HURRICANE SEASON

Hurricane season will have a whole new meaning this Fall!!  Cliff was just admitted to the University of Miami School of Law.

We could not be more proud!

THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS...

I have been doing my best to avoid meat lately...well except for the occasional Philly Cheesesteak from Jersey Mike's (is that a contradiction in terms).

Tonight when I got home from a rainy drive to South Coast Plaza, Henry said that he had gotten some stuff for dinner.  I had been thinking I would have my usual Whole Wheat toast with Earth Balance and Peanut Butter.  

Went to take the nightly bath and play my hour of DS and all I could think about was Henry saying there was a London Broil in the cold cut section of the refrigerator.  I could only think of that sandwich!!!

The last episode of Ramsay's Restaurant was on and I was going to have a great sammie, some Sake...num-o.

I reach into the top drawer of the refrigerator, spot the aluminum foil packet with the meat, grab it, pull it out...

picture...Carrie

"juice" everywhere

on me

throughout the fridge

on the floor

aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!

I am trying to clean the floor while Denny is busy trying to lick all the "juice" out of my robe.

Back to a meat free existence ... the sammie was good, now that I am writing about it ... not so much.

BIGGEST LOSER WANTS ME

Don't get too excited...not the TV show...the Men's Department.

Yup...the Men's Department is organizing "The Biggest Loser."  Instead of a week at the ranch with Jillian or Bob.  We pay $2 to play, the winner of % weight lost each week wins $5.  The bottom three people play $10.  At the end of the period of time allowed--which I forgot, gets the kitty.  Oh, and if you gain back the weight you lost you pay $1 per pound.

I, of course, asked what the opt out price was...

Wish me luck!!

DID BRAZIL GET ITS NAME FROM THE BRAZIL NUT???

Did Brazil get its name from the Nut?
Did India get its name from the Ink?
Did Oroville get its name from Oroweat?

Why do I ask?

Because Cliff graduates from college in May and there are no rooms at the Inns--literally.  Not one room in the lovely little town of Chico...not one!!  No amount of wheedling, whining, begging, asserting, will get us a room, much less two rooms.

We are staying in Oroville, CA. Where you ask??  I certainly did.  This is a picture of historic downtown Oroville.

 The population of Oroville was 13,000 in 2000.  The fourth largest employer is Walmart, number eight is Home Depot.  Oroweat not in sight.

We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express for Cliff's graduation.  

If we were to stay here this weekend the room would be $86 a night...for graduation weekend it is $195 per night.


It must be near a highway, because I think we are getting robbed.


Oh, BTW, the answers to the questions are...no, no, and no!

I just did some checking to make sure that Oroweat really is not based in Oroville.  Come to find out it is a division of Bimbo Bakeries CA a division of Bimbo Bakeries Mexico...I am not even going there...

I'm just sayin'...

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS CIRCA 2011

My blog began as a method for keeping me in touch with my resolutions.  It is only fair a few years later to re-visit my resolutions and update them.  They are posted at the side of my blog...but I think that I am too busy writing to read them (stating the obvious here).

1. Only buy things that I really need.

• We all absolutely need new shoes--right?

2. Pay my credit cards off.

• Slow start, I have been in maintenance, but I am reneweing my vow.

3. Eat less.

• I will start with fewer times a day.

 4. Exercise more (anything would be more, let’s face it)

• I will reactivate my gym membership in February (hate to join in the January rush)

5. Finish projects.

• I will finish them as soon as I find them.

6. EBay what I don’t need.

• I'm on it!!

7. Donate what I can’t eBay.

• Ditto!

8. Divest myself of all my unnecessary objects.

• Starting with unnecessary FAT!!

 9. Open my mind up to being more creative.

• Yup!

10. Paint.

• Something I need to find to be able to do.

11. Photograph

• Always a love.

12. Write

• Easy!

13. Finish my works in progress

• Repeat of 5 and I never noticed.

14. Use what I have

• Back to finding it to use it!

15. Create

• A clean work environment.

Wish me luck!!!!

NEW YEARS 2010

Happy New Year 2010!!!

In a repeat of last year, we had a wonderful feast at our friends Sonny and Melinda.  

The season is best begun and ended with very good friends

great food

champagne

and children.  

Sonny, Melinda, Clifford, and Amy

 and then topped it off with 30th Anniversary Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory

and finished it off with the traditional puzzle (although I can say "Go Fish")

It was a wonderful evening.

As one of my friends said...we get a chance to do it over and do it right this time.

Happy New Year!!!

WALL OF WONDER

Tonight Henry and I journeyed all the way to "the coast" to visit our son-in-law (even though he is an "ex" we do not think of him that way).  

We went to visit his parents and his new "TV".  When we arrived we were confronted with the "Wall of Wonder"

No--you are not seeing triple vision...there are indeed three televisions installed on this wall.  The reason you ask:  

1. He can now watch three football games at one time
2. The kids can play WII on one of them and he can still watch football
3. Julia can play WII, Jacob can play X-box, and Jeff can watch the ball game.

It is a thrilling prospect...

...that being said, all the way home I thought about it.  


I think we need it.  


The wall of wonder...I can retire and watch three TVs at once

1. Pride and Prejudice, Law and Order, Iron Chef America
2. Tabatha's Salon Takeover, Twilight Zone, and Pride and Prejudice
3. I Love Lucy, Pride and Prejudice, and Law and Order
4. Pride and Prejudice, Escape from LA, and XXX

I am thinking this could be fabulous.....where will Henry watch TV??  What am I thinking....Pride and Prejudice on all three TVs at once...DONE!!