Lazy Friday....

Went to the gym early today and the wind and cold kept me in today. Goofing off with the little helicopters inside today. Because the gym was closed Thursday we're going to the gym first thing tomorrow too.

High Tech Thursday....

Jay and I got the video chat working on the computers and we did a family video conference on Thanksgiving. Now I just have to remember not to be wearing my Snoopy PJs at the computer!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving all! Suprisingly a lot of supermarkets were open today. That was lucky for us as we had nothing in the fridge. I bought stuff to make our menu:

Lunch:
Mixed antipasto
Homemade turkey salad.
Organic cranberry sauce

Dinner:
Turkey Chili
Mashed Sweet Potates
Cranberry Salsa
Tapioca pudding

Not quite the turkey and stuffing but we like it!

Happy Hour

We got out of work early on Wednesday. The trains were crowded as all of Center City was let go around 3pm. Marilyn and I met Mike and Gail at Alison's for Happy hour. When we got home I ended up struggling with lamps in out bedroom and breaking everything I touched! I decided to go to sleep before I did any real damage!

Seven days make one weak......

The reunion was great but now I just have to find out who put a Monday in the middle of my weekend ?!?!

So I was thinking that if .....

Wednesday is like Friday because of the holiday.Then Tuesday is hump day 'cause its in the middle. Monday is like Sunday because who the hell know what happened to Sunday cause we were so busy.... Wednesday is Sundae at Carvel... Also it's Prince spaghetti day....but cause of the holiday it should be moved to Tuesday.So Monday is really Wednesday therefore causing two humps in the week.and Thursday is like Saturday cause we're off...


Damn I'm glad that I'm off on Friday, I need a week to rest!

Great reunion!!

Wow was that trip great! Went up to North Jersey. Saw my old neighborhood. Yes the rumors were true my old Catholic elementry school where I went from K thru 8 was a Muslim school. Sister Rapparata must be rolling in her grave. Also, St Micheal's school which was Christofer Columbus school in its life as a public school was gone, leveled, as well as the convent and the whole rest of the block. Wow what changes! Drove to my old high school. Man, looks like the place was neglected for years. It was too bad.

Had lunch at Rutt's Hut. A great little roadside place in Clifton that sells... well deep fried hot dogs. Not like a corn dog, no batter just a big wiener dropped into the fryolater. It comes out wrinkly and crunchy just right. I had two with their mustard relish.

We found the elks club and then the hotel. We had to have a nap before the big night! Ha!
Got dressed and went to the lobby and stared meeting old classmates. We took the shuttle to the elks club as if we wanted to have a few we would not have to drive. Well there were a couple of events at the hotel that night. A bunch of the alums go into the shuttle and it took off running thru the backstreets. When we arrived the was a problem though. The driver took us to a wedding! Arugh! Well, I'm sure the bride was surprised that we hijacked her shuttle! The driver finally realised what he did and took us to the elks. He the drove off to get an earful from a new bride!

There were about 100 out of 220 alums there! Wow it was great! Everyone was talking and dancing and drinking. There was food there but everyone hardly ate as the were talking, greeting and catching up. The event lasted to 1am then we headed back to the hotel in the shuttle. ( I guess he was set straight! ) and Marilyn went to bed. I stayed up with about 30 other people and talked and laughed to the wee hours of the morning.

Marilyn and I had breakfast in the morning at a diner with Karen and tried to have coffee and tea to shake off the lack of sleep!

Class of '78 Reunion

Hey I'm going to the class of '78 reunion... 31 years! How the hell did that happen! Marilyn is happy she is coming. Anyting that gets me into a suit and has dancing she is up for.
It will be good to see all those people who I haven't seen quite a while.

Dentist today

Working from home...got a bunch done. Love it when I don't have a ton of distractions and a nice window to look out of. Going to the dentist this afternoon for a cleaning. Guess I should lay off the tuna and onion sandwich!

A month of mornings

It's been a month now of getting up a 5:15 and heading to the Y for a workout.


Now if only there were some results to show for it......

Costco trip...

Mike went with me out to Costco for a little shopping trip. I'm going to my 31st high school reunion this weekend and they wanted people to take some food for donation. I bought two dozen packages of spaghetti and sauce. I thought I had a good meal if I had a spaghetti dinner. I'm pretty sure that somebody will really appreciate it.

Misses queues

Marilyn's car needed a change of transmission fluid. That was meaning of that blinking light. The car still has a 5 year warranty on the engine and transmisson. Marilyn was late getting out of work and could not catch the train to the car dealer. She called me and caught me leaving the train station. I waited for her for 40 minutes. Which would not have been bad had I "gone" at work. I was in the parking lot thinking of the ocean, rainy days, flowing creeks, Niagra Falls! Driving quicky we got to the dealer before it closed and I burst.
We had dinner at Hong Kong Jack's. I'm glad I recorded The Prisoner....

The Prisoner

Marilyn and I got involved watching the Prisoner on A&E last night. The show is a remake of the old British series. It's a great psycological thriller and we are hooked on it. I'm glad we are recording it.

Stormy Monday

Running like crazy this morning... We had to drop Marilyn's car off this weekend as there was the engine light flashing along with the D light on the transmission. The Honda dealer let us know that we are just out of warranty. Great! Anyway I had to drop Marilyn off at the train station before I went to the Y. After my workout got to the train station on time for my train. The train was late and crowded.... Not the best start to the week.

What an excellent day!

70 degrees today with bright sunshine. Just got back from doing the last chores on the boat. I'm glad that's put to bed for the winter.

Last Canvas..

Going to the boat on Sunday to remove the last canvas. It was soaked the last time we were down. I just have to run down and run back.

Indoor fly Friday...

Went with the Radio Control club up to a local high school gym to fly our models. I took my Helis and other guys took micro foam planes. We had about 10 guys having a ball. We were flying, dogfighting, crashing and just having a blast. We do this once a month in the winter and there is talk about doing it twice a month. I'm just glad I got out oth there and not crashing anything!

Keb' Mo' tonight

Going to the Keswick tonight to catch Keb'Mo'. He touring in support of his new album and it will be a great show. Keswick shoudl be a good place to see him, a nice little 1000 seat theater with no bad seats.

No Joy in Phil ville

Well the Yanks are the champs this year. That's Ok they played well, better pitching, batting and all. So they won fair and square and they will hold the trophy for this year.

I was just hoping the Phils could have won so that we could have a parade again this year as I missed the one last year because I was in California. Here's hoping for next year!

Now we just have to do something about this strike and the commuter rail trains burning!

Vote for Pedro!!!

It's win or go home tonight for the Phillies.

With all the crap that is happening in Philly this week a Phillies win would just what's needed.

Here is a link to the Phillies 2009 fight song You need sound on your computer and allow it to download the song.

Restored faith in Philly......

Today while I was walking to pick up a pair of glasses, I saw that an elderly woman had been in the blind spot of a FedEx truck was bumped and knocked to the pavement. Many people stopped and a van driver blocked traffic to prevent traffic from hitting anyone else. But one guy got down on the street and held the woman. Reassuring her that things were going to be alright. Making sure that she did not feel alone. Staying with her down on the street until the paramedics picked her up and took her to the hospital. I have to acknowledge this guy. I don't know who he was, but he did a good thing, a human thing.

Septa Shuffle

Transit Strike this morning. Busses and trains not running. Commuter rail running and trying to pick up the slack. All in all one big pain in the a$$ getting around Philly today.

Train late this morning.....

The R5 was runing late today. Got in over an hour late. They are working as well as the Phillies!

Lots of long faces in the usual Philly Phan places this weekend like Ralph's and Shop and Bag Deli. Phils better deliver something soon!