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All that said — I also have to say that I am NOT a fair weather fan!!! NO, SIR!!! The Yanks are in a slump this year (well, let’s call a spade a spade — they’re scraping the bottom of the standings board) — but, they are still the Yankees and I’m still rooting for them to make one of their infamous come backs and get a good rally going to spring into first place and make it to the series — and I’ll be doing that until the day the series starts – with or without them! ha-ha-ha
Seriously — the Yanks have had their golden years and their not so golden years, but I’ve stuck with them! I don’t understand these folks who call themselves die hard fans, but go nuts and bad mouth their team when they are having a tough time — that’s when they need their fans the most!!!
So — Let’s Go, Yankees, Let’s Go!!!! You can do it — you’ve come from behind to win it all before — you can do it again!!!!
(But, then again, coming in dead last just may be the kick that Steinbrenner and his merry men need to show them that they can’t treat people the way they do and keep staying on top…..)
Don’t mistake the last paragraph to mean I didn’t enjoy this season! I DID!!! It was full of excitement, drama, and amazing accomplishments from all the contestants! It was also the first season that the fan voting didn’t seem out of whack! In past seasons, the popularity of some contestants kept them on long after they were obviously no longer a valid contender AND some that were amazing and should have made it much further went home early because they just didn’t get the fan votes!!! This season, it progressed much more in line with the abilities of the contestants – although it got tough towards the end cause they all deserved to go all the way, but one had to go home each week!!!
It was a great season — my only negative was that tonight’s show was very anti-climatic — there was no surprise ending – no “gee, I wonder who’s gonna win”! The recap of the highlights from the season was nice, but I saw it all when it happened —- so, basically, I didn’t need to bother watching tonight at all! I could have just confirmed my suspicions by reading about Kristie on line! But, then, if there HAD been an upset, I would have drop kicked myself into the middle of next week for missing it!!!! ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Now it is over — and I’m already wondering who will be in the line up of stars for NEXT season and looking forward to it starting!!!!
I was at the monthly CIS Board meeting after work. When it adjourned, some of us mingled a little and then I stood outside talking to our Executive Director about some things we need to get done and we looked up at the sky and decided we’d better head home to try to avoid being out in what was obviously going to be a nasty storm. I no more than got in my car and it started to rain. Now, I’m not squeamish about these things — so I had to drive in the rain — no big deal — at least I wasn’t out walking in it!!! So, I headed toward The Dairy Bar to get some supper. As I crossed Horner, it started coming down REALLY hard, so I switched gears (in my mind – not the car) and headed toward McDonald’s to just go through the drive thru. Well, I stopped at the first 4-way there on Gulf Street and started hearing these enormously loud bangs on the roof and then saw the hail hitting the hood of my car — no, not just hail — BOULDERS!!!! It was deafening in the car!!!! The hail was bouncing off the hood and crashing against the windows and bombarding the roof – the rag top roof ————— I was suddenly petrified that it was going to break a window or damage the roof or the paint!!!! And it got really eerie out — a strange gray haze, driving rain you could barely see through, and that hail!!!!!! Supper was no longer a priority — I needed to get my butt home!!!!! It was not a pleasant drive up Hawkins with traffic moving at a snail’s pace and barely able to see beyond the front end of the car — but, I wasn’t about to stop!!!
I made it home OK and pulled the pony into the garage — no damage!!!! BUT – I have a headache, stiff neck, and aching shoulders ——- time to order a pizza and wind down with the season finale of Dancing With The Stars!!!!
Get those votes out — let’s make sure at least one of us win!!!!
Today was one of those days — I didn’t go anywhere or do anything! And now, after a long rough day of being lazy, the girls are snoring at my feet and I am yawning and ready for bed!
My appt was at noon, so I decided to get up and out early enough to go to the Farmer’s Market. I’ve been wanting to get myself in the habit of going on Sat mornings to get fresh veggies for the week, but just haven’t been able to remember to do it when Sat morning gets here! But – today, I did think of it and headed that way a little before 11:00.
There was a lot going on down town when I got there: Hawkins Ave was all clogged up down near the Library for an auction, something was going on at the Temple Theater (maybe a recital or something), and there were a LOT of people at Depot Park. When I got in there, I remembered that the Veteran’s Day parade was this morning – I had just missed it! But, it ended at Depot Park, so there were a lot of folks there and there was some music! I’m always so happy to see Depot Park getting used for celebrations and stuff — it is a great place to hold an event!
I looked around the Farmer’s Market hoping to find some green tomatoes! Harrington Farms had some that were just barely turning ripe, so I got a couple big ones (one close to green and one ripe) and a pint of strawberries – I wanted some asparagus, too, but they were all out of it!
I got to my appt at Marcellos on time. It was a lot of fun sitting there watching all the girls getting their hair done up for the prom — most got the works — hair, pedicure, manicure, make-up — the works! They all looked so beautiful and their mothers were there taking pictures of them getting all spiffed up! It made my time there very enjoyable!
When I got home, I took the goodies I got at the Farmer’s Market and made myself some dinner – Fried Green Tomatoes, a Bacon Lettuce Tomato and Onion Sandwich, and a Strawberry Shortcake!! YUM!!!
I have never made Fried Green Tomatoes before and wasn’t sure what to do with them. The tomato was just starting to turn ripe, so it was a little more juicy than I think it should have been, but I used it anyway.
Here is how I made them:
They were VERY good!!! Like I said, they were a little juicier (and, therefore, mushier) than they should have been, but they tasted GREAT!!!! And they went very well with the BLTO!!!
The strawberries I got were PERFECT! Ripe, juicy, and smelled amazing!!!! I cut them up and added a little sugar to get them to juice up and create a nice syrup! I poured them over a slice of Angel Food Cake! It was fabulous!!! And, I have enough for more tomorrow!!!!
Prior to this refrigerator, I had a side-by-side that had crushed ice and water dispensers in the door. The girls loved to get crushed ice as a treat – if I ran the ice dispenser, they would come running from wherever they were to get some ice! It was a great way to let them think they were getting a sneaky treat between meals without giving them something that would pack on the pounds!!! I would press in the dispenser lever without a glass to catch the ice so that it would spill out onto the kitchen floor and they would go nuts over seeing who could get the most chips!! Sometimes I would take a handful and toss it across the floor like you do when you are skipping a stone on a lake and they would scramble to get each and every ice chip!!! They thought that was so great and would really put them into an excited frenzy!!!
A while before I changed refrigerators, Megan (the devious one) learned how to help herself to the crushed ice!!! The first time I noticed it, I was in the den on the computer (what else is new) and heard the sound of the ice maker crushing ice and ice cascading on the floor!! I got up and went out to the kitchen and found the girls scrambling for ice chips!!! I asked them what they thought they were doing and Megan was so proud, she wiggled around and then showed me how she did it!!! ha-ha-ha!!! It became a regular thing — she supplied her sisters with all the ice they wanted, whenever they wanted it!!!
Fast forward to the new refrigerator — no crushed ice in the door!!! In fact the ice isn’t “crushed” at all! This ice maker dispenses the 1/2 moon shaped ice cubes – big ones! I thought the days of fun with ice treats were over!
One day, I was getting myself some ice for a glass of water and Megan came over and looked into the ice bucket in the freezer drawer – which is right at chin level to her!!! I thought I would see what she would do with a whole ice cube. I said “you want an ice cube?” and she got all excited and Katie and Amy came running for their share, too! So – I gave each of them an ice cube. At first, they acted like they weren’t sure what they had – then, they licked it and crunched it and loved it!!!!
From that moment on, every time I open the freezer drawer, they all come running and sit patiently waiting for me to hand each of them their very own ice cube! I’m always pleasantly surprised that they (especially Megan-stein) don’t just reach in and help themselves before I can stop them — they certainly could! But they sit just a few inches away peering in at the ice like it is a tray full of big juicy steaks!!! Sometimes, when I’m in the kitchen, but no where near the freezer drawer, they will go sit in front of the refrigerator and look at it like it is the most wonderful thing in the world – they’ll glance over at me to see if I notice and let out a little whine!!!
The freezer drawer and ice cubes have become a wonderful, exciting treat dispenser for them!!! Who’d a thunk it???? ha-ha-ha
Also finishing up their season next week will be Desperate Housewives — their season finale will be Sunday!
But – the new season STARTS this Sunday for Army Wives – the great show that debuted last year on LifeTime — if you didn’t catch it last season, it is one you should try to catch up on!
* CORRECTION — ooppss — I just found out that Army Wives doesn’t premier their new season until Sunday June 8th – not this Sunday!
Two numbers – 1313 and 30,000 – have had some significance to me over past couple of days. Here is why:
So – the #s 1313 and 30,000 go down as milestones in my history!
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