Happy Birthday Lindsay!!!
Big Grocery Shopping
Since I have been trying to eat the food in my freezer,
I had to make a monster grocery shopping trip to make
about five to six recipes for the upcoming blogs.
Stay tuned for new Pioneer Woman recipes coming soon.
The Mandevillas are Here!!!!
I was happy to be able to buy both
red and bright pink.
I bought four pink and two red.
My dining room will be their home
until the overnight temperature
stays above 55 degrees.
Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
I did a 2015 Movie Marathon this week. I watched all of the nominated movies for that year . Whew! It
was a wonderful movie week. Thank God for XFinity movie rentals.
Spotlight
starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams,
Liv Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian Darcy,
Stanley Tucci
plot – This movie showed the scandal discovered by
the Boston
Globe newspaper of the sexual misconduct
by 80 Catholic priests in Boston.
I
had heard of the scandal, but didn’t know the enormous scope of the
problem. Great acting. This one won the
Academy Award for Best Picture.
Room
starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean
Bridgers.
plot – A young woman is abducted and kept in a
shed for
7+ years. She is raped by her captor and has a son.
The story shows of their life in the shed and their
adjustment when they escape.
This
was a great movie. Most of the movie is of the Ma and her son. This was a
heart-wrenching story, and I was amazed and applaud the acting of Brie and the
young boy, Jacob.
The
Big Short
starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carrel, Brad Pitt,
Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo, John Madaro, and Hamish Linklater.
plot – A man named Burry bet against the housing market, discovering that mortgage loans were being
given to people who could not really afford them
when the variable amount loans rose. He and a
group of others bet against the market and made
a fortune when the economy collapsed. This movie was based in truth.
This
movie taught me a lot about the crash of the economy. I knew that it happened,
but never really understood the cause. This was such a great educational movie
for me.
Bridge
of Spies
starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda,
Scott Shepherd,
Amy Ryan, and Sebastian Koch
plot – Inspired by true events, this is the story
of how an American
insurance lawyer first defended a Communist spy, and then is instrumental in the
exchange of the spy and two American prisoners
during the Cold War.
Tom
Hanks is such a premier actor and so believable in the role of the lawyer. Once
again, I learned so much about this time in history! This is a great year for movies.
Brooklyn
starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walter, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent
plot – The wonderful story of an Irish girl who
comes to the United States and settles in Brooklyn thanks to a
priest who gets her a job.
I
liked this movie. It wasn’t as deep as many of the others, but it was
refreshing and truly showed the difficulty of coming to a new country.
The
Martian
starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastian, Kristin
Wilg, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Sean Bean, Kate Marc, Sebastian Stan, Axel Henny, Mackenzie Davis.
plot – An U.S. astronaut gets left on the planet
Mars, and is presumed dead. He is a Botanist and survives
using his intelligence. Great ending.
I
was surprised how much I loved this movie. This movie showed how important Science is for our survival
as well as for the development of problem solving skills and ability. Yes,
Steve – I shocked myself!!!
The
Revenant
starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Duane
Howard, and Arthur Redcloud.
plot – The story of Hugh Glass who was hunting for
pelts with a group of men. Action packed and at times
gruesome story that included a horrible bear
attack, use of survival skills, greed,
honor, and endurance.
WOW! DiCaprio was outstanding. A year ago, I
had a week’s worth of nightmares about being killed by a bear due to my
obsession with the Alaska T.V. shows. This movie just reaffirmed by fear of bears. Yikes!!
Mad Max: Fury Road
starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron
plot – Set after the apocalypse, Mad Max helps a group of women escape an evil man. The entire movie takes place in an unforgiving desert. The women find their home is no longer livable and need to return to the danger.
This seemed like a giant car chase with an overload of violence and killing. I truly hated this movie, which is not a surprise since it seemed Sci-Fi ish to me. If you like car chases, blowing things up, fighting to the death, and little plot...then this is the movie for you!
Here are the ingredients that I used to create this recipe.
I began by combining the butter, olives, jalapenos, and chilies.
I added in the sliced green onions.
The mayo was added next to the mix.
I couldn't find any white cheddar, so I added regular cheddar.
I then put in the pepper jack cheese.
Now it was just a matter of mixing it all together.
I split the bread in half.
I spread it over the the bread, and then wrapped it in foil.
This is the little sample that I ate.
These can be frozen to use for an upcoming party. 
