Rome

do you believe in Christ? Do you believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God and the Savior? If so, here's some food for thought! After all, this is what the blog is all about LOL.

I've been listening to a church book based on the timeframe of Jesus Christ and his ministry. It is a fictional book based in that timeframe but has historical facts included. It is a fascinating and amazing look into the life and times of both the Romans and the Jews at the time of Christ. It gives an open unbiased factual history of the time and all sides of every feasible story it is great. I digress, but don't worry this is going somewhere LOL.

So suddenly it occurred to me how very odd it must have been for the Romans because at this time they still believed in their Gods, and the thought of the one true God was obscure in a little bit ridiculous to them. And as we know the story goes that the Romans crucify Jesus Christ. 

Does anyone find it ironic that Rome, today, is the capital and home of Catholicism? A Christian-based religion signifying that Jesus Christ is the son of God, the Savior, and yet…they were the ones to disavow him as such and to crucify him? 

Hummmm...*wink*....Guess it's true, that everyone can change LOL

If you think about it…

… When did Thanksgiving become about the food! Because when you ask someone why they like Thanksgiving him and hot and give you the whole spiel about family and all of that, BUT, deep down you know it's about the time off of work if you're lucky enough not to work at Best Buy at Walmart or target that is, and about the food. I personally don't even like turkey so the food part is out for me and the family well why do we need an excuse to be around family and eat like pigs!

Be honest. You spend days of cooking setting and cleaning,  and lots of dollars preping for a "feast" that you makes you tired, and full, and feeling gross. And most people regret it afterwards if they don't run hard or workout in the morning just to be able to counter what they're eating. So my question is when did it become all about over indulging and over eating?

If you feel you have to work out before hand just so you can indulge then why are we spending an entire day to the eating? Is it one of the seven deadly sins, gluttony? Yet here we are as an entire nation indulging in that very thing!okay yes, that's extrapolating just a bit but why not deep down that's kind of the truth isn't it?

Why do we pick one day of the year for it? Why not have turkey and mashed potatoes and rolls for dinner in August? And green bean casserole and and honey baked ham in May? Why does it have to be all on one day of the year?

Thanksgiving this year was for 12 people, in which several of us spent $20-$30 each I are part of the meal where there was also seven pies, and two other types of treats, dips, not to mention the main meal. We could have fed several families for the amount of food that we had. As I mentioned before I don't like turkey so I had a roll a scoop of mashed potatoesA couple pieces of broccoli some Jell-O saladand that's all get I was stuffed.

Then I was so tired I couldn't participate in interacting with the family we were meant to be spending time with. The next day I was feeling very gross.

Tell me again why people like this holiday? And they wonder why I say it's just in the way of getting to Christmas LOL

High Heels and REALLY high platforms

SO........I am all for high heels, they make you feel beautiful, tall, thin and sexy. Yes. BUT what doesn't  make you look that way by others is when you wear heels that are way to tall for you and you can't WALK IN THEM!.

Instead, what you see if women stomping around trying not to fall, slip and brake they ankles. This defies the whole purpose of wearing the heals in the first place. You are hunched over flatfooted and non-sexy. The whole point is to act like they are comfortable, normal and and extension of your leg but when you stomp down the foot for "safe" walking, it takes away from that illusion and all we can do when looking at you is pay attention to the fact that you can't walk in your shoes. It should be heal toe and you should be able to stand up straight. IF you can't, don't wear them, it draws attention to the wrong thing!

Just a bit of advise.

Superman and the 90's

Because of Netflix I have been watching stupid shows I haven't watched in years and never finished past the first season...won't mention them since it is a sad state of affairs..*GRIN* BUT, it got me thinking, "what ever happened on Smallville?". Now, Tom Welling was the only reason I watched even the 1st season and I don't think I even finished that for the lame reason that he went and got married and so I lost interest...haha

Hey, I was young!

So I started looking for that show to watch, only to be thwarted! It is not on Netflix streaming, I could do it by DVD, don't have that..., not on Hulu or Hulu plus, not on-line anywhere. SO, I went to facebook, asked if any of my friends if they would admit to having them on DVD. Lo and behold SEVERAL friends had at least seasons 1-5 and a co-worker had all 10! So I watched and was actually impressed with a lot of the actors. Best Lex Luther anywhere of all time! But it got me thinking about the TV show Lois and Clark with Terri Hatcher and Dean Cain and how I never finished that either and did they ever get together in the show, did he ever tell her his secret, etc.....look it up and can watch a few of them on-line!

So.....i watched the pilot last night. Looking at the awful hair and clothing I was very curious when this was created and aired, totally don't remember. Well, it was 1993! I was shocked....how could we have looked that bad in 1993. in 1993 I was in the middle of high school and I don't remember looking like that. Then again, i was a surfer chick who wore mostly jean cutoff and flannel and baggy shirts hahaha. I got to thinking, well, 1993 was only 3 years out of the 80's so I guess it makes sense but I SERIOUSLY hope that this is one of the decades of style that doesn't come back in fashion on the circuit of decade revitalization. Right now I am gagging at the return of floral prints on pants and whitewash.....

On a tangent, WHY ARE THEY BACK! We spend more time ridiculing and making fun of those exact things so HOW can someone think they are cool enough to come back? So confused!

Cooking

Those who know me know how much I love to cook. Those of you who don't know me, well, I love to cook. My Aunt and Uncle sent me a cookbook for my birthday and since they are coming up next week I would like to cook for them out of that cookbook, if I have the time. Here is the dinner menu plan:

Pineapple and Avocado Salsa, used as bruschetta:

minus the onions. I HATE onions and nothing I cook will have them!

Sauerbraten (a type of German Pot Roast)

over potato pancakes OR buttered noodles, your choice;

Califlower and Tomato Casserole

Basically with cheese and breadcrumbs

and a homemade Angel Food Cake with a fresh chunky berry glaze and hand whipped cream for dessert.

Well? What do you think?


***All images were obtained off the web as examples as I have not yet made this *GRIN*

What's your favorite.....

Don't you hate it when people ask you about what your favorite                 (fill in the blank)! I do. Such pressure. I mean let's be honest, how can you pick your favorite movie, favorite song, favorite book, and my personal favorite food/ that needs a category all itself.....favorite sweet? Favorite ethnic food? Favorite snack? Favorite movie snack...etc etc...

I can pick my favorite general of most things but lets be real....once you pick something, another person will say theirs and it sparks your memory and you think, "hey, I loved that one too!". Course nay sayers will say, but if you really loved it it will stick in your memory. Sorry, it doesn't really work like that, not when there is 2-3 movies released every week, when new songs are created daily, and when there are so many foods untasted.

I can't pick my favorite song, there are too many, but I can narrow down my top favorite bands. I can tell you my favorite type of food, if you categorize it...i.e., favorite American Food is hot dogs, favorite ethnic food is Indian, followed close by Thai, favorite snack food are fries..

I know my favorite place in the world is Ireland but my favorite vacation so far has been my trip to Jordan and Egypt. So you see, when people what is your favorite.....I cringe! *giggle*

Irish yearnings

Yesterday I was listening to some of my podcasts about Ireland and they were just bringing up little hidden gems and things that you don't know think about doing or learning something new about the things you DO always want to visit.

I don't know if you know this about me but Ireland is my favorite place in the world. I know the geography of Ireland better then I know the US.

I went several years ago and in that 9 days I was able to squeeze in the whole bottom half of the country and got most of the touristy things out of the way so that the next visit can be a hunker down and explore one area and take your time. (I did have to cut out a few things that still need to be done, and will be since I will go back to Ireland several million times,  but for the most part I accomplished a LOT and even snuck in some of those hidden gems I had discovered before hand as well.) I had some Ah-mazing experiences and stories to remember.

So as I was listening to these and hearing about things that I would have never ever really thought about doing: like going to Valentia Island and seeing the tetrapod tracks that have been revealed from lower tides that is amazing! I had never heard of that before so onto my new checklist it went along with a few other things they mentioned. And by checklist I mean a file in my Internet folder labeled Ireland, the next trip! They mention checking out touristy things that are touristy for a reason but go with this little story in mind and keep the experience intimate.

The whole time I just was getting a huge desire to go back as soon as possible. The thing is, I have this philosophy that I don't go to the same place twice until I have been to all the places I want to go once. When you think about it, it makes since, why spend money you are saving to see the world on a place you have already visited when it puts you behind again a few years to seeing the other places you want to see...HOWEVER, I think I need the return trip to Ireland sooner rather than later and I may have to put off a couple of places that aren't as important to me to get back before moving on.....so I am thinking 2015 a return trip to Ireland, (next year is Italy, already in the planning), with a whole new list of adventures to discover. And no matter how many days i spend i will never be able to get it all in.

If anyone wants to go in on an international property for a little cottage set in the county Clare or Kerry, you just go ahead and let me know!*GRIN* *Giggle*