Monthly Archives: August 2011
64.8 pounds . . .
or 2 pounds and 2 inches. Take your pick.
The first one is how many pounds of stuff Jan has proudly thrown away in the last week, mostly old magazines and brochures.
The second one is how many pounds and inches Landon has grown since his 9 month checkup.
Brandi called this afternoon and said Landon had his 1 year checkup today, He’s doing great and growing like crazy. He’s grown so tall he’s been wearing 18 month sizes for a good while now.
NBA here we come.
After early morning coffee, we headed out about noon to drive about 15 miles away to Paris, IL. I wanted some more ‘F’ connecters for my satellite system upgrade, and Jan wanted to hit the Wal-Mart again.
But our first stop was at Los Tres Caminos, a local Mexican restaurant that was listed in the top ten restaurants in Paris. Of course there may be only ten restaurants in Paris, since number 10 on the top ten list was Wendy’s.
But in this case. the listing was right. This place was GOOD.
Jan had a combo plate that included a chile relleno. She said it was almost as good as Esther’s Taco House. Almost, but not quite. (Gina and Miss Terry will know how good this means it was.)
After lunch we drove right down the street to the Wal-Mart SuperCenter. Although we were just at Wal-Mart this past Monday and spent about $140, somehow Jan found she needed another $144 worth of stuff today. I think she’s trying to fill up that 65 pound hole she made this week.
Coming back into the downtown, and after dropping off three bags of clothes at the local Goodwill, I stopped to take some photos of the beautiful Edgar County Courthouse. Built in 1891, it looks as good now as it did when it did then.
Here’s another shot from the Internet.
We noticed a number of other buildings, like churches and schools, built in the same style and probably, time period. A very nice little town of about 10,000 people.
And on a trivial note, besides their beautiful courthouse, Paris’ other claim to fame is that Carl Switzer, who played ‘Alfalfa’ in the ‘Our Gang’ comedies, was from here.
Our last stop before heading home was the local True Value Hardware for some other things I needed.
Getting home, I started back in on my chore list.
Later Jan fixed a great dinner of Potato Skins and Jalapeno Poppers, with some more of her Cherry Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert.
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Thought for the Day:
Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.
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Bad Weather and Good Cookies . . .
Well, the 95 degree temps showed up today, but not the predicted thunderstorms that might have cooled things off. Apparently the front that brought the thunderstorms yesterday was a warm (hot) front and jumped the temperature from 83 yesterday to 95 today.
But it looks like there’s a cold front right behind it, since it’s 84 tomorrow and a very nice 51 degrees tomorrow night.
This morning I got back on the computer desk. I finally had to drill some new pilot holes for the 3” lag bolts that fastened it to the floor. But It’s firmly mounted now.
Now on to more stuff.
For dinner Jan whipped up a big batch of her fantastic King Ranch Chicken. I was very happy about the ‘big’ part ‘cause I had 3 servings.
And even better, we’ve still got enough for another meal. YUM!
For dessert, Jan had baked up a batch of cherry pecan chocolate chip cookies. HMMM! GOOD!
Well, here it is 11 pm, and the missing thunderstorms finally showed up. It’s coming down pretty hard, but only glitching the satellite a little bit.
Looking at the radar, the satellite may not last too long. It’s gonna be a bumpy night.
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Thought for the Day:
The only difference between ordeal and adventure is attitude.
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