Author Archives: aliceaudrey
Candied Yams
Seems like most people like to do sweet potatoes for the Holidays. I prefer yams. I like the darker, stronger color and richer flavor. I particularly like them candied. So, in honor of not only Thanksgiving when my family eats this, but of Christmas when we eat it again I give you my version of Candied Yams. 3 large yams 3 T. frozen condensed orange juice 2 T butter 1/3 c. brown sugar All the above measurements are approximate because […]
Sven
I knew it was going to be a bad week because I never managed to get diddly squat done during holidays. So I put in extra effort Monday and Tuesday and came up with 3,164 words. Good thing too, because sure enough it was the only writing I got done all week. Alice
Suzie’s House 44: A Little Get Together
This is the episode that caused my little blockage problem a few weeks back. Conceptually it would have worked fine right after we met Joseph and Sean, but I couldn’t get over the feeling something was missing. Maybe more than one something. Apparently I tried to skip over too much. 😀 To my FanLit friends, I apologize for taking so many artistic liberties with your names. I huffed up the stairs, then took a half a minute […]
Thursday Thirteen #6: Things I'm Thankful For
1 – I’m alive. Always a good thing. 2 – I live in a country where it IS possible to improve your lot with a bit of work and intelligence, and no one can force you to give up your dream. 3 – Romance is a huge section of the novel industry with plenty of diversity. 4 – I love my family – not the given most people assume. 5 – There is always something great to read out there […]
By George! He’s Found the Perfect Girl
You all knew Mrs. Fitzherbert was going to be of interest to Prince George. Can you guess how he reacted to her lovely image? ***** Mrs Maria Fitzherbert was the widow of Thomas Fitzherbert. The Fitzherberts were an old Roman Catholic family. By the time the Prince met her she had been married and widowed twice. She had also spent most of her life in France; all of her adolescence in a convent. After the death of her second […]
Turkey Stuffed Cabbage
This isn’t going to work with leftovers, and I’m sure you’re about to see more than enough turkey, but for some reason it came to mind. 1 head cabbage 1/2 lb. lean ground beef 1/2 lb. ground turkey 1 small onion, minced 1 slice stale whole wheat bread, crumbled 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/4 cup water 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1 can (16 oz.) diced tomatoes 1 small onion, sliced 1 cup water 1 medium carrot, sliced 1 tablespoon lemon […]
Sven This Week
I did 3001 words for the week. I’d planned on doing that much every two days. This is particularly bad because I know this coming week will be worse and I was trying to play catch up since I have yet to reach the 7,000 a week goal. Boy, I’m going to have to be very fast in December if I’m going to finish this thing before Christmas. Alice
Suzie’s House 43: To Clear the Air
Previously in Suzie’s house Ben helped his mom set the table. Now they are sitting at the table for dinner, but it’s actually a few days later. I’d link you to the episode involving Vin and Miranda, but it was on the newsletter as it wasn’t quite PG13 rated. Everyone sat around the dining room table looking all stiff. Ben thought maybe they should be eating in the kitchen at the kitchen table like he and Mom did before everyone […]
Thursday 13 Participants
Adelle Laudan Savannah Chase Jen Jennifer Shirk Fairiegreen Tempest Knight Paige Tyler Placed here because wordpress wouldn’t let me edit the original entry.
Thursday Thirteen #5 : Things on my Desk
Thirteen Things about Alice Audrey 1 – A computer. Actually, just he keyboard and the monitor, but that’s close enough. 2 – A cup full of pens. 3 – A cup full of pencils. 4 – A tall stack of in baskets so full you can hardly see the black plastic they are made from. 5 – A spool of thread. 6 – A one dollar coin that appears to be Canadian, but might not be. It’s too worn to […]
By George! “Now, about my allowance….”
When we left off Prince George had just moved into Carlton House. Can you imagine what would be on his mind? ***** The Prince was wishing on moonbeams if he thought he would get 100,000 pounds. Negotiations dragged on. In the end Fox convinced the Prince to accept the 50,000 from the civil list and the Cornwall revenues with the understanding that a capital sum of 60,000 pounds would be provided separately, by Parliament. When would that happen? Um…later. […]
Poetry
While helping my son find a poem for a class assignment I ran across this: Wishes for Sons i wish them cramps. i wish them a strange town and the last tampon. I wish them no 7-11. i wish them one week early and wearing a white skirt. i wish them one week late. later i wish them hot flashes and clots like you wouldn’t believe. let the flashes come when they meet someone special. let the clots come when […]
Thai Turkey Salad
Got turkey on your mind? Not like this I’ll bet: 1/4 cup plain non-fat yogurt 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar 1-1/2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce 1 bag (10 ounces) mixed salad greens, chilled1 pound honey roasted deli turkey breast, cut into thin strips 1 mango, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 cup red bell pepper, seeded and chopped 3/4 cup green onions, sliced 4 Tablespoons […]
The Sven Thing
I was kind of counting on this week to make up for last week. At 1,000 words a day for 7 days I need to do 7,000 words a week just to stay even. I did 5,734. It would have been worse but I managed to bust through at the end of the week and did a couple thousand on Friday. Whoohoo! Still, with every single week running behind, I don’t think I’m going to have this puppy done by […]
