Thanks, Bob...
Ignore the address from the previous post...
Cheers, Lillie
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
new blog
So I decided it was a bit ridiculous that it's February 2011 and I was still posting to Couze 2011 or whatever it is, and I've created a new blog, called either Lillie's blog or www.blogfromlillie.com (I think). So from now, ALL my posts will be from that address or whatever it is that shows up in Google.
I refuse to try to figure out Facebook, which I don't trust.
Also, I refuse to Tweet all the time (although I have accounts on both Facebook and Twitter). They allow only 159 characters or something like that. Based on what I've read of late, I'm obsolete and old and a has-been. Blogs are sooooo yesterday... Tough.
Cheers, Lillie
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Texas trip
So I came down to Texas to thaw out, and what happened? Freezing weather, wind, etc., etc. I brought some warmer weather clothes this time, at least, unlike the last time I came when it was seriously cold in Kentucky, and I came down here with nothing but long underwear, serious sweaters, Mary Ann's fur coat, etc., etc. Had to make a run to Chico's to buy some warm weather clothes.
But this time I brought my custom made "boots" from Easterling's in Fredricksburg to get Lloyd to fix them so I can actually wear them. It didn't occur to me that he was going to have to keep them and send them off to El Paso. That left me (Jeannette Sheridan went with me to Fredricksburg) with tennis shoes and sandals.
And I brought Mary Ann's fur coat to give to Jeannette, so she can have it made into a vest or something if she wants. It was never big enough for me, and I've worn it out, to boot; those little animals know a lot about staying warm. It was a good thing I had it, though; I wore it until I left it in Wimberley.
Goliad was chilly, but the area had warmed up a bit. My wool coat was enough...
I do love parts of Texas, though; gotta admit that I miss the live oaks. And the sky. And they've done wonderful things with the square in Goliad. It seems more alive than it has since the mid-sixties. There are three restaurants that actually seem to be doing okay; there is also a deli that is doing fine. Tim VonDohlen is restoring the soda fountain that used to be in the VonDohlen Pharmacy, remodeling the upstairs into an apartment or apartments or something...
And I also love the wide streets with the huge live oak trees in the middle of the road.
Daddy's/our house (the one we grew up in) seems to be in good shape. Not sure about the part of the farm we didn't sell. I do think they should drill for oil AND gas on the property. Not sure I trust any of the people around who either have put up fences or might put up fences; am fairly certain we'll end up losing some land. The only way to guard against this, though, is probably to go down there and build on it, which I don't think either Jonette or I plans to do.
Didn't go to the cemetery.
Cheers, Lillie/LR
But this time I brought my custom made "boots" from Easterling's in Fredricksburg to get Lloyd to fix them so I can actually wear them. It didn't occur to me that he was going to have to keep them and send them off to El Paso. That left me (Jeannette Sheridan went with me to Fredricksburg) with tennis shoes and sandals.
And I brought Mary Ann's fur coat to give to Jeannette, so she can have it made into a vest or something if she wants. It was never big enough for me, and I've worn it out, to boot; those little animals know a lot about staying warm. It was a good thing I had it, though; I wore it until I left it in Wimberley.
Goliad was chilly, but the area had warmed up a bit. My wool coat was enough...
I do love parts of Texas, though; gotta admit that I miss the live oaks. And the sky. And they've done wonderful things with the square in Goliad. It seems more alive than it has since the mid-sixties. There are three restaurants that actually seem to be doing okay; there is also a deli that is doing fine. Tim VonDohlen is restoring the soda fountain that used to be in the VonDohlen Pharmacy, remodeling the upstairs into an apartment or apartments or something...
And I also love the wide streets with the huge live oak trees in the middle of the road.
Daddy's/our house (the one we grew up in) seems to be in good shape. Not sure about the part of the farm we didn't sell. I do think they should drill for oil AND gas on the property. Not sure I trust any of the people around who either have put up fences or might put up fences; am fairly certain we'll end up losing some land. The only way to guard against this, though, is probably to go down there and build on it, which I don't think either Jonette or I plans to do.
Didn't go to the cemetery.
Cheers, Lillie/LR
Thursday, February 3, 2011
I've died
So just for grins I googled myself this morning. I am evidently still at BCTC; the information from the division directory that Paul Blankenship put up in 2006 is still online. That says something about the competence of the ITS folks at the college.
And, furthermore, it seems I died late in December 2010. I couldn't figure out where I lived, but there was clearly an obituary for me in some newspaper called the "Clarion".
Other things that showed up were not quite so surprising. There's stuff about me on David Tall's website, and the KITCenter stuff...
Martin is sick, wants breakfast. I want him to go to work today anyway. and leave me alone...
cheers, Lillie
And, furthermore, it seems I died late in December 2010. I couldn't figure out where I lived, but there was clearly an obituary for me in some newspaper called the "Clarion".
Other things that showed up were not quite so surprising. There's stuff about me on David Tall's website, and the KITCenter stuff...
Martin is sick, wants breakfast. I want him to go to work today anyway. and leave me alone...
cheers, Lillie
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Groundhog Day
Evidently the official word is that we're going to have an early spring...I don't often say things like this but HOORAY!!! We have had to date two seriously nasty winters in a row (and yes, I LIKE bad weather, but it's be TOO MUCH and for FAR TOO LONG). This year it started far too early.
Today was particularly annoying; while we (thankfully) didn't get the blizzard that hit a great deal of the country, hey, we've had our share of ice, snow, etc., and this morning it was (miracle) in the upper 40's, the furnace wasn't running, at least not all the time, and then it dropped like a rock; you would have thought you were in south Texas, where, when it gets cold, it tends to do so in minutes rather than hours or days...
On top of which, Martin is sick, didn't go to work, and I spent most of the day trying to do paperwork I've been ignoring for about 4-5 months (or years, in some cases), in the den (which can be made more or less warm...). Martin, unfortunately, also spent most of the day there, as well; he insisted (and I confess I didn't fight very hard) on watching his usual soap, Days of our Lives, where unfortunately now they have some nincompoop pirating organs. Truly disgusting, even more so than usual...
My (ambitious) goal is to actually file our income tax returns ON TIME this year...we'll see. It may have been a decade (possibly more) since we did this...
Cheers, Lillie
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
miscellany
Several people have actually emailed me asking why the **** they haven't gotten a Christmas/holiday letter from me...HELLO...I had NO IDEA anybody actually read those things, much less cared what I said... maybe (MAYBE!) I'll revise the letter I've already written and actually send it out.
For some obscure reason, Kentucky is actually LOSING to Alabama. HELP!
Martin claimed the JC French Onion Soup was "too rich"! HELP again...the kid is seriously spoiled...
Weather bad...cold, rainy, very English, bad on the joints, and NO cathedrals to ameliorate the distress...
Have spent too much (e.g., more than I can stand) of the last couple of days filing crap i should have dealt with weeks and weeks ago. May goal (!) is to actually file taxes on time this year (e.g., for 2010). We'll see...
On other fronts, I LOVE "As Always, Julia", the book of the letters between Julia Child and Avis Devoto from the late '50s and early '60s. It's a serious book, and slow reading, given that there is perpetually something wrong with my current glasses, but it's great. Hence the Onion Soup (hey, I actually FOLLOWED the recipe, folks!) I fed the boys today.
Doing well with the personal trainer at the Y; much, MUCH better than physical therapy at the Lexington Clinic, not to mention so much more convenient, cheaper, and more fun. Plus it's doing a great deal more good. So there....
I think I shall resign from following politics...so there...(I keep saying that, don't I?)
Cheers, Lillie
For some obscure reason, Kentucky is actually LOSING to Alabama. HELP!
Martin claimed the JC French Onion Soup was "too rich"! HELP again...the kid is seriously spoiled...
Weather bad...cold, rainy, very English, bad on the joints, and NO cathedrals to ameliorate the distress...
Have spent too much (e.g., more than I can stand) of the last couple of days filing crap i should have dealt with weeks and weeks ago. May goal (!) is to actually file taxes on time this year (e.g., for 2010). We'll see...
On other fronts, I LOVE "As Always, Julia", the book of the letters between Julia Child and Avis Devoto from the late '50s and early '60s. It's a serious book, and slow reading, given that there is perpetually something wrong with my current glasses, but it's great. Hence the Onion Soup (hey, I actually FOLLOWED the recipe, folks!) I fed the boys today.
Doing well with the personal trainer at the Y; much, MUCH better than physical therapy at the Lexington Clinic, not to mention so much more convenient, cheaper, and more fun. Plus it's doing a great deal more good. So there....
I think I shall resign from following politics...so there...(I keep saying that, don't I?)
Cheers, Lillie
Thursday, January 13, 2011
my ignorance exposed
So evidently the term "blood libel" is widely known to be anti-Semitic. This was explained this evening on MSNBC; I didn't have a clue. Sarah Palin has struck again. Wonder how many non-Jews know this fact? I have only heard the explanation once so far, and was trying to cook dinner at the time, so can't explain, but understood enough to be appalled.
stay tuned.
I cooked all afternoon, made a dent in cleaning up the kitchen. Not sure anything I made was actually edible...
stay tuned...
stay tuned.
I cooked all afternoon, made a dent in cleaning up the kitchen. Not sure anything I made was actually edible...
stay tuned...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Random Thoughts on 2011
Several books for me were under the Christmas tree, ALL interesting, and all of which I've started, and I don't wan to do anything other than read. Especially the book of Julia Child/Avis DeVoto letters, which I can't seem to put down. And it looks like there's going to actually be some useful stuff in it, like a discussion of which American fish to substitute for the usual French fish in Bouillabaisse. I don't want to do anything else. Especially nothing I'm supposed to be doing.
Christmas tree is, incidentally, still decorated and standing in the living room. It's been so cold, Ive just shut the doors and ignored it. Maybe this week...
Some woman from St. Anthony's Messenger (I'd never before heard of it) phoned the other day and we had a very interesting conversation. She wanted to talk to Phil but was happy to talk to me instead. Started in describing the activities of the organization, and telling me that they'd been "blessed" this past year with 14 young men in Kentucky deciding to become priests. Wanted a contribution, of course. I finally interrupted her and asked why she was calling us. Wellll, she said they were contacting all the Catholics in Kentucky. So I (very nicely) said that, yes, it is true that my husband used to be a Catholic, but that he is no longer, and sorry, we won't be giving you any money. She (very politely) thanked me and told me she would "correct" their database. I thanked her. That phone call made my day.
Otherwise, I'm such a slob; it's too cold; I don't want to do anything constructive (and have mostly been succeeding at not doing anything constructive...the highlight of my day today was a long-overdue pedicure...)
The fountain pen I have that was in Daddy's desk, which he had used to write Mother while he was overseas in Korea and Japan and, I suppose, before that in Europe in WWI, STILL WORKS. I decided to try it out and it WORKS. I WILL NOT remove it from the house. Won't put it in my purse, anything...
What on earth does "blood libel" mean?!?
Cheers,
Christmas tree is, incidentally, still decorated and standing in the living room. It's been so cold, Ive just shut the doors and ignored it. Maybe this week...
Some woman from St. Anthony's Messenger (I'd never before heard of it) phoned the other day and we had a very interesting conversation. She wanted to talk to Phil but was happy to talk to me instead. Started in describing the activities of the organization, and telling me that they'd been "blessed" this past year with 14 young men in Kentucky deciding to become priests. Wanted a contribution, of course. I finally interrupted her and asked why she was calling us. Wellll, she said they were contacting all the Catholics in Kentucky. So I (very nicely) said that, yes, it is true that my husband used to be a Catholic, but that he is no longer, and sorry, we won't be giving you any money. She (very politely) thanked me and told me she would "correct" their database. I thanked her. That phone call made my day.
Otherwise, I'm such a slob; it's too cold; I don't want to do anything constructive (and have mostly been succeeding at not doing anything constructive...the highlight of my day today was a long-overdue pedicure...)
The fountain pen I have that was in Daddy's desk, which he had used to write Mother while he was overseas in Korea and Japan and, I suppose, before that in Europe in WWI, STILL WORKS. I decided to try it out and it WORKS. I WILL NOT remove it from the house. Won't put it in my purse, anything...
What on earth does "blood libel" mean?!?
Cheers,
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Year's Day 2011
Am sick and tired of all football, all the time. Also sick and tired of the Lexington Herald-Leader (the local rag); why do I keep subscribing to that thing? Nothing but basketball on the front page. I don't mean the front page of the sports section (that's all basketball, too, of course); I mean the front page of the NEWSPAPER. Virtually every day.
Weather has been ghastly. Snow and ice; temp in the teens for days on end; warm up to 25 or so; more snow; yesterday in the 50's; snow melts; today rain; tomorrow back freezing. aargh. At least I will be able to drive my new (old) car; it has rear wheel drive. Need to sell some of the aging fleet out there. Need to find somebody or somebodies suitable to stay out here next summer.
Still haven't sent Xmas cards and letter; may not. I do feel a bit bad about that.
Need to go on diet. Eat less and bertter; drink a lot less. I am working out, and bought a new 20-session personal trainer package yesterday, before the prices rose today.
Made Indian food for the small crowd last night: naan, chicken tikka, shrimp sorta tikka, gujerati green beans, rice, some sort of Indian black eyed peas, raita which I forgot to put out, various pickles and chutneys. The cranberry chutney was a hit; it's Paul Ode's mother-in-law's recipe. I guess I'll make more as I have the stuff, provided the cranberries are still good; they've been in the fridge for two weeks or so. Am tired of cooking all the time. Actually, what I'm tired of is cleaning up, as I get zero help with that. Martin has been asking me all day what's for dinner, and I've been saying I don't know. Might cook up some slices of pork tenderloin (was going to make pork vindaloo, but ran out of steam yesterday) and serve them with yet more Indian leftovers, and call it a meal.
Happy New Year; may 2011 be uneventful, with lots of calm and no disasters.
Cheers, Lillie
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