Cabbage and Reduced-Price Meat.

 Cabbage and Reduced-Price Meat.

 

Every once in a while, the old woman goes up to United to walk the store in person rather than letting one of the “kids” pick things to put in a basket for me. Going by the 40% reduced meat counter makes an interesting trip. Today, three different packages came home with me. Two were tossed in the freezer and one was cooked with about one-third of a head of cabbage. Good eating!

 

Two turnips ended up in my basket, too. Love turnips. Now the rest of you guys and gals can keep the freaking kale and some of those greens that are tougher than boot leather. They may have an interesting flavor, but none are as good as turnips or turnip greens! Mother-in-law could definitely cook a great big pot of either turnips or turnip greens and make them taste like something wonderful. Lewis had to eat what was put on the table, so whether or not he enjoyed them is beside the point. Mother never convinced us that English peas were fit for food, but we had to eat them. We grew up before the days of picky eaters.

 

Neither of the dogs were especially interested in eating today, so they can wait until they get hungry or go without. Made ground turkey fried in bacon grease with rice and carrots for them. Trust me; it is tasty. Cooked ten pounds of chicken quarters earlier that has to cool before it can be deboned. Maggie said she can’t let her dogs have the chicken skins because it upsets their tummies. Those skins get chopped up around here and fed to the hens. They can handle almost anything along that line. As long as there is no salt in it, they can eat almost any meat.

 

Had trouble keeping my mind on things last night and decided that Patty has the right idea. Some of these “personal dramas” that are witnessed need to be treated much like soap operas. They are not “real” and have no bearing on my life. No matter if we care about folks going through stuff, all we can do about the dramas is to turn it over to the only ONE who can change things or help things turn out for the best. Meanwhile, Patty called again and said the horse’s backside who cheated her actually called to see if “everything is ok.” Other than the fact that he took her for at least $800, she is disgusted but ready to consider this a bad deal and a lesson. Still, the dipstick did not apologize for cheating her. Sooner or later, disgusting acts tend to return to the actors.

 

Have felt so happy for my former classmate and friend who had been disowned by his wife, daughter, and grandsons. NOW he has a very sweet wife, a step-son and his wife, and an entire household full of sweet children to enjoy. Talk about God blessing someone! Every time his picture comes up on FB, there is a big smile on his face!

 

While there are those who are going to moan, groan, and be totally appalled about the cessation of handouts to various organizations that may or may not contribute to the independence of men, women, and those who need food and other support, it seems to me that the constant leaks—read floods—of American dollars into other countries has been somewhat interrupted or stopped. NEVER have we seen such corruption as when our dollars are supposed to help support women in need. For every ten dollars sent to Kenya, a woman in need might get five or ten cents. MAYBE! The same is true in EVERY country where our money was being sent. Corruption and greed is more commonplace now than ever before. All we can hope is that organizations like Samaritan’s Purse are actually doing the work they promised without grafting whatever money they were given before this change came into effect. Being willing to help one’s neighbor does not require payment if the purpose is truly to help the other person. If some of these mega-churches were to send money to actually help those in places like North Carolina, how would that look? If it takes $50,000 a year to keep the lights on in a building, how much would a church be willing to donate to build little houses or help build roads? Now we will see which churches are truly being used to help their brothers.

 

Let us pray for little Zeke to keep improving and rebuilding his muscles and abilities, for Tami Yonts as she goes in for surgery, for Mariellen Rose as she gets her return t-cell procedure and accommodating chemo to help her overcome leukemia, and right now, let us pray for our president’s safety and his common-sense approach to restoring financial balance in our nation.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.