Gary found a new recipe for Gluten Free Orange Chicken
It is yummy!
Isla has new Grinch pajamas. She loves The Grinch, just like Papa.
We had a yummy roast and gluten free cornbread for Sunday dinner.
Erica is amazing. I have been having her do my hair for several years now.
Hair all freshened up.
Adeline made her own Forky
I made Old Fashioned Buttermilk pie for my book club.
Here's the recipe I used:
OLD TIME BUTTERMILK PIE
Serves: one pie serves 8 pieces
• 9-inch unbaked pie shell
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 rounded Tbsp flour
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Dash nutmeg (optional)
DIRECTIONS
1. Soften butter, add sugar, cream together well.
2. Add flour and eggs, beat well. Stir in buttermilk, vanilla, and nutmeg.
3. Pour into unbaked pie shell.
4. Bake at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes. 5. Cool completely before serving.
6. This pie is also wonderful with a handful of chocolate chips, a handful of chopped nuts, and a handful of coconut added to the pie shell before you pour the filling in.
I picked the book for this month's discussion. We discussed Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
I've been a member of the book club for several years and I love getting together with this group of women and discussing books. I've read some books that I probably wouldn't have picked out for myself, but I've learned about some new authors that I enjoy reading their books. I have found some books I didn't really enjoy, but it is always fun to try something new.
Here's some info about the book:
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancÃĐ, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.
Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.
