Share Four Somethings - March 2023

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 Is it just me, or does March seem super long? It must be something to do with February being a short month, and Easter not coming until April this year. It feels like March has lasted forever and there's still another whole week to go! But it is the last Saturday and so it's time to share Something I Loved, Something I Read, Something I Learned and Something I Ate. I finished my morning coffee hours ago, but I'm hoping that maybe a trip to a local coffee shop might be possible later today. Planning on that for tomorrow for sure!

Something Loved

I found a chorus that I'm going to join (assuming the plan works out!) and although I've just attended two rehearsals, I'm very excited about it and love the idea of singing and performing with such a talented and fun group! The group is a Sweet Adelines International chorus, so that's something a little different from choruses I've sung with before. (Sweet Adelines is women's barbershop harmony singing, for those who may not be familiar with the organization.) I visited for the first time about two weeks ago at their rehearsal, and it was a welcoming atmosphere right from the start, even though they were working hard preparing for a regional competition performance. Last week I attended what was essentially the dress rehearsal for the performance, so that was a chance to watch and listen rather than participate. But I'm working on learning the current pieces so I'll hopefully not feel too terribly out of place on the risers starting next week, and be ready to officially audition and become a full member at the beginning of May. 

Something Read

Among all the things I read this month, I want to highlight that I re-read the stories about Abraham in Genesis pretty carefully! That was inspired by my being able to watch and review the new movie His Only Son, which is about God calling Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. If you can go see it in theaters, please do. It is so good! You can read my full review here: His Only Son - Movie Review and Giveaway

Here are the books I'm currently reading:

In The Shelter Of Hollythorne House by Sarah E. Ladd

A Perilous Perspective by Anna Lee Huber

After the Boxes Are Unpacked: Moving On After Moving In by Susan Miller

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

    

   

The novels are both very good, and I'm getting close to finished Hollythorne House. I have another review novel to get going with the moment I've finished too. I had just started the book about music when a friend gifted me the book about moving, and the new book quickly became my priority read because it's really timely and much needed!

The rest of my reading news is at Just A Second if you want to see what I've recently reviewed and what I have coming up.

Something Learned

Well, I've learned some interesting things about income taxes and tax preparation. That was not necessarily fun or uplifting to learn. 

Something much more fun to learn is the music for the chorus! It's not just learning my part, but memorizing it, and there will be choreography to learn too. Talk about keeping my brain active!

I've also been watching more of the PragerU videos―I especially like the five-minute ones―and usually learn something new from them. If it's not brand new information, it's almost always a new perspective on the information. I thought this one was really good: Why You Should Care About Passover

Something On My Plate

I am so bad at remembering to take photos of food! Sometimes I'll try a new recipe and it turns out great, but I failed to take a picture of that goodness so I can brag about it!

Here's one I tried that I did photograph―Creamy Cubano Soup (I got the recipe from The Happy Wonderer), which I think will be reappearing on our menu regularly. It was so good!

Other new recipes this month included: Crispy Cheddar Chicken, Crispy Baked Cod, and a Kentucky Hot Brown Bake. The chicken and cod were excellent, and the Hot Brown was very good, but maybe needs a bit of tweaking. 

Highlights from my standards on the menu this month were: Fettucine Alfredo, Pesto Bread, and Cheeseburger Sliders.

Just because I didn't have kids around didn't mean I wasn't going to enjoy my annual treat of Lucky Charms for St. Patrick's Day! We did also have corned beef for dinner, but it didn't turn out quite as good this time for some reason.

My husband and I love barbecue and like exploring new barbecue joints. We tried Dirty Dawgs a couple weeks ago and it was super. Probably our new favorite for barbecue.

And I got to go out for lunch with my oldest son on Monday, so we chose Skyline Chili. I'd never eaten at a Skyline Chili restaurant before, but I really like Skyline-style chili. He and I are the chili lovers in the Ohio branch of our family. My husband likes it but doesn't particularly care for skyline-style; and my daughter-in-law doesn't care for chili in general.

Did you try anything new in March? Share something in the comments, or share four somethings with the rest of us in the link party!

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