Friday, Amy and Connie and I barged in on Fred and Sherry about 10 p.m. They were good with it. Saturday, made deviled eggs like it seems I do every Saturday, radio show, went to the Kling Riboff where I drank several beers and some Scotch and ate ribs and a ton of other stuff including desserts then went to Tunafest and partied on down with the Welders playing until I walked home with Sherry about 1:30 a.m. Connie Ziss introduced me to some people who wanted to know who Daddy's Girl was and the woman told me the man had to stop everything on Saturday at 2 to listen to my radio show. Plus Sam told me he loved my show.
The next day, Tunafest continued with the Elderly Bros. in the afternoon. Also watched Pulp Fiction off and on. What a great movie.
I had entertained briefly the idea of going to New Orleans the weekend of Aug. 11-12 but decided I would wait and go in October. I have some blog posts from last October that attest to the cold weather here then. Plus we're going to Madison the next weekend and then it's
* My mom's birthday weekend
* Labor Day weekend
* the Swamp
* To New York
* a weekend home
* Put in Bay
* the Harvest Party
* then New Orleans
My mom and sister have somehow purchased a mobile home together and are moving in there Thursday. Good luck to them.
Tomorrow night, Annie and I going to see Sonny Landreth at the Ark. Thursday will call for massive watering as the temps are in the low 90s for several days. There were maybe 3 days of rain last week.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
where does the time go?
Look, it's almost two weeks since my last post.
Last weekend, we went to see the Twistin' Tarantulas at DeSimone's. Amy drove. Kudos on that. They rocked out and we must try to get them for the Swamp. Saturday, I did a radio show and we went to Kim and Jim's and partied on down, even after the bats came out. Sunday, I drank beer too early and then went to Jenks's for Crab legs and other items and then Monday, I was tuckered out. I watched Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Tuesday, I had to go to the Mud Hens game with people from work which was a fine time but I am still not recovered from the weekend. And it's Thursday. And then there's my contention that the last week of July and the first week of August every year I get this funkiness/allergy thing that makes me .... something. Sluggish, contentious, restless.
I applied for a job in Broomfield, Colorado, doing a community website for a company called Gaiam. You can see that's in in beta which means it's not ready for full exposure and I love that part of web stuff, building from the ground up. Plus it pays $100,000 to $120,000. That's in my price range. Think good thoughts.
This weekend, there's the Kling riboff and the Welders at TunaFest, both on Saturday. It will take an extreme act of will to attend both. Amy will be out of town for this.
Last weekend, we went to see the Twistin' Tarantulas at DeSimone's. Amy drove. Kudos on that. They rocked out and we must try to get them for the Swamp. Saturday, I did a radio show and we went to Kim and Jim's and partied on down, even after the bats came out. Sunday, I drank beer too early and then went to Jenks's for Crab legs and other items and then Monday, I was tuckered out. I watched Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Tuesday, I had to go to the Mud Hens game with people from work which was a fine time but I am still not recovered from the weekend. And it's Thursday. And then there's my contention that the last week of July and the first week of August every year I get this funkiness/allergy thing that makes me .... something. Sluggish, contentious, restless.
I applied for a job in Broomfield, Colorado, doing a community website for a company called Gaiam. You can see that's in in beta which means it's not ready for full exposure and I love that part of web stuff, building from the ground up. Plus it pays $100,000 to $120,000. That's in my price range. Think good thoughts.
This weekend, there's the Kling riboff and the Welders at TunaFest, both on Saturday. It will take an extreme act of will to attend both. Amy will be out of town for this.
Monday, July 16, 2007
racing through summer
Last Thursday, we saw Bob Dylan at the Toledo Zoo. It was great. Lou Ann Barton and Jimmie Vaughan were just going through the motions, I thought. Dylan did some old favorites, like Like a Rolling Stone and Lay Lady Lay with new tempos. The band was tight. Took a couple of blurry pictures with my cell phone, which I will not post. Too blurry.
Wednesday was GNO where we swapped stuff and I brought home a straw hat and bottle of Murphy's oil soap and a Cleopatra necklace.
Friday, I was a good girl until about 10 p.m. when I went over to Annie's and drank beer and played the guitar and sang.
Saturday, Amy and I went to the car show downtown and ate at Call of the Canyon. Bought an Italian hand-painted pitcher at the trunk show where Mrs. Barker tried to sell me Mr. Wonderful, a doll that when you squeezed his hand, he said things like "Going shopping by yourself? Why don't you let me come and carry your bags?" and "Heavens, no those pants don't make you look fat." Then I did a radio show and then made some pasta with asparagus and onion and Portabellas and good cheese and cream and wine sauce. Losing some weight.
Sunday, I cleared out the rest of the back "garden" to be ready to plant something if we ever get any rain.
Jim and Kim's pond party this Saturday. Hope you can make it. Listening to Chet Atkins and Doc Watson's "Reflections." Got a couple of movies from the library, which I will watch one of now.
Wednesday was GNO where we swapped stuff and I brought home a straw hat and bottle of Murphy's oil soap and a Cleopatra necklace.
Friday, I was a good girl until about 10 p.m. when I went over to Annie's and drank beer and played the guitar and sang.
Saturday, Amy and I went to the car show downtown and ate at Call of the Canyon. Bought an Italian hand-painted pitcher at the trunk show where Mrs. Barker tried to sell me Mr. Wonderful, a doll that when you squeezed his hand, he said things like "Going shopping by yourself? Why don't you let me come and carry your bags?" and "Heavens, no those pants don't make you look fat." Then I did a radio show and then made some pasta with asparagus and onion and Portabellas and good cheese and cream and wine sauce. Losing some weight.
Sunday, I cleared out the rest of the back "garden" to be ready to plant something if we ever get any rain.
Jim and Kim's pond party this Saturday. Hope you can make it. Listening to Chet Atkins and Doc Watson's "Reflections." Got a couple of movies from the library, which I will watch one of now.
Monday, July 09, 2007
hot and sweaty
And not in a good way. Generally, the one room AC does a good job in my little house but right now I'm roasting, or poaching, or something because I decided to clean the floor and woodwork in my bedroom, the last remaining room to get hardwood care. Which you would know if you have been hanging on every blog entry. I put up new miniblinds which of course, one of them the bracket is one-zillionth of an inch too close to the other one so I have to take it down and make new screw holes but they are up and the curtains are washed. Now, if that bitch cat breaks off slats on the new miniblinds, the Humane Society will have a new guest.
I was going to put a burger on the grill but damn, it's hot so I'm having the three-beer dinner.
Last night, when I came home to water, I was accosted by the old lady next door who has a stuffed bear screwed securely to a plastic stand that has a Fourth of July outfit on. The bear, not the stand. Little red white and blue jacket, hat and bowtie. Plus she has a whole bag of other holiday outfits for it and she has chosen the Easter apron and head bow for me to affix. Apparently, the velcro fastenings are beyond her skills. I point out it's an Easter outfit but she doesn't care. I asked her how long the bear had been sporting the Independence Day ensemble and she says, "Since you have lived here". That's been 8 years. THEN she brings out twin baby dolls about 8 inches high, wearing little camisoles and diapers and has me check them out because they are anatomically correct. She has them sitting in a little white rocker in her house, she tells me. And today, when the dog warden came around checking for dogs without licenses, Mrs. CL retrieves a couple of stuffed pups and says these are all the pets she has. Ha Ha. I bet the warden found that to be scintillating.
My daughter called tonight, bemoaning all the vacation time she has to take before the end of '07. She's going to New Orleans with her gentleman friend, as she refers to him, in September, where his parents live. Plus she tells me Tom has decided long-distance love ain't gettin' it with Hidy and he has a 33-year-old scientist girlfriend now.
Now if I can just collect some treasures to take to GNO on Wednesday, I'll have put in a full week.
I was going to put a burger on the grill but damn, it's hot so I'm having the three-beer dinner.
Last night, when I came home to water, I was accosted by the old lady next door who has a stuffed bear screwed securely to a plastic stand that has a Fourth of July outfit on. The bear, not the stand. Little red white and blue jacket, hat and bowtie. Plus she has a whole bag of other holiday outfits for it and she has chosen the Easter apron and head bow for me to affix. Apparently, the velcro fastenings are beyond her skills. I point out it's an Easter outfit but she doesn't care. I asked her how long the bear had been sporting the Independence Day ensemble and she says, "Since you have lived here". That's been 8 years. THEN she brings out twin baby dolls about 8 inches high, wearing little camisoles and diapers and has me check them out because they are anatomically correct. She has them sitting in a little white rocker in her house, she tells me. And today, when the dog warden came around checking for dogs without licenses, Mrs. CL retrieves a couple of stuffed pups and says these are all the pets she has. Ha Ha. I bet the warden found that to be scintillating.
My daughter called tonight, bemoaning all the vacation time she has to take before the end of '07. She's going to New Orleans with her gentleman friend, as she refers to him, in September, where his parents live. Plus she tells me Tom has decided long-distance love ain't gettin' it with Hidy and he has a 33-year-old scientist girlfriend now.
Now if I can just collect some treasures to take to GNO on Wednesday, I'll have put in a full week.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
No wonder my house is such a mess
Thursday night, Amy and I had a little pre-birthday beveraging. Friday we took off for the big adventure around noon. Got to Schedel Gardens in Elmore where it was beautiful and hot. But not near as hot as it got Saturday and today. So in no particular order, here are the pictures. Some big damn lilies. (Remember, you can click on the pictures to see a larger version.)
The wimmen on a bench.
There was a wedding while we were there. At the altar.
The bride gliding into the wedding area.
Manny Enriquez's Bailadores Flamencos. Unfinished.
Note frog on lily pad.
After the gardens, we went to Genoa and had a beer and went to Packer Creek Pottery and then drove up to Point Place and had dinner at Webber's out on the patio and went to a biker bar in East Toledo to hear Tina Lee and Random Blues and then went back to Amy's and continued drinking until after midnight. The next day, I had a radio show and then we went to Lyle and Judy's pond party. Here are some revelers.
Here's a little video of Joe singing Blue Bayou.
So today, I went to Kay's pool because it was about 95 degrees. She has lovely plantings around because apparently they have got some rain in Toledo. Unlike here.
The wimmen on a bench.
There was a wedding while we were there. At the altar.
The bride gliding into the wedding area.
Manny Enriquez's Bailadores Flamencos. Unfinished.
Note frog on lily pad.
After the gardens, we went to Genoa and had a beer and went to Packer Creek Pottery and then drove up to Point Place and had dinner at Webber's out on the patio and went to a biker bar in East Toledo to hear Tina Lee and Random Blues and then went back to Amy's and continued drinking until after midnight. The next day, I had a radio show and then we went to Lyle and Judy's pond party. Here are some revelers.
Here's a little video of Joe singing Blue Bayou.
So today, I went to Kay's pool because it was about 95 degrees. She has lovely plantings around because apparently they have got some rain in Toledo. Unlike here.
Monday, July 02, 2007
WEirD WorK WEEk
Everybody is in hold mode, like they have Wednesday off so they can't really get into work and then when they come back, they work 2 days and it's a weekend. So it's like the whole week is a weekend.
Yesterday, I accomplished some stuff and did not other stuff. But man that refrigerator looks like a new one. I threw away 4 Meijer bags of detritus. Now there's room for beer in TWO places. Which was my goal. It's good to have goals.
Last night, Amy served up casing dogs and mac salad and we had corn on the cob and pea salad and chocolate Klondike bars for dessert. While drinking wine outdoors in the sunshine. It's what summer's all about.
Now I've decided to take the week between Labor Day and the Swamp off. I'll need the break between summer parties and September, which is non-stop fun and activity.
It looks like Jimmy Davis plays at the Historic Broadway Tavern most Saturday nights. Maybe he'll be there the weekend of Ribberfest.
Now I fear the Kling Riboff is the same night as the Big Fat Momma's Booty Band is at the Toledo Ribfest, the one run by Citifest. Conflicts.
Listening to The Iguanas' "Plastic Silver Nine-Volt Heart."
Yesterday, I accomplished some stuff and did not other stuff. But man that refrigerator looks like a new one. I threw away 4 Meijer bags of detritus. Now there's room for beer in TWO places. Which was my goal. It's good to have goals.
Last night, Amy served up casing dogs and mac salad and we had corn on the cob and pea salad and chocolate Klondike bars for dessert. While drinking wine outdoors in the sunshine. It's what summer's all about.
Now I've decided to take the week between Labor Day and the Swamp off. I'll need the break between summer parties and September, which is non-stop fun and activity.
It looks like Jimmy Davis plays at the Historic Broadway Tavern most Saturday nights. Maybe he'll be there the weekend of Ribberfest.
Now I fear the Kling Riboff is the same night as the Big Fat Momma's Booty Band is at the Toledo Ribfest, the one run by Citifest. Conflicts.
Listening to The Iguanas' "Plastic Silver Nine-Volt Heart."
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