Shaking Off Amnesia, Gonzales Remembers He's Actually Pool Salesman From Tulsa

Elliott Smith- Stupidity Tries

This is also cycling through my head. I want to learn the guitar to this, but I have a feeling it would be way too over my head.

Buns are cooked

We did the Cook your Buns 5K race tonight after work. We do a lot of races put on in Greenwich. It is the best sporting value we have encountered in a long time. $15 for a T-shirt, entry into Tod's Point (if we went there to hang out it would have cost us a total of $40 dollars), and a post race BBQ put on by Whole Foods. Mike wanted to get a hotdog before the race, and we joked about having BBQ instead of water stops. It makes me want to live in Greenwich so we could go to their beach when we wanted. I was not trying for a good run (I am being careful with the knees), but I ended up with a personal best anyways. I got to pass people for once. Mike placed in his age group, so he had a good showing. Greenwich lost a Supreme court ruling a few years ago, and now they have to allow others to use their beach. They keep exclusive by making you drive to another building to get a parking pass and charging $10/person and a $20 parking fee. The beach is nice, but it is not like the ones on Long Island on the open Atlantic. We go to Jones Beach for free with our NY parks pass!

Elliott Smith

Can not get this out of my mind this week.

Family Guy - Electric Man

Gotta love the union suit.

This one's for the girls

I guess the guys would not find this interesting at all. I have noticed the thong underwear fad is fading away (admit it, they are uncomfortable!). I sat at many a lunchtable at a previous job (which employed a ton of women), and they would claim thongs were comfortable. I supposed they just wished they were really comfortable. I suppose they are if you like the feeling of having a perpetual wedgie. Now, I do not wear granny panties. I am a bikini girl. I was in the mall the other night, and I bought more underwear (strategy to avoid the laundromat). I decided to throw in a pair of boy shorts for the hell of it. I tested them today, and I have to say that they totally suck. I got the same size I use for bikini, and they were huge. I thought I would pull a grampa Simpson by lunch. The bottom part lacked elastic, and they were just flappin'. They also tended to bunch up in my crack. It is amazing how something that appears to be comfortable was driving me batty all day. Is it just me? I do have enough junk in the trunk!

The Daily Puppy

The Daily Puppy
Here is Anita and Jonathan's Pup.

Please explain

In the middle of a treatment the other day, the kid's mom asked me, "Are you Catholic, Protestant, or Presbyterian?". Apparently I appear to be a type of Christian. After I told her I was Catholic, she asked the child to ask me his question. The burning question, "What is a saint"? I guess he was interested since he had been to some Caribbean islands. So I did my best simple explanation of what a saint is to the young one, and he seemed satisfied with the answer.

WNYC - Radio Lab: Memory and Forgetting (June 08, 2007)

WNYC - Radio Lab: Memory and Forgetting (June 08, 2007)
Radiolab is back, and this was really good. I apologize for 2 memory-related posts in one week.

Whewhh!!!!

I got up at 7:30, because I passed out on the floor last night watching the "Untouchables". I am the queen of passing out watching movies, even when I like them. As you all know, it has been a crazy week. I topped off the craziness by undergoing a state audit yesterday morning. I see kids in a particular program governed by the dept. of health, so I was one of the providers that was randomly audited. As you may imagine, it was a tad stressful. They wanted all of my documentation for the kids I have seen, and I had to undergo an interview. I am not too eloquent in a stressful situation, but it went well. I knew that they would find errors, and they were not as hard on me as I expected. Part of the interview problem was just semantics and the dept likes to use a ton of acronyms. I am glad that I went through the process now, and I learned a lot. It would have sucked in another three years.

I got home last night, and it smelled like I was entering a turpentine factory. Carol fixed a floor upstairs, and you could taste it down here. I was bummed since I picked up some fish last night I wanted to make for dinner. So Mike and I decided to go out for Sushi at a little place we like in White Plains. I was looking forward to catching up with Mike since I have not really seen him all week. When I flew back from MI, he was in Chicago. He went to the Waldorf-Astoria thursday night for an Economic Club meeting, and it was a fancy event. It was black tie, and Condi Rice and Alan Greenspan were going to be speaking. Mike dusted his tux off to discover the boutonniere from the wedding was still pinned to it, and his shirt was never washed. He had to make a run to Syms to fix that up! When Mike got home from the event, I was in the throes of the last minute audit panic, so I could not appreciate the debriefing. The hostess asked us which table we would like, and I picked the WRONG one.

The cornholios at the other table were 2 dudes. One was a tanned, pumped up lookin' character. The other was a similarly tanned, but kinda bloated guy. I can assure you that they did not get laid tonight. The not good lookin' guy was talking so loud with expletive-laced sentences, and much of the conversation revolved around "f'ing women, people who are fat, types of fish, hot women, and how much he could bench". Holy shit, what a meathead! I had to look at him since he was talking so much about looks that I had to see if he was hot-but he was not. I swear his friend did not say anything the whole time. He was telling the waitress she was beautiful, and then commenting after she left about her, etc. I am sure they were on the way to the bars down the street. I tried my best to drown him out, but his booming voice kept appearing in my ear.

When we were going back to the car, a guy approached us to beg. What was funny about it was that he gave us a dollar amount of the begging. He told us he needed 8 dollars to get to Poughkeepsie. I just realized that even the cost of begging is higher in NY (who knew?). Of course, we did not give him a 20, but we did fall short of his 8 dollars. He shook our hands, and then was saying something about how I should not be afraid of him since I had Mike to protect me. Mike then told him that he keeps me around for protection, and the dude thought that was pretty funny. This is the second time I was approached this week. Some young dude asked me for money at the gas station by the airport in Detroit on Tues. He needed money to get to East Lansing supposedly. I always tend to throw a person a bone, and maybe they sense it about me. I can see the comment section now filling up with requests for money!

Keane concert - Bad Dream

This is a clip to the concert we went to in the park last week. It is a little wobbly, but I like how you can hear the crowd singing along. Another song he sings too high, so the sing along is pretty scary.

Thanks Joe Rao

News 12 Interactive - News
This good lookin' man is our local weather guy in Westchester, and thanks to him, I saw the International Space Station tonight!

Bloggin' from the Dead

www.myspace.com/billatthemovies

This one's for PB from the D

wcbstv.com - Moose Collision Leaves Driver In Serious Condition

wcbstv.com - Moose Collision Leaves Driver In Serious Condition
This is the exit after Mike's work. I guess I should be on the lookout for Moose now!

Forgetting May Be Part of the Process of Remembering - New York Times

Forgetting May Be Part of the Process of Remembering - New York Times

Sweet flick

Here is a flick that I remember from being a kiddo.

Back from Michigan

I am back from MI. A little delayed, but no worse for the wear. The time went quickly as usual, and I am bummed to be going back to work tommorrow. Oh well! Several of the boys this year were difficult to recognize due to new hairstyles. We had several arguments about one of the boy's hair color. Many of us thought it was lighter, but we were wrong. He looked like one of the Beatles in the 60s, and usually he sports a buzz. Another kid had a Mohawk (he tended to keep it braided), and another had a sweet mullet (with frosted tips). The girls had a creative prank of sewing the boy's underwear shut (you should have seen some of them sweetly sewing them!). It was typical Michigan weather (temps from the high 40s to mid eighties, sun and rain). I was able to get some warm showers and sleep which is tough to do when you are sleeping in a room with 10 people. The kids were really having fun, and that is what counts. Unfortunatly last night, a UM plane carrying the transplant team crashed. Many of the staff at the camp worked with who was on the plane and often took the Survival flight themselves, so it was a somber mood. Otherwise, I caught up with some friends and family too. So overall it was a success! Here is one of the volunteer's picture websites to give a flavor. http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g133/kathyp54/

Peachy Keane

Just got back from seeing Keane in Central Park. It could not have been a more beautiful night. About 75, clear, and slightly breezy. It made up for the hellish traffic jam we endured coming in (95 in the Bronx caused a back up on the Deegan!). Keane was fantastic as I expected. When we were walking back to the car, a man asked us if we were at the concert. We were at Park and 67th street. He then told us he could hear it in his office! The concert was in the Park at about 70th street. It did not seem that loud to me, but I guess my earplugs do a lot of work for me!

By the way, that fly is still in the bathroom.

Funhouse

My bathroom is like a funhouse. For some reason, there is an excessive amount of mirrors in there. If you need to check yourself for moles, c'mon over! The trashcan, tissue boxes, and vent covers are also mirrored. It is really the room of truth. A big ole' fly was stuck in there for a long time this morning. I think it was confused.

Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor - New York Times

Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor - New York Times

Busy

I wanted to do laundry tonight, but I lacked the necessary energy after seeing 13 kids and jogging. We are going to Keane tommorrow, and then I am flying to Michigan on Thursday night for camp. Sooo, I may be relatively quiet for a while. :)

Beach, Birds, Bricks, Boats, and Polo?

I wanted my weekend to be described with B words, but I could not leave out the Polo since it was one of the events. So I am sorry that it ruined the flow :)
We cruised out to Newport for a couple of days. RI is not far away from us, but it really feels like you are getting away. It is definitely a more New Englandy crowd out there. This is the first time we were out there that we made a bigger effort to try out some touristy events. We did miss Pirate fest,so we did not partake in everything.

It was hot on Sat, so we hit the beach for a while. The water was less than 60, so nothing more than our feet made it in. They have nice beaches surrounded by rocky hills. We attended our first Polo match, but the price was reasonable since the Rotary club was using it as their fundraiser. It was pretty cool to see the horses, the venue, and the play. The atmosphere was fun, and people were tailgating and sitting on blankets. At half time, many of the spectators went on the field to fix divots. Then people were playing Frisbee, football, and soccer on the field. The players would haul ass on the horses, and they could change direction really fast. The ref was bucked off his horse at one point.

Yesterday, we got up early and went birdwatching at a preserve with a bunch of bird geeks. They were friendly, unlike the super bird expert at our local preserve (we were asking about a bird we saw, and he gruffly asked us if we were birders). Anywhoo, my favorite viewings for the day were a Green Heron and the Bobolink
The Bobolink had a call like, "I'm heeeere!" followed by a bunch of R2D2 chirping. Then we did a brick workout, took showers at the Y (we were checked out of our hotel), and took a sail on a schooner to finish the trip. The boat was really cool, and you can not go to Newport without sailing at least once. The people on the boat were really slamming the Champagne, so we may have been the most sedate couple there. There were a bunch of women hitting heavily on one particular crew member.

Cereal bar or feminine product?

Take your best guess.

Hey you scaredy cats! I did not realize that this game would frighten everyone so much.

Employee's Multitasking Doesn't Include Work

My friend Jimmy

I can not believe I found this one.

P-sy-kick

I swear I am developing a 6th sense when I am going to have a last minute cancellation or a child will be absent from school. I had a feeling my 8:00 was going to cancel, and my phone rang while I was in the driveway (thank God I was not running early this AM). Of course, the suprises I do not appreciate. Yesterday (when half way into my session), the nanny came up and felt the child's forehead. Then she said he did not go to school and was running a fever of 102 yesterday. Thanks a hell of a lot! I would not have even seen him. I really can not catch that, especially since camp is next week. I need to work on my sick child sense.

Random updates

I recently spotted Hiro's hair salon. Maybe my power to write backwards or my flexible joints have a special power to save the world! I think I may find the answer at Hiro's. Speaking of Heroes, I am glad that they did not make it an annoying cliff hanger for next season. I was really sick of hearing about the bomb!

Joe Pat rules!

Taking out the trash - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports

Hawaii Travel advice

I hope you can avoid this peril while you are in Hawaii P+M

New Dance Show Commercials, VOL 1

I am scared of Joy Ride

WGPR ads

Including Club Mozambique!

Detroit Legend

I miss crazy Billy!

KABAAM!

I was driving down the Hutch this morning, minding my own business, when my rear hatch window just exploded. That was exciting! I am sure it will cost a lot to fix!

This is the job for.....

SAC - CAS: Willkommen beim Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC
Euromike!!

Summer's around the corner

I planted this weekend, and I have to get some Rosemary to be all set. Mike's trees are doing well, and they are downright soft and furry. I planted tomatoes, and Mike being such a Jersey boy chose the Rutgers variety. During the fall, all they tend to show out here is Big East football (after all, it is one of the nearest conferences). I was so annoyed that I could not catch any big ten action easily, and they were really hyping Rutgers (who I still think are over-rated). I sure hope the tomatoes are not over-rated as well.

Meet you in the mitten

I am going to be in Michigan soon. Let me know if you will be around everyone! I am gettting in May 31rst, and only really available through June 2 in the evening. I want to catch up with some of you folks!

Wishy washy

I am so wishy washy. Decision making has never been a strength of mine. I suppose it is because I am not opinionated about most things. That is not to say I do not have any opinions. I do not have enough energy to worry or have strong feelings about a lot of things. I think I would have been happy at all of my top picks for colleges. I like the city and the country. I like cats and dogs (although I can not be around cats anymore).
The wishy washiness is compounded by Mr. W. He is wishy washy too. For example, we are considering buying a house. We both know that jobs are not for a lifetime anymore, and there is a strong possibility that he will need a new one in the next few years. So it makes sense that we get a place that is also a reasonable commute to NYC. The market is so damn expensive, that we want to find something that we will want to stay in for a long time. Since the houses are obscenely expensive, it is depressing to see the pieces of crap that we will have to work a lifetime to finance. We can not decide if we want to live in one of the cool little towns here (with a tiny lot, but walking distance to the town and train)or live in a beautiful wooded lot 10 minutes north where we get a lot more for the money. Part of buying in my opinion is becoming part of a community which we have not been able to do yet.
I am not just wishy washy about this. I also want to plan a trip and tris this summer, and I just can not seem to figure it out. There are so many places I would like to go. I do not have a particular dream trip, so figuring it out is difficult! I know these are great problems to have, I am just annoyed that nothing is planned or figured out yet!

This is not a misprint!

Houlihan Lawrence #2713084
I guess you may be able to see why we drag our feet on looking for a house. It is scary when we think 800k is a good deal.

Drain

There was this guy in line at Target tonight with a tattoo down his forearm that said "Drain" in old english letters. I wonder what the hell it means. Is is his band? Or perhaps his last name? I can not imagine feeling so strongly about the word drain that you would want it permanently on your arm.

Keep em comin'

I wonder if my toughskins are going to be in a landfill forever!

Nostalgia Battles

I have heard of rap battles, battlin' robots, and warriors going into battle. I did not imagine that now my inocent posting of a Hong Kong Phouey clip has begun a Nostalgia battle. I have been scouring the internet for distant memories of childhood (Detroit clips are the most desired). I should be doing work, but it is fun to dig for information. I think P+M got a good one today. I could recite it verbatum after all of these years. If only I could remember important things! I can not find any Tyler construction ads or old footage of Sonny Elliot.

On another note, being home is like being on a hut trip a little. We have a boil water order since Saturday, so hopefully it will be lifted soon.

Aqualung-Cinderella

This song is getting stuck in my mind a lot lately. I am a sucker for nearsighted boys.

This one's for George and Eunice

Top that one beotch!

Kimba

Why wouldnt anyone ever let me watch this :(

Happy mother's day

Also, I wish a happy mother's day to these 3 great moms!

Happy Mother's day

This one's to a mom who cries in National Parks and places that inspire her, but can enjoy a good toilet joke always. I am lucky I have a cool mom!

Grody to the max!

I was gathering clothes for the gym, and a nightmare happened. My room was dark, and I saw something hanging on my knee sleeve. Without thinking or assessing what it was, I picked it up. When it began to move, I then realized it was a friggin' huge CENTIPEDE!!!!!!!!!! I may be having some bad dreams about it in the days to come.

I take your Underdog and raise it to......

Take that P! Ultraman could kick Underdog's arse!

Rainy start

I sense a productive day. I woke up to some rain, but the birds are singing wildly. It is so pleasant when you can take your time and listen to the morning. Spring has arrrived, and I really feel safe putting away my heavy coats now. I can smell it in the air and the leaves are open.
Time to get into shape!
My knee has been recovering nicely. Dare I say it is recovered fully. I guess recovery to me is not what most people settle for since my knees are screwed up in general. I am tolerating running on it well, and will begin to build distance. I have been building really slowly and cautiously, and it seems to agree with me. Of course, now my hip hurts in a strange place (my innominate bone along the iliac crest for those in the know). I guess I should ice the hell out of it. I am sure it is not my back causing the hip pain, because it feels really sore when I push on it. At any rate, it is a new one!
I swear I am feeling squeezed for time. I wanted to plan a weekend for Memorial day, but have not had any luck. Mike and I want to do a big trip for 7/7/07, but we need to get our act together sooner rather than later. I will feel better once I finish a plan rather than just an idea.

hong kong phooey

For no reason. Just wanted to feed some nostalgia!

The value of health

When I started PT school about 13 years ago (has it really been that long?), I loved the idea of learning how to guide people in their own recovery. I wanted to develop some magical hands that I could lay on people and make them feel better and possibly improve their lives. I wanted to find something that I would love to do, and luckily I can not imagine doing anything else. I never wanted to think about money, insurance, and other third party payers. I guess I was naive or more idealistic.

As much as we like to have the best in health care, nobody wants to pay anything for it. I realize that the costs of healthcare are really outrageous and a problem of our system. Perhaps that is why I get a lot of fights on my hands when I recommend discharging school based services. It took a while for me to get a feel for when to keep a child on in the schools, and this often conflicts with my medical background. There are kids that I must discharge from the school setting that could still benefit from PT. Needless to say, this is very confusing to many parents. My job in schools is to make the environment accessible to learning and the goals are related to participating in school. Believe me, this is tough for me too, and it puts me between being an advocate for the kids I see. When the area is grey though, I will fight!

Recently one of my clients ran into some family trouble (which will be unnamed to protect privacy). It troubles me so much that I can not see this client. I have developed a close relationship with the child and the family, so it is more difficult. I am tempted to see the child pro bono if things do not work out. The child is too young to understand why I am not there, and I really hate that she may feel abandoned by me. I guess that is what bothers me the most. I also decided recently to drop a school district, and some of the older kids are asking if I am coming back next year. That is bumming me out too, and I do not have the balls to tell them I am not! I really suck at confrontation, so I tell them I am planning on it (I recently decided not to do it, and they have not been asking anymore lately). Although I know I am making the right decision to leave the district, I still feel bad about it.

A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills - New York Times

A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills - New York Times

Pickles...Oh Yeah!!!

Glorious

Today is the kind of day where all of the kids I see will play outside whether they want to or not.

Amazon.com Recommendations Understand Area Woman Better Than Husband

Glamorous Goodnight

My hair has never looked this good at 11:30! I got my haircut from 8-10:30, just to smash it on my pillow. I would go out, but I have to work a lot tommorow, get up early, and go solo (Mike is working hard in the Cape today!)

Here are some recent questions that we have pondered lately:

What do you wear to a clambake? My answer was flip flops, khakis, and some preppy button down shirt (as if your name was Chip).

Do you want me to color your eyebrows? Answer was a quick no. I barely recognize myself as it is, and that would freak me out.

Leap of Faith

Ed visited this weekend on his way to Africa (He is moving out there, and if you want to visit, he will love to have company!). Unfortunately his visit co-incided with a continuing ed course I really wanted to take. So off went the guys to have fun in the city on Sat while I learned. It was worth it though. I am considering taking my career in a new direction now!

In the line of duty

Yesterday I got beaned in the eye with a whiffle ball. I was playing with one of my patients, and I was pitching from about 3 feet away. Normally this is not a problem when you are working with 4 year-olds. Suddenly he blossomed into a major leaguer at the expense of my looks. Thank god I was wearing my sunglasses. As it is, I have a cut on my nose, and it is swollen under my eye. I did not let the child know the extent of my injuries, and I did not even know I was bleeding until we finished. Now when I look down, I can see my cheek on the left side. It is kinda distracting.

Today I am heading to a water therapy class. I am excited about, especially since they told me about a job that needed to be filled up the street from me. I have been thinking about practicing in the water for a while. I think it would contribute to career longevity. After all, my joints are not getting any younger!

George Bush uses

See if you think that man on the street reminds you of anyone we know.

Sugar Cut Up In Lines

Oh yeah, but they cut out the guard and some other goodies!

Left-handed women may have a shorter life-span - Yahoo! News

Left-handed women may have a shorter life-span - Yahoo! News

I bet some right-handed a-hole wrote this!! It has been nice knowing you all! Maybe there are less old lefties since there are less lefties to begin with.

Graham Home For Old Ladies, Incorporated 1851. Now Condos. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Graham Home For Old Ladies, Incorporated 1851. Now Condos. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Hey, somebody else got the picture for me!

High fashion

I have been wondering about where I could get some fashionable Sengalese clothes? I wish I had my camera ready for the home for old ladies we passed!

Sakura Matsuri

Today we met Linda, Jordan, and the kids at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Apparently this is a big deal, but we did not figure that out until it took us 1 hour and 15 minutes to travel 1.5 miles and park. The trees are at their peak and they had a lot of Japanese performers there. The place was an absolute mob scene. Jordan said that garden is usually pretty empty. There were people all over the grass that was roped off with signs saying, "stay off the grass; recently re-seeded". There were adults carving initials into trees, and kids climbing trees that looked like the branches were about to fall off under their weight! The garden was really beatiful, so we will have to go back when it is calmer.

Your co-pilot and best friend

It may be hard to see unless you click on the picture itself, but this guy on the BQE had the best co-pilot ever.

TV host Sir Graves is dead

TV host Sir Graves is dead

To all of you old school Detroiters. May he rest in peace!

Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees Live @ Glastonbury 2003

This song is perfect for gloomy days like today. If you are reading from a sunny spot, please disregard!

Kick in the arse

I need a kick in the ass. It is rainy and I want to get paperwork done. I swear I am so much more distractible as I get older. Maybe I should close the 4 windows I have open while I am trying to write my eval!

On another note, I thought the watermark on the Office last night was so frickin' hilarious! I wonder if we could buy some of that. I guess I could just ask Mike if his company can fill my order :)

Neil Diamond-Coming to America

Mariliza,
Neil wanted to sing this to you personally. Enjoy!

You make me feel like a natualized woman

Congratulations to Marliza today. She is officially an American citizen. Now she can look forward to avoiding jury duty!! Sing "America the Beautiful" while gazing at this picture!

If You Want to Know if Spot Loves You So, It’s in His Tail - New York Times

If You Want to Know if Spot Loves You So, It’s in His Tail - New York Times

If I had a tail, it would wag to the right for all of you!

The Late Colorblind James at the Grassroots Festival

I taped this song years ago late at night (I was listening to my college radio station). I never knew that it would come back to haunt me later when we faced a potential move to Memphis! I suppose we did not consider the move very seriously. I have never seen a xylophone jam band. If you tire of it, the singing resumes at 3:35 minutes.

Turkeys Part 2

Mike and I were jogging last night by the woods in SUNY, and we heard intense gobbling. We looked up in the woods, and there again were roostin' turkeys. Thanksgiving is going to be much easier next year!

I also have a late night thought on the Sheryl Crow and one square of toilet paper. How do you adequately clean up your business with one square? Maybe I have OCD, but I use a tree to clean up. I will save the world in another way.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Mariliza. Hope your day is as great as this one!

Fierce Calamari

I learned something new last night. Did you know that squid are pretty mean? They are cannibals and carnivores. They have a beak-like thing in their mouths to tear flesh up. So think of that when you are enjoying your calamari!

good flick

Saw a good flick tonight. It was called "After the Wedding", and I will not tell you any of the plot. I did not read up much about it, and it was a best foreign picture nominee. No Hollywood ending: just the way I like it!

Bear Grylls | International Speaker | Best selling Author | Everest Mountaineer

Bear Grylls | International Speaker | Best selling Author | Everest Mountaineer

What impressed me the most was the fact he has a child named "Marmaduke". I think that took the most balls personally. Forget the special services and climbing Everest.

Whale update

I read in the paper last night that the Brooklyn Whale died. :(

Rye YMCA Flood Photos

Rye YMCA Flood Photos

Here are photos of our flooded Y. Who knows when it will open again. The good news is that the sun is finally out after a week of cloud and rain, and it is finally seasonal outside (low 60s). We have been trying out the other Ys in the area since they are letting us use them while ours is fixed. I have come to the conclusion that our Y is the best one in the area. We visited the Y in Greenwich expecting it to be super fancy (it's Greenwich after all!). It was sort of dumpy with a tiny pool. I suppose all of the really froo froo people go to froo froo gyms I guess. I think we go to the froo froo Y. Maybe since it is nice, it is good enough for all of the froo froos. Enough frooing!

Rustic Multi-Grain Bread - Allrecipes

Rustic Multi-Grain Bread - Allrecipes

When it was raining on Sunday, and Mike was doing the rest of our taxes, I made bread for the second time. It came out really great, and I did not follow everything with precision since I am lazy. I did add sesame seeds, flax seeds, and sunflower seeds liberally (how can a multigrain bread recipe lack chunks of stuff?). So if you have some time to kill, make this bread with any additions you see fit.

Our gym is flooded out, so it is closed until further notice. Just when I was getting in shape. Unfortunately our weather is not nice, so outdoor workouts are not fun.

wcbstv.com - Whale Stranded In Brooklyn Harbor

wcbstv.com - Whale Stranded In Brooklyn Harbor

LoHud.com Photo Galleries

LoHud.com Photo Galleries

This is why we could not go to the gym last night. Not that we are lazy :) All the pictures with the hovercraft is where the YMCA is located!

6 inches

Guess what is 6 inches?

Rainin'

Well, it is quite a storm. Our immediate area is not prone to flooding, and the sewers are backing up. We looked at some houses nearby, and there backyards (and possibly basement) are totally full of water. It is still going to rain until Midnight, so the worst is not yet over.

Strange Currencies

Mike and I went out to the city last night to see his friend's CD release party. His buddy played a set in a band, and they were really good. His buddy played the upright bass, and their electric guitar player at one point was using a bow (I can not say that I have ever seen that before). There was a frantic energy last night in the city. The little bar we went to was in the East Village, and the traffic was just out of control. Twice when we were turning left, somebody also turned left from behind us (zooming from the inside which was unexpected). We were beginning to give up on even parking (after circling for about 30 minutes, including pay lots), when suddenly a space opened up before us. Hooray! It took us forever to get out of the city too (at midnight), and the traffic was more obnoxious then usual. it was fun regardless of the traffic, etc. Everyone was roaming about the village. Maybe everyone was getting out before the rain hit.

Our friend told us a story the other night that was pretty intriguing. She has a dog with a doggie door in her kitchen. Lately the giant bag of dog food has had new rips in it. This occurs overnight when her dog is sleeping with her. One day last week, she woke up to footprints on her bedspread. These prints did not belong to her dog, but she suspects that they were raccoon! She thought that maybe a raccoon was coming in to get dog food, and when she moved the bag to a more secure place, footprints in her room. Little freaky eh?

Bad Hair day

Well, it is finally raining, sleeting, and snowing like they were screaming about. I think this may result in increased productivity, but the gloom makes me want to take a nap!

Strawberries as big as your head

The berries must have been grown in Springfield!

Window of opportunity

Today is sunny, cloudless, and a little chilly. I will take it since we have a big ole' Noreaster bearing down on us on Sunday. We just had one of those rainy days when it is pouring and the rain blows into your face to add insult to injury. My plan is to drive around after the storm and see who had the worst flooding. That will help to determine where we go house hunting!

It is also time to file our taxes (which amounts to Mike working and me makin' copies), do my payroll (which amounts to Mike doing it with me sulking nearby), and I should get started on my quarterlies (which I can actually do most of the time). I think that all should be done during all of the wind and rain.

Mike and I sat around and played Hippie music last night. He's been bugging me to learn "Friend of the Devil" by the Greatful Dead. It is a fun song to play. As a special bonus, you can sing like a hippie (without the horrible stink of a hippie). When I lived in Ann Arbor, there were hippies. The hippies always stunk. Why don't Hippies take showers? There are not any here. There are not even many granolas around here. No socks and sandals are seen until you hit New Paltz or the border of Vermont. I continue to commit fashion faux pas like that 'cause I just do not care. I did notice that I am really unfashionable though. We went to dinner the other night in Greenwich, and everyone was really dressed(maybe since it is the business crowd after work). I have some nice outfits to get really dressed up, but nothing much in between. I trash my clothes at work, or I am casual. It is pathetic that I even notice how unfashionable I am. When I used to work in a hospital here, the girls used to talk about particular stores, etc. I had never heard of them, but it may be my advanced age. Mostly it is since I can not be bothered! I think a lot of shoes look kinda ugly (usually because some women stuff there feet in strappy heels with bunions and their feet are kinda squeezed in them). I especially think the purses (or pocketbooks as they say 'round here) are hideous. They remind me of bags they used to sell in TV ads in the '70s.

Avenue q - the internet is for porn

Just a reminder what the world wide web is really for!

Misc. thoughts

I am trying to be productive today, but I am waiting to hear back about some assessments I need to schedule, etc. Here is a round up of some recent random thoughts.
1. Disneyland is sort of a freaky place. The normal people there are the visiting foreign tourists, parents and kids, and guardians. The park employees tend to be on the weird side. The most normal park employees are the ones dressed up as characters, but maybe they did not scare me since I could not speak with them and assess their freakishness. The rides were not as scary as the people who were marching in the parade. They were just happy in a rather eerie way. I would have to say it was like an episode of the Twilight Zone. The guy who was dressed like Peter Pan also looked just like Clay Aiken, which reduced Sue, Jon, and I to tears! The other weird thing about Disney was the amount of tourists who had rented Jazzy scooters to get around the park. I am a PT, so I am familiar with people who need power wheelchairs to get around. I worked with people who could walk short distances but need power mobility for longer walks due to various chronic conditions. It just appeared the scooters were considered an alternate form of transport around the park.

2. Our social life is usually pretty quiet, but it always picks up all at the same time. We were invited out on Thurs, Fri, and Sat this weekend. When it rains it pours I suppose. We are to blame for our lame social life. We always blame it on our housing situation, and I have the grand illusion that buying a house will allow us to become social butterflies! By the time we finish work, eat, and exercise, the day is over. It would be nice to be able to freely talk to our neighbors too.

3. Should I lie around the house eating and being lazy, or should I drag my fat ass out and swim?

4. Do I get charged internationally when my client's family calls me on my cell phone? I am afraid to look it up since I talked 6 minutes to Pakistan yesterday.

5. We are expecting a big Noreaster on Sunday night. I think it is a good time to drive around and see which areas and neighborhoods are flooded before we buy a house.

Man vs Beast

This was the best special since when animals attack. I really loved the commentary.

Men, Boys Separated

Happy Birthday

I know it is hard to believe, but this hot tamale is getting older today!

Cherry to make U.S. debut on NBC - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

Cherry to make U.S. debut on NBC - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Sue. This is when I actually looked 2 years younger than her!

More Pics

Here are some more pictures, you asked for them and you got 'em. Love how happy Anthony appears to be in Disneyland!

Slacker

When I started off to work today, I thought I had something to do. I did not realize that I could not see any of my homecare today since their school districts were closed. I treated a kiddo at an open school, and now I will putter about the house and get some paperwork done.

We laid pretty low for some of the time I was in California. Sue messed up her eye again, and she was pretty miserable. We did make it out and about a little, and we hit Disney on Friday. It was really fun to see her and the boys.

Jake

Here is Jakey at the playground. He talks like a caveman, but it is pretty cute!

Back to Work

I am back from my crazy trip. It started off with a delay and change of plans. Lynn and the boys arrived too late on Sat, so we went to Boston on Sunday instead. It was fun to wander the Freedom trail with the boys. We were having so much fun that we left to drive home late. I did not get much sleep before setting out to JFK to fly to LA on Monday morning, but the fatigue was well worth it. I was actually tired enough to sleep on the plane. Here are some pics by the Boston Common and Freedom trail. I also got an image of what happens when you eat cream puffs and try to walk at the same time.

Enjoy the song!