The snow is just coming down like crazy ... you should see it! This is our second visit to Lake Tahoe during "winter." Technically, it's not winter yet, but this is the second time we've been snowed in. I am overjoyed about that. Here's what our deck looked like early this morning ... ... and here's the tree in front of our condo. Don't let that blue sky in the background fool you. It grayed right up again and started snowing within minutes of this shot. Yay! I had planned to make chili, ... continue reading...
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Crock Pot Jambalaya
Ah, Tahoe. What's not to love about towering Ponderosa pine trees, a crunchy carpet of needles and Paul Bunyan-esque pinecones, a blue sky, and an emerald lake? Add to that a second-story balcony in a condo we were offered for free, and two weeks to dream, read, pray, think and sleep ... now that's a vacation. Of course I brought my crock pot. That's what I do. Call me cheap, but I just can't bear to eat out all day long when I know how easy it is (and how much more affordable) to just pop ... continue reading...
Rotten Ralph’s … And a Few Tips
I did it again. I somehow sloshed just enough water on my laptop to fry the keyboard. This would be the second time, in case you're keeping track. Can anyone top that? I thought for a brief, heart-stopping moment that I might have to go back to a PC, but then all sorts of wonderful, serendipitous events transpired to keep that from happening. A friend saw my post, and then looked on Craig's list and saw my exact laptop (but in much better shape, meaning it had both USB ports (one of mine was ... continue reading...
Sunday Dinner: Ham and Copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole
Updated 3/5/20 Oh, how I love Sundays! On the mornings when I'm on the worship team, I arrive early and get to hang out with some of my very favorite people on earth while we go through the morning's worship set. Then people start showing up, and the hugging begins, along with the questions you ask people you haven't seen in three long days, or seven. "How was your week?" and "How did that job interview go?" and "How is your friend we've been praying for?" Then we worship together, in an ... continue reading...
No-Bake Mountain Bars … and a Dream
I had a dream last night ... and let me tell you, it was a doozy. In this dream, I was in a foreign land, or so I thought, until I realized it was Brooklyn. Dave was there with me, and someone asked him to do a Catholic funeral at a place that was supposed to be a large church, but which ended up being big and expansive, like a sports stadium, except that it also felt like a small, intimate bowling alley. We'd been assigned the center four “lanes” for this particular funeral, but other funerals ... continue reading...
Spiced Caramel Apple Pie … and a Story
Funny story. So I go out into our "orchard" the other day (Play along. Those seven trees are spectacular.) to harvest apples from our biggest tree. We planted it about twenty years ago, and it has been faithfully churning out apples ever since. Five varieties of apples are grafted onto that tree, and although I long ago forgot which limb produces which apples, it doesn't matter to me. They're all delicious. I'm picking away when I notice this one piece of fruit hanging all by itself on this one ... continue reading...