just found the roaster in the kitchen and then found this story in my facebook notes. i had remembered wondering why my dad had bought it when he came home that day. i am so glad i had recorded this story in my facebook notes and just ran across it tonight, laughed remembered and am now sharing with you...
He is still making me laugh! i wrote...
Havin an old dude live with you who is Polish on top of it is a real challenge. yep, that would be my dad. He brought home an electric turkey roaster. Why? I asked. You dont even cook a turkey in the oven. this is the same as an oven and we have one that you do not use already. So he decided to make a roast in it.I thought ok an easy one and headed off with kids and bikes in tow for the ramps.
We got home starving and waited about an hour...It was getting late so I checked it at 700pm/. He said, i put the meat in at 330, and the vegetables at 430. Hmmm ok everything was not even close to being done. I asked why?
He said well, I have been cooking the meat at 150 degrees and then just turned it up ten minutes ago. It was on 300 degrees. I asked why? when a roast cooks in the oven at 325 and can be done in a couple of hours. He said, " well, when i cook it on the stovetop in a stew pot I cook it on low" Why me????
needless to say the meat is tough and not done. the vegetables still hard. The kids had tv dinners at 7 o clock. -usually i serve dinner by 6 at the latest. I am no less than amused at the entire situation and just had to share!
sun set 2010.
West Lake Davenport, Iowa it seemed so serene when i stopped by request to send photos of fall to friends across the country who miss fall. funny i cant picture anyone actually missing a season. guess they do on the west coast. I knew my dad would have loved to visit here that day. His resting place is near a much smaller lake much like this.
another sunset overlooking the Mississippi River.
Chicago Illinois.
i really should edit this one to turn in to the left. well just turn your head to the right and you will see a guy who resembles my father laying peacefully in the clouds! i looked up and directly in front of me in the sky across the entire interstate -this was what i SAW on my way home from chicago this year. IT WAS as if my dad knew and wanted to tell me he made the trip with me to chicago finally and was at peace.
with a little imagination hopes and dreams you to can find messages in the clouds! below is a picnik'd photo of what i saw in the clouds.
and that is super cool. i couldnt possibly help but to not add in this story. Cancer affects so many of us and our every day lives. Clouds are always there sending us messages in the shape of animals, words, people faces and things. it is up to us to use our imaginations and find the true messages from heaven in the clouds.
west lake fall 2010. to find beauty and peace and messages from Heaven we all must find a quiet serene place to think and enjoy the true meaning of life.
peaceful snow picture in Davenport, Iowa
He is still making me laugh! i wrote...
Havin an old dude live with you who is Polish on top of it is a real challenge. yep, that would be my dad. He brought home an electric turkey roaster. Why? I asked. You dont even cook a turkey in the oven. this is the same as an oven and we have one that you do not use already. So he decided to make a roast in it.I thought ok an easy one and headed off with kids and bikes in tow for the ramps.
We got home starving and waited about an hour...It was getting late so I checked it at 700pm/. He said, i put the meat in at 330, and the vegetables at 430. Hmmm ok everything was not even close to being done. I asked why?
He said well, I have been cooking the meat at 150 degrees and then just turned it up ten minutes ago. It was on 300 degrees. I asked why? when a roast cooks in the oven at 325 and can be done in a couple of hours. He said, " well, when i cook it on the stovetop in a stew pot I cook it on low" Why me????
needless to say the meat is tough and not done. the vegetables still hard. The kids had tv dinners at 7 o clock. -usually i serve dinner by 6 at the latest. I am no less than amused at the entire situation and just had to share!
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| angel photo. i know angels were watching over me on my last trip to Chicago this year. Angels and my father who seemed to say in a cloud message that he was resting at peace. keep reading! the cool picture of him in the clouds is in here. He wanted me to know he finally made the trip to chicago with me.You see while my dad was still on this earth he was very ill. Dying of cancer. He had asked to go with me to Chicago last year and we both knew he could not go along due to his oxygen tank health problems and cancer. I went with words unspoken to a doctor appointment scheduled weeks before |
sun set 2010.
West Lake Davenport, Iowa it seemed so serene when i stopped by request to send photos of fall to friends across the country who miss fall. funny i cant picture anyone actually missing a season. guess they do on the west coast. I knew my dad would have loved to visit here that day. His resting place is near a much smaller lake much like this.
another sunset overlooking the Mississippi River.
Chicago Illinois.
i really should edit this one to turn in to the left. well just turn your head to the right and you will see a guy who resembles my father laying peacefully in the clouds! i looked up and directly in front of me in the sky across the entire interstate -this was what i SAW on my way home from chicago this year. IT WAS as if my dad knew and wanted to tell me he made the trip with me to chicago finally and was at peace.
with a little imagination hopes and dreams you to can find messages in the clouds! below is a picnik'd photo of what i saw in the clouds.
and that is super cool. i couldnt possibly help but to not add in this story. Cancer affects so many of us and our every day lives. Clouds are always there sending us messages in the shape of animals, words, people faces and things. it is up to us to use our imaginations and find the true messages from heaven in the clouds. 
west lake fall 2010. to find beauty and peace and messages from Heaven we all must find a quiet serene place to think and enjoy the true meaning of life.
peaceful snow picture in Davenport, Iowa
I was irritated to no end with my father. He was stubborn and demanding. he was funny and absolutely could light up a room wherever he went and make everyone smile! he loved playing jokes on everyone to make them laugh. He is an inspiration that even though some people may turn their backs on you and it may seem like you have lost everything that life goes on and we must continue to live life to its fullest and enjoy everything life has to offer. Knowing he was ill he did come back to be with his daughters and grandchildren. for that I am truly grateful he moved to Iowa just 6 yrs ago after living in New Jersey since i was a teenager. i did visit a few times and yes he was ill the entire time since he moved back which didnt make things very easy. I only wish now even after spending so much time with him that i had spent even more time with him.
losing my job after being injured at work did not help my situation at all in the finance department but it was in a way a blessing for without the trips to a doctor in chicago from the injury this story wouldnt have been possible. i did get to spend more time with my father while not working. that alone is another blessing in disguise and well the cloud pictures speak for themselves that people even lost to cancer are still with us in Heaven.
Even when we thought we have lost it all God does provide for us and does provide healing in times of pain. Even when we think our loved ones are gone forever we can sometimes find messages from them all the way from heaven in the clouds.
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date jan 9 2015...new entry...
and here it is 2015...several years later...thank goodness for the internet where i can remember these little blogpages i wrote many years ago.....i just offered some support to a nurse who lost a patient in a nursing home....here it is....maybe it can help someone you know as well...i thought i wrote it very well...and what better spot than here to put it...for those in need of comfort.
sorry for your unexpected loss. thank goodness for another angel in heaven...while we cannot live forever and we are sad to see them go, thank God for bringing us more angels they are worth more than gold. just made that up to maybe help... a little.. Prayers for peace and strength in your time of need.
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