Happy Cinco de Mayo & National Hoagie Day & National Teacher's Day

Since it's Cinco de Mayo, it really is Taco Tuesday!  Just found this Taco Sloppy Joe recipe on Recipes That Crock.  It's made on the stove, not in the crockpot.

If you don't prefer tacos, have a hoagie to celebrate.

Be sure to thank a teacher, the ones working remotely with students and the ones working at home with their inmates.

John 14:26  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Amanda said:  Today is National Hoagie Day, but since it is also Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Mayo, we are joining the Mexican state of Puebla and celebrating Zaragoza's unlikely victory at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 with a taco dinner. We created our hoagies and will build them with actual ingredients to enjoy eating this weekend
          

It's National Peach Cobbler Day & Scrabble Day & Thomas Jefferson Day.

It's National Peach Cobbler Day & Scrabble Day & Thomas Jefferson Day.

Do you like cobblers?  They seem pretty easy to make.  Recipes That Crock has an easy peach cobbler recipe to try.  If you don't want to make cobbler in the crockpot, Lil' Luna has an easy peach cobbler recipe that bakes in the oven and sounds yummy.  

It's Scrabble Day.  That would include playing Take Two (aka Bananagrams) as well as Scrabble.  There are also all kinds of word games online.  What's your favorite word game?  Take some time to play with letters today.

Thomas Jefferson was quite an accomplished man who had many interests.  Do you use any of his inventions?  Let's celebrate his life by sharing some of the things he did, invented, etc.  Please share a trivia fact about Thomas Jefferson.

Matthew 7:24  Jesus said, "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."

Katherine & Forrest game night

Matt & Cat game night

Happy Saint Patrick's Day & National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day

How much green can you fit into today?  Share your ideas in the comments below.
Here are some general suggestions.

• Wear green clothes (as daughter, Katherine, demonstrates below)
• Eat green foods
• Watch movies or read books with "Green" in the title
• "Go green" is popular and I guess many of us are as work & schools are closed

And remember Kermit the Frog's advice - it ain't easy being green.

I like corned beef and cabbage, but not using corned beef brisket.  I like canned corned beef.  The biggest downside is it does make the whole house smell like cabbage if you cook it in the crockpot.  When I make corned beef and cabbage, I use canned corned beef and Cole Slaw mix.  It's even easier than the easy recipe from Recipes That Crock, Crockpot Ham and Cabbage.  You can substitute corned beef for ham cubes.  They have another cabbage recipe that includes a 38 oz undrained can of Italian cut green beans.  I would add the green beans to the recipe linked above.  Their recipe is low carb but you can also add diced potatoes to the mix.  Yum!

Meditate on Psalm 23:2 today:  He makes me lie down in green pastures...

Happy National Cherry Pie Day and Clean Out Your Bookcase Day

It is not only National Cherry Pie Day; it is National Cherry Month.  Cherry pie is yummy but fresh cherries are just as yummy.  Pillsbury has an easy cherry pie recipe if you want to make one yourself.  If you don't want to make a whole pie , Mom Spark has a great mini-tortilla cherry pie recipe that's super easy to make.  Not pie, but Recipes That Crock has an easy cherry cake-type dessert called Cherry Delight (who can resist that).  Cherry dessert options galore!

This is the day to pull all your books (and other things) off the shelves, dust, then rearrange them.  One third of my bookcase shelves are nail polish related items which I regularly enjoy taking down, re-swatching, and rearranging in a different way.  There are 3 shelves of books and 3 shelves with craft items.  (I have 2 tall bookcases.)  Most of my books are on my Kindle Fire so I will also take some time to re-evaluate the books I have on that "shelf."  I use my Kindle practically every day.  I like the Fire because it has audio and it reads to me as I drive back and forth to work.  It's so nice to have all my books at my fingertips whenever I want them.  And what a bonus that it always opens to where I stopped.  No more accidentally pulling the bookmark out and losing my place.  We used to pack a box of books to take on vacation and I always had a few in my suitcase and one in my purse because you never know what type of book you'll be in the mood to read.  Now travel is so much easier and lighter!  This may be one of my favorite days and my favorite ways to celebrate.  I do enjoy organizing things and as you can see from the picture below, I have my work cut out for me!  Good thing my work is closing at 1 pm (it's supposed to snow) today.

What's on your bookcase?

Joshua 1:8  Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.  Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Happy National Tortellini Day & National Cheddar Day & Kiss Day

The story on nationaltoday.com is that "the Goddess Venus had come to stay at a tavern in Bologna, Italy.  The owner, trying to spy on her through the keyhole, was only able to see her navel.  He was so inspired by the sight that he rushed to his kitchen and created the navel-shaped pasta we call tortellini."  Tortellini is good with butter & cheese, tomato sauce, and in soups.  Recipes That Crock has a yummy tortellini soup recipe and other tortellini recipes if you want it as pasta.  Enjoy some today.

Who doesn't like cheddar cheese?  It's great on sandwiches, as cheese toast, in mac & cheese, on taco salad, and in broccoli cheese soup.  (I must want soup.)  Wholesome Yum has a good broccoli cheese soup recipe.

It's Kiss Day (not the band).  Do some smooching with your honey and hand out chocolate kisses to your friends.