Archive for November 20-26, 2000Musings of My Mind
Sunday, November 26, 2000
Busy Day!
This morning, after a bit of a sleep-in, we were up and I began moving about because, I had a lot of leftovers to make. This is the part that I love about turkey at Thankgiving!!
I went to the grocery store and bought fresh carrots and potatoes and all the rest of the stuff for our usual grocery run. When I got home, I started to clean veggies and cook veggies and dice veggies. I made at least three meals of turkey stew and three meals of turkey soup and, for dinner tonight (and one other night this week), turkey pot pie! These things are what turkey was made for-- not the day of dinner but the leftovers afterward! If I had had more turkey, we could've had this thing that Brian makes with pasta and green peas and turkey but, alas, we ran out-- no turkey-a-la-king this year either. Bummer! Next year, I'll get a bigger turkey so that there's no doubt that we'll have enough leftovers for everything!
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I've been reading where some of the other Netwidows have been getting their Christmas decorations out. I promised Brian last week that I wouldn't do it this weekend and, frankly, I miss it. I really wish I had done it this past weekend but, if nothing else, I've got something to look forward to next weekend, right? Right!
That, however, is five days away and it appears to be a busy week with a big customer meeting tomorrow. Oh, boy! And so it goes . . .
Have a nice evening!
Saturday, November 25, 2000
(Updates at 7:00pm)Waffles!!
This morning, I made waffles on our new waffle iron!! They were BIG and they were GOOD!!! It took longer to cook them but then they are bigger so that makes sense. Well worth waiting for over the course of the week!
Welcome!!
We have a new Netwidow! Shelley Bowman has joined our ranks-- actually, she's been here all along but she's finally decided to start a journal. We're looking forward to a possible recipe page from her, too!! Good luck and welcome, Shelley!!
Other Plans
We're supposed to go to Grammy's tonight for dinner-- I'm a little concerned about my cold but, I've decided I'm going to take it easy today, get a lot of rest and keep up the vitamin dosing and Thera-Flu to get rid of this cold. Hopefully, it'll clear up my symptoms since I don't feel all that bad anymore, just have a lot of nasal symptoms.
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More later as my day progresses . . . have a good day!
Brian is at Grammy's house and I'm alone struggling through this cold. I could be okay company if it weren't for the fact that I don't want to take the chance of getting Grammy sick. I don't know that I am or am not contagious but I really don't want to take the chance when it comes to her health.
I had a nap earlier this afternoon and I've taken my share of vitamins and TheraFlu for the day.
Have a good evening!
Friday, November 24, 2000The Day After
We had a really nice day at Brian's folks. Both Brian and his mother did the spicing and baking of the turkey and it came out delicious and beautiful-- he has a great picture on his site!! We almost forgot the green beans but everything turned out wonderful and superbly seasoned, as well.
After we got back from his folks' house, we dropped our stuff off and went up to San Mateo to catch the Gem and Jewelery show at the San Mateo Expo Center. We had fun walking around and looking at stuff-- I don't have any emeralds or pearls and I wouldn't mind a ruby ring (Brian gave me a necklace and earrings on our first Valentine's Day). The only things we ended up buying were two or three pins for suits.
Lucky Me
I'm the lucky recipient of a second cold in as many months!! Oh, boy!! I don't know where I caught this one but I've got a good one-- again, it is staying in my head which I prefer to a coughing kind of cold but, the bad thing is that we are going to go to Grammy's tomorrow night for dinner. My mother-in-law's sister who is up from the San Diego area called yesterday at my in-law's house to wish everyone a good holiday. We got to talking and Trish invited us for dinner so, now I just have to be good enough to not get Grammy sick and, if that means I don't get to hug her for a night, then so be it but I'll at least be able to see her and Trish and Dennis, Brian's mother's brother.
More Turkey!!
We bought a 12-pound turkey to back today and made that up for dinner. Brian's going to clean up the mess cuz (he keeps telling me) I've over-done today and need to get some rest. Okay, so I put away the leftovers and he gets to finish clearing the meat off the turkey bones.
Tonight? Well, I just finished watching "The Perfect Storm" so what's left? Oh, yeah, "The Patriot"!!
Have a good evening!
Thanksgiving Day, 2000Happy Thanksgiving Day!!
Obviously, I've had a change of mind about putting a post up before we leave for our celebration. Beside the fact that I've woken up with a sore throat and the beginnings of cold symptoms two days in a row, I've decided that it is important to put up a Thanksgiving Day post.
Its important because I've got a lot to be thankful for in general and, in specific:
-I'm thankful to have Brian as my love, life and partner. He is the best person I've ever known and, thankfully, I'm married to him so I get a bonus every day of my life.
-I'm thankful to have family and friends and gray lines that blur the relationships of friends as family and family as friends from time to time.
-I'm thankful that even though I live in a presently confused economy, state and country, at least I live somewhere I can say that without being shot for traitorism.
Its now that I realize I have very few things to legitimately complain about and that, too is another thing to be thankful for these days.
Whatever you do today, give someone a hug and tell them that you are thankful, grateful and pleased to have them in your life-- it wouldn't be the same without them.
Have a wonderful day!
Wednesday, November 22, 2000North Pole, Sunnyvale, CLOSED!!!
"Say it ain't so!!" Yeah, well, I'm burned out! I've thought of my last ornament and, from where I sit, I'm looking at a very cleaned up dining room area. I think (I think) I have enough ornaments to finish out the gifts that I need to do for work people, local family and our tree. Whew!! I'm tired!! Can't do anymore!! Nope, that's it!! (Does anyone else see the grin on Brian's face??)
Speaking of HIM . . .
. . . the suggestions for gifts for Brian are just pouring in-- NOT!! Barbara Thompson sent me the equivalent of a condolence email:
From: Barbara F. Thompson
To: Marcia Bilbrey
Subject: Christmas woes
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000Hi,
I saw your post from yesterday about shopping for Brian. You have now joined the ranks of other wives of NetWidows "what do I get my husband for Christmas". I think our guys are harder than most because they have so few hobbies outside computers. And, the longer you are together the harder it will get. Sometimes he will give me hints, other times I do buy things
he needs. He will let me buy his clothes because everything he wears comes from Bean or Lands End and he will not shop for himself.Bob has a message board that the DayNotes Gang can post Christmas wishes if you want to check it out. Maybe spread the word to other NetWidows if you know wives looking for
gift ideas.What new Eagle's CD? I have not heard about one.
Barbara F. Thompson
Research for Authors
Winston-Salem, NC
email: barbara@ttgnet.com
http://www.ttgnet.com/bft/bft.htmlI call it a "condolence email" because she has informed of another reason behind our "Netwidows" moniker: "Husband? What husband? Oh, you mean the guy with his eyes glued to the monitor!!!"
The good news is that Brian and I are both equally hard to buy for, I think, except that as Barbara says, virtualy his only hobby or interest is computers and I don't know what I'm buying so I'd have torely on his nowledge of something in order to buy it and, bingo-- there's no surprise at Christmas!! If Brian buys me jewelery, he's safe and coincidentally, we're going to the Gem Show this weekend-- guess I'm going to be really easy to buy for this year, eh? Not fair!!!
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I finished the last bit of the grocery shopping this morning and then, we did laundry this afternoon. That's been about all today and, I'm still feeling like I got quite a bit accomplished. Kewl!!I probably won't post until Friday, at the earliest, so I hope you all (in the United States) have a wonderful and happy, Happy Thanksgiving Day!!
The rest of you have a cool time at whatever you do, too-- 'kay? 'Kay!!
Tuesday, November 21, 2000What to do? What to do?
Christmas, as you know, is coming and, frankly, I'm perplexed. I have NO idea what to get Brian-- he doesn't like for me to buy his clothes since that's the equivalent of his mother buying his clothes. He has cologne and smells wonderful anyway so that's covered. He "wanted" the new Eagles CD set so he went out and bought it-- what does that leave me?
I know he wants a table saw but he wants the garage to go around it worse. I want to get him the flat-screen monitor but I know he wants the house to go around it worse. Do these men have any idea what they put us through every year? The longer we're together, the less I know of what to get him for Christmas!!! ARGH!!!!
Feel free to give me any suggestions you'd like-- I need the help!!
Endocrinologist
There are too many letters in that word!! Yowza!!! I went and saw the specialist tonight and we're in agreement-- I have a problem. Well, dah!! I don't have the problem that my dear cousin, Barb, has but I definitely have a thyroid problem. He's going to work it-- much more agressively than my family practitioner-- and we'll see how it goes.
I mentioned that my regular primary care physician is moving to a practice that doesn't carry my insurance and he offered to recommend someone in his main group's practice but, I've got a feeling that they are just too big for my liking. I like the idea of going to a one or two or three or four physician office-- not a 200 physician office!! That's way toooooo big for my liking. I like the idea of getting the same nurse on the phone every time I call or actually having a receptionist recognize my name as a patient-- or at least, act like she recognizes my name. Nope, nice guy as he was, I'll go see him as a specialist but I'll find a smaller office for my regular doctor work.
OUTTA Work!!
Brian and I are both out of work for the next five days!! Should be a lot of fun for us-- kinda mini-vacation almost! Oh, yeah, there's that "He's gotta work" thang but I'm getting used to that-- Oh, yeah, its almost done. Well, it only took me seven months to get used to!! Anyway, we'll find a couple of things to do for "US" this weekend, I'm sure-- nary a dull moment around this joint!
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Speaking of which, Brian's got something he wants to watch on PBS and I may just join him, blowing off ornament-making for the night.
Have a good night, yourself-- whatever you choose to do!
Monday, November 20, 2000Wow!!
Another week, albeit a short week, is upon us!! WOW!!! Brian and I are both taking Wednesday off-- he because he has Author Review to do and a pie to bake and me because I can. Its the last time that I'll be able to take any time off until after the first of the year so I gotta get while the gettin's good!!
Work is Good
Well, its certainly better than sittin' around watching Rosie or Oprah!! I couldn't be an occupied housewife-- something would have to occupy me cuz if I had to watch television all day, I'd soon find out that there isn't enough Prozac in the world!!
Anyway, I digress . . . the party with whom it was said that no negotiation could or would ever take place is taking place but that's because of my charming and willing ways . . . ahem!! Don't argue with me on that one!! I've got a meeting with a major client the Monday after we get back from Thanksgiving so tomorrow should be interesting. I'm going to be debriefed and then, have to remember everything for five days-- should be a good time, for sure.
Other than that, nothing else is new and exciting . . . at least, not that I can think of right now. Don't be too discouraged: its only Monday of a holiday week in which I will, at some point, go fishing-- alone or with my best fishing buddy!
Have a great evening!
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