Corn Tortilla Quiche

Hubby mentioned that I haven't been cooking breakfast in awhile. Soooo, I did. For the week!

Corn Tortilla Quiche

Ingredients:

3/4 lb. bulk pork sausage

5 (6 inch) corn tortillas

1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

1/4 cup canned chopped green chiles

6 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup whipping cream

1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro or parsley (for garnish)

Note: add some salt and pepper to taste for a little more seasoning.

Directions:

In a skillet, cook the sausage until no longer pink; drain. Place four tortillas in a greased 9-inch pie plate, overlapping and extending 1/2 inch beyond rim. Place remaining tortilla in the center. Layer with sausage, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses and chiles. Combine eggs, cream, cottage cheese and chili powder (and salt and pepper if desired); slowly pour over chiles. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until the center is set and puffed. Sprinkle with cilantro or parsley. Cut into wedges. ENJOY!

Very tasty

First try failed - cake fell. Discovered that (in my oven), had to bake the cake for one hour and fifteen minutes! AND, the cake is delicious!

“The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books — how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook.”Andy Rooney

Red Flag Warning

All of South Central Texas

LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-438 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009
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RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 15 TO 20 PERCENT.

ALTHOUGH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW...THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.

Texas Lutheran University

Friday, February 27, 2009

Dedication Litany

Today we seek God's blessing as we gather with thankfulness to dedicate the AT&T Science Facility to the glory of God.
Thanks be to God!
Good and Gracious God, bless all schools, colleges, and universities and especially Texas Lutheran University,
That they may be lively places for sound learning, new discovery, and the pursuit of wisdom.
Grant that those who teach and those who learn,
May find you to be the source of all truth.
We now dedicate this faicility to your glory and praise. Grant us faith to know your gracious purpose in all things, give us joy in our work and our studies, and lead us to the building up of your kingdom, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

http://www.tlu.edu/

My Rocky..... gone

The Rocky Mountain News, less than two months away from its 150th anniversary, will be closed after a search for a buyer proved unsuccessful. The final edition will print Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.


ROCKY KEPT SWINGING UNTIL THE VERY END

"It came into being on a dark night two years before the Civil War's first gunshots, survived a flood that washed away its press and countless threats to its very existence, then enjoyed, in the twilight of it's life, recognition as one of the best newspapers in the country."
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Gov. Bill Ritter called it "a very, very sad day."
Ritter was speaking to newspaper executives at a luncheon today at the Governor's Mansion when the news came. Someone in the audience stood and said it was official: The Rocky Mountain News was closing.
"We're losing a Colorado icon," Ritter said of the nearly 150-year-old newspaper. "We're losing a newspaper that has helped create history."
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The first owner and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, William Byers, who founded the paper on the second floor of a saloon, decided early on that Eastern moneyed investors would want Denver to have good steamboat access — a profoundly unrealistic prospect on the High Plains. So he simply invented it. Shipping news, complete with the made-up names of arriving and departing vessels, heading out on the South Platte River, bound east with made-up loads of freight, became a fictional staple.
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http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/timeline/byers_william_n.htm

http://www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/history_char_byers.asp

Scholarships for Seguin students

Pictured are Darren Dunn (KWED announcer who emceed the "Smokey" Joe Williams Scholarship Banquet Fundraiser) and Jack Hamlett, former Seguin City Manager. Jack was instrumental in initiating this fundraiser.

An education is so very important and it is gratifying to see that various organizations in Seguin see the importance and give scholarships to deserving students.

Nancy L. Brown, PhD. writes that "when you think about it, after unconditional love and attention, there may be nothing more powerful a parent can give a child than education."

Not only are scholarships available for Seguin students, there are many in the community who mentor students, helping them achieve and instilling a desire for further education.

The "Smokey" Joe Williams scholarship fundraiser will give one or two Seguin students the opportunity to go college.

http://cyclonejoe.blogspot.com/

Last night was the tenth annual "Smokey" Joe Williams Scholarship Fundraiser. Scholarships will be given to deserving Seguin athletes through this fund and the banquet is an important fundraiser toward this purpose. The featured speaker was World Series MVP Dave Stewart.

78155 Athletic Club & Nutrition Center

http://www.club78155.com/about.htm

Club78155 features private areas for men and women, and unisex areas as well. There is an enclosed free weight room, a studio wooded floor enclosure for dance exercise groups and classes. Plus a City Blends Smoothie Cafe & Coffee Center with a wide selection of healthy foods and beverages.

Granddaughters' tribute to their grandmother

I've always admired Jeff and Beau Bridges as actors. Actually, I didn't see many of their father Lloyd Bridges' movies (nor his television films), but have always read that the Bridges family was a 'real' family. Jeff Bridges' daughters' wrote a very moving tribute about their grandmother Dorothy that Jeff shares on his website.

http://www.jeffbridges.com/hayem.html

Dorothy Louise Simpson Bridges

September 19, 1915 - February 16, 2009

"She was such a creative person and inspired us all to be creative," said Jeff, recalling that while he and his brother and sister were growing up, their mother devoted an hour a day to each of them to do whatever each child wanted to do — from "making each other up like clowns" to "playing spaceships."

Praying for Carolyn

Our God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,

Our shelter from the stormy blast,

And our eternal Home!

Beneath the shadow of thy throne

Still may we dwell secure;

Sufficient is thine arm alone,

And our defense is sure.

God be with our friend Carolyn - and her family

Husband is a GOOD Cook!

He IS seasoned just right!

Creative

Isn't this a lovely card my friend made and sent??!!

My sister captures beauty and peace

My sister sent snapshots of this lovely view she has from her front porch. Now, in the spring, when everything is green and vibrant, she can look out and capture tranquility and beauty and the photos will look somewhat different - but still have that peace so evident in these pictures. Oh my . . .

Note: my sister is beautiful and there is an aura of peace that surrounds her - I so love the snapshots and the thought of my sister - the similarities.
"Peacefulness is an inner state of calm."

The importance of Education

I'm hoping that Chili's Restaurant was busy all day yesterday. Ten percent of the cost of each person's (or group's) meal on February 24th will be donated for scholarships - right here in Seguin. Students who have completed the D.A.R.E. program and who qualify will be eligible for a college scholarship. Hooray for Chili's! Hooray for those who supported this fundraiser (and satisfied their appetites as an added benefit!).

President George Washington and Washington, D.C.

Teaser Tuesdays

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

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"The invention of Washington, D.C., is in part a soaring story of national aspiration, in part a cautionary tale of the first great landgrabbing boondoggle in American history, and in part a grim record of slavery's buried history."

The above is only one sentence from Fergus M. Bordewich's novel Washington The Making of the American Capital. [page 19]

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Sometimes I consider it . . .