JUST PASSING TIME ACEO

Time has a problem and a bad reputation. People blame a lack of it their failures but don't like an excess of time either.
If they only had the time to spend with their family...exercise... go back to school. If they only hadn't been so pressed for time they would never had chosen that job...that car.... that husband. Having lots extra time is seen as something that will get you into trouble... Too much time to fill is seen as a retired man who gets on every one's nerves... Too much time between where you are and what you want is seen as excruciating...

People talk in time... My biological clock is ticking. No time like the present. Time stands still for no one.... Idle hands are the devil's playground... A watched pot never boils. And on and on... I suppose there are sayings about time where slowing down and enjoying time is shown as a good thing - For example - Take time to smell the daisy's. But to be honest that one always reeks of 1960's Flower Children and doesn't really ring true to most people. I think they can see the value of it but not the practical application.

But the truth is time is a constant... it's your impatience that's the variable. And it's up to you to see the golden value in your time - to capture all your seconds and than file them away as memories. If you sit back and think about time, it's given you a lot. The passing of time gives you all the good things - all your good experience. Your joys. Your quiet moments between the fray.

Perhaps Memory's gift is gratitude but Time's gift is patience. If you take the two in tandem you can truly be a happy person.

THE SNEAKY CHEF - A book review

The Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lapine is about making delicious food better. There are other books that do it, but the The Sneaky Chef does it best.

My family's eating habits were just a schoochie-bit above fast food tastes. Feeding them anything with a whiff of health was near impossible... There was an extreamly long list of "unacceptable" food in my house. It got to the point that when anyone asked what was for dinner it was easier to say, "We are having, Gross, I'm not eating that!"

I bought the book out of deparation but it's worked out great. The recipes REALLY are easy and delicious. And of the ones I tried no one (NO ONE!) knows I'm thowing beans and veggies in their precious meals... It's a big hit with me.