I'm a lumberjack

 

Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today, Honey?  You must be busy, what with a sparkling new Masters to point at the flaring nostrils of your Society.  "Here, take a sniff of this!"  Well, whatever it is you're doing, please take good care of your health and safety because you are so very precious to me.  While you were busy being a beautiful girl, I went back to tackle that fallen tree at the side of my grandfather's old house.  Today's task was a little more difficult.  There was a large branch that was hanging over the scrub that borders the neighbors yard, and I need to move it away from the perimeter before it gets overrun with creepers.  All I had was a machete, and a teeny weeny bit of strength.  No, I don't have a chainsaw.  I needed to get this task done today because tomorrow is laundry day, and I need to chuck the long sleeved tee (mosquito protection) I would be wearing into the wash.  It would be drenched with sweat.  I managed to get some minor branches removed, then I had to tackle that thick part.  Which I did with patience, but the branch was weighted towards the neighbor's yard and I couldn't twist it off.  Not yet, it needs more work.  Maybe I should use that axe I keep at the head of my bed.  I keep it there just in case I need to kill something.  Nah, I don't think I need it.  InshaAllah.

The indoor grill

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  Still celebrating, or are you getting busy?  I hope you are well, and enjoying yourself.  It's just an ordinary day over here for me.  I wanted chicken breast for lunch today, but I didn't want it too moist.  So the way to get that is to grill it.  But I didn't want to fire up the outdoor grill just for one chicken breast.  I thought if I slowly heated up some charcoal in a pan then it would provide a nice grill.  It did work, but too slowly.  The chicken did cook, but had a jerky texture from the slow grill.  Plus, I couldn't wait anymore because I got hungry so I ate the chicken kabobs unfinished.  It was good though.  Next time, I'll raise the heat up.  Practice, practice, practice!

Congratulations Honey!

 

I'm so proud of you!  You have achieved more than I could ever dream of.  You have that look on your face that says "Oh no, what next?"  Don't be afraid Natty, everything is going to work out just awesome for you and us inshaAllah.  Maybe you're thinking of what to do next.  Doesn't your society have plans for you?  What I want is for you to keep yourself safe, unharmed and healthy whatever you do, while you wait for me to have paid for our marriage.  Please trust me, I'm all for you body and soul!  Better yet, trust in Allah to bring us together.  I love you with all of my heart.

I need stronger coffee

 Oh, pretty girl!  In pink pants!  Or are you a boy who wears pink pants?  That must be California I'm looking at, the survivors of a wildfire.  That ground sure looks dry to me, but I don't think there is enough kindle there to sustain another fire at this time.  Wish I were there with you, my love.

Ugh... I need stronger coffee.  These coffee sticks don't have the muscle to keep me awake while Mary Unknown7 sings.  I felt like my heart was going to stop.  It it just me, or does anyone else who listens to her have the same problem?  I got a sinus cavity infection about 2:30 am.  I took one too many pills to combat it, so I woke up at 9:45 am later and felt sluggish all day.  Recent events made me a bit paranoid, and that made me miss a delivery.  It's just a free cell phone, nothing I really needed, but it's nice to have another toy.  I did manage to leave the house today.  I did some shopping for my mother, and I bought more potatoes.  Dammit, I forgot to buy more coffee!

Coincidence

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope you are well, and everything is easy for you.  It's Sunday, and busy as usual.  I cleaned my mother's bedroom in the morning, then I had leftovers for lunch.  The Internet cut out 20 minutes into Mary Unknown7's set today.  If it had been a hack then it was a lame one, because the Internet was back up and running 20 minutes later.  16 hours earlier, Israel blew up a building that housed some global media organizations.  Note that the target was neither Hamas nor Palestine.  The target deserves part of the blame in this case.  If they were to pool all their resources into one spot during a war, of course it would become a military target.  It was a lame hack, though.  Perhaps the media would learn to spread out their base over a larger area.  This is the Internet age, one could run a media center out of an outhouse if need be.

I spent the evening breaking down the tree that had fallen alongside my grandfather's old house.  It has been raining a lot lately, so I had to cover all my skin with clothing and wear a hat because the air was thick with mosquitoes.  The dangerous type too, the black and white mosquitoes.  Please remember this mosquito, Natty.  It is extremely dangerous.

The mosquitoes were overwhelming me, so I had to start a fire somehow to get some smoke happening.  Good thing the tree was rotted out, that the rain didn't have much effect on it and I was able to burn it up.  I discovered the cause of death of the tree: termites.  The crown was enormous, and all I could do was snap off bits and pieces of it to throw into the fire.  I managed to clear out a lot of the smaller branches today.  It was a blessing that the tree fell perfectly parallel to the old house without killing anything, not even another plant.  It was a blessing, not a coincidence.

Qur'an 20210516

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

142.  The fools among the people will say, "What has turned them from the direction of prayer to which they were used?"  Say, "To Allah belong East and West."  God guides whom God will to a way that is straight.

(The Heifer 1:142)

Chilli sauce

 Hi Natty!  How are you feeling?  I hope you are feeling great and having a fabulous time.  Don't you be sad, because you are beautiful and you are MY girl.  Just keep yourself safe and healthy, OK?  For us.

Apparently I was mistaken about the chilli sauce that I bought.  I accidentally bought a bottle of chilli sauce when I intended to buy soy sauce, and it has remained unopened until today.  That's because my experience with chilli sauce is that it has ketchup and sugar in it.  But this sauce, cheap though it is, has no tomatoes in it.  That's what I would recommend for chilli sauce folks, choose the one that has no tomatoes in it ingredients.  this sauce I have was quite tasty, and went well with my fries.  It still had a lot of sugar, though.  But I guess it would be impossible to find a bottled chilli sauce, or ketchup, that had no sugar or sweetener.  Impossible!  I would have to make such a sauce myself.