Lemon Cheese Bars

1 pkg. lemon cake mix (can use yellow or orange as well)

1 tsp. lemon juice

1/2 cup vegetable oil (I imagine you could use butter as well)

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

8 oz. pkg. cream cheese

Mix cake mix, 1 egg, and oil until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup. Pat remaining mixture into an ungreased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, and 1 egg until light and smooth. Spread over baked layer. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Bake 15 minutes longer. Cool and cut into bars.

Have you been following the Peace Walk? If you haven’t heard about it, it is a group of Monks who walked from Texas to Washington D.C. promoting Peace and non-violence. It is both heartwarming and depressing.

A beautiful message shown thru their actions and words. A heartbreaking realization of how just utterly broken we are as a country. I won’t discuss politics here, because that solves nothing and despite what many people think and say, we as a country have been broken for a long time, years, decades in fact. Finger pointing solves nothing, shifting blame serves no purpose, and no one person or group is to blame, but all of us as a whole have to take responsibility for our own words and actions. Social media right up there with it for it’s bullying, childishness, and its subterfuge of anonymity.

So many good songs out there about peace and understanding, and it was hard to choose just one song for today’s Music Monday. I finally settle on this song because so many times one has to shake their head at the world’s craziness and ask what’s going on?

With Valentine’s Day at the end of the week, I went looking for a song for the day and came across this sweet little tune by Willie Nelson. Makes one feel a little melancholy listening to it and wanting to snack on a pack of candy hearts. Have a favorite tune for Valentine’s Day or any day for that matter? Feel free to post it for today’s Music Monday!

As far as the accuracy on the little rodent, who knows? Typically, one just has to be prepared for all kinds of weather, and hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

I thought this song was appropriate for today’s Music Monday. It’s been ages since I have heard the original by old Blue Eyes, but I heard a snippet of it in a video short and went searching for the tune. I came across this remake and even though I don’t know if the guy is as good as Frank, it was the total ensemble of the brass and instruments that for me felt like absolute perfection. Have a listen and decide for yourself.

Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it for today’s Music Monday.

Have a good week bloggers!

Here we are with the last week of January and I am thrilled to see the month coming to an end. Even though it’s been a mild winter for the most part, I am tired of the cold, the snow, the wind, and pretty much all that winter and January brings with it.

So, I thought this song was appropriate for today’s Music Monday. It’s an oldie, but one I haven’t heard before. Thankfully it is upbeat and hopefully puts one in a better mood!

Good Monday Morning bloggers! I had a totally different song chosen for today’s Music Monday but decided to delete it for another song. I think this song is a better choice given today’s holiday. It’s been a while since I have heard it, and it is as fitting today as it was when it first came out.

Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it today!

The above meme just spoke to me as it always feels like every day during the winter seems to drag along. Anxious for spring is an understatement, and I really can’t complain as it’s been a rather dry and mild winter. The older I get, the less snow I want to see, the less cold I want to feel, and the less wind I want to hear howling.

Perhaps burying my head in a few garden catalogs will hold those January blahs at bay… but until then, it is another Monday, and you know what that means!

I stumbled across this song on Youtube and I don’t know how I have never heard of this song or this group?! This isn’t a new song, and was actually from back in the 80’s, but go ahead and give it a listen, it is so unique and it grows on me the more I listen to it.

Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it for today’s Music Monday!

Sorry I am a bit late getting back on here to post for today’s Music Monday. I chose something very different and maybe you have seen this parody, if not I hope you get a chuckle out of it.

Have a good week bloggers!

I had planned on posting more blogs back in December. I had the pics taken, but didn’t get a chance to download them and resize them and put them in a blog post.

Soooo, since I have the pics and before I go ahead and delete them to make room for new pics, just a couple pics of things I mentioned with my daily hello/quote postings.

Nothing really special, a new stray cat that showed up and is here part time (the grey one)…

The church nearby that they furiously were trying to get reroofed before the snow and cold moved in ….

The Christmas goodies I made and gave all away….

And lastly a pic of one of my favorite Christmas gifts this year by one of my favorite persons.

And lastly a pic of my cat who also LOVES potato guy and keeps trying to steal him….

It doesn’t seem possible that it is the last week and the last Monday of 2025! I was googling for songs for the new year, but gave up as I wasn’t all that inspired by any of them. Maybe it is just the typical Monday blahs, or the wintery weather, or my own laziness. Something to think about if I pretend to make any New Year’s resonlutions.

I chose this song for today’s Music Monday for something different. Even though it came out several years ago, it is a fairly new song to me. I hope you enjoy it.

Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it for today’s Music Monday.