Monday Favorite: Food

when i was young, my adopted parents used to fix me avocados with milk and sugar. honestly, it was not my favorite foods. i found it absolutely disgusting to eat this green slimy fruit with milk and sugar. i really hated the consistency in my mouth sloshing around with milk and sugar granules.

years later, when my sister and i were living with our birth mother, we were introduced to guacamole. again, i turned my nose up at this green slimy mixture. my sister urged me to try it. so i picked up a chip and scooped up a small portion of the guacamole on my chip and lifted it to my lips in anticipation of disgust. i was completely surprised that i loved the savory taste combined with the crunchy texture of a tortilla chip. i had to have more.

tonight for dinner, peter and i found some shrimp in the freezer and grilled up a few shrimp quesadillas, made some homeade salsa and split a beautiful avocado. it was a good meal. avocados are my favorite food, i will take them plain, with salt, in guacamole or as a side to anything i am eating-- i will not turn it down. well, unless it's served in a bowl of milk and sugar. blech.

*photo from www. allrecipe.com

JoAnne's wedding

Another pic of Anden by the pond at the Pagehouse in Georgetown, Texas.

Anden on the bride's bridge

Somehow, Anden's favorite thing at Joanne's wedding last night was the little pond. He kept wanting to go to it and ''look for the frogs.'' :-)

His other favorite thing was the dancing and following the bride around calling her his lady. He cried when we left because he wanted to stay and dance with his lady. :-)'

A day with Lysa

We spent the morning with Lysa. First meeting at the Round Rock Farmers Market, then to Friar Tuck's pantry for a pastry. Then we headed over to the Library where Lysa wanted to take a bath.

not sure what to say.

you know how sometimes... you feel like you have these unresolved feelings of

neglect

loneliness

frustration

and you don't know how to tell them that you feel this way.

especially because when it comes to your feelings, you can't make anyone understand how you truly feel?

that's the way I've been feeling for a few months now... left out, unwelcome and most of all vulnerable...

in the end, the people that have made me feel the most important is my husband and child... who no matter what tell me they love me no matter how stupid and unreasonable my feelings may seem. what a joy it is to have my son look into my eyes and tell me that "i'm pretty"

The snake at the library, Miss Rocksssan