We went to the market today and one of the things we bought was a 'fresh' chicken. I cooked it up for soup. This 'fresh' chicken has a great flavor and I try to ignore the gross ugly yellow color of it's skin. The soup was very good. I cooked the chicken with onion, pepper, celery and cilantro. Next step was to saute onion, garlic, carrot and guiscil. After dumping seasonings in and stirring everything together, we had a simple meal of soup and french bread. I am going to miss the fresh fruit and veggies so much!!! I hate to think of going to the grocery store and buying expensive produce that has been refrigerated for who knows how many weeks! We rushed around to get lunch cleaned up, cinnamon rolls baked and a second lunch cleaned up, after Vernon and the guys came in from doing concrete work at the church. Our plan was to take the whole family and go grocery shopping as soon as school let out.. Sounds like a desperate idea for some family time. We did our Walmart stop and treated ourselves to some fresh fruit smoothies then headed to Clubco. As we wheeled through the store, sometimes whirling and careening, with Jared driving, we got into a discussion about tones in voices. Some of us are very sensitive to 'tones'. Some of us wonder what the others are talking about! So how important are 'tones'? I think we can talk and never recognize just how we are coming across by the 'tone' we have.
The conclusion to the whole matter is, to give grace, to be considerate, and to refrain from taking 'tones' personal! Also, being together as a family is wonderful, no matter if it is only grocery shopping!
