I am sitting...quietly...eating supper. I could eat a lot more...but will restrain myself. I love to eat. I am a big eater. I salivate over the word...Buffet...conjures up all kinds of deserts in my head. I seriously think I need to make that Tres Leches cake. Yummy!! I don't know why I have this dessert fetish lately. I don't make them...because I would eat them. But I talk about them...incessantly. Today the dessert conversation included 'poke and pour cakes'...Boston Cream Pie, Fudge Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream drizzled with Hot Fudge...topped out with real New York Cheesecake. Big Fat cheesecake...Kill me!!!
I plan to make another hat for Francine tonight. Another strike on the list. I see nothing coming on TV.
It looks like rain all around us. We did have several heavy claps of thunder earlier this afternoon, but nothing fell from the sky. Maybe later. It is predicted.
I want to contact to our local newspaper and offer to write about places I go into around this town of Alpine...and complain. You know I love to complain...and this would let me do it legitimately. I would just write a paragraph or two...stating the obvious. For example:
Last Sunday, we ordered lunch at Pizza Hut. I, personally, called in the order. Let's see...it was a Personal Pan Pepperoni pizza, a family size order of bread sticks with Marinara sauce, an individual serving of Chicken Alfredo and a, individual serving of Lasagna. Done. It would be ready in 25 minutes. Great. Off we went because we had to go to ALCO first (right next door to Pizza Hut).
FLASH!! We are at the counter to pick up our food. Server says...We tried to call you. We have no Lasagna. Let's see...they have my cell phone number...cell phone is on my belt...never rang...you be the judge. Wait a second...did they run out of lasagna after I hung up? They had it when I called my order in! Consequently, we leave sans llasagna. We were only at the counter for a couple of minutes...but it was long enough to see how incredibly filthy this place was! The preparation area!! I'm not just talking the dirty floor, which is bad enough...I am talking about sauce running down the counters that had been there for quite a while, visible dirt on the carts, dried up lettuce and crusts under the counters, but still in plain view...I'm telling you...This wasn't just the typical daily mess. We were disgusted enough that it will be a while before we eat there again. This lack of cleanliness behavior is also typical for McDonald's here. It's just that you don't SEE it when you go through the drive through or have food delivered. Yuck...'nough said.
Hmmmm....still no rain. But I hear thunder!! Need a shower. I can feel the pizza sauce....bye!
b
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
creative flexibility
(Sung to the the tune...Papa's Got a Brand New Bag...)
Francine Has Got a Brand New Hat...!! oooooohhh yeeeaaaahhhh! I was busy busy. Crocheted it whilst watching episodes of Adam 12. How can it get any better...Wait! I know!! Whilst drinking an ice cold Orange Crush. Yessiiireee! That, my friend...is Euphoria!!
I am sitting here with Husband, waiting to watch a movie, listening to him jabber on the phone about hay. Ho Hum!! He is in a state of recovery. He has lymphoma, and has had tumors removed and is scheduled for more surgery. On Friday, he noticed unusual swelling under his arm, combined with fever heat and became concerned. It is mandatory now that in dealing with our illustrious Veteran's Affairs Department that you contact a Nursing Triage Service prior to seeing any physician or ER for an unscheduled appointment, to get 'permission' for treatment. So Husband spent a couple of hours doing this last night.Consequently, he went to the ER here in Alpine this morning where he 'went under the knife' to have a minor surgery. One of the tumors chose to 'explode' and Doctor chose to eliminate it. Husband was there until around 5 PM and came home with his armpit encased in bandages and drainage tubes.
Don't say...Oh my God! How gross! You know I have to share everything with y'all !! At least someone at that hosptial was capable of dealing with it immediately...rather that wait out the VA to go to Albuquerque. He will have a follow up here, but local DR is contacting Husnabd's Primary care Physician in ALBQ for consult.
Lucky me. I, Nurse Crachett, will get to rip off the amazingly sticky bandage and cause enormous amounts of pain to Husband in order to change dressing. I am counting the minutes!!
On a more serious note...I am amazed at how quickly this developed...in only a couple of days. It makes me nervous. I have sympathy itching in my armpits!!
I got the deer antlers in the mail today. I am very pleased as they are the perfect size. I'll get my band saw out tomorrow and hopefully cut them up after work. You never know how dense they are until you cut them, and the denser...the better. Makes for a better painting surface. I love to paint.
I think I'll close and watch the movie and relax. It was a long and frustrating day. See you later!!
b
Francine Has Got a Brand New Hat...!! oooooohhh yeeeaaaahhhh! I was busy busy. Crocheted it whilst watching episodes of Adam 12. How can it get any better...Wait! I know!! Whilst drinking an ice cold Orange Crush. Yessiiireee! That, my friend...is Euphoria!!
I am sitting here with Husband, waiting to watch a movie, listening to him jabber on the phone about hay. Ho Hum!! He is in a state of recovery. He has lymphoma, and has had tumors removed and is scheduled for more surgery. On Friday, he noticed unusual swelling under his arm, combined with fever heat and became concerned. It is mandatory now that in dealing with our illustrious Veteran's Affairs Department that you contact a Nursing Triage Service prior to seeing any physician or ER for an unscheduled appointment, to get 'permission' for treatment. So Husband spent a couple of hours doing this last night.Consequently, he went to the ER here in Alpine this morning where he 'went under the knife' to have a minor surgery. One of the tumors chose to 'explode' and Doctor chose to eliminate it. Husband was there until around 5 PM and came home with his armpit encased in bandages and drainage tubes.
Don't say...Oh my God! How gross! You know I have to share everything with y'all !! At least someone at that hosptial was capable of dealing with it immediately...rather that wait out the VA to go to Albuquerque. He will have a follow up here, but local DR is contacting Husnabd's Primary care Physician in ALBQ for consult.
Lucky me. I, Nurse Crachett, will get to rip off the amazingly sticky bandage and cause enormous amounts of pain to Husband in order to change dressing. I am counting the minutes!!
On a more serious note...I am amazed at how quickly this developed...in only a couple of days. It makes me nervous. I have sympathy itching in my armpits!!
I got the deer antlers in the mail today. I am very pleased as they are the perfect size. I'll get my band saw out tomorrow and hopefully cut them up after work. You never know how dense they are until you cut them, and the denser...the better. Makes for a better painting surface. I love to paint.
I think I'll close and watch the movie and relax. It was a long and frustrating day. See you later!!
b
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Plucked from the headlines..........
(Did you miss me??)
PLUCKED FROM THE HEADLINES....
Human remains found in Castle Hills!
Yep...that's where my mother-in-law lives alright! Right smack dab in Castle Hills! For those who don't know, Castle Hills in located within the boundaries of San Antonio, Texas. An arm...a human arm...here's the last line of the article....
"'Pardaen said he didn't rule out the possibility of a homicide."
Do ya think??? Oh...and they don't know the gender or age yet. What? Can't tell by the rings...like a tree?? Strange...
Naturally I called my mother-in-law and told her she needed to find a better hiding place for those deadbeat non-paying tenants that she rents her houses too! Hey...the woman has scruples!! She chuckled...
Many moons ago, MIL ran for County Commissioner in Bexar County, (San Antonio), Texas. Although I know she was content sitting in her [Real Estate] office, doing what she is amazing at...running her business, making decisions and looking good for the camera, it was, after all, an enticing proposition. Let's see...would she or wouldn't she...She did. She filed to run and run she did! My Father-in-Law became her 'campaign manager' and her campaign was in full swing. He had placards, signs, stickers and various other items emblazoned with 'Condra for County Commissioner' printed and distributed all over town...well...in her area I should say. Anyway...Husband was working for the Bexar County Sheriff's Department at the time. He would pack the horse trailer full of yard signs and several of his cohorts and set out on his merry way...on a political mission of epic proportions.
Part of MIL's district included the South East side of San Antonio. Husband had, how shall I put it, 'made contact' with various constituents in this area and he visited many of them during this time and advised that he was, in fact, putting a sign in their yard...and that they would be voting for his Mother!! I wonder how many of them still even had voting provileges...but that's another story!
Well...unfortunately, she didn't win...but we sure had a good time going to all the political parties! And after the election, an honest attempt was made to retrieve the yard signs. I have often wondered how many of Husband's strategically placed might be there to this day!!
Several years later, Robert Stack, who was the host of Unsolved Mysteries, came to San Antonio to witness the unearthing, such that it was, of a well at the Alamo. MIL was the President of the Alamo at that time. (She is quite the woman!!). The show aired in two episodes...leaving the viewers breathless...Was there really gold at the bottom of this well! Bodies! Documents!! Oh wait!! Perhaps that was where the missing 'Condra for Commissioner' signs were!!! Holy shit!! SOLVED MYSTERY!! But...no. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Just dirt. Oh well.
So...now there is another mystery. The arm. The Castle Hills arm. The plot thickens...
I thought it was going to rain again this evening...but nothing yet. We had a nice storm last night.
I've been busy the past few days. Too tired to write. Sorry. But I did take a couple photos of Francine.
I was asking her where she wanted to be in the yard when I felt someone staring at me. I turned around...slowly...and a lady who was checking into one of the rooms was watching me. She was standing there...suitcases in hand...watching me. Jesus! Like she'd never seem anyone taking photos of an albino head with a sun hat on...being stuck in a bush of lantana!
Can you imagine! I just picked up Francine and stuck her in a tree....
and then in my pot of flowers. She didn't care. She told me not to take it to heart...so I won't. She said she bet that staring old woman was jealous and wished she had her very own albino head to haul around with ther. I agree!
My Aunt Betty sent me a great canvas bag from MAINE!! and I have decided to keep some of Francine's yarn in it. She's happy...but she was getting tired...
Have a nice night!!
b
PLUCKED FROM THE HEADLINES....
Human remains found in Castle Hills!
Yep...that's where my mother-in-law lives alright! Right smack dab in Castle Hills! For those who don't know, Castle Hills in located within the boundaries of San Antonio, Texas. An arm...a human arm...here's the last line of the article....
"'Pardaen said he didn't rule out the possibility of a homicide."
Do ya think??? Oh...and they don't know the gender or age yet. What? Can't tell by the rings...like a tree?? Strange...
Naturally I called my mother-in-law and told her she needed to find a better hiding place for those deadbeat non-paying tenants that she rents her houses too! Hey...the woman has scruples!! She chuckled...
Many moons ago, MIL ran for County Commissioner in Bexar County, (San Antonio), Texas. Although I know she was content sitting in her [Real Estate] office, doing what she is amazing at...running her business, making decisions and looking good for the camera, it was, after all, an enticing proposition. Let's see...would she or wouldn't she...She did. She filed to run and run she did! My Father-in-Law became her 'campaign manager' and her campaign was in full swing. He had placards, signs, stickers and various other items emblazoned with 'Condra for County Commissioner' printed and distributed all over town...well...in her area I should say. Anyway...Husband was working for the Bexar County Sheriff's Department at the time. He would pack the horse trailer full of yard signs and several of his cohorts and set out on his merry way...on a political mission of epic proportions.
Part of MIL's district included the South East side of San Antonio. Husband had, how shall I put it, 'made contact' with various constituents in this area and he visited many of them during this time and advised that he was, in fact, putting a sign in their yard...and that they would be voting for his Mother!! I wonder how many of them still even had voting provileges...but that's another story!
Well...unfortunately, she didn't win...but we sure had a good time going to all the political parties! And after the election, an honest attempt was made to retrieve the yard signs. I have often wondered how many of Husband's strategically placed might be there to this day!!
Several years later, Robert Stack, who was the host of Unsolved Mysteries, came to San Antonio to witness the unearthing, such that it was, of a well at the Alamo. MIL was the President of the Alamo at that time. (She is quite the woman!!). The show aired in two episodes...leaving the viewers breathless...Was there really gold at the bottom of this well! Bodies! Documents!! Oh wait!! Perhaps that was where the missing 'Condra for Commissioner' signs were!!! Holy shit!! SOLVED MYSTERY!! But...no. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Just dirt. Oh well.
So...now there is another mystery. The arm. The Castle Hills arm. The plot thickens...
I thought it was going to rain again this evening...but nothing yet. We had a nice storm last night.
I was asking her where she wanted to be in the yard when I felt someone staring at me. I turned around...slowly...and a lady who was checking into one of the rooms was watching me. She was standing there...suitcases in hand...watching me. Jesus! Like she'd never seem anyone taking photos of an albino head with a sun hat on...being stuck in a bush of lantana!
Can you imagine! I just picked up Francine and stuck her in a tree....
Have a nice night!!
b
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Fred Flintstone's bathroom wall
The showers are done. One has cobalt blue tile around the shower handle (shield). The other one....well, let me repeat...Fred Flintstone's bathroom wall. When I say we had to use tile that we had, that's EXACTLY what I meant. I encircled the shiny chrome shield that encircles the handle to the shower itself...with chunky gray tile. It's actually quite pretty...the tile, that is...but the wall...that's entirely another story. Unique! Yeah! That's the word! Unique...in that Fred Flintstone sorta way. I refuse to take a picture of it! Oh well...it's done.
I am watching 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda. I have never seen it. Reminds me of a John Grisham style story. I love Henry Fonda.
I need to wash clothes tomorrow. Oh, by the way, I brought my underwear home. Just thought you'd like to know.
Yesterday was a bonus Old Lady's Day at Beall's. Guess what? I didn't buy anything. Know why? I don't need anything. I was going to get a light hooded jacket, but they don't have any. Not even in the men's department. I'll look at ALCO. I only need something light and I might as well get one for a good price. I have bought stuff on line (DUH!) from Hanes and they might have something. Since I don't dress up for work...it's senseless to get anything expensive...I'm bound to splash bleach on it anyway. Light gray sounds right.
I washed my comforter and duvet cover a little while ago. It sure is a pain in the ass putting that cover back on. It's so big! No...I haven't cut it yet. I will....one of these days.
I have lost my motivation. I can't find it anywhere. My list...is listless...idle...kaput...at a standstill...ceased to exist. I was doing so well. I even got a new crafty catalog in the mail today. It sits here in front of me...pages ruffling in the breeze of the AC...beckoning me to open it...Look at ME!! See what cute ideas I have to show you...C'mere!!
Shut up you stupid catalog....can't you see I'm writing AND watching a movie! Damn! I can only do so much!! I am only ONE WOMAN!! ONE ANGRY WOMAN!! Holy shit! This movie is really getting to me!!
Actually...the movie IS very good. I think I'll close and finish watching it since I'm doing more watching than typing anyway...See you tomorrow!
b
I am watching 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda. I have never seen it. Reminds me of a John Grisham style story. I love Henry Fonda.
I need to wash clothes tomorrow. Oh, by the way, I brought my underwear home. Just thought you'd like to know.
Yesterday was a bonus Old Lady's Day at Beall's. Guess what? I didn't buy anything. Know why? I don't need anything. I was going to get a light hooded jacket, but they don't have any. Not even in the men's department. I'll look at ALCO. I only need something light and I might as well get one for a good price. I have bought stuff on line (DUH!) from Hanes and they might have something. Since I don't dress up for work...it's senseless to get anything expensive...I'm bound to splash bleach on it anyway. Light gray sounds right.
I washed my comforter and duvet cover a little while ago. It sure is a pain in the ass putting that cover back on. It's so big! No...I haven't cut it yet. I will....one of these days.
I have lost my motivation. I can't find it anywhere. My list...is listless...idle...kaput...at a standstill...ceased to exist. I was doing so well. I even got a new crafty catalog in the mail today. It sits here in front of me...pages ruffling in the breeze of the AC...beckoning me to open it...Look at ME!! See what cute ideas I have to show you...C'mere!!
Shut up you stupid catalog....can't you see I'm writing AND watching a movie! Damn! I can only do so much!! I am only ONE WOMAN!! ONE ANGRY WOMAN!! Holy shit! This movie is really getting to me!!
Actually...the movie IS very good. I think I'll close and finish watching it since I'm doing more watching than typing anyway...See you tomorrow!
b
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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..
b
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..
b
Monday, July 19, 2010
A busy day
Hello.
Not a lot in the cleaning department today. Thank God. But we had some 'tilin' to do'! I was trying to install the shield around the new shower handle and low and behold...the screws were too long. Damn... if I had a dime for every time I heard that! Oops..sorry. Anyway...the screws they give you in the box mean nothing around here. Everything is recessed into the wall...gotta build a better mousetrap...you know what I mean. So we went to the hardware store and got longer ones. Guess what...they didn't work. I couldn't get them to twist in properly to the brass fittings and didn't want to f**k it up. Soooo...rather than force it (like I would normally do...) we'll just go get some different ones tomorrow. I have no idea why they wouldn't fit correctly. And I personally don't care. I did tile around the 'hole' and only have to screw the shield on tomorrow and put the handle on. I am tiling around the base of the shower, too, just to make it look better in there. And then we will do the same thing to the adjoining room.
The closet was messed up where Stan the Plumber had to beat out the concrete around the old shower manifold. We really don't like cleaning up someone else's mess...but we need the rooms back on line.
If we had the tile and the time, I would redo the kitchen counter and back splash. But, alas! We have neither.
I am nursing a Coke that is accompanying my Excedrin Migraine medication. It's preventative medicine. The mildew smells and dust from those rooms today is making some head pain. Better to be safe than sorry.
Mmmmmm...there was an ad on TV for Maxwell House coffee! It looked very, very good. I haven't had coffee in quite a while and that was very appealing.
I need to eat something and will hopefully be back later. Something more than oatmeal tonight but not sure what yet. Later.........
b
Not a lot in the cleaning department today. Thank God. But we had some 'tilin' to do'! I was trying to install the shield around the new shower handle and low and behold...the screws were too long. Damn... if I had a dime for every time I heard that! Oops..sorry. Anyway...the screws they give you in the box mean nothing around here. Everything is recessed into the wall...gotta build a better mousetrap...you know what I mean. So we went to the hardware store and got longer ones. Guess what...they didn't work. I couldn't get them to twist in properly to the brass fittings and didn't want to f**k it up. Soooo...rather than force it (like I would normally do...) we'll just go get some different ones tomorrow. I have no idea why they wouldn't fit correctly. And I personally don't care. I did tile around the 'hole' and only have to screw the shield on tomorrow and put the handle on. I am tiling around the base of the shower, too, just to make it look better in there. And then we will do the same thing to the adjoining room.
The closet was messed up where Stan the Plumber had to beat out the concrete around the old shower manifold. We really don't like cleaning up someone else's mess...but we need the rooms back on line.
If we had the tile and the time, I would redo the kitchen counter and back splash. But, alas! We have neither.
I am nursing a Coke that is accompanying my Excedrin Migraine medication. It's preventative medicine. The mildew smells and dust from those rooms today is making some head pain. Better to be safe than sorry.
Mmmmmm...there was an ad on TV for Maxwell House coffee! It looked very, very good. I haven't had coffee in quite a while and that was very appealing.
I need to eat something and will hopefully be back later. Something more than oatmeal tonight but not sure what yet. Later.........
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