Thursday, March 04, 2010
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I’ve been spending too much time sitting this winter due to all the snow. I’ll be on my computer for hours reading, watching downloaded shows or playing games and then realize I haven’t put in any miles on the treadmill. Well. We found the solution.
I’ve been putting in 2 or 3 hours a day, walking 1 MPH and watching movies or emailing or talking on the phone. Yes, I let Gerry take a turn every now and then.
Monday, February 22, 2010
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Bompie’s birthday! He really wants one of these:
NOT the cap, the goofy looking soft one. Curling hat. He is about to lose his mind watching the curling and calling the shots.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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The ceiling is patched. You are seeing a reflection and the primer is not totally dry, but it looks good.
Ger didn’t go sailing due to ice on the lake so he came home and amused himself with the chainsaw. We had a dead tree that needed to come down:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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I’m almost all caught up on HBO’s “Band of Brothers” and I finally got Gerry to sit down and watch the first episode last night. I know, I know, the series is 8 or 9 years old and I don’t know for the life of me why I didn’t watch it when it was first out, being a WWII buff (of sorts). This is the most amazing series. It is so heart-rendingly perfect that I think it should be required viewing. Ordinary men getting the job done once again proving Tom Brokaw was right, they were the greatest generation and we owe them such a huge debt of gratitude.
Dick Winters is still alive and well. It brings a lump to my throat to think about it.
Anyway, the reason I wanted to get Gerry caught up is Spielberg’s new series “The Pacific” starts in March. Don’t miss it.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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We’ve been over at Miss Becky’s “helping” out. She’s had pot lights installed and took down the fan in her kitchen. Mostly we stand around drinking wine and making obnoxious suggestions. We like Andy-the-electrician. He can be obnoxious along with the rest of us. Gerry is working on the dry-wall patch, and doing an excellent job of it I must say. When forced to do something besides drink and talk I go do a little touch-up in her recently remodeled laundry room or paw through her utensils drawers begging for stuff to put on birdhouses.
Monday, February 08, 2010
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There have been many years when ALL I watched was the ads and managed to totally ignore the game. Yes, it’s true. These are my favorite ads from this year:
1. Snicker’s/Betty White
2. VW Stevie Wonder (inspired!)
3. Audi Green (made me wish it was real, almost)
4. Letterman/Oprah/Leno (simple, short, hilarious)
5. Doritos dog collar, Doritos Ninja (laughed out loud, well beer was involved)
Worst ads were those showing men in their underwear. Don’t need to see that.
My beer of choice for the evening was Boddingtons Pub Ale.
The 141 million dollar lottery ticket was sold in Asheville…but not to us. I am so bummed. I just may be bummed all damn day.
We had a very small super bowl party at Becky’s condo last night. Just the three of us. I made Buffalo hot wings dip and some jambalaya. Becky made chili. We had a great time, managing to talk through the controversial commercial so totally missed the controversy. I’m glad it was an exciting game because Becky has no computer for me to play with downstairs. I was stuck. I haven’t watched an entire football game in decades. Whenever I got bored I’d holler “who dat?” just to, you know, get going again. Gerry and I wore black t-shirts with gold mardi gras beads to show our team spirit.
We all three pretty much hated the half-time geriatric rockers. You’re never too old to rock ‘n roll, but you can get too old to try to imitate your younger self. They should have lip-synced it and spared us the humiliating spectacle of Roger Daltry straining for notes that were better left un-sung. Pete Townsend with his belly-baring windmilling was so awful it wasn’t even humorous.
I’m happy for the Saints and all their fans. They proved they deserved to be there and they played an exciting game. Whew! Glad that’s over. I can go back to ignoring football for the next 20 years.
Friday, February 05, 2010
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How high’s the water momma?
I don’t think we’ve ever seen this much water in the 5 years we’ve lived in this house.
We designed and built a birdhouse for a charity auction this weekend. Gerry pretty much designed this one on the fly. He really likes the asymetrical roof line.
Friends have been giving us things to use in our quest to make our birdhouses unique. This one has two pieces of silver-plate, a tray under the house and a footed piece under the center post. The tray has been drilled so it won’t hold water and breed mosquitoes. I placed bicycle gears on the front and on the side roof and then I hung crystals hoping the bluebirds would be attracted to the “shiny things”. The center post is a leg from an old table, the feet are old drawer knobs. The bird perch is a very scuffed up finial. On the right there is a brass light fixture base. I slapped that distressed aluminum on the front because I wanted to hammer in some more copper nails. I love to put those copper nails all over the place. The white porcelain knob on the side is for the clean-out. This house is functional and decorative. I hope it brings as much as the one we made last year, but this event is in danger of being postponed due to the CRAPPY weather!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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As bummed as I am about the party, I just had a really good laugh reading that Dave Matthews would have said no to John Edwards had he asked Matthews to play at his fantasy roof-top wedding in NYC.
I picture John Edwards reading this and feeling bad. That makes me start laughing all over again.
I’m bummed about the canceled dinner party. I have all that pomegranite that I cleaned for the champagne cocktails.
I made Morroccan stew yesterday.
We got several inches of snow. I think the city has shut down. Sleet fell on top of the snow to make driving more interesting for the fools that want to get out in it. We were supposed to go to a dinner party tonight, but I think it’s been canceled. I’m trying to work up enough interest/energy to be productive but not making any progress.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Those two words make me proud to be a member of the human race. What a remarkable woman. Brave, in the simple, pure, unquestioning way of someone who knows what is the right thing to do and just does it.
I stand at the end of the long, long line of good Dutch people who did what I did or more – much more - during those dark and terrible times years ago, but always like yesterday in the hearts of those of us who bear witness. Never a day goes by that I do not think of what happened then.
The world is a lesser place with her passing.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
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Griffin took to skiing like a duck to water. Who’s surprised?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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Once upon a time I met a cyber-pal at a blog. We exchanged emails and recipes, if I remember correctly. When I started up my art blog she bought a painting from me and it was a very special event in my life because SHE is an artist and she liked my painting.
To be precise, she is a famous artist. Sally Cruikshank. And today her animated film “Qausi at the Quackadero” was selected for the National Film Registery by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress selects 25 films each year that it considers "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant," chosen from hundreds of titles nominated by the public, members of the National Film Preservation Board and the library's motion picture staff.
Check out her blog here.