I AM ON GOOGLE+

     Well, the word is out that Google Friend Connect will soon be a thing of the past. So like many others I have joined GOOGLE+. I still need to figure out more about it. Feel free to join my circles. Please let me know so I can follow back. I am also interested in hearing the views of those who have joined. Have you figured out a lot about it as yet?  Take care and have a wonderful week.

I AM CELEBRATING!

       Well, we are now in the month of December and that means Christmas is near and Hip, Hip, Hooray, the hurricane season is over for this year. The hurricane season is from June 1 - November 30 in my part of the world. 
      Janine and I faced the weather conditions of storms and hurricanes while we were together and I am yet to experience one without her. The first and worst hurricane that we experienced was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. In an earlier post titled FACING WILD WINDS TOGETHER I shared this experience.
       I hope today you have several reasons to celebrate!

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Creative Thursday is a hop where you can add all of your creative posts.Hosted by Clairejustineoxox and JUDY H-J'S THOUGHTS - A TWINLESS TWIN it is a hop to share fun things you have been doing.Over the next few weeks our theme will be Christmas but as usual you can link any creative posts to the hop.So one question, what has gotten you creative this week?
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DECORATING WITH CHRISTMAS CARDS
     Over the years Janine and I received many Christmas cards and we always used them to decorate our home. These days I receive several Christmas cards via the internet. Those that I get through the post I still use to decorate areas of our home. Do you still get many Christmas cards in the post? If so, how do you use them to decorate areas in your home? Now I mainly place them on the bookshelf in my room or on tables in our living-room. Below are pictures that Janine and I took beside our Christmas card decorations.

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BEAUTIFUL BIRDS & WONDERFUL MEMORIES

    I would like to express special thanks to The Belly Dancer who has 2 wonderful Blogs, My Life Through Pictures and Happy Accidents, for sharing this beautiful peacock mosaic with me.  I am a big bird enthusiast and was so happy to see it on my Facebook Page. It brought back wonderful memories of the day when my twin and I went to Portland on a birthday celebration and saw some  peacocks on the hotel's lawn.   

WE WERE SO CLOSE

      Thanksgiving Day was not celebrated as a national holiday in Jamaica but it turned out to be a special day for me.  I got a chance to talk to some relatives living in the U.S.A. and saw some wonderful Thanksgiving Blog Posts as well as interacted with Bloggers.
      At one point I went to one of my email accounts and a particular email caught my eye as the subject area had the name of someone whom I recalled was one of Janine's pen-pals.  I got connected to the internet after Janine's death so we did not have an email address at the time.  Janine and I were very close and had the same friends but only shared a few pen-pals. Nevertheless we would tell each other about our pen-pals and their countries so I knew about her pals. Happily I now communicate with several of her pen-pals and I am so pleased that I have linked up with yet another, Allyson from Wisconsin.
      I know that Janine would be so happy about this.  She is no longer physically here but things keep happening to make me always remember that I am not left alone in the world.
      This is my message to everyone:

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CREATIVE THURSDAY BLOG HOP

Welcome to Creative Thursday, a hop where you can add all of your creative posts.Hosted by Clairejustineoxox and JUDY H-J'S THOUGHTS we invite you to share some fun things you have been doing.


This week I came up with a great idea that we could share pictures of decorations, recipes, and anything to do with Thanksgiving.Also you can link anything else that has gotten you creative this week.The hop is open till next Wednesday so plenty of time to come back and link up and we always welcome new theme ideas.

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     I am sending Happy Thanksgiving greetings all the way from Jamaica to everyone in the U.S.A.  I have many relatives, friends and pen-pals living there. Over the years Janine and I learnt how  special this holiday is. I have also been seeing a wide range of wonderful posts about it on Blogs.  Turkey is a very important part of the meal for many and some Jamaicans have turkey at Christmas time. Well, I had a look in the book Caribbean Cookery by Winifred Grey and saw this recipe:


                                                    TURKEY  A LA KING
1/4 cup mushrooms
2 tablespoons fat
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Worcester sauce
1 cup milk
1 small green pepper
1/4 cup stuffed olives
1 cup diced cooked turkey
3 slices hot toast
flour to thicken
Cook the mushrooms in fat for 5 minutes and add the flour, salt and Worcester sauce; blend and add the milk and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.  Chop the green pepper, slice the stuffed olives and add with the turkey to the hot sauce.  Heat up and serve on hot toast. ( Serves 3)

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WE LOVE PLANTAINS!

      Janine and I have always been big fans of plantains.  Our mom loves them even more. Plantains belong to the banana family and are palatable when cooked. Over the years my family and I have enjoyed them roasted, boiled, baked and fried. However these days we have them fried on most weekdays  and baked on Sundays along with our lunch. They are also a must as part of every holiday meal.

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FRIED PLANTAINS

        When we bake or fry our plantains we do not add sugar but some recipes include it. We use coconut oil for baking and frying them.          

GOT TO BE STRONG!

     

         At times life dishes up all sorts of challenges and the future does not look bright but we must never give up. I  love this quotation:-"YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL BEING STRONG IS THE ONLY CHOICE YOU HAVE."   Fight on and work towards having a brighter day.

  

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