The cows all have their little ones now and now my husband gets regular sleep again. Before, he and Jose' took turns each doing a full day on then off. It makes him a little grumpy sometimes when he is short on sleep.
He was right about the breakfasts it was a lot of food but the men are all very lean men. Too lean, in my darling's case. He is still short some pounds since he returned and is "pointy". I can feel it in the mornings. He got up early and made himself breakfast today which I do not approve of but he does it any how sometimes. We had a lot of left over corned bread so I imagine that and a half gallon of milk are now missing. He treats it like cereal. At least he did not make a mess that way. I do not approve of men being able to get their own food especially in the morning. Mother always said that if you feed a man first thing in the morning and give him coffee and do not talk much until after breakfast it is a good thing. It keeps the man happy and a well fed man is a faithful man. Love him at night and feed him as soon as he gets up. Between the loving and the smell of food and coffee in the morning he will not stray. Men think with their stomachs and their you-know-whats. Keep both happy and you will be happy. I do not want him to get in the habit of feeding himself when I am home. Besides he will eat the strangest things for breakfast if allowed to rummage in the kitchen on his own. Cold pizza! He does not even warm it up in the microwave first. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches with strawberry preserves. Corned bread and milk. Almost any leftover can be eaten by an American man for breakfast and my love has the stomach of a goat. I think it is because they avoid cooking and washing that way. I do admit I tried potato pancakes and they are very good but cold pizza? He will eat cold lumpia, too. In the winter time. Cold, left over ham or beef or chicken. He will eat deviled ham, or chipped ham, or potted meat or sardines in mustard sauce if left to his own devices for breakfast. He will even eat an onion and butter sandwich along with pickles! Is it any wonder I hate for him to feed himself? I am sure he will get indigestion but he eats anything and it never bothers him. American men in general I have found make some of the most amazing sandwiches. Pickles, onions and sardines or olive loaf and fried bananas or peanut butter and potato chips (in the sandwich!) or every type of leftover luncheon meat with relish and onions and mustard and two cheeses. Mr. Mayor likes pumpernicle bread with deviled ham and green onions and peanut butter. Ugh! You men!
I have found that if I feed him I have to have some sort of biscuits and of course coffee and any thing else I wish. I have actually grown fond of biscuits myself since he eats them with any meal he can. Another thing he likes is a "one eyed Texas stack" which is a stack of thin pancakes with an egg on top cooked over easy with butter and maple syrup. Maybe a few strips of bacon on the side for flavor. He loves Belgian waffles and occasionally I also make crepes for him.
The cows as I said all have their babies now. My friend the bull did a very good job but Don says we must have another bull. We have a second one but he is mean and I do not like him but my friend protects me from him too. But Don says that if we are to have more cows we need more bulls. It will make the paperwork harder but that is all. Except for the cost. He is right they are very expensive.
I am quite happy to have my man home for good. I am glad he did not take that job with the airports but I would not have said so. I like having him around where I can have him to myself. After all I have a lot of time to make up for since we did not meet as young people although I wish we had.
I hope no one here had relatives or friends on the boat that burned in the Phils.
I have to go now he will be back from his chores in a little while and I am going with him to the town to buy some supplies and also some special breads, there are two sorts we do not make here at home. Cream bread which is very good, and salt-rising bread which he likes but I think is terrible. He likes it with pickled onions and sardines. Oh, the man!
-VICKY
