I found it?? Remember that bumper sticker?

So, I am walking home from my volunteer time at the children's dental clinic.  Photos to follow, and Denny comes driving by and offers to give me a ride home.  ( I walk pretty much every where these days)  

I am settling into the seat, and taking a swig of my bottled water;  when Denny says, " I saw Jesus today!"   I swear, I coughed and choked until the water I was drinking came out my nose and partially covered the windshield.  I look at him in disbelief, I mean we are not heathens, but we are not bible thumpers either.

"On the rock" says he.  "The rock in the shrine at the end of the Malacon" Denny and I have studied that rock in its pretty nitch many times on our morning walk, people come from all around to see it, light candles, bringing flowers and just pray. We have never seen any thing imprinted in that silly rock.  "No way!"  I say "Yes" Denny says "We have just been there when the sun was wrong."  Sure enough, he drove me down the street to prove his point.  I wiped the slobber off the windshield and there it was,   I didn't even have to get out of the car. We came home and looked at the photo I had taken a month ago, and had not paid attention to, and there really is, an image of a bearded man! 

The Children's Dental Clinic, is run by Snow Birds that live here in the winter.  They have gotten a group of volunteer Dentists and assistants, from a group   named STRETCH,  to come every year and examine and treat the children of the village. This is their 6 or 7th year.  They saw and treated over 800 children in the 3 weeks they were here!  I sure hope the people of this little town realize and appreciate the great gift that is given to their children every year.  I worked with exam charting and could see marked improvement in the dental history of these kids.  Some charts of 4 years ago filled with cavities to a no cavity exam 2-3 years in a row!  WOW .  The equipment is probably out dated, but it does look and work like a real dentist treatment room.  The exam room is out side with the kids in plastic patio chairs leaning back into the exam dentists lap. Enjoy the photos...

Now if I can just buy some small bottles and sell Holy water at the shrine, we will have our house built in no time! Will have to come up with a catchy label...Humm.  I better quit while I am ahead.

Ahh! Sundays

I love Sundays! But now that we are retired, is Sunday any different than Wednesday?  Well I guess so, for now anyway. As you all know I have a restaurant background and love to cook. Thought I would be sick of cooking by now, and not eating in a restaurant everyday I would be loosing mega pounds, pounds just melting off every week....wrong.  


Our corner market has a yard full of chickens and we have been enjoying fresh eggs from their ground fed hens.  Yesterday I made home made sausage for our breakfast today.  We really do try to limit breakfast meat to Sundays.  The sausage was yummy, and I think healthy too, as there are no preservatives and very little salt in it.  The  pork was so lean I really did have to put PAM on the griddle.  Then there were the potatoes, better that I not mention the butter, cheese, crumbled bacon and green onions that put them right over the top!  But, HECK, it is Sunday!


A Rancher gave us a big bowl of fresh tomatoes and Tomatillos, made the green sauce a few days ago, and have the Roma tomatoes simmering on the stove. I have even been making our own Whole Wheat Bread. Hate fast food ..So what is my problem with the weight? 

Conversation with my Dr. in February.  

Judie: "I really know  a lot about, and eat very healthy and nutritious food"


Dr. "Yes Judie, I understand that,  you just  eat too much healthy nutritious food! " 


Damn Him! 


Ok so once and a while I will post recipes.  Here is how to make wonderful Breakfast Sausage , so quick and easy. This calls for 2 pounds of lean pork, you could use half turkey, I think all turkey may be too dry.  Give it a try. Eat your heart out Jimmy Dean!


Mix in a bowl: Makes about, 16,  2 ounce patties.


2 pounds of lean ground pork
3 teaspoons dried sage
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1tsp marjoram
1 TBL brown sugar
1 tsp red pepper flakes (to your heat taste)
4 big cloves  fine minced garlic
and because I had fresh rosemary I put small chopped leaves from 3 pretty long sprigs in.
I made it the night before to let the flavors meld.  Make into patties and fry on lightly greased (PAM) griddle on Med heat until just cooked through. Please do not over cook and crisp and dry them up.  Remember a recipe like this is only a guide, mix up your spices, do what want.  Baking cakes and such, you need to follow directions. 


I just have to add, that at exactly noon, Denny asked me "what's for lunch?"  Sorry Charlie, your on your own today for lunch.

Top.  Javier minding the store, Whole Foods and Mega it is not! Middle: Their little market, just 50 steps from our gate. Bottom:  Maria gathering eggs, from the side yard,  for our breakfast Tomorrow.