Purple Haze Martini for Friday's Happy Hour

This week we have DeKuyper's Purple Haze for Friday's Happy Hour.  I've been on a grape kick for a while, and this recipe was as good as it sounded.  I love purple drinks.  They look like a kids drink, but have the fun of a cocktail.

Dekuyper's Purple Haze

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz Dekuyper Grape Pucker

1 1/2 oz Vodka

splash of sweet and sour

splash of lemon lime soda

Directions:

Pour all ingredients into an ice filled martini shaker.

Shake until well chilled

Pour into chilled martini glasses.

Enjoy your Purple Haze Martini for your Friday's Happy Hour.

Enjoy!!!

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Free Craftsy Classes in November

There will be two new Free Craftsy classes in November, and I just wanted to let you know about them.  I love all of the Craftsy classes, and if you haven't tried them yet, this is a great way to try them risk free.  You will just need to click on the links below sign in and sign up for the class.  It is pretty simple and their online classes are amazing.  They are offering a free Quilting class and a free Photography Portrait class, just in time for Christmas.

Learn How To Take Professional Family Portraits with Craftsy for FREE!

Learn How To Piece, Patch, Quilt with Craftsy for FREE!

Also,  while you are in their website, there is a whole slew of free mini classes.  Check them out also.  Let me know if you sign up for any of the classes and how you like them.  I am signing up for the Portrait class.  Even though I have taken lots of Photography, another class will never hurt.

Have a great day.

Debi

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Proscuitto-Stuffed Chicken Bake

Today I am sharing a delicious recipe for Proscuitto-Stuffed Chicken Bake that I got from The Better Homes and Gardens Make Ahead Recipes 2013.  I made it several weeks ago and it was really delicious.  I did make some changes to the recipe since my hubby can not eat cheese.  I just added some parmesan after for myself, and it was delicious.

So here it is, a super tasty recipe for Proscuitto-Stuffed Chicken Bake.

Proscuitto-Stuffed Chicken Bake

Ingredients:

8 boneless skinless chicken thighs

8 slices proscuitto

2 8.8 oz packages cooked long grain and wild rice

1 8.8 oz package cooked white rice

1/4 cup butter

1 cup sliced green onions (about 8)

1/4 cup flour

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

2 cups milk

1 cup chopped fresh asparagus

3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/4 cup dry white wine

3/4 cup panko

1/3 tsp dried Italian seasonings

Directions:

Spray a 3 qt or 9 x13 casserole dish with non stick cooking spray.  

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl mix all rice pouches together and then lay over the bottom of the casserole dish.

Put a slice of proscuitto in center of each chicken thigh and then fold in half.  Then lay chicken on top of the rice.

Cover casserole dish with foil and then bake in oven for 30 minutes.

Next, using a medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat until melted.

Add green onions and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.

Next stir in flour and pepper, until smooth.

Then add milk all at once and heat until thickened and bubbly.

Stir in asparagus, 1/2 cup cheese, and wine.  Cook until heated through and cheese is melted.

Mix 1/4 cup cheese, panko, and italian seasonings.

Pull casserole dish out of the oven and pour sauce over the chicken and rice.  Then sprinkle with the panko.

Put back in oven and cook another 30 minutes uncovered.

Makes 8 servings.

This was so good and it made a huge amount of food.  Since it was just David and I eating, I froze the rest for another meal.  I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did.

Enjoy,

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Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 65

We would like to thank all of you for your patience, kindness, and encouragement over the last few months.  We can not tell you how much we appreciate all of your support.  This is the first party we have hand in a while and we are so happy to see you here.

We want to thank everyone who shared with Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 64.  We love seeing all of your posts.

Welcome to Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 65.

Now for this weeks featured bloggers.

Featured Bloggers from Blog Hop 63

1.  S'mores Martini from Juggling Food Family and Chaos from Jodie Fitz

2.  Soft Pink Paper Roses & Chippy White Paint from The Porcelain Rose

3.  10 Things I've Learned from Oh Mrs. Tucker!

4.  Fashion Friday: Floral Skirt from What Makes Up My Life

5.  Miley Cyrus and Identity from Choose To Trust

6.  Homemade Granola from The Crunchy Moose

7.  The Moose's 1st Birthday Cake from The Crunchy Moose

8.  How do you Deal With Thunderstorms? from Lia Sophia Tomgirl

So on to this weeks party.

We hope you have fun at this week's party.  We always love hearing from you, so leave your comments.

Now let's party

Have a great week.

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Feeling God's Presence - Acts 2:1 - 2:4

Today I wanted to talk about feeling God's presence.  I love it when I feel God in a room with me.  When I get those little goose bumps on my body, and I know God is standing right beside me, it makes me so happy.  Actually, what I feel is that he is covering me with his presence.  I feel his presence at different times and in different places, but one of the places I feel him the most is at church.  I think because so many of us are praying and worshiping together I feel his presence even more.  It never surprises me, but to this day I get so very excited when I feel him.  I always know he is with me, but when I feel him I feel so loved.

I can only imagine the first time the disciples first felt God.  Acts 2:1 - 2:4 describes the first time that the disciples felt the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues.  It must have been amazing for these men and women to feel God's presence, and I guess I don't have to imagine it, because I remember my first time.  It was a truly amazing feeling.

So today, I wanted to share Acts 2:1 - 2:4.  

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:1 - 2:4

I know that I have been absent for a while,  I needed a little family time, but will start posting more regularly.  I can not tell all of you how much I appreciate your emails and support over the last few months.

Have a Blessed Day!!!
Debi

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Adorned From Above Update

Hi Everyone,

I want to thank all of you for your emails and messages regarding Charly and the baby.  She has not had the baby yet, but everything is okay.  There were apparently some problems last winter, and a baby was lost and another beautiful baby was conceived, and no one realized it.  We are still waiting, but it should be soon.  Once she has her I will let everyone know.

I know that I have taken a break from blogging for a while, but starting on Monday there will be new posts and parties.  I have been a little preoccupied for the last few months, but I am back.  Right now it will be just me, but Charly may join me again in the future, we will just have to wait and see.  I have actually been cooking and sewing quite a bit over the last few months, so I have quite a bit to share with all of you, and I am really excited to have new material for you. 

I have really missed all of you, and I have also missed not only my parties, but all of yours.  I can't wait to see all of the new posts from everyone.  Tuesday's Adorned From Above Link Party will go live at 8PM mountain time, and Monday there will be some new Bible Verses.  Thursday I have a recipe for Pruscuitto Stuffed Baked Chicken, and on Friday I will be sharing a recipe for a Purple Haze Martini.  I hope you will stop by and check out my new posts.

I look forward to seeing and hearing from all of you again.

Much Love,

Debi

1 Corinthians 2:5

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:5

I thought that this verse was so beautiful when I read it.  I hope you find it as beautiful as I did.

Debi

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Brownie Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes

I made these delicious and super easy Brownie Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes a few weeks ago.  You will be amazed and how simple they are to make, and your family will love them.

Brownie Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Brownie Mix (and ingredients to make them from box)

Ice cream of you choice

chocolate sauce

Directions:

Preheat oven according to directions on the package and put 24 muffin liners in muffin pans and spray with non stick cooking spray

Mix brownies according to the directions on the package. 

Put approximately 2 TB brownie mixture into each muffin cup.  It should fill muffin cup about 1 inch.

Bake brownies for 8 to 10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Remove brownies from muffin pan and let cook on a rack. 

One the brownies have completely cooled, add a scoop of ice cream to each muffin cup.

Drizzle chocolate sauce over each muffin cup and put in a tray in your freezer.

This was so easy and so good.  Everyone loved them, and so did I.  I hope you like them also.

Enjoy!!!

Debi

Wednesday's Adorned From Above Link Party 64

So still no baby.  Charly's due date was changed.  she is still overdue, but not as badly as before.  We are not as worried.  We would appreciate prayers for her for a healthy delivery and a healthy baby.

We want to thank everyone who shared with Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 63.  We love seeing all of your posts.

Welcome to Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 64.

We want to thank Angie from God's Growing Garden for co-hosting the last party with Charly and me.

Now for this weeks featured bloggers.

Featured Bloggers from Blog Hop 63

1.  Peaches and Cream Cake from Picture Perfect Cooking

2.  Walking by Faith from My Life As An Adventure

3.  Quilted Patchwork Tablet Case from Sew Paint It

4.  Back to Schools Supplies Cake from Erin's 2 Cents

5.  Back to School: How to Make Friends from One Creative Mommy

6.  How To DIY Pedicure from A Mother's Shadow

7.  DIY Adjustable Silver Bracelets Anyone Can Make from Crafts a la Mode

8.  DIY Belt Organization from Vintage Zest

9.  How Much Money Do Bloggers Really Make from Beauty Through Imperfection

So on to this weeks party.

We hope you have fun at this week's party.  We always love hearing from you, so leave your comments.

Now let's party

Have a great week.

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Waking Up In Heaven - Book Review

Waking Up In Heaven by Crystal McVea at Barnes and Noble

Today, I am reviewing Waking Up In Heaven by Crystal McVea.  My friend Karen had suggested a few books for me to read last week and this was one of them.  Crystal McVea's autobiography is one of the most beautiful stories that I have read in a long time.  Her description of Heaven is so beautiful, and her life story is a story of how beautiful God's Grace truly is in our lives.  

Here is the editor's summary of the book:

On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea, a thirty-two-year-old mother of four, stopped breathing. Her face turned a dark shade of blue, then black. Her mother screamed for help, and a nurse tried to revive her . . . to no avail. Today, Crystal does not remember what happened in that hospital room during the nine minutes she was unconscious and unable to breathe on her own. She has no memory of the panic and the rushing nurses and the loud cries of “Code Blue.” She simply remembers drifting off. 

And she remembers waking up in heaven. For most of Crystal’s broken life, she felt utterly beyond the reach of God— if God was even real. Then came December 10—and the nine minutes that changed everything. Waking Up in Heaven invites readers along on a journey to witness the relentless pursuit of God in a life that was shattered and seemingly beyond hope, an awe-inspiring account of love, forgiveness, and redemption, and the healing power of God’s presence. 

And that is why I want to share my story with the world. Because I was a skeptic and a sinner, and I didn’t believe in God or in heaven. But God is real. Heaven is real. And God’s love for us is the realest thing of all.

I have really enjoyed reading this book, and I hope you take a chance and read it also.  It's a really fast read.  I read it in just a few days, but I know Karen and her sister read it in a night.

Have a Blessed Day.

Debi

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Wednesday's Adorned From Above Link Party

Hi Everyone. 

Sorry, but there will be no party again this week.  We will get back to normal soon, but Charly is in labor, a very, very late labor, so I am concentrating on her for right now.

We could use all of your prayers.  She has been in labor since Sunday and her contractions are still 30 minutes apart.  She sees the doctor tomorrow.  Hopefully, her little girl decides to enter this world before then.

We love and appreciate all of you.

Debi and Charly

Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 63

We want to thank everyone who shared with Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 62.  We love seeing all of your posts.

Charly hasn't had the baby yet.  She is two weeks past her due date tomorrow.  My poor baby just moved on Sunday, so at least she can bring their baby home to their new home, after she arrives.

Welcome to Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 63.

This week Angie from God's Growing Garden is co-hosting with Charly and me.  I would love to have all of you follow her if you don't already.  She has a great blog and also has a party called The Great Blog Train and they are looking for more hosts.  So head over and introduce yourself.  You'll make a great new friend.

Now for this weeks featured bloggers.

Featured Bloggers from Blog Hop 62

1.  Finished: The Scary Washroom Makeover for $170 from The Learner Observer

2.  School Clothes on a Budget from The 5th Brick House on the Right

3.  Mushroom Delight: Tempura

4.  Peanut Butter Brownie Chex Mix from Jo and Sue

5.  Oreo Trifle from My Recipe Magic

6.  We All Need Something Sweet - S'more Cookies from Running Away? I'll Help You Pack

7.  Pillowcase Tip from Etcetorize

8.  White Wine Sangria from The Pin Junkie

So on to this weeks party.

We hope you have fun at this week's party.  We always love hearing from you, so leave your comments.

Now let's party

Have a great week.

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Marriage 5 - Ephesians 5:28

Charly and Ryan were married several weeks ago in our back yard and it was so beautiful.  I read this verse today and it made me think of them.  You can see how much he loves her when he looks at her.  It is a beautiful thing for a mom to see.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 

Ephesians 5:28

Jesus loved us so much that he gave his life for us that day on the cross.  My most fervent prayer is that the men in our lives love us the way Christ loved all of us.

Have a blessed day.

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Purple People Eater Cocktail for Friday's Happy Hour

Today we have a Purple People Eater for Friday's Happy Hour.  I loved the name of it and thought it sounded like a fun drink.  I got the recipe from the DeKuyper Website for this Purple People Eater.  It is a really easy recipe and tastes delicious.  Here you go a great new recipe for cocktails this weekend.

Purple People Eater

Ingredients:

3 oz DeKuyper Grape Pucker Schnapps

1 oz rum

Splash lemon Lime Soda

Directions:

Put ice in a glass.

 Pour grape pucker, rum, and soda over the ice.

Stir.

Enjoy your evening!!!

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Grands Jr Mac N Cheese Pies

I made these delicious Grands Jr Mac N Cheese Pies and they were delicious.  I got the recipe from Pillsbury Easy Back To School Recipes Magazine.  It is packed full of great and easy recipes.  I am such a sucker for the magazines at the check out counters at the grocery store, and this magazine has not let me down.  Everyone went nuts over them.

Grands Jr Mac N Cheese Pies

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni

1 can 12 oz Pillsbury Grands Jr Honey Butter refrigerated biscuits

3/4 cup Pace Salsa con Queso Dip

Directions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

In a 2 qt saucepan, cook macaroni as directed on the package.

Meanwhile, separate dough into 10 biscuits.  

Press 1 biscuits in 10 ungreased muffin cups, firmly pressing dough to cover bottom and side of muffin cups.  Form 1/4 inch over edge of the cup.

Once noodles are done cooked drain them and add the cheese dip and stir well.

Then spoon the macaroni and cheese into each of the muffin cups.

Bake for 14 to 18 minutes.  Mine only took 14 minutes.

I hope you enjoy these as much as everyone here did.  These Grands Jr Mac n Cheese Pies are delicious.

Enjoy!!!

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