Did you know that those big honkin' cans of Arizona Iced Tea have THREE servings in them? Have I said this before?? Well, they do...and I probably have. Tough. I'm telling you again. And is this part of the 40 glasses of water that I am supposed to drink everyday? I think so...so I did. I had the Raspberry one today...and yesterday I had the Half Green Tea/Half Lemonade. It was good...and I hadn't even seen the word LITE on it!! It is much better ice cold than if you let it sit out for an hour or two. At least the sweetener is Splenda (hence the LITE). Seriously, it tastes good.
It was hot and nice today. A beautiful May day. It is funny to see 63 for the morning low...
Made some earrings today. Need more. I came home to work on 'stuff'...and decided to spray the shower with Vanish Foam Cleaner...the strong Clorox smelling one. I thought I was going to die...still think so, but I'm getting used to it. Only took 6 1/2 hours to start to dissipate.
You know how I hate to waste food...well...I finished off some peach cobbler that I forgot was in the fridge. It smelled OK, so I ate it. I put a lot of cool whip on it....and then I took 3 Rapid Release Tylenol with all of my vitamins. I will pay for it...but it sure did taste good!! You know I never eat the right stuff!
Got a movie today...That Touch of Mink...with Doris Day and Cary Grant. What a classic! I think that is on the agenda tonight.
I think I'll check out a few of my earring design books. I need some inspiration. And I found out today that we have a new jewelry store in town! Not sure where it is yet...
Well... have a nice night!
b
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday's are for chillin'....
Of course I wouldn't know anything about that!! It was busy and we got lots done. I hate the smell of Clorox.
I did some paper work when I got home and have pretty much done nothing since. Right now we are watching a repeat of the last episode of The Pacific. The mini series was awesome. This last part was sort of predictable, but very good....Episode 9 was very disturbing. We have watched Band of Brothers numerous times, and the part I can't watch in that series was about the concentration camp. There was nothing else on tonight...
Wait! I take that back...duh! We just watched a John Wayne movie that I had never seen...or even heard of! It was 'Trouble Along the Way'. Donna Reed was in it. JW is a former football coach who is bookie/pool playing single father and Donna Reed is the social worker who is investigating his parenting skills. He gets a job as a coach for a failing Catholic School. It's really a good movie! Very entertaining. Not sure what we are going to watch after this is over.
I need to get busy for the June 19th craft show. I have lots to do, but have lots to do it with. I just need some gumption. I need to not get involved in watching movies! Or writing! Or sleeping!
I need to find my legal pad with that list o' things to do...
Did I tell you, a long time ago, that I got that Dragon thing for the computer where you just have to talk to it and it writes on the computer? Or something like that? I can see it from here, but have never even taken it out of the box. I really need to check it out. Could be a valuable asset for me, don't you think?
They just had a commercial on for that movie..Taking Chance..which was an amazing movie...and it's going to be on HBO on May 30. It's the one with Kevin Bacon as a Marine who works in an office job, who accompanies a fallen Marine home to Wyoming. It's based on a true story...I saw it months ago, and will definitely watch it again.
I guess I'll close it up. Later!!
b
I did some paper work when I got home and have pretty much done nothing since. Right now we are watching a repeat of the last episode of The Pacific. The mini series was awesome. This last part was sort of predictable, but very good....Episode 9 was very disturbing. We have watched Band of Brothers numerous times, and the part I can't watch in that series was about the concentration camp. There was nothing else on tonight...
Wait! I take that back...duh! We just watched a John Wayne movie that I had never seen...or even heard of! It was 'Trouble Along the Way'. Donna Reed was in it. JW is a former football coach who is bookie/pool playing single father and Donna Reed is the social worker who is investigating his parenting skills. He gets a job as a coach for a failing Catholic School. It's really a good movie! Very entertaining. Not sure what we are going to watch after this is over.
I need to get busy for the June 19th craft show. I have lots to do, but have lots to do it with. I just need some gumption. I need to not get involved in watching movies! Or writing! Or sleeping!
I need to find my legal pad with that list o' things to do...
Did I tell you, a long time ago, that I got that Dragon thing for the computer where you just have to talk to it and it writes on the computer? Or something like that? I can see it from here, but have never even taken it out of the box. I really need to check it out. Could be a valuable asset for me, don't you think?
They just had a commercial on for that movie..Taking Chance..which was an amazing movie...and it's going to be on HBO on May 30. It's the one with Kevin Bacon as a Marine who works in an office job, who accompanies a fallen Marine home to Wyoming. It's based on a true story...I saw it months ago, and will definitely watch it again.
I guess I'll close it up. Later!!
b
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
my weekends seem to be 4 days long...
I can see that it's been since Thursday since I wrote anything. It's been since Thursday since I read anything!
I am going to write backwards. You know, from today back?? I know you know what I meant. OK...here goes.
Let's see...what did I do today....oh yeah...almost no work today. Thank God. We did catch up on stuff, though. Started out going to the dollar store for things they didn't have anyway. Only had a couple of 'outs' but caught up on changing out shower curtains, spraying tons of Clorox in showers (we do this all the time...but when no one is coming in...we drench them,) made a few alterations in linens, catch up stuff. And then left. I came home and put up the rain gauge, cleaned up a very little and warmed up leftover Jamaican jerk chicken for supper. I have no plans for the evening except a shower. That was today.
Monday...Day started early with Husband making breakfast for the guests. Texas Toast french toast, sausages, fruit platter...they ate it all! These guys are really great and love all the meals. Makes you feel good. They didn't get gone till after 10.
Had several outs, but I went with Husband to an appointment for benefits for our friend Jack. Husband is doing a great job lining up things for him. Jack is doing better, but has a long healing road ahead of him. We were only gone 45 minutes, then came back to work.
Then...the weather changed. It clouded up, blackened up and tornadoed up! The weather channel was going nuts! Brewster County and the City of Alpine were mentioned by name as 'possible tornadic activity'. We definitely got rain and some hail...but south of us was hammered! As the storm moved south, the hail got bigger!! My friend David called today and said they got smashed. His sweet wife Gwen writes a blog (she is how I got started!) and I need to see if she has posted photos. The hail went from pea sized to marble, quarter, golf ball, base ball and softball. By the time it was 11 miles south of town...it was definitely softball! I can't even imagine!! Rumor has it that a tornado touched down...and I can verify that we had lots of wind and lightning. Quite a day.
The bulk of the bad weather was over by 6. Then, LeAnn, Jake and Martin came over. LeAnn is leaving Wednesday morning at 8:30. I am going to miss her very much. She is also friends with Jake and Martin, so we had a small 'see ya' party with Pizza and beer. Jake brought a chocolate cake and potato salad. Lee Ann is having it for breakfast! We laughed and told lies and hugged. She will be back every month or so to visit her Grandpa so I'll see again soon...and she will be reading this (I hope) on a regular basis...so I will only say nice things about her!! (I miss you LeAnn!!)
Sunday...extremely busy day. 19 rooms of people left. It was so tiring. This job is so tiring. I need to make a life change. I sure didn't move here for this...oh well...anyway. Even though it was a very long day, we were done by 5:00.
I had gotten up at 7 and put breakfast casseroles in the oven and went back over at 8 and made Blueberry Muffins. They all ate and took off for parts unknown. Husband started marinating the Jamaican Jerk Chicken, and I made some Jamaican Rice. It is quite interesting. I used brown rice, kidney beans, coconut milk, finely minced jalapeno and scallions...lots of spices (Thyme and Allspice) some brown sugar. It was actually quite good! It was one of the guys birthday so Husband got a carrot cake (birthday guys favorite) and they had fun. I normally would have made a cake from scratch...but not this time.
Home by 10:00 and asleep by 10:01. Woke up at 4:30 am and couldn't go back to sleep!! I hate that!
Saturday...Fixed biscuits (with left over biscuits from night before!) with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit platter, juice and coffee fro breakfast. They started out with Bloody Marys. Breakfast was over by 9:00 and I went to work.
Lots of people staying over, lots leaving, lots coming in...Lots of work. Long day. Got home by 4:30 and took a long hot shower. Husband was making them steaks for supper and I fixed baked potatoes with all the fixin's and Wedge salad. Made Brownies for dessert. Triple chocolate chunk brownies....verrrry good!
Friday...Busy. No shit. Made Bourbon Glazed Orange Pork Chops with Rice Pilaf. Very tasty. Peach cobbler for dessert.
It looked like rain...but I can't remember if it did or not. I don't think so. Oh yeah...there were quite a few people staying here for graduation for the weekend. I think that was the past few days in a nutshell.
Now I can try to get back to some 'me time'. Which means that I don't have to cook anything for anybody! I never did make Francine a hat. Need to do that. The movie, The Hangover is coming on tonight. It's supposed to be funny. I hope so! I'm in the mood for a funny movie.
Tom is watching the birds at the feeder. Those little suckers can get on that thing and eat while spinning it around like you can't imagine! I took a couple of flower pictures today. Sort of like the last rose of summer.
I guess I wrap this up and check email and read some news. Have a nice night!!
b
I am going to write backwards. You know, from today back?? I know you know what I meant. OK...here goes.
Let's see...what did I do today....oh yeah...almost no work today. Thank God. We did catch up on stuff, though. Started out going to the dollar store for things they didn't have anyway. Only had a couple of 'outs' but caught up on changing out shower curtains, spraying tons of Clorox in showers (we do this all the time...but when no one is coming in...we drench them,) made a few alterations in linens, catch up stuff. And then left. I came home and put up the rain gauge, cleaned up a very little and warmed up leftover Jamaican jerk chicken for supper. I have no plans for the evening except a shower. That was today.
Monday...Day started early with Husband making breakfast for the guests. Texas Toast french toast, sausages, fruit platter...they ate it all! These guys are really great and love all the meals. Makes you feel good. They didn't get gone till after 10.
Had several outs, but I went with Husband to an appointment for benefits for our friend Jack. Husband is doing a great job lining up things for him. Jack is doing better, but has a long healing road ahead of him. We were only gone 45 minutes, then came back to work.
Then...the weather changed. It clouded up, blackened up and tornadoed up! The weather channel was going nuts! Brewster County and the City of Alpine were mentioned by name as 'possible tornadic activity'. We definitely got rain and some hail...but south of us was hammered! As the storm moved south, the hail got bigger!! My friend David called today and said they got smashed. His sweet wife Gwen writes a blog (she is how I got started!) and I need to see if she has posted photos. The hail went from pea sized to marble, quarter, golf ball, base ball and softball. By the time it was 11 miles south of town...it was definitely softball! I can't even imagine!! Rumor has it that a tornado touched down...and I can verify that we had lots of wind and lightning. Quite a day.
The bulk of the bad weather was over by 6. Then, LeAnn, Jake and Martin came over. LeAnn is leaving Wednesday morning at 8:30. I am going to miss her very much. She is also friends with Jake and Martin, so we had a small 'see ya' party with Pizza and beer. Jake brought a chocolate cake and potato salad. Lee Ann is having it for breakfast! We laughed and told lies and hugged. She will be back every month or so to visit her Grandpa so I'll see again soon...and she will be reading this (I hope) on a regular basis...so I will only say nice things about her!! (I miss you LeAnn!!)
Sunday...extremely busy day. 19 rooms of people left. It was so tiring. This job is so tiring. I need to make a life change. I sure didn't move here for this...oh well...anyway. Even though it was a very long day, we were done by 5:00.
I had gotten up at 7 and put breakfast casseroles in the oven and went back over at 8 and made Blueberry Muffins. They all ate and took off for parts unknown. Husband started marinating the Jamaican Jerk Chicken, and I made some Jamaican Rice. It is quite interesting. I used brown rice, kidney beans, coconut milk, finely minced jalapeno and scallions...lots of spices (Thyme and Allspice) some brown sugar. It was actually quite good! It was one of the guys birthday so Husband got a carrot cake (birthday guys favorite) and they had fun. I normally would have made a cake from scratch...but not this time.
Home by 10:00 and asleep by 10:01. Woke up at 4:30 am and couldn't go back to sleep!! I hate that!
Saturday...Fixed biscuits (with left over biscuits from night before!) with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit platter, juice and coffee fro breakfast. They started out with Bloody Marys. Breakfast was over by 9:00 and I went to work.
Lots of people staying over, lots leaving, lots coming in...Lots of work. Long day. Got home by 4:30 and took a long hot shower. Husband was making them steaks for supper and I fixed baked potatoes with all the fixin's and Wedge salad. Made Brownies for dessert. Triple chocolate chunk brownies....verrrry good!
Friday...Busy. No shit. Made Bourbon Glazed Orange Pork Chops with Rice Pilaf. Very tasty. Peach cobbler for dessert.
It looked like rain...but I can't remember if it did or not. I don't think so. Oh yeah...there were quite a few people staying here for graduation for the weekend. I think that was the past few days in a nutshell.
Now I can try to get back to some 'me time'. Which means that I don't have to cook anything for anybody! I never did make Francine a hat. Need to do that. The movie, The Hangover is coming on tonight. It's supposed to be funny. I hope so! I'm in the mood for a funny movie.
I guess I wrap this up and check email and read some news. Have a nice night!!
b
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday - beautiful day - so much to think about
Beautiful day...cleaned stuff...came home...blah blah bIah...
I can't believe that I take the time to write this when I have SO much to read and think about! I have just looked at my 59 SPAM mail messages...I had NO idea!!!
Did you know that Lavonne Peck wants to hear about my success stories with Viagra? And that I can actually 'lose my love handles?' Here's another...POLICE are NEEDED!! SCHOLARSHIPS are available!! senada dervisevic (who, like me, doesn't use a capital letter in her name) is filing bankruptcy and needs my help? Can you believe it!! And poor Rafael Shelton wants to 'confirm my receipt'...but for the life of me...I can't remember buying anything from him!! Well... I suppose I should spend the evening either looking at all the 'singles in my area'...or perusing the many, many, many grants available to me!!
Who'da thunk it. So much to do...so little time. Of course it just takes a second to press that 'delete' button! My favorite!!
I hooked up the new DVD player. It took...uuummmm...literally 5 minutes! It took longer to get it out of the box than it did to plug it in.
Husband and I had to go to the grocery store together today. We very seldom do this. He is the 'shopper' when he leaves for the day. However, we are preparing breakfast and dinner for some guests here this weekend. 3 breakfasts, and 3 dinners. These are repeat couples that pay VERY WELL for Husbands cooking. I think it's great that they prefer for him to cook rather than go out for meals, and he loves the cooking. Consequently, he plans the menu, I make out the grocery list and I go to make sure I get what I want for ingredients. Men sometimes/most times don't pay attention to detail (I know this as FACT!!) so it's easier to shop myself.
I had planned breakfast for tomorrow morning...but when the guests got here this evening...they were a 'couple' short so they asked if it was OK to postpone the first breakfast and start with the evening meal as the other couple would be arriving tomorrow. Not a problem!
I'm kind of glad. That way I can pretty much prepare the breakfast tomorrow night. I plan on making a Breakfast Casserole....hash browns, ham, eggs, grated cheese...more stuff...mix it all together and let it set over night. Then bake in the morning and serve with muffins and fresh fruit. I'd eat it!! (and I probably will) They eat at 8:00 so it doesn't interfere with work. Big deal if it did...I'd do it anyway. And they don't eat in the evening till 7:30. It's a great deal!!
I have some yarn on the bed. I am thinking about making a hat for Francine. I am watching Law & Order. It's been forever since I have seen an episode at night. Nothing is on...as usual. I need to take a shower. Oh...and press that 'delete button!'. Busy Busy! See you later!!
b
I can't believe that I take the time to write this when I have SO much to read and think about! I have just looked at my 59 SPAM mail messages...I had NO idea!!!
Did you know that Lavonne Peck wants to hear about my success stories with Viagra? And that I can actually 'lose my love handles?' Here's another...POLICE are NEEDED!! SCHOLARSHIPS are available!! senada dervisevic (who, like me, doesn't use a capital letter in her name) is filing bankruptcy and needs my help? Can you believe it!! And poor Rafael Shelton wants to 'confirm my receipt'...but for the life of me...I can't remember buying anything from him!! Well... I suppose I should spend the evening either looking at all the 'singles in my area'...or perusing the many, many, many grants available to me!!
Who'da thunk it. So much to do...so little time. Of course it just takes a second to press that 'delete' button! My favorite!!
I hooked up the new DVD player. It took...uuummmm...literally 5 minutes! It took longer to get it out of the box than it did to plug it in.
Husband and I had to go to the grocery store together today. We very seldom do this. He is the 'shopper' when he leaves for the day. However, we are preparing breakfast and dinner for some guests here this weekend. 3 breakfasts, and 3 dinners. These are repeat couples that pay VERY WELL for Husbands cooking. I think it's great that they prefer for him to cook rather than go out for meals, and he loves the cooking. Consequently, he plans the menu, I make out the grocery list and I go to make sure I get what I want for ingredients. Men sometimes/most times don't pay attention to detail (I know this as FACT!!) so it's easier to shop myself.
I had planned breakfast for tomorrow morning...but when the guests got here this evening...they were a 'couple' short so they asked if it was OK to postpone the first breakfast and start with the evening meal as the other couple would be arriving tomorrow. Not a problem!
I'm kind of glad. That way I can pretty much prepare the breakfast tomorrow night. I plan on making a Breakfast Casserole....hash browns, ham, eggs, grated cheese...more stuff...mix it all together and let it set over night. Then bake in the morning and serve with muffins and fresh fruit. I'd eat it!! (and I probably will) They eat at 8:00 so it doesn't interfere with work. Big deal if it did...I'd do it anyway. And they don't eat in the evening till 7:30. It's a great deal!!
I have some yarn on the bed. I am thinking about making a hat for Francine. I am watching Law & Order. It's been forever since I have seen an episode at night. Nothing is on...as usual. I need to take a shower. Oh...and press that 'delete button!'. Busy Busy! See you later!!
b
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
I thought it was Wednesday! Oh yeah! It is!!
Just a short post tonight...maybe...It wasn't a long or busy day at work...I was busy after I got home. Got those drawers cleaned out and lighter t-shirts all washed and put away! Closet cleaned...Rubbermaid tubs filled...letters written...nothing crafty accomplished but that's OK...and NO! Did NOT plug in new DVD player.
It's sitting here looking at me, though. Tomorrow is another day and since I was ever so industrious today...I don't even feel bad. So there.
Food update. I cheated. Surprise Surprise!! We got a club sandwich from Charlie at the Triangle Market today. It was awesome!!!! I could only eat half...which was seriously equal to a full sandwich! But there was bread. I couldn't help it. I was weak! I caved!! I'll pay with pain!!
It was windy again today. Not as bad as the other day. I understand that the gusts, which I'm sure was the contributing factor to the transformer blast, were up to 58 MPH. No doubt in my mind. We are supposed to get rain starting on Friday. Scatted and isolated showers...go figure.
Told you it was going to be a short one. Have a nice day!!
b
It's sitting here looking at me, though. Tomorrow is another day and since I was ever so industrious today...I don't even feel bad. So there.
Food update. I cheated. Surprise Surprise!! We got a club sandwich from Charlie at the Triangle Market today. It was awesome!!!! I could only eat half...which was seriously equal to a full sandwich! But there was bread. I couldn't help it. I was weak! I caved!! I'll pay with pain!!
It was windy again today. Not as bad as the other day. I understand that the gusts, which I'm sure was the contributing factor to the transformer blast, were up to 58 MPH. No doubt in my mind. We are supposed to get rain starting on Friday. Scatted and isolated showers...go figure.
Told you it was going to be a short one. Have a nice day!!
b
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
I thought it was Wednesday! Wishful thinking...
Can you believe that? I really thought it was Wednesday all day!! I have no idea why...doesn't matter anyway. At least I won't be disappointed tomorrow...
Worked and went to the store today. Got 'stuff' and my personal favorites...Rubbermaid Tubs. I needed to clean out my drawers (remember?) but when I got home I discovered I had another white t-shirt...so I postponed the 'big clean' till tomorrow! But the tubs are right here....right beside me!!
Got the new DVD player coming tomorrow (thank you Amazon!!) so the plan is...hook it up. Since I never use it, don't care to use it, didn't get anything stuck in it or break it...I am sure I will be the lucky one to hook it up! Not a problem...I will just do it when Husband is not here! Simple!!
But this will be the comments when it's ALL hooked up...
"Jesus Christ...why doesn't this piece of shit work...I just got used to the other piece of shit...why didn't you get the same kind as the other one. Son of a Bitch...Which button opens this piece of shit."
(Visualize this...Husband pushing down on the button with his thumb while simultaneously saying OPEN! OPEN! OPEN! God damn it!) He thinks orally demanding that it work is much more effective than just pushing the button! Don't you think???
SO...when the tray opens to put in the DVD and he says..."There!!..God damn it!!"
Oh I forgot..."Piece of shit!!".
That's how the new DVD player will work in OUR house!!
Here's how it broke. Did I tell you this already? Tough shit...I'm doing it again.
Scenario:
1:30 AM - Brenda, sweetly dreaming of cleaning toilets...only to be awakened by..."Honey...are you asleep??"
Idiot that I am...and evidently sleeping TOO soundly to not have enough sense to say "No, I'm not"...I say (groggily) "Huh?? What??? Are you OK??"
"Did you take the Victory at Sea DVD out of the DVD player??"
"Of course I did...I replaced it with 'The Complete History of Every F#@king World War Ever Fought' just 20 minutes ago!!" I say to myself.
"Of course not! I never touch that machine"
"Well...It's not in here!!!"
"I have no idea where it is."
"Well...it's not in here!!!"
"I have no idea where it is." I repeat.
"Well...it's not in here!!!" He repeats...again.
Jesus H. Christ. I am mentally beating myself senseless for answering in the first place.
"Oh...wait a second...it's stuck inside! How did that happen", he exclaims!!
"OK", says Husband. Do you have a small Phillips screwdriver??"
Now, I know I have said many, many times that nothing is on TV...but I could have used some help here at 1:30, I mean 1:45 in the morning! I mean just this once....but NO! So I got up...good wife that I am, and got a small Phillips screwdriver out of my tackle box (don't ask).
After what seemed like an eternity, with the additional help of a Leatherman, a butter knife and 546 prayers to the Mary Jesus...the dreaded DVD was OUT of the DVD player.
I have an idea! Let's put another one in there!! Good night!!
So, now when you close it, it clicks and sticks...Hopefully tomorrow I will rectify that problem.
Moral of this story...If ANYONE asks if you are awake at 1:30 AM...JUST SAY NO!!!
OK...I'm tired now and it's only 10:30. Going to go buzz some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's! Nite!! Thanks for listening!!
b
Worked and went to the store today. Got 'stuff' and my personal favorites...Rubbermaid Tubs. I needed to clean out my drawers (remember?) but when I got home I discovered I had another white t-shirt...so I postponed the 'big clean' till tomorrow! But the tubs are right here....right beside me!!
Got the new DVD player coming tomorrow (thank you Amazon!!) so the plan is...hook it up. Since I never use it, don't care to use it, didn't get anything stuck in it or break it...I am sure I will be the lucky one to hook it up! Not a problem...I will just do it when Husband is not here! Simple!!
But this will be the comments when it's ALL hooked up...
"Jesus Christ...why doesn't this piece of shit work...I just got used to the other piece of shit...why didn't you get the same kind as the other one. Son of a Bitch...Which button opens this piece of shit."
(Visualize this...Husband pushing down on the button with his thumb while simultaneously saying OPEN! OPEN! OPEN! God damn it!) He thinks orally demanding that it work is much more effective than just pushing the button! Don't you think???
SO...when the tray opens to put in the DVD and he says..."There!!..God damn it!!"
Oh I forgot..."Piece of shit!!".
That's how the new DVD player will work in OUR house!!
Here's how it broke. Did I tell you this already? Tough shit...I'm doing it again.
Scenario:
1:30 AM - Brenda, sweetly dreaming of cleaning toilets...only to be awakened by..."Honey...are you asleep??"
Idiot that I am...and evidently sleeping TOO soundly to not have enough sense to say "No, I'm not"...I say (groggily) "Huh?? What??? Are you OK??"
"Did you take the Victory at Sea DVD out of the DVD player??"
"Of course I did...I replaced it with 'The Complete History of Every F#@king World War Ever Fought' just 20 minutes ago!!" I say to myself.
"Of course not! I never touch that machine"
"Well...It's not in here!!!"
"I have no idea where it is."
"Well...it's not in here!!!"
"I have no idea where it is." I repeat.
"Well...it's not in here!!!" He repeats...again.
Jesus H. Christ. I am mentally beating myself senseless for answering in the first place.
"Oh...wait a second...it's stuck inside! How did that happen", he exclaims!!
"OK", says Husband. Do you have a small Phillips screwdriver??"
Now, I know I have said many, many times that nothing is on TV...but I could have used some help here at 1:30, I mean 1:45 in the morning! I mean just this once....but NO! So I got up...good wife that I am, and got a small Phillips screwdriver out of my tackle box (don't ask).
After what seemed like an eternity, with the additional help of a Leatherman, a butter knife and 546 prayers to the Mary Jesus...the dreaded DVD was OUT of the DVD player.
I have an idea! Let's put another one in there!! Good night!!
So, now when you close it, it clicks and sticks...Hopefully tomorrow I will rectify that problem.
Moral of this story...If ANYONE asks if you are awake at 1:30 AM...JUST SAY NO!!!
OK...I'm tired now and it's only 10:30. Going to go buzz some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's! Nite!! Thanks for listening!!
b
Monday, May 10, 2010
Explosive Monday!
Seriously! We were in the laundry room...and heard boom! boom! boom! We looked at each other and said "I didn't do that!!" and ran out side. Jennifer came sprinting from the office and said 'Did you see that??"
"Nope...but we heard it and have no power!"
A transformer blew up on the pole behind the back building! Considering the fact that the wind was gusting to 58 mph...it was amazing that it didn't catch stuff on fire! She ran back to the office and called the power company. Consequently...we had no power for a couple of hours. All is back to normal now, and even the wind has died down but it made for an interesting day.
And a post HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! It was so busy and tiring yesterday that I just didn't write last night. I came home and took a shower and then we went over to see Mary Ann and Paul for a bit. We were all too hot and tired to eat, so we just enjoyed sitting in the yard in the evening breeze. Got home around quarter to nine and I just laid there. Zero ambition.
We thought today was going to be an early day, and it would have been except for that blowing up shit. Oh well. And then we decided to get lunch. We had green chicken enchiladas from the Triangle Market. I may have mentioned this place before. It's the Shell station convenience store. There is a small kitchen area inside with limited seating (and we always get take out anyway) and everyday, Charlie (who is a wonderful chef) offers a lunch special. Today it was the enchiladas and they were GREAT!! He opens his food service at 6:30 am and offers a variety of breakfast burritos, then starts his daily special along with HUGE hamburgers and several sandwiches, then closes at 1:00. Great choice today ~ great lunch! And it was only $6.99!! I will check my food list later and see what I was not supposed to eat!
I washed clothes this afternoon so I am all caught up. I need to pack up some of the shirts in my drawers. They are mostly thermal. It was almost 100 today, even though it was windy. I think may have mentioned a while back that I needed to do this...probably a few times, actually. Now I need light weight and light colored t shirts. I know I have some in a Rubbermaid tub somewhere. I'll write that on my To-Do List. I'll put it at the top!
I'm really not in the mood to do anything tonight. I should be...but I'm not. Maybe I'll just look up really important stuff on line. Or play really important games...yeah...that sounds good. Something to make me think...like matching 3 same colored cubes and blowing them up at just the right time!! AND beat the clock!!
Wait! Wait! I almost forgot the MOST important thing!! Guess what I got at the store today??? Can't guess??? FIZZIES!!!! Honest!!!! Well...they are called something else...let me go look.
OK...I'm back..they are made by Kool-Aid...I got the 'gigglin' grape' ones. They had fruit punch and lemonade. I am making one as we speak. hmmmmmmmmmm...sounds like a fizzie. Fizzes like a fizzie. Definitely not as good a a gen-u-wine fizzie. Shit! It has aspartame in it! NO...I didn't read it first. I'll drink them anyway and bitch about it. Only 5 calories!! I don't care...I was so excited to see a 'fizzie copycat'. Lesson learned.
I have visited a retro candy site and I know they still sell Fizzies on line. I used to LOVE the root beer ones! Hell..I used to drink Alka Seltzer cuz I like the effervescence....I was an unusual child.
OK...I am going to drink my aspartame and watch TV. Have a nice night!
b
"Nope...but we heard it and have no power!"
A transformer blew up on the pole behind the back building! Considering the fact that the wind was gusting to 58 mph...it was amazing that it didn't catch stuff on fire! She ran back to the office and called the power company. Consequently...we had no power for a couple of hours. All is back to normal now, and even the wind has died down but it made for an interesting day.
And a post HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! It was so busy and tiring yesterday that I just didn't write last night. I came home and took a shower and then we went over to see Mary Ann and Paul for a bit. We were all too hot and tired to eat, so we just enjoyed sitting in the yard in the evening breeze. Got home around quarter to nine and I just laid there. Zero ambition.
We thought today was going to be an early day, and it would have been except for that blowing up shit. Oh well. And then we decided to get lunch. We had green chicken enchiladas from the Triangle Market. I may have mentioned this place before. It's the Shell station convenience store. There is a small kitchen area inside with limited seating (and we always get take out anyway) and everyday, Charlie (who is a wonderful chef) offers a lunch special. Today it was the enchiladas and they were GREAT!! He opens his food service at 6:30 am and offers a variety of breakfast burritos, then starts his daily special along with HUGE hamburgers and several sandwiches, then closes at 1:00. Great choice today ~ great lunch! And it was only $6.99!! I will check my food list later and see what I was not supposed to eat!
I washed clothes this afternoon so I am all caught up. I need to pack up some of the shirts in my drawers. They are mostly thermal. It was almost 100 today, even though it was windy. I think may have mentioned a while back that I needed to do this...probably a few times, actually. Now I need light weight and light colored t shirts. I know I have some in a Rubbermaid tub somewhere. I'll write that on my To-Do List. I'll put it at the top!
I'm really not in the mood to do anything tonight. I should be...but I'm not. Maybe I'll just look up really important stuff on line. Or play really important games...yeah...that sounds good. Something to make me think...like matching 3 same colored cubes and blowing them up at just the right time!! AND beat the clock!!
Wait! Wait! I almost forgot the MOST important thing!! Guess what I got at the store today??? Can't guess??? FIZZIES!!!! Honest!!!! Well...they are called something else...let me go look.
OK...I'm back..they are made by Kool-Aid...I got the 'gigglin' grape' ones. They had fruit punch and lemonade. I am making one as we speak. hmmmmmmmmmm...sounds like a fizzie. Fizzes like a fizzie. Definitely not as good a a gen-u-wine fizzie. Shit! It has aspartame in it! NO...I didn't read it first. I'll drink them anyway and bitch about it. Only 5 calories!! I don't care...I was so excited to see a 'fizzie copycat'. Lesson learned.
I have visited a retro candy site and I know they still sell Fizzies on line. I used to LOVE the root beer ones! Hell..I used to drink Alka Seltzer cuz I like the effervescence....I was an unusual child.
OK...I am going to drink my aspartame and watch TV. Have a nice night!
b
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