New blogging with food, etc

Seriously!  Who really cares about blogs anymore?  I hardly ever look at them, but I am going to start posting stuff from Pinterest and Facebook, so I don't loose it!  Crafts, food, card ideas, etc.....  What do you think?  I am in!   Here is a recipe from The Pioneer Woman for LAND OF LAKES.

BOWTIE SKILLET PASTA WITH TOMATOES AND BASIL

· 1/4 cup Land O Lakes^® Butter with Canola Oil

· 1 clove garlic

· 1 cup halved red grape tomatoes

· 1 cup halved yellow grape tomatoes

· 8 large basil leaves, chiffonade or finely chopped

· 3 ounces Parmesan cheese

· ½ teaspoon salt

· ½ teaspoon black pepper

· More basil and Parmesan, for garnish

Directions

In a large saucepan, cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.

Return the saucepan to the stove over medium heat. Add the Land O Lakes^® Butter with Canola Oil and allow it to melt. Add the garlic to the pan and let it cook for 1 minute to infuse flavor.

Add the cooked pasta, tomatoes, basil, salt, and pepper to the pan. Toss to combine. Use a vegetable peeler to shave the Parmesan into the pan. Give it a final toss, then serve immediately with extra Parmesan shavings and basil leaves on top.  

Life in Utah

I ran across this picture today and I just had to post it!  This was taken a few months ago in the parking lot of Cal Ranch.  This poor goat was crying and was tied up in the back of this truck while he owner was shopping.  Poor thing.

Downton Abbey

Season Three of Downton Abbey ended a week ago,and people are  still talking about the finale.  Daughter Ashleigh was upset and not happy, and I am still thinking about it all.  It was hard to watch the heartbreaking episodes, especially the last.  Now we have to wait and wait for Season Four.  I decided to re-watch Season One and Two, because I have forgotten a few things from Season One.

The most interesting thing about the series is that my own English ancestors from England are the CRAWLEY'S.   Does that mean that I am going to inherit something from Downton Abbey?

Why I am (gasp) Democrat

I know that I am the small minority in Utah County who will admit that they are a Democrat.  This is why I am:

My grandfather (who helped raise me after my parent divorced when I was five years old) was a bridge builder and worked for American Bridge.  He was working on the Oakland Bay Bridge and he fell from the top deck to the bottom deck and landed on his arms and knees.  He survived with many broken bones.  He took a medical retirement from American Bridge  and went to work at Geneva Steel.  My father also worked at Geneva Steel.  Men who worked hard labor joined unions.  Usually if you were a laborer and joined a union, you were a Democrat.  All of my family members were Democrats.

My grandfather Jake Daley was also a Catholic.  So I have a Catholic heritage as well.  He did not go to school past the 8th grade and lived in Chicago.  His family was dirt poor.  He made something of his life.  He gave me a comfortable life while I was growing up and living in his house.  He worshiped the same God that I worshiped.    After doing his genealogy and learning about his family, I realized that he had a horrible life growing up.  I am not going to go into the details, but the details are not good.  He was a humble man who never talked about his trials or his family.   

Years ago the majority of the Mormons were Democrat.  Many have joined other parties since then.  But I still hold the working man values of the Democratic Party.  Hard work is everything. 

Infighting and bickering party against party is damaging to the American dream.  There is too much fighting going on now.  I get all kinds of unkind remarks made to me because of my political leaning.  For those who do not like it, get over it.  I am allowed my voice and my American opinion.    And please do not be surprised that you no longer see me at the local church.............You all have worn me out.

People of Walmart!!!!!

My daughter Jenny and her friend Natalie were shopping at the American Fork Walmart and they actually saw this!  Shopping in her robe. 

New Card Group web site

I belong to a fabulous card group that has been going for quite a while.  We exchange cards every two months and here is the link for the new blog:

http://www.plgrovecards.blogspot.com/

This is the card that I submitted this month,

Call it the Thursday night massacre for the Patrick Henry devotees.

I am sitting here at work with nothing to do.  No one has called in asking questions or seeking help on the phone.  I have not been sworn at for a while, so life is pretty good here at work.  I have been reading the Salt Lake Tribune, and trying to stay awake.  I was on my way to Californis when the GOP caucus's were held.  I would have like to have attended, just to see the goings-on.  I have had to read what really went on behind the scenes.  Paul Rolly of the Trib is good at reporting what the fallout has been.  Look like the tea baggers took a bath.    That shows how really uninformed they are.  I just found out that my son in law is a Democrat.  That was a long kept secret, but short lived.  My daughter said he switched parties and joined the GOP to vote for Mitt.  He could vote for Mitt even if he is a Democrat.  No one knows who you vote for, not even the angels in Heaven.  Wow, I am glad for that one!!!!!!!!  Well, I have gotten off the beaten track here.  Anyway, as Paul Rolly explained, the blue haired people took back the GOP and got rid of the tea baggers.  The LDS Church encouraged everyone to attend their caucus's. So basically in a nut shell the righteous right  got the "boot".  Holly RIchardson, Jared Law, Joel Wright, Gayle Ruzika.   Also gone is right-wing blogger and author Connor Boyack, who left his position as social media director in the Mike Lee campaign two years ago because — get this — Lee was too liberal for him.  How can anyway be further "right" than Mike Lee.  How is Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer going to fare when it comes to the elections?    Here is a list of some of the logic that I hear:

Obama is responsible for the high gas prices.
Obama is another Hitler.
The LDS Church has nothing to do with the politics of this state.
Governor Herbert runs the State of Utah, not Gayle Ruzika.

If you would like to read the Trib's article, here is the link:  http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/53773144-82/party-tea-delegates-caucuses.html.csp