I haven't posted in a week and everyone is asking why. I have been too busy that's why. Wednesday, I played cards with my friends as we do every Wednesday. I was busy all day doing something but I have already forgotten what since my memory doesn't take me back that far.
Thursday, I did some grocery shopping, then to my son's for visit, then out to dinner at the Venetian Hotel and the play "Phantom of the Opera." Fantasic production. The scenery, visual effects, story and music were awesome. I was told that this production was better than the one in New York and Toronto by several people who commented after the show. This is the best thing our Solos group has been to in a long time.
Friday, I stayed home most of the day and vegged out. Finished reading Joseph Wambaugh's "Hollywood Station," his new bestseller. Great reading by a very interesting former cop turned writer. Did a 1/2 hour on the treadmill.
Saturday, cards in the morning with the Sun City group, then 5 of us go out to lunch after cards every Saturday. Went to Mimi's one of our favorite restaurants here in town. Had a visit from a friend of mine when I got home so I chatted with her for the better part of the afternoon.
Sunday, church then off to Kohl's to see what new stuff was on sale. Returned a watch and got a nicer one in exchange but didn't buy anything. Did a 1/2 hour on the treadmill.
Monday, did some stuff around the house, had breakfast, then bowling with our Sun City league. Bowled 3 pretty decent games. My daughter came to watch since she's on vacation this week, and I stayed and bowled a game with her. She bowled a 158 after not having bowled in years. Put me to shame. Went back to her house, picked up the kids and went out to dinner. Didn't do the treadmill. Bowling was enough.
Today I plan on making veggie soup, getting into another 100 pages of John Grishom's "An Innocent Man" (very interesting true story), getting my hair cut later today and that's it.
I did a few things in between the social stuff and reading, but not enough to be interesting. And I'm sure I forgot most of what I did.
The weather is going to warm up this weekend so I'll be back in the pool with water aerobics. I really miss it when I can't do it.
Making plane reservations to go back to Michigan in May. Was planning on leaving around the 20's but my grandson tells me his band concert is on the 23rd. Don't want to miss that one.
Ever have this happen to you? For the past couple of weeks my dishwasher has been gushing water out of the little air thingy that sits next to the faucet. I have no idea why, but when the dishwasher empties water just goes all over my counter almost to the edge. Takes me 10 minutes to mop it up. Well, I called the plumber last night and he's coming out this afternoon. He thinks it's the hose. My dishwasher is running right now and I've been checking on it everytime it empties. NOT A DROP OF WATER ANYWHERE. What's with that?
Ahhhh, another DramaQueen day.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Bits and Pieces of My Mind......
The following facts are true, my comments follow.
1. There is a shortage of pennies that could mean your pennies will be worth more than 5 cents in the future. (Now that means that anyone reading this newspaper article will hoard pennies, creating a shortage. Hmmm.)
2. Queen Elizabeth eats corn flakes for breakfast out of a Tupperware container. (Does she burp the lid?)
3. A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (Let's see, they eat whatever they want in huge quantities and have a 30 minute orgasm. Lord, let me come back as a pig.)
4. A couple of fast food restaurants are seriously considering taking pesos as legal tender. (Oh great, now those who can't even make change for American money will have to learn about the peso exchange.)
5. No words rhyme with silver, orange or purple. (Okay, I'll buy that.)
6. A duck's quack has no echo and no one knows why. (Even if it yodels??)
7. There are no clocks in any of the Las Vegas casino. (But everyone wears a watch, and has the time on their everlasting cell phones. So there!!)
8. A McDonalds burger bun contains 198 sesame seeds. (I wonder how much they pay the person who counts them.)
9. In ancient Greece the word "idiot" meant a citizen or layman. (Means pretty much the same here too.)
10. Baskin Robbins created a ketchup flavored ice cream but decided against marketing it feeling it wouldn't sell. (Heck I would have put in on my burger.)
11. Frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed and go on living. (I'd better check the package of frog legs in my freezer.)
12. By the time a child gets out of elementary school, he would have witness 8,000 murders and 10,000 acts of violence. (And you're concerned with the "F" word?)
13. China has more English speaking people than the United States. (No kidding. But how many people in China can speak Spanish???)
14. Tell, what the hell is a "gourmet" hot dog?
1. There is a shortage of pennies that could mean your pennies will be worth more than 5 cents in the future. (Now that means that anyone reading this newspaper article will hoard pennies, creating a shortage. Hmmm.)
2. Queen Elizabeth eats corn flakes for breakfast out of a Tupperware container. (Does she burp the lid?)
3. A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (Let's see, they eat whatever they want in huge quantities and have a 30 minute orgasm. Lord, let me come back as a pig.)
4. A couple of fast food restaurants are seriously considering taking pesos as legal tender. (Oh great, now those who can't even make change for American money will have to learn about the peso exchange.)
5. No words rhyme with silver, orange or purple. (Okay, I'll buy that.)
6. A duck's quack has no echo and no one knows why. (Even if it yodels??)
7. There are no clocks in any of the Las Vegas casino. (But everyone wears a watch, and has the time on their everlasting cell phones. So there!!)
8. A McDonalds burger bun contains 198 sesame seeds. (I wonder how much they pay the person who counts them.)
9. In ancient Greece the word "idiot" meant a citizen or layman. (Means pretty much the same here too.)
10. Baskin Robbins created a ketchup flavored ice cream but decided against marketing it feeling it wouldn't sell. (Heck I would have put in on my burger.)
11. Frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed and go on living. (I'd better check the package of frog legs in my freezer.)
12. By the time a child gets out of elementary school, he would have witness 8,000 murders and 10,000 acts of violence. (And you're concerned with the "F" word?)
13. China has more English speaking people than the United States. (No kidding. But how many people in China can speak Spanish???)
14. Tell, what the hell is a "gourmet" hot dog?
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Nuts Can Be Bad For You
I love nuts - namely shelled walnuts and pecans. I could eat them as a meal, but they are very costly. Let me explain.
I buy nuts from Whole Foods because I can buy them in bulk and they are super fresh. So yesterday I stopped in after my regular juant to the supermarket and decided all I needed was nuts. Now if you've ever been to a Whole Foods store you know that they carry a huge selection of EVERYTHING ever made, or grown on this planet. It's always fresh, always wholesome, meaning no preservatives, curatives, chemicals etc. When I enter the store I am in the produce department and in order to get where the nuts are I have to circle around the whole store. Well, I don't HAVE to, but I do. The produce is not only crisp and gorgeous, but every veggie, fruit and berry known to man is in this department. I pass the lettuce, just having bought some and stand in front of the awesome mushroom display. I count 15 different varieties of mushrooms and envision my fabulous "Wild Mushroon and Sherry Soup" that I love so much and decide to pick a few varieties. These mushrooms are so unusual that I have a hard time deciding and at 18 to 27 dollars per pound I finally bag a few and move on.
I notice the produce guy stacking red, gold and striped beets and knowing how much I love roasted beets, I bag a couple of each color, and a huge bunch of fresh basil - and I move on. This brings me to the Seafood/Fish section which in itself it a feast for the eyes. Every edible fish and seafood you've ever seen (and a few you've NEVER seen) is in this counter. Some of which looks downright spooky but the clams and mussels catch my eye and since I love my clams and mussels in spicy tomato/garlic/lemon/basil broth, I decide to buy some for dinner tonight. While deciding, I notice the huge stack of Fanny Bay oysters in the shell. Now raw Fanny Bays are probably the best thing you can put into your mouth so I shelve the clams idea and buy 8 oysters, and try to ignore the 9 varieties of smoked fish - and I move on. Moving on brings me smack in the middle of the cheese and wine section. Now wine is pretty much wine, but WF cheese bins are awesome. Cheeses from all over the world and this is my weakness. I buy a double cream brie, an imported from Spain blue cheese, and reluctantly I move on. Next to the cheeses is the hot food section. Everything from smoked ribs, chicken, double smoked spiral cut ham, roast beef and pulled pork and it's made right there. The guy hands me a sample of the smoked ribs, and tears come to my eyes. I can't eat ribs. Not yet anyway. And besides, my son makes the best ribs ever. So I move on and come to the pizza section, they make pizzas there too and sell them by the slice or the whole. They're hot, fresh and look heavenly. Maybe just one slice? No, can't do it. I try not to look since I'm already bumming about the ribs so I move on. The Mexican Food section is next, burritos, tacos, Mexican Tortilla soup, incredible beef enchiladas etc. Now remember this is Whole Foods so there are no junk items in these foods. Still, time to move on. Here's something I can't pass up and I just happen to need it. The artisan breads - again baked right on the property - so I grab a warm loaf of crusty whole wheat/6 grain bread and , you got it , move on. I can pass the 9 counters of salads of every description, southern fried (baked) chicken, pot roast, 12 kinds of imported olives and several other brined and pickled things, another weakness of mine, and an array of homemade soups. Wow, what will power. Surprises even me. I have to see what's new in the oil and vinegar aisle so I just take a peek. A peek gets me a bottle of sherry vinegar from Spain and a jar of some great looking tapenade made with sun dried tomatoes and artichokes. The label says, "great on pasta." Okay and I move on. I pass the huge display of prepared foods, salads, appetizers, veggie dips and spreads and stuff like that. I move on but some thing catches my eye and I back up. What is that great looking spinach thing? I buy a small container and block out the other things. I start to go to checkout and have to cut through the Italian food section. Am I kidding? I need to restock on San Marzano tomatoes from Italy and I put a couple cans in the basket. This reminds me that I'm low on Parmesan cheese (Reggianno only thanks) so I double back to the cheese counter. Dangerous thing to do but I made it without incident.
Now WF has a practice of allowing a restaurant to come in, set up a huge "sample our fare" display and passing out samples. This time it's RAO's. So I get a sample or two, a couple of coupons for money off if I come in to the restaurant and I MOVE THE HELL ON. But not before buying a jar of Rao's pasta sauce. Anyone who knows me knows that I make my own sauce but this one is awesome to say the least. Nine bucks a jar, is that nuts or what? and worth every dime. Look up Rao's on the internet and learn about this fabulous New York restaurant opening here in a couple of weeks. I figure I've done all the damage I can do for one day so I head for the checkout. I love this place and $58.65 later I head for the door and this time I MOVE OUT. This is a typical shopping experience for me at Whole Foods but a dangerous one. To top it all off, Trader Joe's is opening a new store less than 2 miles from my house. There's another blog. Hope you all have a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's where you live, but maybe you have more self-discipline than I.
BY THE WAY: DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT I FORGOT TO BUY THE NUTS???????
I buy nuts from Whole Foods because I can buy them in bulk and they are super fresh. So yesterday I stopped in after my regular juant to the supermarket and decided all I needed was nuts. Now if you've ever been to a Whole Foods store you know that they carry a huge selection of EVERYTHING ever made, or grown on this planet. It's always fresh, always wholesome, meaning no preservatives, curatives, chemicals etc. When I enter the store I am in the produce department and in order to get where the nuts are I have to circle around the whole store. Well, I don't HAVE to, but I do. The produce is not only crisp and gorgeous, but every veggie, fruit and berry known to man is in this department. I pass the lettuce, just having bought some and stand in front of the awesome mushroom display. I count 15 different varieties of mushrooms and envision my fabulous "Wild Mushroon and Sherry Soup" that I love so much and decide to pick a few varieties. These mushrooms are so unusual that I have a hard time deciding and at 18 to 27 dollars per pound I finally bag a few and move on.
I notice the produce guy stacking red, gold and striped beets and knowing how much I love roasted beets, I bag a couple of each color, and a huge bunch of fresh basil - and I move on. This brings me to the Seafood/Fish section which in itself it a feast for the eyes. Every edible fish and seafood you've ever seen (and a few you've NEVER seen) is in this counter. Some of which looks downright spooky but the clams and mussels catch my eye and since I love my clams and mussels in spicy tomato/garlic/lemon/basil broth, I decide to buy some for dinner tonight. While deciding, I notice the huge stack of Fanny Bay oysters in the shell. Now raw Fanny Bays are probably the best thing you can put into your mouth so I shelve the clams idea and buy 8 oysters, and try to ignore the 9 varieties of smoked fish - and I move on. Moving on brings me smack in the middle of the cheese and wine section. Now wine is pretty much wine, but WF cheese bins are awesome. Cheeses from all over the world and this is my weakness. I buy a double cream brie, an imported from Spain blue cheese, and reluctantly I move on. Next to the cheeses is the hot food section. Everything from smoked ribs, chicken, double smoked spiral cut ham, roast beef and pulled pork and it's made right there. The guy hands me a sample of the smoked ribs, and tears come to my eyes. I can't eat ribs. Not yet anyway. And besides, my son makes the best ribs ever. So I move on and come to the pizza section, they make pizzas there too and sell them by the slice or the whole. They're hot, fresh and look heavenly. Maybe just one slice? No, can't do it. I try not to look since I'm already bumming about the ribs so I move on. The Mexican Food section is next, burritos, tacos, Mexican Tortilla soup, incredible beef enchiladas etc. Now remember this is Whole Foods so there are no junk items in these foods. Still, time to move on. Here's something I can't pass up and I just happen to need it. The artisan breads - again baked right on the property - so I grab a warm loaf of crusty whole wheat/6 grain bread and , you got it , move on. I can pass the 9 counters of salads of every description, southern fried (baked) chicken, pot roast, 12 kinds of imported olives and several other brined and pickled things, another weakness of mine, and an array of homemade soups. Wow, what will power. Surprises even me. I have to see what's new in the oil and vinegar aisle so I just take a peek. A peek gets me a bottle of sherry vinegar from Spain and a jar of some great looking tapenade made with sun dried tomatoes and artichokes. The label says, "great on pasta." Okay and I move on. I pass the huge display of prepared foods, salads, appetizers, veggie dips and spreads and stuff like that. I move on but some thing catches my eye and I back up. What is that great looking spinach thing? I buy a small container and block out the other things. I start to go to checkout and have to cut through the Italian food section. Am I kidding? I need to restock on San Marzano tomatoes from Italy and I put a couple cans in the basket. This reminds me that I'm low on Parmesan cheese (Reggianno only thanks) so I double back to the cheese counter. Dangerous thing to do but I made it without incident.
Now WF has a practice of allowing a restaurant to come in, set up a huge "sample our fare" display and passing out samples. This time it's RAO's. So I get a sample or two, a couple of coupons for money off if I come in to the restaurant and I MOVE THE HELL ON. But not before buying a jar of Rao's pasta sauce. Anyone who knows me knows that I make my own sauce but this one is awesome to say the least. Nine bucks a jar, is that nuts or what? and worth every dime. Look up Rao's on the internet and learn about this fabulous New York restaurant opening here in a couple of weeks. I figure I've done all the damage I can do for one day so I head for the checkout. I love this place and $58.65 later I head for the door and this time I MOVE OUT. This is a typical shopping experience for me at Whole Foods but a dangerous one. To top it all off, Trader Joe's is opening a new store less than 2 miles from my house. There's another blog. Hope you all have a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's where you live, but maybe you have more self-discipline than I.
BY THE WAY: DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT I FORGOT TO BUY THE NUTS???????
Friday, January 19, 2007
Warming Up to Freezing
Hey I'm still cold so howcome they keep saying temps are warming up. I don't consider highs of 45 "warm." Gotta get me a down jacket. The waterfalls are still frozen so it's not "warm" yet guys. I don't like heat, you all know that, but I realized I don't like cold either. Am I gonna have to go to Florida in the winter?
The cold has affected the California crops which froze solid over the past few days. Lemons, oranges, grapefruit, limes, avocados and some other veggies were 90% destroyed which means, according to the growers, prices will be higher than they've ever been for these crops. Well, I was at supermarket this morning and even though the surviving crops won't be shipped for a few weeks, prices are already being raised. Pretty much sounds like the gasoline scam.
Well it's official. No smoking in restaurants, or bars that serve food. But, if you light up, the owner will look the other way. He will be fined only if there are "several" complaints from patrons - meaning that the smoker will not be affected since he will be long gone. Doesn't bother me since most food establishments here have a no smoking rule anyway and those that don't have a good ventilation system so I never smell smoke. It's the casinos that you could die in. The better places on the Strip have systems so powerful and efficient that you can barely smell smoke from the person next to you, but the smaller, older places can choke you before you even hit the front door. Accckkk. My good friend Barbara has a daughter-in-law with triplets, plus one and took them to check out a daycare center in town. She couldn believe it when she smelled cigarette smoke, and she SAW them smoking. SMOKING IN A DAYCARE CENTER??? What kind of craziness is that? Isn't it nice to have your preschooler come home after a day there reeking of stale cigarette smoke , not to mention the kids are inhaling it. The law recently passed was supposed to ban smoking in day care centers. That line on the ballot just about blew me away. How did smoking in a day care center become allowable in the first place?? What the hell are they thinking?????
Well, my cold is gone and I feel great. It wasn't a bad week. I rested and I needed to. My social life is becoming very active and I needed to spend time with myself sitting in my recliner, "bankie" pulled up to my chin, sipping homemade chicken noodle soup, hot chocolate, and reading a good book, watching a couple of great movies that I recorded (and now I have Netflix too) and just plain vegging out. But I miss not being able to go to the gym and exercise so today is the day I get back on the treadmill and the machines. NO ONE came over because I told them I was contagious. Ahhhhhh. Gotta do this again sometime.
The cold has affected the California crops which froze solid over the past few days. Lemons, oranges, grapefruit, limes, avocados and some other veggies were 90% destroyed which means, according to the growers, prices will be higher than they've ever been for these crops. Well, I was at supermarket this morning and even though the surviving crops won't be shipped for a few weeks, prices are already being raised. Pretty much sounds like the gasoline scam.
Well it's official. No smoking in restaurants, or bars that serve food. But, if you light up, the owner will look the other way. He will be fined only if there are "several" complaints from patrons - meaning that the smoker will not be affected since he will be long gone. Doesn't bother me since most food establishments here have a no smoking rule anyway and those that don't have a good ventilation system so I never smell smoke. It's the casinos that you could die in. The better places on the Strip have systems so powerful and efficient that you can barely smell smoke from the person next to you, but the smaller, older places can choke you before you even hit the front door. Accckkk. My good friend Barbara has a daughter-in-law with triplets, plus one and took them to check out a daycare center in town. She couldn believe it when she smelled cigarette smoke, and she SAW them smoking. SMOKING IN A DAYCARE CENTER??? What kind of craziness is that? Isn't it nice to have your preschooler come home after a day there reeking of stale cigarette smoke , not to mention the kids are inhaling it. The law recently passed was supposed to ban smoking in day care centers. That line on the ballot just about blew me away. How did smoking in a day care center become allowable in the first place?? What the hell are they thinking?????
Well, my cold is gone and I feel great. It wasn't a bad week. I rested and I needed to. My social life is becoming very active and I needed to spend time with myself sitting in my recliner, "bankie" pulled up to my chin, sipping homemade chicken noodle soup, hot chocolate, and reading a good book, watching a couple of great movies that I recorded (and now I have Netflix too) and just plain vegging out. But I miss not being able to go to the gym and exercise so today is the day I get back on the treadmill and the machines. NO ONE came over because I told them I was contagious. Ahhhhhh. Gotta do this again sometime.
Monday, January 15, 2007
This Water isn't Falling
I got an e-mail from a friend in North Carolina saying, "oh c'mon now, I can't believe it's THAT cold in Vegas". Well here is a picture I took a couple of minutes ago of the waterfall behind my house. I hope you can see the icicles and frozen "spray" throughout the rock. I'm too short to get a picture of the frozen pool of water at the bottom of the waterfall but take my word for it, it's there. You could ice skate on it. I wonder what will happen to my desert plants?
And now I have a cold, thank you very much. I haven't had a cold in 30 years, I have one now. I can't bowl today with my league (and we've been in first place all season) and I can't do the treadmill or water aerobics. All I can do is sit in my comfy recliner with my thermal blanket pulled up around me, drink stuff and watch TV and read. Hmmm is that bad? I made a huge pot of chicken broth last Friday. Add some noodles, some chicken pieces and you've got the makings of some great comfort food. Maybe I'll take advantage of this. I'm just starting a good novel by one of my favorite writers, Joseph Wambaugh. He's a retired San Diego cop who has written several best sellers and this one is supposed to be his best. It just came out a few weeks ago and is already a best seller. It's called "Hollywood Station." I'm going to enjoy the next couple of days.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Everybody Talks About the Weather etc........
Well this is nuts!!! I'm freezing my gazoobies off here. The temps went to 22 last night. They set a record since 1990 or something. The highs today will be 36. I remember when George and I made one of our monthly trips to Vegas from San Diego and the temp here was 19. The waterfall on the volcano at the Mirage was frozen and so was the pooling water around it. I never thought I'd see that happen again. Some kind of low front or high front or cold front or whatever from the north did this to us. We were supposed to get snow but all we got was about 25 snowflakes then it was over. Who needs this stuff? When I lived in Michigan, which was most of my life, it never bothered me because I was prepared fot it. When we lived in Traverse City in northern lower Michigan, we saw snow every day and we got sick of it so we moved to San Diego. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE SNOW OR COLD WEATHER. While I was typing this I got a call from my friend in Florida. She says it's 80 degrees and uncomfortably warm. Uh huh. Wanna trade?
I thought I was done buying jewelry from QVC and I did manage to stay away from that channel completely since September, but I got back on again and ordered some more stuff. Kohl's had a great sale the other day and while I was returning a shirt I stopped at the jewelry counter. Bought 4 more watches, (couldn't resist the "buy one get one free deal) so now I have 22 watches. They match all my clothes. Gotta match your clothes doncha know. I decided that I would change the time from daylight saving to pacific standard one watch at a time instead of doing it all at once. I also have 10 clocks in my house to change. Is this nuts or what???
I thought I was done buying jewelry from QVC and I did manage to stay away from that channel completely since September, but I got back on again and ordered some more stuff. Kohl's had a great sale the other day and while I was returning a shirt I stopped at the jewelry counter. Bought 4 more watches, (couldn't resist the "buy one get one free deal) so now I have 22 watches. They match all my clothes. Gotta match your clothes doncha know. I decided that I would change the time from daylight saving to pacific standard one watch at a time instead of doing it all at once. I also have 10 clocks in my house to change. Is this nuts or what???
Friday, January 12, 2007
Okay, Okay I'm Baaaaack.
Well who could have believed it? I got e-mails from several people telling me NOT to drop my blogs because they enjoyed reading them. Because there were never any comments I figured no one was listening. So I guess I will continue to blog as much as I can. Sometimes absolutely nothing happens to blog about but I can still vent, bitch, complain, whine, piss, moan, wonder about and just chat about whatever comes to mind. Sometimes I'll post pictures. Betcha can't wait for those, right??? Okay so give me a day or so and I'll be back on again.
Thanks to all those people who supported this blog and thanks for the compliments. If you just can't get how to comment to this blog, then e-mail me at gkelleylvn@yahoo.com.
Thanks to all those people who supported this blog and thanks for the compliments. If you just can't get how to comment to this blog, then e-mail me at gkelleylvn@yahoo.com.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Bye Bye
I have decided to eliminate my blog site since I no longer get any comments and have no idea if anyone is still reading them. I enjoyed doing it but without comments I feel like I'm talking to myself. I do that anyway. LOL
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