Random Dozen

Have you joined in the fun yet of Random Dozen?  If not answer the questions and link over at Linda's with everyone else.

1. Do you use the labels various charities send you as “free gifts?”
Sure, why waste them.


2. What is your favorite time of day (or night) for skywatching?  Mostly during the day.  I lie on the trampoline with Makayla and look at the shapes in the clouds.


3. What is the most adventurous you've ever been with trying a new food? (Keep it G-rated please)
Can't really think of anything lately.  I do remember YEARS ago when one of my friends wanted me to drink beer.  She tried putting ice cream in it, and it was still gross and wasted the ice cream in the process.


4. Have you ever heard a rock sing? (Trust me, there's a reason for this one!)  Not that I can think of.  But He does say if we don't praise him even the rocks will cry out.


5. If you could learn a language you don't presently speak, what would it be? spanish.  I know most says if they come here they should learn english.  But their not going to so, it would be nice to know what they are talking about.  Especially when your in walmart with them and their staring a hole through you.


6. Al Capone's tombstone read, “My Jesus, Mercy.” If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
An inspiration to many.

7. If you were a famous musician who was known by one name, like “Cher,” “Sting,” or “Jewel,” what would it be? It doesn’t have to be your first name, but it can be, if you’d like.
Can't think of anything.
8. Have you ever been inordinately “into” a television show? Yes, there is certain ones that I don't miss. 


9. When you sneeze, do you go big, or do you do that weird “heenh!” sound that makes people think you’re going to blow your brains out? Any other variation we should know about?
I think I sneeze fairly normal.  It's not so loud that it draws attention to it.

10. Do you still read an actual newspaper that you hold in your hands, or do you get your news elsewhere? No, I read them online.


11. Are you a good speller? yes, It's one thing I'm anal about.  I hate for words to be misspelled, but I can usually decipher if they are.


12. At what time each day do you start thinking about Lost lunch?
Usually noon or whenever I get hungry.

Then Sings My Soul Saturday

Not sure if ya'll have noticed but it seems lately all I can blog is memes.  Something I don't really have to think about.  It's not that I don't have anythng to blog about, I have two reviews I need to post.  I wanted to do a post weekly from the book A Wife After God's Own Heart, and have only done that once.   I haven't even read that many of everyone elses posts much less comment on them.  I know, I miss that interaction, but most of the time I just don't feel like responding to anything.
I don't know if it's burnout, a slump, or depression.  But I am so ready to get back into the swing of things. 
Anyways  with all that said, I had been seeing this meme for a while and joined in last week and so enjoyed it.  So join Amy and the rest of us  and post your favorite song, or just one that may touch your heart today.  When I began looking for a song to post today I thought I had it all figured out and then I came across this one.
My heart breaks when I watch the news of Haiti.  But amidst it all the miracles that we are all still seeing happening over there.  People being rescued after ten days is just unheard of.  But it happened.  I'm not sure which one I was watching late last night but showing the orphan children.  Laying there in pain and just needing someone to hold them and love them.  I pray that they can feel God's love surrounding them. 

Random Dozen

1. So I was thinking about how Jon Bon Jovi never seems to age much. His hair is smaller nowadays, but he still manages to look like a boy somehow. And then that made me think of the story of Dorian Gray. Question: If you physically lock in one age for yourself, which would you choose and why? 
24 , I was at a wonderful weight.  And grey hair hadn't started showing up yet. 



2. What is the best dish that you cook or bake (your piece de resistance?)  That's a hard one because I love to bake from scratch.   But my favorite would be cake for someone's birthday.  Because it's whatever kind they have requested so I know it's going to make them happy.


3. When you feel blue, what is one strategy you use to help yourself back to normal?  CHOCOLATE,  good worship music

4. When was the last time you danced in public?  LOL  Years ago, at least twenty.


5. Do you consider yourself a realist or dreamer?  Definetly a dreamer. 


6. As a parent, what is one thing that you have done well?    Always been there for them.  There's not much that I can think of that any of them couldn't come to me and talk to me about. 


7. Which is your favorite character on the Andy Griffith show?  Aunt Bea, because she's always in the kitchen.


8. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you know about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?  2  Probably not very much.

9. Have you never been mellow? Have you never tried … to find a comfort from in side you? (Sorry, Jorge was singing that song just now, and it just seemed to be perfect timing as I was creating this week’s questions.) REAL question: What is your #1 driving pet peeve?
Just one.  LOL  I guess the worse one is when you want to pass someone and both lanes are going the same speed.  If you get in the fast lane then pass whoever is in the slow lane, don't drive right beside them.

10. Which color best represents your mood today? Care to elaborate?  Blue,  I have been in a slump since the New Year and can't seem to get myself out of it.  No motivation to do anything other than the bare essentials.  Memes, and review/giveaway blogs, can't seem to blog about anything I have to think of myself.
11. If your spouse were an animal, which would he/she be?  Depends on which day of the week it is.  I will say a bear because if he could he would hibernate for the winter.

12. What activity takes up the bulk of your time on an average day?  laundry, doesn't seem like I will ever get caught up.

Winner of Football Gift Pack

Using random.org   # 3  Diana is the winner of the foolball gift pack given by blogspark. 

Congratulations Diana, I hope you enjoy it.  Also I hope ya'll have enjoyed finding and will continue to find new recipes from Mary .
I hope ya'll will visit her often.  She has some really awesome recipes. 

Thank you to all who entered.

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays "Jeff and Sheri Easter"

I have been seeing this meme for a while now.  But for lack of much to say this week.  I thought I would join in on this one.  Because the song says it all for me.  I choose this one because the first time I heard it was Sunday night.  I had the chance to see Jeff and Sheri Easter in concert.  They are so awesome.  My kind of people you know the ones they're the same whether on stage singing, or in a Wal-Mart. 

Random Dozen

It's time for another random dozen.  If you want to join in just, click over to Linda's for the linky and the rest of us that answer these questions.  It's a great way of getting to know each other better.

1. When was the last time you craved a food--what was it, and did you cave?   Yesterday morning, I wanted a chocolate Krispy Kreme doughnut.  But luckily we don't have a Krispy Kreme so I didn't have one.           

2. M & M's or Skittles?   M & M's

3. Have you ever read the Bible completely through?  shamefully no

4. How long does it take you to really wake up in the morning? When the alarm goes off I'm out of the bed ready to start the day.  The rest of the family hates it because I get up singing.

5. Have you ever been on a cruise? If not, would you like to?  No, I haven't but would love to.

6. Who is your favorite actress?  First one to come to mind is Sandra Bulloch, but there is several.

7. ______ is something that I will just never understand.  People that lies

8. How much of a technology junkie are you?  Not much at all.  It amazes me when I learn something new on here.

9. Do you enjoy selecting greeting cards for people, or is it more of a cultural "have to" for you?  I would send and buy more of them, if they weren't so expensive. 

10. When was the last time you got a new style/haircut?  Right before Christmas

11. What do you enjoy shopping for most?   clothes, or either anything for my daughters or grandaughter

12. What's the last thing you think of before you leave the house?  I make sure I have my keys before I close the door and become locked out.

Key Lime Cake

Michael tasted a Key Lime cake during the Christmas holidays.  So for his birthday he decided that's what kind he wanted.  Well I wasn't sure about a recipe for it so I looked online.   Then while at Wal-mart picking up what I needed.  There was a lady in there buying 20-30 boxes of cake mix.  I was thinking I only need one box just leave me one.  I must have had a look on my face because she said don't ask.  I said okay.  But she continued to tell me what cakes she had to make over the weekend.  So I asked her had she ever made a Key Lime Cake and she said sure this is what you need.  Same as what I had found online but so I thought I would share it with ya'll.  It reminds me of lime sherbert, and maybe that's why he like it so well.  I remember eating lime sherbert with diet sprite in it while I was pregnant with him.  Guess I wanted to watch my calories better the second time around.  With Megan they told me I needed more calcium so I ate ice cream with milk in it alot.  But paid dearly, by gaining 50 lbs while I was pregnant with her.


Key Lime Cake

1 box lemon cake mix
1 box instant lemon pudding
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup cooking oil
4 egg3-4 drops green food coloring

Mix it all together,  Bake in two round pans at 350 for 20 minutes or until done.

The recipe online called for a glaze but I used a cream cheese icing so I've put the recipe for both.

Glaze:

2 cups confectioners sugar
1/4 cup lime juice
Mix until smooth and drizzle over cake.


Icing
1 stick butter
1 box cream cheese
1/4 cup lime juice or enough for right consistency

Beat until smooth and spread on the top and sides of the two layers.