Choice Morsels

First, before I get to the Chili, let me talk about the recent severe storm activity on the Gulf Coast, particularly around Pensacola.  A city slightly north of Pensacola, called Century, had been hard hit by an F3 tornado just a couple weeks ago, so Pensacola was a little nervous about this storm, which was rated as a tornado-laden "Super Cell," such as is common in the mid-west in Tornado Alley, but almost unheard of here. We live 50 miles away from Pensacola and that storm wasn't due to cross our area until  9 to 10 pm and we could tell from the online Accu Weather map that, by then, only the thinnest bottom tail portion of that storm would be passing over our county. So we carried on with normal activity, driving up to base for the singles Bible Study we do there, then being home shortly after 9. It ended up being no more then just a regular "severe storm warning," for our area.  It was blustery outside and it rained & thundered, but that was all. Not...

It's raining today. Poured for a couple hours this morning. Some thunder---which means the pool at the Y was closed, so no water aerobics today! Instead I've been diligently working on my calender design. There's alot to it---a front, a back plus 12 pages. It's coming out gorgeous, though!  On to the Mama Kat Prompt topic for today: "Share a favorite fall recipe!" Every year, on the Sunday closest to Halloween, I always make "Spooky Chili and Wiener Mummies"---though that's just a clever name make the meal more festive, when it's really whatever chili I make and pigs-in-a-blanket. I have several different chili recipes I commonly use, but this year, one of the young Air Force guys. who attends our weekly Sunday night Bible Study, said, while he'll eat chili, it "doesn't impress him." I figure he's thinking of all the regular, ordinary chili he's had up to now. Because of that, I'm going to make wha...