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Simple Sundays

Simple Sunday- New Beginnings

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“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language

And next year’s words await another voice.

And to make an end is to make a beginning.” ― T.S. Eliot

“For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

“Don’t pass on your passions, to settle in the stale normality. Endure. Strive. Ensure.”

― Anthony Liccione

“It turned out that sometimes it’s enough to start doing things differently now.”

― Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” – Amelia Earhart

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Simple Sunday- Love

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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ― William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.” ― Albert Einstein

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.” ― Anais Nin

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Simply Sunday- Family and Surprises

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“Would you like to know your future? If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator. So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence — a surprise.”-

Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.” –

Barbara Bush

“The whole point of life was you couldn’t ever be sure what would happen next. Sometimes what happened was good, sometimes not, but there were always surprises.- ”

Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”- Virginia Satir

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”-Henry Ford

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Simple Sunday- Nano quotes

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“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” – Jodi Picoult

“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” -Orson Scott

“For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.… I think it’s very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there and wait for a wave, and when it comes it takes you somewhere and you don’t know where it’ll go.”

― Margaret Atwood

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

– Ernest Hemingway

“If you aren’t having fun, if you aren’t anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won’t be able to entertain anyone else, either.” – Tamora Pierce

“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.” ― Neil Gaiman

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Simple Sunday- Writing Quotes For Nano

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“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.” – Beatrix Potter

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” ― John Steinbeck

“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”

― Dorothy Parker

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” – Jack London

“My study throngs with characters waiting to be written. Imaginary people, anxious for a life, who tug at my sleeve, crying, ‘Me next! Go on! My turn!’ I have to select. And once I have chosen, the others lie quiet for ten months or a year, until I come to the end of the story, and the clamor starts up again.”

― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”― Terry Pratchett

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Simple Sunday- More Dog Quotes

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“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“My philosophy when it came to pets was much like that of having children: You got what you got, and you loved them unconditionally regardless of whatever their personalities or flaws turned out to be. ”

― Gwen Cooper, Homer’s Odyssey

“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” – Dean Koontz

“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” – Christopher Morley

“The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.”- Norman Reedus

Recipe Roundup · Simple Sundays

Show And Tell Sunday

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Apparently a stomach bug is going round and the Husband and I both got it. I had a milder version than him, but we both had some icky days. We had to cancel our Harry Potter party, which was sad, since we had food all ready and everything is decorated. It was better to be safe than give anyone else stomach issues though, so cancelled. The Husband has two plays coming up in December and January, but we’re hoping to be able to reschedule. I thought I would show you the party foods I made and some other delicious meals.

These are the green tomato mincemeat tarts and the Cornish Currant Cake. They were both delicious.

The Currant Cake was originally going to be Cousin Jack cookies, but the batter was super weird and I got nervous.

So I did what any other self respecting Midwestern housewife would do- I called Mom in a panic. 🙂 She suggested putting it in a glass pan and treating it like a bar cookie. It worked out very well!

The tarts were especially good with whipped cream. I was surprised at how much I liked the mincemeat. It had a hint of vinegar still, but was sweet and gooey. I would make it again.

We also had pumpkin banana bread. I used the Pioneer Woman recipe: https://thepioneerwoman.com/food-and-friends/pumpkin-banana-bread/

It was very good and a hit at work. The Husband’s coworkers also liked it. We decided not to make too much more food, but I did make turkey pinwheel rollups for dinner this week. I was hosting my craft group this week, so didn’t get a picture of them, but they were pretty good and originally for the party.

Since we were sick, we had some soup, french onion and some buttermilk biscuits from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.

A favorite: Chicken Divan was also enjoyed.

Brinner is one of my favorite dinners when I don’t know what to cook, but the Husband isn’t terribly fond of it, so we don’t have it often. I call this one “Take that Ihop!” Cheesy scrambled eggs, buttermilk pancakes with macerated strawberries, and chicken sage sausages. And whipped cream, of course! The pancakes were from the Better Homes book as well.

Another quick dinner was Loaded Baked Potatoes. I forgot how good they are, so we’ll definitely be making them again. The Husband cooked his own potato and skipped the broccoli.

We had two poblano peppers from the garden, so I used them to make beef fajitas, along with a garden purple pepper. I’m planning on growing some next year too. The tortillas are homemade, so are rustic looking. 😉

We had a fun day making peirogi with K and J and we got to take a bunch home. So of course, we had to try them! These are with a cheddar chicken sausage and fried in butter and olive oil.

We have a new favorite fried chicken recipe from this website: https://blog.sweetopia.me/2019/05/how-to-make-buttermilk-chicken-tenders.html

I seasoned the waffle fries with Sandwich Sprinkle. The Husband just shook his head at me, but did admit they were delicious.

And for the last item, we have delicious popovers with plum cardamom jam. They were delicious!

I’m planning to make a couple of the party foods for just regular day foods. Who says Tuesday isn’t an occasion befitting a chocolate dragon shaped bundt cake? 🙂

For now though, dinner awaits. Have a great week!

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Simple Sunday- Harry Potter

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“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” — Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.” ― Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“The thing about growing up with Fred and George,” said Ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” ― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” ― Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Simple Sunday- Therapy

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“I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.” – Irvin D. Yalom

“Music is therapy for me. It’s my outlet for every negative thing I’ve ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.”– Amy Lee

“Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client’s quality world.”- William Glasser

“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” –Graham Greene

“I’ve never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I’ve found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.”

– Brooke Shields

“I don’t think there’s anything better than talk therapy.“- Chris Pine

“I love therapy. I talk about it a lot because I feel like, especially among black people, it’s stigmatized.“- Nicole Byer

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Simple Sunday- Motivation

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“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”- Woodrow Wilson

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews