Word of the day...Strontium.

Strontium.

Strontium is a chemical element with the symbol Sr and the atomic number 38.

Build bone mass with strontium.

Strontium supplement pills for osteoporosis. Strontium Citrate- -"Strontium Bone Support"

Strontium Citrate supplement is an organic, stable strontium form (not the radioactive strontium-90 isotope!).

Word of the day suggestion submitted my BFFMS. I knew it was a good thing if she suggested it. And I am sooo glad she was 'healthy' inclined and not 'glow in the dark' inclined!

You never know about her, though. She sent me 'kagel'. Sure I read the entire definition and explanation...but it was the last sentence - Kegel exercises may also increase sexual gratification - see what I mean! Perhaps that's why I looked up Strontium. Curiosity. Simple curiosity. (smile MS)

I'm trying to find something to write about. Not just the hum drum daily crap...something interesting. Let's see. Know what had for lunch? Terrible food. We went to the Stripes store, formerly Town & Country, and I thought...well...I can eat the chicken fajitas (with no tortilla), beans and rice. Yeah that sounds good. So I waited patiently in line and when it got to me...the rice looked like shit. So...I got green beans. They were the best part of the meal.

I know what you are thinking...why would I even buy that kind of food at a convenience store? AKA QUESTION OF THE DAY!!

Answer: I was hungry and everything else looked like crap. I should have gotten everything else.

Next time I'll get a corn dog and suffer in silence. It's funny, Stripes has just started serving actual lunch plates...they are only $3.99 for an entree and 2 sides (know I know why). They do have a fresh fruit 'bar'. That's what I got the first time we went there, and was going to get it again today, but it looked very picked over and unattractive. Hence the chicken fajitas. Perhaps if they had cooked the onions and had not had tomato slices in it...yeah, tomato slices...and the chicken had at least been sauteed a little to resemble fajita style chicken rather than boiled looking...I know! It's my own fault! I looked at it! I should have known better...blah blah blah...

Don't get lunch there. Case closed.

Dammit! I left my underwear in the laundry room! Some of those unmentionables I just don't put in the dryer, I hang up behind the ironing board in the laundry room. They are still there. They should be safe until tomorrow...if I remember them then.

This was today's dilemma. Remember that shower thing? Tiling and all? The screw issue? OK. Today I get new screws...a silly millimeter smaller...but too short!. Not my fault. They were the longest ones they had. So...we go to McCoy's and I buy a dowel looking thing that is like a very, very long screw. It's threaded...I can't remember what you call it...and a package of hex nuts. I will make my own. So I did. What a royal pain in the ass. Something that should be so simple.
I'll finish in there tomorrow...I hope. 

The Cayanosa/Pecos cantaloupes are here!! These melons are renowned for their excellent flavor and quality. The soil, elevation and weather conditions are the contributing factors to the melon's success. Husband brought home 3 tonight. They are cut up and chillin' as we speak. The aroma is like air freshener. I wonder if they make a cantaloupe candle?? Yum!!

I am reading 'A Girl Named Zippy'. (Thanks MS for the suggestion) It's hysterical. I'm not trying to be a smart ass...but I see a lot of me in her and vise versa. Just reading this book makes me think of so many stories about growing up. In the Prologue, she mentions stores in her town, one of them being Grant's.

We had a W.T. Grants, Mammoth Mart, Zayres, (Wal-Marts were non existent back then). In my hometown...let's see...if I was heading 'downtown' from my house at 301 Church Street...I would encounter...the Baptist Church, Universalist Church, St. Teresa's Catholic Church, (guess why it was named CHURCH STREET), Memorial Hall, Wheeler's Funeral Home, American Legion, the Library (underneath it housed the city offices) a beauty shop, the Golding's had their first antique shop here, but there was fire and they relocated next door to me, Dr. Hathaway's Office, a photo place (?), Burgess Ice Cream shop (which later became Paul's Pizza until IT burned and he relocated next to Michaud's Grocery Store), the Barber Shop, the Cinderella Dress Shop, Stowell's Drug store (he also had stacks of comic books and used paperbacks...this is where I bought Fanny Hill! Can you imagine! Mr. Stowell was 100 years old when I first met him!), Fossett's Five and Dime (mercantile), True's Drugstore, Handley's Shoe Store, First National Grocery Store, Post Office, Bank, Hamilton's Insurance, a jewelry store, Blake's Hardware, Michaud's Grocery Store...I know I have forgotten some. I can see them in my head, but can't think right this minute. One shop that was near the bank was a short order restaurant/cafe where we would eat french fries and gravy and vanilla cokes after school.  Past Michaud's Grocery store was another restaurant...Dot's ? or the Coffeepot? I can't remember...but we used to eat blueberry pie and drink coffee there on Saturday afternoons.

At Burgess Ice Cream Shop...you could get hamburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches and they had an ice cream called a Pine Cone (Maine is the Pine Tree State!) It was a chocolate coated vanilla ice cream on a stick. If you were lucky enough to get a stick that was red on the tip, you got a free ice cream. It was very exciting...

I love memory lane. It's bittersweet. I think I'll read for a bit and see you tomorrow!!  Nite..

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