Monthly Archives: September 2010
“Lupper” or “Linner”
Today started off with a cool, rainy, overcast morning, and some great pecan praline coffee. We just sat around and enjoyed the view out the front window, watching this heron trying to dry his wings, even while it was raining.
And even Emma sought refuge from the dreary day in a warm, fuzzy blanket.
About 1:30 we left for Brandi’s. Lowell and Brandi were going out for their own private celebration of Brandi’s birthday, while Jan and I Landon sat. But since we weren’t supposed to be there until 3 pm we first stopped off at our favorite Chinese restaurant, King Food for “Linner” or ‘Lupper”, take your pick. (Hey, if you can have Brunch, we can have Lupper.) We’ve been eating there for over 30 years and are on our 4th owner.
We both had the same thing. Hot & Sour Soup, and Chicken with Hot Garlic Sauce. Of course, that’s not hot enough for us, so I add a big spoonful of the roasted chili flakes to my soup, and we both order the Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce, Extra, Extra, Extra, Extra Spicy, and then add Jalapenos. Hey, this is Texas. We put Jalapenos in everything. And what we don’t put Jalapenos in, we add some Habanero peppers to.
The way I tell if it’s hot enough is that if my bald head starts sweating and my nose starts running, then it’s just about perfect.
Leaving King Food, we still had some time left so we stopped off at Half Price Books, a great chain of used book stores. Most of their locations are in Texas, but they have stores in 15 other states as far west as California and Washington, and as far east as Pennsylvania.
Getting to Brandi’s, she and Lowell headed out for their date, and Jan and I Landon sat. Or, at least, Jan Landon sat and I napped. Once she has Landon in her arms, she doesn’t like to give him up.
About 5 pm I drove over to Fry’s Electronics to look for a 1.5 TB backup drive they had on sale, but I was too late, and they were sold out. So I came home with a new LED keychain flashlight instead. Bummer!
Getting home a little after 7 pm, I made some coffee and we settled in to watch some TV.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.
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Opry and IHOP. . .
We left the rig about 9:30 am heading over to our daughter Brandi’s so Jan could Landon-sit while Brandi got her hair done. On the way we stop off at Buc-ee’s for a couple of their great half-coffee/half-cappuccinos.
Dropping Jan off at Brandi’s, I drove over to Discount Tires to get new tires for the truck. (See Nick. The old ones lasted until I got home. Told you so.) I ended up at Discount Tires rather than NTB after a tip from our friend George Stoltz. I saved over $100 plus a $60 mail-in rebate.
After the new tires, I headed over to a computer client’s to start try to fix all the things they broke during the 7 months I’ve been gone.
Picking up Jan about 2:30 we stopped off at Walmart and Sam’s Club to pick up some things before getting home about 4 pm.
After a nap we we headed out about 6:15 to Monterey’s Little Mexico in Dickinson for a quick bowl of tortilla soup before driving over to the Alvin Opry in Alvin, TX. The Alvin Opry is a regional country/western opry with a great house band, and singers as good as any on the Grand Ole Opry.
Leaving the Opry about 11pm a bunch of us stopped off at a nearby IHOP for some good coffee and conversation before heading home, finally arriving at the rig a little after 1 am.
Long day. More tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
No animals were harmed in the publishing of this blog.
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