From the Desk of Susan and Bentley ~ Texas Hold' Em

Yes Bentley ~ momma played poker for the first time ever last night!

With five men!

I should explain.  Your daddy was there too and the others
were two employees of our construction company.  You know
them Bentley ~ Brad and Ian, Todd who used to work for us,
a friend of theirs, and Brad and Todd's dads.

I was sitting on the sidelines with your daddy when Todd
said that he was going to take a break and why don't I sit in for him.
What me?  I know how to play bridge ~ I used to play in college.
But poker?

So they said sure why not?  And Todd gave me his chips to play.

Well Bentley ~ your momma was a bit nervous.  While this was
a friendly game with a bunch of guys who were not taking things
too seriously ... momma did not want to lose too many of Todd's chips!

But guess what happened!

Your momma won two big pots!!!
It was at that time that the guys decided it was time for your
daddy to take your momma home.

Of course it was a fluke that I won.  Sure did have
fun though!!

Since poker is out of the question right now let's join
some other fun parties ~

Seasonal Sundays
Sunny Simple Sundays


Bentley ~ we need to announce the winners of last week's magazine
giveaways.  The winners of three issues of Mary Engelbreit's
Home Companion are:

Marianne the Vintage Gal
Robin that Decorating Tennis Girl
and
Mica from The Child's Paper

Congrats to the winners.  Send me your addresses so Bentley
and I can visit the post office and ship them out.
Robin ~ I already have yours as you know!

Big Hugs,
Susan and Bentley

Afternoon Toast and Tea

I have set up the tea cart with a pot of tea and a rack of toast.

I was busy all morning and early afternoon and am ready

for a cup of tea at 4 PM.

Tonight is David's golf league night so I plan to have a cozy evening at

home with Bentley.  If I get too comfy on the sofa watching old movies,

I may just make this my dinner too.

I can't decide whether to watch an old movie or episodes of 

The Mary Tyler Moore show.

Then again, I may watch Howard's End for the 

one thousandth time.

Or maybe Miss Potter.  Tea just brings out the

Anglophile in me!

Joining ~

Let's Dish

Tablescape Thursday
Home and Garden Thursday
Open House Thursday
Vintage Thingie Thursday

Show and Tell Friday

Home Sweet Home

Potpourri Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Vintage Inspiration

Pink Saturday

Bentley ~ let's make our big announcement next week!

Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

And That's What's for Dinner

Another scorcher today.  Yesterday it got up to 108 degrees.  Wowsa!!

Normally I love to cook, but when the temps get this high I don't have the

same interest.  I can't serve salads every night because hubby gets tired

of them.  We could go out for dinner, but I don't want to go out for

dinner every night.

What to do?

Looking through cookbooks ~ hoping for some inspiration.

Still looking ... wait ~ I know what I'll serve.  

Tuna Patties

Oven Fried Sweet Potatoes

Broccoli 

and Chilled Pineapple Chunks

Tuna Patties for Two Recipe 

(I eyeball ingredients and seldom measure so bear with me)

1 can of tuna drained

1 chopped green onion

1/2 stalk celery diced

1/4 to 1/2 red bell pepper diced

1 beaten egg

1 tsp grated lemon rind

bread crumbs (I like Bookbinder's for fish)

Combine first six ingredients and form into two generous patties.

Dredge in bread crumbs.  Brown in medium skillet lightly coated with

EVOO.  Flip to brown both sides.

Then I make a sauce for the patties consisting of 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1 tsp

of Dijon mustard.  Put a dollop of sauce on each patty.  

Canned tuna is the ONLY kind of fish David will eat.  He always likes a 

cold tuna salad, but I like to shake things up a bit.

Let's see.  I could make some dessert like an apple crisp.

No ~ let's not get too carried away in this heat.

Ice cream at Fanci Freeze would be better.

Stay cool everyone!

Joining

Rednesday

Wow Us Wednesday

Bentley loves to go to Fanci Freeze because they always give him

treats!  

Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Too Hot to Blog!

Last week ~ wonderful temps.

This week ~ we are broiling.

It's just too hot to do much of anything.

It's even too hot to sit out here.

I think I'll take a nap!

Table Top Tuesday

Bentley thinks it's even too hot to chase squirrels.  

He's no fool!

Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Another Giveaway and Another Sneak Peek of My Kitchen

I have been so busy painting cabinets in my kitchen, but every once

and a while I need a break.  So I took my cup of coffee into the living

room and started looking through a pile of old magazines.  

I think that I own every issue of Mary Engelbreit's magazine ~

Home Companion.  But I can't keep them all.

So ...

I have decided to give a few of them away.  I will be giving three of you an opportunity

to win one magazine each.  There is an April/May 2003 issue.  One from

August/September 2004 and another from August/September 2005.

If you would like to win one of these mags, just leave a comment

and I will enter your name in the hat!

And for now ~ it's back to more painting.  Later on I will be

taking another break to join in on some party fun and will be

stopping by to visit ~

Seasonal Sundays

Sunny Simple Sundays

Honest Bentley, I have not forgotten about your dog toy

giveaway.  We need to do some shopping before we can

make that happen.

Hugs,

Susan and Bentley