Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

TODAY IS FRIDAY --
that means Show N Tell and Friday Feast.
For Friday Feast...scroll down!



...join us over at Kelli's "There is no place like home"!!

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Welcome to my Friday's Show N Tell. This week it is of my new ceramic tea collection. I also have a few bone china cardinals, as I love the beautiful red birds; so naturally when I spied this set at the gift shop one day this past month, it was 'a must.' Hehehehehe, my hubby just shakes his head, and continually reminds me that "You don't need any more junk in the house!!" Then, he ends up liking it all. Go figure. Men!!! Hey, it was pretty, and cardinals ---I couldn't go wrong!!!


The following photos are of the same set, but just more 'close-up' than the top of the hutch above. With this photo you see the serving tray and the tea pot. The red is just so vivid, and it's all hand painted.


This, of course, is the tea cup. It's rather large and a hefty booger! It's definitely not fine, fragile china. LOL ---but I think it'll be a festive touch for the holidays coming up soon.


Sugar bowl - - -For me, what makes this set so special, as I said, it's hand painted - so the cardinals are not all indentical; not all the same as you see in 'pressed' patterned sets. They're all 'more or less' individual birds. And...


...the holly & pine cones are a great added touch for more of the intense colorations. The creamer - - - As I said, the set is new, I bought it in October, and I haven't had time to try it out, but maybe I will!! Which brings me to a question - a household hint: Does anyone know how to get out tea stains? I'd hate to mar it up with discoloration. But then again, on second thought, I may not even use it.

This is what is painted on the reverse side of the creamer, sugar bowl, teapot, and cup. Pine cones...






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~ANSWERS TO THURSDAY 13
Jumbled Holiday Movie Titles.

1-Prancer
2-The Perfect Holiday
3-Elf
4-How the Grinch Stole Christmas
5-White Christmas
6-A Christmas Carol
7-It's a Wonderful Life
8-Jack Frost
9-The Nightmare Before Christmas
10-Home Alone
11-Christmas With the Kranks
12-Jingle All the Way
13-Santa Claus

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~Chocolate or NO chocolate?
That is the question!


The heart specialist sent me to a nutritionist the other day. And she was telling me what foods eaten would trigger rapid heart rate. She told me to stay away from coffee, teas, chocolate and colas. Well, I don't drink coffee, and I do drink herbal teas [she smiled and said all herbs are more or less stimulants of one kind or another.] And cigarettes have licorice which is a high stimulating herb! I haven't drank much cola since my first heart rhythm problem...at one time I drank a lot of Pepsi/and or Coke! Not any more....I now am told to drink Ginger Ale OR DIET root beer. Tho the regular root beer [non-diet] is lower in caffeine, it still has enough if drank in high quantities that the heart would be affected. I can handle diet drinks. But the chocolate?!! Oooooo, baby, that's gonna be a difficult thing to give up. Even if consumed in small amounts, it makes the heart work harder. Hmmmmmm. So, I got to thinking after I came home that day, "Wonder if WHITE chocolate has caffeine?" Well, I kept forgetting to research it...'til yesterday. After we went to the grocery store for cat food, I was tempted to buy me a Nestle's Turtle snack pack. Yummy. But no, I used my will power! But, I DID remember to come home and look up the caffeine content of white chocolate. Here's what I found:

"Does white chocolate contain caffeine? I've been taken off all caffeine owing to a bout with insomnia and while I'm not addicted to chocolate, I do crave it once in a while.

Answer

All individuals react differently to caffeine ingestion. In adults, it takes three to seven hours before half of the caffeine ingested is metabolised and eliminated from the body. Milk chocolate contains 180mg theobromine (a caffeine-like substance) per 100g, whilst white chocolate contains only a trace of theobromine because it is produced without cocoa. Therefore, white chocolate would be a better option
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White chocolate contains no cocoa powder; then it contains no caffeine (it could contain very low trace amounts but nothing that's going to keep you awake at night!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_chocolate

I say to this: "Yay!!!" "I can satiate my craving for chocolate without the caffeine content!!!"

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You know what they say about sloppy cooks? [check closely on the bottom right area of the photo...see the white specks off the outer edge of the counter in the dark area? That's flour dust.] I swear it just jumped right off the counter onto the dishwasher door---all by itself. Honest :::crossing fingers behind my back:::



No worries mate! Pie's done and hubby cleaned up my mess. He's truly my sweet cheeks! I knew I married him for something. *giggles* Hot, fresh, apple pie anyone?

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~FRIDAY FEAST

Appetizer
What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride?
Actually, I'm not much for this kind of entertainment any more for me personally, altho when younger I loved the roller coaster and the ferris wheel...but if it were Disneyland....well, Indiana Jones ride is way cool, and space mountain. Right now tho, I'm much too physically weak for anything that's jerky these days. Now, I would have to say riding the elevator up and down to the 7th floor at the drs. complex is as thrilling as it gets for me.

Soup
How do you react in uncomfortable social situations?
Me? I'm not much a socialite, so I would definitely not have to react to uncomfortable situations. Give me a quiet home and a peaceful day/evening and I'm very content!!


Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics?
Well now, this is a trick question. 'Cause it would depend on the SUBJECT! Not that it's a deep philosophical topic...the topic has to pique interest first.


Main Course
Did you get a flu shot this year? If not, do you plan to?
[1]No, and [2]probably not. It's not worth it....why? 'Cause you get the flu ---and it's over in a few days...so, why bother? I mean, really....you have a 50/50 chance of catching the flu...but with a flu shot the odds are NOT in your favor, you usually get the flu from the shot.


Dessert
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend watching television?
Average-wise? Let's see 2 1/2 hours on Monday. Tuesday, one hour. Wednesday - Saturday a whole whopping ZERO ---Sunday, about 6 hours --SPORTS. [We watch movies!!! TV isn't good these days] So, that would be a total of 9 1/2 to 10 hours a week...if there's overtime on any game. Television has not been much for me ---I'd much rather read, play games, crochet....or watch a movie with my dear hubby.