Ready for Some Catfish
I’ve been craving southern fried catfish for over two weeks now. I really need to go get some catfish and fixings within the next couple of days or I’m going to burst.
Catfish is one of the very few things that I do not cook myself. I am a fantastic cook and I love to cook. I just don’t like to cook fish. For one thing, it smells up the whole house for the entire day and night. I can’t stand to walk in the door and smell fish in the air.
For another thing, catfish needs to be breaded in a nice cornmeal mixture and then fried in a big vat of hot fat. I don’t have a big vat and since I almost never use fat to cook anything else, it would be a colossal waste of good cooking oil – not to mention the huge expense of a gallon of oil – for a one time use.
I am perfectly happy to let the professionals at a local catfish house do the cooking for me. Now I just have to find someone else who likes catfish that I can drag along with me, because I am READY for some catfish and all the fixings!
Girls Night Out
My girlfriend, Vicki, called this morning and wants to get a few girls together and have a girl’s night out. I think that’s a great idea. Sometimes we need to have some girl time together, to talk about the things our men folk aren’t interested in and just have some girl fun. Its nice to spend a lot of time with your man, but every good, healthy relationship allows for – in fact, needs – some time apart.
Dedicating the Weekend to Taxes and Paperwork
April weekends are lovely and so tempting to get outside and enjoy the nice weather! Alas, I am stuck in in the house all weekend so I can finish up my taxes and get all the paperwork done. I hate filing and paperwork – I would MUCH rather be outside in the sunshine with my dogs or my family.
Although we get an extra two days this year to beat the filing deadline, I don’t like to wait until the very last minute. But I sure did push this out to the last couple of days before they are due. We have until midnight on Tuesday night this year. I hope to get everything done and dropped off Sunday night.
He’s Home!
Really great news this morning – my cousin made it home safely from Afghanistan! His wife had a custom sign made up and put in their front yard as soon as she heard he was heading home. It took over a week for him to get here, but he’s finally home!
I don’t think he wanted her to take his picture, but I’m glad she made him do it so she could post it on Facebook. He looks great!
On His Way Home – For Real This Time
The Army told my cousin in Afghanistan to pack his gear and report to the air field in 4 hours. Of course, he was already mostly packed – he thought he was leaving for home several days ago. Then they told him he can’t leave that quickly. Then they told him the day AFTER he was supposed to leave that he can leave. The Army works in mysterious ways.
So, he and 8 other men were put on an airplane and delivered to a staging area away from the war zone. This place has real restaurants with real food and ice cold beers. He and a couple of his friends spent the first night there eating and drinking beer for the first time in many months. He posted a photo on Facebook so we knew he was really out of there.
I’m so glad that they made it out of there safely and can’t wait for them to be back on American soil.
Wait a Little Longer
My cousin in Afghanistan was told this morning that he has to wait a little longer to leave the war zone and head home. No explanation was given and no timetable provided. He is very depressed today.
I can understand not telling the men all the details for safety reasons, but I don’t think it is fair to promise them a day that they are leaving and then pull the rug out from under them. I guess the Army does not really care about morale and how the guys feel. I think they could have handled this a little differently, but why should they care? Who tells the Army they are doing things wrong?
Come Home Safely, Cuz
My cousin has been in Afghanistan for two years and he is finally about to come home. He has been posting on Facebook that he is counting down the days. I love Facebook for things like this – keeping in touch with loved ones – even when they are halfway across the world you can have instant communication with them.
He posted this morning:
“Packing some more stuff and shipping it out…six days and a wake-up.”
I’m so excited but also worried. I hope they remain vigilante and don’t let their guard down with thoughts of going home more important than paying attention to their surroundings.
Love you, Cuz – come home safely – 6 days and counting!
Food Lion Made Me Happy Today!
Are you picky about certain brands of food? Like, I prefer Wonder Bread if I am going to make a sandwich. I’m sure the other brands of bread make a good sandwich, but I swear I can tell the difference between the pillow soft Wonder Bread and the other breads if you put a blindfold on me and had me do a taste test. I know I could pick out the sandwich made with Wonder Bread.
Well, I am picky about my peanut butter, too. I like a brand of peanut butter that is very hard to find at the local grocery stores. In fact, the only place I’ve been able to find it on the grocery shelves is at the Publix grocery stores. So when I go to Publix, I stock up on the Reese’s peanut butter jars. Even though they cost about $4 a jar now, I will buy three or four jars at once time, so I don’t have to go all the way back to Publix just for peanut butter in a couple of weeks.
Well, guess what I found on the shelves of my favorite Food Lion store today? That’s right! The Food Lion is stocking the Reese’s brand of peanut butter now! I did a happy dance all the way down the aisle after I found it there! Thank you, Food Lion!
Beware the Ides
Never took Latin in school but I’m pretty sure that the Ides of March is March 15, that’s today. I know the Ides of March was a bummer for Caesar – his friends turned on him and killed him. I have been betrayed by people who I thought were friends, too. I think of that horrible moment that Caesar actually realized that all his friends had betrayed his trust.
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