Breakfast for today!

Breakfast for today, Friday October 1-2010!

Migas is one of those dishes traditionally made by each household to utilize the leftover tortillas after the day is done. The following day those tortillas were usually a bit hardened which made for perfect "Leftover bits" or as we called them around our house...Migas

My recipe for migas:

1. Four corn tortillas diced..

2. chopped onion as desired

3. chopped cilantro as desired

4. jalapeno peppers diced to taste...

5. olive oil to grill all ingredients

6. four eggs

7. Sometime I'll grill and add some Italian sausage or chopped ham or bacon...

8. cheese of your choice (as much or little as you like)

9. salt/pepper to taste

In a pan place some oil...start out with small amount and add as needed. When oil is hot add tortillas, onion peppers and grill as much or little as you like. (Prefer mine crisp) next add eggs, cilantro, pepper, salt to taste. Last add crumbled cheese. Sometime I'll use mozzarella, other times I'll add some goat cheese or just cheddar whichever is in my fridge...



Hot coup of coffee and you're set.

Enjoy
(Migas are a traditional dish in Spanish cuisine. Originally eaten as a breakfast that made use of leftover bread or tortillas, today migas are a fashionable first course served for lunch and dinner in restaurants in Spain.^[1] Some historical sources associate the origins of this dish to North African couscous.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migas

The ingredients of migas vary across the provinces of Spain. In Extremadura, this dish includes day-old bread soaked in water, garlic, pimentón, olive oil, and contains spinach or alfalfa; often served with pan-fried pork ribs.^[2][3] In Teruel, Aragon, the migas include chorizo and bacon, and are often served with grapes.^[4]

Hope you'll have a great Friday

Y

Cooking today....

Friday's dish....

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3. Bring your appetite. You'll enjoy it very much!!



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Enjoy.....

Conversation....How?

Conversation....How?

Have you ever fpound yourself in the situation when your mind is blank and devoid of all thoughts? or have you found yourself trapped in that familiar social horror: being faced with a complete stranger and wanting more than anything to break the silence which stretches out awkwardly between you. In these situations, you need some sure-fire fallbacks guaranteed to break the ice and start a conversation.

What's your body language saying?



Pay attention to the messages you're sending out with your body. Are you frowning at the room in general with folded arms? Are you standing rigidly with a pasted-on smile, looking like you're frozen to the spot? If so, you're sending out very clear signals which warn people to steer clear of you because you're just not interested in engaging with them.



Take a deep breath, unclench your fists, relax your body and smile broadly. Move around the room, starting with the most approachable people. Make sure that your body language states that you are interested and relaxed and here to meet people. Make plenty of eye contact as you smile - these are the keys to making a stranger feel relaxed and welcome as they approach you. Positive body language substantially reduces the risk of rejection when mingling with strangers - if you're relaxed and smiling, even shy people are more likely to feel comfortable enough to come right up and start chatting.


Polish up your conversational style

One of the best conversation tips we can give you is to be a good listener -

pay very close attention to how the other person responds and steet away

from the conversation topics that fail to get their enthusiasm.

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Only you...

Malo/Suavecito

I do hope you enjoy the selection....

Y



A new day...or is it?

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When the light shines over the horizon....

A new day usually is announced when the light shines over the horizon...But what kind of day? One thinks of light and new day as a natural consequence of the rhythm of time and life. Today is no exception though...

For the sake of discussion, it must be settled as the only logical explanation for what's happened in the face of relentless chaos in one's life. A new day approaches and a new hope brings the idea of re-new energy as only hope can provide.

My energy comes in various forms-today; it may as well be an image but when I look out the window and contemplate such a fine figure...I know things will be all 'right!

As he stood out in the front deck, (Seemingly in his own world) surveying the area for some remodeling we've planned before Winter arrives; I thought of a younger man whose only perspective and goal was the love for his family...He stood and I watched him proudly for a while; and a while longer indeed!

We derive strength from each other. He's the tower while I consider myself the re-enforcing steel holding the tower in-place...and, I think...in fact I know he feels same. This is where our team becomes one...The power to understand and complement each other. Just a light announces a new day we announce each other's presence. As we should!!!....

Let's....

Have a great week

Y

Its Friday....

The idea of writing my blog is not one I look forward to...yet it provides me the opportunity to un-wind, release some frustration and escape into my books and thoughts as no other medium can provide...




Once the intellect and powers of reason fail, cognition overtake us in a most devastating way it seems not possible to recognize those who at one very crucial time of our lives provided shelter food and the protection we all desire for basic survival needs.



It is my intention to enjoy every minute detail of our lives ahead...savoring every morsel of sanity for that which we cannot control will soon overtakes us in a unrecognizable manner...the smells of coffee early in the morning; eggs prepared so basically seems to acquire new meaning when seen from the eyes of someone who's powers of reason are less than optimum....



What is there to wait and hope for? but the joy of today's events...and sometimes even such are rarely continued in a logical order...

eggs ready to be enjoyed....

or maybe some grilled onions just harvested this morning from the garden...the red kind, of course...mixed with some mushrooms and perhaps garlic from the garden also....

And one more item...the sounds of rain!! especially in this part of Texas during the month of mid-July...wow! a rare combination when served @ the Veranda by the garden where the daisies bordered each of the flower beds.....I'm in heaven!!

I do hope everyone has a beautiful and pleasant wekend..Ricky, cheers my buddy! hugs to Laura...

I shall be waiting...and to Julia, I am waiting for you to start your blog my dear one!!

Yoli

 

"Wanna go home"

For Ricky & Laura

Thinking about you guys...we all are, you'll came in like a ray of sunshine.....lifted our spirts so high and now you're going home..

We'll be waiting...



We'll have the biggest BBQ when you come home....

Y

What a week!!

What a week THIS WILL BE!! it is just Monday and already feels as if today was Wed or Thursday...taking care of Mom and Dad certainly is a handful; between Dr. appts picking up prescriptions for both doing their grocery, shopping, laundry and just daily chores this morning feels as though a vacation is needed...It makes me wonder how did Mom ever managed with five children a demanding husband, keeping up with the house and ...did she ever had anytime to herself?

I need to get back to my garden for I fear the weeds and grass may take over the few vegetables and all our work be for nothing...Does anybody else feels the same? maybe is just me and need to manage time wisely....Oh well!

Tomorrow will be better..I hope

LISTEN



Starfish

by Eleanor Lerman



This is what life does. It lets you walk up to

the store to buy breakfast and the paper, on a

stiff knee. It lets you choose the way you have

your eggs, your coffee. Then it sits a fisherman

down beside you at the counter who says, Last night

the channel was full of starfish. And you wonder,

is this a message, finally, or just another day?



Life lets you take the dog for a walk down to the

pond, where whole generations of biological

processes are boiling beneath the mud. Reeds

speak to you of the natural world: they whisper,

they sing. And herons pass by. Are you old

enough to appreciate the moment? Too old?

There is movement beneath the water, but it

may be nothing. There may be nothing going on.



And then life suggests that you remember the

years you ran around, the years you developed

a shocking lifestyle, advocated careless abandon,

owned a chilly heart. Upon reflection, you are

genuinely surprised to find how quiet you have

become. And then life lets you go home to think

about all this. Which you do, for quite a long time.



Later, you wake up beside your old love, the one

who never had any conditions, the one who waited

you out. This is life's way of letting you know that

you are lucky. (It won't give you smart or brave,

so you'll have to settle for lucky.) Because you

stopped when you should have started again.



So life lets you have a sandwich, and pie for your

late night dessert. (Pie for the dog, as well.) And

then life sends you back to bed, to dreamland,

while outside, the starfish drift through the channel,

with smiles on their starry faces as they head

out to deep water, to the far and boundless sea.



"Starfish" by Eleanor Lerman, from Our Post-Soviet History Unfolds. © Sarabande Books, 2005. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)



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From the sunroom area...

Today is a good day...

For Ricky and Laura is the following selection; one I'm sure both will find pleasing since they're going home and surely wish them the best and a happy return very soon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG8o0y-W5Ko&feature=related


On to another event was the tea for all us prior to their leaving...one we all enjoyed held at our house and we certainly had a great time...

Wishing both the best and a happy return soon...

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"Que soledad siento en la gran ciudad"

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Que soledad siento en la gran ciudad.

Rodeado de grandes edificios y construcciones que me abruman, contemplo el ir y venir de ingentes cantidades de almas grises, que se dirigen hacia destinos impensables donde serán quienes otros deciden que han de ser, donde tendrán que ser el engranaje que gira para que la gran maquinaria siga funcionando...y yo me siento desplazado, no soy de este mundo, no lo entiendo, no me identifico girando y girando al ritmo infernal, ilógico y terrible que impone la maquinaria...me revelo una y otra vez, pero siempre me golpeo contra un muro gris...gris como sus almas sin vida, sin ojos, sin oídos, sin razón...y vuelvo a levantarme, vuelvo a luchar porque el dolor de la batalla me dice que estoy vivo, que mi alma todavía no es gris, pero a veces tengo dudas y deseo ser un simple trozo de madera que flota en un río turbulento y dejarme llevar sin oponer resistencia, sin tener que luchar más...y es entonces cuando siento deseos de escapar...escapar...escapar...

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Como si fuese un extranjero en la ciudad....

BACK FOR ONE DAY

by Wanda M. Wolfe ©

If I could come back for just one day

I know exactly what I would say

To my family and friends and those who I love

As a message from God who speaks from above

I would say it's okay to be sad for awhile

But what I really want most is to see your smile,

And for you to go on and live once again

Allowing the Lord to comfort your pain.

I know that you loved me with all of your heart

And that none of you wanted for me to depart

I don't quite understand it myself

But I know you'll get by with a little help.

Yes, I would say to be sad for a day

And to do what you need to do;

And then lift up your eyes

to the wonder of the sky

And know that I loved you too

- Wanda M. Wolfe ©

Friends hope you enjoy the entry the photo and especially the beautiful poem....

Yoli@home

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