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[Ron Pulliam]

Ta-da.

[Ron Pulliam]

Page 4

[George]

Nice work, Ron!

[elmore3003]

No Britcoms tonight. It's another damned PBS fund drive.

[Jane]

My boss doesn't like it when his wife reads aloud passages from her romance novels to him in an effort to get him to whisper such sweet nothings in her ear the way that the heroes of her books do. His version of what they say, "You are like a moonbeam dancing off a Rice Krispie treat."

We've been laughing at that all afternoon here.

I like your boss's sense of humor.   I'm tempted to read passages from romance novels just to hear what Keith would come up with.  The romance novels I read are basically take place during Jane Austen's era I don't think that would work.

I wonder what the Jane Austen-era equivalent of a Rice Krispie treat was.

DR elmore is our Austen expert, maybe he knows.

I kept reading this over and thinking Austin expert? I've never been to Texas! So, after that major slip of my mind, I realized that Kellogg's didn't make Rice Krispies in 1812, so  I went to the Jane Austen Cookbook. Little iced cakes or apple puffs would be awfully good alternatives, I think.

Both sound delicious.  Little iced cakes almost sounds romantic.  Apple puffs on the other hand sound funny, IMHO

[Jane]

I barely saw the two cats I'm housesitting last night.  Spent maybe 2 minutes with one before she scampered off.  The other dashed in and out of the TV room so fast, I was wondering if she was being chased.

Oh, well.

The chickens were happy to be fed last night and again this morning.   There was "an egg" yesterday afternoon.  Quelle event!

Somehow I missed your original post regarding the house you are sitting.  It sounds like a fun "job".

Fresh scrambled eggs are delicious.

[KevinH]

Enjoy your visit, DR Ben!

[Ginny]

We are back from the Middletown Arts Center, where we attended the opening reception for an exhibit of Herbert Fall's artwork.  All 100 pieces are interesting, but this one has the most meaning for us:

[Ginny]

Because:

[Ginny]

Here's a little background on Herbert Fall.

[George]

That's so cool, Ginny!

[Jane]

Here's a little background on Herbert Fall.

Interesting-thanks.

You are very lucky to have the beautiful painting.

[Ginny]

Here's a little background on Herbert Fall.

Interesting-thanks.

You are very lucky to have the beautiful painting.

Yes, we are, DR Jane.  It hung for years over the piano in Richard's parents' home.  When Harriet was getting ready to move to the retirement community, she wanted us to have the piano, but said we had to take the painting, too.  I asked if I had to hang it over the piano and she said, "No, just take good care of it."  It hangs in our dining room.

[Jane]

I like your story of how you were given the painting

[George]

Well, it's 7:00 pm-ish and time for me to leave work.  I'm going to my sister's.  My niece called and asked if I wanted to come over.  We were both on cell phones so I didn't quite hear why, but I did hear the word "dessert."

Be back later.

[Ginny]

That's so cool, Ginny!

Thanks, DR George!

[elmore3003]

I just finished reading Belgrave Square, which is the 11th or 12th book in Anne Perry's Thomas & Charlotte Pitt mysteries, and, of those 11 or 12 books, it's the best; it's quite wonderful. She has great characters and plots, but too often I feel she just lets the endings go to hell. This one's quite nicely done.

I just went to Amazon to look at the readers' reviews, and a lot of them agreed with me.  About halfway through the book I guessed the scandal, if not the murderer, and a really good scandal it was.

And so to bed. I must head down to Toyland tomorrow morning;

[TCB]

I used to wear Hush Puppies, BW (Before Wheelchair).  They don't look like puppies, but my sister used to call them my Raggity Andy shoes because they had kind of blunt toes.  They were kind of ugly, but they were sure comfortable.

[TCB]

((((Elmore))))

Thank you, dear, for the hopes and god wishes!

At present, I have absolutely no commitment at present with either the foundation or the university, I don't even know if I want anything to develop. After the behavior of the men in charge of both foundations I've worked for, I'm very ambivalent.  At present, I'm just metaphorically throwing pasta against the wall and seeing if anything sticks

Be careful not to use too much metaphorical marinara on that pasta.

[TCB]

We had dinner at Creekside Restaurant and Bar in Brecksville, OH.

It's a nice place, reasonably priced but they serve large portions. Anthony couldn't finish his pot roast and since we don't have a fridge in our room he just had her take it away. I had a good "London" burger.

Later, gaters.

What is a London burger?

[bk]

Page four?  Really?

[bk]

Is this a joke?  Yes, we shall laugh in the car.

[bk]

Who would be deleting photos from Photobucket of all places?  How would they even do that?  I don't do Photobucket at all so it ain't me.

[bk]

I should think we'd best have a frenzy or three.

[bk]

Did a mile and a half jog and watched part one of Lars Von Triers' Nymphomaniac.

[TCB]

We are settled in our nice hotel in Brighton, MI (it's about 20 minutes from Ann Arbor, due north). It's a nice place with free breakfast, a pool, a workout room and this one is in walking distance of Target, Home Depot, Chili's and IHop. We just got back from lunch at Ihop. We went there in honor of Vixmom. We both had crepes. Anthony had Crepes Florentine and I had Crepes with grilled chicken, bacon and white cheddar. They were both good though Anthony thinks the water tastes almost like well water. I don't know if younger people know what "well water" tastes like. It's a distinctive taste that I haven't tasted for decades! He asked for some lemon to put in the water and he said that helped. I didn't have water, I had coffee (I know, it's made with water but the coffee flavor overwhelms the well water flavor).

Anthony is taking a nap right now and I may quit the laptop and take a nap also. Most of the relatives (we're here for a reunion) are going to a baseball game tonight (The Detroit Tigers vs. some other team, I don't have a clue which one) and we're NOT going as you could probably tell from the aside. We have no interest in BB so we will hang out at the hotel and greet one of my sisters and a niece when they arrive from the airport.

The big festivities are tomorrow. According to the weather bug it's supposed to rain with lightning and thunder. There will be an outdoor canopy but if it does get bad I guess we will end up in the house.

We will stay on Sunday as well and head back to New York on Monday morning.

The Seattle Mariners!

[TCB]

And we beat Detroit 7 to 2.

[vixmom]

hello  Vixdad tookme out and bought me  birthday gift  an IPAD!

[vixmom]

first after work I went to have my hair done

[vixmom]

then Vixdad took me to Apple store and bought me the IPAD4