GERMAN CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE !!

I have been working on this recipe for the last few days. It is a German chocolate Cheesecake, now I am not a big chocolate fan so I made the crust with a butter cookie instead of a chocolate cookie and I like it, however if you are a real chocolate lover I am sure you would prefer the chocolate cookie. I also wish I had a smaller springform pan so that the cake would be smaller around and stand taller, but that doesn’t affect the taste only the appearance.

I will be serving some here at the house soon and then start to package up the rest for sampling, can’t keep all of this in the house….it’s to rich to eat three times a day ….LOL

TRIP’N DOWN MEMORY LANE…

Halloween on a Saturday kinda crazy uh, kids have had all day to work on costumes . This has always been one of the harder holidays for me since Melissa passed, and I think thats because it was her all time  favorite next to Christmas.

As I pulled up the driveway tonight around 4:45pm my neighbor was out lighting his pumpkin, he called out Happy Halloween and struck up a conversation about Trick or Treating starting at 5:00pm. I really hadn’t thought about it , JP was working, Dudley was working until 8:00pm and honestly I had not bought any candy and wasn’t going to partake .  The part of Chadsford we live on is now kinda the geriatric  section …lol   but in the day it was the place to Trick or Treat, the best candy and the helium balloons, parents would drive the kids over for the helium balloons!

So here is a little peek at the past….I made the best costumes for the kids if I don’t say so myself.

Enjoy!

Melissa, she had dressed Honey up as a Baseball player.

Hun Bun and Mimi sue!

Melissa , Me and JP

Glenda the good witch , Jp's mask took me a week to make. And the Clown and Lucy!

LIVE THE DREAM !

Thursday night, Friday and Saturday morning I was Living the Dream! I finally made it to a woman conference. Have any of you enjoyed something so much that all you can think about is sharing it with your girlfriends. Well that is how I felt over the last three days. It was AWESOME!

Charlotte Gambill hit it out of the park  speaking about Seeds of Influence. I had never heard for her before this weekend but I can tell you I want to get my hands on her books and DVD’S!

Natalie Grant and her band rocked the house down! I want ALL of her CD’s! Did I say she rocked the house down!!

Christine Caine she has been a favorite for a long time she is the REAL deal

Bobbie Houston Yep , ouch…   (Am I drawing near or simply waiting for darkness to happen before I lean in?)

Delynn Rizzo What I do is not who I am.  Many great points, I think so many of us think what we do ,  is who we are…….can you say WRONG!!!

Ladies if you have a moment please view the recap in pictures to music.

http://livethedream.healingplacechurch.org/blog/ (sorry have to copy and paste….can’t seem to link.

WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW !

Now I could be wrong but years ago when I was in english class I remember writing assignments and the teacher teaching  “what, where, when and how” as part of the writing. I guess I never learned just how to apply that, or how to spell , or how to use the comma. So there in lays my problem.

After Melissa passed away I couldn’t get my hands on enough books to read about other families that had lost a child or a loved one. The stories that I read confirmed some of what  I was feeling, and of all the many different feelings this one stuck out the most “no two stories were the same and no two people grieved the same”

It took about a year before I could even begin to truly realize, digest the beauty of Melissa’s last eight days and that’s when I agreed with everyone that was prompting me to write a book to just do it!

Over the last 6 years I have one tote bag full of notes and I guess that I keep thinking God will place someone in my life to write this book!

I know this will happen “Eight Days for God” will get written , but for now I am struggling.

Maybe this post should of been titled  “Ghost Writer Needed”  LOL

CHRISTMAS HORSE

Order now! $150.00 deposit made to order, you pick your color palette. Total cost $325.00 for horse and tree.  $375 decorated.

FIRE!!

Ok, so once again I have found I do not do well in an emergency. Everytime something happens I go back over it and tell myself I know I can do better than that but once again I lost control.

Around 4pm today JP and I heard this very strange noise, kinda a pop and sizzle even Dewey heard the noise. As we walked thru the house we could smell and see the smoke. JP hollered call 911! Let me tell you how hard it is to hold a dog in your arms grab your purse and try to dial 911 when you can’t find your glasses!! All I could think about was to get the pets out, I needed my purse because the car keys where in it. Started the car and started putting all the dogs in, started it so they good have cool air. After getting all three dogs in the car went back for the CAT!!!

Grabbed the cat and stuffed him in a kennel after a short tussle with the cat I had him locked in the kennel and in the car. During all of this I had called the fire dept, and Dudley and told them my house was on fire, all the time JP was walking thru the house , he had also gone up to the attic he was making me crazy!!!

Two fire trucks showed up one being a ladder truck and 15 firemen…yep thats right 15 fireman and this is what they found…..

Problem being I didn’t follow our fire plan……

ENCOURAGEMENT

“these trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure….” Peter 1:7

Encouragement might not be the word to describe this, but one of my favorite

I’M STILL HERE!!!

I know shame on me!!! Sorry for the lapse in posting , but I think I got it all back together again

Last night was Bunko at Pammy’s house Dinner was great (Toby your sauce was out of this world) I couldn’t roll a six if my life depended on it, and of course Margi and Barbara we missed you!

Instead of back ground music which we always have playing,  we had a background movie going in honor of   Patrick Swayze passing….Pam played ” Dirty Dancing” Can you say  “Oh Mama”

The ladies have been very busy with Weddings (children getting married) Births (grand-babies) so congrats to all, I know my day is coming just hoping sooner than later….you know with the passing of each day I get a little OLDER!!! No preasure JP!!!!

Half the group.......Kim East has the good shots!

UPDATE ON MERE

UPDATE ON MERE: I must say that July was the longest month on record, with Mere being in the hospital for 3 week.  Since we have been home she has made great strides in re-grouping and getting her strength back.  Every day is better than the day before!

Now if you see this site while you are out and about, stand clear she only has a permit.

Thank you everyone for your prayers !

DAY 14………

and this is the short version……….

DAY 14….. Ok a quick recap for those that are not aware of the saga with Mere (Nancy Grubbs)  Saturday June 27 Debra and I stopped by to pick  Mere up to have a meeting of the minds on one of our business, only to find her laid out in pain.

Arriving  at OLOL emergency room 1p.m., thirteen hours later she was admitted to a room to be followed by 4 IV’s, collapsed  veins,  infection from IV,  blood clot in arm from infected IV site and some crazy heart activity from not having heart meds the first 68 hours in the hospital.

On July 4th she was disscharged from the hospital , in the words of the Dr “we need to get you home , we are making  you sicker here at the hospital.” And I must agree by then we couldn’t remember why we had come in!

Now we are only home two and a half days when I head over to Mere’s house only to find her laid out in pain again, called her Dr and was instructed to take her to the ER. AND the cycle starts again 3 IV’s, collapsed veins, infection from IV, blood clotts (2 this time) all but the heart trouble I learnd from last we and made sure they started her heart meds at once!

Sunday morning July 12th they have found Meres breaking point she takes no prisoners !! My phone starts ringing 6:20a.m. I had better get up here………6:45 charge nurse calls your Mother is a little upset…(do you think was my reply)  and now at 11:30 a.m. Sunday July 12th I am posting latest update, she has gone for a direct line and will be having surgry Monday morning  removing the Gallbladder.

I would like for everyone to know that her 3 Dr’s are great!! and the trouble really lays with the hospital, weekends and the fact her Dr’s can’t work 24/7 and you get on call Dr’s.

soooooo…..this is where we are as of now, if you are reading this please throw up a prayer for us.

Thanks