It's Pretty.........But COLD !

You can see from the photos that it's been a pretty day here in Northeast Arkansas. What you can't see is that it is flippin' cold out! ! The thermometer says 48 degrees, but I ain't buyin' it, or should I say, my feet ain't buyin' it. I have on a jacket and fuzzy slippers, and have a heavy cotton throw on my feet and legs and I am still freezing. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that my central heating unit is 26 years old, too. Just a wild guess. Just a random thought. Hubby has lived in these apartments since they were built in 1980, and this one has the original CH&A unit installed when they were built. It's obsolete, can't even buy new parts for it, but our skinflint landlord keeps the old units that give up the ghost to scavenge parts from to keep the others going as long as possible. My Mama used to say he was tighter than Dick's hatband. Whatever that means. I was told a slightly bawdy explanation once in reference to that old saying, but I am not sure of the origin of it. Anyway, our landlord is so tight he squeaks when he walks. Buh-dump-ump, ching...........

Moving on, you might have noticed another new link I added lately, keeplistening,jenny, per the mention made of same in a recent posting in this space. Meet Jenny and her family, at present living on the beautiful island of Roatan, located just off the coast of Honduras. Jenny, her husband and 2 boys spend part of their time in Texas, and part on Roatan living La Vida Loca. They are living by faith and growing in faith, as evidenced by her humorous, sometimes quirky, but always enlightening writing style. She has links to photos, as well as photos on her blog, of her family and the tropical island scenery. It is beautiful and exotic to me, here in landlocked Arkansas. Freezing, Arkansas. Land of the cold feet, Arkansas. SIGH.............................................................

I promised green eyed girl some recipes for my homemade biscuits and chocolate gravy, and I haven't forgotten. I don't have recipes for those, though, I just throw things together. So I will have to think on it and write them from scratch. Scratch. Recipes. Hee hee. Oh, okay, nevermind. I'm the only one who ever sees funny things in weird, oddball correlations, anyway. Don't feel bad for frowning and wondering, What? She thought THAT was funny? Strange............Doofus.................Lame................. Really, it's okay, LOL ;)

I made split pea soup with ham for supper, and I am going to make what we call in our family, panbread, to eat with it. I boiled a left-over hambone with a litlle ham left on it, then added the peas to cook in the broth. I need to pick off what meat is left on the bone and add back to the soup. I added a little butter and canned milk to the soup, too, and seasoned it with salt and pepper. It smells delicious. The pan bread is just buttermilk biscuit dough with an egg added, then cooked in an iron skillet like cornbread. Try it, you'll like it.

I need to go make the panbread now, and soon will be feasting on it and the split pea soup with ham. What's for victuals at your abode? Eating out? Carrying in? TV dinners? Call it an informal poll and shout back in the comments. What's the latest meal you had, or what is the next one?

Gotta go, the growling beast in my gut is restless. It knows the soup is injured, and is stalking it. I'll try to post again later, and add the recipes. Hope everyone is having a great Thursday. :)