Drove 770 something miles today.
From Iowa back to Dallas.
Back for last two and half hours. Did litter box duty and fed the cats a special treat.
The drive was uneventful--which is good. I listened to Paula Deen's audio book of:
"It Ain't Just About the Cookin'--I wasn't much of a fan of hers
Until I listened to her--I am now.
I could related to alot of stuff Paula spoke of--
Except the Food Networks star and having lotsa money part.... :)
Yesterday, I spent time with my 94 year old uncle, who had me laugh lots while
His beer sat close by. Then I dashed off and saw two chums in Des Moines
And then another chum stopped by to say good bye, with his 13 yr old daughter--
Had to smile, because this chum and I did kindergarten together!
I really don't want to live in snow and ice, yet there was something about
This Iowa trip that was different. Real different.
For now, I'm home and need rest.
I'll think about it tomorrow.
No work tomorrow
And oh so very glad.
Night all.
Showing posts with label Food Network. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food Network. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Sunday, July 6, 2008
OK--My choice for the New Food Network Star!
My fave-o-rite, Aaron McCargo is still in the game! He was indeed the best with Rachel Ray and his Brownie chef! The first time my peepers spotted him--I tagged him for the Next Food Network Star! Can Aaron keep it going? We'll find out next Sunday when the finalists are in Vegas! I'm there with spoon in hand and ice cream in dish!
Sunday Thoughts...
Church this morning. God is welcome in my house everyday. For at least one day, I can go to His. Sermon was on 2 Corinthians 4:7-9. About being a clay pot. How treasures inside are worth more than the vessel they’re stored in. Something to give pause on. .
Another pretty much 100 degree Summer Day in Texas. Also my 20th Anniversary of my move to Dallas from Iowa. Sizzlin then too. I recall my inner debate if I should get a/c in my new car then. About a week before my move, I had it put in. Smart.
Disco music plays from one of my cable stations. Heard a familiar tune—took me back to about 1981 or so. Spandex skirt, 4 inch heels, jheri curl and a boyfriend that shouldn’t have ever been on my Hit Parade. Three out of four ain’t bad. The song? “Lover’s Holiday” by Change, with a young Luther Vandross. As I danced the light fantastic around my house, my cat, Big Boy watched. He seemed to say, “Have you lost your mind?” He ran.
Wimbledon: Venus & Serena. Singles and Doubles 2008 Champions. History.
Presidential Election: When IS November? Possible first Black President. Possible Black First Lady. They will be servants of all the people, not servants of those that reside in the White House. Still believe he needs to pick Hillary as VP. History.
NFL Training Camp: Soon.
Autobiography: of my experiences Donny Osmond-not just a “My dad tipped the maitre’d 40 bucks in Las Vegas so we could sit close.”
My own business: Dream to come true
TV Tonight: New Food Network Star: Aaron McCargo Jr—LOVE HIM. He came alive on Rachel Ray’s show. He could fix me pizza anytime!
Life: I am blessed. Psalms 121
Another pretty much 100 degree Summer Day in Texas. Also my 20th Anniversary of my move to Dallas from Iowa. Sizzlin then too. I recall my inner debate if I should get a/c in my new car then. About a week before my move, I had it put in. Smart.
Disco music plays from one of my cable stations. Heard a familiar tune—took me back to about 1981 or so. Spandex skirt, 4 inch heels, jheri curl and a boyfriend that shouldn’t have ever been on my Hit Parade. Three out of four ain’t bad. The song? “Lover’s Holiday” by Change, with a young Luther Vandross. As I danced the light fantastic around my house, my cat, Big Boy watched. He seemed to say, “Have you lost your mind?” He ran.
Wimbledon: Venus & Serena. Singles and Doubles 2008 Champions. History.
Presidential Election: When IS November? Possible first Black President. Possible Black First Lady. They will be servants of all the people, not servants of those that reside in the White House. Still believe he needs to pick Hillary as VP. History.
NFL Training Camp: Soon.
Autobiography: of my experiences Donny Osmond-not just a “My dad tipped the maitre’d 40 bucks in Las Vegas so we could sit close.”
My own business: Dream to come true
TV Tonight: New Food Network Star: Aaron McCargo Jr—LOVE HIM. He came alive on Rachel Ray’s show. He could fix me pizza anytime!
Life: I am blessed. Psalms 121
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Silence Can Be Golden----Sometimes!
From 4:30 yesterday afternoon until 3:30 pm today, I didn’t know if my phone, TV and internet would be available to me. OK—it’s not the “Oh, she just didn’t pay the bill” thing. Nope. I sent e-mail yesterday morning before I left my house around 7 am. When I got back home at 4:30. No dial tone, no internet, no TV. I wanted my 230 channels.
The Verizon Person told me he’d received other calls from my neck of the woods too. Unfortunately, as I burnt up minutes on my cell phone, his helpful hints of what to do—including taking the battery (about six inches long and three inches wide) out of its battery pack holder--didn’t work. He said to take it out and just put it back in. The battery had wires on the top, similar to a car battery. One end attached to the battery—a black wire and a red wire. The other end had prongs. It looked it needed to be plugged into something. He says, ‘No, you just need to put the battery back in the holder.” Nothing. He concluded I needed a Tech Person to come out. That couldn’t be until the next morning. First thing he said. The tech would call me at 8am to tell me what time he or she would arrive.
So no TV, no ‘net, no home phone. I should have read. Needed to read the book I’m hosting at a book club in July. A book club I was invited to last fall. I’ve read about 20 pages of the book. This was before; I accidentally left the book at DFW while I waited for my luggage, a couple weeks back. Back to last night—since I was so tired from volunteering at a writer’s conference all day-I curled in bed. A cat or two curled two. I figured it was one of those nights; God needed me to have some silence, and Know.
Now this morning, since I just knew the Tech person would call at 8 am and be here shortly there after, I headed to Wal-mart at 6:30 am. That is the BEST time to go to Wal-mart. Nobody there. Get in. Get out. Love it. I was home by 7:30. Only 30 minutes until the Tech Person calls.
At 9:30 a.m. after I showered and ready for George Stephanopoulos to tell me about “This Week…” still no Tech person. I had to leave at 10am for church. Call Verizon, and we set something up for 3:30ish-4 pm ish this afternoon. I get out of church, on the way to my lunch plans, I check my cell phone. The Tech Person called. He’s at my house right that second. It’s 12:40. I explain I wasn’t going to be home until later, that’s what was set up. The Tech Person says, “No Prob-just call me when you get there.” He says there’s some outside stuff he needs to do, yet the battery pack inside, may need to be replaced.
I get home at 3:30 pm. Aha! Dial tone. TV—yippee---I’ll get to see the New Food Network Star—and INTERNET!! However, the battery pack, in the back bedroom still beeps. A red light on the pack means to ‘replace battery’. I call Tech Person. “No prob- I can fix that!”
He soon rings the doorbell. Cats scatter. Tech Person stands there with a battery in his hand—just in case. I show him where the battery pack is. “Ah, that’s your problem. The battery needs to be plugged in!” He plugs it in. All the lights come on like they should. All is right with the world.
This was two part problem, however. Yesterday, I had power outages, sometime during the day. Also there was a new Verizon install in the area. Where my wires meet with the other folks’ wires, switches and doo hickies—I guess, like a grid—someone didn’t notice my switches or whatever doo hickeys weren’t on---due to the power outage. All in all, the Tech Person had to call somebody else to get all the wires, switches and doohickeys in their right positions. “It should never happen again,” He says.
God gave me a night of needed rest, to reflect and to be thankful.
Tonight I have popcorn for my viewing of Aaron McCargo, Jr., who should be the New Food Network Star!
The Verizon Person told me he’d received other calls from my neck of the woods too. Unfortunately, as I burnt up minutes on my cell phone, his helpful hints of what to do—including taking the battery (about six inches long and three inches wide) out of its battery pack holder--didn’t work. He said to take it out and just put it back in. The battery had wires on the top, similar to a car battery. One end attached to the battery—a black wire and a red wire. The other end had prongs. It looked it needed to be plugged into something. He says, ‘No, you just need to put the battery back in the holder.” Nothing. He concluded I needed a Tech Person to come out. That couldn’t be until the next morning. First thing he said. The tech would call me at 8am to tell me what time he or she would arrive.
So no TV, no ‘net, no home phone. I should have read. Needed to read the book I’m hosting at a book club in July. A book club I was invited to last fall. I’ve read about 20 pages of the book. This was before; I accidentally left the book at DFW while I waited for my luggage, a couple weeks back. Back to last night—since I was so tired from volunteering at a writer’s conference all day-I curled in bed. A cat or two curled two. I figured it was one of those nights; God needed me to have some silence, and Know.
Now this morning, since I just knew the Tech person would call at 8 am and be here shortly there after, I headed to Wal-mart at 6:30 am. That is the BEST time to go to Wal-mart. Nobody there. Get in. Get out. Love it. I was home by 7:30. Only 30 minutes until the Tech Person calls.
At 9:30 a.m. after I showered and ready for George Stephanopoulos to tell me about “This Week…” still no Tech person. I had to leave at 10am for church. Call Verizon, and we set something up for 3:30ish-4 pm ish this afternoon. I get out of church, on the way to my lunch plans, I check my cell phone. The Tech Person called. He’s at my house right that second. It’s 12:40. I explain I wasn’t going to be home until later, that’s what was set up. The Tech Person says, “No Prob-just call me when you get there.” He says there’s some outside stuff he needs to do, yet the battery pack inside, may need to be replaced.
I get home at 3:30 pm. Aha! Dial tone. TV—yippee---I’ll get to see the New Food Network Star—and INTERNET!! However, the battery pack, in the back bedroom still beeps. A red light on the pack means to ‘replace battery’. I call Tech Person. “No prob- I can fix that!”
He soon rings the doorbell. Cats scatter. Tech Person stands there with a battery in his hand—just in case. I show him where the battery pack is. “Ah, that’s your problem. The battery needs to be plugged in!” He plugs it in. All the lights come on like they should. All is right with the world.
This was two part problem, however. Yesterday, I had power outages, sometime during the day. Also there was a new Verizon install in the area. Where my wires meet with the other folks’ wires, switches and doo hickies—I guess, like a grid—someone didn’t notice my switches or whatever doo hickeys weren’t on---due to the power outage. All in all, the Tech Person had to call somebody else to get all the wires, switches and doohickeys in their right positions. “It should never happen again,” He says.
God gave me a night of needed rest, to reflect and to be thankful.
Tonight I have popcorn for my viewing of Aaron McCargo, Jr., who should be the New Food Network Star!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Food Network....
OK---I thought I was done with reality TV. After all, Dancing With The Stars and American Idol are done, even tho I still carry a torch for David Cook--I digress--then last night where did I find myself at 9pm? In front of the TV, for the first episode of The Next Food Network Star--I'm hooked. I don't think I'd even sample the food they're cookin-yet I do believe my favorite has the charisma for the camera: Aaron Cargo Jr. Bon appetite!
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