hey all...

I did a test run for Thanks giving, it went well except for it killed me. I spent 18 hrs over 3 days cooking 4hrs Wednesday, the gym( I'm up to 6 mins on the treadmill, and 8 laps swimming) and 4 hrs Thursday. and 10 hrs cooking on Friday.

I have a head cold and It feels like I beat myself to death. I am taking care of myself, hiding.
I will be cooking again on Wednesday/Thursday. I hope to have my sense of smell back by then. as it is how I cook.

most of the work will be done for me, stuffin made. turkey thawed and stuffed. potatoes and gravy just to heat. I will have to do some veggie work but no big deal. so if I am off the computer (like I have been for days, off and on ) please bear with. I went 3 days with out computer. just so tired.
I hope you all have a wonder time, whether or not you celebrate the holiday.

thanks Giving is something that I do celebrate, because of my grand mother. she would cook for days. also St Patrick's day.
Christmas is a private holiday for me, still working on my issues of Christmas.
My mother would take all of my presents back for cash to spend, on herself.
it was always about her. that continued in my life long after she wasn't a part of it.
I picked people that would take everything away from me.
My ex husband broke my finger getting my wedding ring off to go hock, for money to buy soda, and crap for himself.
my last ex sold everything for drugs, including the few things that I received from my grandmother (some jewellery). the only reason I have some of it left to this day is that it was broken and no one wanted it.

I have had all of the pieces that I still have restored. J helped me with that.
also with Christmas and my birthday.
He made sure to spoil me from day 1.
it wasn't about the money(as he really has none) he would go to thrift shops and buy me tons of stuff. cool stuff.

What I guess that I am trying to relate is that no matter how bad it has been if you want it to be good with allot of work (WHY LIE ABOUT HARD WORK???) you can have what you want if the want is reasonable and with in the scope of reality.
I am never going to be president, a man, queen of the universe.
what I have and have worked very hard for is much better than that.
I am loved. No one beats me any more.
I have stuff that I truly love. And if I lost it all in a fire I would start again...

you know why?

cause I have me, and the people that I love.
and that is what I am truly grateful for this year.
I have a future, with all kinds of love, all healthy.

I love me, and I am good enough, smart enough and you know what? people love me.

have a great one and thanks for reading gentle reader!

love and fishey fishes,
Adora!

cake!

Once again this holiday, I have had requests for my Tequila Christmas Cake Recipe so here goes:

Please keep in your files as I am getting tired of typing this up every year!


1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle tequila
2 cups dried fruit

Sample the tequila to check quality Take a large bowl; check the tequila again to be sure it is of the highest quality..

Repeat.

Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.

At this point, it is best to make sure the tequila is sstill OK. Try another cup just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy.

Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck iin the cup of dried fruit.
Pick the fruit up off the floor.

Mix on the turner.

If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver.

Sample the tequila to test for tonsisticity.

Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something.

Check the tequila.
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table.
Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.

Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.

Don't forget to beat off the turner

Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
Finish the tequila and wipe the counter with the cat.

Cherry Christmas!

hehehe...!

There was a painter named Wayne who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.



As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on one of their biggest buildings.



Wayne put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job.



So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine.




Well, Wayne was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Wayne clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint.



Wayne was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried:


"Oh, God, forgive me; what should I do?"



And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke...


(you're going to love this)








"Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more!"

Just think..........
If the Indians had given the Pilgrims a donkey
instead of a turkey, we would all be having
a piece of ass this Thanksgiving!!..
..

Pass The Butter .. Please.

This is interesting . .. .

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring {I remember the coloring back in late 40's} and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings..

DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few
Only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine..

Very high in Trans fatty acids.

Triple risk o of coronary heart disease .
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold..

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact..... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC...

This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to butter them up')!

Chinese Proverb:
'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.
Pass the BUTTER PLEASE?..

wow!!!

Meet the wiliest of all coyotes: Hit by a car at 75mph, embedded in the fender,road for 600 miles - and SURVIVED!
When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on.
They didn't realize this was the toughest creature ever to survive a hit-and-run.
Eight hours, two fuel stops, and 600 miles later they found the wild animal embedded in their front fender - and very much alive.
Daniel and Tevyn East were driving at night along Interstate 80 near the Nevada-Utah border when they noticed a pack of coyotes near the roadside on October 12.
When one of the animals ran in front of the car, the impact sounded fatal so the siblings thought there no point in stopping.
'Right off the bat, we knew it was bad,' Daniel explained. 'We thought the story was over.'
After the incident around 1am, they continued their 600 mile drive to North San Juan - even stopping for fuel at least twice.
But it was only when they finally reached their destination at 9am did they take time to examine what damage they may have sustained.
At first it looked as though it was going to be quite gruesome.
'[Daniel] saw fur and the body inside the grill,' Tevyn East said. 'I was trying to keep some distance. Our assumption was it was part of the coyote - it didn't register it was the whole animal.'
Daniel East got a broom to try and pry the remains out of the bumper and got the shock of his life.
'It flinched,' Tevyn East said. 'It was a huge surprise - he got a little freaked out.'





'We knew it was bad': Tevyn East, who was in the car when it hit the coyote, bends down to take a look at the fur poking through the fender



Fur Pete's sake: What Mr. East spotted as he bent down to inspect the damage to his car - the body of the coyote poking out through the radiator


Wily coyote: The animal's head can be seen as rescuers took apart the front fender to save it after it was struck by the car at 75mph



Miracle escape: As the animal struggled, wildlife protection officials put a loop around its neck to prevent it from further injuring itself
The front of the car is completely taken apart as the coyote begins to wriggle free



And voila! Tricky the toughest coyote ever rests in a cage after its ordeal - which it survived with just some scrapes to its paw

both from Freedom with love...(*)(*)

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Sincerely,
Freedom