O, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful! The weather is also beautiful, don't you wish you were here? Have a happy new year!!! I hear you guys have been getting enough of your own snow, though, eh?
I WAS OFF WORK TODAY AND MARCIA WAS NOT FEELING WELL, SO I DECIDED TO COOK HER BREAKFAST IN BED, SWEETIE AS I AM. SO I GOT OUT OF THE CABINET EVERYTHING I WOULD NEED, AND STARTED. i BROKE 8 EGGS AND BEAT THEM UP (bully?)WITH SOME MILK AND FRIED SOME BACON FLEXIBLY CRISPY, THEN POURED THE EGGS IN TO MAKE A SOUFFLE'. THEN I GOT THE PANCAKE MIX OUT AND MIXED IT UP, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PANCAKE SYRUP, WHAT WAS IN THE CABINET SAID WAFFLE SYRUP. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE SOME CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES FOR HER, BUT WE HAD NO CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THE CUPBOARD, SO WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? AHA! THERE WAS A ONE POUND BAG OF ALMOND M&Ms ON THE SHELF! THAT WOULD WORK, WOULDN'T IT? SURE, SO i DUMPED THE ENTIRE BAG INTO THE PANCAKE BATTER. OOPS! SO MANY M&Ms THE BATTER WOULD HARDLY HOLD THEM TOGETHER, SO I GOT THE BOX OF MIX OUT AND POURED MORE IN, THEN ADDED SOME WATER, SOME MIX, MORE WATER, MORE MIX..., AND CHECKED THE SOUFFLE', AND IT WAS OKAY. SO I BEAT THE BATTER UP AND IT MIXED WELL, A LITTLE BIT, AND THE COLORED CANDIES LOOKED LIKE TOTALLY PSYCHO-DELLIC, MAN, AND WERE STARTING TO BLEED COLOR INTO THE BATTER. I USED A ONE CUP MEASURING CUP AND LADLED SOME BATTER INTO THE CAST IRON SKILLET AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A HAIL STORM, BUT BOY IT WAS PURTY. I MADE A FEW OF THESE ALMOND-M&M PANCAKES, A SHORT STACK FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S 4 FOOT 11 1/2 INCHES TALL, AND A TALL STACK FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M 4 FOOT 28 INCHES TALL, RIGHT? PURTY AS YOU PLEASE, AND THE SOUFFLE' GOT DONE, SO I STARTED REMOVING IT FROM THAT SKILLET WHILE ANOTHER PANCAKE WAS COOKING, AND WHEN I GOT THAT SOUFFLE' OUT AND THE OTHER PANCAKE OUT, I WAS TIRED AND HUNGRY, MYSELF, SO I DECIDED TO POUR THE REST OF THE BATTER INTO THE SKILLET AND MAKE A BIGGGgggGG PANCAKE. IT STARTED BUBBLING, BUT I COULD NOT SEE THE SIDES TO SEE IF THEY WERE GETTING DRY. i TRIED TO GET THE PANCAKE TURNER UNDER IT, BUT IT WAS STICKING, SO I RAN THE PANCAKE TURNER AROUND THE EDGE AND THOUGHT I'D SPRAY SOME PAM DOWN IN THE CRACK I MADE AND MAYBE IT WOULD SOAK DOWN TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LET ME REMOVE THAT BIG ALMOND-M&M PANCAKE. wrong! BUT BOY DID THAT PAM SMOKE! I COULD HARDLY SEE THE STOVE, LET ALONE THAT CAST IRON SKILLET ON THE STOVE!!! I TURNED THE EXHAUST FAN ON, BUT TOO LATE. MY IDEA OF GIVING MARCIA A BREAKFAST IN BED KINDA GOT MESSED UP BECAUSE IT IS TOO HARD FOR HER TO TRY TO SLEEP WITH A SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF. BUT I DID FIND OUT THAT THAT POWDER FROM A FIRE EXTINGUISHER KINDA LOOKS LIKE BUTTER-FLAVORED POWDERED SUGAR! I'VE HAD POWDERED SUGAR ON PANCAKES, BEFORE, SO MAYBE WE COULD TRY THIS ON A SUPER-SIZED ALMOND M&M PANCAKE? THE BACON AND SOUFFLE' WERE GOOD, I GUESS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MY THOUGHT AND EFFORT GOT ME? MARCIA APPRECIATED IT SOOOooooOOOOooo MUCH THAT I GET TO SLEEP IN THE TRUCK TONITE, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND MAYBE THE NEXT NIGHT, DEPENDS ON HOW LONG BEFORE THE SMOKE AND ALL THAT ODOR CLEARS AND THE EXTINGUISHER POWDER GETS CLEANED OUT OF THE KITCHEN. NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE YOU SOME BREAKFAST IN BED? I'M PROBABLY AVAILABLE, AND DEFINITELY WILL BE HUNGRY BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS. HAVE A GOOD MORNING, ANYWAY!
THIS WAS 'BACKWARDS DAY' WHEN I WAS A BOYS' CAMP COUNSELLOR AT MY CHURCH CAMP, CAMP MENNO HAVEN, TISKILWA, ILLINOIS, IN THE MID-70s, AND WE WORE EVERYTHING BACKWARDS, INCLUDING MY RACCOON SKIN CAP, AND WE HAD SUPPER FOR BREAKFAST, AND BREAKFAST FOR SUPPER, DESSERT BEFORE THE MEAL, AND EVERYTHING.
WHEN LIFE SEEMS A LITTLE BACKWARDS OR AT LEAST MESSED UP, KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE WHO HAS GONE BEFORE YOU TO STRAIGHTEN THE CROOKED PATHS AND MAKE THE LOW PLACES HIGH, AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE YOU, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR RED CONVERSE HIGH TOPS ON BACKWARDS!
WE WERE GETTING SO MUCH RAIN THE GRASS IS LITERALLY MOULDING, BUT WE KNEW IT WOULD BE GETTING HOT SOON, SO WE PUT OUR PEA-NOGGINS TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A IDEE WHAT WON'T QUIT! HOW YA DOIN'?
Lord, Our days are long and our schedules are full. You said when we are weary we can come to you and you will give us rest. So we come to you now and ask you to... Renew our spirits. Restore our strength. Refresh our hearts. Thank You for being the source of all we need to do everything You have called us to do. Wherever we go, and whatever we face today, may we live in Your presence because that is the only place we can truly be rejuvenated. Amen.
On this 4th of July remember the 56 men, who made up the Continental Congress, who laid their lives, homes, wealth, and their families lives on the line for the freedom of this United States of America on the 'first' 4th of July 1776 by signing that dangerous document declaring our independence from the British.
Also...Pray for our Leaders, their obediance to God and their safety as they serve the greatest country on the earth!
Unfortunately- much blood has been spilled over the last 200+ years on behalf of these colors. Pray for our troops, as they lay their lives on the line, continuing to protect our freedom ... our right to live as we want to live ... our right to worship our LORD -- freely -- as the Holy Spirit leads us. PRAISE GOD!
Praise God that He chose us to be born in this country ... Land of the free--Home of the brave.
* God bless America *
* Happy Independence Day *
I pray that your 4th is a blessed and safe day for you and your family. God bless you and God bless our country ♥ Marcia
Many blessings in the precious name of Jesus. May His glory surround you as you trust in Him. Take His hand and He'll gently lead you along the journey He has planned for you. Know that He is your God, your rock and your salvation. Keep your eyes upon Him and you'll never fall. May you be bounded the love and peace that surpasses all understanding. Know that you are special, loved and a treasured friend.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THINGS WERE GOING PRETTY WELL, ...
BUT LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE, ALWAYS, AT LEAST YOU PRAYED THE BLESSING, RIGHT? THINGS COULD BE WORSE.
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