A Recipe for Exhaustion
Ingredients:
40 lbs. potatoes
35 medium onions (swimming goggles to prevent crying)
44 carrots
18 bell peppers
10 whole chickens (dead
210 oz. of canned tomatoes, chickpeas and artichokes.
15 humongous stock pots
5 skillets
6 people desperately trying to get to Uganda
About 4 additional friends not trying to get to Uganda, but who are selfless givers of their time
2 poorly equipped church kitchens
4 burners that only work on "high"
Directions:
Spend two hours chopping vegetables
Curse at the stoves for almost burning the roux
Make countless trips up and down stairs transporting vegetables from one kitchen to the other
Spend the next 10 hours making ungodly amounts of soup for a Godly purpose
The next day, sell all of the soup in honor of the Feast Day of James Hannington, the first bishop and Martyr of Uganda.
Emerge on the other end exhausted, smelling like onions, and loving each other more - and with about 3x the profit you expected.
3 comments:
Grrr....I just typed this whole long essay in answer to your question about teeth cleaning, and it poofed. Heart and soul went into it. Stupid blogger.
Anyway.
Getting Moses' teeth cleaned is a really good idea if your vet recommended it. It has been shown to help prevent other health problems later on. Which makes sense, because although the tongue is the cleanest part of an animal's body, the teeth are the dirtiest. All kinds of bacteria build up on their teeth, which can lead to more serious problems later on.
Teeth cleaning (prophy) is a surgery that vets do all the time. At my practice it is the surgery given most frequently. It is a pretty straight-forward procedure. It involves sanding down the junk that is on their teeth. The vet won't know if extractions need to be made until they actually start the procedure. It is one of the least invasive surgeries, and the most traumatic part of it for a pet is being put under anesthetic.
Restrictions post-surgery are very light. Soft food for a couple of days. Occassionally we will administer antibiotics if a pet's mouth was particularly bad, but that is done more as a precaution than anything else.
Let me know if you have any other questions! I will give it my best shot! Cuddle Moses for me!
Feast Day of James Hannington? Whatever happened to Robbie Burns day? You should have sold the sheep stomach pudding, that would have got you to Uganda.
So glad it went well, despite the grueling nature of the whole affair. Miss you, dear. So glad you've been posting more. I check compulsively but rarely do I see as much payout as I have of late. Hugs!
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