I think the cold weather is behind us for a little while. The temp is supposed to reach the low to mid 60's today and for the next week. Maybe Spring will come early this year. But then I start thinking that same thing every year about this time. It's still kinda hard for someone born and raised in the deep south to adjust to these midwest winters. My wife was a Missouri gal, and she liked it here so this is where we made our home many years ago. And, after all these years, my own transplanted roots have grown deep here so guess this is where I will stay. BUT........, my heart is still in the deep, warm wintered south.
It sure doesn't seem like a whole month since Granny has been gone. I still keep expecting her to come walking in the door any time. And I find myself continually hoping that I will wake up from this nightmare and find that she is still sitting there in her recliner with her embroidery can in her lap, watching Judge Judy rake some poor soul over the coals.But, in reality, it's not going to happen. And each day that goes by I am coming more and more to realize this. Life goes on, and with God's strength we learn to deal with it. I am learning that to stay very busy keeps my mind occupied and makes life a little easier to bear.
Speaking of being busy, my granddaughter, Hailey and I have been busy this week making and bottling BBQ sauce for the upcoming season. This will be our first year to package and sell our sauce as an item. Granny and I spent a lot of time trying to come up with a name for it Just before she passed away we decided that since it was a South Texas style sauce, as is our BBQ, it would be called "TASTE OF TEXAS". We are really proud of it. For the first 1 1/2 years we would offer a choice between our sauce and the leading name brand from Kansas City. After a while we were running out of our own and taking most of the KC brand back home. So then we began to offer only our own sauce, and folks started asking to buy extra sauce to take home. So, TASTE OF TEXAS was born. For now it will only be available directly from us at the festivals and events where we will be . Hopefully, we can expand that in the near future.
Have a great day, and as always....... Via Con Dios
DM
Pitmaster
Texas BBQ & Beans
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Warming Up
Posted by Don Miller at 6:03 AM
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Hi Don,
I am so glad the temps are warming up for awhile, I was getting very tired of the cold, cold temps day after day. There is no way in the world I couls live in Alaska!! Hopefully we do have an earky spring we both NEED it this year. I told someone the other day I NEED to see things growing really bad this year.
Like you I still find myself waiting for Mom, not to walk in the door so much as she did each day there, but for the phone to ring and just here her voice. Everytime the phone rings I find mtself thinking "I hope that's Mom, I'd really like to talk to her today". I have been staying busy with my wood crafts and it helps alot, and then I find myself thinking "Mom is really going to like this one, I'll have to make her one". She always was so encouraging to me about my painting. You have alot of stuff I've made down there don't you?
When you come up, if you have some, bring me some smoked brisket and I'll buy it from you. I love that stuff!!
Well I better get busy, you take care and I'll talk to you a little later,
Bill
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