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Monday, January 29, 2007

Before Life Passes Me By


When I was 38 my father died. I was so upset, hurt, distraught and pissed! I couldn't believe God would take my father. Now, I know that people die. It's natural and happens everyday. What I couldn't fathom is that my father would die and leave me alone here. How would I survive? Who would come to my rescue when I'd left my keys in the car, or the battery's run down because I forgot to shut off the lights?


Well, I am surviving and I've found that time indeed heals all wounds. I still get a bit weepy when things happen in my family that he's missing (ie. my brother becoming an asst pastor, my nieces graduating college, the other children he'll never see etc) but we're all doing better.

Anyway, when my father died I realized how fragile life is so I vowed to do everything I had always wanted to do but had been afraid. One of those things was taking a cooking class. I'd been afraid that if I enrolled and went to the class the people would tell me to find a dieting class because I was too big to learn how to cook, or I needed to learn how to exercise not cook. Well that didn't happen. I enrolled in the class and the people there were warm and friendly. Foodies are a lot like bloggers, they take each other at face (faith) value. I've never met a foodie I didn't like. Well, over time I took other classes, even met published authors and was invited to private classes!

Last Saturday I took a sushi making class and loved it! You know how you see something and think, "I'll never be able to do this". Well I was convinced sushi-making was intense and mindboggling but it's not. Make the rice and include it with whatever your heart desires. I had the most fun making different kinds of rolls and even frying tempura. We had everything from spicy tuna to ahi tuna bowls. Tempura shrimp to rice pudding w/melted chocolate toppings, yum! My favourite was the spicy Ahi rolls and the caterpillars. I'm biased because my partner and I made these two and really outdid our peers.

There are many healthful benefits to eating sushi -such as being low fat, low sodium (watch the soy sauce) and some of the fish used is great for fighting colesterol and providing Omega 3. And not all sushi is raw. The California roll is nothing but fake crab (actually it's fish parts compressed together and died), cucumber and carrot.
There's some sad news about the state of over fishing has greatly reduced the population of Ahi tuna so some countries are calling for a ban on eating Ahi to prevent it from becoming extinct. I haven't read up on this so forgive me if the info's not exactly correct.

This Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, we're having a party and this year will be decidedly different from other Super Bowl gatherings. First, the game itself-two black NFL coaches are competing, 2nd-there will be no men with us and 3rd-we're cooking stuff WE WOMEN want to eat: sushi, clam/mussel stew, a fabulous dessert and fried chicken. Come on, y'all knew there was going to be fried chicken. You just knew!

We're gonna sit around eating and looking at all those fine men in those tight pants and daydream about being a football cradled in the arms of Peyton Manning or caressed and held tightly by a defensive lineback--oh oh. I'm beginning to sound like Mist1. Where's my Bible?

The moral of the story? Get on w/life because one day you're not going to be able to do everything you've always wanted to do. Take that class, learn to dance, become a magician or world famous poker player. Whatever you want to do, the best time is NOW. Go on, get!


23 Comments:

Blogger Pea said...

Great advice!! I can't stand sushi. Lovely pics, those, in Family Friday #2. Hope you're well.

January 29, 2007 8:07 AM  
Blogger Spoon of life said...

I know how you feel, I lost both of my parents and I miss them everyday of my life but I also learned to go grab life and enjoy every single moment of it...

The cooking class sounds awesome!!!
I bet you gonna make a lot of people happy with your cooking:)

PS: I linked you I hope you don't mind:)...I like it here;)

M.

January 29, 2007 8:55 AM  
Blogger Debo Blue said...

Pea! Thanks for coming.

M-I'm humbled. Feel free to stop by anytime. Y'all come back now, ya hear?

January 29, 2007 9:34 AM  
Blogger Blu Jewel said...

I so love sushi and I've been craving it for days. Now that I've seen your picture, I want it even more...thanks! You've inspired me to make some as I love to sook, but have never tried my hand at it. I'll let you know how it turns out once I've done it.

January 29, 2007 11:49 AM  
Blogger Jeni said...

Great post in so many ways. The loss of your father though, while painful, has served to make you stronger and to show you the need to live life to the fullest.
After reading your menu for the game, you made me wish I could be there with you - to share in the camaraderie as well as the great food! And, I ordered my new computer today - will be here a week from today, installed in MY HOUSE! I'm so excited!

January 30, 2007 9:18 PM  
Blogger Barb said...

It's funny.. I took your advice before I even read this. I had decided blogging had taken over my life so now the time I spend here is probably 90% less than what I used to. My life is not inside this computer.

I would eat the fake, cooked sushi!

Go Colts!

January 31, 2007 3:34 AM  
Blogger Debo Blue said...

Blu-wish I could make you some. I am da bomb at it now. Ima change my name to Debo-San, sushi chef!

Jeni-I'm very excited to hear about the new PC, especially after reading what you and then our friend Bob had to go through just to get it:-)

Barb-you ARE life, whether on the PC or beyond. My opinion.

January 31, 2007 8:54 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Nice post. I'm glad you took up cooking. And the game party sounds great. I'd love to go to one that was just "girls".

February 01, 2007 5:52 AM  
Blogger fringes said...

Sooooo...can I bring a date to the party?

February 01, 2007 12:11 PM  
Blogger Empress Bee (of the high sea) said...

but honey you'll still have to COOK it before i eat it, okay?

smiles, bee

February 04, 2007 5:55 PM  
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