Wednesday, December 20, 2006
TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT?
While Rocky is delivering baked goods to a few stops today I’m going to get busy and chat with you blog readers for a moment. This time of year it’s hard to squeeze in a blog but I’m trying.
I have most of the shopping finished and the second onslaught of baking. Now I will make candy for Christmas weekend……Rocky can dive into a batch of fudge and chew his way through in a couple of days. Even though we don’t like to have a lot of sweets because of the effect it may have on the cancer……we’re throwing caution to the wind and eating what we want for a couple of weeks.
My dad always said, “If I can’t eat anything but hay and straw, who wants to live? Maybe give you another couple of months! Well, I’d rather enjoy food I like and take my chances……eating IS living when you get to my age.”
We have been bombarded with so many food cures it gets tiresome after almost a year. We know people who have eaten as sparse as monks and people who have eaten like gluttons……some have died with strict diets and some have died eating “it all.” Some live to tell about their “secret” formula to whip cancer and others live and say nothing.
I’ve about decided there is a time with a plan in place for all of us to “go” and when that times comes……we’d better have our suitcases packed. THAT will be the time, regardless of what was or was not eaten. OK……just running my thoughts by you as we visit. Comments?
Speaking of eating (and who isn’t, this time of year?) I saw a cute thing this morning. I was in the garage feeding Callie, Lovey and Chevy when I turned around to see Napoleon very close to the tuna the kitties were eating. I fed him canned cat food last winter, thinking it would give him more body heat to ward off the cold. I reached for another clean dish and gave him half a can of kitty food…..and he immediately walked over and began eating.
There they were! My little bunch of critters……the three kitties and Napoleon eating side by side……oh how I wish I had taken the camera to the garage. It was one of those Kodak moments you know you’ll remember for years to come. I am so fortunate to be surrounded with all these critters……Love Unlimited!!
Next, I’m going to the kitchen and make a pot of homemade vegetable beef soup for us to enjoy for supper tonight. It’s gray, dark, and damp with a sharp breeze today……good soup weather!! Miss Becky will be coming for another knitting lesson so we’ll all have a bowl together.
I hope your Christmas plans are pleasant and fun……time to make those memories you’ll enjoy forever after. So from Esther’s kitchen…….have a great day!!
Until the next time,
Essentially Esther
I have most of the shopping finished and the second onslaught of baking. Now I will make candy for Christmas weekend……Rocky can dive into a batch of fudge and chew his way through in a couple of days. Even though we don’t like to have a lot of sweets because of the effect it may have on the cancer……we’re throwing caution to the wind and eating what we want for a couple of weeks.
My dad always said, “If I can’t eat anything but hay and straw, who wants to live? Maybe give you another couple of months! Well, I’d rather enjoy food I like and take my chances……eating IS living when you get to my age.”
We have been bombarded with so many food cures it gets tiresome after almost a year. We know people who have eaten as sparse as monks and people who have eaten like gluttons……some have died with strict diets and some have died eating “it all.” Some live to tell about their “secret” formula to whip cancer and others live and say nothing.
I’ve about decided there is a time with a plan in place for all of us to “go” and when that times comes……we’d better have our suitcases packed. THAT will be the time, regardless of what was or was not eaten. OK……just running my thoughts by you as we visit. Comments?
Speaking of eating (and who isn’t, this time of year?) I saw a cute thing this morning. I was in the garage feeding Callie, Lovey and Chevy when I turned around to see Napoleon very close to the tuna the kitties were eating. I fed him canned cat food last winter, thinking it would give him more body heat to ward off the cold. I reached for another clean dish and gave him half a can of kitty food…..and he immediately walked over and began eating.
There they were! My little bunch of critters……the three kitties and Napoleon eating side by side……oh how I wish I had taken the camera to the garage. It was one of those Kodak moments you know you’ll remember for years to come. I am so fortunate to be surrounded with all these critters……Love Unlimited!!
Next, I’m going to the kitchen and make a pot of homemade vegetable beef soup for us to enjoy for supper tonight. It’s gray, dark, and damp with a sharp breeze today……good soup weather!! Miss Becky will be coming for another knitting lesson so we’ll all have a bowl together.
I hope your Christmas plans are pleasant and fun……time to make those memories you’ll enjoy forever after. So from Esther’s kitchen…….have a great day!!
Until the next time,
Essentially Esther
