One time my blogging friend, Jami, said something about being "fed" by our commenters and that really stuck with me, but actually, the writing is more for me than for anyone else. Forgive my badgering earlier, please!
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Neal is talking about this wonderful program called "Corporate Angels", where private plane owners, whether corporations or individuals, offer their empty seats to folks who need to get from point A to point B for medical purposes. He gave the example of a corporate jet that was flying from Atlanta to Columbia, S.A. and offered two empty seats to whoever needed to come to Atlanta for medical treatment. Apparently there's a database set up to inform the plane owners of a particular need, and the owners will gladly give a lift to those needing their help. Of course, not ALL corporate planes are doing this, but enough to make it noteworthy. Neal is a private pilot with his own plane and takes people to cancer treatment centers and such for no charge. He's not saying this to gain credit for it, only to show folks that not all plane or yacht owners are selfish heels.
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I spent a good deal of my afternoon yesterday sorting and loading photos onto my facebook page. What great fun that is! And, by visiting every file I have with photos saved in it, I could see where I have duplicates of photos and many many mislabeled, a job of major proportions to clean up. I sort of don't know exactly how to begin that, but am wondering if I should clean off my external hard drive and save the photos individually on that instead of on my desktop-----or would that be in addition to my desk top? What do you guys do with your photos?
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The other day I wrote to the advertising manager of this radio station (I listen on-line rather than over the radio) and asked them to please, please, please do something about the Florida Pump ad. It starts with a phone ringing, being answered with a very rude, "What?". The shrew goes on to tell her lady friend about her "soon to be ex-husband" trying to repair their pump. Yes, I'd dump him in a heartbeat for not being able to fix the water pump, that small print is on the marriage certificate in some states! Anyway, the friend listens as the shrew squawks about having to shower at her in-laws, not being able to do laundry or cook....She would certainly never have water pump troubles as a divorcee! The intent of the ad is to get people to call this Florida Pump company to get the repairs done immediately and properly but the way this ad annoys me, I'd look for another company's service first! I haven't heard back from the Ad Manager but the ad still runs every few minutes----ahhhh!!!! I think I need to take a pill!
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It is yet overcast and rainy, as it was last evening and through the night. Here we have this most beautiful, gibbous moon this month and have only really enjoyed it on Saturday evening when Brenda N. was here for dinner. Last night I made a nice kettle of chili using the Bloody Mary Mix Joanne picked up at Browdy's on Sunday. Normally I get the "cheaper" brand from Publix but this worked just fine. My kitchen smelled really good again, but not as good as it did Sunday when Joanne was making her lima beans. Yes, I said lima beans! She was browning bacon for her recipe and there is nothing like that smell! Jo put some bacon on the side for me to make a sandwich with, as I'd picked up white mountain bread at Winn Dixie Saturday after the opera. Yummy! She also sliced up some leftover potatoes and fried them with the bacon which made a nice little snack for us later on. Eventually the lima beans went into the bacon mixture and cooked away for awhile. While I do love a fried bacon sandwich and the potato mixture, I draw the line at lima beans!
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My friend, Kelly, from church, has invited me to come have brunch with her tomorrow. She is so sweet! Sunday she asked me if I was doing anything special in recognition of Timmy's anniversary and really, no, nothing public, not this year. Pastor asked me yesterday if we'd had special memorial services in the past with other pastors and I explained that we did the first few years. It was before Pete even left that I made the decision to not have a service at the cemetery nor have the balloon launches any longer. As time goes by, it seems less "necessary" for the outward shows, I guess. But I love it that people, some who never even knew Timmy, care enough to ask if I'm taken care of, so to speak!
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An example of "how far we've come"---in speaking with Justin via IM yesterday, I told him I was going to get a balloon to attach to the vase/bouquet at the cemetery on Wednesday. We are meeting there tomorrow at lunch time, me bringing the sandwiches, but then I told him I had to be at a meeting by 12:30.....He wrote back: "What? You're going to a meeting? At church??" It just blew him away that I had a commitment to fulfill on Timmy's anniversary so we had to "rush" through our time at the cemetery. I told him we'll still have our dinner at Sweet Tomatoes on Timmy's birthday as always, but I have to make sure I'm back here in time for a Board meeting at The Palace.......No, I may not be the life of those parties, or meetings, as the case might be, but I will go on and do what needs to be done amongst the living. And Justin really is cool with that!
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Really? You don't like lima beans? John said he didn't like them either when we first got married, but then I made them, also with bacon, and let them simmer in the crockpot all day. It's one of his favorite things now!
On the Pop-up message board I follow, someone mentioned once again pie irons.. and an easy meal suggestion was two pieces of bread, buttered, drop in cooked bacon, and an egg, cook over campfire! Your chat about the bacon and potatoes made me think about it. On my wish list is a set of pie irons... fyi.. it's a cast iron "thing", that clamps together like a clam shell on a long handle.
Hi Suzanne:
Boy, that recipe sounds fantastic! Makes my mouth water and my veins clench in anticipation.....
Nope, never a fan of lima beans; in fact, I told Joanne how I used to tuck them under my plate when served in mixed veggies when I was a kid.....
Poor Joanne must get tired of seeing me making ugly faces about some of the foods she makes---like schrimp burgers!!!
Hugs,
Kim
I just laughed out loud, remembering my uncle's take on lima beans! As a child, he hated them. He and my father went to a catholic elementary school. One day at lunch, he told the nun in the lunch room, he did not like them. She made him eat them, and she wore them immediately following! Gross!
Kinda like Daniel trying to eat squash. Last week, I told him he had to eat ONE bite! He gagged the whole way through it, and I said, "you spew, you eat two!" I think that was the first time he gagged and didn't bring it up!
It's funny to me, to think a "worldly woman" such as yourself, is such a picky eater! I have even tried chitlins! I gagged, and nearly lost it.. but I tried it! I always try to keep an open mind about foods.
Hi again:
Love that expression---spew and you eat two! Never tried that one on the kids...
I remember sitting in the airport in New York waiting for our flight to Athens, when I first met Judy R., as I ate my sushi. They all wrinkled their noses at my snack but I liked it. No fish for me though, not a fish eater, except fried lake perch. Notice the word "fried"??
Never have been a fish eater, or sea-food, since I didn't separate fish from sea-food, but do eat some veggies if I have to. No bananas because that would fall under the "spew" catagory......tomatoes in some forms are acceptable, like when it is squeezed from a bottle.....
I love my life! I can live on meat loaf and mashed potatoes and sloppy joes and baked beans and and and and....
Hugs,
Kim
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