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Afternoon Tea In London

 I am a low brow girl with highbrow taste.
I am headed to London next year for a little girls retreat. One of the things I have placed high on my list of things to do is to have a nice cup of tea on a very tight  budget. While I know its lofty and quite expensive, I want a nice cup of tea in a very nice place.
When I was a wee lass I loved to play with my Holly Hobby tea set.  Getting a tea set was the highlight of most Christmases for me. Over the course of my childhood I must have amassed at least 20 tea sets.  It’s those memories that have shaped my budget for High Tea. I have looked over lots of great places that offer tea yet I keep coming back to the Ritz. It’s outrageously expensive and I imagine I can get the same tea at other place. But this is a once in a life time experience and I want to create the same exquisite memories that were once just relegated for childhood. Tea anyone?

Abby
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/afternoon-tea-in-london#.klB6jboqWg

Raspberry, Brie and Blue Grilled Cheese

Some days are made for grilled cheese and not just any kind of grilled cheese.  There are times you want to make up in a beautiful silk gown and meander through your kitchen humming a tune and making the most delicious grilled cheese on earth.

Bethanny

    
















      Bethany entered Rainbow Creek Mall through the parking lot entrance with her phone to her ear, her Kindle in her left hand and her new Galaxy Tablet in her right. Nearly dropping her phone, Bethany waved to Ralph the manager and security guard on the second floor. Frowning Ralph waved back and pointed at her phone, mouthing the words Ok. She ended her call to Friday Wells her best friend and made her way to her suite.
     Smiling she watched as maintenance rehung the sign that said Rainbow Creek Mall.  The old sign had been hanging in the Mall since she first became a resident.  Stopping off at the candle shop she purchased a Japanese bloom candle and continued walking. Waving as she past the shops and merchants. Stepping on the escalator Bethany turned and waved at one of besties Temple Hollow who was getting a smoothie.
Getting of the escalator on the 14th floor, Bethanny scanned her card to open the door to the private suites.  The private suites at Rainbow Creek Mall were beautiful and had every amenity that anyone could want. The only thing missing was fresh air from the outdoors.
    Bethanny missed the sun on her face. But she appreciated that face that she was alive and would hopefully one day again enjoy the sun. So many in the town of Rainbow Creek were stuck outside the mall. In the cold trying to exist in the new ice age. Bethanny always felt a heavy burden on her heart that so many would chose not to believe and ended up dead or starving to dead. The population of earth was decimated in one fatal swoop that keep only a few alive. Bethanny felt lucky. But she also felt like she took the place of someone more deserving. With all her faults she was the one that was saved when others with no faults had died.
   Mulling over the day it happened she sat down on her couch freshly showered and ready for bed. Most of her friends survived.  But there were those who did not. They and their families chose to believe a lie that the world would not be effect and in the end she knew they had perished like so many others.
Moving to the large window in her living room, Bethanny looked out over the city she use to call home. Snow and ice were everywhere. The place was a winter wonderland. Bethanny had chosen a suite that use to overlook the carnival and waterslide. When the snow and ice came the carnival was frozen in place. The water that spouted up in the slides was frozen solid. The lights around the amusement part were still on giving the park an errie look.
Sighing heavily,Bethanny turned away from the window.

A warm blanket, A bowl of hot chicken soup

   There are times in life when you need a warm blanket and a nice bowl of hot chicken soup. Life happens fast. Life is never slow once it’s made a decision that you will have a bad day Life puts things in motion. Quick fast and in a hurry you’ll find yourself on the end of a very bad, terrible day. When life kicks in the pants there are six things you realize very quickly:1.      Life is not Burger King and you “can’t have it your way” all the time 2.      You are not a Princess and your throne is just imaginary3.      Eggrolls taste best when they are made fresh4.      Fresh fruit jelly on hot toast will cure the morning woebegone. 5.      Chicken noodle soup is manna from the goddess of life 6.      Cuddling with your blanket at 30 is just as comforting as when you were six.     Chicken Noodle Soup 
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Prep time10 mins
Cook time30 mins
Total time40 mins
 
Author: Cheryl Beverage BarnesRecipe type: SoupServes: 6
Ingredients2 tablespoons unsalted butter2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil1 onion, peeled and diced4 celery stalks, small-diced4 carrots, peeled and small-diced1 teaspoon minced garlic2 bay leavesKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper2 quarts chicken stock or broth3 cups cooked chicken, shredded or diced2 cups wide egg noodles
InstructionsIn a large pot over medium, heat the butter and olive oil. Add the onion, celery, carrots, garlic and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables soften, about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.Add the stock and simmer for 10 minutes.Stir in the chicken and noodles and simmer until the noodles are cooked, about 10 minutes more. Discard the bay leaves. Season to taste and serve with a sprinkling of fresh, minced parsley, if desired.
Notes…from the Picture-Perfect kitchen:
Planning: Store-bought rotisserie chicken is a great time-saver.
Product Purity: For an even richer soup, poach 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts in the stock until they’re cooked through. Remove the chicken with a slotted spoon and when cool enough to handle, shred the chicken and proceed with the recipe.
Presentation: For a different looking soup, you can substitute another pasta, like vermicelli or angel hair pasta.
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Chicago Dog

Serve boiled hot dogs on poppy-seed buns with dill pickle and cucumber spears, sliced tomatoes, sweet pickle relish, pickled peppers, diced onion and yellow mustard. Sprinkle with celery salt.

Love Never Fails

The nobility of love is lost on those who don’t recognize it.  
Love that does not set your world on fire or move your soul is love lost in a sea of hopelessness. Losing at love is like a heart without a body.
Love should be as strong as faith. Faith in today, tomorrow and forever.
Love never fails, but people do.  People fail to love enough despite the odds. People fail love.
Love never conquers all when all is never given.  
 Love should move your heart and soul.
Lost is the heart that pines away for love that will never be. 

Rainbow Creek

Love is Dance

Will you dance with me when I am old?Will you take may hand and lead me to the dance floor Will you twirl me in a lover embraceWill you dance with me

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~Love ~

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; It can outlast anything. Love never fails. I Corinthians 13:7-8