Baked French Toast Casserole w/Maple Syrup & Praline Topping

Hi! I don't normally blog about food, but since I have family guests this week, I've been cooking more often and looking for yummy new things that I think they'll love. Well, here's a good one! This is from The Food Network courtesy of Paula Deen from her show "Paula's Home Cooking".

Here's the link:
Baked French Toast Casserole

This is a recipe that I made for dinner last night, Pulled-Pork Sandwiches. I used Sweet Baby Ray's Barbeque Sauce and the biggest, fattest Kaiser/bulky rolls we could find. I found that I needed much more barbeque sauce than the recipe called for. And, it started to stick and burn a little when I was warming it per the instructions for the last 30 minutes. Maybe less time than that, and more sauce than called for. Anyway, everyone(including child) raved about them and gobbled them up. I served two kinds of potato salad because Mr. Glen Oaks doesn't really like mayo and red bliss potato salad seems to have less than homestyle, cole slaw but no one added theirs on the sandwiches, baked beans and cold watermelon with iced lemonade. My mom wants me to make this exact meal again when my sister and hubby get here for their visit. So, if you read this blog before tomorrow, you can run to the store and get what you need if you'd like to serve this tomorrow! Happy 4th!!!

Here's the link:
Pulled-Pork Sandwiches

The Olde Country Cupboard

Here you go, here are the links to Sandy's Christmas in July. You will find her first Friday giveaway and each giveaway item is good until the follwing Thursday. The giveaway item will change each Friday. Be sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the blog for her freebies. Also, please see her daughter Samantha's blog for her giveaway and freebies. Remember, you must follow their blogs and ask to be entered in the giveaways. Happy 4th!!Warmest Regards, Susan
The Olde Country Cupboard
Samantha's Accessories

Matchbook Sewing Kit Tutorial

This is another adorably easy creation from the Brag Monday entries on The Graphics Fairy blog submitted by Sue at Creative Try"Als.
If you need a quick and unique gift or little bonus to a customer's order, this would be perfect.

Here's the link to the tutorial:
Creative "Try"als: Matchbook Sewing Kit Tutorial
I'm off to make some!
Warm Regards,
Susan

Christmas In July At The Olde Country Cupboard

Sandy of The Olde Country Cupboard will be having her Christmas in July starting July 1st. See the sidebar for two examples of her wonderful patterns. She and her daughter Samantha, who has her own
blog and selling site, will be offering new e-patterns, oldies, tips and freebies, but you must be
a member to take advantage of some of her specials. So be sure to sign up to their blogs. Here is a
link:The Olde Country CupboardSee you there!
Warm Regards,
Susan

Late Saturday Nite & Another Rainy Sunday

Hi,everyone...I haven't been feeling well for the last 5 days. I'm sorry I haven't blogged before now. We're up very late (or very early depending on your perspective of time) watching Gunsmoke on Netflix. Did you know that show was on for twenty years?We're watching Season Eleven right now. I'm pretty sure we are addicted to this show. I watched this when I was a young girl. We didn't have a whole lot of shows back then to choose from and only in black and white (Ashley cringes when she hears me say that). I finally put some pictures on here. There were going to be more from the yard and family but they seem to be hiding somewhere right now. The blog is starting to look a little cluttered to me, I liked it when I first started and I'm not sure now. I'll play around with arrangements later when I feel better.
I need to get busy this upcoming week. Mr.Glen Oaks' mom Iris is coming to town for July 4th. After she
visits, my sister and her husband will be joining us later in mid-July. Then, Iris returns in August
to bring back Juan's son for a visit before school starts in New York at the end of the month. I don't expect to be able to take time to be in the workroom beyond this week, so this is it. And, I still don't feel well. This virus just lingers, and now it's making it's rotten way through the rest of the house.
We have to be careful of Mom because she's 85 and though she's a tough nut, she still doesn't need to be sick if we can help it. And with company coming, well you know how that goes. I'll just have to see how I feel day to day. Ashley is dropping by tonight. I hope she brings the Granddogs.
Warm Regards,
Susan