The Sovereign Lord is my strength, he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. Hab.3:19

My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. John 4:34

"freeness" and recipes

First of all, I am sad that I have no one staying with me in my room. This past week has been so great and relaxing. It's been an exciting vaycay that's really going to help me start of this school year as a minister (and a student now) off right. It's going to be a great year.

As of the past week, I feel like a completely new woman. I'm not going to get into it...if you wanna know, ask, but God has really been setting me free. This new found "freeness" has really broadened my horizons. "Praizem!"

Enough of that....I went to Barnes and Nobles tonight to look at some cookbooks and I found some cool recipes. I was specifically looking up quick and easy recipes to add to my collection (of which I owe the start of to Ms. Linda Graham). Here's one I want to make:

Easy Citrus Salmon Steaks
prep: 10 minutes
broil: 8 minutes
makes: 4 servings

ingredients...
-2 fresh or frozen salmon steaks cut 1 in. thick (about 1 pound)
-2 teaspoons finely shredded lemon or orange peel
-2 tablespoons black pepper
-1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic (2 cloves)
-2 tablespoons sliced green onion
-2 medium oranges, peeled and sliced crosswise

directions...
1.Thaw if frozen, rinse fish, pat dry with paper towel. Preheat boiler. In small bowl stir lemon peel, lemon juice, pepper, and garlic
2.Place fish on the greased, unheated rack of a broiler pan. Brush with half of juice mixture. Broil 4 in. from the heat for 8-12 minutes or until fish begins to flake when tested with a fork, turning once and brushing with remaining juice halfway through broiling.
3.To serve, cut each fish steak into two portions and transfer to dinner plates. Sprinkle with green onion. Serve with orange slices.

[menu ideas: french baguette slices, rice pilaf, roasted brussel sprouts]

Doesn't that sound yum? Now all I need is 3 other people to make it for! Any takers?!

2 things for you...

Good morning, all! I wanted to share a recent post from a blog I enjoy reading called 22 Words. Each post is only 22 words, so it's short, sweet, and to the point. Perfect. The comments following are not 22 words and is usually an interesting conversation. This post is about money and being judgemental. (Lord, help me.)

Here's a poem to remember summer that is passing in only one month on September 22...

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The Wild Honeysuckle
by Philip Freneau
Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat, Untouched thy honied blossoms blow, Unseen thy little branches greet: No roving foot shall crush thee here, No busy hand provoke a tear. By Nature’s self in white arrayed, She bade thee shun the vulgar eye, And planted here the guardian shade, And sent soft waters murmuring by; Thus quietly thy summer goes, Thy days declining to repose. Smit with those charms, that must decay, I grieve to see your future doom; They died—nor were those flowers more gay, The flowers that did in Eden bloom; Unpitying frosts and Autumn’s power Shall leave no vestige of this flower. From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came; If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of flower.

hey boos... "boo" is my term of endearment for all...

so i'm laying in my twin bed with one of my BFFs, Tiffany Untch. i'm enjoying a much appreciated and much needed few days off. YAY! tonight we went out to eat with Tiff's friend John from the Outer Banks who wined and dined us. What a guy. Thank you John!

Now we're staying up real late (as usual when we're together) on the world wide web.

I started my class at Durham Tech this week. It was excrusiatingly boring, but I'll live. Maybe I want to be a nurse one day. I want to love people and help them.

have you noticed in this blog entry how i have swapped from good typing to lazy typing at least three times?

that's all for now.