By Sheri Hopkins, Lifestyle Contributor
Hello everyone! Hopefully everyone has water. Hopefully no more -2 degree temps this year. I have told y’all before, I am not a cold weather fan. No pun intended, ha ha!
I know y’all know about some of my quirks and hangups. I don’t have as many as my sister, Pam. She is a whole series on her own. I hope she doesn’t read this. I’m going to tell you this much, one year, we took a road trip to see my grands when they lived in Ohio. On our way home, we were driving through St. Louis, and it was nighttime, and I couldn’t wait to see the arches. My sister Pam has her head in the floorboard of the car and a blanket over her head. She would not look at it. I told her she was really missing out, but she never did look at it. Don’t ask me why. I have no clue. That’s my sister, Pam. Here is my latest stunt. Ethan calls me last night and says he is broken down at exit 12 in Ft. Smith. I call his uncle Jacob to go to his recuse. No luck getting it started, so I called a wrecker and have it towed. Jacob stays “I will meet you in Greenwood.” He says to meet in that parking lot by Tractor Supply where all the cars park. Ok, gotcha. See ya there. I turn at the new light on Highway 71 and see them in that parking lot and I just drove on by. Yes, I have a hard time making turns, I miss exits and driveways. I just passed them by and pulled in Tractor Supply and turned around to make another stab at it. I drove right by the turn…again! As I expected, the phone rings, and it’s Jacob. “What are you doing?!? We busted out laughing. I said “I can’t turn in.” Him and Ethan set there and watched me drive by them, but not turn in. They laughed and laughed.
It all started when I was 18 and I was going to Vo-Tech in Ozark. We had to go to some kind of convention in Hot Springs. My friends, Lisa, Debbie, Sharon and I loaded up and headed to the Arlington Hotel to spend the weekend for this convention, I can’t remember what it was all about. I was driving and we circled that Arlington Hotel I can’t tell you how many times before I could turn in. It’s crazy I know, but I can’t help it.
Jacob said, “mom that was like Deja Vu.” He said “remember when we used to visit dad in Conway when he worked there, and you kept driving by the hotel and wouldn’t turn in.” Of course, I remember that. Jacob and his dad made fun of me for years over it. Now that y’all know how crazy I am you have a better understanding of why my family thinks I’m crazy. I laughed so hard last night I got choked. I can’t tell you how many exits, streets, roads and driveways I have missed in my life.
This week’s recipe is for spaghetti pizza casserole, I hope you enjoy it. I made the angel food cake mix and can of peaches recipe Tuesday and it is one of my favorites.
PIZZA SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE
1 pound of spaghetti (cooked but not super soft)
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup mozzarella cheese
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pizza toppings: 32 oz. of spaghetti sauce, 1 teaspoon oregano, 3 cups mozzarella cheese, 5 oz. of pepperoni you can change that topping to whatever you like, sausage, onion or mushrooms. You decide what you like best. Mix the eggs, milk, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, garlic powder and salt. Add mixture to the cooked spaghetti and spread into a greased 15x10x1 pan or close to this. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Make pizza topping by combining the spaghetti sauce and oregano and spread evenly over the baked spaghetti. Sprinkle on remaining cheese and pepperoni or other toppings. Bake for 30 minutes and let stand for 5 minutes before severing. Enjoy and have a great week!
