You should know that one of the favorite past times around here is going to bed. Just love to do that, you know. This is my sister Mary who lives in Wichita, Kansas most of the time. This is January and it is very cold every where, so she has come to stay with me for a while. The first night she was here it got down to -20 and the second night it was -13. So I am sure she is not here for the heat! She is here because she likes me and likes to come stay with me! I think a lot of it is the cooking!
See, my mother used to come a couple times a year and stay. She would con someone into hauling her out here and leaving her for a couple weeks. When she stepped out of her conveyance, she would have a piece of paper clutched in her bony little fingers. This was handed to me before the second foot hit the ground. It was the "Things I want to eat" list that she had been working on. She need not have bothered since it was always the same.
1. Cream puffs with that filling you cook.
2. Tomato soup made with home canned tomatoes and milk.
3. Salmon patties with onions like I like.
4. Potato Salad and don't put Miracle Whip in it or sweet relish.
But this is not mother, this is Sister Mary and her desires are different. She will eat what ever I put in front of her. Well, not the beets. And she does not eat enough to keep a bird alive. That may change. She sets at the kitchen counter while I am in the kitchen and nibbles at Carmel Corn that her daughter, Tina made for her. We got a bag of Clementines she also likes. And coffee! Girl is coffee hound. Someone gave me some coffee beans for Christmas and we had a bit of a problem there. I use my coffee grinder to pulverize Habanero's for a dip I make (and sell to a choice few). Now, I do not think she was real fond of that first pot of coffee! Then there was the problem of getting it just the right degree of strongness. Finally solved that problem by buying a can of Maxwell House Breakfast Blend!
My mind does tend to wander. I was going to tell you about the new pajama's Mary has. She got them for Christmas and they are pink. I know the picture does not show pink, but they are. I think Mary's favorite color must be pink! Yesterday when we went to church she wore a pink sweat shirt with Gingerbread men on it that says, "My grandkids are Sugar and Spice." Very pretty little lady she was! She likes my church cause it is very old and the people are very nice. Course they are very old also, but that is what God put us here for, I'm a thinking.
Well, I better get off of here cause she is going to be getting up in just a little while. I went yesterday and bought her the bread she likes. She likes the 7 or 9 grain bread, but we found some yesterday with 12 or 14 grains and it is very good. So I will make her toast and she puts her own jelly on cause I use to much. I do not actually eat jelly, but I think that people who eat it should put lots on the toast.
Ok, I am off to go play with Sister Mary. I have a friend who thinks Sister Mary should be a nun! I will sing her a song. That always makes her smile.
Have a good one, because I intend to!
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