Yesterday it was a blazing 92 degrees for the Memorial Day party. There were many many salads, burgs, brats and Bob's homemade ice cream for dessert. People pretty much cleared out around 8:15, exhausted from the heat. Thanks to Annette and Doug for the clean-up at the end.
I stayed up way too late playing my guitar and consequently got up at 10:30 today. 10:30!! I haven't done that in years.
So today was pretty much a waste: I finished tidying up the yard and did dishes and called my mom in advance of going down there Thursday when I thought I could take her to ODJFS to see why she doesn't get Medicaid. Also she has refused totally to consider moving to assisted living. I can understand this from a wanting to be independent as long as possible point of view. Moving in there is recognition that things are winding down. But she's fallen a couple times lately, because of dizziness from sudden bending over. And I know her doctor appointments keep my sister frazzled.
In a few minutes I'm embarking on some dinner: the Nicoise salad (green beans, potatoes, hardboiled eggs, olives, tomatoes with olive oil dressing) and a raspberry tart thing that has no crust and only 3 tablespoons of sugar in it. To go with some sockeye salmon that I found a very simple recipe for on the Epicurious iPad app.
Big storms on tap for tonight in advance of a slight cooling trend, which will be good for GNO tomorrow night at Connie Dipuccio's. Maybe I'll hit the Goodwill tomorrow for some appropriate tea party attire.
I did scroll through the Ohio Means Jobs website today but didn't see anything. I gotta start making lists of things to do or I will be WORTHLESS. Everyone just says take it easy for the summer, but I think if I can get through June without total panic setting in, I will be doing good.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
whirlwind vacation
I left Sat. morning and the flights were unremarkable. Well, except that I got a text Friday afternoon that my flight out of Detroit was delayed an hour and a half. But that worked out OK as I would have had a 3-hour layover in Dallas which was then just an hour or so.
I got to LA and Anne picked me up at the airport. We went to a cantina and had some nachos and margaritas. Then she drove me out to Malibu to see some beaches and I was a very bad car passenger. One, driving with my kids always freaks me out and two, we were in California traffic on the 101. Or something. She is a really good driver but I couldn't help but jam my foot on the floor for simulated braking. Later we went out for dim sum at Bao. Then we got a bottle of Jack Daniel's Honey and a bottle of wine and went back to her place where we drank the wine.
Sunday, we had brunch at Grub, which is only 3 blocks from where Anne lives and across the street from Glen Glenn Sound. Which you old people will remember from every TV show in the 60s.
We left for Vegas about noon and I was a very bad car passenger until we got out of LA and on to I-15. The scenery is straight out of No Country for Old Men out there in the desert.
We checked into the Tropicana around 4. The whole place has been remodeled and the room was spacious and nicely appointed. We had a couple of drinks in the room and made a dinner reservation at Mon Ami Gabi in the Paris resort.
We took a cab up to Fremont St. which is where some of the old Vegas casinos like the Golden Nugget are. But it has been turned into the Fremont Experience, with this big canopy over the whole street onto which is projected a light show with songs and a panoply of images relevant to the song, which in our case was American Pie.
Also up there were a man holding a poodle wearing glasses and an Irish hat with which you could have your picture taken, a balloon twisting clown, some zip line ride overhead, various vendor carts, etc. Overall, it was overwhelming. I lost my first casino money playing Texas Hold Em at Binion's. There is also this part called Fremont East that just looked creepy so we didn't cross the street to experience it. We took this agonizingly slow bus back down the strip to the Paris for dinner. By the end of the ride, Anne had had it with me and my attitude of whatever was wrong with me. I just couldn't get down with the experience. I don't blame her one bit.
We had scallops and steak Bearnaise and warm berry crumble at Mon Ami Gabi and everything went fine until I tried to pay with the only card I had brought for this outing, which turns out to be my AAA membership card, not my AAA Visa. Oh the embarrassment. So I have to take a fast cab back to the Tropicana and back with a REAL credit card. leaving Anne as collateral.
Monday was much better. We went down to the pool area around ten with some beverages from the hotel's Starbucks and lounged around. I got a sunburn just under my swimsuit top which I didn't notice for 2 days. We had some lunch at Cafe Nikki at the hotel, after which Anne went out for more sun and I went to the room to make a dinner reservation. About 6, we took a cab to The Mirage where we were seeing Cirque de Soleil LOVE. It's one of those phatasms of choreography and costuming and music and people flying through the air, all to Beatles music. It was unbelievable. We were in the front row so performers were right in our faces or swinging out over our heads.
We had dinner after at Il Fornaio at New York New York. Another example of how you have to take reviews at yelp.com with a grain of salt because people complained about the service and the small portion and the prices, all of which we thought were unfounded. We had lasagna and chicken cannelloni, both of which we polished off.
I told Anne people would be disappointed if I had not gambled in Vegas so we get $200 out of the ATM and Anne starts in on winning at blackjack. I went to a Texas Hold Em table where I was the only player most of the time. I lost a bundle. Fortunately, we cashed out Anne's $105 and went to gamble at the Tropicana. Where she continued to smoke the blackjack while I continued to lose. If I played at her table, SHE would also lose, so I went elsewhere. At 3 a.m., I had to go back to the room but she continued on and cashed out with $230. A man at a table I was at, upon me mentioning my daughter who was winning like crazy, said "Is that the stunning young lady in the black dress?" I was so proud.
Tuesday we got up and drove back to LA, where we went to the Griffith Observatory, from where you have a great view of the Hollywood sign and panoramic views of the various parts of LA. It was a lovely day. Later we went out to the Spanish Kitchen for delicious $2 tacos, like lobster and blackened halibut and pork. MMMMMMM. And half price margaritas. After which, we went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which has (spoiler alert) vampire mermaids, Keith Richards, a ton of sword fighting and Penelope Cruz. And at the end, an opening to POTC 5. Jack Sparrow had some classic lines. Including this, with Keith Richards as Capt. Teague:
Jack Sparrow: Have you been there?
Captain Teague: Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth?
Jack Sparrow: Depends on the light.
After the movie, I get a text that my flight has been cancelled for Wednesday. I call American Airlines and an hour later, I get a flight out at 7:20. I had to talk my way through the lines at security, waving my boarding pass showing my boarding time as 6:50 while now it's 6:40. Miraculously someone opens the cattle ropes and I'm through security and on the plane in time. And as you can see from these Google results, it's a miracle I even got a flight.
Overall, Anne did a great job of showing me LA while I was not the best guest. Like this cartoon. Her Hollywood apartment is spacious, with granite countertops in the kitchen and bathroom, which has both a shower and a tub. She has flowering trees outside her bedroom window.
At Dallas, I tried to offer my flight up for some of the people who had been at the airport for TWO DAYS and stay and see Karen Schaller but they declined my offer even though some of the standby people didn't get on the plane. THEN we get on the plane and out on the runway and have an hour delay because there are tornado warnings in Detroit. But finally we leave and I got home last night at 8:45.
Today, I did about nothing. It rained all day. I had coffee with a woman who also took the buyout at WTVG. I watched a bunch of sitcoms and this pretty hilarious movie on Netflix on the iPad called Trick 'r Treat.
I hope tomorrow will be more productive.
I filed for unemployment and got some emails and letters about it that I haven't dealt with yet. I have survivor guilt about work. I'm freaking out about not having a job, as I've had one consistently since 1968.
Big party Monday. Crystal Bowersox with the wimmens Sat. night. And then, dealing with my mom, who has fallen twice in the last week, once causing her to go to the hospital. I'm hoping she'll go for admittance to some care facility which I will explore in some trip down there after Memorial Day.
Adding pictures to this later. "Right," you say. "I've heard that before."
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I got to LA and Anne picked me up at the airport. We went to a cantina and had some nachos and margaritas. Then she drove me out to Malibu to see some beaches and I was a very bad car passenger. One, driving with my kids always freaks me out and two, we were in California traffic on the 101. Or something. She is a really good driver but I couldn't help but jam my foot on the floor for simulated braking. Later we went out for dim sum at Bao. Then we got a bottle of Jack Daniel's Honey and a bottle of wine and went back to her place where we drank the wine.
Sunday, we had brunch at Grub, which is only 3 blocks from where Anne lives and across the street from Glen Glenn Sound. Which you old people will remember from every TV show in the 60s.
We left for Vegas about noon and I was a very bad car passenger until we got out of LA and on to I-15. The scenery is straight out of No Country for Old Men out there in the desert.
We checked into the Tropicana around 4. The whole place has been remodeled and the room was spacious and nicely appointed. We had a couple of drinks in the room and made a dinner reservation at Mon Ami Gabi in the Paris resort.
We took a cab up to Fremont St. which is where some of the old Vegas casinos like the Golden Nugget are. But it has been turned into the Fremont Experience, with this big canopy over the whole street onto which is projected a light show with songs and a panoply of images relevant to the song, which in our case was American Pie.
Also up there were a man holding a poodle wearing glasses and an Irish hat with which you could have your picture taken, a balloon twisting clown, some zip line ride overhead, various vendor carts, etc. Overall, it was overwhelming. I lost my first casino money playing Texas Hold Em at Binion's. There is also this part called Fremont East that just looked creepy so we didn't cross the street to experience it. We took this agonizingly slow bus back down the strip to the Paris for dinner. By the end of the ride, Anne had had it with me and my attitude of whatever was wrong with me. I just couldn't get down with the experience. I don't blame her one bit.
We had scallops and steak Bearnaise and warm berry crumble at Mon Ami Gabi and everything went fine until I tried to pay with the only card I had brought for this outing, which turns out to be my AAA membership card, not my AAA Visa. Oh the embarrassment. So I have to take a fast cab back to the Tropicana and back with a REAL credit card. leaving Anne as collateral.
Monday was much better. We went down to the pool area around ten with some beverages from the hotel's Starbucks and lounged around. I got a sunburn just under my swimsuit top which I didn't notice for 2 days. We had some lunch at Cafe Nikki at the hotel, after which Anne went out for more sun and I went to the room to make a dinner reservation. About 6, we took a cab to The Mirage where we were seeing Cirque de Soleil LOVE. It's one of those phatasms of choreography and costuming and music and people flying through the air, all to Beatles music. It was unbelievable. We were in the front row so performers were right in our faces or swinging out over our heads.
We had dinner after at Il Fornaio at New York New York. Another example of how you have to take reviews at yelp.com with a grain of salt because people complained about the service and the small portion and the prices, all of which we thought were unfounded. We had lasagna and chicken cannelloni, both of which we polished off.
I told Anne people would be disappointed if I had not gambled in Vegas so we get $200 out of the ATM and Anne starts in on winning at blackjack. I went to a Texas Hold Em table where I was the only player most of the time. I lost a bundle. Fortunately, we cashed out Anne's $105 and went to gamble at the Tropicana. Where she continued to smoke the blackjack while I continued to lose. If I played at her table, SHE would also lose, so I went elsewhere. At 3 a.m., I had to go back to the room but she continued on and cashed out with $230. A man at a table I was at, upon me mentioning my daughter who was winning like crazy, said "Is that the stunning young lady in the black dress?" I was so proud.
Tuesday we got up and drove back to LA, where we went to the Griffith Observatory, from where you have a great view of the Hollywood sign and panoramic views of the various parts of LA. It was a lovely day. Later we went out to the Spanish Kitchen for delicious $2 tacos, like lobster and blackened halibut and pork. MMMMMMM. And half price margaritas. After which, we went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which has (spoiler alert) vampire mermaids, Keith Richards, a ton of sword fighting and Penelope Cruz. And at the end, an opening to POTC 5. Jack Sparrow had some classic lines. Including this, with Keith Richards as Capt. Teague:
Jack Sparrow: Have you been there?
Captain Teague: Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth?
Jack Sparrow: Depends on the light.
After the movie, I get a text that my flight has been cancelled for Wednesday. I call American Airlines and an hour later, I get a flight out at 7:20. I had to talk my way through the lines at security, waving my boarding pass showing my boarding time as 6:50 while now it's 6:40. Miraculously someone opens the cattle ropes and I'm through security and on the plane in time. And as you can see from these Google results, it's a miracle I even got a flight.
Overall, Anne did a great job of showing me LA while I was not the best guest. Like this cartoon. Her Hollywood apartment is spacious, with granite countertops in the kitchen and bathroom, which has both a shower and a tub. She has flowering trees outside her bedroom window.
At Dallas, I tried to offer my flight up for some of the people who had been at the airport for TWO DAYS and stay and see Karen Schaller but they declined my offer even though some of the standby people didn't get on the plane. THEN we get on the plane and out on the runway and have an hour delay because there are tornado warnings in Detroit. But finally we leave and I got home last night at 8:45.
Today, I did about nothing. It rained all day. I had coffee with a woman who also took the buyout at WTVG. I watched a bunch of sitcoms and this pretty hilarious movie on Netflix on the iPad called Trick 'r Treat.
I hope tomorrow will be more productive.
I filed for unemployment and got some emails and letters about it that I haven't dealt with yet. I have survivor guilt about work. I'm freaking out about not having a job, as I've had one consistently since 1968.
Big party Monday. Crystal Bowersox with the wimmens Sat. night. And then, dealing with my mom, who has fallen twice in the last week, once causing her to go to the hospital. I'm hoping she'll go for admittance to some care facility which I will explore in some trip down there after Memorial Day.
Adding pictures to this later. "Right," you say. "I've heard that before."
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Monday, May 09, 2011
Still flabby
My new eating regime has not made me one bit slimmer after one week. The dealbreakers: not walking 30 minutes a day AND still drinking. Less, but still. I like the eating part, though. It makes me feel good. I still haven't done the quantifying of the calories.
Tonight, I came home and raked up all those tulip tree blossoms and mowed the front then went to Ace and got a bag of dirt and patched some bare spots in the front lawn. WHICH I WILL WATER. There's a big dirt patch out toward the street where that sex offender with the barking dog next door piled his leaves when they were raked up in the fall that is dead. That's next.
Friday was the debut of Ginger and the Snaps at Howard's. We killed but no one will forward me a video of it so possibly it was not as great as people keep saying on Facebook. But there was much applause. Thank you.
Tried to book that room and Beatles Cirque show at the Mirage in Vegas but they said they were all sold out for that weekend. AND when I go online to Ticketmaster or the show's website, the closest I can get is row O which is the next to the top. I think I might just wait and try to get tickets at the Tix kiosk there. Still leaves us with no room. Gotta work on that.
Mother's Day, the kids checked in by phone and I went to Delaware where we ate at 1808 Bistro that I liked but my mom not so much. Although she did an entire 9 ounce Angus beef burger and a giant pile of fries. Then we went to the grocery for an hour where she bought surprisingly good food: beef for beef and noodles, strawberries, beets, bananas, stuff for mac and tomatoes. She declined my chicken noodle soup so I brought that home, still frozen.
Went to Optical Arts up on Central Ave. today and tried on many frames and settled on one and Thursday I have an eye exam there. They have this cool machine where they take pictures of you in various frames and then display them to you so you can see how you look in them, which is always an issue with me as I cannot see myself in the frames because I'm blind as a bat. I have been wearing my 4-year-old specs, as the last pair I got from the local guy in '09 were faulty. Which the woman at Optical Arts explained to me why. Plus I think I'll get those magnetic custom shades that are specially polarized. And I don't think they'll cost any more than the ones I got in BG.
GNO was fun at Deb's. Many attended and I held down the eating to a deviled egg and some hummus and carrots. June is a tea party at Connie D's.
Only 9 more days of work.
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Tonight, I came home and raked up all those tulip tree blossoms and mowed the front then went to Ace and got a bag of dirt and patched some bare spots in the front lawn. WHICH I WILL WATER. There's a big dirt patch out toward the street where that sex offender with the barking dog next door piled his leaves when they were raked up in the fall that is dead. That's next.
Friday was the debut of Ginger and the Snaps at Howard's. We killed but no one will forward me a video of it so possibly it was not as great as people keep saying on Facebook. But there was much applause. Thank you.
Tried to book that room and Beatles Cirque show at the Mirage in Vegas but they said they were all sold out for that weekend. AND when I go online to Ticketmaster or the show's website, the closest I can get is row O which is the next to the top. I think I might just wait and try to get tickets at the Tix kiosk there. Still leaves us with no room. Gotta work on that.
Mother's Day, the kids checked in by phone and I went to Delaware where we ate at 1808 Bistro that I liked but my mom not so much. Although she did an entire 9 ounce Angus beef burger and a giant pile of fries. Then we went to the grocery for an hour where she bought surprisingly good food: beef for beef and noodles, strawberries, beets, bananas, stuff for mac and tomatoes. She declined my chicken noodle soup so I brought that home, still frozen.
Went to Optical Arts up on Central Ave. today and tried on many frames and settled on one and Thursday I have an eye exam there. They have this cool machine where they take pictures of you in various frames and then display them to you so you can see how you look in them, which is always an issue with me as I cannot see myself in the frames because I'm blind as a bat. I have been wearing my 4-year-old specs, as the last pair I got from the local guy in '09 were faulty. Which the woman at Optical Arts explained to me why. Plus I think I'll get those magnetic custom shades that are specially polarized. And I don't think they'll cost any more than the ones I got in BG.
GNO was fun at Deb's. Many attended and I held down the eating to a deviled egg and some hummus and carrots. June is a tea party at Connie D's.
Only 9 more days of work.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Eating Day 4
It's unbelievable how much you have to eat to do this. I can't even fit in all the food I should be eating daily. And is that bad? Does it only work when you consume every bit of protein/carb/fruit-veg that's prescribed? And does it not work at all without 30-40 minutes of walking a day?
I do have to say I feel great, I'm never hungry and I am not coveting bad stuff. Tonight was GNO and while there were bowls of dips and pretzels and peanut M&Ms and banana bread and rumaki (which might have been OK), I had a deviled egg, about 6 cashews and some hummus and celery that I took and 1 10-calorie nut crisp with crab dip. So no more food today. For dinner I had chicken breast on one piece of bread with hummus and lettuce.
Earlier I had an egg, toast, string cheese, apple, yogurt, 3 triscuits, 1 T. pnut butter.
But I'm still not seeing those handfuls of flab around my middle disappear. But I will persevere. And try to do the walking. My life is so busy.
Next step is to get the calorie count on what I'm eating so I can make sure that, while it's all healthy, it's not 5,000 calories a day or something.
I ran across this from Yoplait Yogurt (and obviously Cheerios) that is about the same thing and includes a lot more dairy than I would get otherwise.
Cindy said tonight at GNO that she and Michael were on the Weight Watchers which has these tips for snacking that seem to be the same thing as the six meals a day snacks. She says it's no sugar, no fat, whole wheat carbs. And she's lost 10 pounds.
Ginger and Snaps flyer.
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I do have to say I feel great, I'm never hungry and I am not coveting bad stuff. Tonight was GNO and while there were bowls of dips and pretzels and peanut M&Ms and banana bread and rumaki (which might have been OK), I had a deviled egg, about 6 cashews and some hummus and celery that I took and 1 10-calorie nut crisp with crab dip. So no more food today. For dinner I had chicken breast on one piece of bread with hummus and lettuce.
Earlier I had an egg, toast, string cheese, apple, yogurt, 3 triscuits, 1 T. pnut butter.
But I'm still not seeing those handfuls of flab around my middle disappear. But I will persevere. And try to do the walking. My life is so busy.
Next step is to get the calorie count on what I'm eating so I can make sure that, while it's all healthy, it's not 5,000 calories a day or something.
I ran across this from Yoplait Yogurt (and obviously Cheerios) that is about the same thing and includes a lot more dairy than I would get otherwise.
Cindy said tonight at GNO that she and Michael were on the Weight Watchers which has these tips for snacking that seem to be the same thing as the six meals a day snacks. She says it's no sugar, no fat, whole wheat carbs. And she's lost 10 pounds.
Ginger and Snaps flyer.
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Monday, May 02, 2011
It's not a diet
Amy and I have decided to research and implement the six small meals a day food regime. Basically, you eat a carb and protein and veg or fruit six times a day-- 3 bigger and 3 snack size. I'm on day 2 and the pounds are just melting away!! Well, not so much yet.
Mainly, this regime (1) makes you conscious of what exactly you're eating and (2) supposedly helps with maintaining your blood sugar at an even keel throughout the day.
For example, today I had:
Egg on toast and half a banana
String cheese, 3 triscuits, 4 giant strawberries
Half a chicken breast sandwich with lettuce and hummus, 6 grape tomatoes
Yogurt, 3 triscuits, an apple
Leftover stir fry with pork and veg, 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, cup of steamed broccoli
Bedtime snack TBD
I would have eaten most of this stuff anyway except for all those fruits and vegetables. I'll keep you posted as I'm sure you're EXTREMELY interested.
Also, I see I only posted once in April. Maybe I'll post more once I'm out of a job May 20. The day after which I'm flying to LA to visit Anne, coming back the following Wednesday. I had a job interview at Hanson in Maumee for a project manager job. We'll see if I get a second interview. I suppose I should be looking harder for a job but I'd just like to have a month off. Is that too much to ask??
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Mainly, this regime (1) makes you conscious of what exactly you're eating and (2) supposedly helps with maintaining your blood sugar at an even keel throughout the day.
For example, today I had:
Egg on toast and half a banana
String cheese, 3 triscuits, 4 giant strawberries
Half a chicken breast sandwich with lettuce and hummus, 6 grape tomatoes
Yogurt, 3 triscuits, an apple
Leftover stir fry with pork and veg, 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, cup of steamed broccoli
Bedtime snack TBD
I would have eaten most of this stuff anyway except for all those fruits and vegetables. I'll keep you posted as I'm sure you're EXTREMELY interested.
Also, I see I only posted once in April. Maybe I'll post more once I'm out of a job May 20. The day after which I'm flying to LA to visit Anne, coming back the following Wednesday. I had a job interview at Hanson in Maumee for a project manager job. We'll see if I get a second interview. I suppose I should be looking harder for a job but I'd just like to have a month off. Is that too much to ask??
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Taxes, good God y'all, what are they good for?
Absolutely nothin'. Just paying to fund the industrial military complex. At least I get $740 back from everybody.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Austin
Jess picked us up at the airport Saturday and we had lunch at Shady Grove. It was 87 degrees. Then we went to our hotel and ventured on to Sixth St for a beer. Which we had at some rooftop bar and after much walking around looking for a better beer, we went to an Irish pub and had some Smithwick's and ended up sticking around to have some food and then crashed at the hotel because we had been up early and on planes etc etc.
The weather went downhill so it was about 63 most days so we had packed incorrectly but not so bad and still warmer than up here.
Sunday we had breakfast at Counter Cafe. Some pretty good eggs benedict with poached eggs on a biscuit with bacon and these overly crunchy potatoes, as well as breakfast tacos. Then we toured the Texas capitol and grounds and their visitor center and then cruised back to Sixth St for some beer at Casino el Camino, which has a lovely patio.
Dinner was at Ranch 616 where I had quail stuffed with beef piccadillo and Jenks had lamb chops. Six of them. And then went to see Todd Snider and Great American Taxi at La Zona Rosa. Todd was of course fabulous.
Monday we had breakfast at Diner 24 Jess picked us up and took us out for a drive in hill country, to Hamilton Pool. We saw the pool and walked the trail to the Pedernales River. Then we had lunch at Salt Lick BBQ and went to Wimberley, a cute little artsy town.
Later we went to Antone's for the Pinetop Perkins celebration of life and saw James Cotton and Willie Big Eyes Smith and Daiuna Greenleaf and Marcia Ball and The Peterson Brothers, who are 12 and 14 and played some great blues. Watch for them on the blues circuits. And Carolyn Wonderland who came on around midnight to a crowd of about 18 people.
Tuesday, we got some breakfast at Starbucks on Sixth and then took a taxi to the Austin Motel. Our room wasn't ready so we walked around and shopped at Tesoros where I bought some high price silver earrings and other stuff and then we had a couple beers at Wahoo Tacos then another one later at Perlas and after much poking into various stores, we checked in to the hotel and then had a little nosh at Guero's and around 6 went to the Continental Club to see Toni Price sing with Warren and Marshall Hood and Ed Pitkin. Which was of course unbelievable. Couldn't bring ourselves to see Southern Culture on the Skids there who came on at 11:30. PM.
After that we ate at Botticelli's right next door and it was delicious. I had duck and others had lamb chops and pork tenderloin and lasagna and some great appetizers of beets with goat cheese and smoked swordfish in puff pastry.
Wednesday, we had takeout breakfast on SoCo at a little coffee shop and Jess took us to the airport and now home.
Pictures of course later.
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The weather went downhill so it was about 63 most days so we had packed incorrectly but not so bad and still warmer than up here.
Sunday we had breakfast at Counter Cafe. Some pretty good eggs benedict with poached eggs on a biscuit with bacon and these overly crunchy potatoes, as well as breakfast tacos. Then we toured the Texas capitol and grounds and their visitor center and then cruised back to Sixth St for some beer at Casino el Camino, which has a lovely patio.
Dinner was at Ranch 616 where I had quail stuffed with beef piccadillo and Jenks had lamb chops. Six of them. And then went to see Todd Snider and Great American Taxi at La Zona Rosa. Todd was of course fabulous.
Monday we had breakfast at Diner 24 Jess picked us up and took us out for a drive in hill country, to Hamilton Pool. We saw the pool and walked the trail to the Pedernales River. Then we had lunch at Salt Lick BBQ and went to Wimberley, a cute little artsy town.
Later we went to Antone's for the Pinetop Perkins celebration of life and saw James Cotton and Willie Big Eyes Smith and Daiuna Greenleaf and Marcia Ball and The Peterson Brothers, who are 12 and 14 and played some great blues. Watch for them on the blues circuits. And Carolyn Wonderland who came on around midnight to a crowd of about 18 people.
Tuesday, we got some breakfast at Starbucks on Sixth and then took a taxi to the Austin Motel. Our room wasn't ready so we walked around and shopped at Tesoros where I bought some high price silver earrings and other stuff and then we had a couple beers at Wahoo Tacos then another one later at Perlas and after much poking into various stores, we checked in to the hotel and then had a little nosh at Guero's and around 6 went to the Continental Club to see Toni Price sing with Warren and Marshall Hood and Ed Pitkin. Which was of course unbelievable. Couldn't bring ourselves to see Southern Culture on the Skids there who came on at 11:30. PM.
After that we ate at Botticelli's right next door and it was delicious. I had duck and others had lamb chops and pork tenderloin and lasagna and some great appetizers of beets with goat cheese and smoked swordfish in puff pastry.
Wednesday, we had takeout breakfast on SoCo at a little coffee shop and Jess took us to the airport and now home.
Pictures of course later.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Catching up
Friday last week, I took $12 off my friends in the monthly poker game. As Amy and I are cleaning up, we discover Chip has left his phone and although I have had about a pint of whiskey, I decide to drive it out to him and he allows me to stay overnight so I don't have to drive back into town on the St. Patrick's day weekend when they are looking for drunk drivers.
Saturday I went to Zumba which nearly killed me and I was sure i was the only person there who had drunk nearly a pint of whiskey the night before. But i did not die. Later that day I had a radio show and then Chip and I went to the Arts Commission fundraiser at One Seagate where they had some delicious snacks and some passable Merlot and we saw Slow Burn and the Jeff Williams band with Isis and then we went to the Blarney and snaked our way in to see the Homewreckers and I got home at midnight again.
Then Sunday, I went to my mom's where she and my sister couldn't decide on what takeout to get so I end up going to the grocery store and buying spaghetti and sausage and salad and garlic bread and prepare it for them and do the dishes and leave there too late to get to Snaps practice on time so I arrive 20 minutes late and we practice Dimming of the Day with Cindy singing and I Feel Good and At Last with me singing and then i went to Chip's where he had prepared fish with spinach and yellow squash and ice cream with berries for dessert.
OMG my sister was talking about some guys she had hooked up with on Facebook who she believes she can sing for at events and get paid. Like she believes she is a good Patsy Cline impersonator but hmmmmm. and my mom continues to fail and I need to decide if she will go in a nursing home.
Today the new boss was at work and we had a brief meeting with him about the digital properties so I hope we convinced him not to lay us all off but who knows what their plans are.
But I am only thinking about going to Austin this weekend. Where it will be 90 degrees so I've had to find my summer clothes which I conveniently packed in a box and labeled and found in the small hall closet. Thursday is packing night. Chip has agreed to take me to the airport and Fred said he would pick me up although I need to confirm this with him.
i'm sure i've missed an entire week of March and it was packed full of activity. Oh right. The weekend before, my kids were home for their dad's wedding and stayed here and I was up too late many nights and there was much drinking and sleeping on the couch for me. Plus i was sick on Thursday March 10 so did not see Red Molly at GFT or Larry Garner at the Clazel.
And it was Welders on Sat. March 12 and although I had had the Jiggs dinner with Chip's parents that day, we went to Howard's around 9 and the crowd was huge and finally my kids showed up with my car and after showing them to Miss Oates, we came back here and drank whiskey until 4 a.m. while discussing the origin of man in America and the 911 plane crashes and many other important topics.
Sunday the kids had brunch with their dad and new family and then later that day we went to Chip's for dinner where he made a delicious osso bucco and seared ahi tuna and i made the white trash apple dumplings and much wine was drunk and i still had to go to work monday after sleeping on the couch again.
Also, March 8 we played cards at Kim and Jim's which was a fun time. More whiskey drinking but I still won some cash.
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Saturday I went to Zumba which nearly killed me and I was sure i was the only person there who had drunk nearly a pint of whiskey the night before. But i did not die. Later that day I had a radio show and then Chip and I went to the Arts Commission fundraiser at One Seagate where they had some delicious snacks and some passable Merlot and we saw Slow Burn and the Jeff Williams band with Isis and then we went to the Blarney and snaked our way in to see the Homewreckers and I got home at midnight again.
Then Sunday, I went to my mom's where she and my sister couldn't decide on what takeout to get so I end up going to the grocery store and buying spaghetti and sausage and salad and garlic bread and prepare it for them and do the dishes and leave there too late to get to Snaps practice on time so I arrive 20 minutes late and we practice Dimming of the Day with Cindy singing and I Feel Good and At Last with me singing and then i went to Chip's where he had prepared fish with spinach and yellow squash and ice cream with berries for dessert.
OMG my sister was talking about some guys she had hooked up with on Facebook who she believes she can sing for at events and get paid. Like she believes she is a good Patsy Cline impersonator but hmmmmm. and my mom continues to fail and I need to decide if she will go in a nursing home.
Today the new boss was at work and we had a brief meeting with him about the digital properties so I hope we convinced him not to lay us all off but who knows what their plans are.
But I am only thinking about going to Austin this weekend. Where it will be 90 degrees so I've had to find my summer clothes which I conveniently packed in a box and labeled and found in the small hall closet. Thursday is packing night. Chip has agreed to take me to the airport and Fred said he would pick me up although I need to confirm this with him.
i'm sure i've missed an entire week of March and it was packed full of activity. Oh right. The weekend before, my kids were home for their dad's wedding and stayed here and I was up too late many nights and there was much drinking and sleeping on the couch for me. Plus i was sick on Thursday March 10 so did not see Red Molly at GFT or Larry Garner at the Clazel.
And it was Welders on Sat. March 12 and although I had had the Jiggs dinner with Chip's parents that day, we went to Howard's around 9 and the crowd was huge and finally my kids showed up with my car and after showing them to Miss Oates, we came back here and drank whiskey until 4 a.m. while discussing the origin of man in America and the 911 plane crashes and many other important topics.
Sunday the kids had brunch with their dad and new family and then later that day we went to Chip's for dinner where he made a delicious osso bucco and seared ahi tuna and i made the white trash apple dumplings and much wine was drunk and i still had to go to work monday after sleeping on the couch again.
Also, March 8 we played cards at Kim and Jim's which was a fun time. More whiskey drinking but I still won some cash.
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Monday, March 07, 2011
Music news
Bu Googling endlessly, I have divined that Buddy Guy is the closer at the Madison Ribberfest on Saturday. Earlier that day, Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers play and on Friday, Davina and the Blues somethings play. That's all I can find so far.
Plus Deanna Bogart is at the Ft. Wayne blues fest on Sat. June 18. May have to schedule that in.
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Plus Deanna Bogart is at the Ft. Wayne blues fest on Sat. June 18. May have to schedule that in.
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March so far
Friday night we hooked up Apple TV to Chip's tv and verily, the Netflix was accessed. So we watched Grown Ups which was pretty good.
Saturday Amy and I went to an estate sale which had been going on since Thursday so the good stuff was all gone but I got a rag rug and a picture frame. Later that night we went to Kim n Jim's for cards. Two tables of poker and at the end I was $10 to the good. The ride home was dicey since about 4 inches of snow fell during the card game. But Sherry did a great job of driving us safely back to the big city.
Mostly I have been tidying up for the arrival of my kids this weekend for Frank's wedding Saturday. Alas, I am behind. But as Amy reminded me, I cleaned like a demon before Xmas and in no time it was trashed in here.
Apparently, it was decided at GNO, which I totally forgot, that I would have it in June. Based on me having had it in June in previous years, which is mistaken. I'll be getting together a schedule of past GNOs soon. But for 2011, the schedule so far is Deb H. in May, me in June, Annette in July and Connie DiPuccio in August. Sept. and Oct. are still open. I had October and December last year. Amy is hoping to have new side steps by fall and may host one then.
Here's what I have left to do: inflate the extra bed, more laundry, buy some last minute food stuffs, and wine, and make chicken soup and cherry chocolate cookies. We'll see how Tuesday night goes. My plans are probably overkill.
Sunday, I screwed around endlessly, which I am really good at, and then had band practice and then went to Chip's for dinner. Just as we were serving up the braised beef shanks with broccoli on the side, Doug shows up, so he ate with us, luckily for him, availing himself of that PLUS the apple dumplings made with crescent rolls and Mountain Dew.
My new guitar is very satisfactory. Maybe when I am REALLY GOOD I will get an even better one. But it sounds cool through the new amp.
OMG the Band of Heathens were fabulous! Sal declined at the last minute and while we were eating at Conor O'Neil's, Stubbs called John Doering to point out there was no poker, which he didn't know, so he drove up to AA and went to the show with us! Sherry feels their new CD, which we were the first people in the universe to procure, is dark. But, damn, those boys can play. It was a delightful time.
And Welders Saturday!!
Picking up my daughter at DTW Weds. at 7 pm. Texted Tom about airport pickup but he says his dad has it covered. Whenever they're arriving. I think Friday. Hope they can attend the Welders briefly so I can show them off.
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Saturday Amy and I went to an estate sale which had been going on since Thursday so the good stuff was all gone but I got a rag rug and a picture frame. Later that night we went to Kim n Jim's for cards. Two tables of poker and at the end I was $10 to the good. The ride home was dicey since about 4 inches of snow fell during the card game. But Sherry did a great job of driving us safely back to the big city.
Mostly I have been tidying up for the arrival of my kids this weekend for Frank's wedding Saturday. Alas, I am behind. But as Amy reminded me, I cleaned like a demon before Xmas and in no time it was trashed in here.
Apparently, it was decided at GNO, which I totally forgot, that I would have it in June. Based on me having had it in June in previous years, which is mistaken. I'll be getting together a schedule of past GNOs soon. But for 2011, the schedule so far is Deb H. in May, me in June, Annette in July and Connie DiPuccio in August. Sept. and Oct. are still open. I had October and December last year. Amy is hoping to have new side steps by fall and may host one then.
Here's what I have left to do: inflate the extra bed, more laundry, buy some last minute food stuffs, and wine, and make chicken soup and cherry chocolate cookies. We'll see how Tuesday night goes. My plans are probably overkill.
Sunday, I screwed around endlessly, which I am really good at, and then had band practice and then went to Chip's for dinner. Just as we were serving up the braised beef shanks with broccoli on the side, Doug shows up, so he ate with us, luckily for him, availing himself of that PLUS the apple dumplings made with crescent rolls and Mountain Dew.
My new guitar is very satisfactory. Maybe when I am REALLY GOOD I will get an even better one. But it sounds cool through the new amp.
OMG the Band of Heathens were fabulous! Sal declined at the last minute and while we were eating at Conor O'Neil's, Stubbs called John Doering to point out there was no poker, which he didn't know, so he drove up to AA and went to the show with us! Sherry feels their new CD, which we were the first people in the universe to procure, is dark. But, damn, those boys can play. It was a delightful time.
And Welders Saturday!!
Picking up my daughter at DTW Weds. at 7 pm. Texted Tom about airport pickup but he says his dad has it covered. Whenever they're arriving. I think Friday. Hope they can attend the Welders briefly so I can show them off.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
OMG I'm exhausted
So last weekend Charles had the flu which so many of you have had. I can't even remember what else went on.
We had a delightful poker night on my new poker table with my 1,000 new poker chips that I bought off Craigslist. The guy lives in Bradner so for an extra $10 he delivered the stuff.
Then I worked on President's Day when there was yet another giant snow/ice storm and I had to go in at 6:30 A.M. And possibly I did some other stuff but it was so long ago I can't remember.
Spent Thursday and Friday out at the country home nursing Charles after his "minor" surgery. Slept on the couch. Saturday I bought a new guitar and amp and went to Ron's retirement soiree at 149 North and then played euchre out at the man shack.
Went to Jeffrey's Antiques Sunday and then had brunch at SamB's. Highly recommend. Then had Snap practice and then dinner out at the farm and then hit the sack, apparently so exhausted I slept right through the thunderstorms Sunday night.
Tonight I did Butts and Guts and signed up for more gym through May 7 and have had an evening on the phone with Miss Jenks whose cat is diabetic and now requires insulin shots and high priced cat food.
If I had more gumption, I'd post some pix but alas. Band of Heathens Thursday for which I made dinner reservations at Conor O'Neil's for the 11 that are going.
Cards at Kim n Jim's Saturday.
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We had a delightful poker night on my new poker table with my 1,000 new poker chips that I bought off Craigslist. The guy lives in Bradner so for an extra $10 he delivered the stuff.
Then I worked on President's Day when there was yet another giant snow/ice storm and I had to go in at 6:30 A.M. And possibly I did some other stuff but it was so long ago I can't remember.
Spent Thursday and Friday out at the country home nursing Charles after his "minor" surgery. Slept on the couch. Saturday I bought a new guitar and amp and went to Ron's retirement soiree at 149 North and then played euchre out at the man shack.
Went to Jeffrey's Antiques Sunday and then had brunch at SamB's. Highly recommend. Then had Snap practice and then dinner out at the farm and then hit the sack, apparently so exhausted I slept right through the thunderstorms Sunday night.
Tonight I did Butts and Guts and signed up for more gym through May 7 and have had an evening on the phone with Miss Jenks whose cat is diabetic and now requires insulin shots and high priced cat food.
If I had more gumption, I'd post some pix but alas. Band of Heathens Thursday for which I made dinner reservations at Conor O'Neil's for the 11 that are going.
Cards at Kim n Jim's Saturday.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
V Day
We went to Rockwell's in downtown Toledo for dinner at 5 and had to wrap it up quick at 7 to get to the show.
We got two appetizers: mushroom medley over puff pastry, purportedly with some cream sauce I couldn't see (mediocre) and duck confit pizza with carmelized onions and a sort of teriyaki sauce which was pretty good.
Then we got the Rockwell salad for 2, lettuce, blue cheese hunks, roasted red peppers, red onions, zucchini and artichoke hearts. They gave us separate dressing tureens and I bet there was a bottle of peppercorn ranch between the two of the. We got the bread with the salad.
Then we had another appetizer: the sashimi tuna/wonton/avocado stackers with wasabi sprouts. Pretty good but the tuna was wafer thin. Then we got coffee and the biggest damn slab of six or seven layer chocolate cake you've ever seen which we couldn't even eat half of between us.
They were having a V Day special of a 16 oz ribeye butterflied with taters and squash for $55 but we declined. Something made me burp a lot during the show, plus I was stuffed like a pig. Plus we had 2.5 glasses of wine each: first a Cabernet which was totally unremarkable and then some Nine Stones Shiraz, which had a little snap.
The show was Delfeayo Marsalis and band doing some Duke Ellington music while some guy from Treme came out and recited some Shakespeare occasionally. There were probably only 200 people in the Peristyle. We had bought the cheap seats on the side so after the intermission, we sat down on the main floor.
Fun time. I wore a skirt and heels and my new clanky necklace and my red Michael Kors coat.
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We got two appetizers: mushroom medley over puff pastry, purportedly with some cream sauce I couldn't see (mediocre) and duck confit pizza with carmelized onions and a sort of teriyaki sauce which was pretty good.
Then we got the Rockwell salad for 2, lettuce, blue cheese hunks, roasted red peppers, red onions, zucchini and artichoke hearts. They gave us separate dressing tureens and I bet there was a bottle of peppercorn ranch between the two of the. We got the bread with the salad.
Then we had another appetizer: the sashimi tuna/wonton/avocado stackers with wasabi sprouts. Pretty good but the tuna was wafer thin. Then we got coffee and the biggest damn slab of six or seven layer chocolate cake you've ever seen which we couldn't even eat half of between us.
They were having a V Day special of a 16 oz ribeye butterflied with taters and squash for $55 but we declined. Something made me burp a lot during the show, plus I was stuffed like a pig. Plus we had 2.5 glasses of wine each: first a Cabernet which was totally unremarkable and then some Nine Stones Shiraz, which had a little snap.
The show was Delfeayo Marsalis and band doing some Duke Ellington music while some guy from Treme came out and recited some Shakespeare occasionally. There were probably only 200 people in the Peristyle. We had bought the cheap seats on the side so after the intermission, we sat down on the main floor.
Fun time. I wore a skirt and heels and my new clanky necklace and my red Michael Kors coat.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
A fine weekend
Friday night I went out to the country for dinner and drinking.
Saturday I cleaned my filthy house up then I made pulled pork and oven fries and cole slaw before Amy and I went to see Gnomeo and Juliet in 3D. Then we went to Doc's in Tontogany which was packed to see Joe Bob play.
Today I watched Modern Family and Mr. Sunshine in bed on the iPad drinking coffee. Then I made a bacon cheese onion omelet and Amy and I went to Frontierland (Fallen Timbers) and shopped. I got a pair of wacky pants, heavy knit, real slim leg. Hope I have some footwear to go with them. Then we went to Dillard's and tried on a bunch of clothes and I bought a sweater and yet another long sleeve black top and a heavy silver-ish necklace. Then I did a radio show from 4-6 of all love songs for V Day.
Kelly Wicks called to tell me Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat and Eli Paperboy Reed are booked for the Swamp. And the full lineup will be announced April 1.
Then I went to the country and had dinner with his parents. Which was lovely.
Now I need to assemble an outfit to go to that concert at the Peristyle tomorrow night.
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Saturday I cleaned my filthy house up then I made pulled pork and oven fries and cole slaw before Amy and I went to see Gnomeo and Juliet in 3D. Then we went to Doc's in Tontogany which was packed to see Joe Bob play.
Today I watched Modern Family and Mr. Sunshine in bed on the iPad drinking coffee. Then I made a bacon cheese onion omelet and Amy and I went to Frontierland (Fallen Timbers) and shopped. I got a pair of wacky pants, heavy knit, real slim leg. Hope I have some footwear to go with them. Then we went to Dillard's and tried on a bunch of clothes and I bought a sweater and yet another long sleeve black top and a heavy silver-ish necklace. Then I did a radio show from 4-6 of all love songs for V Day.
Kelly Wicks called to tell me Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat and Eli Paperboy Reed are booked for the Swamp. And the full lineup will be announced April 1.
Then I went to the country and had dinner with his parents. Which was lovely.
Now I need to assemble an outfit to go to that concert at the Peristyle tomorrow night.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wailers at the Ark
Although photoshopped for brightness, still blurry:
The Wailers show wasn't as tiresome as too much zydeco like I thought it might be. They played til 9:40 and we thought they'd come back for an encore but they came back for another 45 minutes so we got home at midnight. But frankly, it's ONE Wailer and a bunch of new people. Like seeing the Allman Brothers: it's Gregg Allman and a bunch of utes.
I must say I was a little disappointed in some of Conor O'Neil's appetizers, which is all we had, 6 of them. I may have to correspond my feelings to them.
We got mussels (good), fried Brie (OK, not very creamy), artichoke dip (pretty good but both Chip and I feel the recipe has been changed), tater skins (OK), calamari (AWFUL) and the shrimp and salmon cakes which in my memory used to be these lightly griddled, barely holding together yummies but this time were like the heavy canned-salmon cakes we all remembered from our childhood. I was stuffed anyway so I guess I should shut up. LOL
The Wailers show wasn't as tiresome as too much zydeco like I thought it might be. They played til 9:40 and we thought they'd come back for an encore but they came back for another 45 minutes so we got home at midnight. But frankly, it's ONE Wailer and a bunch of new people. Like seeing the Allman Brothers: it's Gregg Allman and a bunch of utes.
I must say I was a little disappointed in some of Conor O'Neil's appetizers, which is all we had, 6 of them. I may have to correspond my feelings to them.
We got mussels (good), fried Brie (OK, not very creamy), artichoke dip (pretty good but both Chip and I feel the recipe has been changed), tater skins (OK), calamari (AWFUL) and the shrimp and salmon cakes which in my memory used to be these lightly griddled, barely holding together yummies but this time were like the heavy canned-salmon cakes we all remembered from our childhood. I was stuffed anyway so I guess I should shut up. LOL
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Enough snow already
Yesterday, they were predicting 1"-3" of snow but it started snowing hard and then about, oh, 7 hours later we had about 8 inches of new snow. Which I shoveled continuously but alas when I came home this morning, the plow had put a ridge of packed snow at the bottom of my driveway so I had to shovel that out before jamming my car into the drive. Can't get it in the garage because the drive's too narrow with all that snow packed along the side and I'm afraid if I did get it in the garage, I would hit the house backing out.
Then I called Amy, who is deathly ill, and go over and shovel out the end of her driveway and some other stuff while she snowblowed some stuff. Then I went to Connie's and did the bottom of her driveway.
Then I'm lounging around with a book on the couch, and the courthouse clock bongs 12 and I realize I was supposed to be at Ginger's for band meeting. So I went there and we had brownies and coffee and she handed out some sheet music.
While I was there, Jessica called about the new B&B website so when I got home I called her back and alas, they don't like the new design. So now I'm working on a new new design. I only did this one page on spec.
Yesterday, I was a ball of fire upon arising, as I thought I was done with the B&B website which I had finished Friday night. I put a pork roast in the crockpot which was in for 8 hours on low and not done by the time I left for Chip's at 6. So I put it in the fridge and put it BACK in the crockpot today and now, 6 hours later on high, it's about done. I also made beef enchiladas which I had one of about an hour ago and they are OK. No great shakes. And I made cookies which I haven't done anything with. And I made apple dumplings with the Pioneer Woman recipe which calls for Mt. Dew and they are sinfully delicious. Highly recommend. Plus they are so easy: wrap a Pillsbury crescent roll around an apple quarter, pour on some butter/sugar syrup and the Mt. Dew and damn.
It's still an hour til the Super Bowl which I am only interested in for the end-of-quarter scores to see if I win any money in the office pool.
Plus this week there is a radio mtg. Monday night and we're going to see the Wailers Weds. night and Thursday Ekoostik Hookah is at Howard's and Friday should be poker and Saturday, JoeBob is at Doc's in Tontogany.
Guess I better dust off my guitar and tune it and see if I can learn Kansas City.
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Then I called Amy, who is deathly ill, and go over and shovel out the end of her driveway and some other stuff while she snowblowed some stuff. Then I went to Connie's and did the bottom of her driveway.
Then I'm lounging around with a book on the couch, and the courthouse clock bongs 12 and I realize I was supposed to be at Ginger's for band meeting. So I went there and we had brownies and coffee and she handed out some sheet music.
While I was there, Jessica called about the new B&B website so when I got home I called her back and alas, they don't like the new design. So now I'm working on a new new design. I only did this one page on spec.
Yesterday, I was a ball of fire upon arising, as I thought I was done with the B&B website which I had finished Friday night. I put a pork roast in the crockpot which was in for 8 hours on low and not done by the time I left for Chip's at 6. So I put it in the fridge and put it BACK in the crockpot today and now, 6 hours later on high, it's about done. I also made beef enchiladas which I had one of about an hour ago and they are OK. No great shakes. And I made cookies which I haven't done anything with. And I made apple dumplings with the Pioneer Woman recipe which calls for Mt. Dew and they are sinfully delicious. Highly recommend. Plus they are so easy: wrap a Pillsbury crescent roll around an apple quarter, pour on some butter/sugar syrup and the Mt. Dew and damn.
It's still an hour til the Super Bowl which I am only interested in for the end-of-quarter scores to see if I win any money in the office pool.
Plus this week there is a radio mtg. Monday night and we're going to see the Wailers Weds. night and Thursday Ekoostik Hookah is at Howard's and Friday should be poker and Saturday, JoeBob is at Doc's in Tontogany.
Guess I better dust off my guitar and tune it and see if I can learn Kansas City.
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Friday, February 04, 2011
Eeeek
I just notice a giant flaw in my web design. I had WEDDINGS in twice as a navigation item but when I took that one out of one page, there was a big gap in the navigation buttons. I figured out what to do about it but now, with a little relaxment going on, I decide I better wait to fix it tomorrow.
Also Karen called me from Dallas. They are all cabin-feverish and apparently have been drinking for the better part of 4 days. Because they got 2 inches of ice Monday and then 5 inches of snow on top of that. But they're still out on their front porch with their chiminea or whatever that big Mexican fire pit is called, even thought it's 22 degrees. Where is that damn teletransportation device??
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Also Karen called me from Dallas. They are all cabin-feverish and apparently have been drinking for the better part of 4 days. Because they got 2 inches of ice Monday and then 5 inches of snow on top of that. But they're still out on their front porch with their chiminea or whatever that big Mexican fire pit is called, even thought it's 22 degrees. Where is that damn teletransportation device??
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The big one
Or one to watch or whatever it was supposed to be. It was indeed messy and I could have gone to work as I'm allowed, being a media person, even in a level 3, but alas I could not make myself do it on Wednesday.
Monday night, we went to Ann Arbor and saw John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett, which was a swell time all around, although the food at the Grizzly Peak was unexceptional. The concert was great. Those 2 guys are amazing guitarists and vocalists and songwriters. The song that sticks with me is Hiatt's 'Have a Little Faith.'
It started snowing hard when we crossed the state line and by the time we got to Sal's where I had parked my car, the roads were drifting a lot. We plowed on home, me and Amy, only seeing one other car and it was in the ditch across from the Community Center, with its lights on. We didn't stop.
Tuesday, it sucked driving home and Wednesday, I just stayed here. Shoveled, which took forever and still my driveway is barely open enough to get my car into.
Last night, I did some heavy lifting on the B&B website and tonight, I will do some last minute tidying up and ftp it to a server so we can look at it and tweak it and make it real. I kept having these mental blocks about doing the photos and other things but I think it's about ready.
This weekend--not much. Which is good. Sunday is the Super Bowl which I will check at the end of each quarter to see if I won in the office pool. Have a Ginger and the Snaps meeting Sunday at noon.
Kim has announced cards at their house on March 5, just days before she turns the big 5-0.
Today, I tried to buy pants. Maybe some black jeans or some casual wear that's not jeans. Tried on 8 pairs. None good. For one reason or another. So I bought a sweater and a purple wool jacket on clearance and a spring dress that looks cute although I didn't try it on but I knew if I didn't buy now, they'd not have my size later. I have 60 days to return it. Then I stopped at Churchill's and got a pork roast and a jar of Keith's BBQ sauce and some chocolate bars and some peppadew peppers that I intend to stuff with cheese of some sort and milk. And 3 bottles of vino. Drinking some 2007 Domaine de Fontsainte.
I need to make more wine notes.
I was talking to Miss Jenks the other night and she was bemoaning that she has not learned Spanish or to play her guitar in her spare time, which she has plenty of. Oh, that we all would get on that stuff we keep meaning to do.
Listening to Big Head Todd's Rocksteady CD.
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Monday night, we went to Ann Arbor and saw John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett, which was a swell time all around, although the food at the Grizzly Peak was unexceptional. The concert was great. Those 2 guys are amazing guitarists and vocalists and songwriters. The song that sticks with me is Hiatt's 'Have a Little Faith.'
It started snowing hard when we crossed the state line and by the time we got to Sal's where I had parked my car, the roads were drifting a lot. We plowed on home, me and Amy, only seeing one other car and it was in the ditch across from the Community Center, with its lights on. We didn't stop.
Tuesday, it sucked driving home and Wednesday, I just stayed here. Shoveled, which took forever and still my driveway is barely open enough to get my car into.
Last night, I did some heavy lifting on the B&B website and tonight, I will do some last minute tidying up and ftp it to a server so we can look at it and tweak it and make it real. I kept having these mental blocks about doing the photos and other things but I think it's about ready.
This weekend--not much. Which is good. Sunday is the Super Bowl which I will check at the end of each quarter to see if I won in the office pool. Have a Ginger and the Snaps meeting Sunday at noon.
Kim has announced cards at their house on March 5, just days before she turns the big 5-0.
Today, I tried to buy pants. Maybe some black jeans or some casual wear that's not jeans. Tried on 8 pairs. None good. For one reason or another. So I bought a sweater and a purple wool jacket on clearance and a spring dress that looks cute although I didn't try it on but I knew if I didn't buy now, they'd not have my size later. I have 60 days to return it. Then I stopped at Churchill's and got a pork roast and a jar of Keith's BBQ sauce and some chocolate bars and some peppadew peppers that I intend to stuff with cheese of some sort and milk. And 3 bottles of vino. Drinking some 2007 Domaine de Fontsainte.
I need to make more wine notes.
I was talking to Miss Jenks the other night and she was bemoaning that she has not learned Spanish or to play her guitar in her spare time, which she has plenty of. Oh, that we all would get on that stuff we keep meaning to do.
Listening to Big Head Todd's Rocksteady CD.
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