HI GALS ~
Angie and I just finished dinner. No DODGERgame tonight so I have some computer time.
Angie made flank steak on the BBQ ~ potatoes and green beans. I did very well on my eating today. Oatmeal and 3 turkey bacon strips for breakfast, celery and carrots for lunch, whole wheat bread and turkey sandwich and more for lunch.
My "GOLDEN GIRLS are terrorizing the house right now, running from the second floor down the stairs, by me, into the yard, around the yard and back up to where Angie is...over and over! They do this just about every night! Playing CHASE!
Angie has about half the bedroom painted, I will send a picture of the old "Dolphin Wall" and the new one when she is finished...quite a difference.
PAULA ~Yes my ex-wife and wife have always been on good terms. In fact my ex ~ Brenda ~ called while we were eating, I told Angie "Don't answer it, let the machine take it" (I get a lot of work calls at night sometimes) anyway it was Brenda, so just as I am saying get it...Angie says I'll talk to Brenda. My ex was calling about an activity that Angie and I help her with each year. She is a member of the SONS OF NORWAY, every year they have a Viking Festival where people dress in costume and do "viking stuff"...my ex is usually in charge of the food, we help her with the BBQ and kitchen work for that week-end. We also go with her, her S.O., my son and his wife/buddies, my brother and his wife, to a dinner every two months where they dress as Vikings and "act"...pretty much dinner and a show...with BEER! The girls don't drink much if at all or my brother...but we all enjoy it. My ex had left me 6 years before Angie and I met, it was a little awkward at first for my ex. I think she was having second thoughts on the "divorce" and was very worried about a "new" mom I think, but all I can say is that is is AMAZING how they both get along and do what is best for the kids...now 24 and 26. Brenda was always a part of my family, even after the divorce and nothing changed after Angie arrived on "my scene".
My ex-wife's parents and sister are at almost all of my family functions, Christmas always, most Thanksgivings and anything at all to do with the kids such as birthdays, graduations, etc. My house is the biggest and easy for everyone to get to, so everything is here!
I know it sounds strange but there have been many times over the years that my ex and I have sat at church together...alone...because Angie was at her mom's and the kids didn't come. There was, not so much anymore now that they are out of school, a time when we rode together to the kid's college matches out of state and spent the night in the same room. Never a problem at all with anyone. I guess you would have to know us People that do think it is very normal, because it has always been that way.
LYNN ~ I am so glad that I am not the ONLY mature adult that watches such "trash" such as Big Brother! I hope your son in law enjoys the pictures. enjoy the visit with friends, where do they stay when they visit California?
PHYLLIS ~Great job on the walking!
MEOWEE ~ Take it easy on that ice cre....er...history
LITTLERED ~ Glad the phone lines are up
ZOE ~ Excuse me...WHY? would you be driving in that weather? he said...coming from southern California where if we get 1/2 an inch in two days it is STORM WATCH 2007 on the local news . I don't go "into" Los Angeles much, I live about 100 miles from downtown L.A., I usually just drive by on my way to some jobs or my MIL and SIL's house's. I do go to DODGER games and LAKER games every now and then and of course my favorite USC!! The closest I have been to the east coast is Virginia and Washington D.C., my step-daughter goes to school in New York, Angie has been there a few times but I stay here and man the mutts.
LYN Glad to hear the boating day was fun and you are safe and sound! The salmon salad sounds awesome! I love salmon. I will post a picture of my DAUGHTER and her HUSBAND with the salmon they caught about a year ago on a cruise to Alaska.