Hit a Deer......totalled my car

Friday, July 10th left my house for work. 10 minutes down the road I hit a deer. I was going Northbound. The deer flew up in the air and hit a truck going Southbound. The air bags both exploded and I didn't know what happened. Very dazed I was able to find my cell. I called 911......guess what, no one came. After the 911 call I called my husband at work. He had to travel through 7 towns to get to me. He arrived first and he made another 911 call. I couldn't get out of my car....the door was jammed. Within minutes the fire truck and ambulance arrived.

I was very lucky. My blood pressure was high and I was bruised up and my left arm was swollen, but nothing was broken. What a scary thing when the air bags exploded! I thought my car was on fire and it smelled really bad. I am very sad to have to say goodbye to my car:(
So you think that would be enough......no.......some kids out shooting fireworks last night and the church next to us went up in flames. It started on an evergreen bush and just kept going.
I just want everything to go back to normal around here.

Food Friday ~ Old Fashioned Lemonade

Foodie Friday is presented by Gollum at

"Designs by Gollum". Visit her site for more

fabulous recipes:)

"Lemonade" by author Fred Thompson. I bought this book in 2002 while visiting my sister in North Carolina on one of our many shopping trips. It has some really great recipes. Like the book says, "Homemade lemonade is comfort food".

I also bought his "Iced Tea" book.

SUGAR SYRUP

Grated zest of 2 lemons

2 cups granulated sugar

2 cups water

LEMONADE

2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 12 lemons). 5 or 6 of the rinds reserved and roughly chopped

3 cups cold water

Lemon slices for garnish (optional)

and of course fresh mint out of the garden

1. To make the sugar syrup, combine the zest, sugar, and water in a medium-size saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, cover, and let steep for 15 minutes.
2. To make the lemonade, pour the sugar syrup into a 2-quart container. Let cool, then add the lemon juice, chopped lemon rinds, and cold water. Stir well to combine.
3. Chill until very cold. Serve over ice, garnished with lemon slices if desire.

Makes a little shy of 2 quarts

Tip: The lemon zest-infused sugar syrup is an elegant way to sweeten and add lemon flavor to iced tea. Set out a small pitcher the next time you serve iced tea.

Sit back and enjoy..............

Just picked

Well here it is......Freshly picked Roma Tomato just out of my garden. The first of many......I hope:)

Foodie Friday ~ Italian Chicken Soup

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Get it all ready.
Put it all in the crock pot.
Just a squeeze of lemon and enjoy.

I took 6 days off work. Today is wash all the windows day. I knew I wouldn't feel much like cooking so I put this all in the crock pot before I started washing windows. The house smelled fabulous all day. It made me want to hurry and finish so we could eat dinner. I have something planned for each day. When I go back to work on Wednesday my house will be so clean. I am looking forward to the 4th of July fireworks. Can't wait. We have ours on the Manteno beach. It is so much fun:)

Italian Chicken Soup
4 boneless, skinless, chicken breast, frozen
4 cloves garlic, sliced
8 stalks green onions, sliced
2 whole heads celery, sliced
1/4 cups Acini di pepe (Italian pasta)
8 cups chicken broth
1 lemon, slice for squeezing
Put all in crock pot, except pasta and lemon. Heat on high for 8 hours. One hour before done take a fork and separate chicken. Add Acini di pepe. Cover and cook for remaining time. Place in serving bowls and squeeze with lemon.
~Enjoy~
Have a safe and happy 4th of July

Looks what's growing in my garden........

My little Finch birdies are back. I had hung a RED Finch feeder....and no birds. So, I took down the red feeder and put up a new yellow feeder and here they are.
Just step outside and my new friends are there to greet me. Just got to love it:)

Red Day Lilies

Hydrangeas

Tiger Lilies....these are all across the back of my yard.

Clematis from Mom and Dad's yard.

Yellow Day Lilies

Roma Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Zucchini

Red Peppers

Jalapeno Peppers

Red Raspberries...we have already started picking them.

Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Zucchini and Red Peppers will be ready soon. I just love this time of year. Stay tuned for my recipes using all my fresh garden items.

Foodie Friday ~ Trader Joe's

Gollum at "Designs by Gollum" is the hostess for "Foodie Friday".

So......it's hot out and I don't feel like cooking. Just happen to have some great treasures in the freezer from my last trip to Trader Joe's. Put the Mandarin Orange Chicken and Sweet Potato Frites in the oven for 20 minutes, make a yummy salad, pour some iced tea and...............dinner is ready. Doesn't get any better than that:)The Mandarin Orange Chicken is great. The Sweet Potato Frites are so wonderful. Almost taste like a pastry. We dip them in ranch dressing.

Trader Joe's is just a wonderful experience. A must for everyone. Everything is soooooo good.

Thanks for stopping by........can't wait to see what everyone else is cooking this week.

Have a wonderful weekend:)

Foodie Friday ~ Marinated Shrimp

Gollum at "Designs by Gollum"

is the hostess for
"Foodie Friday"

Marinated Shrimp

4 pounds frozen cooked shrimp, thawed

2 cups evoo (extra virgin olive oil)

1/2 cup hot sauce

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 1/2 teaspoon each of the following....(I used fresh from the garden)

seafood seasoning (Potlatch Seasoning from William-Sonoma)

basil

oregano

thyme

parsley

Whisk together and put all in ziploc bag overnight.

Happy "Foodie Friday" to you all. Have a wonderful weekend.....and Happy Father's Day:)