By Sheri Hopkins, Lifestyle Contributor
Hello everyone! We finally got rain at my house. We got two inches. I was so excited to see rain. Won’t be long until I get to start getting ready for Halloween. I have two new skeletons; I am so excited.
I have told y’all before how me and my family members fall a lot. Well, not only do the family members fall but those who have married into the family also get cursed with falling. My niece, Kelly, fell outside the pool store in Fort Smith and about killed herself. Her daughter that didn’t even have a driver’s permit had to drive her home. Tonya, who is married to my nephew has fell multiple times. Now her husband, my nephew, has fell several times also. He has fell backwards in lawn chairs twice lately. Y’all, know I have fell so many times that I cannot keep count. I have even had to have my tailbone x-rayed to see if it was broken. I have fell in the snow, tangled up in a vacuum cord, walking to the dumpster, in the house, on the porch, the list is endless. Now I did fall at the dentist office when I was a kid, but my story is not near as funny as when my cousin fell at the dentist office.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Not really, I am telling her name. My cousin, Betty that married into the family had gone to the dentist in Greenwood. My other cousin, Patricia and her mom, Betty’s mother-in-law, was at the dentist with her. Betty is in a nice skirt, and she gets called back and they wait for her in the waiting room. It’s about the time she would be finished, and they hear this noise like something, or someone fell. They look at each other and say, “it has to be Betty.” They get up and go over to the hallway and there she was in the floor, in her skirt with her feet straight up in the air, with the dentist standing over her trying to get her to come too. She had fainted and the dentist had lifted her legs in the air to try to get blood flowing, I guess. I said to her, “I hope you had on your good panties.” I wish I could have been there. My cousin has to tell this story every time we are together so we can laugh at poor Betty. I guess what I am saying is if you marry into our family, be prepared to fall.
Have a great week. Enjoy the cool weather that’s coming. This recipe is easy peasy if you have company coming and need something quick.
LEMON BARS
1 box of angel food cake mix (dry)
1 can (15 oz.) lemon pie filling
In a bowl, mix the lemon pie filling and dry cake mix together. Pour the mixture into a greased 9×13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. Let it cool and dust with powdered sugar. Slice and enjoy.
