Hello all. Here we are at Thursday again! Dang, the time is flying by. It is a sunny and cooler (a bit) this morning. Last evening we had a brief rain shower, and maybe one later over night. It sure is wet outside. The grass is sopping wet - I don't know if I get to mow or not today. Sigh!!!! The humidity is down for the day, so that is good. It looks like it is going to awfully hot this weekend - so I will be staying in much of the time.
Right now, I am airing the house a little, while I can.
Yesterday our high school alumni group sent out yet another memo about another classmate who passed. A brilliant man. I remember his brilliance back into junior high. He graduated early to go to college (I remember no one else doing that.) He was tragically killed by someone running a red light - he was riding his bike to work (yes at 71). He was a doctor, specializing in hematology and cancer care. A biking enthusiast for decades. A split second changed so may lives.
It seems like at least once a week we get a notice of someone leaving this earth from our class.
Just mentioning this to let it be a reminder that we all need to be our best every day.
We all have the ability.
There is enough negativity in this big old world, without adding to it. We can each make a difference - if only for one person. It all makes a difference.
Trust me if you make someone else smile and experience joy - you will feel it too!!!!!
Stay cool in the upcoming summer days. Eat the fresh yummies. Tell the silly joke. Stay well.
Have a wonderful weekend and SMILE and LAUGH a little!!!!
Amen and Thank You!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome. We need to spread love today - as regrets come all too soon!
DeleteIt is a little less humid this morning. The Weather Bug app on my tablet indicates hot, hot, hot. Makes one wonder what the fall will be like or skipped altogether.
ReplyDeleteI choose joy! Sometimes I wonder what my legacy will be...will anything I have done made a difference in anyone's life. You have indicated how wonderful your parents were and how much you learned from them. I miss my mom and my three brothers, all fine upstanding people with a good sense of humor.
Today is the Farmer's 76th birthday. He wanted fried chicken but we couldn't find bone-in chicken anywhere. Didn't really want a whole chicken. Guess folks don't eat fried chicken like we used to make. What a shame. We probably could have gotten some from the Amish in Park County but that's quite a hike from here.
Enjoy your weekend!
It felt nice this AM - just came in from doing a bit of yard work - and well, it is HOT!
DeleteI choose joy too. Every time! Of course you have made difference's in peoples lives. At your church, in your family, with your neighbors, and your friends.
I miss everyone so much. So many things I wish I had asked or said. I miss my love every single day - his laughter and his warm and giving heart.
Happy birthday to your hubby!!!! Many more.
Dang, fried chicken is always good. Hope he has a wonderful day. (you too!)
One of my friends said she lived in a ghost town. I asked, she explained: everywhere, every block, a house where someone she knew had lived. Now that I've been here 40+ years, I understand. I pass Queenie's house, Nancy's house, Anne's house, Larry's house... They're all gone. I miss them so much. Sometimes it's really hard and I cry more than I used to.
ReplyDeleteFried chicken would really hit the spot about now. :) There was an old lady I knew in childhood, and she made the best. Why did it not cross my mind to learn *how* she did that? One of my cousins asked me if I knew how she made her mac&cheese. I had no idea, it was unique, and delicious. Was it the cheese she used? Was it some secret ingredient we cannot identify? Of course nothing was ever written down and nobody asked. What were we thinking?
MaryB
ps. The other question is "Would she have told us if we'd asked?" Many people are very secret about their recipies.
pps. In the old days the chickens for frying were *little* and very tender. When's the last time you saw a little chicken for sale in the grocery? Heh. The old rule was "under 2 pounds".
It is amazing how many people we all knew that are now gone. So very many of my classmates are gone. I think 70 is still pretty darn young, so it just makes me real sad.
DeleteFamily - I wish I had asked more things. Like you so many of the precious recipes - how were they made? I have tried to replicate some of moms - they are good, but don't taste like hers. Sometimes I think memory serves as variable too - do we just remember that they were better?????
Many ladies did not share recipes - that is a shame.
Gosh, whole chickens today are huge when I see them. I haven't bought one in years - but they look like small turkeys!
I'm pretty sure my mom's secret to her fried chicken was reusing her Crisco!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I wouldn't eat that now. But it was tasty. She made it every other Sunday for years.
I remember mom using Crisco too and lard sometimes.
DeleteDang that chicken was good!
Nice big Sunday dinners with family - I sure do miss those.
bonjour à toutes le blog est mon petit moment de plaisir le soir aujoud"hui je vois que nous avons les memes ressentis devant les personnes qui nous quittent trop tot les maisons fermées et que nous avons connues pleines de vie et de joie ,ça doit etre ça la vieillesse ,heureusement que nous avons envie de vivre .
ReplyDeleteje vous embrasse toutes très fort
I suspect these feelings are universal, but it is always a pleasure to learn that people on the other side of the world feel the same way about things! :)
DeleteThe longer I live the more I hope that Heaven is *real* and that we see our loved ones all again.
MaryB
Hello Lucette. Whenever someone leaves, it always seems too soon. God's time does not match out time. I have to think it WAS their time to go, or I could not handle it well.
DeleteI want to stick around a long while if I am healthy - but I do look forward to seeing everyone again someday.
As you well know, none of us are guaranteed another day. But it is always sad, when someone is taken so unexpectedly. It seems odd, but my graduating class lost a number of people within the first five-ten years of finishing high school. But there have been very few since then. I have to assume we won't be so lucky for much longer.
ReplyDeleteNo never guaranteed another day. Some things just seem shocking
DeleteWe have lost many over the years - but it sure has seemed to be more frequent lately.
To me it is just hard to know that you can see or talk to someone again.
Harvey is losing so many people he worked with in the oilpatch this year. Many of whom are very much younger than him. I have lost a few friends, but as no one has been in touch with me from high school or University in years I don't know if we have lost any from those eras of my life.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I hate it for you both that you are losing so many. It really is tough. Does you school or university have a FB page? You can get a lot of info that way, if interested.
DeleteIf only everyone followed that advice then the world would be a much better place. The older I get it is all about the glimmers - appreciating small events, memories etc.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think about the past and the number of things that I unnecessarily worried and stressed about.
The 'glimmers' are those wonderful moments and things we all should be enjoying every single day.
DeleteI just wish I had asked more questions or heard more stories. Yep, we worried about things and here we are - just the same.