Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that there has been a lot of sudden interest in Africa. There are a lot of shows on TV about the animals of Africa and expeditions there. Then there are all the pirates and the racial discrimination of South Africa.
I think the worst of it now is the ethnic cleansing and war and untreated disease. It is so unnecessary, yet thousands of people are being killed every day by rampaging militia groups and renegades, and the awful AIDS virus.
They were not kidding on the evening news last week, I heard a story telling how the flu has not hit us hard this year, as of yet. That being said, they stated that it is just getting a late start and how the state of Virginia was just now getting hit with this years flu, and it hit my family hard, just a few short days of the news story.
We were really running low on so many things around the house and the refrigerator was looking pretty bare, and hubby was still looking pretty piqued today, so I decided to go out and brave the world on my own, armed with a pretty long list and my debit card. I really wanted him to get another good day of some rest and possible sleep while he can.
It did not take long to spend over $200 at the supermarket, but by the time I got home and unloaded it all from the car into the house and put away, I was too pooped to fix anything for our dinner. My hubby, at that point, insisted that he was up to the task and managed to put together the first decent home made meal that we both have had and enjoyed the taste of only once, ha ha!
My youngest has gotten into many things that I have absolutely no knowledge or background about. She has been reading and watching numerous Japanese animation books, TV shows, and movies. She has taken the time to show me one of the sites that she goes online for, at Manga.animea.net she showed me a page concerning Bleach Manga, who is character she has been following lately and I found quite interesting to read.
At least she is reading, it is a real challenge trying to get her to read just about everything. I don’t get it, hubby and I are both avid readers, while neither of our children want to pick up a book, except for the Japanese Animation books that are becoming more popular these days.
I went to the bookstore a few months back to see if they had any of these types of books that she is learning to enjoy, I was surprised at how many that they had. The young lady that was assisting me with locating them and then explaining them for me, told me that I was lucky that she was working the floor at that time because she was the only one in the whole store that read and knew anything about them. She was very friendly and helpful, I was certainly glad that she was working then also because I was way out of my field.
The weather dropped about 20 degrees since this time last week. It’s old man winter in the air and soon the snow that we have been waiting for will be here, possibly later this week.Tonight I asked hubby if he would mind fixing a big pot of chili for dinner. He makes the best chili – I don’t know what all he puts in that pot, but it sure comes out tasting good.
We like the chili on the second day, too. Sometimes the flavors need that extra time to come out and mature. So Chili is a two day event for us.
