MommaJen

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Feel better Dom. I'm in the same boat. Warm toasty Niquil filled wishes comin your way.

I love Billy Joel! Always have. The Stranger is one of my favorites. I love And So It Goes too. It's on youtube I know, but I'm to tired to look up the link.

Candied Yams: 1 lg can yams 1 lg can crushed pinapple 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup chopped pecans pour the juice from the pinapple into a sauce pan with the stick of butter and bring to a slow boil. Stir in the brown sugar and return to a boil. Add the rest of the pinapple and the pecans. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Drain the yams and put them in a baker. Pour the pinapple-pecan mixture over the yams. Bake for an hour at 325. You can add extra pinapple juice if you want them saucier. (Is that a word?) I hope your Dad's surgery will go well! Oh, and yay on the soon to be posted new! Cheers! Jen

No yes and no, no easy answers. Fear masked as reservation and caution can be blindingly debilitating. Yet to weigh and decied either for or against is a mark of intelligence and prudence. It's the ebb and flow between the two that makes the difference. Sometimes you have to just run toward the bank and leap into the air. For half a moment you're flying and free, then to be suddenly swallowed whole by rushing, frothing waters as the creek grabs you and takes you where it wants until you remember to struggle to the surface to do it all again. That first jump is terrifying, as it should be. Reservation makes us wait, consider the possible harm. Fear helps us decide it would be wiser to stay on the stable ground beneath our feet. The choice is ours to make; is the possible sprained ankle, or broken heart worth the ride? The world is as big as you choose to see it.