This morning I was catching up on the radio program I “watch” on the Internet, since I dozed off yesterday afternoon during the first playing thereof. Good thing Justin and I subscribe to the On-Demand feature of this program. One of the fellas got his lunch delivered during the fun fourth hour of the show, something he is slightly embarrassed about having show up on “TV”. The timing is just right that it comes when the camera is on him. The female producer orders his lunch for him because he is on a diet right, a program to lose 5% of his body fat, and Stu is also a vegetarian. When he opened the lunch ordered for him by Sarah, with his health in mind, he showed us a roasted vegetable sandwich. I threw up a little bit in mouth thinking about eating that! Blech!!
As I sat at my desk, eating my nice breakfast (a.k.a. Easter leftovers), I looked through the sale ad that came via the mail from Winn Dixie. They have great Buy One/Get One deals, and the meal deals. This week they are offering a deal where I would buy two Stouffer Family Size Entrees, and get free garlic bread, Steamin’ Vegetables, a Mrs. Smith bake-at-home pie, and a bottle of store brand soda. Nice! I believe that would be something I could share with Justin, as he could take one of the entrees and the garlic bread, and I would keep the rest! Another ad that came was from Hardee’s where they have introduced beer-batter dipped onion rings, for which I have a weakness, as well as a variety of sizes of (gulp!) turkey burgers! Yikes! First Hardee’s has the artery-bursting Angus burgers, far too large for me to manage, and now 500 calorie or less turkey burgers. Market-driven offerings. What happens if a person orders the turkey burger AND the battered dipped onion rings????
My other friend, Linda M., sent me a recipe for making onion strings at home and it looks fairly simple to do. That might be worth trying, all I have to do is buy an onion. I have the oil and flour, but am not sure I have white pepper. Any spices in my cupboard have been those that moved with me from The Preserve house in 2004 and are likely older than that yet!
At choir rehearsal Wednesday night our small group gathered to run through a few pieces for upcoming services before summer begins and we recess. Robbie had gone through the music files in the church office to come up with something for Ascension. As he distributed the sheet music, he tried to match us up with the names written on the covers. It was truly a trip down memory-lane for many of us, including one marked "Shirley", who was Robbie's dearly departed Grandmother. Another had the name "Sharon" on it, and Kristi knew right away who that was. I told the group how on Monday our Bible study class watched the old video made about our congregation called "A Mission Grows", made in 1981, and Sharon was featured in that recording. It was not really a video but actually a narrated slide-show, quite state of the art for 1981! Many of our older members were in the video, including Evelyn who had a speaking role, and whose sheet music I was given. Sharon and her Naval officer spouse now worship in Palm Coast, where we saw her when attending the School of Worship Enrichment event.
Our tenor, the one who nearly missed singing with us Maundy Thursday, is leaving the area, moving up to New Jersey to live with his mom who needs some extra care. Brian is also our Head Elder so another vacancy occurs when he is gone. He is retired Air Force and is presently a teacher at a local government high school, the same one where Maggie O. and her daughter work. Not sure yet if he will work once back home in New Jersey or not, depending upon the needs of his mother. What a good boy he is!
After choir I did not stop at McDonald's as is my usual routine, on cheap cheeseburger day, because I had so many Easter leftovers to consume at home. It will be a treat when it happens again. When we have choir recess I will certainly miss them!! Justin told me at Trivia the other night how the leftover ham he took home with him was scarfed up rather quickly, with the lady of the house making herself four sandwiches from it. Guess it was good! And not all that expensive either---I paid right around $20 for the spiral cut ham which we baked after adding the brown sugar glaze, Justin dripping the glaze between the slices as an added touch. Part of the ham went home with him, some stayed here, divided between the fridge and the freezer, with the meaty bone waiting to be made into a kettle of soup some time in the future. Glad I took the small ham!
The hot cross buns on the counter are a week old now and I think the ones remaining in the foil pan will have to go into the trash as I have been unable to finish them all. Too bad they come a dozen to a pan, a few less would have worked better for me. They always remind me of my working days at Shady Lane Home when we would serve those at this time of the year. Perhaps I will have one more before I throw them out, and buy fresh next year!
