Letters to Mom

Okay, I know Mom is laughing - we're washing the material she and Grandma left us. We've done several tubs and we only have TEN more to go! Two tubs fills the darn laundry room! Of course, after washing and untangling it all, we have to iron and sort it. This morning found me sewing draft-dodgers for the doors while listening to Alice Cooper. Mom would find that amusing. 

That was Mom and Nyx on the way out from California to our new home. Can you tell they were tired? Mom fell asleep with her glasses on, not something new. It was a rough and insane trip but we made it.

www.allrecipes.com LOVE this recipe Cinnamon Apple Chops SUBMITTED BY: Pork Board "Give your applesauce a red hot twist to update this family favorite standard. Serve with roasted red potatoes and steamed green beans." INGREDIENTS 2 (3/4 inch thick) boneless pork chops Vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 cup chicken broth 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice 3/4 cup applesauce 1 tablespoon cinnamon red hot candies # # # comments: we really like this recipe - give plenty of time for the candies to melt, it takes longer than you think it will.

This beautiful girl was named Gabby because of her unusual whiskey voice and because she wouldn't stop talking when I walked into the thrift store/cat sanctuary. We got her home and she rarely meowed again. Her "voice" was more of a cross between a gasp and laryngitis noises. Her favorite spot in the entire world is on my shoulder.  

A prayer to the living Send me on with love in your heart Cry tears of joy for the life I have lived Praise the source of life for connecting our lives send me on to the next life, Send me on the way i lived embrace what I was, not the space that I leave Praise the source of life for allowing us to love Send me on to the next life Send me on without fear Do not curse or rend your garments Praise the source of life for granting us time Send me on to the next life send me on with praise Sing songs of joy for all creation praise the source of life giving us life Send me on to the next life send me on with libations and toasts drink to your health and drink to life praise the source of life for giving us words to share Send me onto the next life send me on with stones not flowers do not add death to death praise the source of life for all creation send me onto the next life

 A nice moist cake Cocoa Sauerkraut Cake Recipe Recipezaar Makes 8-10 servings

Heading into Shabbat tonight. I'm lucky if I remember what day it is lately. Being conscious of Shabbat helps (so does several of the stores being closed on Sundays around here). I've go t my bread, I' ve got candles and grape ju ice - ready for Shabbat. Yesterday was a bad day.  I think two months of incredible stress and not eating right (and not sleeping) is about to put me down if I don't find ways of working with this. I've started my green smoothies again and vitamins, a small step.  We're getting organized around here - from grocery lists to separating material into workable stacks/tubs, rearranging drawers, closets, etc.  I'm not sure why we feel the need to suddenly figure out where everything is and put it in it's place but it feels like progress.  I want to go through my huge collection of recipes and figure what we might like to try and move those into a folder and I'm printing up ones we have tried and liked (and those we did...