More Guilty Pleasures

What a great phrase, "guilty pleasures." Anyway, I do have a bunch of them. Like playing games on the computer and on xBox. Yes, I do play xBox and would play other game machines if they happened to appear before me. On the computer, I play a lot of bridge. Much more fun to me than solitaire. True, I am playing alone (I have had some less than optimal experiences playing online bridge and other card games) so it is still sort of like solitaire. And I am playing a Facebook game called Garden of Time - a hidden object game. For which I need to harass my friends to join me in the game so that I can continue it. Or fork out money, which, as many of you know, can be a challenge. And there are other guilty pleasures, but those are all I am going to fess up to at this point. (So, if any of you are a) on Facebook and b) like hidden object games, please become my friend and neighbor - soon. Thank you.)

Mom and I had errand day again! We went and picked up the mail, most of which was pretty useless. I did get the three Wheel of Time Audio Books that I had ordered. Yippee! That brings the total that I have to 8 (of fourteen, I think). What is very, very weird is that one of the books costs way more than any of the others. Book 9 costs $120 while the most any of the others cost is around $50. What is that about? Anyone? I sent a message to the company, asking them, and if I hear anything, I will probably post it. We went to the library and got out a book that Marlo Thomas wrote. Then to the supermarket where we spent quite a bit on groceries. Our supply of vegetable matter was quite low due to our recent trip. Lastly, we went to Lowes to look at composters. I am not sure what to do about that. Any suggestions are welcome.

At one point, while checking my mail, as I do fairly frequently when I am procrastinating, I found a message from one of the three young Turkish women that I met a couple of weeks ago. Yippee! We ended up meeting out and discussing various subjects, including their desire to do more than hang out in Geneva. I am hoping I can help them to explore some of the attractions around the area. We shall see.

I am looking for 5-10 people to proofread the next draft of Diary of a Plate Addict - these need to be people with attention to detail - who will notice when there is a missing space in a sentence, when a graphic looks badly cropped or just doesn't seem to fit correctly on a page, when a sentence is too mangled or bizarre or out of place and needs to be fixed. Anyone?

Can anyone believe that I have made it this far, taking a picture a day and posting every day for 181 days! Woo hoo!

Pictures from June 30, 2011:


Aren't they pretty?


Oops, still haven't gotten 'round to neatening my room after emptying the containers of stuff from Clayton.


Aren't they pretty? No, wait, I just said that. I meant, um, oh, right, that is what I meant...

New Thought and Guilty Pleasure

Sadly, one of my guilty pleasures has come to an end. For the past few weeks, I have been watching a British series about Robin Hood. Fun stuff. Reminded me a bit of Xena and Hercules. There were three seasons and they were mostly enjoyable. Poop. Guess I have to look around and see what else is available on Net Flix.

My new thought was this - head off a little early to go to Maine and stop in Vermont on the way. I could then visit a few breweries - like Harpoon and Magic Hat to name two. Yippee! I will have to see if I can convince mom to do that. Then again, with the opera, I might not be as free to go. We shall see.

Juggled a bit yesterday. I have decided that I am going to get decent with four clubs. And the flourish. Gives me something to practice without getting bored. I most like passing but it is hard to pass by oneself...

My plan all along had been that last night we would go to the Seneca Falls Parker's for dinner - but at the last minute I decided that we would go to the Red Dove Tavern instead. Good choice! The food was good, the service ok, the beer tasty. I had a stout from Slyfox and a Bock from Naked Dove. Mom and I shared an antipasto board - a bit light on content, but yummy. And we shared mussels with sausage - about a dozen mussels and a sliced up sausage link - also light but yummy. And then a hamburger - which was pretty good - and the thin fries were great! We chatted with Lianne, our server who was very personable. And Abby, the bartender. He wasn't sure where Clown Shoes brewery was - Massachusetts apparently. The cool thing is that he recognized mom! He was once the postmaster at the Colleges post office. She was just tickled that she was recognized!

Today is an errand day. Mom has a doctor's appointment. We need to go to the library and post office (stop the mail). I am also planning on taking mom to Eddie O'Brien's to meet Morgan (and to see if she has done any practice juggling). Still don't know what we are doing for dinner tonight and tomorrow - one night is going to be pasta - I think maybe pizza tonight and pasta tomorrow night...

Not looking forward to the heat in NC. Eeeek!

Pictures from June 21, 2011:


While juggling, this view struck me - so I pictured it!


Me and mom at the Red Dove Tavern. (Mom is on the left in the picture...)