Yes, I’m still watching Olympics
Sometimes I’m just mesmerized by the wildly different sorts of things that athletes do on skis, skates, and snowboards. And, figure skates are different than speed skates, and slalom skis are different than downhill skis, and what you’re going to do on a snowboard determines what kind of snowboard you use.
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As I, um, mature, I find that it takes longer to recover from, well, everything. After a big weekend or a few days of having company, I used to need a couple of days to get back to normal. Now, it takes much, much, much longer. And I don’t always realize how long it takes until I wake up one morning, days later, and realize that I feel better, physically, and mentally. So, I expected to need significant down time after the big Thanksgiving to-do.
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Seems like I spend a *lot* of time here.
Thanksgiving, last year, I made a woman r-e-a-l-l-y angry at the HEB supermarket. It was a whole week before Thanksgiving Day, and I was buying as much of what I needed as I could, beginning to get ready for our guests–both sons, both daughters-in-law, my sister and brother-in-law, my niece, and one of her roommates.
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I was at Drug Emporium on Sunday afternoon, and the big display of Halloween candy had been stripped and a few rows of Christmas candy had been put out. At Wal-Mart, Christmas decorations are stacked and hung. You know what that means! Thanksgiving is just around the corner!
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Look what’s happening in my yard!
I know that this isn’t going to mean much to those of you who don’t live in Texas or other fall-delayed places, who, for example, may have had snow last week.
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Shopping at Wal-Mart a couple of weeks ago, I saw Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Macaroni & Cheese. Really.
Yes. It’s true!
I immediately thought about my preschoolers in Sunday School. They really like plain ol’ goldfish crackers (and also pretzel goldfish, colored goldfish, space goldfish, graham cracker goldfish, and puffy goldfish). Oh, how great that would be for snack on the Sunday that new kids were promoting to our room. I took my big sauce pan to cook the pasta, along with the butter and milk that are necessary to produce some sort of sauce from the enclosed dry cheese sauce packet.
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My sister, since I began this blog, has been all over me about the complete list of Paul’s characteristics of Fruit of the Spirit. Last week, she reminded me about “peace,” looking for it soon. I might should be concerned about how challenged I’ve felt to think of something peace-related. But here it is.
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