Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Stretching a Drink; Free Online Books, "Coffee Soup"

I recently discovered this raspberry-flavored drink.  The flavor is strong enough for me to be able to add water to it TWICE when
it gets down to the words "with vitamins," and still have a nice raspberry drink.  This is great for me, because, being on a limited income, I have to save money where I can.








That's also why I get, or read, books for free online whenever possible.  That's another way to save money.  In fact, if the money I save this way could somehow be automatically added to my bank account, I'd probably be wealthy by now.

A third way in which I save money is this:  After I've had my morning coffee, I don't throw the grounds away.   I leave them in my electric coffee-maker and, later in the morning, I break either bread, crackers, or half of a package of ramen noodles into a plastic bowl which originally contained a pint of won-ton soup from the local Chinese restaurant.  I then place that bowl where the cup usually goes, and add water to the reservoir, as if I were making a second cup of coffee. This gives me a pleasant dish that I've named "coffee soup."

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Still More Word Play

NOTABLE

It is notable
That some folks are not able
To eat where there's no table.

Monday, October 13, 2014

I'm Not Letting My Cat See This

I am definitely NOT letting my cat, Winky, see this video.  It might corrupt his morals! LOL!!!

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival


It's time for Sunday Snippets  over at RAnn's blog!  I've found some wonderful Catholic blogs here. How about sharing yours?






Books Read in the Past Week



Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are grouped by author,
and not necessarily in the order read.


"Between Heaven and Mirth"#
by James Martin, SJ
[non-fiction]
(Kindle book)
"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel (RIP)
[collective biography]
"The Story of a Soul"
by St. Therese of Lisieux
"In This House Of Brede"
by Rumer Godden
[fiction]
(a great favorite of mine)
{Sunday books}

Bible books read this week:
"Joshua"
"The Gospel According to Matthew"

"Then There Were Five"
{carried over from last week}
by Elizabeth Enright
[children's fiction]
in The Melendy Family
three books in one volume
(openlibrary.org loan)


"The Alpine Path
The Story of my Career" #
by L. M. Montgomery
[autobiography]
{carried over from last week}


"The Sun is Shining on the Other Side"
by Margaret Jensen
[Christian (Protestant) nonfiction]

(stories from her earlier books)
{carried over from last week}

"Self-Denial,
or Alice Wood and Her Missionary Society" #
by American Sunday School Union
[children's fiction, Christian (Protestant)]
(free Kindle book)
I would have liked this better if there had
been more "story" to it; if the author had
actually SHOWN the girls working to earn
money, struggling with temptation, and so on.

"Mildred Keith"
"Mildred at Roselands"
 {carrying over into next week}
by Martha Finley
[children's fiction, Christian (Protestant)]
(free online books)

"Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story"
by Paul Aurandt
[nonfiction]

"Screwball"
by Alberta Armer
[children's fiction]


"Russell Sprouts" #
by Johanna Hurwitz
[children's fiction]
(quick read)

"The American Frugal Housewife"
by Mrs. Child (Lydia Maria  Child) 
Twelfth Edition, Enlarged and
corrected by the author 
She had to add the word "American" to
the title because there was a book by the 
same name published in England.
 {carrying over into next week}





Sad Picture

This is the saddest picture I've ever seen. 


Encouraging news about EWTN's Fr. Anthony

Fr. Anthony hopes to be back on the air in the near future.  Oh, HOW I'm praying for that to happen! https://franciscanmissionaries.c...