With a title like that, you got to know there's a story behind it, yes? *grin*
Inspired by the Chinese food we had two weeks ago, I decided to concoct a noodle dish with an Asian flair. It's a pretty simple recipe. There's boneless skinless chicken pieces, frozen Asian veggies, onion, garlic, bacon pieces(yes, bacon), soy sauce and of course, noddles (in this case thin spaghetti). I haven't made spaghetti in years, that's Mr. M specialty. So you use the wok and precook the chicken pieces, defrost the veggies, prefry the onions and garlic (just until the onions are soft and translucent and the garlic isn't brown) and bacon pieces, cook up the noodles then throw them all together in to the wok and cover with soy sauce. Easy enough, right? Good too! My only problem? I had two small packages of the thin spaghetti and about a quarter of a package from a left over bunch. So, the pot's seasoned water is boiling away, I drop in the remainder of the package of spaghetti I had and then looked at the two smaller packs I had gotten just for this dinner and I thought, that's not a whole lot in the pot already and those don't look like much. I opened and dropped in one package, stirred it up... naw... not nearly enough.. so I dropped in the last package too. Welllllll.... let's just say that the wok was full and darn near to overflowing by the time I got everything in. Can we say, "Oops"? By the time dinner was over and Troll packed it all up for the frig, all you can see now when you open my frig is containers and containers of the noodle dish. I think I'm going to send some over to Daughter today. LOL. Oh well. I was tired after the trip to Sacramento and I wanted something quick, fast and good. We won't be having this dish any time soon again, that's for sure.
Here's comes the Sun:
SUN!!! And it looks like all week too! *does the Snoopy Dance* Yes! Yes! Yes! The grandkids and I did the grass mowing this past Saturday, but as I left with Mr M this morning to drop him off for a funeral, I commented on how it looked like I hadn't even mowed yet. The winter grasses have grown that fast. I need to stay on top of this because it can create a problem in the summer. I just hope we don't springboard right into summer temps. The winter grasses will dry out quicker and that spells for a disastrous fire season.
Personal Health:
My blood sugar is coming down. It's still too high for me (in the 120's)but it's out of the 130's. I'm working at it. My blood pressure has been stable however, must be the meds.
Mr M has been holding down his own fort. It's one day at a time. To do anything else would probably drive me up the wall. As it is, I am not happy with myself. Last Monday night I came as close to a mental breakdown as I want to come. It surely was the closest I've ever come to losing it. It scared me. I almost reached out and picked up the phone, but I have a hard time doing that. It's just that other people in my life have their own stuff to deal with. Why should I add to that? Besides.. what would I say? It's hard for me to open up about this stuff and the times that I do,it's a real effort on my part. My little 'fit' was nonproductive and I'm not a happy camper about it. I have always been able to maintain control in situations like this because if not me, who? To know that I damn near lost it..well, in any case that's what I've been dealing with for the past week.
My winter clothes are all too big for me now, but I refuse to go buy anything new. We're headed into the summer months and by the time winter rolls around again I'll need even smaller clothes so I am not buying anything until winter gets here. Why waste the money. Some of my shorts are funny on me. LOL. You could fit a person and a half into them. Too funny, but gratifying.
Happenings Outside The Grove:
--I am thoroughly appalled by what I heard on the news this morning. A religious denomination are protesting outside of funerals for military personnel. Their platform is that this is God's punishment for this society that advocates homosexuality. They feel that the Bible shows that they are justified in their ways. There's also talk of First Amendment Rights here. Okay. So, you're entitled to your civil rights, but what about the rights of the loved ones? How dare you be so disrespectful of the dead this way? How dare you be so morally cruel to use someone's dying to further your agenda and to be heard? You want to spout your constitutional rights? Go stand on your church steps and say what you want to say. Go stand on the steps of City Hall and protest all you want, but give people the privacy and the dignity they deserve! Quit stepping on the civil rights of others to further your spiritual quest. And where is their spiritual leader in all this? Surely there is some shred of humanity in this person to advise his flock that this is not the time nor the place. To all things there is a season and defiling the dignity of the dead is not one of them.
Apparently we have the same thing going on over here as well. We have at least two major funeral homes who own cemeteries and they have banned these protestors from their grounds. The Veterans' Honor Guard have been advised to ignore such displays and concentrate on their duty, to give the dead the honor they deserve.
--On Duke: We rest too much on DNA. It is useful in proving that someone may not guilty or may be guilty. It is not conclusive, meaning that someone can still be guilty of a crime even if they didn't leave DNA around. People are wising up to DNA forenics and are being much more careful in the commission of a crime.
These young men, by right, are innocent until proven guilty. The burden of proof falls on the state. Even by that token, when a woman says rape, we must believe her until otherwise is proven or everything women have gone through, down through time, will be for naught.
I am not all that enthused by the talk of these pictures of this young woman. They prove nothing as there is no time stamp on them. How are we to know that they weren't taken afterwards as some sort of trophy? The ugliness of that one email that surfaced leads me to ponder about attitudes there.
My greatest pondering is that in the end, what will be served? Prestige? Money? Women? Attitudes? Justice? Just how blind will Justice be in this case?
--Gasoline prices are tipping the $3.00 mark. I hear that the companies shareholders did real well. So well they'll not have to worry traveling or how they do it. Talk about using the backs of the everyday men to make a profit.
--Iran. Don't trust them, never have. For too long they've been quiet. Nothing surprises me. Other nations need to rally and force Iran to comply. If you want to play with the Big Dogs, get off the damn porch. If Germany and France make a show of force, I'll be listening to Hell freeze over.
--Four retired Generals: Come on people, let's get realistic here. If any of you have served in the Armed Forces or been part of the military family, you understand. It's all and good to feel one way but realistically, you need to feed your family, have a job, you're not about to risk that by opening your mouth and saying bad things about the Commander-In-Chief's staff. You're going to say, "Yes, Sir" and "No, Sir" and go about your business until one day your pension is no longer a threat issue. Anyone who says otherwise, is a dreamer. It would be nice to believe that people would say what they felt at the time, but when you have been on the job, with a few years put in, you're not going to rock that boat and lose everything you have worked for up to now. There are so very few martyrs for the cause of idealism.
--Iraq: They need to fight their own civil battles. If they can't or won't get their parlimentary asses in gear, we should leave. They count on us way too much. It gives them an excuse to dither around all in the name of politics. I'm all for us helping a nation achieve freedom, what I'm not for is allowing the good will of our nation,not tomention the lives of good men and women, be used as an excuse for wannbe heads of state to dick around instead of finding a way to govern themselves. Our freedom was bought with our blood, let them shed their own to achieve theirs... it will be so much more meaningful for them and hopefully they won't forget the men of their nation who died to secure them the right to govern themselves the next time they find themselves in some sort of political gridlock because apparently the loss of ours means so little to them.
