Labor Day 2011

National Holiday here in the States. I chose to not labor so much today. The weather is absolutely perfect! Barely mid 80's F. No more triple digit heat for awhile. Heck, we might be done with triples--however I won't believe that until late October!

Good day. Windows open. Did breakfast with a swell guy chum, who is actually a high school classmate. We did chatter up for 2 hours. Laughed quite a bit too. Good for a guy I think. Told him about pots and writing. In fact, I took him a test pot to see. Now he has more of my vision, and quite supportive. I realized I didn't finish my pancakes.

Headed on later to do late lunch with a good girl chum. No five hour gab fest at Macaroni Grill, as with my other girl chum the other night--only about 2 1/2 hours today! :) We laughed. Chatted. She is taking drawing classes, which I didn't know even drew. Quite impressed with her handy work. I still had the test pot in my purse, so I showed her, and our waiter. The waiter--if he was 21--said he could see it on the window sill, like when you doin' dishes. Nice guy. And he got a tip.

And the roses posted here? Made outta duct tape. Alot of duct tape. Next ones I'll do better. I figured out what I did wrong--it's all in the 'fold'.

So for now, I'm headed outside because the four story stack of dishes in the sink can wait, sit in the shade and read a fun book: "First Love Cookie Club" and

Enjoy the rest of the your Labor Day everyone!

Sunday and More

Sunday has been good. Church as GREAT!
Tomorrow is Labor Day, a national holiday,
so no work here in the States-
Got a breakfast date with a man chum of mine.
He just e-mailed me if I was going to cook in the morning--
Well, that would mean, I'd have to clean my house
Get a new stove, because mine is busted-
So, of course, I told him a good friend open 24/7 aka
"Denny's" right up the street, who's best known for
His slams will be so happy to cook for us.,,,
Stay tuned.

Labor Day Done

I like Barry Manilow. There I said it. On this Labor Day 2010 I admit it. Barry's coming to Dallas. I'm not sure of the date, because I'm afraid of how much the tickets are. I saw Barry in concert once--maybe twice. Back in the 80's. Ya know, forever ago.

And now, well-I like Barry's music--especially his older stuff. Even more precise, this song posted here: "All the Time."

Man, oh man, I sat in my first, ever apartment in Kansas City. $180 bucks a month, furnished, one room and slept on the pull out bed from my green vinyl sofa. Should I tell you I moved into the place with NO toilet paper? I just remembered.

And for some reason, I didn't have my 9 inch color TV. I didn't bring that to KC until later--yet I had my stereo. Ahh, yes the stereo. My music kept going and that included Barry's lp. This One's For You which had "All the Time" on it. I cried so many tears for the man I cared about at the time-I was so young then and so homesick and so made so many mistakes on the FIRST BIG MOVE away from home.

After all these years, I listen to this song and get weepy--and it's not because of Barry's glasses in this clip. Nope, for the song's lyrics. I get it. Barry.

To think I had it....

All the time.