I remember two years ago that Claire made Rebecca and me a delicious meal consisting of Orange Tilapia with cooked spinach. I have looked up numerous recipes trying to find something close to what I remember this tasting like. I stumbled across this recipe online! I have a huge craving for Orange Tilapia! I also love cooked spinach with this meal...I just get a skillet, put 1 tbs. of olive oil, sprinkle garlic salt and throw in the fresh spinach until it just begins to wilt. Yummy!
Tilapia with orange glaze
Fish Submitted by MEGHANCC
Ingredients
2 tilapia filets (4oz)
1 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon light butter
Directions
pour 1/2 cup in bowl and place tilapia filets in to soak.
Begin melting the butter in a non-stick pan.
When melted place filets and juice in pan.
Cook the filets fully then pour the remaining juice into pan and let simmer.
Number of Servings: 2
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Some Proverbs to Ponder
"A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing"---John Tillotson
"He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends."---Proverbs 17:9
Patience is the best remedy for most trouble.
"It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way." Proverbs 19:2
"Anxious hearts are very heavy but a word of encouragement does wonders!"---Proverbs 12:23
Clear water flows from a pure spring.
"The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to him."---Proverbs 15:26
"He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends."---Proverbs 17:9
Patience is the best remedy for most trouble.
"It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way." Proverbs 19:2
"Anxious hearts are very heavy but a word of encouragement does wonders!"---Proverbs 12:23
Clear water flows from a pure spring.
"The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to him."---Proverbs 15:26
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wildlife in our backyard
We have rabbits in the backyard. It's so neat because we live in a growing city and the neighborhood where we live is still like the "country" with 1 acre or more wooded lots which are habitats to rabbits, racoons, squirrels and other critters. Today while I was sitting outside having my quiet time, I noticed the sweet rabbit that usually comes to our yard in the early evening hours. It was munching away on our tall grass and Bunni didn't notice it at all...thank goodness, because she usually goes crazy when she sees wildlife. I wanted to take a picture of the rabbit but couldn't because if I got up to get the camera it would hop away. Instead I have found a picture of one that Paul took last year. You can tell we were in a drought last year by looking at this picture...our grass was dry like straw! Now with all the abundant rain we've gotten this Spring...literally it's been raining nearly every day...our grass is the richest green ever!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Texas Trivia
I got this in an email and thought it was great!!!
A LOT ABOUT TEXAS I NEVER KNEW:
Need to be cheered up?
Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423
Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556
Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Feel like traveling outside the country?
Don't bother buying a plane ticket!
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460
No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791
We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth , Texas 79031
And a city named after our State!
Texas City , Texas 77590
Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452
Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas
Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert lee, Texas
Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670
Men are from Mars,
women are from Venus , Texas 76084
You guessed it..it's on the state line..
Texline , Texas 79087
For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560
Other city names in Texas , to make you
smile.....
Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662
And our favorites...
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas
Here are some little known, very interesting
facts about Texas .
1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than to
Dallas
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only
hotel in North America built over water.
6. The Heisman Trophy ws named after John
William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice
University in Houston .
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds
than any other area in North America .
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home
of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping
cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in
1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S . history
was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000
lives were lost on Galveston Island ...
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July
20, 1969, was ' Houston ..'
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than
Rhode Island ..
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S.
rainfall record of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin
in July of 1979.
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S.
by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the
Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by
annexation.. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same
height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15.. A Live Oak (known as Big Tree) near Fulton
is estimated to be over 1000 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the
state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.
There is no period in Dr Pepper.
18. Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston ,
Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome
in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in
Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The name ' Texas ' comes from the
Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning friends. Tejas is
not Spanish for Texas .
21. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an
interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always
have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four,
and they either have four males or four females.).
22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the
Astrodome in Houston ..
Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the
wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie , Texas :
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another
fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer
buddy's stuff
A LOT ABOUT TEXAS I NEVER KNEW:
Need to be cheered up?
Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423
Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556
Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Feel like traveling outside the country?
Don't bother buying a plane ticket!
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460
No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791
We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth , Texas 79031
And a city named after our State!
Texas City , Texas 77590
Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452
Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas
Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert lee, Texas
Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670
Men are from Mars,
women are from Venus , Texas 76084
You guessed it..it's on the state line..
Texline , Texas 79087
For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560
Other city names in Texas , to make you
smile.....
Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662
And our favorites...
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas
Here are some little known, very interesting
facts about Texas .
1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than to
Dallas
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only
hotel in North America built over water.
6. The Heisman Trophy ws named after John
William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice
University in Houston .
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds
than any other area in North America .
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home
of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping
cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in
1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S . history
was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000
lives were lost on Galveston Island ...
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July
20, 1969, was ' Houston ..'
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than
Rhode Island ..
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S.
rainfall record of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin
in July of 1979.
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S.
by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the
Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by
annexation.. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same
height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15.. A Live Oak (known as Big Tree) near Fulton
is estimated to be over 1000 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the
state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.
There is no period in Dr Pepper.
18. Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston ,
Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome
in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in
Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The name ' Texas ' comes from the
Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning friends. Tejas is
not Spanish for Texas .
21. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an
interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always
have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four,
and they either have four males or four females.).
22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the
Astrodome in Houston ..
Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the
wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie , Texas :
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another
fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer
buddy's stuff
Monday, May 25, 2009
One of my favorite places
One of my favorite places here in Alabama is Little River Canyon in Fort Payne. I love it so much because Paul introduced it to me when we first dated. Paul and I also took my two best friends from Texas here when they visited us last June. This past Mother's Day we also shared this beautiful spot with my mom and sister. On all these seperate occasions, the waterfall at Little River Canyon has been different. When Paul and I dated there wasn't much water and we were able to walk out on the rocks in the river. When Rebecca and Claire visited we were able to go wading out in the little river and also enjoy the beautiful rocks. However, when Paul and I took my mom and sister to visit, there was so much water from all the rains we've had that the waterfall was completely "fierce" and there was no way we could walk out on the rocks or wade in the water. Here are some special pictures from this beautiful place:
p.s. I don't know why the picture of Claire, Rebecca, Paul and me turned out SO small!!! My goodness, you can't even see it!!! Well...I wish there was a way I could enlarge it, but I'm having difficulty. Sorry about that y'all.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Great News
Well, I am pretty happy right now. Thank the Lord for great news...the doctor released me from the hospital Friday afternoon and gave me a diagnosis. I don't have epilepsy but convulsions. This is a huge relief because I have heard that anti-seizure medications are very hard on your body. I used to take Depakote and Kepra and it totally messed me up. I just thank God everything is ok now!!! I will still have these occasional convulsions...but the doctor said to just take precaution and be careful. I am very thankful for my doctor and for his patience the whole week I was in the hospital...he took so much time with me and is one of the best doctors I have ever been to. I'm so glad that I finally have a diagnosis for this!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Vitamins I Might Need
Well...it's been four days in the hospital and this is the fifth day. I'm literally going stir-crazy and the only thing that helps is reading blogs, doing my own posting on my blog, emailing and IM.
I am so blessed to have a friend (and her mom) who know so much about natural things your body needs...such as health foods, vitamins, and the like. Since I take Crestor in the evenings, I have often wondered if this drug is causing my seizures. I asked my friend and her mom and they researched for me. (Thank y'all so much guys). Fortunately, Crestor does not cause seizures, but an interesting thing did occur to them. People who have seizures are depleted of Vitamin B12 and CoQ10. Hmmm...I wonder if Crestor is making me deficient of these two things. So far, the doctor has not caught me having a seizure here in the hospital this week. He told me this is very common...people who aren't epileptic and just have seizures occasionally are the hardest to capture. I only have seizures under extreme stress and usually they occur every three or four weeks. I just am upset they didn't catch one, but at the same time I am very thankful that they were so thourough.
I'll more than likely have to be checked again soon. But I am thankful to know about two very important vitamins that I will be getting soon: Vitamin B12 and CoQ10!!! Thank you my friend and her mom. :)
I am so blessed to have a friend (and her mom) who know so much about natural things your body needs...such as health foods, vitamins, and the like. Since I take Crestor in the evenings, I have often wondered if this drug is causing my seizures. I asked my friend and her mom and they researched for me. (Thank y'all so much guys). Fortunately, Crestor does not cause seizures, but an interesting thing did occur to them. People who have seizures are depleted of Vitamin B12 and CoQ10. Hmmm...I wonder if Crestor is making me deficient of these two things. So far, the doctor has not caught me having a seizure here in the hospital this week. He told me this is very common...people who aren't epileptic and just have seizures occasionally are the hardest to capture. I only have seizures under extreme stress and usually they occur every three or four weeks. I just am upset they didn't catch one, but at the same time I am very thankful that they were so thourough.
I'll more than likely have to be checked again soon. But I am thankful to know about two very important vitamins that I will be getting soon: Vitamin B12 and CoQ10!!! Thank you my friend and her mom. :)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Bunni's Bald Spot
It's 1:00 am and there's a reason why I am up this late. I have a sleep deprivation test while I am in the hospital this week and the doctor is trying to catch me having a seizure. Praise Jesus they have already found abnormal brain waves...they are going to get to the bottom of this. I have been having seizures for almost 7 years now and I am so glad the doctor here is going to help me!
Now to the topic of this blog. My precious Maltipoo has a HUGE bald spot on her right side. :( DO you know why? Well, I took her to the vet and he informed me that it was due to her rabies shot she got back in January. She has had a terrible allergic reaction to it. It started off as a simple lump then it progressed to her shedding her hair in one spot...now she's bald! If you have a little toy breed dog, be sure to tell your vet! THis new rabies vaccination can cause this in small dogs...15% get the bald spot and another 15% die!!! Sorry if this post is a little jumbled. I am SOOO tired and typing is helping me stay awake. I have until 2:30 to stay awake. All I want to do is fall asleep right now.
Now to the topic of this blog. My precious Maltipoo has a HUGE bald spot on her right side. :( DO you know why? Well, I took her to the vet and he informed me that it was due to her rabies shot she got back in January. She has had a terrible allergic reaction to it. It started off as a simple lump then it progressed to her shedding her hair in one spot...now she's bald! If you have a little toy breed dog, be sure to tell your vet! THis new rabies vaccination can cause this in small dogs...15% get the bald spot and another 15% die!!! Sorry if this post is a little jumbled. I am SOOO tired and typing is helping me stay awake. I have until 2:30 to stay awake. All I want to do is fall asleep right now.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Meeting in the Middle (Mississippi) for Poppy's Birthday
Paul's parent's came in to see us from West Virginia this past week! They helped us SO much with a project we've been trying to tackle...making over our front porch. Paul and I are so grateful for all they've done for us!!! On Friday the 15th was Poppy's (this is what the grandkids call him and I do as well) birthday. Paul, Paul's parents and I drove over from Alabama and Paul's sister and our handsome nephews from Tennessee all met in Mississippi to celebrate. We ate at this wonderful steak house and afterwards we went to McDonalds so we could visit and talk and drink coffee.
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