Quilts and Things

Well today I begin my weekend of grandparent bonding time.

Meaning there is some sort of quilt function going on. More specifically speaking a quilt show in Humble.

Quilt shows are just that. An entire show of different types of quilts on display and booths set up to sell anything and everything needed to make a quilt. Fabric, sewing machines, quilting machines, thread, patterns etc etc. Then therevare the scattered booths of jewelry, beads, and other crafts and homemade crafts for sale.

Now I know what your thinking. Why on earth would I want to spend a weekend surrounded by little old ladys and their quilts??

Well ill tell you.
The quilts on display are amazing and ridiculously good.

The little old ladys love when their friends grandkids come.

There is always food

Ups my golden child status :)

All in all its great. :) ill be sure to do a follow up blog with pictures of the different quilts I find interesting

No more pride

As most people know, I was living in Port Arthur with a "significant" other.
But as of this past week I am back in Orange and making some changes.

I dont want any sympathetic "oh what happened?" Or "are you doin ok?". Just dont ask.

I am fine. I realized I deserved better than what I was getting. I didnt need or have to deal with the words that were thrown around.

I now realize I hate changing my address. I hate being cussed at. And I hate that im so behind in life. Im not where I want to be.

If anyone knows or hears of a job opening let me know. Or if by any chance you know someone who wants to just give money away..lol (I wish right? Lol)

There are going to be some changes made. Dont be too against the changes I make..right now I just need support and encouragement to get where I want to go..

So I have no more pride. I had to swallow it all when I called my dad and asked if I could come home. But at this moment it was the right thing to do

Irritating

Every year there are numerous stories all over the news about Americans who go to other countries either on business or for pleasure. All fine and dandy except they are not on the news because they have miraculous vacation photos or have signed some major piece of paper declaring world peace. No, they end up on the news because they go missing, get kidnapped, locked up in jail or end up dead.

I am not sure if i have made it clear before or not but I feel like all of these Americans that decide to go to these hostile countries, most of whom have stated in one way or another that they hate Americans, are stupid and have their priorities out of place.

I'm curious as to what motivates these people to put all of their hard work an effort into trying to help the people in these countries, or what motivates them to vacation there. I have heard of people wanting to go to Turkey for vacation but then again they just found the body of a missing mother from New York

I'm also curious as to why someone would want to go to a place referred to as "one of the toughest places on earth"(John Kerry). I have never had the urge or every heard anyone say:

Hey lets go to Afghanistan/Libya/Iran/Lebanon/Syria/Algeria/Iraq for out summer vacation!

It doesn't happen. .

I have gotten the response that, they just want to help the children, or they want to help with medical care. Have you lost your mind? Have they ever seen the children here in their own backyard? Maybe they should help the children here before they make these foreign kids their priority. As for medical care I hate to sound harsh but..fuck them. Its not up to Americans to go over seas to these dangerous countries and help their sick and dying. Why not help the sick and dying here in their own country?

I know this will probably flip some peoples lids but I dont believe in world peace. I think its a crock of shit pipe dream we all hold onto in the hopes that one day our world will one day be a better place but I highly doubt it.

White Girl Tortillas

As of yesterday I have become obsessed with making tortillas.
Yayo asked him mom yesterday if she could show me how to make tortillas.

As i sat in the kitchen watching...

She put flour in a bowl
added some salt
then added 2 handfuls of shortening
mixed it together
added warm water and made dough
kneaded the dough
broke it into bits rolled it up and flattened it a little
Rolled each dough ball out
put it on the hot iron skillet
and
BAM
Tortillas!

After she went home...i tried..
Today I tried...4 different times..

My tortillas turned out all kinds of weird..
some turned out like crackers
some like the regular flour tortillas you but at the store
Some came out with hard edges
and of course some burned

Never realized how white I am until these damn tortillas...