Hello everyone!!! Such wonderful weather in the River Valley!! Christmas is over, decorations are put away, and we are on to a new year. I decided to cook dinner for my family on New Year’s Day. The menu was meatloaf, cabbage and smoked sausage, black-eyed peas, fried potatoes, ham, mac and cheese, and for dessert we had coconut cake and peach angel food cake.
The family starts arriving, and keep in mind it is warm on New Year’s Day and I have the air on. Here comes the nephew with a coat on, zipped all the way up under his chin, and a pair of shorts. I say, “Get that coat off—are you crazy?” I’m telling y’all, he does the craziest things.
Then we decided to relive the Nashville trip where we all stopped to go to the bathroom and my nephew decided to flush the toilet with his foot. His foot slipped and he ended up tearing the whole seat off the toilet. You could hear all the noise coming from that bathroom—we thought someone was in a fight. We laughed and laughed over that. He didn’t want to touch that toilet and ended up having to fix it.
The rest of this is about me. Most of y’all know me, and I look like a woman most of the time. Sometimes I have a mustache and partial beard. Ha ha!! The first time I went to Cane’s Chicken was in Fayetteville, and there was a group of us women that went. They always ask your name, and a few of us women were standing there close to the counter waiting on our food. The young man working looks right at me and yells, “David!” None of us say a word, so he looks at me again and says, “Are you David?” I’m thinking, for real? I respond, “No, I am not David, I am Sheri.” He acted like I was lying.
The kids and I went to Cane’s in Fort Smith—we love it—and ordered our food and got my senior citizen discount. The young man says, “Can I get your name?” I respond and say, “Sheri.” He says, “Cherry?” I repeat, “Sheri.” He says, “Cherry?” again. I said, “Sheri.” It took about four tries for him to get my name right. I might as well wear a sign on my back that says, “Kick me!”
I’m telling y’all, we have crazy stuff happening to us all the time. But life would be so boring if something wild and crazy wasn’t going on. Y’all have a nice week and hug your loved ones.
Butterfinger Poke Cake
1 yellow cake mix (you can also use devil’s food or chocolate)
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 jar of caramel ice cream topping (around 12 ounces or so)
8 ounces of Cool Whip
4 full-size Butterfinger candy bars (crushed)
Mix cake according to box directions and bake in a 9×13 pan. While the cake is baking, mix the sweetened condensed milk and caramel ice cream topping together. When the cake is done and still hot, poke holes in the top and pour the milk mixture over the cake. Allow to cool completely.
Sprinkle two of the crushed candy bars over the cake. Spread the Cool Whip on top and sprinkle the remaining crushed candy bars over that. Keep in the refrigerator.
Yummy! And if you want to use another candy bar, just go right ahead.
