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How to gian only 4 pounds on vacation.
Excersize for one hour every day on the treadmill.
Walk everywhere.
Do not snack between meals.
Eat two pounds of meat, four fried polenta sticks, and a bunch of other stuff from the salad bar at Brazzaz.
Drink alcoholic beverages at every meal.
Drink alcohol between meals.
(Don gained 8 pounds because he drank 3 times as much alcohol as me). (Ha!) -
Hot Summer Jazz Festival
Also known as, for the first time in 9 years, as the "Twin Cities Jazz Festival". Don and I have been going every year since the beginning and I would have to say that at least half of that time we have been rained on. One year, during Joey DeFrancesco's show, with rain and high winds,the tornado sirens went off. The audience told him to just ( Read more... ) -
What I would do if I won the lottery.
Whenever the lottery gets obscenely huge (like now at 89 million) I buy a ticket. I'm an accountant, I know the odds are that I could buy a lottery ticket every week for the rest of my life and never win. Still, I like to daydream and lottery ones are the best. Don and I have agreed that if we ever won the big one we would split the lottery 6 ways ( Read more... ) -
The Devil wears Prada
And so do I! I love consignment shops, great clothes at affordable prices. I only just discovered them (I'm not including all the years I had to shop at Goodwill) and since I have been reluctant to buy new clothes while I am still losing weight, the consignment shop has been a great place for me. I hate buying cheap new clothing, it is usually of ( Read more... ) -
Vacation!
I leave on a road trip tomorrow with my sister. We're going to South Dakota - the badlands, the black hills, Mt. Rushmore, Spearfish Canyon scenic drive, Custer State Park, etc. We will also drive to Devil's Tower, WY and then stop in Deadwood on the way back for some gambling and to buy cheap tourist crap for the girls (they want shot glasses fer ( Read more... ) -
I really do love the little shits.
My daughter and son-in-law are moving this weekend, they managed to buy this wee little house. I volunteered to watch two of the three boys, I got the 5 and 2 1/2 year old, the baby went to the sister-in-law. I had them for eight hours today (happy Grandmom's Day to me) and goddamnation but they are a handful. The first couple of hours weren't too ( Read more... ) -
rain and green
It has either been overcast and/or raining for what seems like weeks now. Very depressing. However, it is just so damn green here. Green grass, green leaves, the very air seems green. Lilacs are blooming along the side of the highway, I drive with my windows open when I can, the smell is heavenly. A few years ago my cousin and her partner came up ( Read more... ) -
25 pound magnet!
Got it last week, yeah! It's not really a 25-pound magnet, it is a magnet that says "I lost 25 pounds" that I put on my fridge. Total weight loss to date: 26.4 pounds. Since I'm only 5'3'' this has made a significant change in my appearance. I bought 10 articles of clothing for only $50 last weekend (everything was $5 each, a huge clearance sale ( Read more... ) -
Joey DeFrancesco had dinner at my place last night!
That's right, the Hammond B-3 king, along with his drummer, guitarist, and road manager came to dinner at our place last night. Kenny & Dawn Horst (Kenny owns the Artists Quarter where Joey was playing) were there also. This all came about because Joey is in town playing for the St. Paul Winter Music Festival. We always go to hear him when he is in ( Read more... ) -
Snow - meh
It's been snowing for 24 hours now. So what. This is February in Minnesota, snow happens. I'm sick of around the clock coverage about the snow and how it might impact our lives. This is not a hurricane, tsunami, or tornado, it's just snow and not even the 7 feet of snow that hit the upper east coast. Hard to drive in, not fun to shovel. There might ( Read more... )