Summer is just about over. We have plans to go to Hiawassee this weekend for some great food, family, friends, pickin and grinnin. It is the last big hooha of the year up there and due to age and health issues of my uncle it may just be the last one ever.
I have to decide what dish I am going to take and while I was browsing around I thought perhaps you might need to make the same kind of decision for a hooha that you are going to attend this weekend. So, I though I would bring to you a list of my 5 favorite summer dishes, since this is the last blowout of the summer and all.
1.) Spaghetti Salad
This dish is super easy to make, feeds a lot of people and is delicious. It also has a “light feel” to it and can be served warm or cold. That makes it the perfect dish to carry to any hooha you attend. Also, it only has 5 ingredients so it is economical to boot.
Another favorite in our house and to take on the road. Again, 5 ingredients, easy to make but it has to be kept cold. Light, refreshing and ohhh so good.
It is getting harder and harder to find Vidalia’s. They are only here for a short time so we have to take advantage while we can. If you can still get your hands on a few, grab them and make this pie! I promise, you will groan at the goodness.
This was one of my Granny’s favorites. You could always count on her having a bowl full in her refrigerator when you went to visit in the summer. It just evokes fond memories of sitting on the front porch snacking away…that it’s good doesn’t hurt either.
5.) Kool-Aid Pie
What can I say? Great dessert. Easy to make. 4 ingredients. And you can make it any flavor that you want.
All of these recipes are from the earlier days of The Post-It Place so none of them have photos. I need to go back and rectify that for ya’ll one of these days. I can promise that they won’t disappoint though. So, get out from behind the computer screen, quit worrying about Forex trading software and enjoy the last remaining days of summer with some family, friends and some good food!
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Yesterday afternoon I loaded up a basket of peaches, a box of tomatoes and away I went. We made homemade spaghetti sauce and we also made peach preserves…and we canned it all except for the sauce we ate for supper.
The bad part, I never even took my camera out of the bag.There is not even ONE picture from the afternoon.
I know. It a tragedy. All I can say for myself is that I was having too much fun.
We also made a Peach Cobbler out of some of those fresh peaches…and all I can say about that is Yummm!
And that I am probably going to be needing some information on diets that work because there is too much good stuff coming in from people’s gardens at the moment and I can’t seen to be able to stop eating. If you send intervention, make sure they are strong willed, otherwise they will just be sucked in with me.
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If you are like me you are constantly on the lookout for fun new games that your whole family will enjoy. We love the classics but sometimes we want something new and fresh from our usual. With the new line of Hasbro card games we can have both! And talk about fun, we have had a blast playing three of the new 2010 games that came out this Spring and are highly anticipating the release of the fourth this Fall. Many nights you will find us involved in a card or board game, it is what we love to do. We don’t really have an official Family Game Night since we actually celebrate it several times a week. However, we did join in the National Family Game Night last year and we plan to join in on the 2010 Family Game night. The date for 2010 will be Wednesday, September 29 when once again, Hasbro will encourage families across the U.S. to turn off the television and take a break from busy schedules to laugh and bond over classic family board games such as MONOPOLY, SORRY! and THE GAME OF LIFE.
According to a recent Hasbro survey, 42% of Americans said that they’ve laughed so hard when playing a board game that they’ve snorted! And 25% of Americans have even celebrated a big win with a flashy victory dance. Have you had any laugh out loud moments when playing games? Feel free to post your favorite moments on their Facebook page.
Hasbro has introduced a new line of card games that take a spin on traditional game for the second year in a row. By transforming the board games of SORRY!, YAHTZEE and TRIVIAL PURSUIT into “snackable” play formats and by adding the classic French racecar card game of MILLE BORNES to the line, Hasbro card games provide lasting entertainment whether on the go or for family game night.
The 2010 line-up includes:
SORRY! REVENGE…Take turns to play number and action cards to change the play pile’s total. Get the pile to 21 without going bust to get one of your pawn cards home. But watch out – someone could play a SORRY! Card and steal your win. Portable, playable, speedy SORRY! Fun for the whole family. SORRY! REVENGE can accommodate 2-6 players and is rated for ages 6 and up.
YAHTZEE HANDS DOWN…Keep your wits about you and your eyes on the cards. Ollect dice cards to make classic combinations – 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, small straight, large straight, full house and YAHTZEE! Re-roll by discarding cards that you don’t need and taking a chance on new ones. But here’s the twist…Pit your hand against another player’s. Score high and win the Combo card points! YAHTZEE HANDS DOWN can accommodate 2-6 players and is rated for ages 8 and up.
MILLES BORNES…Be the first to traverse 1,000 miles of imaginary road complete with flat tires, accidents and empty gas tanks. Avoid road hazards, but be sure to use them on your fellow racers to win! MILLES BORNES can accommodate 2-6 players and is rated for ages 6 and up.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT STEAL (available FALL 2010)…collect all six different category wedge cards by answering trivia questions correctly. Wild cards and wedge stealing make this trivia game action-packed and fun for everyone! TRIVIAL PURSUIT STEAL can accommodate 1 or more players and is rated for Adults.
The 2009 line-up of Hasbro card games is available in retailers nationwide and includes: MONOPOLY DEAL, SCRABBLE SLAM, LITTLEST PET SHOP GO FISH, ROOK and PICTUREKA!
At an approx. retail price of $6.99 these great new card games make for great family game nights and the perfect gift for everyone on your list.
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I have got to get focused and start retargeting my energy on some more productive things in my life. Things like eating birthday cake with friends more often. Things like deciding at the last minute to run away for the day to do something fun.
Saturday I went to one of my friends birthday celebration. Usually I see her and her family at karate, a karate function or we will meet up somewhere like Fort Mtn. to spend the day…so this was the first time I had been to their house. After getting a tour of the house from Angie I had to get the “mechanical” tour from her husband. So, while looking at the steel beams that hold the back deck up we got to talking about all manner of things like retargeting companies , repelling, rock climbing, etc.
Next thing I know, I am calling up my friend Mike and we are making plans to go repelling the next day. See, Mike has this awesome tower, made just for rock climbing and repelling.
So, That was the plan for Sunday, let’s go throw ourselves off the side of a really tall tower. The thing is…the minute everyone got to the top…it started POURING down rain. Thunder, Lightening, and a torrential downpour that came out of nowhere so fast that we didn’t even have time to blink.
Now, let me explain something to you. When you have 7 kids and 3 adults all still high in the sky, higher than the treetops and a storm comes in…you have to make some choices. Do you be supportive, or do you duck and run? Yeah, I agree…you duck and run. I knew that if I stayed to be supportive of those still to get their feet back on land that I would melt and then I would cry if I ruined my camera. So, while they took to the task of remarketing their ideas of who would come down next, I ran to the shelter for safety.
The thing about going up…is that you have to get back down. Now, when you are that high up and you have to climb over the edge and you look down, it can be a little terrifying. Add to that a storm brewing, then thunder, the a torrential downpour and it gets even scarier…but, you can’t stay up there forever…
Now, here is the thing about the law of nature. Once we got everyone safely back on the ground and had the gear almost all put away…it quit raining. No matter, we had a blast…but decided our day of adventure wasn’t quite over…but that is a story for another day.
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