What's on your Thursday Menu?

Good morning~ I can see how interesting HR could be, but I would lose all faith in human kind if I knew that much! I know enough to be weary as it is.

Today is the day - my interview. In 2 hours actually. I'm well prepared and can't wait to be on the other side of this.

Having lunch with my kiddo - we were going for sushi, but we are doing poke instead which for me is basically sashimi on salad.

QOTD - I like them all really, but my go to was always angel hair with a fresh tomato skillet sauce. I can't eat it anymore, the few times I have tried I always end up sick and have to throw up. I can eat stuffed shells and lasagna without an issue.

You're going to rock it!!

QOTD: to be honest, i didn't get almost 400 pounds because I had a discerning pallet!! I love spiral noodles only because the powdered cheese sticks to them better *sigh*

2 pieces of turkey

Lunch: having a cookout at work so i brought a smart bun and will have a burger

dinner: we are trying to move my husband more to a Mediterranean style diet for health reasons and are trying Mahi Mahi tonight

QOTD- Angel hair pasta.

OK I will try to get through this today, I started to post yesterday and didn't get it finished.

My house sold on Saturday, I had 2 offers and took the one where the little girl loved my cat, and the Dad was really kind when I saw him- it was in between showings and I was trying to sneak something into the refrigerator. Also they only require repairs that are critical, which there shouldn't be any.

Now the reality sinks in. I'm going to have to pack up all of my stuff and find a way to ship it to Maui. Also having to decide what to take and what to get rid of. I've been doing that all along but now it's crunch time. Also the reality of having to find a short term rental minimum of 45 days in Maui, they are horribly expensive and I will also need to rent a car if I can't get mine shipped before I leave and have it arrive before I do.

I still have no home for my horse and that's probably the thing I worry about the most, every time I think about it I start to cry, I've had him for 11 years and love him so much it's hard to imagine not having him in my life. But I couldn't put him through the trip over there or afford to keep him there. It's going to be a stretch just to keep myself.

Today I hit a wall wondering if I should even do this, it's the money and just all of it. But then I remember that I have wanted this since the first time I went there in 1983. So just do it and quit the pity party...

OK that's my Tough Old Lady Marine talking, I should listen to her more often.

I have an antique dresser that I've had since I was a kid, it has an oval beveled edge mirror. The back has come off of it and it looked like there was a gap in it, but it just needs to be glued. I took it to this wonderful man to repair it and as soon as I walked into his shop it was like coming home. My Dad used to have his shop in the basement of our house when I was a kid. This guys shop just smelled good and was cluttered and had tons of interesting things in it.

Sorry everyone on the east coast that you are getting the smoke from our wildfires. I know it's awful, we had what felt like a month of it last summer. The biggest fire is simply huge, I can't even wrap my head around it 400,000+ acres.

Take care everyone and have a great Friday eve!

Congratulations on selling the house Julia!

I'm going to express my sympathy in advance about the car rental rates. Marilyn is borrowing her parents car when she goes to Massachusetts at the end of the month, they are so crazy.

That is so sweet that the little girl loved your cat. I want to make a special novena for the horse to be taken care of, it that is OK with you. I am Catholic and believe that this will work. Please let me know the horse's name.

His name is Pretty Tough but we call him Toughy. Thank you as a recovering Catholic I approve.

I will get started on it today. I have been through every phase of religion, from faithful Catholic, skeptic, atheist, agnostic, and lots of things with no real labels in between. One of the wisest things I read many years ago was from a newspaper columnist named Jim Brady. He passed away in 2009.

He wrote that if there is a God, it did not matter whether a person believed in God, but it did matter whether God believed in the person. So it there is a God, I hope he or she believes in me.

I don't attend any services, but respect what people do and believe. I always pray to St. Frances if I lose something and make various other prayers and novenas, because they can't hurt and usually help.

Congratulations! One step closer!

I'm glad the house sold.