Susie Homo-Maker
I didn't think that I could do it, but I actually baked!!! I wanted to make something that Carl and I could both eat, so I went to Publix and bought lean ground beef, lasagna pasta, fat free ricotta cheese, fat free mozzarella cheese, and organic pasta sauce and threw together a lasagna that was nearly fat free!!!! And the best thing, it actually is edible!!! I was waiting for that bland taste of all those ingredients that had the fat/taste sucked right out of them to just turn into some globity gook, but it came out to be a pretty damn good Italian dish! Carl even had seconds!!! The one thing that I couldn't figure out is that my mother keeps yelling at me to stop eating out. Apparently eating out is the money pit that I cannot see nor can avoid. In Orlando, it is so easy to stop by any restaurant and take anything home, but it does cost some money. The lasagna cost about 25 dollars to make. Which is comparable... but I guess because I am going to have leftovers, that subsidizes the cost of it...
Anyhoo... one gold star for me!!!
On to another point - one of my last journal entries was a email sent to me from the late Kevin Gersh(?). Yes, you read that right. Kevin is no longer with us. I just wanted to comment on two things that you often read of see on the tele but take for granted. The value of life. Kevin was taken from us little a short while ago, and it was sudden. I got a call from JPP which stated that Ash saw in the paper that he had passed. It was a slight shock. It saddens me that the one thing in this life that we really can't predict or help is the passing of one's life - and that we take that for grated every day. For that I would like to say two things...
To Kevin, both of my grandfathers, Ashley's Father, my grandmother - I may not have been very close to you, nor affected your life in any historical event... but I did love you... and you all have a memory etched in my mind that I can never forget.
Kevin - That email meant something to me that I never thanked you for. I didn't give you the courage, you already had it. It just took something to get it out of you.
Papa Brightman - You helped TransAtlantic communications with your knowledge, but you will be remembered for the best summers and Christmases in Alabama that I will ever know.
Papa Becker - Your personalty that made you such an asshole was bestowed in my brother and makes him who he is. You have left an enduring legacy on this earth.
Mr. Metts - I always remember that you scared me... because I couldn't tell if you were kidding or not... but the snot rocket gave it away, you were kidding.
Grandma Becker - I never really knew you... I know that I can never comprehend what happened between you and my parents, but it meant a lot to know that your dying wish was to see Dusty and I.
And finally - to everyone that I know but haven't spoken with. I am sorry that I have lost contact, or just haven't spoken to you in a while. I would like you all to know that I do and will always care about you. You have been brought into my life for some special reason, and I may not be the strongest believe in God - but something or someone gave me the gift of knowing you, and that is something that I would never trade. I love you all....
Anyhoo... one gold star for me!!!
On to another point - one of my last journal entries was a email sent to me from the late Kevin Gersh(?). Yes, you read that right. Kevin is no longer with us. I just wanted to comment on two things that you often read of see on the tele but take for granted. The value of life. Kevin was taken from us little a short while ago, and it was sudden. I got a call from JPP which stated that Ash saw in the paper that he had passed. It was a slight shock. It saddens me that the one thing in this life that we really can't predict or help is the passing of one's life - and that we take that for grated every day. For that I would like to say two things...
To Kevin, both of my grandfathers, Ashley's Father, my grandmother - I may not have been very close to you, nor affected your life in any historical event... but I did love you... and you all have a memory etched in my mind that I can never forget.
Kevin - That email meant something to me that I never thanked you for. I didn't give you the courage, you already had it. It just took something to get it out of you.
Papa Brightman - You helped TransAtlantic communications with your knowledge, but you will be remembered for the best summers and Christmases in Alabama that I will ever know.
Papa Becker - Your personalty that made you such an asshole was bestowed in my brother and makes him who he is. You have left an enduring legacy on this earth.
Mr. Metts - I always remember that you scared me... because I couldn't tell if you were kidding or not... but the snot rocket gave it away, you were kidding.
Grandma Becker - I never really knew you... I know that I can never comprehend what happened between you and my parents, but it meant a lot to know that your dying wish was to see Dusty and I.
And finally - to everyone that I know but haven't spoken with. I am sorry that I have lost contact, or just haven't spoken to you in a while. I would like you all to know that I do and will always care about you. You have been brought into my life for some special reason, and I may not be the strongest believe in God - but something or someone gave me the gift of knowing you, and that is something that I would never trade. I love you all....