Let me change this to....YESTERDAY!!! F**King internet!! This is what I wrote yesterday and lost service while I was trying to post!! I need an alternative access.....
Today I will type this on Word and send it to post. I have been losing internet all day. Don’t know why. Maybe it’s the balloons. Or maybe the mother ship has landed at the Marfa Lights Festival. All I know is that it is a pain in the ass.
It was a long day today and I am beat. I dread tomorrow. It will be a lot longer. And it’s not that Bobbie and I are doing the whole load alone like we used to. I don’t know how we did it. I’m too old for this shit.
I am going to cut stuff out tonight. Felt stuff. It’s a start! I am sending in the application on Tuesday for the Christmas Craft Show. I want a good table…but I'm not sure where that would be. As a rule…all tables should be good…but it’s funny…a lot of the folks who go to these shows are there to socialize and talk and talk…and sometimes don’t make it all the way around to see everything. Corners are good and it might be worth paying for a double space. I’m thinking along those lines.
I am considering asking Eva (at Eva’s Salon) if I can set up jewelry/art stuff either inside or in front of her shop on Gallery Night. She’s smack dab in the middle of town…a high traffic area…and it would be great if she agrees. I need to think about calling her soon, too.
It’s a beautiful evening. Even though it’s hot during the day…the ‘fall’ evenings in Alpine are nice…comfortable…relaxing to sit outside and smell the clean air. And I consider this fall. After all, it’s only a day away from Labor Day…that means it’s fall. Or should I say...in “The World According to Brenda”. I was trying to get some photos of the hummingbirds and a wren that eats from the feeder right outside the window. Rather than perch on the ‘perch’ on the feeder itself, she sits on a branch close to it and juts out at it as it spins around. I can’t catch her at it though. I am shooting from the room behind the screen and she hauls ass when she sees me coming. One of these days….FLASH!!
I saw a recipe for Caramel Apple Jam. Doesn’t that sound nutritious and delicious!! I think it’s something you should eat directly out of the jar! With the homemade bread or hot biscuits…on the side! I was looking up alternative methods of cooking it…and one was in a crock pot. That sounds easy…
I have slipped of the hot tea in the evening schedule lately and I do believe it's time to resume the practice. I read an article yesterday about drinking warm/hot beverages with meals. As our eastern com padres, the Chinese, live by this rule...I concur. Simply the example stated was enough to make me a believer. I shall explain:
You have ordered a fine evening meal. Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and cream gravy and ummmmm...green beans. Yeah....green beans cooked with diced onion and bacon.OK...there was a green salad in there, too.
Scenario #1 - Chew, Chew, (100 times, remember?) swallow...followed by warm/hot water/tea. Smooooth. Goes down well...repeat many times. Hot beverage after each swallow of food.
Scenario #2 - Chew, Chew, you know the drill, swallow...followed by cold water/iced beverage. Oh-oh...little catch in the throat, slight cough, coooold water is solidifying any residual grease in the food you have just swallowed, not only in your mouth, but straight down the gullet! That fast! Creating an uncomfortable situation before the meal is even done! Gastric distress! And this could have been eliminated, or at least subdued by drinking a hot beverage rather than a cold one. I'm not saying this works for everyone...but I am certainly willing to try it for a while. I don't eat much 'grease' anymore, but even a Pecan Sandies cookie has an emulsifier...and perhaps hot Chamomile tea will assist in digestion. I am taking part in this experiment as we speak.
Chew, chew, etc. - sip (very) hot tea. So far, so good. It may take a few cookies, Tasty!
Husband has put in a funny Tim Allen movie...I won't make it to the end I can guarantee that.
I think I'll close now...as I have a couple of issues with the internet tonight. Have a good one and I'll keep you posted on the 'gastric experiment'.
b
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