Toast Thursday

Had a little thunder and lightening show tonight. A bit of a cool breeze, enough to shut off the a/c. Yep, Fall is IN the air--Texas style.

I'm just glad it's Thursday. Almost Friday. Not concentrated on my job much this week. I say after the holiday I'll be more focused. Lotta stuff swim in my mind. And, oh yes--the daily 74 ounces rushed down my throat. Water does curb your appetite. I had to be honest with myself that the Earth's elixir could do the job. Took me awhile to get on that wagon train.

Ya know, I could ramble on and on. Like I enjoyed a guilty pleasure of The Patty Duke Show Reunion movie from 1999 tonight. I really don't remember the show itself--kinda young--yet, when I saw this listed on one of these gazillion channels I have, with a 4 am start date--I hit the DVR. On top of that guilty pleasure, I found a song, that I had as a 45.

Ya know--on vinyl-when dinosaurs ruled the earth and the 3 major TV network barely stayed on past midnight! A group called Tin Tin, which had some tie with the Bee Gees or at least one of the Brothers Gibb. The record, I recall was white and yellow and the song: called Toast, Marmalade For Tea...I have NO idea what that means.

And maybe that's the beauty of it. It was 1970 or so-my biggest worry was not liking orange marmalade, but complete adoration for strawberry preserves on my toast and the milk to wash it down with!

Enjoy!

So = Sew

Sorta kinda did some. Well, I helped and got educated on the art of 21st century embroidery. A chum helped me with t-shirts for a writers' conference I'm volunteering on Saturday. Realized I am so stuck in the 1970's on technology.

Had no idea embroidery can be done by a machine. A sewing machine that also embroiders. There's a screen ON the machine. Then you choose from the fonts, patterns, stitches before you. Punch it in. Hit the 'on' button --no foot pedal to push-and off you go. Oh, did I mention, the machine even threads the needle?

I just recall being in 7th grade Home Ec and we did embroidering. By hand. We had our PE navy blue one piece outfits to embroidery something on one of the legs. I did a Peace sign. Which I did indeed get an "A" for.

"A" for a sign Peace?

Still sounds good in 2009 as it did in 1970.

Come Saturday Morning....

.....is a song written by Dory Previn and performed by the Sandpipers. It was also showcased in "The Sterile Cuckoo" starring Liza Minnelli in 1970. Peaked at #17. It talks about going away with my friends....well, I'm going away with my chum. Movie Man ,to the rec center this Saturday Morning.

Racquetball.

I've not played in months, nor he. However it will take him all of 30 seconds to 'feel' it again. Smash the ball against the wall, crumble said wall, then look at me say: "Go get it." Me? I'll make sure I have 911 on speed dial.

Racquetball can burn 700 calories. I hope I live to take in 700 breaths.

Stay tuned.