Changing My Mind So I Can Be Healthy

There are times when you are bullied for things you have no control over.  What people don't realize at the time is how it shapes your mindset as you get older.  Not only are you bullied in your childhood, but in your adult life as well.

As a child, I was teased for being so skinny by my peers and adults.  There were so many names and different things adults used to tell me about how people with more meat on their bones looked better.  I worked so hard to look better that I almost killed myself doing it.

Thing is, I ate more than anyone else in the house.  As I got older, my eating habits drove me to gaining more weight than my health could handle.  As a result, my asthma attacks became worse.  How I got over this mindset and change was a great journey.  You must get over how people feel about you so you can treat yourself better.

Here is a shot of my sisters and little cousins in the front.  That's me in the rocking chair hiding because I was always to myself because I never felt pretty enough to be in front of a camera. That rocking chair was soothing to me.  It helped me escape and not think about people's words.  The picture is blurred on purpose to indicate how I felt because of the words that taunted me from others because I was so small.

Children take in more than you realize.  It is so important to watch what you say and how you say it.  You never know what the result may be.  So glad I worked to get over how people feel about the way I look.  It has caused me to live my life over with so many possibilities being fulfilled.

Were you bullied as a child because of the way you looked?  Did it carry into your adulthood?  Share with us below.

Much love,
Granny

Growing Up In The 70s

I was one of the fortunate beings growing up in the 70s.  It was a fun time to grow up in.  There were some bad times, but the good out weighed them all.  Here is a list of things I found on Google that we experienced during that time.

Photo courtesy of Google Images

Some of the other things I remembered experiencing were:

• Colored beads hanging in the doorways
• Big Afros
• Dashikis 
• The TV went off at 12 midnight
• You only had 3 stations to look at.  No remotes to the TV, only dials (the children were the remotes).  Rabbit ears on the TV (sometimes you put aluminum foil on the tips of the rabbit ears to pick up signals
• Lava lamps you stared at for hours
• Doughnut trucks coming to your neighborhood on Saturday mornings
• Ice cream trucks every evening when school was out
• Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, And Jimmy Carter were Presidents
• Mealtime with the family at the table was huge
• Splash parties where the kids played in the water shooting from the fire hydrants
• Sunday dinners at church after morning worship, or at a family members house on the regular
• Oldie but goodies playing on the hi-fi and we would pretend we were the groups singing (wearing some of Grandma's and Granddaddy's old clothes for costumes)
• Soul Train with Don Cornelius and American Band Stand with Dick Clark
• The famous Super Heroes were:  Superman, Wonder Woman, Almighty Isis, Evel Knievel, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Batman and Robin, Captain Marvel, etc....

My sisters and I growing up in the 70s.  Granny in the middle.

I'm sure there are way more other great things I can't seem to think of that was popular during that time.

Help a Granny out and post what great things you remember from that time in the comment section below.

Much love,
Granny

Egg Salad Sandwich

Today for lunch, I was craving an Egg Salad Sandwich really bad.  One of my first memories of having one was with my Paternal Grandparents.  They had great pleasure fixing me something to eat.  Although I was the 2nd oldest Grandchild, I was also the smallest of everyone.

My Grandparents often encouraged me to eat more (although I ate more than some of the grown ups) because most country folks believed you weren't pretty unless you were fat.  At least that's what they used to tell me.  If only they were able to see when I hit 220lbs.  So glad I lost most of it. 

Now for the recipe:

Ingredients:
2 eggs
Mayonnaise
Mustard
Chopped onion(optional)                                          
Grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Splash of lemon juice (optional)
White pepper (optional)


After boiling eggs, separate cooked yoke from eggs. Put into mixing bowl.  Mash egg yolks until fine in texture (or until yolk no longer looks whole, but crumbly).  Dice egg whites into small pieces.  Add into bowl.  Add remaining ingredients of choice.  Add and mix according to the texture that suits you (I prefer mine a little thick).

Put on bread of choice and enjoy.

Much love,
Granny


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Spinach Salad

Tonight's dinner was delicious.  One of my favorite things for dinner is Spinach Salad.  I don't have to tell you of all the good properties that come with it.  Mamma or Grandma have probably already told you so I'll just skip to the recipe.
*Some of the ingredients listed may not be viewed in the picture due to me eating before snapping the shot.

Mix in large bowl:
fresh spinach
sliced tomatoes
sliced red onions      
sliced cucumbers
black olives

Drizzle with oil and vinegar or dressing of choice.  You may also add or delete other ingredients you would rather have.  This is just the way I like it.  YUMMY!!!

Here's another post I did telling the story of how salad sandwiches became an important childhood memory for my sisters and I http://www.1elegantgranny.com/2012/11/salad-sandwiches.html

Hope you enjoy

Much love,
Granny


What did you have for dinner tonight?  Was it as simple as this?  Leave comments below.