Tag: Food

Photos From This Past Weekend

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Basement hallway vibes – on the way to the fitness room. Saturday, March 08, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Saturday morning workout: feeling good, feeling great. Saturday, March 08, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
The Little Monster in her most relaxed state. There have been no more seizures since last Sunday. *Knocks wood* Saturday, March 08, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
I started reading this book this past Friday evening and finished it on Saturday. I simply cannot believe how talented this writer was. If I am not mistaken, I read she is no longer with us in the WordPress community. The book mentioned she had struggled with breast cancer for 17 years and was taking the hospice & palliative care path. I reviewed this book via Amazon and Goodreads. It’s an amazing collection of gut-punching poetry. Saturday, March 08, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday morning workout. I’m down 15 lbs since November of 2024. And I would like to lose 15 more in the next 4-5 months. Sunday, March 09, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
I am making my own sauces, pickles, toppings, compotes, etc. I diced cucumbers for pickles this time around. The ingredients were one cucumber, fresh chopped garlic, 1/2 serrano pepper, honey, ginger, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, water, and various seasonings. In the Manuka Honey squeezable bottle is the juice from my last canned pickles batch and some olive oil to act as an oil & vinegar sauce for my sandwiches/subs. Sunday, March 09, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Lentils! If you’ve been following me for a hot minute, you know I love lentils. I actually rinsed this batch that was remaining in a bag and pre-seasoned them as well. I put a little apple cider vinegar and water in with them and placed the jar back in the cabinet. I can’t wait to have lentil soup in the next two weeks or so! Sunday, March 09, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday night dinner: pan-seared rib tips, seasoned white rice, and lima beans. Sunday, March 09, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

Life is such a precious thing. Every time I think about every day I am given, I am thankful. I mentioned to the crush today that when Jernee finally does pass away, I will be completely and utterly alone. Her response to me was, “Let’s not dwell on that today, please.” I was simply stating a fact – albeit, random as it was, a fact, nonetheless. She didn’t want me to break down or shut down, and I get that. I do. Jernee’s vet visit is this coming Thursday, and we will see what’s what.

The weather has been a bit topsy-turvy since the time change, and I am dealing with some rather mischievous allergies. My left eye is red and swollen, so I guess I’ll be wearing my glasses for the next few days and not my scleral eye contacts. Spring is just around the corner, so I see it’s doling out its gifts early. *Sighs*

Here’s hoping the week ahead will be a fantastic one for all of you. Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay present!

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Photos From This Past Weekend

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Friday night shenanigans. Photo #1. Credit: Friday, February 14, 2025. Tremaine L. Loadholt
Friday night shenanigans. Photo #2. Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Eel avocado roll and Shrimp Tempura roll. Saturday night’s dinner. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Such lovely smiles. Just look at all this joy! Saturday, February 15, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
My little Munchkin Man holding up his 2024-2025 basketball trophy. Saturday, February 15, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Caison accepting his trophy and a few words of encouragement and congratulations from his coach. Saturday, February 15, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Saturday morning workout photo. Progress is a beautiful thing. February 15, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday morning workout photo. The grind is on my mind. February 16, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Isn’t this the sweetest face?! That’s my Jernee Timid . . . my favorite girl. Sunday, February 16, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday dinner: Oven-baked cabbage. Sunday, February 16, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday dinner: BBQ Pork belly. I don’t typically eat pork. However, I had a craving for it, so I have learned not to deny myself what I want, but to eat it in moderation when I have a certain craving. Sunday, February 16, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday dinner: The complete meal. Sunday, February 16, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

The weekend always passes by so quickly. It’s as though it is trying to leave before we can tell it how much we love and need it. I think if I start giving it a bit more money to coax it to be my forever partner, it’ll probably stay put. I doubt it, though. It’s like a rolling stone–so many hats, so many homes outside of mine.

Have a fantastic week ahead, beautiful people! Peace and blessings!

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canning

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Homemade pickles: sliced cucumbers, minced fresh garlic cloves, onions, serrano peppers, Everglades seasoning, Ethiopian spice blend, & Tabitha Brown’s Sunshine seasoning, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, & water.

to ward off
heartache, I can
because I can.

Organic whole garlic cloves & organic raw honey.

Valentine’s Day isn’t a favorite holiday of mine. Love should be shared and expressed every day. There doesn’t need to be a special day to show that you love, care, adore, and wish to be kind and give to your loved ones and others.

But, here we are.

Addendum: for those of you wondering about the garlic and honey, it’s a natural medicine. It has major health benefits and is rather inexpensive as well. Here’s a YouTube (one of many) about it.

Photos From the Christmas & New Year Holidays

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Because I love what this holiday season has offered so far

Christmas dinner: BBQ ox tails, potato salad w/ colossal shrimp, kale w/ onions & tomatoes, and honey cornbread. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Honey cornbread in a cast iron skillet. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Jernee Timid Loadholt: enjoying a late morning nap on my bed, Christmas afternoon. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
My new favorite mug. I mean . . . does it really need a caption? LOL! Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Caison Michael (my baby cousin) showing off his new car. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Jaidynn Rose-Marie (my baby cousin) getting ready for Christmas activities in her bathroom. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
A candle-burning lamp–at the corner of my bar in my kitchen. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
New Year’s Day meal: fried catfish, red beans & rice, and broccoli. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

I hope the new year has been kind to each of you so far. Prayerfully, we will all make it through this year with beautiful stories to tell and many memories to store for safekeeping. I am sure we will need all the happiness we can get as time hurries on and 2025 turns into 2026 and beyond. Peace and blessings.

Photos From the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

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It’s been such an enjoyable staycation

Thanksgiving dinner: smothered turkey wings, gravy, Jasmine rice, macaroni-n-cheese, & steamed cabbage with tomatoes and onions
Jernee’s food for the week: ground turkey, corn, green beans, carrots, baked rustic potatoes, & scrambled eggs
Zumi’s food for Thanksgiving morning: ground turkey, blueberries, & turnip greens
Up the block: the Ethan Allen store, Thanksgiving night.
One of the tables on the basement level in my apartment building. I love the spiky piece of art & the lamp, too.
Fitness room shot#1: Saturday morning’s hot spot.
Fitness room shot#2
Duck Donuts box from Friday night.
Saturday morning’s smoothie ingredients: banana, banana peel, diced Honeycrisp apples, 1 garlic clove, 1 piece of ginger root, cinnamon, honey, coconut milk, & ice.
Christmas Tree goodness. Saturday night life–living right.

Thanksgiving weekend
Old Man W i n t e r is happy
it arrived on time

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Aunt Laura’s Seafood Macaroni-n-Cheese

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Microfiction

Seafood macaroni-n-cheese, pre-bake. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Seafood macaroni-n-cheese, post-bake. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

The house drowned in the scents of shrimp, crab meat, creamy cheeses, and love.

Aunt Laura’s seafood macaroni-n-cheese is what we lived for every Thanksgiving. My cousins, Philip, Dominique, Sydney, and I attempted to sneak nibbles as soon as it floated away from the oven by our auntie’s aged, yet caring hands.

“Get outta that kitchen, y’all! I ain’t playin’!”

That’s our Nana. She means business–we don’t want her wrath. But we want that cheesy and seafood goodness ASAP, so we try again.

“IF I HAVE TO GET UP FROM THIS CHAIR, Y’ALL ARE GOING TO BE SORRY! WHAT DID I SAY?!”

Mission unaccomplished.

I woke up with the main character chiming in this morning, and I simply had to write this piece of microfiction. For those of you who celebrate, may this Thanksgiving holiday be a joyful, peaceful, loving, and blessed one for you and yours.

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