Success!!! now...Saturday...

Last night I successfully broke in my new frydaddy...I made beer batter shrimp, fried zucchini in same beer batter, and french fries...Mom and Dad loved it...tho, I did make a couple rookie mistakes...one of which was I think I used a tad too much oil...it took longer than i thought to get done...I'll have to readjust next time..and i think i went overboard a bit on the breading batter...I couldve used a bit less bater on the shrimp..maybe it was just too thick, i dunno...oh well, live and learn I guess =) well, on to saturday, hopefully I can get all the laundry etc done today, so I can go on a bike ride tomorrow...or maybe just walk to the post office, havent done either in a while...actually, I have to repair the brake cable on my bike..so maybe a walk is in order...and a ride next week..who knows...we'll see =) until next time =)

Friday at last...

wow! its ben an interestingly long week..for some reason, I got back in touch with an old buddy from Morgantown WV, Its reat to be talktin to him again after all these years, we got boat loads of rain all week, I thought surely I would have to build an ark...my garden is loving it tho, Ive got zucchini and yellow squash coming out of my ears /: abnd soon to have jalapenos, new mexico chilisand tomatoes...we needed the moisture tho...I finally broke down and bought a frydaddy last week, I'm looking forward to frying some zucchini this weekend..I need to get bread crumbs and oil on the way home...I also have a big bag of shrimp thats are just screaming to be breaded and deep fried...until next time...

Well Well, another blast from the past...

Ive been contacted my another old friend from Morgantown recently, havent heard anyhting for over 20 years, nice to see he is doing ok...I havent really thought about Morgantown much over the years, but now Ive got allkinds of memories coming back...like when this friend and I would try to go for a "mega midnight run" and I always got caught by my parents...bummer...we were trying to go to dominoes over by MHS high school...I dont remember if I was ever able to escape...oh well, to be young again..dominoes is about 42 miles from here..sucks..but I make the trip occasionally... I also remember always trading..er..pirating commodore 64 software, and eventually amiga software...good old days...I hope he and I can stay in touch now... until next time...

Just another freakin day...

Monday is gone, and if Wednesday gets here, I'll deal with it, but until then, theres Tuesday, and I have no idea what Tuesday has in store for me...I'm at work once agin, as usual, hence the title of this post... ive got all kinds of zucchini and yellow squash to harvest tonight, my New Mexico chilis are finally coming in, as well as my jalapenos and tomatos...I bought a frydaddy yesterday from Amazon.com, best price I could find anywhere...hopefully I'll be able to make use of all the veggies I'll have, zucchini fry anyone? and I'll be able to make hash browns, and french fries the right way, instead of mushy oven baked, It'll be used quite a bit...and I'm sure moms going to be thrilled, sarcastically speaking, she hates it when I spend money, but it was like 17.99 and free shipping, well, free shipping for 25.00 or more, so I bought a skimming spider to go with it, and that'll get used quite a bit and not just for the frier...folks will be pissed, but they'll get over it... My dog Orla, or the actual gaelic spelling...Orfhlaith, went to the vet for the first time, seems she is having problems with her female parts, so she is scheduled to be spayed, or hysterectomy in human terms in early August...I was hoping to breed her at some point, but shes too old now..so..its in her best interest...she got all her shots etc..and shes doing ok otherwise...now Ive got to get Sombra into the vet..shes elderly, but she still needs her shots, and she has lumps all over, I dont really want to know what they are, because shes way to old for any kind of aggressive treatment, but I try to keep her as healthy as I can, she take a daily regimen of aspirin and joint therapy pills to keep her going...so far so good... btw... orla is gaelic for golden lady, shes a golden retreiver, and sombra is spanish for shadow..shes a black lab....just in case you were wondering =) until next time...

Its Sunday.... :/

Well, Ive had a quiet Sunday for a change, finished me laundry yesterday and took a ME day today, I got alot of computer work done for a change...unfortunatley, its very ho and humid and without AC its miserable, thankfully its raining right now and cooling down a bit...We had zucchine and yellow squash from my garden last night, it was great, all my veggies ar finally coming in...mom and ad spent the day sorting and organinzing picrtures and frames....lovely... until next time..

friday....

Thats right, today is Friday, and once again its been like 5 or six days since Ive done a post..and once again I apologize....this is a once again post as you can tell...not alot to report, got alot of rain lately, my garden is loving it, making some progress on starting my new business, gathering information on getting bonded and insured, I possibly have a logo already...need to get business cards etc...build webpage etc...the more I do the more that neds to be done..sheesh...oh well... until next time...

Sunday...

Well, Its sunday again, and as usual, I'm doing chores, finishing laundry adn washing dogs as usual...I wish I had a free sunday for once, I'm thinking about starting laundry on friday evening and washing the dogs saturday afternoon so I can have free sunday...I'll have to try that out and see how it goes...maybe next weekend i'll do an experiment... until next time... Live Long and Prosper...

where do I begin?!?!

First of all, the nevr caught the bear...I'm glad of it...hes been through here before and didnt bother anyone, he did rummage through my trash once or twice..but no biggie, they had fish and game and the sheriffs auxiliary people out and all of them together couldnt catch one small bear..hysterical...it poured rain here all day today, now its bright sunny and humid as hell..oh well, we needed the moisture, and my garden is lving it...I talked to my friend larry in San Antonio today, his father-in-law, Tex, was visiting from california..extremely nice guy tex, he finally sent me pictures of his new puppy..adorable she is...I took another major step towards starting my own business today, I registered and bought a domain name on godaddy...ekiwi3-investments.com...and I even ordered some web design siftware from dell aswell, I should have it by the end of next week. I'll give you an idea of what my business is all about once i get things on paper and more organized...I'm really exzcited, if all goes well I'll be able to quit my stupid job and be my own boss once again =) Ive officialyl run out of dresser space, I'm shopping around for a new bigger chest of drawers...I need to go through all my clothes and figure out what can be gotten rid of, make some more room maybe...and I still need to get a powered subwoofer for my sound system, the one I got off ebay, cheap as it was, cant be used with my system..so I'm looking at one on newegg.com its a polk audio model..really nice..good prices too...well, back to my laundry, at least I get Sunday off this week =0 woohoo!! until next time...

Blast from the past....

well well, I got a friend request on facebook from an old friend form morgantown, named Scott, I havent spoken to him in probably 20 years, He is doing really well, and I look forward to talking to him regularly...the 4th of July weekend is over...hooray...too many idiots in town as usual...but its all quiet now...I had a little neighborhood excitement this morning, there was a bear in my yard, he ran away, but the game and fish people were there when I left, I only hop ethey dont hurt him, just tranq hima and release him..or her..whatever...other than that..nothing new..or exciting...its Overgaard ya know =) until next time...

Fourth of July weekend....ho hum...

Today is Saturday July 3rd and I just got back from our annual 4th of July parade..and a pathetic parade it was too....no water was allowed anywhere on the parade route, hell, people couldnt even SELL water along the route much less squirt it... the parade was a fraction of the length it usually is...it l;asted about 30 or 40 minutes or so, last year it was alot longer...I heard some parade entrants pulled out because of the "no water" edict our chamber of commerce put in place this year, or should I say "safety forces" as the chamber calls it, we all know there is no "safety forces" the chamber board makes these decisions, I know, I was a board member a few years ago...people decided since they couldnt throw water they would throw candy, and several people got nailed by flying candy near where I was standing. someone decided to rent bleachers and sell spots for 2 bucks, needles to say they didnt sell a single spot from what I heard... also, the chamber of commerce, in its infinite..er...wisdom? decided to charge 10 dollars for parking at the park and school this year, its usually 5 bucks, still too much I think, needless to say it was pretty dead at the park yesterday, and will probably pretty dead at the park and school today and tomorrow...there are several petitions going around the parade route to get the chamber to reinstate the water in the parade or get boycotted next year..from what I heard and saw...The reason water is banned from the parade...if anyone is interested...is because the people with the classic convertible cars were whining about getting wet...those poor babies :( they knew there was water in our parade, hell, even the fire department used to soak people wuith their water trucks in past yearsm, yet they signed up anyway?? if you dont want to get wet, dont enter the parade, and subsequently ruin it for everyone... I am not going to the fireworks this year as a personla protest against the chamber, that and the fact I refuase to pay five bucks to park my car much less 10 bucks...also, they raised the price for VIP parking area again as well, they stil managed to sell out tho..amazingly enough...its a small dirt parking area overlooking the spot where the fireworks are shot...and as for the park...I wouldnt pay money to park just so I can get ripped off by over priced vendors and food booths...its terrible the economy is as it is..[people are harder up for money than ever before, everyone if making less money than before and the h/o chamber of commerce decides to gouge people trying to get away from the troubles in the world for one weekend?? pathetic..I'm glad I resigned from the chamber... I am going to spend the rest of my weekend, working, and doing laundry and playing with the dogs adn tending my garden etc...at least that wont cost anything ;) ...until next time...