I Choose You

I choose you for your loveliness of spirit
I chose you for the sparkle in your eye
I choose you for the depth of your intellect
I choose you, my sweet beloved friend.
A Lady's Life



Lovely song again.
Adios Amigo by Gentleman Jim.
Died at 40.

xoxoxoxox

I Only Want My Arms Full of You

Jim Reeves  Still one of the best singers I know.
Life full of promise and disappointments
Life never knowing what road to take in a world
no longer believing in ethics morals and values.
Hard to decide, when even the straight,right road,
 is blocked, rained out, torn. No one said it would be easy
but this is when faith and hope in the one who matters
is what it's all about. His arms are always full of you.

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I thought this recipe would be a good one. I found it a long time ago.

Don't think I put it up before but all these things are healthy for you.

Quinoa health bars

Prep time:  1 hour 10 mins

Total time:  1 hour 10 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• ¼ cup cooked quinoa
• 6 dates
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• ¼ cup almonds

Instructions

1. Puree the dates, almonds and quinoa in a food processor, pressing several times until you get a smooth paste.
2. Transfer to a bowl, and add coconut oil, and tahini. Mix well with a spoon or clean hands until everything is completely incorporated.
3. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
4. Wet your hands, take 2 tablespoons of the mixture, and form a bar. Place on a dish, and repeat with the rest.
5. Refrigerate for at least 2 more hours, and eat as desired. You can also put them in the freezer 2 hours before eating, for a firmer bar.
6. If you would like a more chocolatey taste, add as much cacao powder to the mixture, as you like.

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This morning I had a night mare.
I dreamed I saw my white rabbit in his aquarium.
A thin black one was running around in there with him.
As this got my attention I began a closer inspection and saw my Mom
sitting beside the cage holding a big fat white wet rabbit looking non too pleased.

Then I saw my Dad and he was thinking I would be happy but was a little concerned when he saw
I was looking in horror cause now I saw 6 more rabbits in the cage with mine.

I kept thinking they will kill him and then look how much work this will be to clean this aquarium
You can't keep 8 big rabbits in an aquarium even if it s a big one. The smell alone would kill them.
You need a cage with a grill bottom so it's easier to clean in the morning and I can't do all this work.

It was enough to make me jump out of bed and hear BBC news say the rebels gave up in Syria.
Then I went to the bathroom and opened the net to check this out and all it said was Obama finally
decided to help the rebels, Putin saying this is bad  and Brown in England saying if we don't help there will
be more world terrorism.

Well Putin wants to be Czar and dictator. We can see why he would be interested in the people to lose.

I kept thinking all the good people are dying and the bad ones no one kills.

I got up, made coffee and a nice breakfast of scrambled eggs mushrooms and onions for my husband
along with \French bread.
He won;t have lunch now being so full
And for my son I have boiled potatoes with turkey burgers with red peppers onion and garlic along with
fresh spinach with mango dressing.
Hope he likes it.

It seemed like a very full morning even though I did nothing special.
lol

Wow!
Rabbits!!
xoxoxoxoxoxo

Pizza Bashing

Well this is a little different way of making a pizza but it sure looks delicious.

I never have patience for making rising dough. On the video, She says it doesn't take much time but I think it does.

I like making dough with baking soda. and I never have bread flour.
and I like adding pizza sauce which many don't do anymore.

Today I thought \I'd make one with hamburger meat onions garlic green pepper and tomato but when I came
across this video it sure caught my eye. She fries everything before putting it on the pizza

Wouldn't mind trying it.

What I noticed was when she mixed the yeast with the sugar it didn't rise like my \mom's used to.
I would have called it dead yeast and I threw a whole batch away cause |I thought it was dead.
|My Mom's yeast used to over flow from the cup it was soo good and today it hardly
changes in the cup and then , in the video, she added olive oil to the cup as well.

Things sure have changed since my Mom's time but I still prefer my \mom's way of rising yeast to this one.
Her stuff always came out superb using normal flour.

This all looks fake to me. Even the yeast is not normal and they charge you so much more for it.

Have to ask questions.
I think people do need to ask questions as to what the heck they are eating today.
Simple things like yeast and you can't trust it.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Checkers Anyone??

I pushed it and it's finished. Whew!!
I gave it to my son and he is happy to have two ponchos now.

One is blue and one is checkered.

One is knitted and one is crocheted.

My husband complained today that he was cold and wanted to put the heating on and I was nice and warm
with this nice thick blanket on my legs.
My son is tall and the poncho goes almost down to his knees so when he sits , it will cover him nicely.
Today he even put on his neck warmer.
Gosh, these guys must both be cold.

I guess you can also have a game of checkers or chess on these squares too.
and you can also use it as a Halloween costume if you want to represent someone from the Queens' court
in the Alice in Wonderland story. lol
It is great to wear when sitting on the beach where the wind is cooler and makes for a great cover if you have to change to go home.
My son has been going to the beach a lot lately so I guess this is why he likes them. They are quick and easy to put on and wear.
So there it is for you guys to see.
xoxoxoxoxxox

The Lone Ranger and Tonto

I finally took a picture of the lupin flower I was talking about.
There he is, standing like the Lone Ranger with his friend Tonto
beside him, in a rough terrain, with soil, hard as rock.
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Sigismund Emperor 1361-1437
When criticized about his latin  retorted:

I am the Roman Emperor and am above grammar.
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Here is a  potato recipe from Peru. I like how it uses evaporated milk and lime juice.
I am beginning to use more and more of lemon lime and soy as salt substitutes.
In fact salt is beginning not to taste as good anymore.

4 medium Russett potatoes
8 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (about 2 cups)
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon seeded and finely chopped jarred aji amarillo peppers or fresh habanero
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1/2 lime, juiced
Salt
4 large lettuce leaves (such as Bibb or romaine)
3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and sliced
10 black olives pitted and sliced (Kalamata or Botija Peruvian olives)
2 tablespoons freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
Directions
Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 30 minutes or until a paring knife slides into the potatoes without any resistance. Drain the potatoes and let them cool slightly. Slice the potatoes into 1/2-inch rounds and set aside.

Combine the cheese, evaporated milk, oil, chile, garlic, and the lime juice in a blender and puree until smooth. The sauce should be creamy and pourable. If the sauce is too thick, add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the sauce is thinned out.

Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter and top with the sliced potatoes. Pour the sauce over the potatoes. Garnish with slices of hard boiled egg and olives. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Note: A great substitute in this recipe, for feta cheese is cream cheese.

I saw Anthony Bourdain eat something like this in a restaurant and he seemed to love it.

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There comes a time in a persons life when your age group consists of nothing but pain and suffering.
Every one is sick and the new game in town is to compete against other people who are sick.lol

|It becomes a game of I am sicker than you are and I have more pain than you do and I take more pills than you do and I am more deaf than you are and sometimes...........
 it makes a person feel good to win.lol Even when you have to suffer pain, you can lighten the load by turning it into something else and people always do.

People try to do more than they can, to show they are young and then depress every one around them by telling them everything they've done, plus the pain and suffering they are now in.
It leaves you speechless cause you never know how to make things better for them.

Telling them to slow down so they don't suffer with theirex: joint pain, is quite the wrong thing to say because then you are put into the antisocial arena and no one wants to be a part of that.

Growing old is a pain in the ass but never the less, we all do.
I have problems with my knees but I prefer to slow down rather  than to sit on drugs and to push myself
till I am in agony and then burden people with tears of woe and sorrow and self pity saying it is Gods' plan for me to suffer and this is what we are born for.
I don't think this is what God is about.
It's enough I am burdened with the ailment. So I try to do things that I can, when I can and know my limits
while enjoying nice stories from people who still do the things I love doing and see it through their eyes.

Then you go to the store and  strangers stop by you at the cash line up, asking if you know how long menopause lasts and what are the symptoms and what they should do about it. lol
They walk away and then come back to ask
if there is anything wrong with the symptoms they have and the long list is verbally provided.
Kinda shocks you.

|I must look menopausal if they stop to ask and maybe the blood pressure does rise a little when they don't go away and everyone stands looking at you,  also waiting for the answer. lol

I think maybe I should say something nice like: You with these kind of problems? Honey you look wonderful! but then it wouldn't stop the conversation and she would just go on.

You try to explain that each case is different and they should go to the doctor and they can obviously see you are not one.
But they go on and on like what you see Hyacinth doing on Keeping Up Appearances, totally self absorbed.
She always makes me laugh.
I guess this is when you really begin to suspect that age is creeping up on you and there is no point explaining to people that you are only 23 and wouldn't know anything about menapause. lol
They take it seriously and say they don't believe you but then they say you must be 45 and
you smile.

How ever did you guess? lol


Hey! 45 five sounds real good right about now. lol
Pays to wear sunblock.
xoxoxoxoxxo

Human Nature

These are the other flowers about to bloom . A lovely solid red.
 It is so dense inside there and hard to weed since the soil is rock hard
I have no idea how I am going to do it short of using a digger and this will pull out all the flowers with their roots as well..

As they say, it is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

It suddenly dawns on me that I have the power to keep or kill tradition.
Like these flowers which took years to drop seeds and mass produce and root deep and yet man
can up root and destroy this longevity with one swoop of a diggers' blade.

And so with life and daily bread and family and love and country.

One swoop of ideas, a death, and it's all gone.

And yet, in forgotten places between the rocks and weeds and dry cracked soil, an odd thing happens.

Enlightenment. Revival. Rebirth.

A single flower protrudes its' head towards the sun.

It survives and goes beyond tradition into the realm of discovery and beauty to again be cherished and nurtured by new life, surrounded by wonder.

If not touched by human hands, it may survive to see another hour, another day, another millenium
and maybe even saved to travel to alien lands and planets, to become a new story, within new traditions.

As it is human nature to think wisely, humans do not decide what will be.

What we find wonderful and divine, is a left over from times past, acting in an absurd fashion, through its' shear will to survive.

We have the power to kill tradition but tradition will outlive us, after we have long passed.

Hmm.

xoxoxoxox

Royal Bloom

These are the beautiful flowers which bloomed in my yard.
Deep and Royal looking and with a yellow dandelion which
decided to pop up with them.
lol
They seem to be spreading everywhere so I am thinking to dig the ones outside
 the box and putting them into a pot.
It was very cool last night to sleep and the day was not very hot. Kinda cloudy and we
 had a bit of a sprinkle in the morning.

In the afternoon we went out and I finally found the colors I needed to continue my afghan.
My son told me today he loves his poncho and he wants more of them.
 So I said ok and now the afghan has a neck hole lol
Now I just need to let it get longer for the back and I will have two ponchos.
One is blue and one will be checkered.
These are good to wear all year round. Like at night in summer, it keeps the mosquitoes off and the dampness and in the fall and winter you wear it over your jacket to cut the wind and keep your hands warm
under neath. Unlike wraps, these are good for men to wear.
If you have soccer kids and have to sit on cold benches, they are long enough to cover your back
with a piece to sit on and in the front they cover your knees and keep them warm too.
Even kids can wear them if they have to sit on the bench waiting for their turn to play.
I am glad my son likes them They even go well with a neck warmer which can be worn like a turtle neck till you need it to cover your head.
I will have to make enough of them so my husband has a chance to wear one as well. He is another guy who never thinks about the cold until he is standing and freezing outside. In the car they can be used to keep the legs warm as a blanket and then you can wear them.

I always think about cold weather especially today when it is so unpredictable.

xoxoxoxoxox

Here's Marvin!!!

(click to enlarge)

If you think Maxine is a hoot, wait till you get to meet Marvin, her husband.
They make a fine couple. lol

I love jokes that come out of life.

Today my husband was chasing the dog trying to wipe her butt.
He was at a loss and said I am trying but you have to clean her butt.
I told him he was doing fine, so why doesn't he finish the job?
He gave me the look....

This is why I am always the bad guy in this house.
When they see me coming, every one runs in different directions
including the animals lol

So I took my Tanya into the shower and gave her a good wash She needed it anyway.
She began to shake so I wrapped her into a clean dry towel and put that into a blanky and held her
till she stopped shaking and got toasty warm, enough to fall asleep.
Then I slowly began to clip her face and ears and chest etc.... working my way down her body.
I still have to trim her butt though. lol

She was good but then got tired of behaving. She is my baby now and I love her very much.

Dogs know. When ever they see scissors, they are off in another direction.
lol

This week end the other one also needs cleaning so hopefully it will stay hot so we can take a hose to him with soap and a brush to comb all the dead hair off.
Much easier to do all this outside than inside.
Big dogs are a different problem.
I rather they shake outside.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Miss World

We will not see this in the Miss World Competition this year held in an Islamic country.
They knew it was part of the program before applying to hold it there but I guess with ulterior motives.


They are offended they say, by nakedness and yet multiply in hoards not caring about world famine
or population explosion.

They go to free countries which separate church and state and yet their religion is not separated from the state of these countries which claim to separate religion from the state.
How is that?
We have helmet laws but not for Sikhs. Quebec is fighting this issue in soccer today as we did and failed.
We find it harder to find beans in lard, I know because I love beans with lard and have to instead buy beans in molasses.

If we have separation of church and state, then we should have separation of Islam and state too.
Yet this is not happening.

A little discrimination???? I'd say so. I'd say a lot.

We may not like everything we see going on in our free countries but we respect it and it is offensive to say we don't
We are shown no respect as guests in muslim countries however and this Miss World Pageant is one such thing where a woman is measured by mind , body and soul.

Now it will be by saree. lol

xoxoxo

Contagious Public Art

These are funny birds
The horses are speechless listening to them lol

Hope you enjoy.
xoxxoxo

A Date Anyone?

This is what looks like a small spider and he has a little worm he is feasting on.
For some reason the camera could not make an enlargement of him.
The worm  was squirming every time he touched it. We watched him go back and forth
trying to figure out how to deal with it.
I don't think this date is going well for the worm lol
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Quinoa is the new craze today with the kids in sports, along with Acai juice.
Here is a recipe.

Quinoa/Date health bars

Prep time:  1 hour 10 mins

Total time:  1 hour 10 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• ¼ cup cooked quinoa
• 6 dates
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• ¼ cup almonds

Instructions

1. Puree the dates, almonds and quinoa in a food processor, pressing several times until you get a smooth paste.
2. Transfer to a bowl, and add coconut oil, and tahini. Mix well with a spoon or clean hands until everything is completely incorporated.
3. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
4. Wet your hands, take 2 tablespoons of the mixture, and form a bar. Place on a dish, and repeat with the rest.
5. Refrigerate for at least 2 more hours, and eat as desired. You can also put them in the freezer 2 hours before eating, for a firmer bar.
6. If you would like a more chocolatey taste, add as much cacao powder to the mixture, as you like.

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Dates contain:
Fructose, dextrose dietary fibre,Tannins which are anti inflammatory, anti infective, Vit A for lungs skin and oral cavities.
B carotene protection against breast colon and prostate,pancreas lung cancers and eye degeneration
Iron for oxygen in blood
Potassium for heart blood pressure stroke coronary disease
Calcium for bones and teeth blood clotting, nerve impulses

Magnesium - bone growth
B complex vitamins and Vit K

ce: USDA National Nutrient data base)

Principle	Nutrient Value	Percentage of RDA
Energy	277 Kcal	14%
Carbohydrates	74.97 g	58%
Protein	1.81g	3%
Total Fat	0.15 g	<1 td="">
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Dietary Fiber	6.7 g	18%
Vitamins
Folates	15 µg	4%
Niacin	1.610 mg	10%
Pantothenic acid	0.805 mg	16%
Pyridoxine	0.249 mg	19%
Riboflavin	0.060 mg	4.5%
Thiamin	0.050 mg	4%
Vitamin A	149 IU	5%
Vitamin C	0 mg	0%
Vitamin K	2.7 µg	2%
Electrolytes
Sodium	1 mg	0%
Potassium	696 mg	16%
Minerals
Calcium	64 mg	6.5%
Copper	0.362 mg	40%
Iron	0.90 mg	11%
Magnesium	54 mg	13%
Manganese	0.296 mg	13%
Phosphorus	62 mg	9%
Zinc	0.44 mg	4%
Phyto-nutrients
Carotene-ß	89 µg	--
Crypto-xanthin-ß	0 µg	--
Lutein-zeaxanthin	23 µg	--

I think a date  has everything to keep you going for a long long time. lol

xoxoxoxoxoxox

Treasures

Garage cleaning has its' virtues because it gives away its' treasures.

I found a small box with two more pewter wine glasses
and two bowls made from white clay, that are so thin, you can almost see through them.
They have paintings of a rooster , a hen and green grass.
I also found salt and pepper shakers from Florida.

They are back in the box again waiting to be rediscovered lol
These are things you put into a display case.
Maybe one day I will do just that.

We had a wonderful hot week end just perfect to sweep up the garage and sift through things there.
I found my sewing basket with all the thread, needles etc... for sewing. I should add to it all my knitting and crochet stuff so everything is in one place and easier to find.
Took two days and most of it is done but still a few things left to do.

The big rat that came in and ate my chinchilla, left huge droppings.
My son saw a big rat, dead on the street, a few weeks later and since then, we don't see anything around the house but my chin paid the price. Now the dog looks for the chin and it's not there. They were friends.

We watch Anthony Bourdain on the food show called Parts Unknown.
He travels to places tourists don't usually go to.
Yesterday he went to Lima , Peru, which he says will be the next new great place to go, for good restaurant food. He went up into the hills to see the cacao plantations and ate at the homes of the people, who went out of their way to cook local food.
All around were little guinea pigs living free around the house where they ate. It was interesting to see.
They eat these guinea pigs as they do the chinchillas.

But the very new gourmet foods of the future will be insects.
 Anthony was seen crunching huge fried black ants. lol
Survivor man ate grubs he pulled out of trees in Australia which he said were very tasty.
They were white fat and juicy.  Certainly treasures for a hungry man. lol

So apart from the sun burn I got, we had a great week end.
xoxoxoxoxoxoox

FBI - Investigations.

I watched White Hunter Black Heart a movie about the movie director/actor John Huston.
I love all of Clint Eastwoods movies because they always have something important to say.
to leave you thinking without lecturing.

Like in this movie Huston was obsessed with killing an elephant with big tusks.
He was told not to each time he went because the elephant was special and scarce and that it's a crime.
He said it's worse than a crime. It's a sin. Thats' why I want to do it.

The females were protective of their young and when a baby was running towards the men the mother went crazy and charged.
 Hustons' black Chief friend interceded when Huston didn't shoot and  tried to change her mind and distract her and she killed him leaving Huston stunned and feeling very bad because now Kiwi's tribe was sad.

I thought it was an amazing story.
I think these movies will always be watched by people in the future.

I also watched the movie on the Pirates in Somalia.
They use the money they make, on women and gin and not to help the country and poverty.
Seems there are so many Muhammads running around this planet and so many of them do bad things and
it is ironical that they give out this name freely to people, when no one is allowed to mention his name.
Especially when it's related to doing something bad.

I thought how different this is with our Jesus. No one, except maybe in latino countries, ever calls their sons Jesus and I think we have a lot more respect for him, to leave him as the ONE who knew pure love.

It would be a heavy burden to wear that name I would think.

Every day one is left with ones' thoughts thinking and remembering days you never knew or even
thought existed before your time.
For most children, the world is very small. It takes a life time to learn that there is a lot more to it.
xooxoxooxo

Selangor Pewter

These are pewter shot glasses from Singapore.
I love the Singapore Mer Lion.
It foretells an interesting story
about a tiny island, who fought for its' independence
from Malaysia.
Malaysia gave it, thinking that the island would fall and beg to come back.
It certainly looked bad when it was invaded by Japan,
but it didn't fall. Lee Kuan Yew may be both loved and hated but
he turned it into a beautiful city nation state, clean safe, respected and loved,
 by all who come to visit.I loved living there and the memories made there,
will always be a living treasure in my heart.
 Singapore.
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There comes a time my friend when all must live and die
There comes a time to suffer, flourish and revive.

Merlions' brand of gentle beauty,
Foretells of truth and courage
Of Lion hearted Princes breathing life
Of Singapore, my lifes' sweet mistress,
 Of an orchids'  tale of mirth and strife.

A child was born and raised from tips of fires,
Burning on the edge of green.
A child so tiny, free and independent
Guarded by the flying fish of light.

My lovely island,
A place I lived and worked in,
Protected by the souls of  treasured Nonyas,
 In the night.
Historically, will not repeat there,
A time when it had no choice but
 To survive and  fight.

O lovely hearth and heart I found there
With every step and smile I met.
A Merlion child I came to bear there
Merlion children, I brought back.

I planted innocence and beauty
By dogwood trees and snow ......and you.
But my heart was stilled by the Merlion,
Silent perfection, guarding
My sweet Mistress' womb.
A Lady's Life

Together For Ever.

I love this shot.
A couple walking forward determined with a mind set to getting to where they are going.
Each step is sturdy and the health and vigour in these two should rub off on the rest of us.
lol

I can never get enough of the diversity of chickens and roosters we find in nature.
Some are huge, some are small and fluffy. Some are colorful and some look like
something out of a designer magazine.

Too bad we can't keep and breed them in our yards in cities.
Would be nice to collect eggs every morning and say hello to birds which provide us with so much.
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Walk with me and I will show you yellow grains upon the sea.
Walk with me and I will show you lands unknown to thee
Walk and see the colors, beating in my heart
Walk and see the shooting stars on a clear black night
Walk with me and trust my soul as being one, with you
Walk with me through life my friend and
Let me walk alongside you.
A Lady's Life

xoxoxoxo

Flower in my Garden

This is a calla lily I found in my garden.
They call the white ones an invasive species but it is so pretty
and I am excited to find it.
Apparently they are poisonous to animals and people.

I took a picture of it but I did not take a picture of the lupin one
I hope it is still there so I can take a picture. I keep forgetting the camera.

Nothing like your own flowers.

My black rose is dead. I am not surprised because they cut off the roots.
And it wasn't black. It was rose colored.
The other cuttings I took, I planted and now have three more of bushes.
If they grow they will be very fragrant in the spring when they flower.

The rose I got for 3.99 is growing nicely in a deep pot.
Hopefully I will have flowers on it soon.
Well we have not really got into planting yet.
The weather is not very nice to work outside.

So everything I have grows on the balcony or indoors. lol

I had to share this pretty flower though I never had one like it.
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A lonely Calla Lily, pure and pale
Remarkable her story
Surviving on a thorny grail
Sings a song of lonely glory
A prayer so sweet, from vestal deep
Travels sanctified, in air
A vow of chastity,
 A priestess in her right
Oh Calla Lily
 Devoted
 Lovely,
 Immaculate delight
A Lady's Life
xoxoxoxoxxo

Funny Donkey to Enlighten Memorial Day Week end.

I thought this was a funny song to enjoy.

Happy Memorial Day Week End America!!

The battle continues for freedom but the battle should also include
a battle for an understanding God, leaving judgement in his hands alone.

No man walks in another mans' shoes or knows his/ her soul like God does.
As God showed mercy to Adam and Eve he must have understood something more
about evil, than man does.

Once religion opens doors to politics inside Gods' house, it ceases to be
Gods' House responsible for teaching peace and love by the leaders of that house,
 and instead turns in to a political entity.
If the political entity promotes hates and killing of innocent victims, in any land of peace,
 then it should become an outlawed organization.

God never promotes violence of any kind and man is not his arm to kill or oppress
other people.
In Eden man was born naked and walked naked. Sin lies not in the nakedness, as it is in the minds of those who see it.
Free countries see no sin in nakedness.
Freedom is the reason God set man free and if you go against Gods' will, then you are falsely
representing him.

Hope you enjoy the video
xoxoxoxxo

Little Grunts

The days seem to be flying by.
We put the heating on and the sun came out.
We did some yard work and the grass needs cutting again.
I have a few lupin flowering and apparently they are very good for
soil. They nourish bad soil.
Apparently they have been talking about replacing grain with the
beans from this plant because its also very nourishing for people.
The plant also has some fragrance and looks quite beautiful
in the yard.
My crochet afghan seems to be growing slowly. I was not in the mood to do it
and do not sit much with it. but it is growing in size nevertheless.

Hope everyone is safe and enjoying their day.
xoxoxoxoxo

PRAYING FOR OKLAHOMA

Seems there is no letting up from storms.
The devastation in Oklahoma is terrifying!!
Where do you hide from winds like this?

Seems cities have to be built with 500km winds in mind as well as
floods.

We are also over due for the big earthquake here in BC and it's just horrifying to even think about.
Nothing matters except escape and safety.
From the looks of it, we are expecting it from beyond Vancouver Island but it might happen from the interior
and everything caving in or caving up,  until Princeton, which will become the new Cali shoreline.
Nothing is impossible.
We are all sitting ducks praying for Gods' Mercy.
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My son came home early yesterday. He did not stay for the last game which began in the afternoon.
It's a five hour trip home from Penticton, and he came home extremely tired and burnt from the sun.
With having to go to work today, it was not a good idea to come home at midnight after such an exciting
3 days.
The cars' immobilizer was also acting up because the battery in the clicker drained.
Seems all the stores are out of batteries. Probably every one is changing right now.
Hopefully they will find one today.
It lasted a long time since 2004.
The computerized cars today are a pain in the ass.
Nothing better than an old fashioned car you can repair yourself.
As it is when our door stuck, every mechanic wanted to break the door to open it at a huge cost to the customer.
My husband took time and opened it himself . Now it just needs another gadget to replace and it will work like new and no harm done. Today you always need two cars it seems because fixing the broken one, either costs through the nose or doing it yourself takes a lot of time.
Goes to show what kind of mechanics we have to day and we went to many to get the same story told us.
Not one wanted to take the time to do a proper job.
They figured they work by the hour and it would cost a grand of labor costs so why not just trash the door.
But another door means the car doesn't have original parts any more, which means the price drops if you need to resell it.
If it happens to a new car, it's bad news for the owner.
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The weatherman says rain this week. We were told it was supposed to be a nice week end but no such luck here by the coast line.
I told my husband to put the heat back on to warm up the place and get the dampness out of the air.

This week end was the week end we got married, what seems to be ages ago, and I remember it was sooo hot, people were fainting at church.
Not so today.
Today we are still in sweaters and fleecy pants looking for reasons to take them off.
Of course the weather is hot one second and then turns cold for the rest of the day like a spoiled, cranky child, not knowing what it wants.
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So what did one twister say to the other??

Comon let's twist again, like we did last summer.
Comon let's twist again like we did last year.
Let's twist till we bring the house down.

Chubby Checkers folks.

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Happy Victoria Day Long Week End

So far the week end has been wet and cold, here in BC.
I kept my little dog bundled up in a blanket to stop her from shivering.
She enjoyed sitting on a chair beside us. The big dog has double layered fur
 so he isn't complaining at all.
We managed to cut the grass anyway which is growing fast and lush .
Could sure use a few goats out here to help out .
Anyone got a few they want to lend out?? lol

Gatinnas' small mowing robot, wouldn't make it through this thick
grass lol
My husband had to struggle pushing the big gas mower we have, to mow it here.
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The boys are winning in soccer so far at their Penticton tournament.

My son scored one goal on Saturday, 4 goals this morning and 2 in the after noon.
So tomorrow they play again and then it's back home.

As for the van, they probably kept the doors open and discharged the battery.
lol My son emailed a little in distress.lol
Hopefully that's all that is wrong with it. It was running very well at home
so no reason why all of a sudden it should conk out,
out there, unless they left the lights on.

We had BBQ lamb chops and steak on the veranda and watched Bruce Willis
on TV.
The sun just came out. I think tomorrow we will finally have one beautiful day.
My son said it is beautiful and hot in Penticton, all week end.
He sent a pic from his iphone where all the guys are tanning shirtless and it does look quite hot.

I broke down and took out some thread to crochet some checkers
It's work for cold weather so I used our weather as an excuse. lol

Hope you are enjoying your week end.

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Listening to Reality

Today was a very hot day.

My son was preparing for his  trip to Penticton where they will be playing
a tournament.
Three guys are planning to sleep in the van so today the van finally got
to see a vacuum, the back seat taken out and blankets and pillows put in.
They don't want to sleep in a tent because there are bears and deer
 walking through the camp.These are city boys and find bugs yucky.
I told them the van will not save them if a bear wants in, short of driving away real quick.
I think that's the plan. lol

Then we went to Walmart for snacks. The guys played TV soccer but that Iphone never stops.
As we were getting the
BBQ ready my son and his friend took off to the beach.
We were not fast enough for them.
My son told us he was not going out today.
He is over tired anyway so we didn't rush.

So ended up it was just hubby and I who enjoyed a great BBQ.
Their loss.
Hubby got 2 tomato plants and two strawberries and he was happy.
They will be pot plants. If we get the garden ready for more then we will plant the whole garden.
with other things.
Nothing much else .
Hope you had a good one.
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WoooWoooWooo!!

Don't you wish eating wasn't hazardous to your health? lol

I wish people could lose weight eating, rather than gain.

This is one reason I love Chinese and Indian food because

 it goes out almost as

 fast as it goes in and you stay hungry. lol

I turned on the Rachel Ray Show and lo and behold......She

 had on a Chinese cook. I noticed Rachel gained a few pounds 

since she began this show. Must be all the tasting of all this good food.

 I have a set of her pots and I love them Now I have to get one of her

 ladles because they all have rubber handles  and it makes a difference

when you cook.

Daddy Wu’s Chicken

• 2 pounds chicken breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
• For the marinade:
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon sake, xiao shing wine or dry sherry
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon grated garlic
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil 
• 1 1/2 cups jasmine rice
• 3 cups cold water
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch

Now I know the Colonel Sanders secret for  his crispy chicken.
 He uses 1 part cornstarch to 3 parts flour.

The chicken is marinated 4 to 18 hours and also can be made in
large batches and then separated into portions in zip lock bags and 
frozen till needed. This was what Daddy Wu did in his Jade Restaurant.

The sauce they dip the cooked chicken in follows. There should
 not be too much sauce or the crispness of the chicken disappears. 

• For Daddy Wu’s Sweet and Sour Sauce:
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 red onion, sliced
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon sake
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger, grated
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 3 scallions, cut on a bias

Add this chicken to a bed of rice and away you go.

Rachel said they tried it on the staff and it disappeared in minutes.

The rooster up top reminds me of my Cornelius.
He was a nice rooster and loved pats and watching tv and crowing non 
stop from 3 in the morning.. Short of putting him to bed with you to stop
 him from crowing, there was no place to hide him, that people wouldn't hear. 
He sure had a set of lungs on him lol

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