Well, things are happening!  Especially at this house.  I’m back at Lana and Tim’s in Albuquerque.  Tim is cooking dinner.  Oh my, that means it will be quite a treat. He is making brussel Sprout Hash.  Yeah!!! Here is  his brussel Sprout Hash recipe:  Sliced brussel sprouts saute’d in coconut oil and Ghee (clarified butter).  Add pine nuts or macadamia nuts (tonight it is macadamia nuts), chopped green onions, sea salt to taste.  Sprinkle parmessan or feta cheese on top of the hot dish. We had this the other night with pine nuts and it is now one of my favorite dishes.  Of course the reason may be because brussel sprouts and coconut oil are my two most favorite foods to eat.  Let me know if you try it.

After being up so late last night after losing my May 5th blog I took the liberty of sleeping in late this morning.  It was so nice.  My friend Len who tutored me so I could administrate my own blog came to my aid again.  After I lost the blog I emailed him and asked him to check and see if it was possible that it still existed somewhere.  How he found it I will never know, but this afternoon I found it in my text box.  I was so very surprised and happy.  Thank you Len for your help.  I do so appreciate it.  So please note that yesterday’s blog was downloaded again today and should be accessible.  Len was an excellent teacher, I just didn’t learn all I needed to learn.

I had a very interesting experience this morning.  Our daughter Rebecca, who is adopted, found her birth parents in 2006.  That story alone is just amazing but I must stick to today’s story that is part of part of my blog story.  Rebecca has met her birth Mother Carole, her husband Dave and her three siblings.  She also met her birth mother’s mother, her birth father, her birth father’s mother before she died, and her birth father’s father and his wife.  She also met her birth aunt Laurie and her husband.  I too have now met the entire gang (except for her birth father and birth grandmother who died).  Today I met her birth grandfather (her birth father’s father).  His name is Leonard Koel and his wife is Lydia Broussard.  Leonard is author of many books and I found out today that Lydia’s daughter is also a prolific writer.  Leonard and Lydia live within driving distance to Lana and Tim and invited me over for a visit.  It was such a beautiful day and such a pleasure to meet them both.  I’ll include some photos.  That was my highlight of this day.  I asked Leonard what his words of wisdom are.  He had just one word, “MEANING”.

My friend and current host, Lana, was diagnosed with cancer 5 years ago.  She has been doing well through nutritional eating and supplements.  She received news today that her cancer markers are up.  This was not good news for her.  She is praying and believing in healing.  Please remember Lana in your prayers.  She may have some big decisions to make in the near future regarding surgery. She asks for prayer for “direction, peace as we follow God’s direction, healing, and provision”.  Thank you for remembering her in prayer.

I pretty much emptied my car today to start my packing all over again when I leave on Wednesday.  I wish I had not brought so much.  I am learning how little I really use.  I end up wearing the same things over and over and washing frequently so little is actually needed.  Well, today I had on my very favorite black pants as I worked.  I was close to the garage and corner of the house leading to the front door.  I cut the corner too sharply and caught my knit pants on a piece of sharp stucco and ripped a whole in the front thigh area of my very favorite pants.  Well, I passed another test because I didn’t even get mad or upset.  Maybe it is because the pants originally cost me $4.23  at my very favorite place to shop.  Oh well,  I’ll just wear them with the hole.  Then, as I was organizing my clothes for repacking I realized I was missing some.  Yep!  I left them in Denver.  Sort of like the song “I left my heart in San Francisco”, but rather my lament is “I left my only blue jeans in Denver”.  As well as my jean jacket, my red shirt, and white blouse.  But I remembered to bring my salad.

Well, I guess  my load is lightening.

Dinner is over and was as delicious as I thought it would be.  Everyone is settling down and I still sit here trying to be diligent to my self commitment to blog in real time each day.  And my computer has frozen up and will not let me go up or down.  Will I lose this blog tool  Maybe I should close up and get it published if I can figure out how…WHEW, I published it, it worked.  Then I closed my computer down and reopened the administrative window to edit all the typo errors.  And it worked.  If you find any errors now please know they are the fault of a tired brain and not the malfunctioning computer.

Good night 9:50 p.m. Albuquerque time.

P.S.  I’d like to say hello to Carole!  And ask her:  Is this better?