Random Thoughts

My hair comes out in little handfuls (7 or 8 hairs at time) all of the time, several times a day. I wonder if that is normal? But luckily I have lots of hair. I am a real hair factory.

I "recycle" my hair, too. I put it in my compost bowl which I keep in the kitchen for veggie/fruit scraps and I compost the hair along with everything else. I did not think of this idea on my own. LM, a friend from PCC in Hawaii gave me the hair idea. And the composting thing in general was inspired in several places. It always did bother me throwing away the scraps and the hairs!

The tomatoes in my brothers garden are finally coming in. Not too abundantly. I do love to eat stuff that comes fresh from the garden. It always seems so alive.

We did have a wonderful supply of peaches this year. (I say we, but I mean my brother's trees.) My brother's girlfriend "put up" a bunch of the peaches. She froze them individually on a cookie sheet first so they wouldn't freeze together. This is a worthwhile step to take. I froze one batch (one 1 pint container) just putting them straight in. But they were so juicy they froze together into a solid block which was harder to deal with. I like to make smoothies. I can consume a good deal of frozen fruit. I was blessed with gallons of blueberries several years ago. They didn't go to waste. I froze most of them. Ate some fresh and I tried making jelly and syrup, but that uses so much sugar. The smoothies seem healthier. My blueberry source has dried up, so now I am buying them - about a 3 lb. bag every week, plus other frozen fruits!

She also canned some green beans from the neighbor's garden. Since she has gotten to know the neighbor pretty good, neighbor said she could have all the green beans she wanted. And some tomatoes. But she didn't offer any okra. I wouldn't mind having some okra. My brother says a "mess" of okra, as the southerners call a batch, is a mess.

Why is it called canning, when people use glass jars, not cans?

I have been up to my old bad habit of playing games on the computer, again. I heard on Oprah yesterday someone talking about addiction transfer. I could understand that concept. That people could give up one addictive activity for another. I had quit one game recently, but I started another one. It's a word game, so I have all these words running through my head. stop, pots, tops, opts, post, spear, pares, pears, rapes, spa, spar, par, peas, pea, binges, bangles, tangles - my head is all in a tangle. But I keep wanting to try again and try to get better scores and so on.

My friend, Zippy asked her son, a 20-something how long he plays games on the computer when he plays. He said he plays on Friday nights and might play 8-12 hours at a time! She also asked him if he gets sore wrists or anything from it and he said no, but it might give him a headache.

I guess I need to go find something more productive to do. Ciao!

Games

Today is a Tuesday. Sort of feeling myself "coming down from the mountain" already.

I seem to be so easily pulled away from the focus I need to, I want to have toward the Lord Jesus. I want to be entertained too much, I fear.

I put on the TV and even though I am not even interested in what I am listening to I want to watch something, so I watch. So much stupid junk on TV. Do I really need to know all about celebrities?

And movies, I love movies. Watching movies can be informative, make you think about new ideas. But they can be life zapping too.

And then there is the computer. Yeah for the computer. But it can be a huge distraction. I am a total computer game addict. And I finally pulled myself away from the magnetic attraction of one game. About a month maybe ago, this was after months. I was listening to a thing on Christian radio that really helped me to see it. But, a few days ago, I discovered another and another (I wasn't looking for them, either). All of the sudden I keep coming across them here, there and everywhere. And they are fun to me. But my neck muscles are all tense, and then I'm zapped of energy, and if anyone out there has been a game addict I wonder if we all experience this kind of stuff?

Even this blog could be a distraction. But I hope that my struggles can perhaps help other people. IDK (don't know) who is reading this blog.