By Sheri Hopkins
Lifestyle Contributor
Hello everyone! Beautiful weather we are having, just need some rain.
Curtis said since I’m making such a big deal out of my funeral, he is going to sell tickets. He’s crazy, I wouldn’t charge anyone admission.
I welcomed a great, great-niece to the family this week. Rachel and Tyler James had a beautiful baby girl, Rawlings Blaire. She weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. She is beautiful. Now I have always said I have more chins than a Chinese phonebook, baby Rawlings took after me, she has more than one chin.
I’m old school in a lot of ways, I still like to send out paper Christmas cards, send out birthday cards, send out get-well cards, talk on the phone, make homemade birthday cakes, buy my own groceries, listen to CDs, speak to complete strangers, all kinds of wild and crazy things that young people think we are crazy for doing. One year I sent my sweet Aunt Royce a Christmas card and this was after Chuck had passed. I signed it Sheri, Jacob and JR (my little dog). A week or so later, I got one in return from her and it said, “I’m so glad you have found a boyfriend, but why does his name have to be JR?” I rolled laughing. Then one day I posted on Facebook saying that me and JR went to Mcdonald’s and got us a cheeseburger. Well, low and behold the next week a customer came in and wanted to know who this JR guy was that I was dating. Well let me tell ya, first of all, if I go on a date, it won’t be to Mcdonald’s. Wait a minute they have those new adult happy meals, I might change my mind and go on a date if the guy buys me an adult happy meal with a toy. The things I get myself into!
That same child of mine that I was in 14 hours of labor with said, “if you get a boyfriend, I am not calling him dad!” Well hello, Jacob you are a little old to be calling some guy dad. Crazy kid of mine.
I just left the Dollar store and I saw Ronnie Black and he’s always got a good story you can laugh about. We were joking around with someone about shoplifting and he tells the story about Minnie Pearl (for you young people she was famous at the Grand Ole Opry) now I guess I need to tell you what the Grand Ole Opry is, haha! One time Minnie Peal got frisked by a mugger and he said “give me all your money!” She said, “I don’t have any money, but if you do that again I will write you a check.” We all laughed, it was funny.
This week’s recipe is cake mix brownies. You can do so many variations and add chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, nuts, Reece’s chips, M&M’s or Heath Bar chips. The strawberry would be good with white chocolate chips. Easy and even your kids can make them and pick out different varieties. I’m a lemon girl myself.
CAKE MIX BROWNIES
1 cake mix of your choice
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees, line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray. Mix together cake mix, oil and eggs until combined. Stir in your chocolate chips or whatever you decide on. Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, depending on your oven. They are thick so you may want to go ahead and do 25 minutes. Let them cool completely. If they seem like they are not done, don’t overcook, them because when they cool they will set. Enjoy and have a great week!
