Haines His Way

I really have got to get on a better sleep schedule.  this whole 4 am to 12 pm thing just isn't natural.  Or maybe it is for me, who knows.

I have a book I've been wanting to start and read, so my plan for today is to let the SB be background noise and read my book, glancing up when I want the score.  

it is also gray and rainy around the Tacoma area.  First time we've had such weather in awhile, which is very unusual.

Abby's Pizza Parlor was our pizza place of choice. We would go almost every Friday evening, usually after my dad's baseball game. We would usually get your basic combination or the Hawaiian, and sometimes the smoked oyster.

It was also a place where they had a spot for the kids to sit and watch the guys make the pizza, and I always would plunk a nickel or dime in the jukebox and play and Olivia Newton John song...can't recall which one now.

Good morning folks!

Sorry I was E & T yesterday.  Busy day/evening.  

I’m sorry to say that I did NOT have pie yesterday. But if I had, I might not be able to fit in my new (not but brag but I am) size 8 (you are not seeing things) jeans.   I can hardly believe it myself.

I really enjoyed driving Bonnie all around yesterday.  How nice it is to have a smooth riding, quiet vehicle.  I am learning not to stomp on the gas pedal so I am back to my normal speeds. It seems like I’m crawling.  Some old habits die hard.  I’m not used to having AC and am still putting the window down instead of using it.  I guess when summer comes I’ll start.  

I filled the gas tank the other week and reset the trip odometer to see what kind of gas mileage I’m getting.  I’ve already gone over thirty miles and the gas needle hasn’t moved.  I learned that my trip to the bus stop is exactly .4 miles from the driveway to where I park so my round trip is .8 miles a day.  

Did I tell you all about the extra remotes I bought for Bonnie off of E-bay?  I got two of them for under twenty-five dollars.  I had to call the guy to ask how to reset them but he was very nice about it and they work GREAT!  Who knew that just turning the key on and off eight times fast would reset the remotes?

Now Mom has a remote and I have a spare as a “just in case”.    I know Mom would never drive the SUV or the Van but I think it makes her feel good to have her own set of keys.

I meant to say the other night that I’ve been reading the AARP magazine since my Mom started getting it years ago.  I always enjoy it.  When I turn fifty, I will join so I can get it as well.

I looked on Amazon for the boxed Errol Flynn set but I didn’t see it.  That’s ok.  I’ll wait for it.

I bought The Karate Kid collection yesterday.  We watched the first movie last night.  It seemed different to me.  I would have sworn that I saw some other version of the ending.  It seemed there were some missing scenes.   Does anyone else think that?

I gave up on BattleStar Galactica .  Just can’t get into it.  Of course, I’m tired on Friday night so trying to stay up until eleven is really hard.  Hate to say it but the same for Enterprise.  I just never “got it”.

BK, if you want a good chicken recipe, allow me to give you one.  It’s cooking in my house as I type this and I promise you that it is very good.

Roast Chicken n’ Vegetables

6 small new red potatoes, halved
1 (12 ounce) package (2 cups) fresh baby carrots, cut in half lengthwise—I cheat on this and just put in a package of those little carrots.
2 medium onions, quartered
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon dried dill weed
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 ½ to 3 ½ pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces

Heat oven to 425 degrees.  In roasting pan or 10 inch ovenproof skillet place potatoes, carrots, and onions.  In 1 quart sauce pan melt butter; stir in all remaining ingredients except chicken.  Brush about 2 tablespoons butter mixture over vegetables.  Place chicken, skin side up, in pan on top of and around begetables.  Brush chicken with remaining butter mixture.  Bake for 45 to 50 mixtures or until chicken is fork tender and golden brown.  

I don’t do it exactly the way this says.  I put it all in a slow cooker and I add mushrooms.  I put it on about 2 o’clock on about 300 degrees and it’s ready by 5.  It is very, very, very (3 verys) good.  

God, I wish I was in London right now.  Derek Jacobi is getting terrific reviews (as is the play in general) for his chilliong performance in Schiller's DON CARLOS.  They are calling the play a masterpiece.  The play also stars Richard Coyle who played geeky Jeff in the original British COUPLING.  I saw Jacobi in as Prospero in THE TEMPEST two years ago.  It was not the best Tempest I ever saw, but it was easily the best Prospero I ever saw.  A great Prospero, I think.

What she said.

The end.

P.S. This Cherry Coke is very good.

When I was a little girl, I didn't know how to sign off of a letter by saying, "sincerely yours" or "bye for now" so I would put "THE END".

At least you knew when I was finished.

THE END

Danise

Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?  I went to the market, which was a madhouse, so I didn't get much of anything.  All the fast food joints are jammed.

Can you believe it?  Quite unseemly, if you ask me.  I'm going to eat my lunch now - an Entenmann's Chocolate donut covered with Swiss Vanilla Almond ice cream.  A fine lunch, if you ask me.  Of course, what do you get when you eat ice cream for lunch?

PHLEGM!

Is tinkikling close to what they do in  CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG in the song "Me Old Bamboo"?

I am from and still reside in Mooresville Indiana, DR RODSINSKI....which is about 15 miles southwest of Indy!

I fully intend to watch the Super Bowl this afternoon, but FOUR HOURS of pre-game show is thoroughly ridiculous!  I mean, c'mon, there are only two teams to talk about, and there have only been these two teams to talk about for two weeks.  Overkill in the extreme.

Clearly, you never watch any of the news stations (like Fox or MSNBC or CNN).  They are like this day after day, and they don't even bother with talking about sports!

Tonight, real guy food.  Venison chops, roasted beets, and jalapeno hushpuppies.

Counts as guy food in my house.

 

I cried my way through THE RETURN OF THE KING once again. Just a beautiful film though I could do with a little less battle footage. Just not a war buff. Very necessary to the story and lots of thrilling moments during the battle scenes, but they do go on.

But such beautiful humanity as part of the story, and that's why I love it so much. Naturally, the extended edition looked fabulous and sounded even more so - there aren't many scenes that aren't filled with rumbling low bass.

Super Bowl? No way!

Welcome bdapp!

Bruce only you would eat whip cream on custard pie.   It just shouldn’t be done.