Vacation Activities

So, my vacation is well under way, and the work on the apartment is progressing. Today I finished conquering my kitchen. Refrigerator and cabinets re-organized, floors swept and mopped, everything is sparkling & happy. Ok, the kitchen is sparkling, and I'm happy. I also got a friend's birthday gift all wrapped up, decorating a brown kraft bag to something slightly prettier!  So here's a few snapshots of my results!

Oh yeah, Morgan helped!

What Are You Reading? Monday

Hello dudes and dolls!  Hope all of you are super-happy out there in blogger land!  I am, obviously, because I am on vacation until July 7th.  I wish I were spending it pool-side or at the beach instead of inside, cleaning house.  But, it needs to be done, now, doesn't it?

So what is everyone reading this week?

I am primarily working on The Last Honest Outlaw by Carol Finch.  My car book is Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen, and my audio is The Wedding Season by Darcy Cosper.  However, since this is vacation week, I won't be wandering around in the car much.  So what about you guys?

Mmmmm.....Bacon

Most everyone I know loves bacon. It's a versatile food. You can have it for breakfast, eat it in a sandwich, break it up in bits and put in a salad, mix it in a casserole, etc., etc.

But what about dessert? Oh sure, Iron Chef America's Cat Cora made Bacon Ice Cream on a 2006 episode. But that's TV and she's a famous chef. How about a bacon candy bar? No, I'm not kidding. Hubby and I were wandering around the candy section of World Market today. I really only wanted some Ferrero Rocher to go with a girlfriend's birthday present. But right there in front of me was Mo's Bacon Bar from Vosges.

What can I say? I had to do it! It's bacon. It's chocolate. Two of my great loves in life (not counting Del and the kitties), married together into delightful candy. And yet, the logical side of me says, "Now wait just a durn minute, missy! That ain't right!" No, I don't know why my logical side sounds like a coot from the Old West. Just leave it.

So, I bought it. I'm on vacation, and bacon chocolate sounded like a fun way to kick it off. The description on the packaging says:

applewood smoked bacon
alderwood smoked salt
deep milk chocolate

45% cacao

And the lady who came up with this idea isn't just some slacker like me who likes bacon and chocolate. Katrina Markoff graduated from Vanderbilt and then attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She's travelled the world studying international cuisine, and she eventually utilized her knowledge to start Vosges Haut-Chocolat.

I have to say, the candy was unique. Sweet and salty, with tasty bits of bacon. I tried one piece before starting this post, and have had 2 others in the meantime. There's just something oddly addicting about the salty-sweet goodness of it. My guest taster, Del, says "It was oddly good."

And now I want to share this odd goodness with my little bloggers. One of you will win a 3 oz. bar of Mo's Bacon Bar. Your task is to comment on a food that you wouldn't want to see mixed with chocolate. Get creative, people! A winner will be drawn at random 2 weeks from today on July 11th. Good luck!

The Myrtles Plantation by Frances Kermeen

I was fully prepared not to like this book. I attempted to read another "true story" of living in a haunted home. I couldn't finish the other book, it was filled with too much spiritual mumb-jumbo. But enough about that book!




The Myrtles Plantation read like a novel, which, for me, is the saving grace of non-fiction. I felt Frances' excitement at finding and buying the plantation. I was overjoyed with her when she opened The Myrtles up as an inn. And I felt her pain, fear and sorrow as the house took from her.



I'm not necessarily saying that I am a believer. Until the last year or so, I would say for certain that I didn't believe in ghosts, only demons. However, I've felt the possibility open up to me recently. But Kermeen does tell a good story. If half of what she saw really happened, I would worry about staying in the Myrtles!
 
My rating:4/5

I Just Won 3 Swag Bucks on www.swagbucks.com

I Just Won 3 Swag Bucks on www.swagbucks.com

Shared via AddThis