Monday, January 13, 2025

Cleaning Out the Linen Closet.

 Cleaning Out the Linen Closet.

 

This morning it took more than a few bags to hold all the little blankets, sheets, and assorted things that just left here to go to Katy’s Dog Place. She said that they have about 49 dogs of all sizes. Mine got out the door to meet them as the old woman stepped outside on the front porch. Kat helped to get them back inside. She understands big dogs! She has one that can jump a seven-foot fence!! She has to keep that one on a long leash. Can’t imagine trying to walk my two dogs at the same time any longer. They are just much stronger than the old woman.

 

Thought all kinds of good things would get accomplished today. And a couple of things were done, but the living room floor still needs my undivided attention. Thought it would get vacuumed, mopped, and the furniture rearranged. Maybe tomorrow. At least only three more pounds of ground turkey has to be cooked and put into Ziplock bags for the freezer. Got ten pounds of chicken deboned and put into the freezer. Also, managed to cook five pounds of beef and three pounds of turkey and placed in bags in the freezer. Not this week but next week we are supposed to have some really cold weather. Trying to prepare for cold normally means just being sure the water won’t freeze up around here, but having everything ready to feed the dogs and hens helps me to limit the time outside and on this silly knee.

 

Had some really tasty cauliflower stuff for din-upper today. It was Bird’s Eye bacon, cheddar, cauliflower that had to be cooked in the oven. Tasty and satisfying. If learning to cook had included that kind of stuff years ago, my weight might never have become a problem. It is really too expensive to have meals like that on a regular basis. The price of one lunch could have bought an entire head of cauliflower! Oh well.

 

Took a short nap this afternoon that will undoubtedly mess up my sleep tonight, but it really made me feel better at least. Have had just enough of a headache to not enjoy life to the fullest. Not sure if it’s the weather or just old age. At least the headache is gone now.

 

Sitting down at my little table after finishing reading a section in my Bible, it occurred to me that an actual prayer list might help me remember everyone that needed prayers. Paul told Timothy that we need to pray for those in positions of authority so that our lives could be lived in peace, so even our local mayor (Tim Short) was on the list for prayers. So very many of those who need our prayers are there because of cancer. Then, because of their jobs, the police, first responders, EMTs and nurses were on that list. We truly depend on so many people to make things reasonable in our lives. Even plumbers and electricians are important to us right now. In bad weather we need the plumbers to help keep the water flowing and the electricians can keep power going to our houses. Can’t imagine what will have to take place in NC, TN, CA, and other places affected by floods and fires! Wish my friend Henrietta had a good place here in Texas where she could come live now that her house and her daughter’s house have burned to the ground!! The pictures from the air just are dismaying. How will those boundaries ever be found under all that debris? Not just in CA, but the same is true especially in NC. So many prayers are needed for everyone in those places.

 

Let us remember those who suffer through no fault of their own. We are all just as easily affected by things around us.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.

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