Disheartened and Disappointed. And too heartsick and terrified to say more. The loss of our European Allies is something I never thought we would have to face.
I have received the recipe for Week 4 of my god daughter's recipe challenge so I figured I should quickly share Week 3 which was last Saturday's dinner. The cut of the week was sirloin steak and keeping our new quirk of two different interpretations, I followed the recipe and made a steak salad with homemade dressing and Mr. Merry ate his dinner "deconstructed", steak and lettuce separated and no berries on the salad since he doesn't believe in mixing food groups.
My steak salad which was superb.
It was an interesting Thursday at the charity office with a family whose mother is on unpaid sick leave, an adult son on SSI and a father who has trouble managing money on a good day. Losing half of the couples income is a struggle. The second family includes a tiny baby with a stay home mom. Dad was fired from his job and they have zero income for this month. It's not their first rodeo. The third client was a young man of 20 who lives alone with no family support. He has been ill with one or more of those viruses going around and missed two weeks of work (no sick pay). This was his first time in this circumstance and he was convinced he would have to live in his car. I assured him that would not happen if I could help it and I came up with a plan of places to visit to help with the missing funds this month and I will call him Monday to see where he is and how much more he needs. He will be fine once he is caught up.
Bathroom update: in anticipation of a possible project, I cleaned the spare room, took down one of the beds, put remaining holiday decorations away and the husband moved the supplies into the spare room to acclimate to the temperature indoors. I cleared a bookcase in my bedroom and emptied the linen closet, medicine cabinet and shelves in the bathroom into the book shelves. This means every time I step out of the shower there is no towel to reach for. I believe I will remember to take one with me approximately 2 days before the project is completed.
It was a busy week and maybe I will catch up with more soon but I did want to share the latest cast my grandson received at the orthopedist this week. And how jealous I am that I did not have a cast like that when my arm was broken.
He may only be in this cast as few as two more weeks. And I am insanely jealous over how quickly those young bones can heal! I know he is looking forward to joining his indoor soccer league before the season ends.
The Work you do for your Community warms my Heart. There is so much Need and so few Resources to parse out to meet everyone at their Point of Need sometimes. I feel Need will escalate for obvious reasons. It is alarming. The Food Porn looks absolutely delicious tho' and is very Editorial!!!
ReplyDeleteMiss Merry, I certainly feel your pain. Surely this madness can't be sustained? We'll see. Your food pics are so awesome, they look professional. You don't do anything half-baked, do you (no pun intended). It broke my heart to read about those people in need, and your grandson's cast has to be the coolest thing I've ever seen. You sure get a lot in your posts! :^)
ReplyDeleteI was speaking with a friend this morning, and he is so very wise. I cannot stop speaking out. I am who I am, and he loves that. I will speak out, but truly, Merry, I guess that I am just a lazy git when it comes right down to it. I had hoped for ease, and peace, and doing good things for others. It's not going to be like that, is it?
ReplyDeleteWhoa! I have never seen a cast like that before. Guess it helps to keep it interesting for the kids. My youngest son had many casts when he was little but they round up grubby, smelly and falling apart by the time they were taken off. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteImagine how many folks are not getting the help they need in these trying times -- keep doing the good work.
I cannot believe the rift that is forming between the USA and Europe. Very difficult diplomatic times ahead.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a cast like that one before. Your grandson must be the envy of all his classmates.
That salad looks fantastic! There are some people I will not name who need to spend some time doing what you do.
ReplyDeleteI would have wanted to change that up to steak myself. The best thing a cast was when my kids were little was when my son got a Ninja Turtle green color! Things sure have changed.
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