Nibby Priest -Life On Purpose

Living at Mile Marker 803.9 of the Ohio River in Downtown Henderson KY

Easter 2009

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image What a wonderful Easter weekend we had.  Probably my most favorite holiday of the year is Good Friday.  This is one holiday that there are no expectations, no gifts to buy, no hurrying to get from place to place.  Just a pure day of relaxation and refreshment preparing for the triumphant reminder of the risen Lord on Easter Sunday.

This year was unique that we didn’t have a Easter Egg hunt for the kids.  They went to the other grandmothers house for Easter.

The adults enjoyed a “kid free” Easter lunch.

Saturday morning I started the prep for the Sunday meal.  Lots of  unique items went into this menu. 

The Spice Carrot Cake contained spices that Mary could have taken to the tomb.

The vegetable dish was a sauté of Snow Peas, Jicama and Morels.   Morels are a reminder to me of the beautiful spring and how they pop up from the ground so quickly reminds me of Christ rising from the dead.  One thing to remember about morels, if you find them growing somewhere and you harvest them, don’t tell others where you found them.  They are like gold.    Morels have a sweet nutty flavor.  Sherry Wine enhances that flavor.

See Slideshow below of the days food and event.

Did you hear about the Easter Bunny being inside my fridge when I opened it up Sunday morning?  I asked him what he was doing in there and he said, “Isn’t this a Westinghouse?”.

Happy Easter 2009.

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Email Bomb!

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We just returned from a few days of adventure and relaxation and just plain ole doing something different with my niece and nephew River & Sister Kally in St Louis Missouri.

We did several things all of were quite different and somewhat ordinary.

We laughed a lot, played games, talked listened to music.  All good.

Constantly I am working because of my *choice* to have technological gadgets (e.g. iPhone) and make myself totally connected.  I realized what a impact that has on my ability to disconnect.   Having and being a part of a small business has its perks, but many times you pay the cost in other areas of your life.

I constantly checked my iPhone for the latest email messages.  Several came and really didn’t realize how many came in till I consciously decided not to look at it every time I heard the chime of a new email in the box.   I felt the need to constantly check my twitter feed and my Facebook notifications.

Many times when I looked at my email they were another “bomb email” from the office and it put a damper on my mood and ability to communicate with the people that I was with.

So I few times I felt this was a negative in my ability to have a good time on vacation.

Do you think it is important when you go on vacation to turn off your email and other means to be connected?

“I just wanted to look like the Town Tramp . . .”

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Tonight 60 Minutes did a nice interview with my iconic hero Dolly Parton.

Watch that video below:

I have never seen her tear up on TV.  Notice that she never let her mascara run.  I never have heard the “pig” story either.  That story is somewhat strange, but leave it to Dolly.

What do we have to learn from people like Dolly Parton?

008By the way her funky pink rocker at the Cracker Barrel stores are not selling well.  The Henderson KY Store Still has number 16 of 1350.

This is a picture of me sitting in this rocking chair.  No, I am not going to buy it!

I can’t remember your name . . .

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questions Have you ever been out somewhere and a person comes up to you and says hello and calls you by name and you can’t begin to think of that persons name?

My parents are notorious about asking me “who is that?”.  Many times now I say to them before they have the chance “I don’t know who that is”.

I am so embarrassed that I can’t remember peoples names.

My excuse has been for years is that I work with a headset and computer in front of me and I can’t remember anything unless I have my computer in my face.  Yes, computers/databases have made me lazy when it comes to truly memorizing peoples names.

Last night while shopping at the big box store it happened to me twice.

At first I just acted like I knew the person (which I actually did) and tried to play it off.  I thought for a brief second and thought to myself –how fake! either you know the person or you don’t.

The way I handled the situation was to genuinely say “I’m embarrassed, but I can’t think of your name”.  I did that and felt much better.

People are so important to me and my family.  We love people and our relationships with various people.

One thing I am going to make a conscious effort to do is when I am in that situation to ASK their name and make another conscious effort to remember it.

What do you do when you can’t think of someone’s name and they know you?