Faith, Family, Food and Dogs

Dogs are wonderful creatures. They love unconditionally and are great companions. I was lucky enough to be able to spend just over 7 years and 5 months with one of the neatest dogs ever, until she succumbed to cancer. Her name was Kelekona and she was a Horse Coat pure bred Chinese Shar Pei. I knew of the breed but never really got to know one until I got my Kele girl. She was a 5 month old baby when she came into my life. She need entropy surgery which I got done for her. As she got older she developed a really neat personality. She loved eating snow and ice cubes. Before the surgery she kept her eyes closed a lot because her eye lashes were rubbing over her eyes and it hurt. She loved car rides with her sister. When Mike and I got married she stayed between us the entire ceremony, protecting us. She lover her toys and had the most beautiful eyes to match her coat. She was always looking for some loving in all the right places. She was as content on the boat as she was...

Last weekend I went grocery shopping. Nothing new there, I do that every week. This week, however I simply got carried away and spent way too much money. On the bright side, my chest freezer is now over half-full but there is still room for a turkey later on. One of the items on sale was pork tenderloin and since I hadn't had one in quite some time I picked up a package. I remembered I had this recipe which I found way, way back when I was in my first marriage and had not, to the best of my recollection, made this dish in at least 15 years maybe longer. So using the old, No Time Like The Present phrase I decided to make this. You start out by making a molasses sauce/marinade for the pork. It takes a lot of stirring or all the rosemary floats to the top. I love molasses. Next you take your pork tenderloin and wipe it with paper towels. Since my one tenderloin was almost as heavy as the two smaller ones called for in the recipe I made the full amount of sauce. Place the pork ...

The great move was on June 30th. By 2:00 pm, everything had been moved and the U-Haul returned. I took the girls for a long walk since they had been cooped up during the move and then cracked a bottle of champagne to toast my good fortune. The first order of business was to get the bedroom settled. I had told the professionals not to put the mattress on the box springs as I had a new dust ruffle I wanted to put down first. Somehow I missed the fact that my king size mattress has a definite up side and down side. They had placed it with the upside facing out so I couldn't just let it fall onto the box springs. After a lot, and I do mean a LOT of cussing and swearing I got the mattress to where I could just let it fall onto the box springs and new dust ruffle. Once I had the bed made I worked on getting the nightstands and dresser where I wanted it and unpacked all my clothes. This is how the bedroom looked once I made the bed on Sunday morning. I'm off to a good start.This ...