janie" but will money and a big and better house be better than the love of both parents?? I heard Dr. Laura on the radio the other day chastize a woman because her husband had cheated and she wanted out -- but when Dr. Laura asked it there was a child - and there was - she asked the husband if he was willing to stay and try to make it work and he said "anything" and she told the woman she owed it to their child to live there and not worry about herself - but be nice, don't make snide remarks - but make it a pleasant home for the child." Great advise!!! No one has the perfect marriage - yes - some have better than others -- they truly love one another - and most all promises have come true - but they put God first -- and the failures and disappointments are small in comparrison with pleasing God and one another. Many of the people wanting out right now need to stop thinking about ME and start thinking about the other one and how you can make them happy!! I wish each of them would read the book "LOVE DARE" but not just read it -- but do it!!! No - my marriage is not perfect by a long shot -- but we are not leaving one another because it is not perfect. We continue to look to God for help and we respect one another and deep down our love continues to grow -- even after 48 years!! (Yes - I was a very young child bride -- I also have a beach front house in Arizona I will sell you - if you believe that!!!
Oh - yes - let's cook something before I have to go do the rest of my duties before going to bed!!! Like finish cleaning the kitchen and Michelle's face!!
TURKEY CHEESE BALL
I made an awesome turkey ball with the left over roasted turkey. I used food processor and ground up about a cup and half of turkey. Combined it with 8 oz. cream cheese, about 3 oz. pimento cheese I had in refrigerator (in place of extra cheese I was going to use), about 1/4th cup dried cranberries, several dashes of dried minced onion, and garlic. See I really didn't measure anything, just added a tad of mayonaise, a little salt and pepper, several dashes of Pensey's Foxpoint, and about a tablespoon full of Raspberry/Cranberry Vinaugrette bt Earth and Vine sold at Sweet Gourment - and beat it all until well combined. Then formed a ball and rolled it in crushed red pepper and chopped pecans. It really was very good! Wish I had another The cranberries are what really made it special - as they do everything you use them in!!!! I use sack after sack of them (from Sam's!!!)
Have a great evening - encourage someone you know to stay married and choose to love the other! God will be very pleased with you and with them! What a gift that would be for someone! Talk with you soon!!!
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