This smart little one-minute video says it all: the role of a father in a child’s life is PRICELESS:
This smart little one-minute video says it all: the role of a father in a child’s life is PRICELESS:
I hear your hidden cries because
I know what she’s done to you
You’ll never admit it
Of course
But I see
She has no respect for you.
I see you working way too hard
To keep her close to your world
But the price that she asks
Is too high
Can’t you see
She’s a greedy little girl.
I hear her laugh at your expense
She thinks it is all a game
To mask her true greed
With affection
For you
Because she has no shame.
I feel the finery she has bought
With your affectionate dues
But it tears at my heart
Paining me
From within
That you are the one to lose.
I sense the love you try to give
Each time that you bail her out
Yet I hear her coarse words
About you
Every day
Your love’s now a measured amount.
Not measured by heartfelt service
Nor thoughtfulness in deed
Instead, without respect
Your love
Is suspect
Unless it satisfies her greed.
(*An original poem by LaDonna Mobile)
This precious parenting message pretty much says it all in a one-minute video; I hope everyone who sees it will pass it along to friends and family who care about family togetherness and the role of a father in the lives of his children:
This darling parenting tip is priceless! I’d love to write more about it, but I’m signing off to go and spend some quality time with my children, as modeled by the father in this video:
To all the women out there who think they don’t have talent, please watch this one-minute film and learn the truth!
This is the most AWESOME blog–my new site for sharing all of the fantastic muffin recipes I’ve been inventing over the years! Check it out at http://themuffinmom.wordpress.com/
We made these DELICIOUS sloppy joes yesterday and they were a hit! My kids even ate them!
Rather than meat, this recipe calls for brown rice and beans. However, I think I would like to substitute wheat grains next time, because when they puff up, they resemble ground beef more than rice and beans do!
Ingredients:
1 tsp canola oil
1 chopped onion 1 chopped green pepper
1/2 c. shredded carrots
1.5 cups brown rice
2 cans navy beans (or smaller beans), drained
3/4 cup hickory BBQ sauce
1 bottle chili sauce
4 cups water
Optional: 1 cube beef bullion (for beef flavor)
Sautee oil, onion, carrots, and green pepper in a skillet until crisp-tender. Combine remaining ingredients in crock pot; add vegetables from skillet. Cook on low for 8-9 hours. Serve on buns, crackers, or alone.
My kids liked their sloppy joes on buns; I preferred to eat mine on crackers, because I don’t do
white flour anymore. These tasted great!
P.S. If you don’t want to buy ready-made chili sauce, here’s a recipe for you to make your own:
2 cups canned tomatoes
1 onion, chopped
Dash of cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt, approximately
Instructions:
In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the tomatoes, onion, cayenne, cloves, cinnamon, sugar, and vinegar. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Add the green pepper and simmer 30 minutes more. Add salt to taste. Chill before serving.
Yield: 1-1/2 cups
Thank you, Frizzlefry, for teaching me how to make the most delicious melt-in-your-mouth tortillas! If everyone knew how to make these, the tortilla manufacturing business would be done for!
http://melissaastle.blogspot.com/2008/05/tortilla-tutorial.html
Vile Voice
A poem by La Donna Mobile
“What do you wish?”
Asked a voice from somewhere.
I said, “Please destroy me
Beyond all repair.”
“Ah yes,” it replied
“I can damage you so
You will get your money’s worth
And I think you should know
That the damage I cause
Will sorely deform you,
Grotesquely disfigure
And brutally transform you.”
So I paid it to hurt me,
To poison my blood.
To bloat and to beat me
With venomous food
I paid it to fill me
With blubberous fat
Each time that it asked me
“Would you like fries with that?”