two things that made me smile today...... already

when i sit on my patio FACING Friars Road, this is my view:

i sit in the corner and watch the world go by peering through all my plants and "stuff."  

if you know me, you know how i feel about the NOISE on my lovely street so enough said about that!

okay, deep breathe, deep breathe....

here's another panorama of most of the patio

so on most occasions, i love looking at my plants out there and it's especially nice between midnight and 2am.

and the other thing that made me smile.

I was washing rice for dinner tonight in this cute pink bowl with a strainer built in.  amazing tool, just amazing. but anyway, whenever i wash rice i can hear my Mom over my shoulder telling me that her mother would stand over her shoulder telling her how to wash the rice.  

Use just the right amount of water to get a not-yet-paste feeling and rub the rice between the bottom of the bowl and your curled knuckles.  There's a special technique to doing this, I was told.

And I have learned from the master and I really clean rice good!!!!  ha ha

p,s, that's my piggy spatula and my new spoon rest (white double hearts with ridges inside) that we got at the old rocker's thrift store in Ventura!!  Amy told me they are ex-rock band members (they have a cd) that can't rock n' roll anymore so they opened up this thrift store.  I found lots of stuff to buy, refurbish etc.  Also, can't remember the name of the band......

me and pookie

chillin'

how's my hair?

misc photos

in my best sassy and slightly loud voice...... 

LOOK AT MY  NEW SHOES AND PURSE

it's been SO long since I got a new purse AND new shoes on the SAME DAY!!!!  OMG

and today there was another surprise!

who is that man, all in black?  WiTH PANTS ON ????

isn't he handsome?  even after i gave him a haircut?  

speaking of haircuts, he actually let me try to cut his hair again, even after i literally shaved one side of his hair off above the ear the first time.  he walked around with one lopsided "do" until it grew back....  really...

an insurance company wanted to interview him to become a salesman.

really, you say?

yes, and they were pretty insistent about it.  

jamie isn't the kind of person to go door to door, selling baby boomers, medicare supplement insurance

how dumb are they!!!

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One day my mother was out, and my dad was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 and a half years old. Someone had given me a little tea set as a gift, and it was one of my favorite toys.

Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought him a little cup of tea, which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots osf praise for such yummy tea, my mom came home.

My dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea, because he thought that it was just the cutest thing.

Mom waited, and sure enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of tea for daddy, and she watched him drink it.

Then she said to my dad, ``Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach the water is the toilet!``