Queenies Little Kingdom

I’m happy that I live in America! I consider it a privilege! It always bothers me when I see someone show disrespect towards the USA. Like in school….when we do the morning pledge, students feel no honor in participating and most of them wouldn’t utter one word of the pledge if you forced them to. They don’t have to be jubilent and excited to say it (don’t get me wrong). I just hate the attitude that is behind why most of them don’t. Which is….a terribly distorted idealism of what they believe is their country. It’s a sad thing. Somewhere, somehow they have been engrained with a hatred for anything that has to do with America….AND THEY’RE AMERICANS!!!!

Maybe I’m a little sensitive. I don’t know. But what I do know is that in this country I am free to be me. I have the right to do most everything I could possibly dream up. I can marry and have as many children as I can afford to feed (boy or girl). I can own a home and a car….clothes and shoes. I can work and retire when I’m too old to do it anymore. I can own a Bible and go to church without having to hide in secret. I can sleep at night not worrying about being bombed or burned out. There are so many things that I as an American do not have to worry about. Why? Because of the country that I live in.

I am free to be me…..and so are you! Be thankful to be an American.

HAPPY 4TH of JULY!!!

I am all about taking it easy in the kitchen. Especially in the summer. It’s just too hot to be cooking heavy difficult meals. But…every once in a while I get down to it and cook like the good Lord intended me to. Bumpkin style! Ya know….something that requires gravy. 🙂

I find “my peeps” hard to please at times. But these recipes are tried and true. My family will actually eat them AND enjoy it. So here goes..

Summer Salad

Baby garden blend lettuces
Strawberries (sliced thin)
Pecans (crumbled)
Feta Cheese (crumbled)
Poppy seed dressing ( I use Brianna’s from the grocery)

Mix….drizzle…..Enjoy! It’s so yummy!

Chicken Salad

2 large cans chicken ( I use Walmart brand)
Dried Cranberries (as many as you like)
Walnuts (chopped)
Mayo (as needed)
Dash salt & pepper

Mix…..eat on bread, croissants or crackers! People will rave about it!

Breakfast Burrito’s

1 lb. Mild pork sausage (fried and crumbled)
4-6 eggs scrambled (not dried out)
Cheese of choice (I use a fiesta blend mixture)
package of flour tortilla shells (I use the smaller size)

After draining the cooked sausage….mix 1/2 of it into the scrambled eggs and cheese while cooking. This makes them marry together well. {save the other 1/2 of sausage in baggie…for quicker burrito’s the next day!}
Heat your tortilla’s in the oven @ 350 for a minute. Add your egg/sausage/cheese and any salsa or other ingredients. Really enjoy.
These are great for rushed mornings…..they roll up and travel well out the door. Good for eating “on the way”. 🙂

Hope you find something you like. Food is one of the ways we show our love. Why not make it the best?!

How many kings would die for you? How many would step down from their thrones? How many Father’s would give up their sons?

This song is so beautiful! The words are a sweet reminder of WHO loves me enough to do just that. Die for me.
Thank you, Jesus!

After this past week….if you aren’t shaken back to the reality of impending death then you should be. None of us are guaranteed another tomorrow. Are you ready? Have you made the necessary preparations for eternity? Now’s the time.

As we remember these faces that touched and entertained us in so many ways… may we also understand the fragility of life.

Trust Him. Make Him Lord in your life. Live abundantly. Know peace.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6