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Thursday, March 31, 2011

100 Things About Me

I don't know if I can come up with 100 things, but here goes nothing.....

Oh, I will probably share some very personal, very difficult things, so consider yourself warned. You don't have to like what I say about myself and you certainly don't have to read here.

:) :) :)

1. I am an only child. My parents tried to get pregnant for almost ten years before having me.

2. I am a proud Louisiana native. I moved to Arkansas when I was 18 and while I love it here, there are times when I really miss my home state.

3. By the time I was 19 years old I had buried both my mother and my father.

4. By the time I was 23 years old I had buried my mother, my father, and my husband.

5. The last movie I watched with my mother before she died was Steel Magnolias. Mama died due to complications from diabetes, just like Shelby. I still cry every time I watch it.

6. My daddy is responsible for my love of raw oysters.

7. I once consumed 4 dozen raw oysters, 11 Coronas, 2 BIG margaritas, and a couple Midori Sours at a bar in Ft. Walton Beach. It was a lot of fun during, but afterwards...OH MAN. It was really, really bad.

8. My ex-husband taught me how to make pancakes. His mother taught me how to "properly" fry an egg.

9. I got married for the first time at 16. I was not pregnant.

10. I had my daughter, Holley, at 18. She is named after my mother and father.

11. My father died two months after Holley was born.

12. I will be 34 years old in four days. Holy crap I'm getting old.

13. I love Van Morrison, Ray Charles, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

14. I also really love Michael Grimm. He's going to be a legend, I can feel it. I am calling it right now.

15. I have vitiligo. This is the same disease that caused Michael Jackson to look like he bleached his skin.

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Edited to add the next few things about me....

16. My favorite color is red.

17. When I was a freshman in high school I stole cigarettes from my Daddy's carton that he kept in his truck. I left an empty space where that pack should have been in hopes that he wouldn't notice. He noticed.

18. That same year a boy that I was in love with died in a car wreck. Both he and the driver were drunk. I was supposed to be in that truck.

19. When I was a little girl I sucked the middle and ring fingers on my left hand.

20. Every year on my Daddy's birthday I have a Crown and Coke. Just one, but for many years after he died it was three or four.

21. I have two cats names Cash and June that I adopted from the animal shelter. They are spoiled rotten.

22. I have a severe addiction to Lindt truffles, the white chocolate ones.

23. I attended five different high schools in two years time, but never graduated. I got my GED in 1996.

24. I played the flute for six years when I was in school. I made first chair at my high school and second chair in state competition.

25. I would love to have another child one day. Part of me wants to plan for it, but I am not sure it's in God's plan for me at this point in my life.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Old Fashioned Pancakes

This recipe is one that I just had to share with you all. It's literally so good that I threw out my Mimi's recipe (the one I have used for years!!!) Shhhh, don't tell anyone. :) These pancakes turn out so fluffy and good, you simply must try them.

1 1/2 cups flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (yes, you read that right, THREE and ONE HALF TEASPOONS of baking powder!!)
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon white sugar
1 1/4 cup milk (I use a bit more like 1 1/2 cups, but you can adjust this to your liking)
1 egg
3 Tablespoons real butter, melted (this is the most important part, DO NOT USE MARGARINE!! Use only the real stuff, unsalted)

Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle of dry ingredients with your spoon. Add the milk, egg, and melted butter to the well in the middle. Mix this until well blended. You may use a stand mixer if you double the recipe

Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat. I use a cast iron skillet or griddle for super yummy crispiness on the outside and fluffy in the middle. Besides, cast iron makes everything taste oh so good!! I have a slight addiction to cast iron and have acquired quite a collection over the years. Six skillets, one dutch oven, two cornbread pans, one griddle....this really needs to have it's very own post. :)

Drop by 1/4 cup fulls onto griddle or skillet. Cook until you see air bubbles popping on the top, then flip. Cook until done on the other side. Serve hot with lots of butter, fresh fruit, whipped cream, syrup...or whatever else you may like on yours.

Enjoy!!! :)