mama, brother, spent night, blood tests, Delicious orange chicken

OK I missed posting last night.  I got a call from sister about 4 pm yesterday asking if I could come and sit with mama.  Of course I said yes and over I go.  I had already bathed so I did not need to take extra clothes, however I did take gown, hairspray, clips toothbrush and tooth paste.  And I stayed with her all night .  The bed I slept in was very hard.  Did I mention that it was hard?  It did not give at all when I laid down.  So at 3: 48 I was wide awake and I knew there was no chance of me getting back to sleep.  I got up and grabbed my Sunday School material, ( I did remember to take those things.) and I studdied the lesson and prayed and tried to read my daddys bible.  Now he has been dead 2 years, and I had no idea his bible had deteriated to the point that the pages would not stay in the bible.  I quickly closed it and put it back where it beflonged. 

My brother just can not show mom any respect at all.  I know that mom used to treat us in a horrible manner but come on all of that has been covered by the blood of our Jesus.  Besides we are supposed to show courtesy to everyone wheather they show us respect or not. 

I got home this morning about 8:30 and I began getting things ready to go to the clinic to take blood tests.  We were tested for lots of things including a psa test for dh--We both had our cholesterol checked and our sugar for diabetes, and blood pressure, and an ekg and a perephial artery something, to check for artery clogging, we were checked for scoliosis, and we had a cancer scan done. 

Both dh and I came through with flying colors.  It has to be all the exercise that we do.  Granted I do have to nag at dh to get him to exercise but he usually comes through with it. 

Here is the latest recipe that I found and I fixed tday .  I have not tasted it yet but it smells delicious.

DELICIOUS ORANGE CHICKEN

1 chicken cut into 10 pieces ( I used 10 chicken thighs with the fat and skin removed)
Juice of 3 oranges
1/4 cup honey
3 Tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons olive oi2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon red pepper (I used paprika)

1.  Place chicken in large bowl.  Combine remaining ingredients and coat chicken.  Refrigerate covered with tinfoil 2 to 4 hours.

2.  Remove chicken from pan and allow chicken to get to room temperature.

3 Preheat oven to 475 degrees

4 Arrange chicken in shallow baking pan.  Pour 2/3 of marinade over chicken.

5.  Bake chicken, basting frequently for one hour.

6. Transfer to platter.  Strain juices into small saucepan and boil until thickened maybe 10 minutes. 

7.  Drizzle thickened juice over chicken.


This smells absolutely devine.  I will let you know tomorrow if it tastes as good as it smells.  
I would  try it tonight but it really is way to late for me to be eating anything. 

I will start posting my weight and other stats tomorrow. 

Sleep well everyone.
God bless