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Miles is two and a half years old here. Helping Dad with Dinner Miles likes to send the scooter backwards down the hill.

Sound Asleep Stretching  Opening Her Eyes  My daughter Laurissa is feeding newborn Evelyn, while my son-in-law Ryan and my grandson Miles prepare dinner.

Evelyn Nora Hampton 9:47 AM April 5 6 pounds & 9 ounces

I posted about getting organized before so maybe I'm just being obsessive and compulsive.  It's a little different now. Getting organized requires some time but time spent organizing is time spent not enjoying the present moment.  Why do I want to be organized? To have some control of my life but I believe that it's possible to control only about 30% of life. The rest depends on genetics, accidents, my decisions from the past, other people's action, etc. There will always be some anxiety if I dwell on it.  But I want to feel secure against complete disorder and confusion. If I'm not prepared something harmful may happen to me.  I don't want to miss out on something because I don't know what's happening. There is a need to ease my fear of not making the most of my life, of being disappointed. I want to avoid complications and confusion but too much organizing will actually result in more complication and confusion instead of less.  Ye

Unedited photo of York, my son-in-law's and daughter's dog. Never mind red eye, have you ever seen yellow and blue eyes? I showed these photos and video before but a while ago in different posts.  I had my four hour IVIG treatment yesterday for my CIDP condition, so maybe that's why I couldn't come up with anything new.  (If interested in the details please check the web.  I have foot drop so it's not as bad as it might have been)   Barkus was my pet Golden Retriever.  He'd love to sleep all day if he could. He had a thyroid problem.  Before him I had a more active darker Golden Retriever called Kringle.  They both past away. Tonight I can't find a photo of Kringle. Sometimes I get so "organized" that I can't find anything.  Miles with Artic, who replaced York. Here's a cute video about how a dog can lift your spirits.

My substitution for the recipe below is to add the chicken, potatoes and carrots. But instead of adding the herbs, oil, spices, etc.; I only added Honey Mustard Salad Dressing.  The results were fantastic! Instead I only used: Chicken Potatoes Carrots Honey Mustard Salad Dressing I might try other salad dressings someday. Do you have a way to prevent the dish from becoming a bit too soggy? Do you have any quick lazy recipes you'd like to share? 

I just saw this wonderful movie Juno  about a young girl who becomes pregnant and has to deal with the problems that it causes. Anyway, here's a song from the movie. This video shows the lyrics with a cute cartoon. Oh no! Guess what? A one man band!

While eating breakfast I looked at my plans for the day.  There was probably too much to do today, nothing fantastic mostly just the ordinary chores. I made good progress in straightening out the laundry room.  My plan is to break the work up into thirty minutes a day.  After a month it should be great. While riding my exercise bike I watched the old movie The Third Man.  I only use the bike for about forty minutes and the movie is long so it will take about three days to watch it all.  It's a very interesting plot with great angled views and a need to pay close attention. Lynette called me in the middle of my routine because she saw six wild turkeys walking across our backyard.  When I got to the back door there were only four of them left, moving too quickly before I could grab my camera. Later I sat back in a chair, my mind lost in thought.  I felt a little sad but no big deal, probably just tired.  The first photo and the last show the pictures I took just for t

From the site: I like mine light brown and crunchy on the outside with a thin line of softness in the center.    If it doesn't come out perfect I'll still eat it except if it's burnt black all the way through.  On occasion,  I've scraped away some of the black burnt layer before eating the toast but only if it was a very thin burnt area. White bread is the best even though it may not be the healthiest. A whole wheat multi grain bread with nuts also works but there's something special about white bread. I take two pieces of toast, layer them and cut diagonally to form triangular pieces.  Some pieces will have only butter while other pieces will have a layer of jam or preserves over the butter.  Different flavors of jam on each piece is best. With eggs I butter all the triangular pieces of toast, eat three with the eggs and save the last buttered piece for some jam.

What are your thoughts about the lyrics to this old hit? Some interpretations from the web: ~I thinks she is basically saying I'll have you however I can but if you feel you need to leave in the morning, don't feel too guilty about it. ~I always thought it was a woman who was desperately in love with the guy, but knew he couldn't (or wouldn't) commit, so she's willing to settle for one night with him, and just wants him to call her an angel in the morning, even though he's just going to leave and not come back. ~I think that the song is about a woman who is taking the chance of 'going all the way' to 'show her love' to a man who may or may not love her. It seems to be a rather young girl perhaps her first sexual encounter, trying to be grown up and mature. From Yahoo Answers:

I was tired of washing the frying pan and dishes after cooking eggs so I found these two recipes.  One is for scrambled eggs and the other is for a poached egg. I decided to use disposable paper bowels.  They're more like cardboard than paper.  I tried it and it works. I found this on:  2 minute scrambled eggs | Home Is Where The Cookies Are Poached Egg Remember, I use disposable paper bowls and plates to avoid cleanup.  I found this on:  How To Poach an Egg in the Microwave — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn | Kitchn What do you think.  Do you have any quick lazy recipes?  I'd love to try them. 

The exhibits were just as much fun for the adults as for the children.  Here he is with grandma Lynette. He explores the pebble and water play exhibit with his father Ryan. This was his favorite.

This is the first day I'm changing medication for epilepsy.  I'm being weaned off of Vimpat 100 mg twice a day to Gabapentin 300 mg three times a day. It feels like I'm intoxicated; as if I drank half a bottle of wine, unsteady and tired.  It's not very pleasant. I'll still follow your blogs and try to post.     

Some funny videos that make light of a few diseases.  I begin to wonder if the cure is worse than the disease when the possible side effects are listed. Hopefully the side effects are very rare.

This week my daughter stayed over several days for the Christmas holiday.  I had a great time, especially with my grandson Miles. We went to Clearbrook park for a walk, watch the ducks land on the lake, watch how the garbage was crushed by a machine at the local dump and more. Our family had meals on Christmas Eve and Christmas day; once at our house and the other at my in-laws' new home. Breakfast Miles enjoyed the train set my in-laws bought him for Christmas. I'm glad he also loved the play kitchen we got him for a Christmas present. Have a Great New Year!