It’s a big day today. The usual groceries must be purchased, but today, I also need to go to Staples, or BJ’s and buy a new WIFI for the laptop. My old set-up seems to be dying and I am having a lot of trouble working the laptop in the family room. Even when I walk back to the office I only get a good signal, not the excellent I once got. So, today, is the day!
I had the children for 2 hours yesterday and we watched 101 Dalmatians! It was on, but I have to tell you we talked more than watched the movie. They left at 7 this morning for their home in Oregon. Always a sad day.
Author: Dackel Princess
Fondofelves subs for Divine Reality!!!
Questions for a Friday: A Divine Vacation
From Megan (well actually by my cousin Janet, Fondofelves, but…)
Do you take a vacation every year? Yes. We try to get away maybe fishing or visiting old friends.
Where is your favorite place to vacation and while you’re there, do you prefer a secluded cabin in the woods, a luxury condo in the city, a highrise by the ocean, etc., etc? I like to go and live simply. Maybe a guest house (B&B) or staying with friends. I like small villages and pretty scenery. My favorite spot is a small village in Bavaria.
If you had to choose between Paris and New Orleans for a vacation, which would you choose and why? And let’s spice it up: on this vacation, would you prefer to take Brad Pitt (or in my case, Severus Snape, Robert Plant or Johnny Depp) or Angelina Joli or your current significant other along? New Orleans. I love Jazz music. And I would take Hubby. He loves Jazz even more than me!
While on vacation, do you like to completely get away from it all, or do you like to check in from time to time, on your blog, or your emails, etc., etc. Oh no. I’m so addicted to the Internet and stuff that I literally beg for permission to use peoples phone lines, etc. Got to stay in touch online!
If you had 10 grand to blow on a vaca, where would it be? {thanks, Pimpaloo!) That would be Northern Europe. Like Germany, Italy, Switzlerland, Austria, etc. I just love it there.
Today’s Happiness Callenge!!!
This is our beloved Max (Feb 26 1991-Aug 3, 2003) in the sunset of his life.
To have known such a magnificent dog was truly a great happiness!
WHEN you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead,
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
William Butler Yeats
Random Friday Thoughts
It’s 2 AM and I’m awake. Why is that? I woke up and got out of bed and immediately tripped over Fritz, who was lying next to my side of the bed. Then when I came back into our room, I couldn’t sleep. So I got up.
I’m usually a good sleeper. So this is quite odd for me. Maybe it’s the meteor shower we are having, but can’t see due to the clouds.
I went for a long walk yesterday in the heat and I think I dehydrated myself. So I have a huge bottle of iced tea in hand and I am sipping that. I wish I were a big drinker, but I just am not, so in this heat, a long walk is a bad combination.
I decided to rearrange my family room furniture yesterday. I was really happy with it until I found that my wifi coverage stinks. So, first thing tomorrow it all goes back the way it was!
I got a post that my 30th High School Reunion is next summer. I enjoyed my last one, so I will probably go. I think it is interesting to see how people have turned out all these years later!
Well, I guess I will try to sleep a little more.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
Harry Potter & Hot-Dogs
I finished reading “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince“. I think it is the best of the series of books JK Rowling has written. Although I must admit I loved the first and second books a great deal. All that innocence and wonder that Harry, Hermione and Ron had at being new Wizards. But Ms. Rowling has outdone herself with the development of her characters in this book and I really enjoyed it. For anyone who would like to discuss their ideas on the book leave me a post and I’ll write back and we can compare notes. I don’t want to give away anything about the book here!
My Happiness Challenge is plain and simple today. It’s the hot-dog! We had a cookout for the kids last night and I had a Ball-Park Frank with mustard and relish, cooked over a charcoal grill, and it was just the very best! Mmmmmmm! Yup! You just can’t beat a good hot-dog!
Being Grateful
Part of doing the Happiness Challenge for Megan, has made me think about all these things in my life that I am really grateful for. Shubi is one of them. In November of 2003 she became deathly ill. Honest to God, I have never seen an animal get that sick that fast. We were in our camper in Florida with Shubi and puppy, (4 month old) Fritz. We wound up driving from Punta Gorda Florida to Orlando to a specialist who told us quite honestly, “I’m not sure we can save her, but will do all we can.”
Shubi, with baby Greta during her chemo treatments last year.
Shubi a year later, doing well, her fur color has come back some, and she is healthy!!
Tuesday and Todays Happiness Challenge
I am 20 pages from finishing Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince. So what am I doing here writing to all of you instead of in the familyroom reading? Well, you see, once I finsih the book, it’s over, and I will have to wait another year or two until we get the last story in this tale of our hero, Harry.
My Happiness Challenge for today is my eye doctor’s visit. As I told you all before, I know that the debris is pretty much gone from my eye. Today I got to share the news with the man responsible for my recovery. Four and a half years ago another eye doctor removed a cataract and messed up my eye. My current doctor has repaired it all and although it has taken three years, he never gave up. So I am happy and grateful for the vision I have and the end of surgeries.
Blueberry Muffins
I’m putting both the regular recipe and the one I have altered for my diabetic Hubby on the page. The alterations for a diabetic muffin are the changes in ( ). So please don’t add both 1 cup lemon yogurt and 1 cup fat free lemon yogurt. It is just 1 cup of lemon yogurt. K?
Blueberry Muffins
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup lemon yogurt (fat free lemon yogurt)
The grated rind from 1 lemon
2/3 cup sugar (1/2 cup Splenda Sugarblend)
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup Blueberries
Beat eggs, oil, sugar and yogurt. Add lemon peel and mix well. Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl. Slowly add them to yogurt mixture. Then with a wooden spoon, gently fold in berries.
Spray muffin tin or tin with liners with Pam. Bake at 375 degrees (F) for 25-35 minutes or until lightly browned and done.
**Note** If blueberries are very big snip them in half.
Makes about a dozen.
Sunset August 8th
It doesn’t get any better then this!
