We were given a large banana pudding yesterday which several of you saw on Facebook. We can not possibly eat it all ourselves before it would go bad (really, is it possible banana pudding could go bad?). I woke up early trying to figure out what to do with it. Not a third world problem. A problem as old as Adam and Eve: temptation.
Art left it all for me🤣
It’s in the 60’s this morning and much lower humidity. Thank You, Lord!
The news spoke of all the people waiting in the Fulton county jail unable to go to trial, because of the ‘big case’ that has used up resources over this long time. Some are innocent, some are murderers (think, no justice for victims families), etc. It makes me sick and heartbroken for the long suffering.
And we are facing way too hot and humid coming, as well as storms later in the day. Thankfully, we should be home before the storms come. My husband has to be sedated to get the tooth out that our dentist started to remove. We will both be relieved when it is done. Who knew a tooth could just snap off? So much blissful ignorance when we were young. 😉
We will have one cooler day tomorrow, before being miserable for the weekend. So thankful for shelter from the weather, however. So many don’t even have that. 😦
Good morning, all. A beautiful day here. Should be about one hundred again but we are comfie. I will encourage my dad to get out to play corn hole early again, before it heats up.
Hi – Bye Kim 🙂 Hope all is going well with the new house and in real estate land.
I like bananas. I like banana pudding.
The sun is shining today as the countdown to fall hopefully begins soon. It typically arrives late where I live, but hope springs eternal following what’s been a mild summer on the coast.
Oh, I just remembered, we did have some thunder rolling through sometime in the wee hours last night or sometime before dawn when I woke up and heard it; but I didn’t hear any rain.
Morning! It’s no longer autumn here and the AC is turned on once again! 😊🍂
I had to have a tooth pulled a couple years ago when an X-ray revealed one root fractured off from the rest of the tooth! I now have an implant in that spot… 🦷
No bananas for me!! I have an aversion towards them like Chas had for onions! Yuck!!
It is 81° at noon and a super lovely day. I have shopped all morning. First stop, Walmart; second stop, Sprouts; and third stop, Kroger. Then I went by the plant nursery to get some photos. It is too beautiful to stay indoors! Poor Miss Bosley. And I was reminded of those in the Fulton County jail who are perhaps wrongly imprisoned and robbed of their right to enjoy this beautiful day.
When I was in for my 6-mo dental cleaning & annual X-rays several weeks ago dentist came in just to say everything looked fine, but he did mention that going forward I wouldn’t necessarily have issues with “cavities” so much as teeth potentially breaking. Sigh.
Just in from another two hours of corn hole with my dad. It is eighty six out. Did I mention he is ninety three? He was ready to stay and play more and I am sure the exercise is good for him. He is asleep now.
Meanwhile, on people-relationships, I think this may be on to something:
~ People certainly seem isolated and angry these days. In a piece for The Atlantic, David Brooks endeavors to understand why. “The most important story about why Americans have become sad and alienated and rude, I believe, is also the simplest: We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration,” Brooks writes. He argues that our current crisis can’t be explained away by technology, sociology, demographics, or even the economy: The cause lies in a profound lack of moral education. “In a healthy society, a web of institutions—families, schools, religious groups, community organizations, and workplaces—helps form people into kind and responsible citizens, the sort of people who show up for one another,” he writes. “We live in a society that’s terrible at moral formation.” ~
I have been pondering how God answers prayers differently than expected. Thinking on the sweetest young lady who sent me her book, she is the one who started my ladies’ Bible study group. I am sure she prayed big time before starting a new Bible study group. Her dream was to be a mentor to younger ladies. At first there were a few younger ladies, but all got busy with jobs, one graduated from PT school, etc. All that were left were a bunch of us older ladies, one even ninety-three y/o now. The young lady moved, and I don’t think she has started any other Bible studies as her responsibilities have greatly increased. But her effort in starting this great group has certainly blessed many of us ladies. How I wish there were more like her who would step out in faith and make good things happen for others.
So grateful for the upbringing I had. My mom always stressed to me the importance of being kind, and befriending those who needed it.
She insisted I have cards for absolutely everyone in my elementary school grade class when we’d exchange Valentines (some kids only had a few they dropped in the pouches behind our chairs). Really? I asked. So many cards …
Yes, everyone, and even Pierre, she stressed.
Pierre had just recently joined our class mid-year and had a funny French accent so he was not popular to say the least. I still remember how he beamed when I dropped the Valentine card in his near-empty pouch. “thank you!” he exclaimed.
But we had SS, Girl Scouts, and so many other reinforcements in those days for how to treat others. Moms mostly stayed at home, though mine had worked off and on and went back full time during my sophomore year in high school.
But she’d been the co-leader of our Brownie and GS troops and was very active in the PTA in my elementary school. She had a heart especially for those kids who were shunned by their classmates, who didn’t “fit in,” who were different in some way, a minority of some kind.
Kindness toward animals was another huge emphasis as I was growing up.
🙂
I remember one day when, playing with my friend next door, we decided to step on a lizard in the street — just his tail detached and he shot away, leaving his detached tail still wagging (eeek).
When I ran into the house and told my mom, she made it clear that was a very unkind thing to do to a poor defenseless creature. I never forgot that (deserved) admonition (obviously).
I don’t think I was verbally taught to be kind, but I never witnessed my parents being unkind to anyone, and I saw them, especially my dad who was out and about more, doing acts of kindness for people. Truly, I saw him do more for neighbors than I saw reciprocated, but that was not given a second thought back then.
As a teacher I didn’t think much of Valentine’s Day. But then we sat around on the floor as everyone opened theirs. It was amazing to hear them all thanking each other for these simple little cards. Simply amazing
And there isn’t the same strong network of “we’s” anymore — churches, scouting, close-knit families, people who (really) know their neighbors, stable neighborhoods, a sense of duty (speaking to Mumsee’s comment above) to something and someone(s) beyond oneself.
Neighbors used to know the kids next door (and feel free to correct them when needed and/or let their parents know), teachers weren’t faced with as many unruly classrooms, when teachers met with parents to talk about their children parents didn’t stridently defend their child at all costs (I’ve heard this from more than one public school teacher for the past 20 years at least).
I am happy to know so many church people in our vicinity since we have been at several area churches through the years. But I hardly know my neighbors now. That is a disappointment, but makes church that much more important. Politics has certainly put a damper on friendships in this area. I still say hello, but am the only one who has reached out to welcome and swap phone numbers. That would not have happened except for my one-sided effort.
Art got home a few minutes ago and will be interested to see how much banana pudding is left.😀 I only had one dessert bowl full. It was difficult to not have seconds like I did last night.
Eleven o’clock confession: when I got Art his bowl of pudding, I had some spoonfuls myself. I’m thinking Turkish Delight as in Narnia mashed up with the old Lays Potato Chip ad. No stopping at one bite.
I just turned the ac off and went in my bedroom to open the windows. But first I checked the weather app. It said that it is 90 degrees outside. So…. I left the windows closed and turned the ac back on, set at 82
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We were given a large banana pudding yesterday which several of you saw on Facebook. We can not possibly eat it all ourselves before it would go bad (really, is it possible banana pudding could go bad?). I woke up early trying to figure out what to do with it. Not a third world problem. A problem as old as Adam and Eve: temptation.
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I’m thinking pudding for breakfast sounds good. 🙂
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Banana pudding for breakfast, lunch and dinner sounds good.
Good morning, everyone! It’s bright and sunny, and another early work day here. Have a glorious day! 😊
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Art left it all for me🤣
It’s in the 60’s this morning and much lower humidity. Thank You, Lord!
The news spoke of all the people waiting in the Fulton county jail unable to go to trial, because of the ‘big case’ that has used up resources over this long time. Some are innocent, some are murderers (think, no justice for victims families), etc. It makes me sick and heartbroken for the long suffering.
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And we are facing way too hot and humid coming, as well as storms later in the day. Thankfully, we should be home before the storms come. My husband has to be sedated to get the tooth out that our dentist started to remove. We will both be relieved when it is done. Who knew a tooth could just snap off? So much blissful ignorance when we were young. 😉
We will have one cooler day tomorrow, before being miserable for the weekend. So thankful for shelter from the weather, however. So many don’t even have that. 😦
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Good morning, all. A beautiful day here. Should be about one hundred again but we are comfie. I will encourage my dad to get out to play corn hole early again, before it heats up.
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Good Morning. Have a great day.
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Hi – Bye Kim 🙂 Hope all is going well with the new house and in real estate land.
I like bananas. I like banana pudding.
The sun is shining today as the countdown to fall hopefully begins soon. It typically arrives late where I live, but hope springs eternal following what’s been a mild summer on the coast.
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Oh, I just remembered, we did have some thunder rolling through sometime in the wee hours last night or sometime before dawn when I woke up and heard it; but I didn’t hear any rain.
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A tooth snapped off?
Yikes.
Just the image makes me shudder!
(We’ve discussed before howone of my tormenting nightmares is biting into something and all my teeth falling out).
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My daughter used to have a nightmare like that, too, M. Wonder if it is common.
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Morning! It’s no longer autumn here and the AC is turned on once again! 😊🍂
I had to have a tooth pulled a couple years ago when an X-ray revealed one root fractured off from the rest of the tooth! I now have an implant in that spot… 🦷
No bananas for me!! I have an aversion towards them like Chas had for onions! Yuck!!
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It is 81° at noon and a super lovely day. I have shopped all morning. First stop, Walmart; second stop, Sprouts; and third stop, Kroger. Then I went by the plant nursery to get some photos. It is too beautiful to stay indoors! Poor Miss Bosley. And I was reminded of those in the Fulton County jail who are perhaps wrongly imprisoned and robbed of their right to enjoy this beautiful day.
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When I was in for my 6-mo dental cleaning & annual X-rays several weeks ago dentist came in just to say everything looked fine, but he did mention that going forward I wouldn’t necessarily have issues with “cavities” so much as teeth potentially breaking. Sigh.
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Just in from another two hours of corn hole with my dad. It is eighty six out. Did I mention he is ninety three? He was ready to stay and play more and I am sure the exercise is good for him. He is asleep now.
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Meanwhile, on people-relationships, I think this may be on to something:
~ People certainly seem isolated and angry these days. In a piece for The Atlantic, David Brooks endeavors to understand why. “The most important story about why Americans have become sad and alienated and rude, I believe, is also the simplest: We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration,” Brooks writes. He argues that our current crisis can’t be explained away by technology, sociology, demographics, or even the economy: The cause lies in a profound lack of moral education. “In a healthy society, a web of institutions—families, schools, religious groups, community organizations, and workplaces—helps form people into kind and responsible citizens, the sort of people who show up for one another,” he writes. “We live in a society that’s terrible at moral formation.” ~
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Interesting thoughts, Dj.
I have been pondering how God answers prayers differently than expected. Thinking on the sweetest young lady who sent me her book, she is the one who started my ladies’ Bible study group. I am sure she prayed big time before starting a new Bible study group. Her dream was to be a mentor to younger ladies. At first there were a few younger ladies, but all got busy with jobs, one graduated from PT school, etc. All that were left were a bunch of us older ladies, one even ninety-three y/o now. The young lady moved, and I don’t think she has started any other Bible studies as her responsibilities have greatly increased. But her effort in starting this great group has certainly blessed many of us ladies. How I wish there were more like her who would step out in faith and make good things happen for others.
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So grateful for the upbringing I had. My mom always stressed to me the importance of being kind, and befriending those who needed it.
She insisted I have cards for absolutely everyone in my elementary school grade class when we’d exchange Valentines (some kids only had a few they dropped in the pouches behind our chairs). Really? I asked. So many cards …
Yes, everyone, and even Pierre, she stressed.
Pierre had just recently joined our class mid-year and had a funny French accent so he was not popular to say the least. I still remember how he beamed when I dropped the Valentine card in his near-empty pouch. “thank you!” he exclaimed.
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But we had SS, Girl Scouts, and so many other reinforcements in those days for how to treat others. Moms mostly stayed at home, though mine had worked off and on and went back full time during my sophomore year in high school.
But she’d been the co-leader of our Brownie and GS troops and was very active in the PTA in my elementary school. She had a heart especially for those kids who were shunned by their classmates, who didn’t “fit in,” who were different in some way, a minority of some kind.
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Kindness toward animals was another huge emphasis as I was growing up.
🙂
I remember one day when, playing with my friend next door, we decided to step on a lizard in the street — just his tail detached and he shot away, leaving his detached tail still wagging (eeek).
When I ran into the house and told my mom, she made it clear that was a very unkind thing to do to a poor defenseless creature. I never forgot that (deserved) admonition (obviously).
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I don’t think I was verbally taught to be kind, but I never witnessed my parents being unkind to anyone, and I saw them, especially my dad who was out and about more, doing acts of kindness for people. Truly, I saw him do more for neighbors than I saw reciprocated, but that was not given a second thought back then.
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Yes, modeling it is essential.
Reminded me of another boy in our elementary school class who had a hard time, Reggie — he was from Texas and also talked “funny.”
I recall spending more than a few recess times with Pierre and Reggie (and someone else I can’t seem to place) playing 4-square. 🙂
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As a teacher I didn’t think much of Valentine’s Day. But then we sat around on the floor as everyone opened theirs. It was amazing to hear them all thanking each other for these simple little cards. Simply amazing
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Part of the rudeness problem is that we are training people to be selfish.
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And there isn’t the same strong network of “we’s” anymore — churches, scouting, close-knit families, people who (really) know their neighbors, stable neighborhoods, a sense of duty (speaking to Mumsee’s comment above) to something and someone(s) beyond oneself.
Neighbors used to know the kids next door (and feel free to correct them when needed and/or let their parents know), teachers weren’t faced with as many unruly classrooms, when teachers met with parents to talk about their children parents didn’t stridently defend their child at all costs (I’ve heard this from more than one public school teacher for the past 20 years at least).
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I am happy to know so many church people in our vicinity since we have been at several area churches through the years. But I hardly know my neighbors now. That is a disappointment, but makes church that much more important. Politics has certainly put a damper on friendships in this area. I still say hello, but am the only one who has reached out to welcome and swap phone numbers. That would not have happened except for my one-sided effort.
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Art got home a few minutes ago and will be interested to see how much banana pudding is left.😀 I only had one dessert bowl full. It was difficult to not have seconds like I did last night.
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Oh go ahead, Janice 🙂 How can you just have one bowl of banana pudding?
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Be strong, Janice! It will be there tomorrow. Or so I tell myself and sometimes listen.
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Eleven o’clock confession: when I got Art his bowl of pudding, I had some spoonfuls myself. I’m thinking Turkish Delight as in Narnia mashed up with the old Lays Potato Chip ad. No stopping at one bite.
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Tomorrow is a new day!
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You could save yourself by sending some here
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I just turned the ac off and went in my bedroom to open the windows. But first I checked the weather app. It said that it is 90 degrees outside. So…. I left the windows closed and turned the ac back on, set at 82
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