Well, I have finally started. Last year my husband told me I should have a blog. He is a blogger. See his blog here. I think he just wanted me to join in the “fun.” He is a very intelligent man. He is also a writer and photographer. Please see the Who I’m Not section.
So, he took some pictures, made a banner, and set me up a blog. Again, see Who I’m Not. He is having to hold my hand every step of the way getting this thing started-more than a year later! I loved the movie Julie and Julia. Notice Julie, the blogger, is a writer! This whole thing is a bit intimidating to me.
The movie did inspire me to search through my recipes. I am a cookbook junkie. I love the ones that have pictures of what the dish is supposed to actually look like. I do not have Julia Child’s cookbook, nor do I have any desire to make an aspic. I do have a ton of cookbooks and an overflowing recipe box. I am also really bad about ripping recipes, craft or decorating ideas out of magazines. I quit for a while. I started buying Southern Living Annual Recipe Collections. The problem with that was then I couldn’t find the recipe I wanted.
Nowadays you can find just about anything on the internet. As a matter of fact, I frequently do recipe searches for whatever I have on hand. I usually end up with a Southern Living recipe that I probably already had. I try to write in my cookbooks when I tried something to record whether or not we liked it. The problem with that is remembering which book has which recipe!
Some I do remember. The chicken and dumplings recipe is in the Prairie Harvest cookbook. Cajun Chicken is in the recipe box. Then, I do a lot of just general cooking that doesn’t require a recipe — throw a pork chop in the skillet with some salt and lots of pepper, wrap some sweet potatoes in foil and toss them in the oven, open up a bagged Caesar salad and, Viola! Dinner is served!
This blog is more for me than it is for you. I do, however, hope people read and enjoy it. Having my own recipes out there on the the internet to search through will be great! No more fumbling through scraps of worn out magazines. The plan is to test out new recipes here — and to actually go to those dogeared pages in the cookbooks. I can make no promises concerning how often I will post. I can’t promise that this blog will only be about recipes and cooking. I do have other interests that I might want to share with you, I tend to get a little distracted from time…
Squirrel!!! (Watch the movie Up! to get the reference.)
Well, that is the plan. And it only took a year to get it going.
January 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm
The website looks AWESOME! I look forward to reading more. Clearly you have some valuable insights to share — I mean, look at how accurately you’ve described your husband. Anyone who knows him knows he is remarkably intelligent.
I also happen to know from some very reliable sources that he thinks the WORLD of you. In fact, he is so downright silly in love with you that it gets a little embarrassing — and I don’t think he cares.
Anyway, love the blog. Keep up the good work.
January 17, 2011 at 11:37 pm
This should be under desserts because it is SO SWEET!
January 18, 2011 at 4:00 pm
He’s a keeper, that’s for sure!
January 17, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Kudos to the cook! I am so very proud of you for getting so organized to get a blog together. You do lots of neat things with foods and crafts and I like to see them all.
Pork chops for everyone!!!
January 18, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Thanks for the support, Mom!
January 18, 2011 at 8:43 am
I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT! I love everything about it–the design, the pics, the content–EVERYTHING! You are amazingly talented. You are a terrific wife, mother and daughter-in-law and I will be checking your blog often for recipes and ideas that will make my life easier, even if there are only two of us now. I can use the help.
January 18, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Thanks, BJ. Brought a tear to my eye.
January 18, 2011 at 8:54 am
I just discovered the website, thanks to my wife. I read every word under every category and have to disagree with you on one point: you are a writer, whether you care to admit it or not. Even for a guy-which I am-the writing is superb and attention getting. Keep up the good work, and I’ll be back again in the near future.
January 18, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Hooray! A comment from someone I don’t know! Thanks for reading my blog, Michael, and wife. And thank you for your encouraging words.
October 29, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Cant wait for more….
May 20, 2013 at 12:50 am
Well I finally made it here! better late then never and I LOVE it! You are so talented. I just never knew all of the ways.
Much love
Kathy J
May 20, 2013 at 8:05 am
Thanks, sweetie! So glad you FINALLY made it here!