Summer Friday

Tonight's photo showed up on Facebook today. It was taken many years ago. I believe that one of my blog readers is very familiar with this photo...if not this one than another very much like it! Today has been a fairly busy day. I got up and finished up my grocery list and got ready to head to Kroger. It was "one of those days" when I had to get more than just food...which tends to run the total up a bit more. But even with adding those on it wasn't too bad considering the way costs have gone up and that I hadn't been in two weeks. Lately I have been to make the grocery trip be every other week. I have been trying to use things in my freezer and just getting things that I need to make recipes that sound good to me. I will admit that the heat has sort of pulled the rug out from things sounding great...nor the cooking part of those recipes! For some unknown reason, I decided today that I wanted some kind of fish...now, those who know me well, know that fi sh isn't high on my list of favorite foods. I decided that I would get some kind today...if...the big if...I didn't have to get very much. It seems like everything these days is packaged in multiples that I don't need. My freezer is fairly full so I don't have a lot of room to freeze extras (reason I am trying to use what is in there). Well, I found a package of two small perch filets and they were marked down...which I know means that "the date" is fast approaching on their packaging. Well, since I was going to eat it right away I took advantage of the lowered price and got a package. I had one of them for lunch and it did taste good...I am okay with fish as long as it doesn't have bones...when I was a child...all I can remember was Mother warning me about watchig out for bones...which didn't appeal to me! So I enjoyed a piece of fish, some pan fried potato slices and some fresh corn for lunch. A good meal in the middle of the day. I got that mess cleaned up quickly because another reason that I don't like to cook fish is the smell! I think I conquered the smell...of course, I may have just gotten used to it! If you come in right now, perhaps you could tell what I had for lunch! After all that and getting the groceries put away, I had a pretty bad pain in my shoulde, so I decided it was time to rest and even though it is summer that this rest time meant the heating pad. I tolerated the extra heat and managed to take a short nap, too. My shoulder does feel better, though when I tried to sit at the table to work on my Sunday School lesson it wasn't very comfortable so I moved to the couch, which is where I am now. I sat here and typed up more notes for the lesson on Sunday. I am nearing completion of what I am going to share. An update on Joy is that she has been quiet, sleeping a lot, but eating well today. All that sounds like healing activity to me. Tomorrow is my Cottey College Alum bookclub Zoom meeting. I always enjoy that time with friends who love to read like I do. I will be leading the discussion in October on the book, Paperboy, by Vince Vawter. I had good news today that the author will be able to join us for our zoom meeting in October. That will be the first time an author has joined us. I have a connection with his wife due to her being a former member of my church. She and Vince gifted out church library with a copy of this book back when it came out and have since given the other two in the trilogy. So I decided that I would ask the author's wife if she thought that he might be able to join us for our zoom meeting and he willingly agreed. I'm excited! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!