I love Jason's Deli....

The first time I ate at Jason's Deli had to be about 20 years ago or maybe even longer. The guy I moved to Fort Worth with worked as manager at a service station across the street from Jason's on Camp Bowie. Now a Well's Fargo is in the place of that station.

He went over to Jason's during his lunch break and ate. He brought me one of those huge baked potatoes home and I been going back every since at least once a month. They last me about three meals. You can get BBQ on them or Brisket or you can just have a Plain Jane. If it's not  a baked potato you want they also have chili pie which I am fixing to try tonight. All kinds of soups and salad too and sandwiches. They have a salad bar with good gingerbread and garlic bread. After dinner you can have a ice cream cone.

If your not full when you leave there I don't know why not. I usually bring mine home in a to go box and eat on it for a few days. I get some garlic bread and gingerbread too and I am set for a few days.

If you like to sit outside they have tables with chairs out there. Or booths inside. They also have delivery if you don't want to go out but don't want to cook either.

I am not  a spokesman for them. I'm really not. It's just I love the place so much I got to tell the world how good it is. And if you haven't eaten at Jason's what you have been missing. You have been missing a lot.

Making myself hungry just talking about it. I better go and get me some chili pie. I will let you know how that taste at a later date. I am sure it is good. Just like everything else is. Go on down to Jason's tonight or tomorrow for lunch. Or have it delivered. Just try it. You won't regret it I promise you.

I Love Books and Magazines and Mrs. Allen's

Everyone knows I have always loved books and they know I love Mrs. Allen's. Anybody that knows me knows this. I have always liked magazines too. At a very young age I would say 13 but don't remember for sure I was reading True Story, True Confessions  and True Love. I found a True Story back in April at  a store and I hadn't seen one of those in ages. I didn't know they still had those. They cost a lot more than they did back then of course.

A few years later I was buying  Sweet Sixteen, Seventeen and Teen. I read all those magazines faithfully as a teenager. Then in my twenties I started reading Good Housekeeping and Redbook. I still read True Story too.

The other day I looked on my ottoman though where I keep all the books I haven't read yet. I got a stack starting in March that I haven't read. Looking thru them I have Redbook, Good housekeeping, Oprah, Woman's Day,HGTV, Mc Call's and several others. Why can't I get to these books I have always loved? I am going to start looking thru at least three a day until I catch up on all of this. This cannot happen.

Tomorrow I plan on taking about five or six with me. We are going on a road trip and going by Sweetwater and eating at Mrs. Allen's . I can't wait! I love Mrs. Allen's famous potato salad. And I will be killing two birds with one stone. Actually three. Read some of my books, eat potato salad and see some friends maybe.

There is going to be an author there too from here and I read all her books. Most people from Sweetwater wont know her and I won't name names. She sent me a message the other day asking about Mrs. Allen's because she had heard of me talking about it. I hope she enjoys it as much as I will. Kind of weird we are going the same day. When she ask me about Mrs. Allen's the other day I had no plans to go. But it happened.....

Summer is Half Over

The days are going fast. What has happened to summer? This is the middle of July. That means six months and Christmas will be here again. How time flies!

It seems like I don't get done half what I plan on doing every day. I am home most of the day so I don't know what my excuse is. Last year we went to Florida. This year I guess no vacation for us. I don't really know where I would want to go except back to Sweetwater and have some Mrs. Allen's potato salad. That is kind of sad.

My daughter is going to Port Aransas for vacation and San Antonio. My son is going to Rome. I can't think of anywhere but Sweetwater. If I had money, lots of it I am  sure I could find somewhere to go. I have always wanted to see New York. Or Maine or Connecticut. I would love to stay in a bed and breakfast.

A cruise would be nice except I am afraid of water. Other countries are not even an option since you can't get there by car and I am not about to fly. I have always said if I can't get anywhere by car I will just stay home. Just call me fearful Elaine. I am surprised I go by car since the speed limit is getting so high.

Guess I could go to my son's lake house at Possum Kingdom. It is nice. Long as I don't have to ride with him to get there. I rode with him the first time I had ever been and it was at night. Curves and hills and he goes kind of fast so it kind of scared me. He won't let me live that down. Next time I will drive myself in the daytime and I will be fine.

It is nice and peaceful there . Just  bring me lots of books and I will be fine.....

Paula Lynn Carter- Two days old

Today is the day that my daughter, Paula Lynn died fifty years ago. She lived for two days. She weighed three lbs. Back in those days in 1965 premature babies did not live lots of times. In this day they can fix all of that. The doctor said her lungs kept collapsing and he kept trying to fix it but to no avail. He said her lungs and heart were not fully developed . If she had lived there would have been lots of problems. So she is forever 2 days old.

I had been visiting my Mom and Dad in Sweetwater. Paul and I lived in Brownwood at the time. I had to take a bus back to Brownwood. After I got back to Brownwood that night I started having labor pains. I thought they were false ones. But they were getting worse by the minute. We went to the hospital and they sent us home two different times. By that next night they had really intensified. Around 10 pm I  told Paul we had to go back. I had been in labor for 24 hours. We went. The doctor examined me and told me to go back home and rest. We were in the elevator going down and I felt all this bearing down pain. I told Paul he needed to get me back where we were. We went back to the labor room.. They took me to delivery and Paula was born right after 12:00 midnight. Nothing for pain. They put a wash rag over my face where I could not see.

Next morning I thought everything was fine. They didn't bring her in but I thought that was because she was so small. They didn't really tell me anything. Back in that time you had to stay in hospital three or four days. That next morning they came in and told me Paula did not make it. The doctor said he kept blowing air in her lungs but they kept collapsing. I never seen her until the funeral.

We picked out a little pink casket for her . My Mom came for the funeral and she told me I should have the casket closed. She said looking at her might make me start hemmoraging. An old wife's tale I suppose. But no way would I have not looked at her.

I have always wondered why some people have to lose a child and some people never go thru that. It is the worse thing that can ever happen to you in a lifetime. It has happened to me twice. If someone never has to go thru that pain they are lucky. Because once you do your life will never be the same again. There will always be something missing.

I didn't write this for anyone to feel my pain. I wrote this because I don't want to ever forget my daughter. I will always remember her although I cant remember what she looked like. I know she would have been a beautiful girl. All my girls are.

I found a group on facebook that helps me deal with the loss of my two girls. It is called Grieving Mothers From Around the World. The lady Gina on there is one of the nicest ladies I have ever met. If you have lost a child get on that group. You wont regret it.

Nice Fourth of July Weekend

It was a nice 4th of July weekend. I have seen worse. I don't remember a lot of things about my childhood. But I don't remember celebrating this holiday. Of course that don't mean we didn't . I don't remember a lot of things that happened in my childhood or even thirty years ago. I could ask my brother. He seems to remember everything.

Anyway yesterday we all went to my daughter Jana's in laws. Had a nice cookout. I brought potato salad, devilled eggs and ribs. I even remembered to leave some of the potatoes just plain mashed . Jana's husband Vasile doesn't like potato salad. That is one of my favorite foods. That and devilled eggs.

They fixed steaks, and little smokies with BBQ sauce and hot dogs. Baked beans, banana pudding and cookies. Good meal. We were stuffed. Good conversation.

Then I went with Guy out to where he works. I saw the three goats. One was a baby. It wanted me to pet it. There were five horses. One is a miniature. Three Cows. He fed the horses and groomed them.

We came home and watched a movie. I was trying to set up Net Flix to go on my TV from my laptop. Not good with that. My son tried to give me directions over the phone. Still couldn't get it. So we watched it on my laptop. It has a big screen. It was a good movie but don't ask me the name of it. Candace Cameron (the girl from Full House) was in it.

Today I got up and read the Sunday paper as usual. At least there were no attacks on the holiday like they were saying might happen. Had strawberry shortcake for breakfast. I had leftovers later most of the day of potato salad and  devilled eggs. That is a meal to me and a good one.

Now I am watching "Deck the Halls". Got Christmas movies in July  on Hallmark channel. Good ending to this 4th of July holiday.