Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Wordless Wednesday!


Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed OVER AT JAVA'S! So, I've found a new home for Wednesday, and I blog-hop all day long looking at great pics! How about you?  The pictures above is at my day-job in which I'm a security-guard.  As they say, "Don't quit your day job".   Have a HAPPY WW!  Leave me a comment and follow me, and I'll return the love for you! 

This is from a gig I had and I just finished singing "I want to wake up with you in my arms".      

The Cakeblast with linky
Mom Spotted with linky


For more Wordless Wednesday visit 5 Minutes 4 MomHere and ThereGo Graham Go, and Hobo Mama’s WW Linky List!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Monday's Music Moves Me

HI EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO  THE 40th WEEK OF    
"MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME"
 
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and welcome to MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME TOMOSER STYLE! Our Head Conductor of this LOVE TRAIN is XmasDolly!   Co-Conductors are  Lorie of  The Shewbridges of Celebration, Florida,LARRY from Cakeblast, and CALLIE from JAmericanSpice.  Just a bunch of swingin' people that Mooooooves Me! 

SO ALL ABOARD EVERYBODY!  DON'T PUSH!  DON'T SHOVE!  There's room for everybody!  They're eager to greet us at the station.  So get on board.  Okay, signing in to their linky first;  leaving a comment on my way out to the next stop because I already have their cool button then taking the train to the next stop to see/hear the next sounds of coolness, AND this week I decided to display their linky too.  I'm sure it'll be easy to keep track on who I'm visiting.  So, before you leave to go to your next stop, and this week's theme is a "SONGS OF THE DAY or Summer Songs"!  This being Memorial Day I've decided to go with my own version of "America" once again.  I'm doing a give-away with this CD also, and if you go back you'll see I'm also offering a DVD, "IT'S IN THE BAG" By none other than myself.  I produced this DVD a while back, and I'm sure it'll come in handy if you own a dog.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
Yep, It's me!!

A buddy & Yep, ME again!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet -Pheasant Breast

WELCOME TO OUR 12th "RECIPE SWAP MEET"!

Come join Thursday's "RECIPE SWAP MEET" at http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com  I'll lend you mine if you'll lend me yours.    If you take one, share one!  All you have to do is sign our linky, grab their button, and show off your Recipe!  Below you will find your Chef-Hostesses XmasDolly and Lori from  
The Shewbridges of Central Florida  (Lorie says Hi!).  Hi-ya! 

We all have recipes from our family archives that we've collected over the years, and maybe some we have swapped from friends, magazines, cookbooks, & neighbors!

Perfecto
HERE'S MINE!  ENJOY!
                      Pheasant Breast with Raspberry Honey Peppermint Sauce

6              Bone In Pheasant Breast
6-8             Cleaned whole carrots
6-9             Medium Potatoes quartered
6-10         Celery stalks cleaned and cut into 1 “ pieces.
2-3             Medium onions peeled and quartered.
1-1.5        Tsp. Salt
Pinch of pepper distributed lightly over breasts.
1-1.5         Tsp. Garlic
1-1.5         Tsp.  Poultry seasoning.
Pinch   of   Thyme,  Rosemary,  Nutmeg, &  Cinnamon .

Pour Salt, Garlic, poultry seasoning, Thyme, Rosemary, Nutmeg, & Cinnamon in a small tupper ware container, or empty salt shaker, cover and shake till well blended.   

2-4 oz   Whiskey   (Use a small or medium size crock-pot)!  

Starting with The 1st layer place 2 carrots and 2 ¼ red potatoes in bottom of crock-pot.  Sprinkle with seasoning mixture. Next place 2 breasts on the carrot potato bed, pour a small amount of whiskey over each breast, sprinkle with seasoning mixture, spread some cut celery over breast, add a little seasoning on celery. Repeat process for two more layers to complete the 6-breast meal. Crock-pot should be about full. If any celery left put on top of last layer and season. If any whiskey is left pour over celery.  Set crock-pot on low, cover and cook for 8-12 hours. The slow low temp moist cooking will make the breast tender and moist, and it is almost impossible to over cook the breast.

Raspberry Honey Peppermint Sauce.
I 12-16 oz. Jar of Raspberry preserves.
I cup of red or black Raspberries.
¼ lb. Butter
½ Tsp. salt
4 oz. Peppermint Schnops
2    tablespoons of honey

Medium frying pan melt ¼ lb. Butter, add jar of raspberry preserves, cut fresh raspberries in ¼ s and add to mixture. Add salt, Schnapps and honey and reduce heat to a low simmer. Stir slowly to insure even mix of ingredients. After a nice blend is achieved cover and allow to simmer for 1- 1.5 hrs. checking closely so as not to boil away the moisture. Use a pan with a moisture recovery lid. Taste occasionally as it simmers. Should give a diametrically opposed taste of sweet and tart. 

After cooking is completed  place in a shallow dish and chill in refrigerator. Can be heated later and poured over pheasant breast or served as a side in a small bowl to dip fork size bite of breast in. Either way works well and both hot and cold, should be offered with the meal.  

From The Kitchen Of Tom Tomoser         BONA PETITE!

By "Special Request" CD (Love Songs) & DVD Command Retrieving for your Dog GIVE-AWAY

By "Special Request" is the first full vocal CD I have released featuring just me when I began to perform live in August 2009.   The following video is one of the songs on the CD "America"!
Here's a list of the Songs:

1. America                                8.  Girl in my Dreams
2. Gloria Jean                            9.  I need your love always
3. Since I Fell For You             10. Before you go
4. Trust Me                              11. Lonely One
5 My Way                               12. Touch Love
6. Gabrielle                              13. You don't know me.
7. Southern Style                     14. She's Gone.

All of my CD's can be found at www.cdbaby.com at a very reasonable price, and are also sold individually.
Just the CD you need for the Civil Holiday picnics/parties coming up soon Memorial Day, 4th of July & yes even Labor Day!  Other songs to listen too on that that warm romantic night next to the campfire too!
NOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS CD FOR YOUR VERY OWN FOR ONE OF THOSE COZY NIGHT'S, DINNER FOR TWO, OR MAYBE PLAYING BY THE CAMPFIRE?  IT CAN BE YOURS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ENTER BELOW, BUT WAIT... NOW THERE'S MORE I HAVE A DVD CALLED, "IT'S IN THE BAG! BY YOURS TRULY! Regarding Command Retrieving for your Dog.  Yes, 1 hr. 57 minutes of Action Training! Command Retrieving is the Most Dependable System to Develop a Never-Fail Retriever!  Also, find great ways to prepare your game.  QUAIL, PHEASANT, and CHUKKAR.  Learn from my 35 yrs. of Dog Training & 55 years of hunting.

So, there you go "2" CD's to offer!  One for you, and one for the hubby!  Enjoy!
HERE'S HOW TO ENTER:

Mandatory: Browse You Tube by  putting in Tom Tomoser, and tell us which song/video you like the most.

 For extra entries:
  • Follow my blog publicly (gfc) (+1)
  • Subscribe by e-mail.  I will be checking (+3)
Be sure to leave a valid email address otherwise I won't be able to contact you if you win.
  • Follow me GFC Publicly (+3)
  • Like Introducing Mr. Cool on Facebook (+1)  
  • Share this Give-Away on your FB 3x daily (+3 ea. time)
  • Add my button to your site, and tell me where it is (+3) 
  • (My button is being worked on - will be finished shortly)
  • Blog about this give-away with a link leading back here (+10) 
  • Enter any current giveaways at my friend's XmasDolly & tell me which one (+5 ea.)
  • Comment on one of my non-give-away Posts - let me know which one (+3 - limit 5) 
  • Bring a friend to follow me, and let me know which one  (+3 ea.) 
  • Follow me on twitter @MrCool667 on Twitter (+2) 
  • Tweet this giveaway (3x/daily-1hr. a part) You may copy this one or use your own: .
  • RT By "Special Request" CD Review/GiveAway http://introducingmrcool.blogspot.com/2011/05/by-special-request-cd-reviewgive-away.html 5.26&6.24
  • Follow me on Networked Blog (+1)
Give-away will end on  6/24/11 at 11:59 PM CST
Winners will be chosen by random.org and will be e-mailed. The winner has 48 hrs. to respond to my e-mail or another winner will be chosen.
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*Disclaimer:  I received no monetary compensation for hosting this review/give-away.   I, Tom Tomoser/Mr Cool  wrote my own honest review, and honest opinions were used from the information I had gathered on the Internet and listening to my own CD.   My opinion is 100% my own and may vary from others, and no monetary compensation was given to me for this Post.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Wordless Wednesday!


Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed OVER AT JAVA'S! So, I've found a new home for Wednesday, and I blog-hop all day long looking at great pics! How about you?  This picture is on the back of one of my CD's, and I'm doing a promotion on it starting today.  I'm also doing my first review/give-away to follow this Wordless Wednesday.  Check it out and I hope you enter, and enjoy my CD.  Good luck to everyone.   Have a HAPPY WW!  Leave me a comment and follow me, and I'll return the love for you!


The Cakeblast with linky
Mom Spotted with linky


For more Wordless Wednesday visit 5 Minutes 4 MomHere and ThereGo Graham Go, and Hobo Mama’s WW Linky List!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Aloha Friday and Friday Follow & Photo Flashback


Are you a blogger over 40?  I surely am, but not older just wiser! lol
Please join in the fun over at Java's place, and get to know your fellow bloggers at Never Growing Old!!
  This is my first time, so I'm going to follow everybody, and I hope you return the love.

 
"In Hawaii, Aloha Friday a day of rest. So we're doin' the same. On Fridays we're taking it easy on posting. Therefore, our hostess is asking a simple question for you to answer; nothing that requires a lengthy response.If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link at the very friendly place of Islandlife808.com. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends and find new followers!
 
My question is: If you get up to dance what type of dance do you like to get up, and dance too?


I usually do the slow dances.
My Grandparents
A friend told me about Alicia's "Friday Photo Flashback" and I thought I'd join in this week.  So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner to good use! Don't forget to link up so we can all visit and comment on each others blogs!

 Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you follow.  Have a wonderful weekend ! 
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Monday's Music Moves Me

HI EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO  THE 38th WEEK OF    
"MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME"
 
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and welcome to MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME TOMOSER STYLE!   Our Head Conductor of this LOVE TRAIN is  XmasDolly!   Co-Conductors are  Lorie of  The Shewbridges of Celebration, Florida,LARRY from Cakeblast, and CALLIE from JAmericanSpice.  Just a bunch of swingin' people that Mooooooves Me! 

SO ALL ABOARD EVERYBODY!  DON'T PUSH!  DON'T SHOVE!  There's room for everybody!  They're eager to greet us at the station.  So get on board.  Okay, signing in to their linky first;  leaving a comment on my way out to the next stop because I already have their cool button then taking the train to the next stop to see/hear the next sounds of coolness, AND this week I decided to display their linky too.  I'm sure it'll be easy to keep track on who I'm visiting.  So, before you leave to go to your next stop, and this week's theme is a "REGGAE OR HAWAIIAN"!  Unfortunately, I do not have any songs in that catagory.  Although, I do sing at weddings I thought the following would be appropriate.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Wordless Wednesday!


Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed OVER AT JAVA'S! So, I've found a new home for Wednesday, and I blog-hop all day long looking at great pics! How about you?  The pictures above is at my day-job in which I'm a security-guard.  As they say, "Don't quit your day job".   Have a HAPPY WW!  Leave me a comment and follow me, and I'll return the love for you! 


The Rose:   The eye is the direct link to the section of the brain that appreciates beauty, as Helen finished "The Rose" I watched her lay it on a piece of Blue silk and the magic happened, "Don't move anything I've got to capture that beauty for my Alexander Chapin Collection," and here it is for all to see.

The Cakeblast with linky
Mom Spotted with linky


For more Wordless Wednesday visit 5 Minutes 4 MomHere and ThereGo Graham Go, and Hobo Mama’s WW Linky List!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Monday's Music Moves Me

HI EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO  THE 37th WEEK OF    
"MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME"
 
Hope you all had a wonderful MOTHER'S DAY weekend, and welcome to MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME TOMOSER STYLE!   Our Head Conductor of this LOVE TRAIN is  XmasDolly!   Co-Conductors are  Lorie of  The Shewbridges of Celebration, Florida,LARRY from Cakeblast, and CALLIE from JAmericanSpice.  Just a bunch of swingin' people that Mooooooves Me! 

SO ALL ABOARD EVERYBODY!  DON'T PUSH!  DON'T SHOVE!  There's room for everybody!  They're eager to greet us at the station.  So get on board.  Okay, signing in to their linky first;  leaving a comment on my way out to the next stop because I already have their cool button then taking the train to the next stop to see/hear the next sounds of coolness, AND this week I decided to display their linky too.  I'm sure it'll be easy to keep track on who I'm visiting.  So, before you leave to go to your next stop, and this week's theme is a "FREEBIE"!  Isn't that a hoot!



"SMILE OF A CHILD", "SING A SONG ABOUT JESUS" both written by myself, Tom Tomoser.


MEET MR. COOL - TOM TOMOSER!

WELCOME!!!
 
 Hello Everyone, and I hope you're having a nice day. Today we have a Guest Host. She will be conducting an interview with me, but first I will like to explain how I met our friend and guest host, "XmasDolly".
    
        I subscribe to Reporter Connection, a site that has listings of people looking for guests for radio shows, ( I did Dr. Veronica a wellness show, and the topic was older guys with younger women and older women with younger guys), comments for books or papers and of course bloggers looking for products to review and giveaway.  I need all the publicity I can get and this site has provided several good spots for me.  Anyway I answered a post for A Christmas review and give away, and Xmasdolly contacted me and she did a wonderful campaign for my just released CD "LOVE PASSIONATELY.  About the time Christmas was over I released a sexy instrumental instrumental CD called "SILKY & SENSUOUS SPECIAL EDITION"  a sequel to my best selling CD "SILKY & SENSUOUS.'  I asked Dolly if she wanted to do the same deal with S&S S.E., she did and she did another fabulous job on promoting my new release.  I believe it's called a "Review/Give-Away" in blogger talk, and now we
continue our very good relationship today.

    This week she has so graciously consented to interview me, and I guess we should just get started.

 
     Hi Everyone! How's goin'? XmasDolly here, and without further ado I think we should get this party started whatcha think?
 
 Unfortunately, Tom and I have not met in person, but maybe some day who knows. Since our introduction through Tomoson.com (I think that's what it was), and the review/give-aways I did for him we have written back, and forth many times, and what I have learned I decided you all should know too because our new friend here is a very interesting person, and has lived a very interesting life. I have met many amazing and interesting people even some I now call my friends throughout my lifetime during employment,.neighborhoods, blogging, and how I am in awe of what they do and have accomplished. So without further ado let me roll out the red carpet for our guest.   INTRODUCING "MR. COOL" himself, "MR. TOM TOMOSER".

*When and why did you start this career as an entertainer, and how did it come about? As a singer and Producer?

    I have always wanted to be an entertainer since I was little kid. I tried to play the French horn in the Jr. High Orchestra, but that was a bust. The conductor suggested I go to sax. After I got out of the Navy as an adult student I studied alto sax for about 6 months, then my first marriage blew up and I let music go for a while.  I dated an exotic dancer who was a great singer as well as a beautiful dancer. I was a party animal in those days, and could generally get the bands that played in the joints I frequented to let Josephine sing a couple of cuts or more and Jo and I tried to figure out how to get her a recording contract. She wanted me to manage her and we gave it a hell of a good try but she had to travel the club circuit and I had to work in one place so we hated to do it but we gave up on us and on a singing career for Jo.

   Fast forward to 1981. I had figured the easiest way to get into the music business would be to write a hit song and get it to a big star. I had some very good breaks in my day job and was making enough money to study music theory, voice, and production. By 1983 my voice coach said why don't you start performing and see if you can build a vocal career. I tried that for about 5 years and decided it was easier to take some of my best songs and record them with some of the great talent I met along the way. Finally in 1997 I released my first CD called "COOL SMOOTH & SASSY" starring Joe Genovesi a tenor sax man.

So I opened my own record label and continued to write and produce instrumental CDS with the musicians I met, but I kept singing and doing my demos trying to get songs to the big starts. I think as it stands to day I have written 160 songs and have 2 unfinished tunes on my piano. Somewhere along the way somebody suggested I learn and add classic hits to my repertoire and I have accumulated about 25 classic hits that I use in my new CDs and in my shows.  

Didn't mean to get so lengthy on this, but it took 31 years to get to this point, and it was just 2 years ago that it came together for me as a performer. I was doing  my radio show in Kansas City and they asked me to sing My arrangement of America, which is on my CD BY Special Request, for memorial day 2009. A woman who owns a restaurant heard me sing and called the station to see if I did live shows, I of course replied, yes I did, and she hired me to do a ladies night out at her restaurant and I did. It was a great gig took the lady I was dating with me to run the sound and sell CD's, which she did well, but more importantly that launched my career as a night club performer.  

  *How and what made you decide on the name "Mr. Cool"?

 I didn't decide on the name "Mr. Cool."  After I released "Cool Smooth & Sassy" in 1997, the man I hired to build me a web site to sell my cds from said your name is now "Mr. Cool" so my classic reply to him was, "Cool I Love it.  See musicians have been using "Cool" since the 30's, I just am continuing in some great peoples foot steps.  
 
 *What performance stands out in your mind the most?

     After the exilleration of the KC show wore off I had this huge thirst to perform, but no where to perform. One night on my day job, I had a fire watch after Omaha's only Kosher restaurant burned down. It happened to be right across the street from a Karaoke Bar. I asked some of the people coming out how the place was and how big a crowd. The girl said it was great place and usually more than 100 on weekends. I got off the following Saturday night and walked into the Karaoke bar and asked the DJ if he could play my CD Tracks. He said it was a go. I of course wore my black double breasted suit with a red tie and pocket sq. my black hat and white shirt with french cuffs and my Rollex. I sang You don't Know me the first time up and was very pleased with the reception I got. The second tune I did one of my songs Aw Right one of only  a hand ful of up tunes I do. Then about 30 minutes before close he called me up fro a 3rd tune, and I did "My Way", for the first time since about 86 and I got their attention from there word now. No chatter no chinking glasses no noise they were listening to me. I have a fantastic arrangement of Frank's great hit and I set it up for performance no intro no instrumental interlude. I worked out and ending that goes way up and sustains then comes back to resolve and lock in.  This was the first time I ever got a standing ovation. they got on there feet as I went into the ending and didn't stop clapping until a good 45 secs after I finished the last note! Talk about adrenalin rush, I couldn't fall asleep till 5 am. Since then I have had 18 S.O. on My Way, 3 on You Light Up MY Life,and 2 on I dreamed of you.  
 
  *What would you say is the main content of your career?

     Producing and arranging great tracks to put together with great love songs, and both record them and perform them.

 *What made you decide to become a blogger?

   I liked what happened when Dolly blogged my songs so Thought it would be a good way to meet people and let them know what I had to offer them musically and my other entertainment products, dog training DVDs , books and CDs on Owning and maintaining a car.  (Those will be posted at a later date). 

 *How often do you post?
 
    This depends on work time as I do have another job besides entertaining etc. I am a security guard.
 
  *What are some of the things that you love about blogging?

     Being able to interact with people. I am a people person and always have been.  
 
 *What are some of the negatives?

     Haven't come across any yet, other than it's time consuming!
 
  *Name 1-3 favorite items/postings that you have/do on your blog?
 
     Like to put up videos of my songs and other of my entertainment products. Especially like to read the comments. Feed Back is how you improve your products. In recording the most important part of the process is PLAY BACK. When it's al;all down and you think you have the mix right and your product is ready for Public Consumption, PLAY  BACK confirms or denies your hopes.
 
  *Any advice you would give to new entertainers? New bloggers?
 
     Since even the good size starts are blogging I think My advice would be if you want a direct link to your audience out side of live performance BLOG.
 
 *What is your favorite song you love to perform and why? How do you decide which songs to add to your repertoire?

     My Way because when I sing "AND NOW," it gets quiet, I know it's in reverence to Frank and they are waiting to see if I honor him or make a mess. The song has been part of me since we wrote the arrangement in 85. I didn't get standing ovation them but I would get requests to do it, that's a start. Since I have now 2 other songs that are capable of getting people on their feet I have choices for openers and closers. I also keep adding more Barbra and more frank to the repertoire  as I Love them both and want to sing their songs to honor them.  I am adding 4 songs that I recently wrote new lyrics for . See I studied music theory for 10 years and wrote some very good music but never studied lyric writing till 93-7 and now I go back to my songs from the late 80s which I produced with great tracks but lets say "uneducated lyrics" now I can write lyrics as good a my music and I can achieve prosody, which is the perfect marriage of lyric and music. So these 4 songs of mine will find a spot in the new cd for 2011.  

 *Would you please share 5-7 things about the person behind the screen so that we get to know the "real" you!!

        1.   I am a free wheeling happy go lucky guy with a brain for business and a flair for love and life. would like to have said Love and marriage, but I have failed 2 many times at marriage so not willing to give my heart away again.

       2.    Been an avid hunter since I was 6 yrs old and try to catch Pheasants at the railroad yard with my dog.  Have been too busy with music to hunt this year but I have a 13 year old grand son who is chompin at the bit and I have a fine bird dog so this fall me and the kid will see if we can't put a bird or two in the freezer.

      3.    I Have few regrets one regret I have is I could have marched at Selma with DR King, but opted to save my vacation for pheasant season. Tony Bennet marched at Selma but I blew it and went pheasant hunting.    
  
      4.   My 4 wonderful Kids all graduated college are well and happy and are all making 6 figure incomes.  

      5.   I have a very strong religious conviction and am a church going guy, as my on call 24/7 schedule permits. If I'm off Sunday Morning I'm in church, cause I know with out His magnificent Love and guidance I don't know where I would be. I cling to the scripture that says,"With men some things are impossible, but with God all things are possible." Like my idol Fran Sinatra said, "People can say whatever they want to about me, but when I sing "I BELIEVE,"  That's who I am!"  

     6.   I am an 11th generation American. My mother's family, (The Chapins) came to this continent in 1623 from Pagington England. My sweet little British mother married a 1st generation Hungarian/Scotish American man, making me 3/4 Brit 1/4 Hungarian. I’m learned more from these two wonderful people growing up during the war years than I learned in 11 years of school. Things they taught me in the 40s and 50s I live by today.

    7.     Last but not least I am a workaholic, I started a business that raced to 2.5 mil in sales in 4 years, but made some bad decision in the beginning to get the money to build the business, and was not suspicious enough of the people I was working with who were so deep in greed I don't know how they hell they lived with themselves. No regrets I had a good 20 years run in that business and lived quite a ways up the hog for most of those years and best of all it paid for my musical education!!!
 

*Any other info you would like to share.

   Dolly, there is a whole lot more to Tom Tomoser, but we'll have to dig into that another time. Thanks for helping me to let the wonderful people in bloggerland know more about me.
 
 Tom, thank you for opening up to your fellow bloggers here, and sharing part of you with all of us. I know I enjoyed learning a bit more about you, and for those that don't know our Tom, we have corresponded on several occasions and he is such a interesting and nice person. He has just taken the next step with his blog whereas he is now coming about and sharing with us his interviews from TV, and other articles. You can find this information in the left side bar. Also, he will be hosting giveaways shortly of a few CD's and DVD's he has produced, and performed in soon. I have also gathered from his emails that he has no plans to slow down any time soon. I hope you enjoyed meeting Tom, if you didn't know him or getting to know him better if you do. Please stop by again soon, and browse around at a fewer older posts or just say hi ! Thank you for your time, and for stopping by. Have a nice day!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Aloha Friday and Friday Follow & Photo Flashback


Are you a blogger over 40?  I surely am, but not older just wiser! lol
Please join in the fun over at Java's place, and get to know your fellow bloggers at Never Growing Old!!
  This is my first time, so I'm going to follow everybody, and I hope you return the love.

 
"In Hawaii, Aloha Friday a day of rest. So we're doin' the same. On Fridays we're taking it easy on posting. Therefore, our hostess is asking a simple question for you to answer; nothing that requires a lengthy response.If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link at the very friendly place of Islandlife808.com. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends and find new followers!
 
My question is:  Do you have any showers, weddings, graduations or family picnics planned this summer?


I sing at weddings (showers, church and receptions). 
Approx. 1940 and I was about 10 or 11
A friend told me about Alicia's "Friday Photo Flashback" and I thought I'd join in this week.  So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner to good use! Don't forget to link up so we can all visit and comment on each others blogs!

 Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you follow.  Have a wonderful weekend ! 
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Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet - Brandy Honey Short Ribs

WELCOME TO OUR 9th "RECIPE SWAP MEET"!

Come join Thursday's "RECIPE SWAP MEET" at http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com  I'll lend you mine if you'll lend me yours.    If you take one, share one!  All you have to do is sign our linky, grab their button, and show off your Recipe!  Below you will find your Chef-Hostesses XmasDolly and Lori from  
The Shewbridges of Central Florida  (Lorie says Hi!).  Hi-ya! 
Lorie's recipe is at her blog.

We all have recipes from our family archives that we've collected over the years, and maybe some we have swapped from friends, magazines, cookbooks, & neighbors!

PerfectoSo, remember if you take one, sign our linky, grab our button, and we'll rush over to your place and grab yours!  Oh, and don't forget to follow and leave a comment, and we'll happily return the love!  I can hardly wait to see your family's old recipes and try them!  That's it!  Let's start cookin'!  So, if you're stumped on what to make tonight stop over by Dolly & Lorie's RECIPE SWAP MEET!  
HERE'S MINE!  ENJOY!

"Brandy Honey Short Ribs".

In a large skillet put 2 tablespoons of olive oil (Canola works too) and heat on high for about 3 mins.

While the oil is heating up season 1.5 to 2 lbs of boneless short ribs, with Canadian Steak seasoning, Garlic, Paprika, Black pepper, and salt, place in the hot oil in the pan to brown. Now season the top side while the bottom side browns.

       After 1st side is browned turn and brown the other side.

       When second side is browned cut heat back to low.

       Wait till oil has cooled down some and then add 3-4 ozs.. of any Brandy, keeping in mind when the alcohol cooks off it will leave a subliminal flavor of the brandy you used, Strait , Apricot,Blackberry, etc. Make sure it's not to hot when  you add the brandy as it could flare up in to a flam-beau.

       Give the brandy and oil about 5 minutes before you add about 6-8 oz of water or enough to almost cover the ribs.

       Next use a white vinegar, if you add a couple of jalapenos to the vinegar it gives it tart with a tang. Sprinkle each rib with a little vinegar. We need a blend of flavors to make the sauce work.  

       Now peel and slice a medium to large onion, push the rings out of the slices.  Smother the ribs with the onion rings. Add a little more garlic and salt and pepper. to the rings.

       Last in ingredient Barbeque sauce. Again your choice, I like Honey flavored barbeque sauce because it contrast well against straight brandy, and vinegar.

      Cover and leave on low heat. Cook until falling apart tender about 2.5 -3 hrs for 2 lb-3 lbs.

      Like the French say and they are right, "It's all in the sauce."  you should wind up with at least 1.5 to 2 cups of sauce.

      Cover with sauce and serve with a vegetable or pasta if a starch is preferred.  I prefer just a veggie. Healthy eating even though it's beef.   BONA PETITE!!!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Wordless Wednesday!


Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed OVER AT JAVA'S! So, I've found a new home for Wednesday, and I blog-hop all day long looking at great pics! How about you?  The pictures above is at my day-job in which I'm a security-guard.  As they say, "Don't quit your day job".   Have a HAPPY WW!  Leave me a comment and follow me, and I'll return the love for you! 


The Cakeblast with linky
Mom Spotted with linky


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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Monday's Music Moves Me

HI EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO  THE 35th WEEK OF    
"MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME"
 
Hope you had a nice EASTER weekend, and welcome to MONDAY'S MUSIC MOVES ME!  I'm still new at this, so bare with me, and I hope I get this right.  So our Head Conductor of this LOVE TRAIN is  XmasDolly!   Co-Conductors are  Lorie of  The Shewbridges of Celebration, Florida,LARRY from Cakeblast , and CALLIE from JAmericanSpice.  Just a bunch of swingin' people that Mooooooves Me! 

SO ALL ABOARD EVERYBODY!  DON'T PUSH!  DON'T SHOVE!  There's room for everybody!  They're eager to greet us at the station.  So get on board.  Okay, signing in to their linky first;  leaving a comment on my way out to the next stop because I already have their cool button then taking the train to the next stop to see/hear the next sounds of coolness, AND this week I decided to display their linky too.  I'm sure it'll be easy to keep track on who I'm visiting.  So, before you leave to go to your next stop, and this week's theme is about a color or the weather in the song.  Oh boy, this is going to be a tough one for me, but I think I might have a couple for ya that I hope you enjoy.

The Wind Beneath My Wings



Tom Tomoser Presents "Live in Concert with Joe Genovesi".
Misty Morning Girl
I hope you enjoyed the tunes I picked.  Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by.