Monday, April 11, 2011

Day-33: Easy Like Sunday Morning

It starts simple – turn oven on to preheat at 400 degrees, open package of bacon, place singularly on cookie sheets and set in oven.  Take three potatoes:  peal, dice into 1/4” cubes, place in bowl with a little water and microwave for two minutes. While potatoes prebake, heat olive oil and tbsp of butter in a large pan.  Finely dice 1/5 an onion and toss in oil to brown. Once potatoes are done, drain water and dump into pan, toss in the oil, add cracked pepper, seasoning salt and some garlic powder. Cover the pan and turn the heat down to med-low. Crack three eggs into a bowl, add two tbsp of milk, 1/2 tsp of water, some salt, cracked pepper and beat together. Pour eggs into previously heated, buttered pan, cook light and fluffy. Occasionally check on the bacon, pour excess bacon grease into potatoes. Bake bacon to liking. While bacon is cooling, uncover and drain excess liquid from potatoes. Turn heat on potatoes to med-high, crisp on one side, toss and crisp on other side. Put potatoes, bacon and eggs on a plate... watch my family eat it.

Sunday came and went without me eating solids. It was a great Sunday, we were at my parents, the boys where happy, the dog was happy, Beth was happy - which makes me very happy! Between the mudslide milkshake from the night before and the ease of pace of the following morning, life was good. The one thing that was missing from yesterday morning was Church. There are some lines of thought that a distraction that keeps one from church is bad thing. I can't relate that all things keeping one from Church is evil, nor do I believe it.

Nowadays, life is busy. The kids, work, hobbies, friends, the house, things add up, it is hard to get together with family that is a couple hours drive. I know that the gateway to heaven is not based on pew attendance and I can't imagine that my Father is going to hold it against me, for spending as much time with my papa, that our calendar allows. I enjoy going Church and I do feel spiritually refreshed after attending a service.  However the acceptable excuses for missing a service can be enjoyable, sick self / kids being one of the unpleasant one's, Sunday mornings in your childhood home being a nice one.

Random Notes: Starting weight ????, ending calories, ???? (Had a marshmallow caramel milkshake for dinner)

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