Lacey and the Rockers

My daughter, Lacey, went to the Todd Agnew/Rush of Fools concert last night to work in Todd's booth selling t-shirts and stuff.
She had a blast!
She got to hang out with the bands and get autographs and she even thought of me and got a personal autograph of Todd just for me.
Ahhhh......(I'm a BIG fan)
Anyway, after considering she got there at 5:00 and I picked her up at 11:00, so 6 hours of work in exchange for free entrance into the concert, of which she saw little of, I asked her if she would've rather just gone to the concert to listen, not to work?
Of course, she loved working there and hanging out with them and getting to know them.
She loved it!
Of course.
Isn't that the way it is for most of us.
We love having a destination, a purpose, something to look forward to, but isn't it always better connecting with people, enjoying our surroundings, looking around for great people connections wherever you are as we journey through this life?
I DIG THAT!
It was very cool to see Lacey coming into her own and seeing that it truly is the simple things of life that are the sweetest.
Lacey, you ROCK!

uuuhhhh.....

The results are in and they are not good:

Not only do I have one herniated disk, I also have a ruptured disk that went all the way through my nerve cavity into my spinal cord!!!!

2 words come to mind: OW.....EEEEEEEE!

Oh well....it is what it is.

The term, "pain-in-the-neck" has taken on an all new meaning for me.

I hate complaining.
uuuhhhhh......

school of hard knocks...

I'll muddle through the pain and try to say something articulate:

Since we've been back from Hawaii our family has had some tough knocks.
We hadn't been back 2 days when our beloved dog got sick and and we almost lost him. It was 2 weeks of caring for this dog and giving him meds and IV liquids, taking turns staying up with him all night. He was at death's door.
Then he finally rallied and now he's fine, however it cost us a fortune that we don't have and so our little joke all month has been: October's comin'....it'll be a better month.
Then my shoulder started hurting and then my arm felt like knives were protruding out of it so I went to the chiro-cracker and he tells me that I probably have a herniated disk in my neck and that he couldn't help me.
Once again we're doing home treaments; traction, advil, ice, rest and it is slowly getting better.
Then, my husband heard that the job he was hoping to get was given to somebody else while we were in Hawaii and one of his team leaders went to jail.....all to say he wasn't handling that well and we're dealing.....
Every single family around us is in crisis in one form or another including our own and I can't help but wonder if there isn't an agenda here.
I mean it has been one hit after another.....we're feeling it.
In the meantime a group of us who are sort of passionate about families and dads leading out in our churches and being good leaders, are starting a "support" group in our home where we will learn from God's Word and from each other just what that looks like and, I don't know, I can't help but wonder if it's all connected, somehow.
I know that the Enemy hates everything God loves and God loves families worshipping together and so I think we're in a battle and in battles there are casualties.
Our pastor has been speaking on spiritual maturity and let's face it, when we're in crisis our maturity will be seen in it's fullest and the facade that we put on in peace time will fall away in an instant!
Some of us are standing and some of us...not-so-much.
I covet your prayers for strength and wisdom and endurance.

My Salsa recipe

To all my adoring fans who love my SALSA and have asked for the recipe.

Here it is:



In a food processor layer these items:



2 cups squeezed roma tomatoes, cut in half

3/4 c white onion, cut in chunks

1 handful cilantro

the juice of 1 small lime

2 T minced garlic

1 small jalapeno pepper

salt to taste



Mango Salso:



Add to this recipe 1 cut up mango



That's it!

The secret to a great salsa is in the cilantro and the lime.

Never scrimp on those ingredients.


Have fun;.)

I love Fall....

Fall is in the air....
Yesterday morning was all about harvesting my herbs, preparing them for drying, picking vegetables from the garden and thinking how to use them, what to can for the winter, etc.
I love gardening!
Everytime I would come in with a bunch of herbs I would hold them under the girls' nose and ask, "what is this?" to which they would reply."hmm..smells good."
It reminded me this summer when I bought the pineapple peppermint and brought it home exclaiming all the way how excited I was about finding such a culinary oddity. I told Lacey that I wanted her to tell me what it smelled like and she did-she told me it smelled like bacon!
So, forever hereafter it will be the bacon plant.
Too funny!
Even the dog into the process...he picked all my green peppers and chewed them....bad dog.
I love the prospect of a new season as it approaches. It brings something new and fresh...something out of the mundane.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE SUMMER, especially this summer when we were in Kauai and Oahu....those beaches, that water, that beauty...amazing, but still I am looking forward to crisp mornings and shorter days....yardsaling.....yummy!
I love Fall!

Finally!

WOW!!!

I'm back......
So, what took me so long to come back????
Ya know, I tried to update to the new blogger-thing and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work so I eventually gave up....blah blah blah.....
Meanwhile some friends have been bugging me to blog more and so I gave it a final try and...voila!
I'm back!
Feels good, have to say....
Unfortunately, I've got nuthin' to say today except that I'm still hurting and sick and tired of it and I have an MRI scheduled for today to see what the "dill" is hurting.
Pain zaps away all creative thought....bummer.
Oh well, another day...... another thought.