Menu Plan

Today I decided it is time to start making up weekly menus.  I’m hoping that this will simplify my shopping and food preparation.  I need help with some food preparations and so need to plan ahead so that my attendant can do things up for me in the morning.  I’ve also noticed that when I make up a shopping list I keep forgetting things.  

I think that by knowing what I’m going to eat this week should help me make a more accurate grocery list.

I am finding it very difficult to think of different meals to write down.  I got 3 days done right away and then I am struggling with the balance of the week.

Perhaps this is a case of "practice makes perfect"..............

My Simple Life

My simple life is becoming complicated.

Last night started off bad as I flushed my birthstone ring down the toilet.  I’ve been told that it’s gone for good now.  This ring was full of sentimental feelings towards my ex boyfriend.  Perhaps it’s a good thing that it’s gone………..

Last night I found out that a good friend had just had a heart attack.  He is ok but will be some time before he can return to work.  He and his wife and I have been friends for close to 30 years.  I’m hurting for his wife and wish that I could be there with her.  Unfortunately I still don’t have a van and so cannot go there. I will continue praying for them.

Then I received an email from a woman who worked for me as a PSW last summer.  She left me to move up north to live with her brother in their family home.  She is a cancer survivor and a single mother with 4 children.  When she got up north she discovered that her brother is dying of cancer and is in his last days right now.  To make matters worse, she has just been diagnosed with a rare disease that leaves her with only about 5 years to live.  She also wrote the following  ...oh well god has his plan i guess .. oh yeah i have found jesus and hes an ass lol but im praying to him none the less - and theres comfort there i must admit - I feel the Lord leading me to minister to her in some way.  I don’t know where to start.

Roots

My son who is expecting a baby the beginning of February has been picking out names with his wife.  They are all wrapped up in the meaning of the names.  Today he started texting asking me about the different backgrounds.I'm amazed at all the backgrounds that I come from.

Zurbrigg - I am adopted and so the background of my birth mother is German and Swiss.

Hull - My adopted parents.  My paternal grandfather was English

McGugan - My paternal Grandfather's wife was Scottish

Webster - My maternal grandfather was English

Corrigan - My maternal great grandmother was Irish

I'm a real melting pot of a lot of interesting ancestries.

The most important family tie is God who is my Father.

Mom's Cast Iron Skillet

Part of my plans for simplifying my life include learning to cook from scratch using basic equipment instead of a lot of electric gadgets.

The first step I have taken is to get rid of my electric fry pan and teflon coated pots and replaced them with Mom's Cast Iron Skillet.  Mom would be about 100 years old and so I imagine this skillet must be at least 65 years old.  I've heard of comfort food but I have a comfort skillet.

I was hesitant to use this cast iron skillet but after using it for about a dozen times I now love it.  Wish I'd started using it a long time ago.

I wonder what my next lesson will be.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men. 

Colossians 3:23

My father used to tell me that If a job is worth doing,

It is worth doing well.

As an adult I learned the rest of the saying as:

And do it as if it's

For the Lord.

As a child I did not realize that this verse is based on a principle from the Scriptures.  I remember the first part as a child but then when you added the second part it took on a whole different meaning.

I think that if I apply this to simplifying my life I should be able to get somewhere quicker.  After all if it's for the Lord then it becomes more important for me to do it.

De Cluttering

I read someone's post about decluttering and it set me to thinking.  It seems to me that when I try to declutter all I end up doing is moving stuff from one location to another.  I do manage to get rid of some stuff but obviously not enough.

I live in a small 2 bedroom home with no basement or attic for storage.  I have a furnace room where I do store some items but that room is out of control.  Unfortunately it is a step down and the doorway is too narrow for my wheelchair to go through.  Alas, I rely on others to look after that room

I have decided that we need to tackle the furnace room first and then carry on from there.  Oh what fun is in store for me this week..............

No Ideas

I want to get into the habit of blogging on a regular basis.  However, I'm not coming up with any ideas of what to write about.  I've been fighting a chest cold for about a week now and I think it is draining all my energy as well as my thinking powers...........  Sounds good.

I'll try again tomorrow.