meanwhile...

I am a little disturbed about all these earthquakes, tsunamis, floods...etc..etc..
Some of my friends are touting 2012..armageddon...etc..hummmm
What do you think?
As a (relatively) intelligent, or leastways well educated person, I fail to see how ANYONE can safely predict the future! Especially the date of the demise of humankind...hmmmm again...
As Sarah Connor tells us in Terminator..." there is no fate but what we make for ourselves"
I am inclined to agree. However, to contradict myself slightly, I also subscribe to the "everything happens for a reason" theory.
A little confusing, maybe, but you have to admit, a little less doomsdayish than 'the world will end'
Perhaps saying that all things happen for a reason is just my way of rationalising past events and making some sense out of the senseless.
Either way, it is little comfort to those getting shaken from their beds by an earthquake or washed downstream by a raging torrent.
Meanwhile it has been a very eventful week familywise! My eldest daughter had a couple of days feeling a little under the weather, my daughter Natalie sent me a little snippet of my beautiful grandson chatting away to himself and it made my day and my son and his girlfriend came for dinner on Tuesday.
The husband and I have also had a very stressful week, with shop sales down (including possibly the quietest friday on record) but very busy writing a new cookbook and working on our internet meat business. With all these natural disasters, the price of meat has skyrocketted, thus sending many carnivores scurrying towards grilled cheese on toast. I am not sure what is going to happen in the market, but the bubble must burst soon, or so you would think...but the suppliers gave us another price hike for Monday, so it is anybody's guess.
If the doomsdayers are to be believed, it is just all a waste of time, but I am convinced we are purposefully engaged and working towards something big, rewarding and as a clairvoyant once told me...FRUITFULL!!
Keeping that in mind, at least make the most of the weekend, rain or not and perhaps think about which side of the coin you subscribe to...
cheers...xxx