Not A Usual Monday

20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by lifefullyinhabited in Uncategorized

Well, today was Monday.  Not a usual Monday.  Not for me.  Maybe you heard the ground rumbling under foot.  Maybe it only felt like that to me.

Today was the day my world rocked.

My family surprised me with a lunch out to celebrate a special day just a few days early.  Shout out to Honey Pie café in Bay View.  Amazing chicken biscuit pie.

Not only did I get a great lunch with some of my favorite peeps, they geeked me up with an Apple iPad mini.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would own one.  We are not in the top 1 percent.  Heck, we’re not even in the top 1000th percent.

I don’t have a dishwasher, never have I had one.  I don’t have granite or marble countertops in my kitchen either.  Can you imagine, I prepare food on 50 year old laminate.  The same countertop that my grandma prepared her food on.  My appliances are white.

Not stainless steel.

All my kitchen knives are dull.  Which is why I sliced off part of my thumb while trying to be healthy yesterday.  Cutting up cucumbers.  It would be easier to slice veggies with my fingernails than with my knives.

I don’t want sympathy.  I am perfectly happy with my situation.  Its just that now I have an iPad mini tablet and I am not sure who I am and my place in the world anymore.

I hope my friends will still love me for me and not just for my geeky toy.

Thanks for listening.

Happy Monday

Cardinal Update

13 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by lifefullyinhabited in Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

My cardinal is still visiting me everyday.  I can still catch a glimpse of his outlandish plumage in the leaf-bare treetops most mornings.  Sometimes he visits from farther away, but I can still hear his beautiful love song.

But there is treachery in his bold red heart.  He eats from the next door neighbor’s bird feeder.  Can you believe it?

How could he do this to me?

He’s MY cardinal.

Their birdfeeder is one of those kind that attaches to a window, and they have it ruthlessly attached to their kitchen window, 2nd floor.  I can see it from my porch.  I can feel the green bile of jealousy frothing in my veins.

I need to take a deep breath and back away.

After some time to think about this more clearly, I decided to try to be generous with my forgiveness toward man and bird.

The cardinal may be here visiting our neighborhood for someone else in addition to me.  Maybe someone else is dealing

with loss and needs the comfort and joy that this sparkling red bird brings to us  every day.

Maybe I need to get to know my neighbors better.

Still, I wish that little guy would come closer to MY kitchen window.

Sigh.

What’s up mayonnaise?

07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by lifefullyinhabited in Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Here is a shameless product endorsement.  I found a “natural” mayonnaise.  I like it so much, I’d like to share it with you.

This is not a “low fat” or “low calorie” or any kind of diet food.  This is just a real food product.  It makes sandwiches yummy and I also make a yummy ranch dressing out it.

It has real ingredients.  That you can pronounce.

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You can buy it at Thrive Market (look it up on the “interweb”)

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this is the ingredient list.  Compare it to the old stuff I used to buy:

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Yuck.

https://thrivemarket.com/  Seriously here is the link to Thrive Market.

Hope you have happy shopping.