Pam's Perusal

A cold rainy Sunday afternoon…the perfect time to pour another cup of coffee (half caff) and blog!
This past Friday, we started our day by going to the home of a lady that had advertised some furniture on the radio. (We are in the market for furnishings for our KY house.) She had a wonderful pine bench that now lives at our place! It turns out she just moved here from GA, just about 30 minutes from our GA home! We really enjoyed talking to her; it seems that we have a lot in common! But, what I really must tell you about is her CATS! Now, I have always considered myself a “dog person,” but I have NEVER seen cats like these. Donna raises and shows Oriental Short-Hair Cats, and they are perfectly exquisite! They are beautiful (tall, slim, slinky, and graceful,) and their personalities are equally incredible - friendly and playful…just adorable! At any rate, I was completely smitten, and I sincerely hope that there is an Oriental SH in my future!
Later that day, we attended a “Farm, Home, and Garden Expo” here in Columbia (KY.) It was a great source of info and was an interesting way to meet a good number of the locals. There were helpful booths from area businesses, lots of friendly people, and even a free meal at suppertime!
That evening, we scouted out a music “jam” that we had heard about at the local music store. (Brian and Kayla feel it is an absolute necessity to visit a music store in every town that we are ever in!) We met more locals and played and sang with them for a while…
It was an interesting experience, but we all left smelling like we had worked as chimney sweeps for a week…it seems that an obscene amount of people in Kentucky smoke!
All in all, we had a full, fun day; it was especially nice because we had decided that we would take the day off from working at our place. The weather was ratty and rainy, but we spent all day inside at some place or the other, so that didn’t much matter! Of course, for me, the highlight of the day was meeting Donna and her impressive cats! (You can scope out these cats online, but websites don’t do them justice…you simply must meet one in person!)

Well, as you can see, I have been really negligent with my blogging…so, here goes! We have internet service in KY now, and I always have a myriad of things to write to you about; I’m just not usually at a place where I can drop everything and get on the computer! For instance, the new clothesline that Brian hung here was a great blogging occasion…it has been a while since I have hung clothes out to dry, so I was excited to get back to it! (Yes, I know that makes me strange!) Anyway, it occurred to me while hanging out the first load, that the work of putting clothes on the line had put me into a very pensive state of mind. Then I wondered…is it even possible to formulate ideas while throwing a load of clothes into an electric (or gas) dryer? I don’t believe that I ever have…that’s just sort of a mindless activity, whereas the physical labor of hanging out the laundry gave TIME to think and stretch and drink in the wonderful fresh air - all while accomplishing a needed household task!
And, lest you think I’m reduced to telling you about laundry because I don’t have any more good food to write about, I will let you know that we have had the best tapioca pudding on the face of the earth! Kayla has, of course, become a wonderful cook and likes to wow us with different things…so, she made some tapioca pudding; I know it doesn’t sound like a dramatic dessert, but by using our perfect fresh milk and our perfect fresh eggs, something as simple as that pudding becomes positively gourmet! As a family, we always comment about it becoming increasingly difficult to get good food when we go out to eat simply because we eat so good at home! There is just no substitute for growing your own foodstuff! I think the satisfaction of doing the job yourself actually makes the food taste better…kind of like hanging out the laundry makes the clothes (and you) feel better!
Gotta run for now, but I have more to tell you about, so, hopefully I’ll be back soon!