Gloomy and overcast...

A beautiful day!!

  My son just stopped by and is out fishing at the pond. I am awaiting a phone call to shore up a plan, and just finished a bowl of homemade cheese raviolis for breakfast.  Breakfast of Champions.

  I like these rainy days. It isn't exactly raining yet, but a sprinkle here and there and grey sky promises are enough for me.  We are supposed to see rain the next few days in a row. My dogs are AWOL...but the first sign of water falling from the sky and they will shoot home like furry meteors.

   

  I have tomatoes and onions in the dehydrator that need putting away. Yesterday I sliced almost another gallon of bell peppers and a batch of okra that I over-blanched, I'm afraid...but it will still do for soup. I was thinking I may make some chili tomorrow if the cool weather holds. Today's high is only getting to 70...my husband really likes my white chili--that would be good. Means I have to get some ground turkey and some cannelini beans. I need to make a market run anyway, since I'm out of freezer bags. I intend to make a big batch of meatballs too in the next few days, if I can find room in my freezer for them. They're just so darn handy to have around....lol

   Need to get the electric bill payment in the mail today and do a few other tedious chores that don't rank real high on my list of fun things. It's outrageous this time, following that month of hell-like temperatures we had here in August.  The air was running 24/7 and we knew it was gonna be ugly.

  Better get myself ready to go out the door. Going in early to sit with my little MissB...she's deathly afraid of storms and her niece is sick today, so won't be going to her house.  

  I am blessed by a life that sits at the door, waiting for me to trust in the abundance and order of the Universe. My freezer is full, my bank account is adequate if I am careful, and my home is full of love.

  It doesn't get any better than that.

  Namaste.

Tickle Me Tuesday...

 This is how I'm feeling tonight.  It has been a long couple of days, and I have been cleaning and painting and cooking and doing everything I needed to do to get ready for the inlaws visit.  And now it's all over and done. They are all in bed and will be gone by the time I get up in the morning.  We had a nice dinner and watched a movie and voila! it's done.  

  I dazzled them with a beautifully perfectly roasted chicken, with succulent chunks of roasted potatoes, carrots and onion. I drizzled them in olive oil and roasted them with some sea salt and rosemary.  I baked 2 of the finest looking loaves of french bread in my history of bread baking...they were perfect. We ate like kings.

  I cleaned my oven, did laundry and got the guest room all cleaned and ready this afternoon. I had to clean the oven because I spilled something in there that has been smoking up the whole house every time I turn it on. It was yucky....and I couldn't breathe for the smoke last time I used it.  Whatever it was, it wasn't burning off either. So---clean it I did, since I was going to have it going almost all afternoon.

  My knee was hurting so bad last night I had to get the ice packs on it. It was better today, but the sciatica started acting up, I guess from walking funny on the knee. Interestingly enough, when I put my knee brace on, it took the pressure off the sciatic nerve and it's only a little sore right now, and I've been on my feet all day.

  I'm pretty tired tonight, so I think it's gonna be an early one.  It's been grey and rainy all day, which never helps my energy level either.  I see the little weather icon flashing yellow on my toolbar.  Must be gonna storm....crazy thing is, it's 57 degrees at 11 PM.....the furnace hasn't come on once today.

  Thanks for all your wonderful comments and thoughts re: the death of my rooster.  It means a lot.

   Okay then...short and sweet on a Tuesday.  Signing off...

Namaste.

Thursday's child is full of...it

It was a long and rough day in alot of ways. And I know from past experience that this is the prime time to look for the blessings in it all. So...here's my gratitude list for today...

1) A working coffeemaker
2) A pulse
3) The sound and smell of the soft rain falling
4) Making lemon cupcakes with lemon/cream cheese frosting
5) Licking the frosting bowl
6) The smell of sauteeing onions and minced fresh garlic
7) People who trust me enough to tell me their troubles
8) Being trustworthy
9) A relationship with my Creator
10) Getting a call from my grandson


So, that being said, I shall depart from this place and go to bed before it gets any later. I am tired.

Thank you for being an abundant Universe....and bless all people everywhere.