PENSIEVE

Quickie times four :)

[1]  Remember the "all call" for your cancer-related questions?  Well....

Please visit Karen at Simply Amusing for a Q&A on skin cancer this week; breast and cervix cancer next.

[2]  BIG thanks to Alyson at Three Peas in a Pod for the L'oreal  Bare Naturale Gentle Mineral Makeup she gave away recently!  I've never tried mineral make-up before, and while it takes a bit of getting used to, I'm thrilled to be able to try it for FREE!! :)

[3}  Tried your hand at Friday's 40-or-less Photo Challenge?  Be sure to check out those who did (and link your own if you do!).  It's always a FUN, easy post!

[4]  I'll be a net impaired over the next few days.  Why (no one's asking...)?  Because we're headed to an annual Memorial Day tradition with some long-time friends.  Ultimate destination, Hilton Head Island. 

But for tonight?  Guess where we'll be eating dinner and with whom?   You can click to find the "where" and our dinner companions will be this #2 gentleman and his bride :).

Happy Memorial weekend, y'all!! Hopefully "normal" blogging will commence when we return!

:)

Cancer, the next best thing to Satan

It is rare for me to use the word "hate" and mean it, but I HATE cancer and I mean it.

Cancer robbed me of knowing my mom beyond childhood; it deprived my children from knowing their "other" grandmother; it cruelly took my paternal grandmother away just months after taking Mama; and I'm so thankful to say, while my sister had cancer, it didn't have her*--she's a 10+ year survivor.

Because May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Karen at Simply Amusing Blog has been asked by a group of local oncologists to write about prevention; they're using a Q & A format, and she's asking readers for questions for the physicians to answer.  Summer's almost upon us, the sun will be blazing guns in no time, so her goal is to get readers to think about better choices before any damage is done.

If you have ANY question about melanoma or would like any area discussed, would you please follow the link to Karen and let her know?  You can always leave a comment here, too, and I'll compile any I receive and pass them along via email.   Thanks!

Kudos to Karen for initiating this conversation...it's "good" bloggin', y'all :). 

BTW, I bet she wouldn't mind a bit if you wanted to pick up the graphic above and ask YOUR readers to submit questions (if you do, be sure to let me know and I'll come visit and make sure Karen knows!!).

(attributed to my Survivor-friend, Kathy, aka Swampwitch)

 

Good Eats, More Treats

{Please be sure to read background and Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show highlights 10-8 here!}

[7]  Susansnaps, #7 in my highlights, but no doubt the most inspirational story of the show. 

Susan Stachler, pictured at right with her mom, Laura, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease her senior year in college; just a year prior, her dad had undergone chemo treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and before Susan was born, her aunt (for whom she is named) died by the cruel hand of the very same cancer. 

For the Stachler's, their mantra became "cancer is NOT okay" and they found a way to fight back--establishing the Susan Carver Foundation to fund cancer research.  Perfecting a family recipe, they began making and selling the "ultimate ginger snap"-- Susansnaps--and a portion of every sale is directed to the foundation.

The recipe is her mom's but Susan created the adorable artwork and packaging for Susansnaps; each lady radiates her own personality, which I think gives us a glimpse into Susan's.  And if you're wondering about the cookies?  Yum.Meee!  Just like POPs, you can buy them on-line; a visit to their site will bring light into your day :).

[6]  Like a Pavlovian rat, I cannot go to Atlanta without a visit to Huey's.  Their breakfast is one of my FAVORITE of all time!  Pillowy, powder- sugared perfection, I can't eat my weight in them, but I sure want to.  Their omelettes  are artwork,the shrimp and grits rival any coastal pleasure, but the beignets?  Melt-in-your-mouth-fried-dough yumtastic!!

...Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show highlights to be continued :)