Monday, November 21, 2011

Hello on Monday

Dear Friends,
Another day went as planned for the most part. We even wove in a wake for the deceased Mom (ALS) of a former colleague of Linda and me!
The day ended with a meal at a local restaurant which had a special price for Sunday only, but the special didn’t go well for one of us.
Our first stop of the day was in my home town of Lee, Massachusetts. The former Catholic Elementary School, which I attended in the 50’s, was transformed into a Crafts Fair. The vendors were set up in the same classrooms which I sat in those many years ago. The highlight of this adventure was the lunch time meal that they served in the cafeteria located in a portion of the school gym. Linda went home without purchasing a single item. I think that this weekend of me attended crafts fairs might have come to an end. Linda will have to find a new crafts fair buddy.
We came home to freshen up, and put on semi wake clothes, and headed out the door once again. We drove directly to the Nursing Home to visit dad before we departed for the 2 to 6PM wake. The Dwyer Funeral Home is located a couple of minutes from the Mt. Greylock Nursing Home. This is a quite a convenient fact!
Dad was in good spirits. My sister brought him his 27 inch flat screened television from his home which made for better viewing than his out of date television supplied by the nursing home. This was Linda’s first visit to this nursing home, and Linda said that this nursing home didn’t have that awful nursing home smell. Linda waited a while before visiting my father because she didn’t want to pass along her cold germs to my dad.
The wake went well. We socialized with many former colleagues of ours before we took a little break at home. The break at home allowed Linda to compile a list of baking items which she will need for today’s baking duties. All the ingredients for her pumpkin cookies, two different kinds of pies, and a lasagna for tomorrow’s supper time meal at Kevin and Kyla’s. When she finished her list, we went of to Price Chopper, and picked up all the needed ingredients. We once again came home, and put away our groceries before we headed out the door for the final time.
The “Over the Rainbow” Restaurant just started a limited menu, Sunday only, special at a cost of $15 person. The meal started off with bread, soup of the day, a salad, the main meal, coffee and dessert. The main meal for Linda was when the trouble started. Linda ordered a pork dinner, and I ordered a chicken dish. There were about 5 items on the Sunday night special to choose from. We went through the soup and salad portion of the meal, and there was quite a lull before the main meal arrived at our table. The head chef comes out to tell Linda that they sold out of the pork. He asked her if he could whip up a meal with portions of meat from a prime rib. Linda hesitated, but agreed to the change. After about 20 minutes our main meal arrived. We both though that the chef would give Linda a couple of thin slices of a prime rib. The plate was filled with fatty beef, and gristle. It was presented like you would take table scraps from everyone’s plates, put the scraps on one plate, and then feed it to the family dogs. Well, the waitress got the manager once again. She aired her complaints in a calm manner, and the manager charged her nothing for her less than perfect meal. I don’t know what it is, but Linda always seems to be the person who has the less than perfect meal. Linda was actually upset from the meal the evening before at “Flavors” because she made it quite clear to the pregnant waitress (who was due to have her girl baby on Sunday) to not rush us and to let us finish one course before serving the other. At the Malaysian restaurant the main meal and the salad arrived together which just set her off once again. Oh Darn!
As mentioned above, today is baking day, and Lasagna preparation day. I will be her assistant, cookie dough stirrer, apple peeler and slicer, and her clean up person after I drop of dad’s newspaper off to him in the nursing home. Since I am up so early, I will be with the 4:30 AM crowd at Retro Fitness. I also will need an afternoon nap because my Patriots play at 8:20 PM in the Monday Night Football game, and I want to be able to stay up and watch the whole game which will end around midnight.
Speaking of Retro Fitness, while at the gym on Sunday at 6 AM, one of the body builder type of guys, who grunts a lot, was doing his thing. It is embarrassing when he leaves one of the machines that I work on which he sets for up to 200 pounds of weight, and I reset the weights for 30 pounds. I always make sure that no one is around when I change to the lower weights, and the grunter goes back to the bar bells and weights of over 350 pounds. My whole purpose is not to talk about the grunter, but I did start thinking about these guys who have muscles beyond muscles. I started wondering if every body part grows as their muscles grow. I was wondering that if you had a body builder type of body whether you would ever have a need to use a product like Viagra. Should I go over and ask these over muscled guys? Do these guys get more dates because these guys have muscles protruding for whatever type of clothes that they wear?
I see where Mayor Bloomberg of New York announced that they caught a home grown terrorist / Al Qaeda sympathizer who was planning on setting off pipe bombs. His targets were going to be the Postal service, and veterans who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. When I saw the Spanish looking name of the American citizen turned sympathizer, and supporters of the terrorist, the article said that he was born in the Dominican Republic. Good thing that we have a segment of our government who is ever vigilant for such Wacko’s, and what they are planning to do. Please don’t cut this budget!
We also had one of those “Enjoy life every moment that you can because you never know what the next day might bring”. While at the wake yesterday, people were buzzing about a rumor someone had heard. A person that I know went off to check on his buddy for an early morning round of golf. The guy, whose is usually early, happened to be late. My friend went to his home to see if there was a problem. When the friend arrived at his friend’s home, the garage door was open; the trunk of his car was open, the driver’s side door was opened, and his friend was on the ground in the garage. His wife was still in bed sleeping. His friend was on the ground because he had a brain aneurism, and he died instantly. Oh Darn! There will be no joy on Thanksgiving Day for this family.
Well, I have to select my workout wardrobe.
Have a great day!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad

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