My, My - what a day! Started out at a little restaurant in Edom (Edom's Marketplace) for breakfast - only to find they working the little guy waiting on tables, cleaning table, etc., to death,-- and then to find out they were closing on the 28th. Sad - such a neat concept!!
I was so lucky and blessed to get to attend the 3rd annual Celebrity Cooking Event at the Woman's building. I cheated a little - threw a little makeup on (remember - I am not to wear makeup for a week because of eye surgery ) and away I went -- and IT WAS WONDERFUL.. A cooking class in Tyler, TX. My dream world! And STEPHEN PYLE was wonderful. Of course part of that may be because he was cooking "my kind of food!" - Southwest and all about chiles and the difference between Chiles and peppers! I loved it. He roasted some chiles and the aroma was wonderful. He was knowledgeable, friendly, funny, entertaining, and not to mention - extremely talented. I was seated at the back - partially hidden by a -pilar - and as he asked questions about cooking, peppers and chiles,and - other cooking questions and sadly he could not see my hand - indicating I knew the answer. I finally realized that and stopped trying but none the less the food he prepared was unbelievably good and I can't wait to go to the Stephen Pyle restaurant in Dallas!!
Today's Tyler paper had two articles that I just had to cut out and save to share with you! One was from Paul Powell - I respect that man so much - although he may have a different doctrine than me - I know we both believe in God and His Son and that our redemption comes from Him. This week's article talks about our expectations and how things often don't work out how we expected them to and we have disappointments, heartbreaks, and dreams are scattered. Then he pointed out that we need to "hang onto hope!" He reminds us that Meadowlark Lemon, the old Harlem Globetroter star said,"The most useless statistic in sports is the halftime score. More than one game has been won in the second half, in the last two minutes and even the last second." He goes on to point out "Our God is a God of second chances so DON'T GIVE UP!" "God is not through with you yet. The fact is God's not through with you even if you are through with Him. He's not through with you until you are through with you!" So keep trusting and believing. As Yogi said, "It ain't over until its over!" I just thought all of this was worth repeating and reminding each one of us -- God loves us and is just waiting for us to do better!!!
The other article - well I will share it with you tomorrow. You know if you pull up many cooking sites - they all have a contest going on - and I think about entering them - but I truly am very busy with work, cooking, studying, church, and cooking and housework!! And hey - THEY are kind of like being a guest on a local TV show -- you purchase all of your food, props, etc., and hurry and set up and then they rush you right though the presentation. The first one I did, I was making a Mango Salsa. Well - duh - to make Salsa - you have to run the food processor. Some brillient programer scheduled a "precious" cat as the "next act." So just as they take a break and I turn the processor on to finish the salsa, the cat goes crazy and eveyone acts like it is my fault! You pay a tremendous price - just to be on TV - but most of us think it is worth it! Tonight I am not going to give you a recipe - but an enouragment - find someone that needs a friend and be that friend. Today we read in the paper where one of the sweetest ladies we had ever know known died and it made us sad. She always took care of her husband and daughter. I just pray for them and have the confidence that God will take care of them. In the meantime - we all need to step forward with "sincere" offers to help. God Bless each of you - take care, and look for me tomorrow evening.
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