Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Storm & Cucumber Beetle Damage, 1 by judycooksey

judycooksey wrote:
Boy Howdy!!! We've had some bad storms, up from the coast. I went out in the rain at 5AM to survey the damage... DANG. I suppose the wind brought in Cucumber Beetles because a few hours ago, I found two on this brug. It's hard to tell which has done the most damage. I'm seriously wondering if some of my brugs are going to make it or not.

Sometimes, we just can't help but feel like life has kicked us in the teeth, but the longer we stay down the harder it is to climb out of the hole. For this reason I alway keep Pork Chops and Taters on hand!!! I'm headed to the kitchen now!!

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Judy's cure for the blues!!! Posted in Jokes and Chatt on Nov 16, 2004 the last time I had to take the cure!

I was outside working, tripped over a water hose, landed on my bottom, jarring my poor damaged rib and just started bawling. Too much stress will do that to a person.

Now if I had lived in any other part of this USA, I'm sure I would have gone to bed with a big bowl of ice cream like all those movies on TV want you to think, but we're tough out here in the country.

I got a package of pork chops out of the freezer, thawed those babies and commenced to start cooking. Dipped them in flour with lots of salt & pepper, popped them in a skillet full of hot grease and while they were cooking I sliced up a big batch of potatoes. When the chops were ready I tossed in the potatoes, fixed a pitcher of ice tea, took up the taters, piled it all on a big tray and asked DH if he wanted to join me, I was going to sit and eat this greasy food with my fingers, til I felt better!!!

My attitude is better, but my stomach doesn't know what to think, it's been a long time since I drowned my sorrows in grease!!!


This message was edited Jun 12, 2005 3:54 PM