January 23, 2009

• It’s Friday!

  “It’s Friday!” . . . I think using an exclamation point is accurate or appropriate!!!

  “Growl!”  “Hissssss!”  It’s another morning at Cherylyn P’s Place!!!  Sushi desperately wanting to play with Chirper and Chirper not thinking a dog nipping at his heels is very playful.  Amazingly, Stormy let Sushi know, repeatedly, the first week Sushi arrived that she hates her.  Sushi doesn’t even show an interest in Stormy!  Sometimes Sushi walks into the same room and Stormy glares at her and give s a low growl as a reminder.  Sushi is VERY smart and I don’t think needs reminders about Stormy.  She knows she’s despised and makes a wide berth when Stormy is in the same area.

  Went to the church class last night.  Jesse forgot and didn’t leave work in time for *me* to be on time.  But, the group was kind and I DID call them to say I would be late.  It was a great class (lesson) and I accidentally heard some wonderful news.  Can’t repeat it yet; BUT . . . EEEEEEK!  That’s me excitedly screaming with joy.

  Today is a new day and, though I reread yesterday’s post and those things DID happen, and I wasn’t exaggerating, and they would be challenging to ANYONE, I believe hormones played a huge role in my reaction.  Figure it out for yourself! LOL!!!  When I threw up my hands when leaving the kitchen and said, “I give up.  I can’t take it anymore!” that was my cue that hormones could possibly be the culprit.  That’s not like me.  There’s very little I throw up my hands and walk away from these days!

  Last night, I went to bed at a reasonable hour (before 10pm) and began a new book.  All of my reading these days is light fiction and nothing difficult to read.  I think it might even fall into the “teen group” of readers.  There are several reasons for my choice of light fiction:  1)  I overbought books and they need to be read;  2)  I like the writings of the authors I’ve collected;  3)  It’s helping me to clean out the bedroom bookcase (!!!) because I always pass books onto someone else; 4)  I can pick up and put down these easier to read books without loosing my train of thought; and,  5) Finishing so many books in a month makes me feel good (even if they are easy to read books).

  I’m such a slug.  I still haven’t mailed our family pictures to my distant family!  That was supposed to have been done in December.  I look around and see so many things that have gone untouched for months (or at least since the beginning of December) and wonder how things got the way they are and why they been that way for so long.  I’m pretty sure the 1/2 used chocolate chips bag on the end of my bar is from 2 weeks before Christmas!  That’s the last time I baked anything.  I have to rewrap a green garland with new lights before storing it.  Just little things that should have been done, but haven’t been touched.

  Now Sushi is barking frantically.  The girls said Chirper doesn’t want to play because Sushi is being rough!  Am I sure I want foster children??? LOL!!!   I just made her come sit by my desk and gave her something else to bite – a toy.  (sigh)  I’m so not good at this dog training stuff!  It’s like having a baby.  I guess if I can “train” babies, I can train a smart dog.  But, I’m asking for OLDER foster children – NOT babies.  I’m going to attempt to teach Sushi “blanket time” like some do for their babies.  She is smart enough to understand “stay” and maybe “blanket time” will click with her, too.

  No where to go today.  I’m getting low on staple-type groceries: milk, eggs, potatoes, etc. and may make a list and run tonight to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things after Jesse gets home.  I’m assuming he is working tomorrow.  He works six days a week at a job that is soooooo boring for him.  It’s hard on him and I feel bad for him.  I appreciate the fact he does what it takes to make a living.  I don’t know many people like him.

  We have some cool and then cold weather moving in over the next 4 – 5 days and that’s part of the reason I want to go tonight to replenish our “supplies”!!!  It was 78° yesterday and Monday they said we may get sleet!!!!  Never a dull weather moment in Oklahoma!

  A few more ribs shifted around again last night.  I could feel the “gentle” pop in my back between my shoulder blades when I rolled over.  The fact they moved and I rested makes their movement back in place more permanent (or “temporarily permanent” as this has been a life long problem for me).  Since I feel better, I may try to hang a few more things in the foster children’s room.  The group of “heart hangings” is next.  No real exertion of my part, and the wall will look better filled than it does barren!

  I made up a recipe last night and it tasted pretty good.  I found something interesting on cooks.com and then embellished – which I usually do!!!  Brown some ground beef, drain and put in a large glass dish.  Top with undiluted tomato soup (spread over meat) and a few dashes of worcestershire sauce.  Add frozen mixed vegetables that have been microwaved to take off the frozen chill.  Then spread sour cream over that and liberally sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on it.  Top with refrigerator biscuits.  Bake 30 – 35 minutes at 350°.  The secret was getting the bottom side of the biscuits cooked through.  I had those huge flaky buttermilk ones and they were a little gummy on the underside.  I slipped the dish back in the oven, so Jesse’s food would be hot, and the biscuits finished cooking.  I asked Rissy if her Dad like it.  She said he was mad because he over ate.  I guess that means everyone liked it.  The tomato “soup” gave it a different flavor.

  Tonight we’re having scalloped potatoes with ham stuck here and there in it and seasoned green beans on the side.  That’s why I know I need more potatoes!  It’s been about 2 weeks since we ate pork.  A WONDERFUL pork roast – so yummy!  I’m still not adding pork back into our meals on a frequent basis, especially treated meat like ham.  Haven’t bought sandwich meat with pork in it and don’t plan to.  Sandwich meat has so much bad stuff in it anyway, we shouldn’t buy it at all.  Well, scratch the dinner idea.  I just asked Luci to show me the milk carton and I’d be hard pressed to get a 1/2 a cup from it.  Mmmmm???  What now?

  Today’s To Do List:
  *  Scrounge for something else to fix for dinner
  *  Annamarie’s laundry
  *  Vacuum (or at least assign to a child)
  *  Make sense of my desk piles
  *  Clean out fireplace ashes and dump
  *  Maybe get paperwork together to start taxes ???
  *  Maybe read instead of thinking about taxes !!!!!

  Be Blessed  ~

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