WHERE DID THE WEEKEND GO???

One thing that I've noticed is that very few of us 'BLOG' on the weekend. If everyone is as busy as we are on the weekend, it is no wonder. It is just the two of us and we don't seem to have enough time (and Don is not working). I don't know how we managed when we had kids at home. We have a cleaning lady, eat out several times a week and Don does the laundry. So...where does the weekend go? We don't even sleep in, either.
If we are at home for the weekend we do spend alot of time with our friends that we have made. We go out to eat OFTEN. With 40 of our nearest and dearest friends! Saturday morning we all met at the local diner for breakfast. Two hours later.....Last weekend we were picking crabs with a smaller group (8). Tonight I have 'Birthday Club' (we have a club for everything and anything) so that's dinner at 6:30. Tomorrow we are celebrating Cinco de Mayo five days early) by going out for Mexican with the 40 nearest and dearest. Wednesday is Book Club and Thursday I will be packing for the cruise we are leaving for on Saturday (with 50 of our nearest and dearest- we let a few extras come.) Friday night we will gather for a bon voyage party at the clubhouse. With all this eating I should LOSE weight on the cruise. What is keeping everyone elso so busy? By the way...passing on info...David and Cathy do close on their house on Friday and David said he is so busy this week he will probably not be blogging.
We'll give him a family pass this time and assume we will get a great post with pictures soon. It has been quiet on the Wilbur front (GKKJ&K) because they were in Jamaica last week. So tell us...did you make Chex when you got home or are you waiting until this week?

Quick Change Artists

Now, this is cool.

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ELIMINATION CHEX NIGHT

ok...IS EVERYBODY READY? Chex nite and Idol Gives Back /Elimination Nite all rolled into one. Do I need to get a life? I started watching these kind of shows a couple years ago when Survivor was hot and I was working at MBNA with a bunch of 'kids'. I knew I was too old to be working there because the only cereals they had at the Breakfast Bar in the cafeteria were Captain Crunch, Cocoa Puffs and Trix. No Kashi or Musellix to be found! I needed to have some- thing to talk about with those youngstas. Now I'm hooked. I gave up Survivor when they started eating weird animal parts and slugs and maggots. Sushi is as 'weird' as I go. But I love Idol and my Tivo is worth it if that was the only show I could record. I have it recording on two separate channels in case of technical difficulties.
Jordin ROCKED last night. Her rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone" gave me goosebumps and make me cry. I believe Jordin will be giving Melinda a run for her money. Question of the day...who adds pretzels and or nuts to their Chex? Anything else? We know what the Original is but this family never had a recipe they didn't think they could improve on. Are Chex the exception?

Reading Comprehension

So, maybe its the weather change, allergies, or the fact that a kid in Cole's class has strep, but yesterday evening, I started to feel kinda crappy. Took some Tylenol Sore Throat and proceeded to just crash for about an hour after dinner.

FFwd to this morning. Wake up, turn on the shower, swig another shot of Tylenol Sore Throat.... and then look at the bottle. NIGHTTIME!?!?!?!?! I looked at the bottle 3 times last night and never noticed or comprehended that it was knock out juice.

Here I am at work, having driven 45 mins on night time cold medicine. Should be an interesting one (that is if I don't sleep through it)

Meat Puppets

Hey Dave and Cath, in particular-

The Meat Puppets have a new album coming out, but are doing a tour beforehand to kick it off. They'll be in SF on May 16th at the Independent. I wouldn't miss it. We're going up to Boulder to see them. FYI.

http://myspace.com/themeatpuppets

L-
-P&M

The Next Generation of Chex Fanatics

Nate had his first taste of warm homemade chex. He wouldn't move from that bowl for like 10 minutes. I had to chronicle it for the blog.
I think we may need to change the name of the blog to American Chex. Or Chex Idol.

Yankees

Red Soxs s*#&.

IDOL NIGHT COMING UP

What will Sanjaya do tonight? Maybe that's why he is still on. He certainly creates a buzz.
It's Country Western Night.
Oh my, can't you just see Sanjaya in a cowboy hat and spurs? How's that for a visual?

Brokeback Idol?

Birthday Cake

So yesterday was my birthday and of course we had a birthday cake. Without question we have Carvel ice cream cake. It is not a Birthday in our house without it. It has to be carvel, nothing else will do. The crunchies are the best part.

So the question is - What is your favorite cake or what is something you always have or do on your birthday?

I'M RUSTING!!!!!

I feel like the Tin Man. Will we never see spring? I can't say it's as bad as poor Bound Brook and Manville who are under water for the zillionth time. I'm craving sun and flowers. The daffodils are soggy and bent over and the tulips are on strike. I had made a pact with myself that I would start walking again in the morning before work, on April 1st.( I had been walking up until the beginning of Dec but I don't walk in the cold) So far there have only been three decent days. Maybe May 1st. We did go to Longwood Gardens over the weekend for a sniff of spring. Even their outdoor flowers are holding out. The inside displays were beautiful though. Lots of hydraengas in every hue imaginable. Darlene and Grace and Mark were with us and the kids had a booklet that had a plant to find in each area. Once they solved the clue and found the flower/plant they were ready for the next room. Needless to say, we scooted thru much of the conservatory (inside) in record time. All in all though, a shot of spring. We leave in 2 1/2 weeks for a cruise to Bermuda with 50 of our neighbors. I think there are flowers blooming there.

Chex-Chex and more Chex

Hi All,
Sounds like you are drooling for some Chex. And BTW the receipe on the box that claims to be the orginal is not. Whoever heard of bagel chips 50 yrs ago.

Mom's Chex Receipe

1 stick of margarine 1/4 lb.

melt in a large bowl in microwave (about 1 min)

Add 2 tbls worchestershire sauce
2 tsp Lawry's Seasoned Salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder- optional
Stir well

Add 4 heaping cups Rice Chex
4 Heaping cups Corn Chex
3 cups Wheat Chex

I use the largest bowl of the mixing set that Peggy gave me for Xmas years ago.Should just fill the bowl. Add a few more chex if not.

Mircowave on hi for 2 min, stir well, 2 more min ,stir well, 2min ,stir well.

Happy Chex!! No, Pete you can't buy in the bag.

L,
Mom

Happy Birthday, Heather!

...and many more!

L-
-P&M

Chex please, Mom

Hi Mom :)

Remember we were talking about you posting the "real" Chex recipie?

Well, Michael has only had them that one time in NJ and I haven't had them since then, either. We're jonesin'...

L-
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P.S.
Sure am glad we can now "blog in Hindi"!! Gee, thanks Google. We'll be sure to learn how to do that...not!

OK, I'll do it!

Hey, you nappy headed ho's!

Geez, have you ever seen anything blown so far out of proportion? People are dying every day in the worst foreign diplomacy disaster EVER, and this is what people pay attention to. Nobody is saying what Imus said is right, but God, the guy has done everything he can to apologize. I remember listening to Imus in the Morning when I was, like, eight. I listened to it on the little red transistor radio that Me-Me bought for me...my first radio of my own.

Anyway, I'm starting it up now, though it's only three and a half hours 'til the show. We think Melinda was great...screw Simon. Phil should have his bags packed.

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pics of the house

Hey familia, Sorry I am a blogging delinquent. Every time I think to do it I ended up getting distracted by something else (the tv, a game of free cell, my friends, my cell phone, work, the view from the 42nd floor of the American Express office)...wow, I'm beginning to think that I actually have ADD. Anyway, I am officially a quarter century old. The pic on the left is one from birthday party #1. I am looking a little pasty white, so thank goodness we are going to Jamaica in less than 2 weeks!!!

Other things that are going on in my life....I just switched projects at work and my department moved to a new (and just renovated) floor in our building. It is kind of sad though because as we say "they broke up the band" (peps in the picture on the right) and I am no longer sitting next to my good friends...which is proving to be a much tougher adjustment than I thought. Our corner used to be referred to as "the lounge" and was the place to hang out when you didn't feel like being productive. Nick (the one of the right of the pic - who is basically the older brother I never had) stole me a phone -which we can reprogram with my extension - and is letting me share his desk with him. But it's still not the same.

My new project is moving at a MUCH slower pace than my old one (which was insane), so I'm finding myself having to fill my time with other things. Since the move, I have been named the official co-social chair on our floor so I spent the week making sure everyone was adjusting to our new floor by helping to organize a floor "ice breaker" event, starting a soccer game down the hallway, visiting everyone at their new desks, instigating a few happy hours, and getting people to watch baseball out in the lobby. It is obviously a very tough job, so I definitely deserved the nice raise I just got.

Ok, I'm going to continue being my cool self and watch TV on a Saturday night. I had too much going out for the week. See some of you tomorrow! <3

Bank Robbery

Thursday morning about 11 three would be bank robbers attempted to rob the PNC bank on Rt 22 and just a short distance from County Line Rd. I heard about it on the radio and when my friends picked me up to play Bridge, I said to go the back way to Whitehouse which is where we were playing. We listened to the radio,heard an FBI agent was shot and two men were caught.One man still on the loose. We continued to play. Helicopters flying over head and watching out the sliders to see if anyone was running acrossed. Left about 4 PM. Went home the back way. Checked the house before my friends left . Locked the door. And called my friend who had been stopped and car was searched.
The man was caught the following morning by the Red Mill Motel on the corner.

I guess you can say ,"Nothing stops Mom's Bridge Group from carrying on."

MGM

Happy Easter

I've been thinking of Easters past. Everyone had to have everything new , including socks and underwear. And you had to wear everything regardless of the weather. And you all are probably going to say," We looked like DORKS."
Those were also the days of Easter baskets with all the darn grass getting all over and everyone sure someone "stole" my jellybeans .It was probably me because no one left me any jellybeans.
Eggs were dyed and hidden by the Easter Bunny and some times found long after Easter. The eggs remained on the table until they were eatten
By the way, What is your favorite colored egg? Mine is the dark pink.
Let's have a vote.
1 for dark pink.

L,
M

We found a house!!!

Hey all dorks and dorketts. Cathy and I found a house. Pending inspections we had our bid accepted on a four level(Yeah I said FOUR) level 2 year old house in El Granada(San Juan) Ave. Everything out here is named after some saint. Has views of the ocean and the mountains. Fairly big, level yard for this area. A kitchen that looks like the people were scared to cook in it because it had really never been used. Four bedrooms, and 3 1/2 baths, so I promise no one needs a hotel. Although if any one ventures here, the B & B's look fantastic. We are at the very top of the mountain, so we get to look down at everyone. Must be our NJ upbringing, because we like it that way. As soon as I get some pictures I will e-mail them. I have to go out for the inspections this weekend, so I will get them then. As George Jefferson used to say. "Were moving on up, to the East side(of El Granada), to a delux apartment(house) in the sky.

CONFORMING TO THE WILBUR MADNESS

Fine.

Im done being a rebellious teenager. (even though its so much fun)
HI FAMILY!

noticed the KISS comments
ugh,
not a fan
to uppity for me, the make up was cool though

i mean i have SO much respect for them, they helped revolutionize a new chapter of rock and roll
but come on, give me some REAL b/a material

that is all

OH
PS. for anyone under 50
eh mabye under 45
The band: "Neutral Milk Hotel"
MY NEW OBSESSION <3


dunno if anyone would like it
but the lyrics are like "BAHHH WOAH HOLD WHAT?!"
and i mean that in a good way. . .



peace

Where are the young ones??

So Cas, Kate, Jen, and Kelly - Where are you????? Our 74 year old grandmother is on, but the ones who are supposed to be so technical are not. Come on, pipe up and join the fun! Cas, you were so full of info on the email, but no blogging. What up with that (I'm trying to talk like you young folks..just kidding). and Kate - what about your birthday pictures??

Idol Chat #3

Ok - so what did you all think this week? I need to finish watching it, I feel asleep before it ended.

First Album

OK, the KISS post where we name our first albums has retreated to the "bone orchard" of the "older posts" category. Therefore, I am starting a new one. Any other first album confessions (or triumphs, e.g. in Deb's case!) ?? I think it's funny enough that we are still calling them "albums" (though, yes kids, they actually WERE albums for some of us)...most of us?

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Happy Birthday, Ken

And you are how old?

Doesn't matter. You are as old as you feel. OK OK

What do you want for your Birthday?

m

Rutgers Lady Knights

The Championship game is on tonight against Tenn.

You have to watch at 8:30 on ESPN.

Cheer them on. Some of my good friends are there too.

GO RU

Hi Everybody

Hi Everybody,
It's been awhile,I know.But retirement keeps me busy.
Tried to remember my first album. Probably a 78 (after I was married because we didn't have a record player when a was growing up) by Perry Como .
I remember Debbie arguing with Aunt Peg about the Beatles. Aunt Peg said they wouldn't be around 10 years later. Well, guess what.

I had to go buy a can opener today because mine finally bit the dust after 12+ years because it heard me talking about it. Last night I had to open a can of tomato pastewith a beer can opener. Not a pretty sight. Darn near severed a finger. You try making alot of little V cuts close to each other.

All this talk about Kiss and other groups makes me think I wasn't even there. How did that happen??

m

MC Rove-(Scary)

Just click on the arrow. The video will download and play. To stop it, click the button on the bottom left that looks like two bars next to each other. You can resume play with the same button.

I posted directions on how to place a video on the blog in the comments for this post. Too much fun! If you want to upload your own home videos, get a YouTube account and upload them there. (You probably have to convert them into MPEG or Quicktime Movies.) Then paste the HTML code into the blog.

-P