aug19-04 thurs

~finally put the top coat on the wall
collage the other day ~

Okay, I’ve been sitting here reading email and a few of my favourite online journals for an hour and fifteen minutes. It is time to move my butt and get ready for the day!

But first ...

John’s entry today mentioned butter. Here’s Mom’s friend’s recipe for butter that’s healthy — well, more healthy than margarine, and more healthy than pure butter, because you’re getting good-for-you oils into your old bod. You mix this up in a blender and store it in the fridge, where it retains the flavour of pure butter and remains spreadable like soft margarine.

Mary Jo’s Butter

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup grapeseed oil

Voila! I tried it after returning from my trip to Salmon Arm in early summer, and now I am worry-free about buttering my toast each day.

Jill also updated today, which has been a rare treat for the past year or so. She writes about her elderly Mom’s third marriage and I, well, I just think what Jill’s mom got in that third husband is what a good marriage — and friendship — is all about:

“We talked about relationships the other day. Stepdad is her third husband, and the man she loved most of all of her boyfriends and husbands. Stepdad was - is - a sweet guy, they shared a sense of humor and a joy in living that she didn't have with either of her first husbands. She said the most amazing thing for her was that he never criticized her. He didn't always agree, and they sometimes argued hotly, but he never sniped, or criticized or pointed out her failings. He always liked her. He always wanted her to feel good and did what he could to help that along.”

And with that, I am outta here (as Nance would say).

xoxo
etc