COFFEE

As I drank my coffee on the balcony. A memory came to me.  Coffee drinking was a big deal apparently when I was little--still is.  People thought it funny to tease kids about getting "big"enough to drink it.  Like it was a passage to being grown up.  Some would even put it in kids milk to get them to taste it. I had an uncle, ( maybe it was my grandfather) can't remember which one, who was especially a big tease.  He would tell kids that if kids drank coffee before  they were old enough-it would turn them black.  No other explaining--just it would turn you black.  My mother would tell me not to pay any attention to what he said, but for years I was afraid to drink it,,  Not anymore.

Betty Boop

NO BLOG YESTERDAY

I woke too late to write yesterday morning.  I needed the time to get ready for Church.  I was glad to get to go.  We had lunch at M.G. and Ryan's house.  They are building a large beautiful deck under a nice big tree, connected to the house + a "HOT TUB'"  Wow, what will they think of next?  They keep something of interest going all the time. They also have a nice trip planned  I say more power to them.  I am glad my grandchildren have the travel bug.  We heard all about Sophie and Paul's next one too.  Bryan and Ashley are off to Italy next and then the move to Indiana University.   Such a lot going on and a new baby girl is on the way for Cary and David.  Ivy and Tripp moved to new job.  It is a lot to keep up with.  Bless them all.

Today Marshall Ramsey is coming to speak.  Everybody is excited.  Me too.  I sure do hope to go.       I spent a short time on the Balcony.  It was pleasant and I enjoyed it. 

Betty Boop  

ANOTHER SATURDAY

I fully intended to go to breakfast with the group that I like so much.   They all have said they miss me.  I woke at 7 and too late to get moving down there by 7:30.  Missed it again.  I just seem to need more sleep lately.  I am worried about that.  I even go to bed sometime by 9:30 and sleep well, but here I am getting old and needy of sleep.  I even take a nap and sometime that gets extended from one half hour to one hour.  Going backward . Coffee on Balcony is still pleasant early.  It was so still and quiet. 

Amy came yesterday and filled my grocery list I gave her.  My, she is a "gem."  She gets so many things done.  Working on a big project and keeping up with her Church work and family and friends is a full time job.  And Ed retired and needs her attention too. Bless her Lord and give her strength too. 

Poem is stuck and wont move on.  Too much else on my mind I guess.  Maybe a shampoo and doing my laundry will help my mood.  Or maybe --"Better tomorrow."

Betty Boop

LOOK AROUND

I  was sitting in  the Bubble the other day and it was so pretty.  The Meadow across the lake had been just mowed,  That is a BIG job, but made doable by the big machine they have.  It looked so green from the rain and I love to look at it.  Hope I never see the day when someone decides to build it out.  It has been mentioned before.  The thought came to me.  "Little Dot, just look where you are."  Now I have thought, like many others, how blessed I am to be living here.  Never would I had thought a little girl, born in 1927, in an old house on South Congress street (not there anymore) would end up here.  It was not a new thought to be sure, but somehow it came to me strong and clear.  The Lord is good to me.  Look around and count your blessings, I thought.  So I did.  I have to daily remind myself of how much I am blessed.

End of Sermon again!!!
Betty Boop

NOTHER MESS UP

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MORE DOG DAYS

Even the birds seem to be observing the"dog days" So quiet--not a peep.  I saw three Nuns walking.  Two of them were visitors I think.  Sister  (can't remember her name) seemed to be leading them and showing them around the Lake.  Mass is at 9 and I guess they were getting a walk in after breakfast and before Mass.  You can't tell them from anyone else.  I bet they are glad to wear normal clothes, especially during this hot weather. All the ones I have met are very special people.  They work hard.

You know what I miss about being so confined?  SHOPPING  I miss Dillards and I am sure they miss me or go bankrupt!  Almost everything in my closet is from there.  Of course the grocery store comes in second. Oh well, So Be It.  I always say.  Different stage.  It is funny how the older you get the more you notice changing phases.  Seems I am finding out how many Dr's I can get to know. I slept 9 hours last night.  I guess  I needed it, something else I always say.  Be back when I have something new to say.

Betty Boop    

SOFT FOOD

I need to eat soft food while my gums heal.  Challenge?  Not to me. Jan had just brought me fresh veggies from the place on Old Canton Road that we all love.  I had to put the corn-on-cob in the freezer and wait on the tomato because it is spicy, but I cooked the okra, and squash and onion till it was soft.  She also brought lady peas cooked.  I mash it all with some cornbread I made.  Chopped up beets and made it all so I could eat it.  What a feast. You know when I was growing up, my poor Mother had a time with me.  I was what they call a "picky eater."  I could not imagine how I would this day love boiled okra.  But it went down without chewing. I Thank you Jan.  And bless  my mother too.  It has not been too hard to eat soft food.  Where there is a will--there is a way.  I also saw on the list food  of suggestion to eat-- Milk Toast.  How old fashioned is that?  No cook book I have had how to make it.  Since I am good at making the forbidden   food to my liking, I set out to make milk toast.  I toasted whole wheat bread crisp. Buttered it will cinnamon butter.  Heated milk and a drop of vanilla flavoring .  Poured it over toast. and let it soak up the milk till it was soft.  It was good!!.  Next time I make it I will sprinkle it with sub. sugar.!!  (just to guild the lily)

So cool in the Balcony and very quiet too. 

Betty Boop