Susan Merrill's Blog, page 17
May 1, 2015
You are a REAL Beauty–Celebrate It!
So, what you doing tomorrow? How about a trip to the club? Sam’s Club, that is!I am so excited becauseiMOM and Dove are partnering at Sam’s Club locations all across the country to celebrate mothers everywhere.Seriously, I have lunch at the club every Saturday–love those sample peeps. And they love me some yummy tasters. It’s a real deal if you have kids.
OK, back to tomorrow.I am going to be at the Sam’s Club, 5135 South Dale Mabry Highway, in Tampa, Florida this Saturday, May 2, from 11:00...
April 9, 2015
Garlic Cheddar Chicken Dinner
Feel like you have run out of ideas when it comes to making chicken for dinner? Say cheese! My sister Kathie has provided another simple, yet delicious dinner that the whole family should love: Garlic Cheddar Chicken Dinner. Toss a salad with some Italian dressing and slice up a fresh, warm loaf of Italian bread covered in garlic butter…and you are in Little Italy!
Conversation Starters: When I was a kid…
1. How old were you when you got your first cell phone?
2. How did you and your husband...
April 2, 2015
A Sunday Supper for the Whole Family
Ladies, as we head into spring and summer, I’m sure our recipe books could use some revamping! I am excited because the fatherhood program within the organization that I work for shared some really easy and yummy recipes for dad to make with the kids, and I thought you might enjoy them too. From ground beef to lamb chops, you will find5simply delicious recipes for your hubby and kidsto make together. Enjoy!
March 31, 2015
A Noble Woman Saving Women
Keisha, the Director of Created Women, is my third nomination for the She Is Noble contest. I love howMerriam-Websterdefines being noble – it is having, showing, or coming from personal qualities that people admire, such as honesty, generosity orcourage.It’s Keisha’scourage that makes her noble to me.
She is fearless. She has a passion to go where I wouldn’t have the courage to go – out on the street, in the middle of the night, to meet with trafficked women working the streets and in the str...
March 26, 2015
The Perfect Company Dinner: Schwag
This past weekend I spent with a dear friend. On her farm. A real farm with goats and pigs and cows—oh my! And babies—lots of babies. I really wanted to hold them all, but the moms got mad at me. Don’t they know I am a mom and crave little warm fuzzies? It was so fun.
Becky is amazing and thinks nothing of whipping up dinner for 3, 5 or 15 people at a time. This dinner she calls, “Schwag!” It came from a cousin of hers who was actually a real chef. When he came home from work, he would throw...
March 19, 2015
Steak Fajitas Dinner
Picture yourself wrapped in a colorful blanket leaning up against a cactus. (Wait! On second thought, the cactus part is not the best idea.) The tumbleweed is rolling by. And you are wondering what you can rustle up for dinner by the campfire (or grill). Feeling like Southwestern fare yet?
If so, try our Steak Fajitas Dinner courtesy of my sister, Kathie. And serve in warm torillas with the garnish or two of your choice: cheese, sour cream, onions, peppers, salsa, etc.
Conversation Starters:
...March 14, 2015
Worth Far More than Rubies: Marlene Nikolich
Have you ever known somebody so delightful, so precious, so kind, so loving that just the image of their face brings you a pang of joy? That is a noble woman. That is a woman who has loved well, served well, lived well. I want to be that kind of woman.
To think that the image of my face might give someone joy–not because of how I look or because I am their mother–but because the way I loved them was a blessing. Ahh, I have some work to do.
I want to be for others what this face represents to...
March 12, 2015
Breakfast for Dinner
Breakfast for dinner! Enough said. Mom on a Mission’s Jackie Brown is sharing her amazing Breakfast Casserole recipe which is perfect for those cooks who like to be creative (or a little daring) with their ingredients. And what serves as a better “side dish” than Starbucks Low-Fat Blueberry Muffins? I’m hungry for breakfast right now!
Conversation Starters:
1. What 3 words best describe you?
2.When do you sometimes feel understood by grown-ups?
3. What can we pray about for you this week?
Mai...March 5, 2015
Homemade Pasta For Kids
What is it about kids and dough? It’s just so fun to play with and to eat. My daughter, Emily, got in trouble at the age 5 for eating the Play Dough at school. Probably my fault as I am a big fan of eating cookie dough and my kids are too. Poor Emily, she assumed all dough was edible.
My sister Kathie’s kids are still in the “dough is fun” age. They’ve had a lot of snow and she was desperate for indoor family fun. So she decided to do something with her kids that our Italian grandmother did wi...
March 4, 2015
A Noble Woman
Just last week a friend sent me a preview for a new movie calledNoble. The movie tells the story of a passionate and noble woman who just happens to be named Christina Noble. Christina overcame a terrible childhood in Ireland – homelessness, the death of her mother, an alcoholic father – and traveled a nontraditional path to South Asia, where she was inspired to take up the cause for hundreds of abandoned and orphaned children.
The movie has already won five awards, a best foreign film award a...
