Alter Bridge Meet and Greet

So, I love rock ballads - my favorite!  The lead singer of Alter Bridge is Myles Kennedy.  For those that don't know, he sings with Slash of Guns N Roses.  Anyway, here is a youtube video of a song he did last night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK3NuxO3Ke0

We were were given the back stage meet and greet from our friend, thanks Mia.

Wausau, Wisconsin isn't up on "who is who" I swear!  This was one of the best shows I've been to in over 30 years of going to the fair.  We had reserved seating and people around us were from all over - some said they would have paid $100 for their seats and another drove 4 hours one way!  

When I met them, I told Myles that his voice was truly a God given gift...I made sure to repeat...God given...and pecked him on the arm...LOL...he nodded and smiled and said "thank you."  (If you've received an 'arm peck' from me, you know I mean business - smile).

I believe in something called the Illuminati (go google it, it's real) anyway, most Christians feel rock of of the devil.  I see it at times too, but, this man has a voice!  I will ALWAYS love, love rock ballads.  I listen to all lyrics with caution, see bands, their signs and such for who they are and I listen with that knowledge.  

Al is beginning to see it too...he loves all metal...he about fell over when I told him who "Mr. Crowley"- an Ozzy song - was.  After googling the lyrics for him - you know Ozzy...hard to understand at times - he was like...NO!!!  Ozzy is one of his favorites.  Then we looked up another band he likes, Ghost and their lyrics....oh boy!!!

Anyway, Alter Bridge was an awesome concert!  The members were super nice, very fan oriented and I think enjoyed playing for smaller crowd of "real" fans.  One funny thing Myles said was, "is it true Ted Nugent is going to be here tomorrow night?"  When the crowd shouted yes, he said "that's it...I'm staying!  I learned all my swear words from listening to Ted...I won't repeat them as there are small children in the crowd."  What class!

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

Love One Another

I believe my dreams help me solve some of my problems.  I also, believe that some of my dreams "mean" things, are for me, given by God.  I have experienced things through my dreams that have lead me to believe this.  So, when I have one of "those" dreams, I know I need to study the "why" or "what" of it.  

I had 2 vivid dreams about church and Christian friends....I can't explain them in a way that any of you would understand, because we don't have the same shared life experiences.  However, God did use mine in a relevant way for me to understand what I think these dreams meant.

You know people always say...."we need to love like Jesus."  First, there is NO WAY any of us can love like Jesus - we are human he is God.  We are his children he is our heavenly father.  I can't begin to love my friend's children like I love my own.  I love them - but, not in the wholehearted, unconditional, death do us part kind of love that I have for my girls.  I may have to get along with one of God's children here on earth, but I can't possibly love them like He does.  

Second, does this mean that I don't think we should show love one to another - of course not!  John 13:34 says. "A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you love one another."   It's just over the years, we all have come in contact with people that we may...lets say...not particularly like.  Am I nice to them?  You bet, I'm nice to everyone (unless you do something to one of my kids, then I turn into a crazy woman).   Anyway, these 2 dreams came to me consecutively in an order that makes total sense to me.  If I follow Him, I am called to love one another, but my capacity to do so LIKE him is unattainable.  

I was listening to the radio, I like all kinds of music and I listen with an open mind....some of the most beautiful lyrics are in metal...just saying....so, Five Finger Death Punch has a song - "Wrong Side of Heaven" - I've heard many times before and the video brings me to tears.  One of the lines is "I'm on the wrong side of heaven and the righteous side of hell."  Have you ever felt like this?  Maybe not quite fitting in with "Christians" but "too good for the sinners?"  Welcome to my world!  

But, you don't need to love me like Jesus does.  You never could!   Neither can I do the same for you.  These dreams have put my ability to see others as His children - spoiled brats at times, but I don't need to discipline them, that's His job.  He is your heavenly father and loves you, loves me - His ability to do so is mind boggling to me.  I can't stand to be around some people, but he loves them!  I have a new appreciation to that and I am so thankful.

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

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Margarita Pizza

We had a successful "pop up" sale at my friend's new business venture:  Ewe & Herb, LLC

She had bags of fresh cut herbs for only $2.50 a bag.  I knew I was going to make a Margarita Pizza when I bought the basil. 


I have posted my recipe for pizza dough on my blog before, but it was a long time ago.  I have had requests, since posting a picture of this on instagram, so here is the link:  

http://dickybirdsnest.blogspot.com/2015/10/pizza-crust-101.html

I made the sauce from scratch too...only because I didn't have any...

Here is the link to their face book page:  https://www.facebook.com/Ewe-Herb-LLC-1702720866422534/

They will be able to supply you with fresh herbs year round.  

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.

Saturday in Mosiacs

Our Saturday in mosiacs...

Al's...chicken butchering time...

This was mine....getting ready for the "It's for EWE - Vintage Pop Up Sale" at my friend's new business, Ewe & Herb, LLC.

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

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Vintage Ice Cream Maker

While cleaning out my estate inventory, I found this vintage ice cream maker.  

Justine and I experimented with it today.  We looked at pinterest and came up with a good base and decided to make up our own variety.  We dug through the pantry and Justine came up with the idea of making an Almond Joy Ice Cream.

It was really easy.  This is the recipe.

1 3/4 C heavy cream
1 1/4 C whole milk
   1/4 C sugar
     1   T almond extract

Justine toasted some slivered almonds.  Next time we will toast the coconut too.  Then we added;

1/3 C coconut
1/3 C chocolate chips
1/3 C almonds

Put all of this in the ice cream maker.  We put the ice and salt in the outside of the container and turned it on.  It only took about 20 minutes and we had the most delicious ice cream.

We also made a healthy version of frozen strawberry yogurt.  This was even easier, we put in 4 C of non fat vanilla greek yogurt (1 large container) and about 2 C sliced strawberries.   It also took about 20 minutes in the maker.

These both were so good.  

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

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Cookie of the Week 37 - Sour Milk Cookies

I had some sour milk to use, so I made some cookies.  It was the 4th of July and on goes the red, white and blue sprinkles.  You could always frost and decorate too.  These cookies are soft, more biscuit like - they actually remind me of vanilla wafer cookies.  

Sour Milk Cookies:

1 C white sugar
1 C brown sugar
1 C shortening
Cream together, add;

3 well beaten eggs
1 t vanilla
blend together, add;

4 C flour
2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
blend together, add;

1 C sour milk

Mix well and chill for an hour or more.

Roll about 1/4" thick, cut out in desired shapes, bake at 350 until lightly browned.  

It tickled me to hear my 2 little great-nephews tell me how good these cookies were.  It's not the same as Al telling me...(smile).   Enjoy!

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

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Sour Milk Coffee Cake

I couldn't stand to throw away some milk that turned sour - with just the 2 of us now, this has happened a few times.  Women have been baking with sour milk forever - I just haven't.  I looked through some recipes, but couldn't find something I wanted to make.  So, I decided to make one up.  

Sour Milk Coffee Cake:

1 C shortening
zest and juice of 1 lemon
3/4 C white sugar
3/4 C brown sugar

Cream together, add

2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
1 t baking powder
4 C flour

blend together, add

1 C sour milk

Mix well.  This will be enough for 2 round coffee cake pans or 1 rectangle pan.  The dough will be thick, but spoon into a prepared pan.  Top with fruit of your choice.  I did blackberries and raspberries - you could use really anything you like, apple slices, cherries, chocolate chips - be creative.

Then top with the following crumble:

1/2 C flour
1/2 C butter
1/2 C brown sugar
1 T cinnamon

Bake at 325-350 until done.  Once cooled drizzle with powder sugar glaze.

Enjoy!

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

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