Blessings, affirmations, grace, and reflection

A little cousin posted a picture of a plate on Facebook. She wrote something like, 'See, I'm not just a pretty face. I can cook too.' Now, let me tell you what I saw. Some kind of unidentifiable protein (chicken?), Kraft mac and cheese (trademark straight macaroni and neon yellow coloring) and canned string beans (again, trademark cut and color).  Is that considered cooking? I cook from cans too, but if I can cook fresh or frozen it is preferred. I think it is unacceptable that restaurants cook from cans. When you go to a restaurant, you want freshly prepared food that you wouldn't take the time to prepare yourself at home. I bring this up because a friend contacted me to say someone was visiting from out of town and wanted to eat at Sylvia's. Now, I'm not trying to knock Sylvia's, but people have complained that her food over the last few years (OK, maybe 20 years) has primarily come from cans. Now, this isn't too far fetched since she does have a l...

Didn't fall asleep until late last night/early this morning. Woke up late and went back to sleep. Woke to hear a storm outside. It's muggy which means I have no desire to head out today. I finally started moving around 1-ish and I am still contemplating going back to bed as I'm not feeling 100%. I probably need to go out and score a shot of wheat grass juice to stabilize my system. My neighbor across the hall has gas. She has just been cooking away. I don't know how I missed getting my gas reconnected. I need to call Con Ed and see if they can turn it on tomorrow. Interestingly enough I hadn't been cooking on the stove much. I usually don't in the summer because it's just too hot. Coincidentally, just as this water main situation happened I was going to start cooking again. One good thing about this situation is that I was able to clean under my stove since the Con Ed guy pulled it out to do something. I thought it might as simple as turning the red knob b...