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NEED YOU NOW - LADY ANTEBELLUM

I know this is not new but I Looove this song!!

A Poetry, Mean Mom..

(Got this beautiful post from Islamic Thinking...)

Someday when my children are old enough to

understand the logic that motivates a parent,

I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:

I loved you enough to ask where you were going,

with whom, and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you

discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for

two hours while you cleaned your room,

a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger,

disappointment, and tears in my eyes.

Children must learn that their parents aren’t perfect..

I loved you enough to let you assume the

responsibility for your actions even when the

penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say

NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all.

I’m glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.

And someday when your children are old enough to

understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean?

I know mine was.

We had the meanest mother in the whole world!

While other kids ate candy for breakfast,

we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.

When others had a Coca Cola and chips for lunch,

we had to eat home cooked meals.

And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was

different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.

You’d think we were convicts in a prison.

She had to know who our friends were

and what we were doing with them.

She insisted that if we said we

would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it,

but she had the nerve to break

the Child Labor Laws by making us work.

We had to wash the dishes, make the beds,

learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry,

empty the trash and all sorts of cruel

jobs.

I think she would lie awake at night

thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

By the time we were teenagers,

she could read our minds

and had eyes in the back of her head.

Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn’t let our friends just hoot at the gate

when they drove up

They had to come up to the door

so she could meet them.

Because of our mother we missed out

on lots of things other kids experienced.

None of us have ever

been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other people’s

property or ever arrested for any crime.

It was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.

We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what’s wrong with the world today.

It just doesn’t have enough mean moms!’

PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MEAN MOTHERS YOU KNOW.

(And Their Kids : ))

Tomato Cream Soup With Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Kalau ditanya soup apa yang paling aku suka, aku pasti jawab Tomato Cream soup. Di restoran2 juga paling sering aku memesan soup ini. Lalu aku coba2 cari di om google dan dapat resep disini. Resep ini menurutku yang paling pas dilidahku, plus ada tambahan resep Grilled cheese sandwich yang memang biasanya di Amerika menjadi pasangan dari tomato soup ini. Suami dan anak2ku jg suka, pokoknya mak nyuss deh.. coba yuk!

Bahan utk tomato cream soup:

3/4 cup tomat yang sudah dipotong kasar

450 ml  tomato sauce kalengan ( aku pakai tomat pasta sekaleng kecil)

3 – 4 cup kaldu ayam

3/4 cup bawang bombay, potong dadu

1/2 cup paprika merah, potong dadu

1/2 cup wortel, potong dadu

1/4 – 1/2 cup half & half cream

1 sdt seledri

1 sdm bawang putih cincang

garam & merica

gula pasir secukupnya

Bahan utk Grilled Cheese Sandwich:

2 lembar roti tawar (utk 1 org)

1/2 – 3/4 cup (per sandwich) keju parut (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pecorino Romano and Parmesan)

minyak zaitun utk olesan (aku memakai butter)

Utk membuat Tomato Creanm soup:

1) Tumis bw. bombay, paprika dan  wortel.

2) Tambahkan seledri & bw. putih

3) tambahkan potongan tomat & 1 cup kaldu.

4) Kecilkan api, biarkan mendidih sekitar 5 menit.

5) Masukkan saus tomat kaleng dan didihkan lagi 5 menit.

6) Tuang ke blender, lalu blender hingga halus. Tambahkan 1cup kaldu sewaktu diblender.

7) Tuang kembali soup ke panci, lalu panaskan.

8) tambahkan lagi 1/2 - 1 cup kaldu & 1/4 – 1/2 cup cream.

9) Masukkan garam, merica & gula.  Terus panaskan sambil membuat sandwich.

Utk membuat Grilled cheese sandwich:

1) Olesi roti tawar dgn minyak zaitun/ butter

2) Tambahkan keju parut dan panggang di teflon

3) Tekan2 Sandwich.

4) Balikkan sandwich utk memanggang sisi yg lain

5) panggang sampai kuning keemasan dan keju didalam meleleh.

6) Hidangkan dgn Tomato Soup. Selamat menikmati. :)

This Is Your Life

THIS IS YOUR LIFE.

DO WHAT YOU LOVE, AND DO IT OFTEN.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, CHANGE IT.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR JOB, QUIT.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, STOP WATCHING TV.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, STOP,

THEY WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU START DOING THINGS YOU LOVE.

STOP OVER ANALYZING, ALL EMOTIONS ARE BEAUTIFUL.

LIFE IS SIMPLE..

WHEN YOU EAT, APPRECIATE EVERY LAST BITE.

OPEN YOUR MIND, ARMS, AND HEARTS TO NEW THINGS AND PEOPLE.

WE ARE UNITED IN OUR DIFFERENCES.

ASK THE NEXT PERSON YOU SEE WHAT THEIR PASSION IS,

AND SHARE YOUR INSPIRING DREAM WITH THEM.

TRAVEL OFTEN, GETTING LOST WILL HELP YOU FIND YOURSELF.

SOME OPPORTUNITIES  ONLY COME ONCE, SEIZE THEM.

LIFE IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU MET, AND THE THINGS YOU CREATE WITH THEM,

SO GO OUT AND START CREATING.

LIFE IS SHORT...

LIVE YOUR DREAM AND SHARE YOUR PASSION.