[blparent] Jo Elizabeth. Re: What-You-Got Casserole

Thu Apr 30 23:43:48 UTC 2009

I've definitely had to relax my standards of neatness in the last year or 
so.  I used to have no clutter anywhere, and putting everything away right 
after using it was almost an obsession with me.  But between Gerald and 
STEPHEN AND Sarah, I've learned how to kick a clear path with my feet for 
now, and that's okay, as long as everything dangerous is kept out of Sarah's 
reach.  There's a standing rule--if you don't want the baby to get 
something, put it up.  If she gets it because it wasn't out of her reach, I 
don't want to hear about it.

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
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Subject: [blparent] Jo Elizabeth. Re: What-You-Got Casserole

>I think it's funny that you call her Hurricane Sarah. My room usually looks 
>like Hurricane Gabbie went through it. LOL.
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> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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>>I used to put braille labels on my cans, but I haven't had the time 
>>lately. I don't really use a whole lot of canned goods anyway, since I 
>>usually cook fresh.  As to putting things on different shelves, Hurricane 
>>Sarah has seen to the end of that!
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
>> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
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>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole
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>>> Lol. Perhas you should put raille labels on your cans.  That is what I 
>>> do when I can have someone over to read them to me.  For the moment, i 
>>> put canned meats and soups on one shelf, and fruits and vegies on 
>>> another. Sounds like your little one wanted ot have some fun.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:00 PM
>>> Subject: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole
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>>>
>>>>I had a funny little misadventure in the kitchen this morning.  Sarah, 
>>>>now fourteen months old, has figured out how to get into the carousel 
>>>>cupboard where my dry and canned foods are stored.  I didn't know just 
>>>>how disorganized the canned goods had gotten till I opened up a tin of 
>>>>what I thought would be fruit cocktail.  Wrong!  It was beef stew, and 
>>>>it smelled awful, not because it was bad but just because it wasn't what 
>>>>I expected. I put the stew in a plastic tub so Gerald could take it to 
>>>>lunch.  Then I again went on the quest for fruit cocktail.  I came up 
>>>>with the can that just had to be it, since I could identify some of the 
>>>>others as soups, and a few of the labels I could read with my Optacon. 
>>>>I opened the can, once more expecting fruit cocktail.  Wrong!  This time 
>>>>is was corned beef hash. I should have known when the can didn't slosh 
>>>>much, but I was sure I'd been dead on.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, the point is, I decided that the only way to keep from wasting 
>>>> food was to make a casserole.  So the stew, the hash, a left over half 
>>>> of a baked potato, and a left over pork chop cut in tiny pieces, along 
>>>> with some mushrooms, went into a baking dish.  I'm going to bake it up 
>>>> tonight, throw some Cheddar cheese on top, and hope for the best.  If 
>>>> it tastes good, I might even pretend I meant to make it that way.  If 
>>>> it's yucky--well, life with a baby has its interesting moments.
>>>>
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be 
>>>> changed until it is faced."--James Baldwin
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