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Family Traditions

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

One of our favorite family traditions is gathering on holidays. We typically meet at the home of the host who provides the meat course. The rest of us bring a side dish and a salad or dessert. The spread is enormous. During the meal, we tell stories family from those long dead to the newest baby. It always brings us together.

Enjoyment

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

I enjoy reading, WordPressing, spending time with my dogs, and piddling around my house and yard.

Dallas Arboretum

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

We plan to visit the Dallas Arboretum this spring. We visited more than forty years ago. I’ve always intended to visit again.

Pleasure

List five things you do for fun.

I do several things I enjoy. Reading is on the top of the list. I also enjoy my WordPress time. I like to crochet. I enjoy spending time with my dogs and cooking.

Not now!

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?

My mastiff mix, Croc, is probably near ten. Until fairly recently, he never woke me to go out. He seemed to have a bladder the size of a soccer ball. Quite often, he dawdled about till after eight before asking to go out. Now he wakes me up between for and five. Fortunately for Bud in this instance, he’s deaf in one ear. Croc comes after me first. He gently kisses my foot or arm to wake me. There’s no hope of reprieve. I’m getting up. He goes out alone for about five minutes. I’m back in bed in minutes.

Homemade Banana Pudding

  • 2 ⅔ cups white sugar
  • 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12 large eggs, beaten
  • 8 cups milk
  • 8 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 8 -10 bananas, peeled and sliced
  • 2 (12 ounce) package vanilla wafer cookies

Whipped Cream for topping

Layer a large dish with alternating layers of vanilla wafers and thinly sliced bananas.

Whip twelve eggs till well beaten.

Add to all other ingredients except vanilla to large kettle and mix well. Cook on low to medium heat stirring CONSTANTLY to avoid sticking. Frequently scrape bottom of pan to avoid scorching till you bring to full boil. When it starts to thicken, remove from heat and whip in vanilla. Pour pudding mixture over cookie and banana layers. Chill and garnish with whipped cream.

Alternative old-fashioned meringue topping: Separate egg whites and yellows. Use yellows in pudding. Whip whites till stiff. Whip in 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Should form stiff peaks when layered on pudding. Toast under broiler 1-2 minutes watching constantly to brown. Do not walk away. It will burn! Chill

One of my aunts used to make a huge banana pudding in a dishpan when we had a family gathering. I can’t image what her recipe was. One of Bud’s cousins pulled a funny when they hosted a meal at their home. His wife put him in charge of desserts. He asked every woman in the crowd to bring banana pudding. We had plenty!

My Name

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.

From Behindthename

Meaning & History

Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element lind meaning “soft, flexible, tender”(Proto-Germanic *linþaz). It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning “beautiful”. In the English-speaking world this name experienced a spike in popularity beginning in the 1930s, peaking in the late 1940s, and declining shortly after that. It was the most popular name for girls in the United States from 1947 to 1952.

i was always in a crowd of Lindas, Glendas,Brendas, Belindas, and even one unfortunate Bewinda. Should a girl in my age group miss out on one of those trendy names, she had a good chance of being Janice, Janis, or Patricia. Even so, I was glad not to have the name my dad tried to saddle me with, Clothilde. (Clotile)

Dream Job

What’s your dream job?

My dream job would be working in a bookstore as a book consultant for a couple of hours Wednesday afternoons of my choice.

Good Leader

What makes a good leader?

To be concise, a good leader must be competent, responsible, organized, and above all inspire the respect of staff by delegating appropriately without micromanaging.