Mental Break . . .

from work that is.  Why don’t they make Twix Chocolate Bars without “caramel?”  Hmmm…what would they call it?  I had to “scrape” off the gooey caramel covering the top layer of the cookie.  How did they come up with the name “Twix” to begin with?  This has nothing to do with the chocolate candy bar,  [...]

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A Quiet Memorial Day . . .

Since the hubs had to work today, the three of us just lounged around the house. We didn’t go to the cemetery to visit Nanay only because I don’t “feel” she’s really there. I hope people don’t get the wrong idea that I don’t “love” Nanay for not visiting her at the cemetery. [...]

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AC’s 8th Grade Dinner Dance . . .

I’m tellin’ ya. . . gurls are so different from boys! With JP’s 8th grade dinner dance some 3 years ago, all we had to do was rent him a tux and he was “done” with it. However, being a gurl there was all sorts of “preparation” that needed to be done. . [...]

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The Wedding from …..

I don’t want to say the “word” but I’m sure you know what I mean. On Saturday, Jack and I were already at the church at 1:00 p.m. because that’s the time we told the bride we’d be there to let the florist and photographer in. The bride said she and her bridesmaids [...]

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Running around like a chicken without a head . . .

I had to take Thursday and Friday off because I had soooooo much stuff that still needed to be done before Friday evening. That’s why this past week, I did feel like a chicken running around without its head. There was AC’s 8th grade dinner dance that I had to work on (being [...]

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Look What I’ve Won . . .

Just when I thought I never win anything, I re’cd a letter in the mail several weeks ago announcing that I won this Rancher’s Reserve Grill Pan. . . just by swiping or (entering the number in my case) my Safeway card, I was automatically entered in Safeway’s Rancher’s Grill & Win Sweepstakes whenever [...]

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Greece By the Bay . . .

After mass this morning, CE invited me to attend the Oakland Greek Festival . . . of all the years that I’ve been living in the Bay Area, this was my first time to attend and I am glad that I did because I had a great time . . . especially the “food!” [...]

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My dad . . .

would have been 94 years old today. Both my parents married at a late age which was very uncommon back in those days. My dad died when I was a junior in high school and my bro was a senior. Come to think of it, I’ve only got to know him [...]

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Banana & Sour-Cream Walnut Loaf

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1-1/3 cups sugar
2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1-1/2 cups mashed bananas
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup chopped walnuts
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a medium bowl; [...]

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Thee Prom . . .

Last Friday, JP was asked to be a “date” at a senior prom held in San Francisco. The day before the event, JP goes to have his tux fitted . . . he calls me to tell me that they were “flooding” . . . like capri pants on him. They assured him [...]

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