Happy Monday, y’all.
I would like to share with you five facts from my weekend and then I would like to ask three questions. You may or may not be interested in this line of thinking but I am pleading with you to stick with me because it’s Monday and because you’re the kind of person that doesn’t abandon a girl at the second paragraph.
Okay…so the things and the questions:
Fact #1: My grandson is, quite simply, too much. Oh, how I love him. He turned one on Saturday and his mom and dad threw him a Luck of the Irish birthday party. Here’s the dapper boy now:
I made little Shepherd’s Pies in little green top hats and my co-grandma, Cathy, made corned beef sandwiches. It was a feast fit for a bow-tie-wearing boy and 30 of his closest friends. So fun!
So, question #1: Ethnic food. What’s your favorite to eat and cook? I feel in a bit of a rut and I need to be inspired toward more exotic cuisine. Extra points if you link a recipe.
Fact #2: I did several radio interviews last week for the book and they were, in a word: terrifying. Seriously, you guys, I speak to lots of people in my regular life, but there’s something about speaking to lots of people over the phone that makes my stomach react violently while my knees shake. All the hosts were just delightful and professional, so they are not the problem. I am the problem. I and my radio-related anxiety disorder. However, I think I’ve found a good trick for staying calm and the trick is: pacing. I pace when I preach (the camera people usually hate me by the end) and so it makes sense to pace when I talk on the phone to a broadcast area of six million people (gulp.) Here’s a link to one of the interviews with the amazing Nancy Turner (thank you, Nancy!) at the incredible Moody Radio in Chicago so you can listen and send me tips and helpful hints and such. Just kidding. I think tips and hints might increase my anxiety.
Fact #2: James Bond/007 was an orphan. I had no idea! Skyfall also taught me that you can kill a man by squishing him with your leg while also treading water. Amazing.
Fact #3: Still on the subject of Skyfall, I’m pretty sure there’s never been a creepier villain than Javier Bardem.
Question 2: Who (whom?) do you think is the creepiest ever movie villain? (Aw, man, I’m watching this while I’m blogging and I don’t want to spoil anything but…it’s sad.)
Fact #4: I read this blog post on social media etiquette and it resonated. In fact, it made me want to clap and wave a flag and dance a little in the privacy of my own home because…yes. Just yes.
Question #3: What is your biggest social media pet peeve?
So that’s it. My little weekend update. I hope yours was fantastic. I have a whirling dervish of a week ahead which includes three speaking gigs and a chance to wear a sparkly dress and dangerously high heels (oh, don’t you worry – there will be pictures!)
Have I mentioned recently how thankful I am for you? Your emails, messages of hope and life and funny jokes? You, friends, are lovely, and I would squish a villain with my leg while treading water for you. Truth.
Happy Monday,
Bo
Great post Bo! My answers to your questions are not in order 😉
Did you watch Skyfall for the first time this weekend? So did I! Javier Bardem is SO creepy. I think the creepiest villian of all time is Hannibal Lector. Hands down. However, my favourite villian is Darth Maul. 🙂
With an aunt and uncle that have lived in Hong Kong for well over 10 years, I have a lot of ethic food recipes! But my favourite is this cold Oriental Noodle Salad with Tahini. I seriously could eat the entire bowl. I’ll post a recipe soon because it’s nowhere on the internet. (Believe me, I’ve searched.)
Social media pet peeve? #hashtags!!! #People really shouldn’t be #hashtagging #every #single #word. So annoying!
So excited for the glittery heels and pretty dresses. Can’t wait for the pics. And your grandbaby is SO cute. Cuteness like that can steal anyones heart. 🙂
Blessings!
Hi Bo, just finished your book, I will be reading it a second time and maybe a third. You put into words so many things I have felt. I walked this road with my beautiful daughter 2007-2009. Not ALS but a life taking disease that we could not stop. I was her care giver and it was the most incredible two years of my life. God gave us ups and downs, happy days and sad days. Now I look back and rejoice in every single one of them. Thank you for being so open and sharing with us your life. I your book will touch so many people who will have to walk this road. Many blessings on you and your family.
And YES grand children are the best, just wait until the great grand children start showing up, they are wonderful.
Greyson’s party was hands down the best first birthday I’ve been, too and he was a doll through all of it:)
Answers
1. Our favorite to make is sushi at home, which is actually super easy and there’s a lot of variety to what you can do with it involving ingredients, style, creativity, etc.
2. I made the mistake of watching the shining in high school and Jack Nicholson and all the creepy apparitions still give me the willies just thinking about them.
3. My social media pet peeve is the pictures posted by loving parents of their kids being cute while being naked. I know it’s super cute and funny, but if you have a public account, that’s like sharing those pics with every Joe Shmo on the street. Some of those Joe Shmo’s are actual real life villains.
I’ve been hungry for this so it is the recipe I am passing on to you. It is a Paula Deen recipe called Chicken Bog and it is Low Country Louisiana Cooking. Very warming and comforting. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_23937_RECIPE-PRINT-FULL-PAGE-FORMATTER,00.html
Also, I know a person who appears on Moody radio as a guest on some of the morning and mid-day shows. I heard her tell another friend she did best if she just “forgot” about the audience and concentrated on having a warm, informative conversation with the host. Then she got through with fewer butterflies.
James Bond movies make me want to pick up a magazine, with the exception of Sean Connery which is a whole nother issue involving sexy voices.
Birthday anything is the best because it celebrates life. I adore birthdays, even my own, and at 51 I think it is a habit I will continue.
Food. My rut food looks like Jamaican. I think of sun, and different spices. It isn’t hard to make and always taste like a mini vacation. This recipe is for wings, but I use it with thighs or whatever I have on hand. Don’t make it often though. This recipe is the one I use and then tweek it to what I have on hand. Add rice and a salad and put on some reggae music. Don’t worry, eating this and you’ll lightnUpMan.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Jamaican-Jerk-Chicken-Wings-12156
Bo, I absolutely love that bow tie!
I love crepes. My mother used to make the best crepes. I make them and now my eldest daughter makes them. Yummy. You can fill with with anything you want. I love to fill mine with brown sugar and butter then drizzle syrup on top. Real good for the waist line. 1 c. flour/2 eggs…1/2 c water…1/2 c milk…1/4 tsp salt and 2tbs butter. Mix it and pour a thin layer into a hot skillet!
My worst villain would have to be Hannibal Lecter…creepy…played by the one and only Anthony Hopkins. And….drum rolll please…my biggest social media pet peeve would have to be dumb commercials or when you get onto Utube to watch a nice Michael W. Smith song and you have to watch the commercial for Brittney Spears. Ugh…
Bo,
I enjoy following your blog because you are the standard by which you balance nearly everything and quite well. With husbands challenges, you remain steadfast, and manage to not miss out on great family(adorable grandson) events. Of course all does not glitter, but dear lady your Spirit certainly does as you lean on Him you fully strengthen others with your indomitable will to live fully in the here and now. Oh your life exudes the aroma of Christ. Where you fully aim to bless others in your speaking and ministry responsibilities God, in turn will bless you with the crown of life(James 1:12) as you certainly have persevered under trial. Know many watch you that you least are aware but in turn God is seen on every corner. Wish I could hug you as you are a true hero of the faith; a modern Esther that will boldly go wherever God declares.
love ya’