Sunday Social

1. What is the name of your blog? How long have you been blogging?

The name of my blog is - Life According to Lenetta- and I have been blogging for about 3 months now!  It seems like it's been a lot longer than that. 

2. Why do you blog?

I started because my daughter kept telling me she thought I would really enjoy it. And she was right. 

3. What is the first blog you ever followed?

The very first one other than my daughter's was Mail4Rosey. I still follow hers.great  

4. What is your favorite post you wrote in 2012?

It would have to be the one on Family and Friends. There's so many great memories associated with it.

 memories

5. What are your blogging goals for 2013?

Make lots of new blogging friends.

And to figure out all the blogging things. 

6. Top 3 favorite blogs to follow?

mail4rosey.com

kjaggers.com/

whatjeanlikes.com/

Weekly Goals #2- Link up time!!

Join us in our second 

clink this link

to get there!  

Have a super day!

Recipes Coming Up for Reviews This Week

It's cold and a great week to use the smoker!!

Smoked Prime Rib

from Dadgum "That's Good"

Hope and Freedom Walk-A-Thon!!

Join Us!

Don and I have joined up with

If you are in the Houston area, and would like more information on this, please click the link below. 

click this link

This is a great cause and one that everyone with children,  and  or grandchildren. Everyone should be

Garden Garden Salad Dressing Review!

Olive Garden Salad Dressing

This is very good dressing. I added a little bit of sugar but really doubt if it needs any. I think if I make it again, I will not use any 

Chili By George Review!!

Chili By George

This is a simple chili and very easy to make. It has a very good taste. I thought it might be to spicy for me with the cayenne pepper but I 

Update!! If you pump gas, Read this!

UPDATE:

I just looked into this on Snopes and it says it is false. I usually, always check these things out before posting them, but since this came from our Home Owners, I assumed it was true. 

My bad!  But at the least, it does make you be a little more aware of your surroundings. Again, sorry for the false post.

This just came to us from our 

Home Owners Association.

We live in Houston, but if it's happening here, more and likely it is happening all over the country.

Better safe than sorry!! 

Be careful at gas stations & parking lots/criminals giving free key rings with device chip.  There is a syndicate of criminals presenting themselves as sales promoters who are giving free key rings at gas stations and parking lots. The key ring has a tracking device chip which allows the criminals to track and follow you. Please, please don't accept them. They select their seemingly well-to-do potential victims and if you accept, you might become a victim of their tricks. The key holders are very beautiful and hard to resist accepting; but remember, you may end up paying more than the cost of a key holder, including the risk to your life. Please advise your family members, email contacts, and friends as well

High Five Friday!

High Five

that the rain has stopped

High Five

that Don is back from his trip

High Five 

that my first blog hop "Weekly Goals" is off to a good start.

High Five

to Kisha for all her help

High Five

that we are going to go see Zero Dark Thirty this weekend. 

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Tonya!!

Friday's Letters

Dear Sunshine,
Thank you for showing up yesterday. Sammy and I really enjoyed the park.

Dear Kisha,
Thanks so much for all your help getting my first "Weekly Goals" Blog Hop off the ground. I really do appreciate all your help. It seems to be doing pretty well, Thanks to everyone that linked up this week.

Dear Don, 
I am sorry I didn't make lunch with you and the girls. I just didn't feel like driving 40 minutes in traffic just to turn around and drive it back. Maybe next time it could be a little closer. 

Dear Jackson,
I am sorry I haven't put your game in the mail sooner. It has rained hard here for 2 days. But, it is now in the mail. You should have it by Tuesday. I love you buddy!

Dear Brittany,
Call your grandmother once in a while. I miss you. 

Dear Laci,
I have really enjoyed our long talks lately. I miss you very much.

Dear Florida,
Someday!!!  I love you!

Dear Spring!
Hurry!!!

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Fill In The Blank Friday!

Hello friends!  My daughter, Kisha is starting  Fill in the Blank Friday's again. So answer these questions for yourselves and link up .

This is a really fun Linkup!!!

My new year started off

really great. Looking forward to see what 2013 has in store for me.

In 2013 I really want to accomplish

Getting all my recipes in order. I have so many that I need to go through and put them all in one place.

On cold January days, I stay warm by

building a fire and a warm blanket.

My favorite comfort food is

Biscuits and gravy although I do try not to eat this to often

January reminds me of

better things to come. Spring is right around the corner. My trip to Mackinac is coming up and then there's summer. 

My favorite winter sport is 

Figure skating. I can watch it inside my house and stay warm. I hate the cold. 

My favorite January TV shows are 

Big Bang Theory, hands down the best show on TV.

Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Cheers. I love the comedies

Here's where you can link up at for Fill in the Blank Friday!

http://www.kjaggers.com/2013/01/fill-in-friday-linkup.html

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Baked Tacos Review!!

Baked Tacos

These are really good. Simple, fast easy. Love that. I really like the cheese melted. I am not crazy about uncooked cheese. These were very 

UPDATE!! If you pump gas, read this warning!!

UPDATE:
I just looked into this on Snopes and it says it is false. I usually, always check these things out before posting them, but since this came from our Home Owners, I assumed it was true. 
My bad!  But at the least, it does make you be a little more aware of your surroundings. Again, sorry for the false post.

This just came to us from our 

Home Owners Association.

We live in Houston, but if it's happening here, more and likely it is happening all over the country.

Better safe than sorry!! 

Be careful at gas stations & parking lots/criminals giving free key rings with device chip.  There is a syndicate of criminals presenting themselves as sales promoters who are giving free key rings at gas stations and parking lots. The key ring has a tracking device chip which allows the criminals to track and follow you. Please, please don't accept them. They select their seemingly well-to-do potential victims and if you accept, you might become a victim of their tricks. The key holders are very beautiful and hard to resist accepting; but remember, you may end up paying more than the cost of a key holder, including the risk to your life. Please advise your family members, email contacts, and friends as well

Great Ways to use corks from wine bottles!!

Fun ways to use your wine corks!!

To sweet- a little birdhouse

Adorable coaster set

It's Ok Thursday!

IT'S OK

that I got up and got ready to meet Don, Meagan and Jacey for lunch, then decided not to go. It would have took me 40 minutes to get where they are and in Houston traffic. No thank you. 

IT'S OK,

that I build a fire and forgot to open the damper. The house got a little smoky but the fans cleared it out. 

IT'S OK

if I don't get everything done on my goals list this week. I will put them on next weeks. But I am still trying to finish it. 

IT'S OK

that I didn't go anywhere at all for the last two days. It was pouring rain both days and I just did not want to drive in it.

IT'S Ok

if I just go to the park with Sammy today and read. I just don't feel like doing a lot today.

IT'S OK

that I am having a Big Mac attack today. Guess what's for lunch? :)

IT'S OK

that it's ok!

Wednesday Hodgepodge!!

1. What is ONE thing or area in your home or life you hope to report is completely organized when 2013 draws to a close?  Do you  have a plan to make it happen? 

A new home

2. What's the worst uniform you've ever had to wear for a job?

Jerry's Restaurant when I was about 17. A ugly ugly brown skirt with an ugly shirt. Yuk!

3. What was your last kitchen 'mishap'?  This question comes to you courtesy of Bettywho blogs over at A Glimpse Into Midlife...everyone go say hi to Betty!

Actually yesterday. I was doing a review on the Winter Salad and forgot to add the oil olive when I was supposed too. I did add it later. lol,
4. How do you protect yourself from other people's negativity?

Stay away from negative people. 

5. Who in your family do you most resemble (physically)? If you have children, who do people say they favor? Do you agree? 

I look like my mother. My daughter Kisha looks like her also, and people say Laci looks just like me, but I just don't see it. But she must because the only thing she got from her father was his toes. 
6. January 8th is National Bubble Bath Day...will you be celebrating?

I missed, but I am getting ready for a great bubble bath in a few minutes.:)
7.  Some of the 'world's best winter festivals' are - Mardi Gras (New Orleans),Quebec Winter Festival (Canada), Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah),  Rio Carnivale (Brazil), Sapporo Snow Festival (Japan), VeniceCarnival (Italy) and the Harbin Ice Festival (Northern China).  Of those listed (and if cost were not a factor) which would you most like to attend and why?

Venice Carnival. Italy is on my list to go to. 

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

We all need to come together and stop HUMAN trafficking. It's horrible!!!

Hershey Chocolate!! Way to go!!!!!!

  WOW!!!

This is 

HUGE!!! 

HERSHEY CHOCOLATE TO STOP USING CHILD LABOR TO MAKE THEIR CHOCOLATE!!! AWESOME!!!!

Dear Lenetta, Thank you for all your actions and support for a greener economy in 2012.  We got Hershey to commit to stopping abusive child labor in their cocoa supply chain, introduced Clean Energy Victory Bonds in Congress, launched our biggest campaign ever for sustainable food, and helped thousands of local, green businesses emerge and thrive.  Together, we are a powerful force! We're looking forward to working with you in 2013 to accelerate the green economy and a more just, sustainable world.  We'll be taking action on the top priorities of the green economy -- taking back our energy, food, and financing systems; making supply chains more fair; and advancing green businesess.  In the days ahead, we'll be sharing our plans (and requesting your feedback!) for advancing each of these big green-economy priorities in 2013.  I look forward to taking action with you throughout the year. Here's to a(n even) green(er) 2013, Alisa Gravitz, President, Green America

JOIN NOW | DONATE TODAY | SEND THIS TO A FRIEND xoxo Lenetta

One way to use those wine corks!!

A great way to use a few of those

 corks from wine bottles!!

My daughter, Laci decided she needs to lose a few pounds so she 

decided to keep track by putting two jars together.

One for pounds to lose

The other for pounds lost.

What a great motivator to see the one

  jar go down and the pounds lost to go up.

I really love this idea. 

Good luck honey. I love you.

Do you drink wine!!

Are you a wine drinker at home???

What do you do with those 1 or 2 glasses that can't go in the dishwasher. Do you wash them by hand then dry them and put them up, or wash them and put them on the edge of the sink to dry. Either way, thanks to my daughter, Kisha, I now have a wonderful solution.

A wine glass holder

AWESOME!!!

 

I love, love, love this.

Problem solved!

Thank you Kisha. I love it and i love you!!

This is a wonderful idea!!

Prevention of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault with DrinkSavvy Color Chan...

Cups that change colors to warn you of date rape drugs

Typically date rape drugs are so hard to detect because they're odorless, colorless, and tasteless that many unsuspecting revelers aren't aware they're being victimized until it's too late. 

Now a start-up called DrinkSavvy is hoping to fight sexual assault by warning people about what may be in their cup.  DrinkSavvy, which is currently looking for funds on Indiegogo, has developed a line of cups, straws and drink stirrers that can detect “date rape” drugs, instantly. 

DrinkSavvy founder Mike Abramson worked with chemistry professor John MacDonald at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts to develop a special material that changes color when it comes in contact with three common 'date rape' drugs: GHB, ketamine, and rohypnol. Abramson is offering the products online for free at select rape crisis centers, and hopes to expand their use at bars, colleges, and clubs. 

He says he got the idea for the cups after he was a victim of the drugs himself. “Within the past three years, three of my very close friends — and myself — have been the unwitting victims of being drugged. … And I want to prevent it from happening to anyone else,” he said.

This isn't the first attempt to introduce drug-detecting drinking devices. In August, a professor at Tel Aviv University developed an anti-date rape straw which could detect ketamine and GHB.

What an awesome idea. I hope to see these everywhere soon. I have a daughter 

in college and I worry about every time she goes out. 

Bring on those cups!!

What Would You Do??

“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100

Very Interesting Onion Facts!!!

Interesting!!

Wow- very interesting....Everyone should read :)

ONIONS! I had never heard this!!!
PLEASE READ TO THE END: IMPORTANT

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu...
Many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the 

Ham Salad Review!

Ham Salad

This is very tasty. I did add quite a bit more pickle relish to get it to taste the way I think it should taste. It is very easy to make and