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Post Thanksgiving

Friday, November 25th, 2011

Ugh!!!  I am so stuffed!!!  But really, we had a nice quiet dinner with no company, no house full of people this year.  In fact, we ate out at IHOP on Thanksgiving and only cooked our turkey dinner tonight!!

I couldn’t see spending all day at work stressing over what I could not get done within the short work week and then coming home, taking care of our little Roo and Pooh bear (two cocker spaniels – for those of you who are not familiar with the family yet), and then trying to cook a big dinner, get pies made, etc., just to get frustrated and tired out.  So, I did the pies on Thursday for Friday dinner.  It worked out great!!  I had a 20 lb turkey to cook for two of us, so I froze a lot of leftovers.

I tried something new this year.  I made the stuffing from whole wheat bread, instead of white bread; I made my pie crust from whole wheat flour (a little tougher to roll out) and made sugar free pumpkin pie.  The entire meal turned out to be very tasty.  We did not do the traditional sweet potato pie or scalloped corn, since we are trying to watch our diets a little more closely these days, but we did not feel we missed out on a thing.  The pie was great!!!

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Reality TV?

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

I have noticed, as I am sure everyone has, that there has been a big increase in so-called “reality” TV in recent years.  I remember when the first “reality” TV show, Survivor, aired.  My neighbor, Becky, was very much into it.  I tried to watch it, but found it to be not to my taste.  I have heard that it is not even filmed in a remote location, but in a studio.  I don’t know if this statement is true, or not, and really, it does not concern me in the least.

I think that reality TV has gone too far.  Who cares about what the Kardashians are doing?  Apparently a lot of people, given the ratings.  I had never even heard of them until their show came out, and I have better things to do than watch what is happening in their lives; I am too busy living my life!!!  I really do not care about the real housewives of New Jersey or Los Angeles or any other city.  I have seen little bits of these shows (a few minutes is all I can stand to watch) and ask myself, “Are these people for real”?  Surely not, at least I would hope not.  And I do not care in the least what Snookie is up to.  People of America, get out there and live your own lives and quit burying yourselves in your television set watching these people live theirs.

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As Seen on TV

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

I am going to do something new, that I have not done in the past. I am going to give you my review of a product that looks great when they present it on the infomercial, but when you get it home….it just isn’t the same.  I am sure you all have done it.  I have done it several times.

Today I am going to talk about the Aah Bra (TM).  I looked great on those TV models and seemed to be everything I have been looking for for so many years.  I am tired of bras that cut into you and pinch your skin, leaving unsightly and sore areas around your torso.

So, one day, while waiting in line at the local Walmart, I see the display for the Ahh Bra (TM).  But, of course, they did not have my size.  So I continued to check every time I went to Walmart, and found the display to be empty.  I did this for six weeks, and one day my patience paid off (or so I thought).  They had more of them on the shelf!!!  Finally, comfort!!!

I purchased three of the bras and excitedly drove home.  After putting away my perishable items, and after six weeks of anticipation, I was going to get to put on my new and long awaited “comfortable” bra.

Well, let’s see…I don’t know if it was me or the bra, but as I tried to get it on over my head, it began to roll up (as had any sports bra that I had previously tried on).  After several minutes of contortion that I did not know I was capable of, I finally got the thing in place.  I found, much to my disappointment that it offered me no support and was what I considered nothing more than another sports bra.  It was definitely not made for anyone larger than a C cup size.  So, my Ahh Bras (TM) were sadly returned to the store, and my quest begins again.

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Bingo

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

I went to play bingo with my friend, Jackie, the other night.  It is the only chance I get to see her because she is a nurse and travels a lot in her job.

Bingo has come a long way since I started playing some 30 years ago.  I remember way back then we used either the slide type markers that were built into the cards or just plain see-through bingo chips.  A  few years later they came out with magnetic bingo chips.  These were simply the clear chips with a light-weight metal strip around them that you ran a magnetic wand over to collect the chips after each game (I wonder what ever happened to my very large collection of magnetic chips?).  Now we simply use paper cards (recycled, of course) and use water-soluble colored ink “daubers”  to cover each number.  Now, they have computers that you can purchase to play for the night.  It is quite expensive to play the computers though.  And, as I have found out from recent experience, using a computer does not increase your chances one bit.

I have to chuckle when I think about all those ladies that used to bring pictures of their children and grandchildren and display them for good luck; and then there were the ladies who brought the little dolls with the wild hair for luck.  They would set everything up on the table, surrounding themselves with all sorts of trinkets and pictures, in the hope that it would bring them good luck.  Quite comical now that I think about it.  I was never one to use any “good luck charms”.  If figured if I was meant to win that night, I would.

Well, Jackie and I did not win any money the other night.  I have decided that I will not be playing with the computers anymore.  I hope that our next bingo outing, we go every Tuesday night, will be more fruitful.

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Swimming with friends

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

I know this is the middle of Summer but, it is so HOT!!!  I got an invite to my girlfriend Kathy’s house the other evening after work.   She said she had a surprise for me.

I finished a particularly challenging day at the office and stopped by home and let out the dog and did the few things I have to do at the end of every day, and proceeded to drive the approximately 10 miles to her house.  Well, when I got there, Kathy took me out back and much to my surprise, she had bought a new swimming pool!!!  She even had a bathing suit waiting for me to slip into!!!

As we relaxed on the floats, she made the comment that there were no places nearby where she could get supplies and chemicals for her pool.  She asked if I knew where she might go.  I told her about another friend of mine who had the same dilemma who buys her pool supplies online and has them shipped right to her house.   She says they have reasonable prices and they even have a toll-free number for questions.

We ended up staying in the pool until the sun went down, it was great!!  Now she is talking about putting lights in for night swims and parties. What a great way to finish up a hot day by taking a nice leisurely swim.  I want to go back every night and visit now!!

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