I WON THE PRIZE!

I had to do a post and tell you about my prize.  The lady in the picture is Balisha, my friend from Never Enough Time blogspot. Check out her blog!  Balisha is a poet, gardener, writer, and artist among many other things.  She is one talented lady.  Balisha is my friend and one of my favorite bloggers.  We tease each other about posts, my recipes on Southern Lady Cooks, (she didn’t think there was such a thing as chocolate gravy!), and e-mail jokes to each other.

Balisha recently did a post saying she was going to do a give-a-way at her place and it would be something she made. I know how talented she is and was hoping and hoping I could win her prize.  She put a piece of paper in a container for every comment and on her 1000th post, she drew out the winning name.  She posted the winner yesterday. I WON!

I am so excited and can’t wait to receive this item in the mail.  I am posting a picture below for you to see!  I just love her painting on slate. I will love and cherish it forever and give it a special place.

                                                                                                                                

I have not posted on here for a while. I just can’t seem to keep up with both blogs like I used to.  The Southern Lady Cooks Facebook page now has 1140 people and grows a little every day.  If you are not on Facebook, you would have fun here.  We discuss everything from aprons to St. Patrick’s Day!

I had to tell you about my prize and how excited I am. Hope everyone is doing great and spring is near at your place. I am so ready for warm days and some sun on my face!

(Note: You can click on the picture of my prize to see all the little details Balisha added!)

SECRETARIAT!

It has been a while since I have done a post on this blog.  I am having a hard time posting here and on The Southern Lady Cooks, too.  The fan page on Facebook now has 813 fans so it keeps me busy writing blog posts, cooking, getting new recipes together and posting both places.  I love to cook and I enjoy the Facebook page so I spend more time there these days.  So whether you like to cook or not, there are lots of good articles on the cooking blog and things to comment on. Today,  we are doing funny food stories over there, so click on the link above and tell your story and read the comments of some of my readers.

Anyway, I checked my friend Balisha’s blog this morning, Never Enough Time, and she has a post about the movie, Secretariat.  I have wanted to see this movie since it came out.  I had it on my Netflix list for months and behold it came today!  I watched it the minute I got it.

If you have not seen this movie be sure and watch it.  It is a wonderful movie.  I could watch it again right now and I just saw it today!  A lot of the scenes are filmed in Kentucky and several people I know were extras and such.  The scene where the horse runs the Belmont was filmed at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington about 30 minutes away from my house. I know you are going to love it.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

Someone sent me this in an e-mail.  I wanted to put it on here so that everytime I feel down or depressed or upset about something, I can come over here and look at this post!

LIFE ISN’T ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE THE STORM, BUT HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN!