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Dinner

Tonight I’m having leftovers. I actually cooked dinner last night. I can cook dinner if I want to, I just don’t always want to. Even less so now that I’m the only adult in the house. I had purchased some sausage over the weekend, and grabbed a few cans from the “pantry” – one small can of sliced mushrooms, one can of diced tomato in juice, and one small can of Italian-style zucchini (they sell it in the peas ‘n carrots aisle). So all that tossed in to the pan after the sausage was cooked, topped off with a splash of cooking wine (I didn’t have a bottle of the real stuff…I should buy some) and a splash of light cream. Mmmmmm.

Junior just had his sketties with Ragu. Mine was better.

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FiveSevenFive

Got involved in a discussion at work about whether or not the word diapers is two syllables or three. You know, ordinary workday talk. I then asked why it was even being discussed, and Tim pointed me to FiveSevenFive, his site. Very cool. He writes haiku about actual news events. What a great niche!

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Jody vs. The Masked Beast

Okay, the gloves are off. This is war. Last night I was cruelly awakened by a noise outside my house. I wanted to call the cops, but decided to look out the window first. There he was, all approximately 40 pounds of him. Rocky Raccoon had knocked over the barrel and was dragging it across the driveway towards the wooded area. Holy cow, he’s big and strong. I started making noises and yelling out the window, and he just stopped and looked up at me. I think I saw a “come out HERE and do that” smirk on his face. I swear, it was like watching a nature show. That old Wonderful World of Disney episode with the raccoons in the house.

I ran downstairs to get the camera but it was just too dark where he was. A flashlight in his eyes didn’t slow him down for more than 1 second. I watched him remove the lid, and pull out the items that interested him. Yup, garbage everywhere. Two days in a row. I thought he got everything the night before so I wasn’t even worried about a repeat performance. Although it was kind of cool to watch him dragging the barrel.

This morning I put on gloves to go clean up his leftovers. Luckily this is trash day.

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SUN-day

Jiminy Cricket it’s hot as hades out there! Yes, this is the second year in row that this particular birthday party has been a dripping, humid sauna. Yea!

I actually ran under the sprinkler with Junior when we got home after the party. I hope the neighbors will be able to get THAT image removed from their retinas. I did get to sit in a chair out on the deck with my umbrella and my Diet Pepsi. I read 42 pages of a Nora Roberts novel. Is there anything better? Well, okay, it would have been much better if it was 10 degrees cooler with about 40 percent less humidity, but I guess we’re stuck with it for the next couple of months.

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