I Despise a Floggin' Rooster & Pineapple Casserole

Preface: . Hi everyone! Happy Fall by the way! The floggin' rooster title is from a line in my favorite movie Cold Mountain. Ruby Thewes RULES! Even with the Twilight sagas Cold Mountain is my favorite all time movie! I was thinking of watching it today while I was trying to remember HOW to navigate Blogger! It's been a while since I posted. So the title has nothing to do with my blog entry....well not all of it. I thought I would try to redeem myself as a blogger and share a recipe with you! So, I'm about to attempt to take pics as I do that. Hope everyone is still following me even though I've don't nothing with my blog in months to deserve a following. Hoping to change that. I'm NOT brilliant in many things, especially social media and networking. I got my first smartphone yesterday. I don't even know what I'm doing with it either! I had to ask my son, whose almost 18, where the ringtones were...lol. Been tied up with some other things for many months. Now, if you will bare with me, I will show you how to make THE BEST pineapple casserole ever.........stay tuned! BTW, I still have my YouTube channel which you can find here. There are a few pathetic videos there. ;-) Have a great day!!!

Why Big Daddy Rrrrrrrreally Married me.......;-)

Mama Taye's Anniversary and Aspirations of a You Tube Big Wig

Hi friends, rather I should say good morning since its after 2 a.m. and I've just now logged in to begin updating my blog (more tomorrow I promise!)

I have spent the day working hard (taking frequent breaks due to back pain!) making my Co-Co Beanz Creations facebook page a little better, creating my very own YouTube channel (inspired and motivation came from my favorite person out there in social networking land Vanessa Wilson, owner of The Crafty Gemini). I just adore her! I hope she doesn't think I am stalking her since I have sent her 9,999 emails telling her how she encourages me and how much I love her ~giggles.
She's a lawyer for Pete's sake and gave it up for the most part so she could stay home, make sewing and cooking videos, and be with her babies. Sounds just like me and what I want to be when I grow up. I have a birthday next month. I'm not counting! Anyway she loves to see people succeed and I hope she doesn't think I am being a copy cat. Lord knows I've wanted to do something on FILM since I was a little girl. I was thinking and dreaming more along the lines of an Academy Award winning actress like Renee Zellweger, but by golly I will settle for a YouTube channel and being a mere novice and mostly an unknown! I just need followers! Last time I checked I had a little over 700. It's a little sad. But I won't give up. Since I have a lot in common with some of the great bloggers and cooks out there maybe there's room for me too. I just have a different style. I really don't know how to explain it.......you can watch my videos and see for youself. I'm pretty sure its the southern accent. If I had a British accent I'd never shut up. I love to hear Adele talk (and sing!) Anyway, I'd love to read your comments.

One person who would be my biggest supporter moved to live in heaven 19 years ago today. My Mother-in-law, Faye. She would be so proud of me. Keith and Cody are proud. I may not have a big following....but they think I'm a huge star!

I have pics from our camping trip this past weekend at Arrowhead Park and I promise to get those up to you tomorrow. Right now I'm so sleepy I can barely think straight. God bless all of you. I will end with a video I made and posted on my YouTube channel today...my very first one on the channel! How excited! I have more cooking/kitchen how-to's on there right now than I do sewing....but just wait...they're coming ;-)


I can't wait to start on the Crafty Gemini online quilt a long tomorrow. I'm going to make some awesome quilt blocks under her guidance and direction....other than that I have so many other plans.....if only I had the stamina and a pain free low back! Do you ever feel like time is running out on you? I've felt like that lately.

Good night everyone. God Bless! PLEASE leave a comment. I love comments that encourage me. I know I can grow and prosper. I'm giving it all I've got and I'm not getting any younger :-) I sure do miss my Grandmama. The Decorah Eagles babies are hatching right now. I will tell you about them tomorrow. You can find them on Ustream. I love baby eaglets!

New York Giants, Lady Gaga and Butterfinger Cake

Hey ya'll!

I just went through 45 minutes of password reset torture. I'm bad about changing my passwords and not writing them down. Not a good idea for people over 40 and forgetful (like myself!) not to mention the fact you have to log into everything now-a-days its easy to get passwords mixed up or forget which one goes to which site. To make a long story short I had to go through a dozen guesses and email resets to get to my blog in order to make an entry. I guess Blogger thinks I am hacking in on myself. Oh, well. I'm good to go now. And, yes, I wrote down my password. I think.......(snickers)

How about them Giants? Well. I had this flight of ideas about the Superbowl. I was fascinated with the Roman numerals this year. I went around the house quizzing my darling husband about Roman numerals...... "L" is fifty. So an "X" in front of the "L" means you subtract 10 from 50....we had fun arguing over what XLVI meant. Of course, I won, as usual. I think hubby just 'lets' me win all the time. He loves me like that ;-)

No, I pulled for the Giants. Why? Well, I don't watch football all year until they get down to the play offs. I picked New York because.....well, it's New York! The Twin Towers fell there, Lady Liberty lives there, Times Square.....I just like the IDEA of New York better than the IDEA of New England. New England just reminds me of Reba McEntire. Whoever's In New England was one of her first #1 hit songs.

I made my famous Butterfinger Cake.....not anyone's recipe....but mine. I've been making it for years. It was gone in 24 hours. My son and his friends LOVE me to make that cake. Anway, guess it was good luck. I was a split second away from going to bed when the Patriots were ahead.....only to see that incomplete pass at the end and the Giants scored to win it. I like New York. And of course, Lady Gaga, my favorite, is from there. That's just trivial. To change the subject (which I'm very good at) I do not like cream cheese icing on all cakes. Butterfinger Cake.....Cool Whip. Not everything is good with cream cheese.

I am glad my doctors appointment got moved up. This blog entry would have never happened! I didn't want to budge from my seat today. Not even to refill my teacup. That's when it dawned on me I haven't made a blog entry since last year. My Grandmama died and I could have cared less about blogging. Then, of course, there were the dreaded holidays. Make no mistake, I am greatful for the holidays but they were sad. First time in 42 years I've not spent the holidays with my precious Grandmama. But I love my family, my home, my life. Just ain't the same without my G'Ma.....I am very blessed to live next door to my parents, and just houses away from my other grandmother who I call "Granny" <3
I have very few followers and thats ok. I'm pretty boring. I think the older I get, the more boring I become. And the more naps I want to take......... I intend to find some energy now that I've got my strip quilt on my mind....well.......it's not a quilt yet, just a huge plastic storage bin of scraps cut into strips ~sighs~ Maybe I will blog again tomorrow...and get fancy with a lot of hyperlinks and photos! That sounds like a good idea, so ya'll come back now, ya hear? p.s. notice how I didn't mention the half-time show? I'm a huge GaGa fan. Lady Gaga. :-) Have a favorite cake recipe to share? Please email me!

July 4th, the Verdict, and the BEST family!!!!!

Good grief! The Fourth of July came and went so fast! I must admist that I didn't want to leave my home for the last 30 some odd days (no pun here) because I have been so foolishly wrapped up watching the Casey Anthony Trial. However, we had an enjoyable trip to Lake Tobesofkee and went out in the boat to watch fireworks over the water! I have to thank the best husband in the world, my husband, Keith. He does everything when it comes to loading up, setting up, and getting us to and fro. Of course my son does ALOT too. I am so very fortunate in my life.

OK. Casey Anthony will walk free. Well OK? SO WHAT, theres nothing anyone can do anymore. I wish that every channel would start focusing on other things. It is true that I am distantly related to Nancy Grace (through the Stokes) and I intend to write Nancy. She may not be aware of the Macon law graduate, Lauren Giddings, that was found DISMEMBERED near hear apartment across from Mercer Law School. She was about the take the BARR exam. Nancy's Mother may or may not have told her about the story so I plan on sending her a letter, since I know where to write to her personally. How can people be so cruel? It is VERY scary when you think that our shop is only 8 blocks from where Lauren was found. We drive by the law school all the time. It's our hometown. I fear especially for my child when these things hit close to home. I pray they find justice in THIS case, but my faith in the justice system it pretty minute after Casey's acquittal. I vote that we should all FORGET about CASEY Anthony and just hope that no one gives her the time of day. May Caylee RIP and never SHE be forgotten.

I decided to catch up blogging. It's too dang hot to even go outside and one can only watch so many hours of TV a day. Our Lab Shelby has a nice large pen in the shade but we go out and hose her down when its so hot and muggy. She's black and black dogs can get hotter than other dogs. I try not to worry about her because she is a well taken care of doggie. There's that word again...."worry"......I was watching a pastor on some channel this morning. They were talking about "WORRY" and said to try and ban that word for your vocabulary. It's not even sun-up yet and I've already broken that rule!

I'm planning on making another doll to pass the time. I think I will make another primitive doll since they are so cute and popular and my last one turned out so well. She's from a Happy Heart pattern called Mammy's Babies Love Shortenin' Bread.

I hope everyone had a great holiday. Stay cool. If you are like me you are heat intolerant. I'm thankful for everyday but HATE HATE HATE the heat. I am so glad that my hubby is off til Monday. We've been married almost 18 years (together 21) and the older we get the more I hate to be apart from him AT ALL. He is good as gold. Better than gold, really. I LOVE YOU BABY!

How about passing the story along about the law student I told you about? Let's help out if it's nothing more than spreading the word. As far as I know they didn't really have any leads. STAY COOL YALL! Hurry up Fall!

With this past Monday being a holiday it has made for a really short week! Yay! We couldnt get a camping site last weekend because it was full. This weekend we lucked up and got a waterfront so we may go for a small camping trip this weekend. Thats funny because the campground is like 15 minutes from our house. Would you still consider that a trip?



I've been really anxious and sad lately. My Decorah babies will be leaving the nest soon! They are neary ready to fly. I've watched them nearly every day since they hatched. To see them go will make me cry but my DH said that is a HAPPY event. Have you seen them?



Being retired at age 39 (now I'm 42) was not by choice. I cant blog about why I retired just know that I had to and it's impossible for me to work ever again. Anyway, its hard to not get down in a funk (oh, but I do) and that why I try to do as much as I can. I read ALL OF THE TIME. I read blogs, books, patterns, magazines, cookbooks, newspapers, you name it. I love working crossword puzzles! I get that from my Grandmama.

Lately I've fallen in love with doll making. I took two classes last fall and now I am expanding on what I learned then. I have made a dear friend in Mrs Patti Culea and I cannot wait for her DVD to come out in August! I am about to make one of her retired patterns. The doll is called My Fairie Godmother and she is soooo fat and cute! I am finishing a cloth doll today and her name is Bonnie Joy! I will post pics soon!



Speaking of dolls and patterns Dolls and Daydreams is doing a give-a-way! I've never won ANYTHING! I take that back. I won some stupid board game on the radio a long time ago. It wasn't worth my gas down to the station to get the thing. Just being honest. Anyway maybe my luck will change.



I hope you all have a wonderful week, what's left of it. I've noticed that my followers are only ELEVEN. I can't seem to get any followers! Am I boring? Do I offend? I think it should be mandatory that if you follow someone's blog they automatically follow yours in return. It's only fair! It makes me feel so unloved and unwanted that I don't have any follwers. :-( Wont you follow me??? I promise to post pics......some great pics..........very soon!



Here's a hint that related to an upcoming blog post: It has to do with a doll.

Save a KID, Hire a COWBOY!

A Big SHOUT OUT to John Rich who won Celbrity Apprentice last night! John was my pick from the beginning! Thank you Jesus and God Bless St. Jude's Research Hospital and all the children who go there.

I have learned to love and respect Star Jones simply because of what she had to put up with from NeNe Leakes. How did Mr. Trump find that woman? I better leave that alone.

Marlee Matlin was and still is a winner in my book too!


Did you get to make a 1600 jelly roll quilt this weekend? I did not.

Now that it's Monday I realize just how fast the weekends really do go by. I am always sad on Monday mornings. My husband goes back to work, my son is usually at school or elsewhere, and after about 9 a.m. it's just me and Buster. I'm so glad I have him to keep me company :-) This is an older photo of my 12 year old AKC Boston Terrier. At that time his eyes were still brown. Since he has developed a nasty cornea disease which is common in his breed. It causes the cornea to turn a whitish-blue. You can read about CED here.


I have some doll parts hanging on the line to dry. I just LOVE tea-staining my raggy prim dolls. I think Brenda over at Lillie Mae's Crafts is just wonderful. I love making her dolls.

I want to make my DH a quilt for Father's Day (dont worry, he never reads blogs and doesnt even know I have one) I need to get a jelly roll to make the speedy strip quilt, because the one I have now is "Flowers" by Moda, and not exactly my honey's colors :-)

Hope you all have a great day! I must go check my eagle cams before I get up and try to be somewhat productive. Peace.