The most amazing German Potato salad, EVER!!!

Oh, do I have a recipe for you, ladies. My neighbor is a German lady, ninety-three years young, and she gave me her recipe for German Potato Salad.  It’s the best potato salad you will ever put in your mouth, pinkie swear, it is. 

I’m posting it on Jan Can Cook. If you want something absolutely amazing this Memorial Day Weekend, try this recipe.  It’s WORLD CLASS!!!

Here’s the quick click…

~ jan

Arnold Schwartzenegger, I've got a Secret....

Well the past few days have been interesting, to say the least.  Those of us who are of a certain "age" have lived through a lot.  We cut our teeth on the Kennedy "bad boys."  We were shocked to hear about JFK frolicking in the White House pool with a bevy of naked women.  We were appalled to learn that he and his brother "shared" Marilyn Monroe,  we were horrified to find out that a drunken Teddy had driven his car off a bridge and left that poor girl to die, and by the time the newer generation of Kennedy's came along, other than the time William Smith raped that girl, we were pretty much desensitized to the family scandals.

Until this week....  I cannot imagine having my housekeeper having, not only a long term affair with my husband, but having a child with him.  This was his housekeeper, the woman who knew the most intimate details of their family life.  She did the laundry, she washed his wife's underwear for god's sake!  She changed the sheets, and emptied the trash in the bathroom, and all the while, knowing that she had slept with this man and had a child with him. This scumbag is the lowest of the low, and the woman is just as bad.   I have never been a fan, I always thought he was pompous and arrogant, a man who's self importance was bolstered by his ties to the Kennedy family.

Maria, however, was always the lady.  Despite her wealth, she was a humanitarian and worked to make a difference for women and children, regardless of economic background.  The poor woman probably turned her cheek in ways that we never even dreamt of.  But what goes around, truly does come around, and this sleazebag is finally getting his cumuppance.

Of course now he is p*ssing and moaning and trying to rebuild his family.  Hogwash, had this woman not threatened to blow the whistle on him, he would have carried this secret to the grave.  What's next for him, a geriatric sex clinic?  Oh puh-leez...

I had to post this picture, ladies.  Not exactly Speedo eye candy, is it?  Maybe, this time, the Terminator is finally EXTERMINATED!!!!!!

Mother’s Day 2011

We had a wonderful Mother’s Day.  The family all came to Heavensville, the weather was lovely, we had brunch on the patio, and enjoyed being together.  Abby is growing so quickly, and is precious beyond words, as all of our grandchildren are.  I hope you enjoy the video.  ~ jan

 

What I've been up to....

Hubby and I spent a couple of days in the yard between rains, and got EVERYTHING planted, I'll post some pictures as soon as I get a chance.  

The family is coming home this weekend, I'm SO excited, it's been awhile since I've seen Ryan, Lindsay and Abby, I can't wait to see how she's changed.  John and Deanna haven't seen her since New Years, oh how she's grown since then! 

We were in Nashville for Easter, I got a new white Ipad 2, which is the just about the neatest thing I've ever owned.  Oh my, it's an awesome thing.  More about that later, too.  Seems like my wheels are spinning here, I need to make a plan, FAST!

It will slow down here soon, I'll be around again, this is just a really busy time of the year for me, but it's so much fun going to the garden centers, picking out the plants, I really enjoyed it this year, despite the icky weather...

~ jan

Carrie Underwood w/Vince Gill How Great Thou Art–Standing Ovation

If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s totally amazing.  What a voice this woman has…

Remember Marcia Clark...

She's had so much work done she's unrecognizable....

Pioneer Woman is coming to Food Network

I just read that my very favorite online person, Pioneer Woman is going to be sharing her own special brand of home cooking in her home late summer.  Premieres August 2011.

And, Trish Yearwood is going to have a series, filmed in her kitchen, it premieres September 2011. WOW, a couple of good ones to look forward to, ladies….

I watched the Judds new show on OWN last night…

I have fond memories of the Judds, I loved their music in the 80’s, and still think that Wy has the best set of pipes on the planet.

So, I’ve been anticipating their documentary on OWN TV, and I caught a couple of episodes last night.  Oh my gracious.  Mama Judd is a bonified wackadoo.  The woman is soooo eccentric.  But I haven’t been so entertained since I saw Tanya Tucker in Tuckerville. 

Wynonna, however, is still magnificent, despite that she has her hair dyed Day-Glo orange and is dating a man named Cactus.  I suspect that both of Judd girls have had a “lot” to deal with in their lifetimes.

The highlight of the show, for me, other than seeing where they live, the horses and the dogs, and the beautiful Tennessee countryside, was watching them eat at the Country Boy Restaurant in Lieper’s Fork, Tennessee.  Yours truly is a huge fan of good ole’ boy diners, and hubby and I ate at Country Boy just a few months ago when we were visiting John and Deanna.  It was so good, beans, cornbread, coleslaw, sweet tea, everything this old country girl, loves…

But back to the Judds, there they sat at a table at Country Boy’s, Mama all decked out in an outrageous plaid school boy cap and a jacket that clashed badly, crying.  But drats, I would have rather saw what they were eating than watch them tearing up, but they didn’t show the food…

They made a total of six episodes, will I watch the rest?  Of course, I will.  I still love their music, I always will, and I’m sure my kids think I’m pretty wackadoo myself, don’t yours?  So in a way, I sympathize with Mama Judd, and I have to admit, she’s pretty fascinating, especially when they hook the computer up to her ears in attempt to balance her brain…

Kids and their pets…

Mother says, and Mother is always right…

I think of my mother so often, especially in the spring when flowers start blooming and trees are showing their blossoms.  She loved spring, even though when I was growing up, it was a hard time of the year for us, living alone in the country.  We had an acre of ground that we mowed, and after the winter, a yard full of sticks and limbs to trim, flowerbeds to weed, a garden to plow.  But we did it, and she did it with grace, never complaining, just doing what needed to be done.

She always said that if you have a late Easter, you will have a late spring, early Easter, early spring.  I think of that so often, and how she was so right.  Especially this year, when Mother Nature just won’t give us a break.  We have a few warm days, and then it’s cold again.  I’m ready to be planting geraniums, haunting the garden centers, enjoying the great outdoors, and we are cloudy in Heavensville this morning, with a predicted high in the low fifties.

And so I wait it out, dreaming of warmer days ahead, and thinking this morning of how it used to be, what a simple life it was, and what good memories I have…

You might enjoy rereading a scrapbook page I made a few years ago, about spring when I was a child.  There’s a picture of my beloved childhood ditch on the page…

All My Children and One Life to Live, cancelled...

First it was Guiding Light, then As The World Turns, now they're cancelling All My Children and One Life to live.  Is Young and The Restless next?

Statistics are showing that there is just not the appeal for soaps that there once was.  People would rather see cooking shows or talk tv.  

I personally think it is sad that it's come to this.  I'm old, I don't like change.  Even though I never watch these soaps, I have fond memories of them back in the day.  It's a sad day for daytime television...

Abby is growing up so fast…

And so it begins…

Spring has arrived in Heavensville.  I happily potted herbs yesterday, but I’m waiting a bit on the annuals.  It’s early yet, we  could get a cold snap and I don’t want to have to cover a lot of plants.

It’s rainy this morning, but the window is open beside me, the birds are on the feeder, and singing in the trees.  Is there anything better than this?  I don’t think so, at least not in my world.

Life is good, I’m living in the moment….

I miss Paul Harvey…

I was such a fan, I listened to Paul Harvey most weekdays, he often put a smile on my face, and I gleaned from him a new awareness of the world around me. He was a National Treasure and I miss his wisdom.

Good Day…

Twin boys talking to each other…

This has been all over the news this week.  If you haven’t watched this, it’s a must see…

Elizabeth Taylor

I read yesterday where they are going to auction off Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels.  Now today, they are going to put her unpublished love letters up for auction.

It’s like the vultures are circling already and the poor woman has only been dead a few days.  Greed is a terrible thing…

Seniors Texting Code

ATD.At The Doctors. BFF..Best Friend Fell. BTW..Bring the Wheelchair. BYOT..Bring Your Own Teeth. FWIW..Forgot Where I Was. GGPBL.Gotta Go Pacemaker Battery Low. GHA..Got Heartburn Again. IMHAO..Is My Hearing-Aid On. LMDO..Laughing My Dentures Out. OMMR..On My Massage Recliner. OMSG ..Oh My! Sorry, Gas. ROFLACGU..Rolling On Floor Laughing And Can't Get Up. TTYL.Talk To You Louder.

Elizabeth Taylor and those violet eyes...

Now I've looked at a ton of ET pictures this week, and for the life of me, her eyes never look violet to me.  Her lipstick in this picture looks violet, but the eyes look rather hazel.

I just don't see it.  Am I having a senior moment here, or do some of you have trouble seeing it, also?

 

 

Elizabeth Taylor

Everybody has a favorite Elizabeth Taylor movie, mine has always been Cat On a Hat Tin Roof. The year was 1958, and she was an absolutely gorgeous woman. Younger readers, watch this trailer, now this was a real movie star. RIP ET, you were the queen...

Jan’s Find of the Week, Sunday Saver

These finds of the week are kind of hit and miss with me, to be honest, I forget about them.  Old brain, you know.  Anyhoo, this is a good fine for you, it’s all the different weekly newspaper ads, condensed on one page.  You’re going to like this one, girlfriends, it’s a goodie…

Here’s the click>>>