Hope our trip is nothing like this one!
Sweetness
Just because.
Scenes at a Dinner Party
Last night’s dinner party was a success!
Menu:
- Chicken chili
- Ratatouille
- Braised Butternut Squash with Indian spices
- Cream Biscuits
- Lemon Curd Mousse served as a pie in a gingersnap crumb crust
- Watermelon (light dessert option)
Guests
- Mom and Dad
- My neighbor Mary Alice
- My friend Jill
The timing was just great for a celebration. Originally it was planned for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9. But as the USC-Alabama game kept going, I called everybody and said don’t even think about coming over until the game is done!
I don’t think they were planning on leaving their TVs anyway until it was over.
We all celebrated, except Jill. She’s an Alabama fan. Bless her heart.
Oddly enough she came over early, with five minutes left in the game. “I just couldn’t watch it any more,” she said.
The dinner was the first time I’d had guests over to try out the new dining room table. Please note the beautiful tablecloth and cloth napkins.
We started with a chicken, bean and hominy chili. Hominy is good – it’s where we get grits.
Then we added the butternut squash and ratatouille to our plates. You can see the butternut squash in the photo below. Never got a shot of the ratatouille. The only sad note was the biscuits. Turns out you can’t use double-acting baking powder that is several years old. Doesn’t work. Nope. Ah, well. Actually, they were tasty, just not fluffy. Sigh.
The piece de resistance was the pie – a Lemon Curd Mousse heaped in a cookie crumb crust made of gingersnaps. Nine tablespoons of butter went into the crust. Two cups of cream went into the pie. Lord, have mercy.
I sent what was left of the pie home with Dad. It was evil and could not stay in my house.
By the end of the evening my feet were killing me and my back hurt – I’d been standing all day making goodies. Next time I don’t think I’ll try to make every dish from scratch. But for the first event, it was a success.
How ’bout them Cocks!
35-21 against the number 1 team in the country. A great day for the Gamecock Nation!
Scenes from Lake Junaluska
Two weeks ago our class at church went on retreat to Lake Junaluska, N.C.
In addition to the retreat, led by our senior pastor, Dr. Carney, we had a lot of free time. Some folks went into Asheville. I stayed at Junaluska to walk around the lake.
Many people own cottages around the lake and rent them out.
The labryinth beside Memorial Chapel was a good place to meditate.
Dinner party prep, part 2
All the guests have been invited.
The clutter has been picked up.
I’ve put together a menu.
Tomorrow: shopping for the menu ingredients.
Sunday lesson (on time for studying this week)
Series: What’s The Plan?
Lesson Title: God’s Power Strengthens
Date: Week of October 10
Lesson Passages: Ephesians 3:14-21
This passage contains one of the most beautiful benedictions in the Bible, Ephesians 3:20-21.
Through this scripture Paul’s shares his prayer for us. He prays that Christ will dwell at home in our hearts permanently and completely so that we may comprehend the fullness of His love for us. It is wide, long, high and deep. Continue reading “Sunday lesson (on time for studying this week)”
The picture of relief
Thank you all!
Thank you all for your generous donations to the Walk for Life! I met my goal of $100.
If you’d like to bump up your donation, just go to my donation page.
Here’s a photo gallery of the Walk for Life from the State newspaper.
Sunday lesson
Sorry so behind! I’ve been playing hooky.
Series: What’s the Plan?
Lesson Title: God’s Power Comes By Grace
Date: Week of October 3
Lesson Passages: Ephesians 3:1-13
Through this scripture we are reminded that God’s grace is always miraculous. Too often we think we have to try hard to get close to God and only certain actions will make Him happy with our lives. But the Gospel message proclaims that God will make us the inheritors of all the promises given in Scripture.
Reading about the great work of Paul, and how much there was for God to forgive, we see there is hope for us. Even God’s greatest enemy can be turned into a great missionary. The gospel is God’s grace, not God’s punishment. Even those ignored, feared, and rejected by men have a place in God’s plan. His grace is sufficient for all humankind. Continue reading “Sunday lesson”
Notes from Aunt Gem 