What Kids Say.

 What Kids Say.

 

This afternoon, my niece Lesli wanted to know why her youngest son calls a corn tortilla “enchilada bread.” Personally, it sounds perfect to me! She was making chicken and spinach enchiladas with avocado salsa sauce. Wow! The old woman was not even hungry before she started talking about all that good stuff.

 

Lesli has been diagnosed with Celiac disease which means that she can’t have anything with gluten in it. Years ago, when we were trying to get Lewis’ diet full of foods that did not cause him problems, we were trying to find foods that did not contain soy of any type in it. Of course, he already had to eliminate sugar since he was a diabetic, but it seemed to us that every food out there had soy or sugar in it. Lesli said that even Chapstick has gluten in it. Even her lotions and hair stuff included gluten! Our foods in America have more chemicals in them than in any other country. Go figure.

 

Watching some reports on what is going on both here in the U.S. and overseas and feeling rather surprised that we have not already had more problems with sleeper cells. Watching the reports about the two police officers who tried to keep people away from the bombs that were thrown made me realize just how brave some of our police are. The ATF said that if the two bombs had gone off, the destruction would have been worse than the bombs that went off in Boston at that marathon. It is just about enough to make a person want to avoid any type of crowds whatsoever. Those officers deserve some special recognition for sure!

 

Then there are the bombs and stuff going off in the Middle East. Wow! The Iranians certainly created a large stockpile of things to throw at Israel and other countries. But throwing things at their other neighbors has caused them some backlash. All the countries around them condemned them for hitting their oil supplies and the bases, hotels, resorts, and other parts of their countries. President Trump did say that he did not want all of Iran’s oil supplies and refineries ruined because, when this war is over, they will need to rebuild their economic bases. That makes sense. Just wish that we had a better way of knocking out their drones so that others would be protected from the Iranian idiots that are shooting at everyone. Not since Hitler have we seen such crazy stuff happening.

 

Have been using some stuff that Jennifer bought for me on my knees, back, and left shoulder. It is not as fast as Tiger Balm, but it also does not contain aspirin. Still, whatever it takes to get the old body to quit aching is acceptable!

 

The wind was not blowing this morning when we opened the doors, but even a breeze would have been better than what we had yesterday. Wind gusts of 40 mph or more are not any fun at all. About the time the irises bloom, you can bet we will have another spell of high winds and probably hail to boot! The yellow flags (irises) are so pretty right outside my windows, but they smell good, too. The wind tears them up rather quickly on this hill, but they are pretty for a little while anyway. Wish someone would want some of these in the front flower bed and could dig them up. They spread! The purple and dusty brown ones are pretty, but they don’t show up like the yellow ones.

 

The temps are supposed to be around 35 degrees on Sunday evening and 35 on Monday night. Weird weather, but still better than what they are having in Arkansas! Sterling said they are getting down below freezing up their way. He can keep that part of the country!! But then the following weekend it is supposed to get up to 91 here!! Figures. Bet we don’t get any rain with it either! Texas! Dry and drier!

 

Have started re-reading the study by Lehman Straus on Revelation. The messages to the churches seem to be the most important part for today. Basically, keeping the love and devotion to God’s purpose that we start with may be the best thing that a person can do. We simply can’t get sidetracked into making life choices based on any other kind of interests. If we can love others and not be so freaking critical, that would be a major help to one’s attitude. Guess that is something for just about everyone to work on. Let us try to keep our goals in mind by reading the Bible and by prayer.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.