Giraffes Can’t Dance Listen to more of my favorite stories below! How Many Veggies? Featuring a surprise phone call from Larry The Cucumber! Pirate Pete’s Talk Like A Pirate Interrupting Chicken Tacky The Penguin Enemy Pie Little Red Hen When I Was Young In The Mountains Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Bark, George [...]
A fun, easy, and inexpensive shirt to make for the 100th day of school.
Marketing Your Blog by Christy Jordan Quick notes at a glance Food Blog South 2011 Note: I spoke for about an hour and held a question and answer session to address specific needs of the audience. These are my basic notes of things I went over which I feel hold the most importance in building [...]
There are so many things in my life that I just know, as they happen, I’ll never forget them. I especially love those pinch myself moments where I think “Wow, how did *I* end up here?”. Last night was one of those for me. Now, keep in mind that I still haven’t digested that I [...]
Last week I asked if anyone had questions they’d like me to answer on Facebook. I got some GREAT questions and really appreciate you taking the time to ask them. I did a series of videos (I think I ended up with seven or eight of them) and I thought I’d bring you a couple [...]
“When you think of me, you must think of me as one who is truly happy. It is true, I want a great many things I haven’t got, but I don’t want them enough to be discontented and not enjoy the many blessings that are mine. I have my home among the blue mountains, my [...]
The following is me answering a question about how I lost weight. I wrote this over a year ago when folks started noticing I was going down in size and started asking me about it pretty regularly. I have had a very busy couple of years and have had to change my eating habits to [...]
Snow Cream 
IngredientsDishpan of fresh, clean snow (or shaved ice) 1 can Sweetened condensed milk 1-10 kidsInstructionsCombine snow and sweetened condensed milk. Stir well. Hand over to kids. Discourage snow cream fights because they are sticky to clean up. Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin2.2http://www.southernplate.com/2011/01/snow-cream.html Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare [...]
A lot of folks have asked me how my life is changed and what it is like for me right now. Today I finished an interview for a magazine and the writer asked some pretty intensive questions. In answering them, I realized that there are a lot of things I haven’t talked with you about [...]
We just returned from a much needed family vacation. The entire time I was on my book tour, traveling and away from my kids, we were looking forward to our family trip to Disney World, our favorite place on earth to go! In fact, that was what was on my mind the entire time I [...]
Watch my Today Show Segment here and then scroll down for behind the scenes photos and details! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy To visit my post with step by step photos of how to make Lela’s Fried Peach Pies, click here. I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY PLAYED SWEET HOME [...]
Christmas morning came pretty early for me this year when Brady came into my bedroom at 4:00 AM to ask if we could get up and open presents. I turned over to find Katy Rose had made her way into our bed during the night and my husband was diligently sawing lumber on the other [...]
Homemade Turtles, Book Signing, and a Challenge for you! Ingredients1 package Rolos 1 bag square pretzels (the waffle weave ones, such as Snyders) Pecan Halves InstructionsOn an ungreased cookie sheet, place an unwrapped Rolo atop a pretzel. Repeat until you run out of Rolos or room on your cookie sheet. Place in a 350 degree [...]
I had a lovely little gift for Brady’s fifth grade teacher and it was wrapped so pretty and nice. As he started to get ready to go to school, though, his hands were full with other things and so I went into the pantry and grabbed the first bag I came to that had handles [...]
~We have a Winner! Congratulations to Anita N. Anita has been contacted and has already replied. Merry Christmas!~ This holiday season, Kraft Foods teamed up with celeb Chef Marcus Samuelsson to bring in an exclusive recipe collection new content pack for on their iPad app Big Fork Little Fork. In celebration of this new addition, Kraft Foods is [...]
I had so much fun being on The 700 Club today and the folks were just as nice as they could be! Above is the video from my appearance if you’d like to see it. Check back soon for all of the behind the scenes photos of my visit to the studio. I’ll put a [...]
I was never the cheerleader, never a beauty queen. My sister was all of those things. If anyone even breathed the word “pageant” she was there with her shirley temple curls, fully made up face, and head just itching for a tiara. While she was doing that, I was reading practically everything Beverly Clearly ever [...]
These are just random pics of my family at Thanksgiving. Katy Rose talks to Grandmama and Elle. Mama and Aunt Sue work on last minute preps before its time to fix our plates ! My nephew Austin works on his strategy me and Mama The children’s table This is Aunt Sue’s pound cake and Mama’s [...]
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Okay so some of you may not realize this but I am chronically unorganized. I’m not kidding. In fact, if you were reading this aloud to anyone who has ever lived with me they would be emphatically shaking their head right now like a bobble head doll on a Tennessee gravel road. Seriously. So it [...]
Just thought I’d share a few photos from Katy Rose’s kindergarten field trip to a farm today. The odd thing for us was that this farm was just a few minutes from my Papa Reed’s farm! I had hoped to get to leave and go spend some time there after it was done but the [...]
Folks often ask me how all of this feels, having a book published, traveling around, doing television, and so on. I finally came up with a way to describe it. It feels like there is another Christy Jordan out there living a parallel life. Honestly, that is just exactly how it feels. I’m just a [...]
Reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. HAVE A GREAT DAY! Listen to more of my favorite stories below! Interrupting Chicken How Many Veggies? Featuring a surprise phone call from Larry The Cucumber! Pirate Pete’s Talk Like A Pirate Tacky The Penguin Enemy Pie Little Red Hen When I Was Young [...]
Dallas traffic kept us from having time to do this earlier in the day but we found time to sing it at gas station just before we had to part ways! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersShare on technoratiTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
It isn’t even noon yet but already, I’ve had the most wonderful day in Dallas. It started in Houston, with my taxi arriving in perfect time, my ride to the airport flawless, and only one minor tangle with TSA (which was significantly better than them discovering my thought-to-be lost swiss army knife yesterday). As I [...]
Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest Listen to more of my favorite stories below! Interrupting Chicken How Many Veggies? Featuring a surprise phone call from Larry The Cucumber! Pirate Pete’s Talk Like A Pirate Tacky The Penguin Enemy Pie Little Red Hen When I Was Young In The Mountains Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type [...]
Jennifer Davick (who did the photography for my book) and Tanner Latham (who is supremely awesome just by being him) did a little video of me and my family. If you’d like to see her original post about it, please click here. Thank you very much, Jennifer! Video produced by Jennifer Davick and Tanner Latham. [...]
Pete The Cat is my new favorite story. I discovered it while attending the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Trade Show and wanted to share it with your kids (and you!). Hope you enjoy it as much as we have! Listen to more of my favorite stories below! Interrupting Chicken How Many Veggies? Featuring a surprise [...]
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