GOOD MORNING WORLD
Once again I greet this keyboard with an idea of what I am going to write only to be waylaid by another thought. Wonder if Erma Bombeck had this problem. Not that I am her of course! I wouldn’t mind being in the same category however. I really liked her columns and books.
The Slow Down title is that I have discovered that I have made some mistakes in my posts. I have to remedy them. I also have to comment on some of them as well as add some things that I promised I would do and have not. Now that was really confusing and rambling!
Father Bob McDonald used to pray a prayer of slow down. I loved to be there when he did. It was not a rote prayer. He would make it up as he went along yet when he got to the slow down part it was wonderful. I could feel my body unwind as he said “slow down” so slowly and deliberately. I could see an image of a spring completely tight. When Father Bob said slow down I could see the spring unwind ever so certainly until it was back to its normal size. Another vision is a cat stretching and arching its back way up and then reaching the paws way out. Got to get back to Yoga!
So slow down and fix! First I made a huge mistake in yesterday’s post and luckily have people who read and care and called me on it. Hoping I was able to correct it before too many people read it. President Obama did not say over $250,000. He said he would not raise taxes on those who are earning UNDER $250,000. The taxes documented there will hit the latter group. I also want to add that we personally have been hit with some of these taxes already. We refinanced our home last spring. On the closing document was a 3.8% tax that we had no idea what it was and of course asked. We were told it was for Obamacare!
Second in the comments on this blog I was asked by Aunt Nance what my favorite thing to do is. I am working on a posting about that and in all honesty not sure what I will choose. I like lots of things.
Another comment was about me being thin skinned. I am so glad people are commenting!!! I answered that directly. It might be helpful for me to share my thoughts here as well. I cannot judge, plan, think how I am going to feel in any given moment – nor do I think anyone else can. Feelings just happen. That is okay. If mine were hurt then I can choose how to react. I could have screamed at that person and told them just what I was feeling and further what I was thinking about the way I was being treated. That would not have been pretty I do not think. Perhaps I am not liked by this person so what would my reaction matter to them? Instead I accentuated the positive and kept it to myself and developed a blog about negativity. I am thinking that was the better way.
Lastly, when the coffee cake post was made I promised someone who commented personally to my face that I would put up the cookie recipe so here it is.
Mom’s Icebox Cookies
1C Crisco
1 tsp salt
1C Brown Sugar
1C White Sugar
2 Eggs
1C chopped nuts (optional and I leave them out – I judge I am nutty enough)
1/2 tsp soda
3C Flour
1 tsp vanilla
*Blend Crisco with salt and sugar/add eggs/add dry ingredients
*Divide in half on wax paper/roll into 2 long logs and close wax paper around them
*I put them in a freezer bag or I suppose you could use aluminum foil
*When I want some cookies I take them out and thinly slice off what I want
*Bake for 8-10 min at 350 till brown……..
I also have Auntie’s Ice Box Molasses – that is for another day as well as the explanation as to what an icebox is for those who are too young to remember!!!
…..ONWARD TO MORE MISADVENTURE…
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