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[Jane]

Wow, I guess I am a freak about pain. I've had extractions and root canals and the like and as long as I'm full of Novocaine I don't have a problem during or when the drug wears off.

I would say you are blessed, not a freak.

[Jane]

We are settled in our nice hotel in Brighton, MI (it's about 20 minutes from Ann Arbor, due north).

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 hot 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.

You are about half an hour from where we lived.  I have skied on Mt. Brighton and I recall Brighton is a cute little town.  It is very likely you have well water there.  Our first Michigan home had well water.  It was the 2nd of three homes we have had with well water, and all three tasted different.  Our first experience, in Pennsylvania, the water was delicious.

The Tigers are playing the Seattle Mariners tonight so I hope the Tigers win.

Have fun at the reunion. 

[Ben]

Thanks, Jane.

Our relatives from Sheffield, England are here as well and they are decked out in Detroit Tiger shirts. It's Bobble Head night at the stadium and the first 1000 ticket holders get a Tiger bobble head. They have all headed out early so they can be Bobble Head recipients!

[John G.]

Has anyone tried Peter Filichia's quiz yet on Kritzerland.com? There are a couple that are nagging at me.

[elmore3003]

DR Ben, I'm happy you and Baxter have reached your destination safely. I always liked the taste of well water, which was the water in Appalachia and my aunt's farm outside Columbus, OH.To my knowledge,  I probably haven't tasted actual well water in almost 50 years.

I'm looking forward to all the photos!

[Ben]

We drove to the reunion because I am transferring ownership of a 1941 Zenith Floor Model radio to my younger brother. It belonged to my father and when he died it was the only thing of his that I wanted. He knew that and he left it to me. My younger brother was disappointed but didn't make a stink about it. I didn't get the radio to New York until 1997 (my father died in 1993) when Anthony and I drove to Minnesota, loaded it in his car and drove it back. Those of you who have been to our apartment may remember the radio in the living room sitting against the wall. Well, as much as I love the radio I rarely use it because it only gets AM stations but not the one that I would listen to, WNYC (New York City public radio). I can't get FM so I can't listen to the FM side of WNYC. It looks beautiful in the room but I decided since my brother wanted the radio as well that this was a good opportunity to take it back (halfway) and give it to him. He's very excited about getting it and will drive it back to Minnesota from Michigan.

I can't find any of the pictures at Photobucket that I've posted over the years of the apartment. Many of the pictures have a shot of the radio so here is a shot I found on line of what the Radio looks like. It's exactly like the one we have brought with us to Michigan. I think some pictures from Photobucket may been deleted over time. Oh, well. No problem, just odd that I can't find them. I went through every page (51 pages) looking for them but they are not in the queue.

[Ginny]

DR Ben, you are in very familiar territory.  I, of course, went to school in Ann Arbor and my parents lived in Northville after fleeing Detroit in 1968.  Mom and I had a delightful lunch 2 years ago at, I think, Cafe Amici in Brighton with some long time friends of our family.

Enjoy your stay in SE Michigan and your family reunion!

[Ron Pulliam]

Hi, Ben....


Nice radio.  It's a "good thing" you are doing for your brother!!!

[George]

Thanks, DR Ron Pulliam.


The pain has not abated very much, alas.   

~~~No More Pain Vibes for Singdaw!!~~~

[John G.]

That's a beautiful radio, Ben, regardless of the origin of the photo.

[George]

I can't find any of the pictures at Photobucket that I've posted over the years of the apartment. Many of the pictures have a shot of the radio so here is a shot I found on line of what the Radio looks like. It's exactly like the one we have brought with us to Michigan. I think some pictures from Photobucket may been deleted over time. Oh, well. No problem, just odd that I can't find them. I went through every page (51 pages) looking for them but they are not in the queue.

I hope no one is deleting images from the official HHW Photobucket account...that I created!  The storage is only 41% full, so there's still plenty of space to add more pictures.

[John G.]

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.

[Jane]

Thanks, Jane.

Our relatives from Sheffield, England are here as well and they are decked out in Detroit Tiger shirts. It's Bobble Head night at the stadium and the first 1000 ticket holders get a Tiger bobble head. They have all headed out early so they can be Bobble Head recipients!

That is funny.  I hope they get their bobble heads.  I personally would not want one.

[Jane]

DR Ben you are very kind to give your brother the beautiful radio. 

[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.

[George]

That's a beautiful radio, Ben, regardless of the origin of the photo.

Agreed!  If I had room for it, I'd love to have something like that.

[John G.]

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 Austin's era I don't think that would work.

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

[George]

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.

That is so funny!

[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.

[bk]

I haven't stopped since arising at nine-thirty after only five hours of sleep.  Mostly organizing the garage - so much better now - all the Kritzerland show books are now labeled and easy to find, so that was the most important thing.  We found out Liberty Valance will be here on Tuesday, so those will go out then.  And I had lunch and then a run-through with Juliana.  Now back to the garage.

[George]

I can't find any of the pictures at Photobucket that I've posted over the years of the apartment. Many of the pictures have a shot of the radio so here is a shot I found on line of what the Radio looks like. It's exactly like the one we have brought with us to Michigan. I think some pictures from Photobucket may been deleted over time. Oh, well. No problem, just odd that I can't find them. I went through every page (51 pages) looking for them but they are not in the queue.

I hope no one is deleting images from the official HHW Photobucket account...that I created!  The storage is only 41% full, so there's still plenty of space to add more pictures.

I don't know what could've happened to Ben's pictures.  I really hope that things aren't being deleted automatically after a certain amount of time.  That wouldn't be good.  However, something good did come out of the situation...when I just went to look at things on Photobucket.com, I saw that our free HHW account has 2GB of space and as I posted, it was 41% full. 

Well, there was a banner that said just for downloading and using the Photobucket app onto a device, we could get an extra 8GB of space, for a total of 10GB, still for free!  I downloaded the app to my Android device and logged in with the regular HHW login, and all of a sudden we're only 8% full!  The amount of FREE space has just been increased by 500%!  So, link those pics!!

[George]

I would assume that anyone can also download the app and log in with the regular HHW login.  If someone's willing to try it, please let us know.

[Jane]

Excellent work DR George and thank you for being the keeper of our photos.  I should use this more often.

[elmore3003]

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.

[Ron Pulliam]

I'd love to see us get to page 4 before quittin' time.

[Ron Pulliam]

I'll do what I can, of course.

[Ron Pulliam]

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!

[Ron Pulliam]

I managed to watch Project Runway.

Was happy to see go he who went.

[Ron Pulliam]

Two more posts should do it.

[Ron Pulliam]

One more post....