RIP Daddy

  So, I’ve decided to start blogging again.  I don’t know how well I’ll keep up with it, but I’ll try.  I’ve gotten a lot of prodding from my friends in the last couple of months to start back up, so here I am.

 

It just might do my heart good to start writing down my thoughts and feelings… my beloved dad passed away three weeks ago.  I don’t think I can really talk about it much yet, it hurts too much.  But maybe when I start to heal a little, I can recall some good memories and fun times.  The only consolation I have is that he is now with my mother.  He was buried with her on the eve of what would have been their 51st wedding anniversary.  I want to memorialize them both in some special way in my garden.  I have a couple of ideas, but I’m not sure what I want to do exactly yet.

 

I’m so grateful to have a couple of really wonderful and compassionate true-blue friends who are helping me through my grief, as well as distracting me with their wonderful gift of humor and making me laugh instead of cry all the time.  So thanks ladies…for the shoulder… and for your friendship.  It means more to me than words can say. 

 

 

 

My husband FINALLY went back to work today after being home on vacation for nine very long days!  The dog has been moping around all day and misses his playmate and hiking buddy.  I, on the other hand, have been ecstatic to get custody of the t.v. remote control back! 

 

I don’t have to make him lunch, which is a huge break since he’s been on a health kick for the last couple of years and won’t let anything “unholy” touch his lips.  @@  It’s getting worse every day.  Everything has to be organic, healthy and whole wheat.  Lots of vegetables, and hardly any meat. It’s been very daunting to cook up three different meals just about every meal (yes, I cook for the dog, he doesn’t eat dog food!) and there are only three of us in this household.  I’m not crazy about the fish/vegetables/lean chicken, etc. diet every single.  I’d kill right about now for a nice juicy rib eye steak on the grill and a baked potato with sour cream or a great pot roast!

 

I baked a blueberry coffee cake today from a recipe my good friend Mary Ellen had on her blog.  It was pretty good…and my husband LOVED it, although, of course, he would have liked me to have made it with whole wheat flour!  He’s now threatening not to ever eat anything “white” again, which includes white flour, white bread, sugar…you get the idea.  Although he has never eaten white bread and I don’t even buy it.

 

I love to cook, but I’m about ready to give up on it altogether.  I’m tired of the “food police” questioning me about every single ingredient, even though I try to make things healthy but still have it taste yummy.  Maybe I should get him some cooking lessons for his next birthday?

Okay, first of all…the blog name.  My mother used to call me Miss Muffett when I was a child.  As in:  Miss Muffett, you get in there and clean your room!  So I thought I would use it here…it makes me smile and brings back the nostalgia of my growing-up years.

I have two very dear friends who have urged me to start a blog and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, however it seems like my boring little life wouldn’t warrant it.  But I thought I’d give it a try…I might find it amusing to look back.

I’m a little lost and am trying to find my way around here, but I’ll figure it out eventually.  I don’t even know how to actually post this to my blog!  What button do I press?  hehe

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