Saturday, February 24, 2007
Tea for Two or Three
A great start to the weeked was tea at the Victorian Rose Tea Room in Millville, NJ. The outside was barely noticable but inside the decor was the nicest place we've explored yet. Imagine silver service, royal daulton china covered in roses and soft music playing in the background. Just the kind of things girls (of any age) would like. Raspberry spritzers to start. The salad of spring greens, strawberries, sunflower nuts, goat cheese, cranberries and golden rasins was so good I did not notice it didn't have dressing. After that it was onto finger sandwiches, scones with lemon or cream. The desserts were petite nut filled, chocolate or lemon tarts, and shortbread cookies in the form of pink hearts. Higly reccomended for Mother's Day gift ideas, they are planning a book reading for children one Saturday a month. Try it, my guess is that you'll like it. It was the ultimate was to spend time talking with your best girl friends. Life is good!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Come on Springtime
It is as consistent as rain that gardening catalogs start pouring into the mail boxes at this time of year. Maybe we cannot start gardening yet but commercial growers want us thinking about it. Everywhere there are offers for spring planting ideas, time to design, plan and reformulate your gardens. All though it's bitterly cold and the winds are whipping, be not deterred. Spring is around the corner as evidenced by longer days. No longer am I driving home from work in darkness. Instead of looking for deer along the road, I soon be admiring and trying to name flowering trees. Oh, the joys of spring! Before you know it there will be crocus and forsythia heralding the magnificence that is spring. Until then I'll have to enjoy the flower catalogs or the upcoming flower show in Philadelphia. Maybe some cut flowers for my desk. Yeah, why not? When was the last time you bought yourself or your loved one some flowers, just because? No better time of year to do random acts of kindness. It's good for your soul and the spirit will be lifted. What could be better this time of year!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Tagged
My sister sent this as an email asking me to send it but I thought it would make a good meme: I included her answers but have listed mine at the end. Let's here what you have to say? PAX and JAX you're tagged!
1. What time did you wake up today? 5:45 am (kissed hubby & grunted goodbye...what can I say, I'm my father's daughter)
2. Diamonds or pearls? diamond
3. What film did you last see in the cinema? The Pursuit of Happyness ( my daughter had a play date!)
4. What is your favorite tv show(s)? House, The View, Divine Design or anything in HGTV
5. What did you have for breakfast? Bagel and lots of coffee!
6. What is your middle name? Tawnya-Jean (Mom & Dad couldn't spell)
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian
8. What food(s) do you dislike? Fish! (odd, considering answer to #29)
9. What is your favorite potato chip? Salt and Vinegar
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Harry Connick Jr. - Oh my Nola
11. What kind of car do you drive? sadly, Ford Windstar (still...it's on life support)
12. What is your favorite sandwich? Italian Sub from the White House in AC
13. What characteristics in a person do you despise? two-faced liars (deep down I'm still 11 years old)
14. What is your favorite item of clothing? pj's
15. What is your favorite brand of clothing? Gap
16. If you could vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be? Alaska, but the list is long and varied
17. Where would you retire? somewhere near my daughter - maybe back in Michigan
18. What is your favorite time of day? morning
19. Where were your born? Wooster, OH
20. What is your favorite sport to watch? basketball - I don't have game, so I can appreciate.... (Alyssa thinks it's her Ice Skating - don't tell)
21. Who do you think will not respond to this? Anyone who has a life
22. Who do you think will send it back first? Someone without anything better to do
23. Coke or Pepsi? Water
24. Beaver or duck? ??? To eat, or are we asking an animal rights question, or is this something I don't understand now that I'm an old, boring Mom...
25. Are you a morning person or night owl? More like, mid day....
26. Manicure or pedicure? both!
27. Any new or exciting news you would like to share with anyone? normal stuff is good...
28. What did you want to be when you were little? a teacher
29. What is your best childhood memory? fishing with my dad - riding in clothes dryer with brother & sister...
30. Any piercings? ears!
31. Every been to Africa? no
32. Every been toilet papering? no
33. Been in a car accident? yes
34. What is your favorite day of the week? Saturday
35. What is your favorite restaurant? Olive Garden - I'm not fussy
36. Favorite flower? Sunflowers
37. Favorite ice cream? mint chocolate chip
38. Favorite fast food place? Wendys
39. Have you ever failed the driver's test? no
40. Who sent you your last email? my sister
41. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card in? Pottery Barn
42. What is your bedtime? I'm a grown up now, I can go to bed whenever I want....usually around 9....thank God for TIVO!
43. Are you interested in any one person's responses? everyone's!
44. Last person you went to dinner with? husband & daughter
45. What are you listening to right now? nothing - ahhh silence!
46. What is your favorite color? red
47. How many tattoos do you have? none
48. How many people are you sending this to? not sure
49. What time did you finish this email? 10:30
50. Favorite magazine? Newsweek
==============================================
1. 7:30 am
2. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
3. The Devil wears Prada, gotta get out once and a while.
4. Anthing HGTV; Divine Design, QVC, Top Chef and Six Feet Under (re-runs).
5. Coffee
6. Marie
7. Italian
8. Most fish, especially sushi
9. Salt & Vinegar
10.Josh Groban - awake
11.Camry
12.Pulled BBQ pork
13.Liars and the lying lies they tell.
14.Great fitting jeans
15.Liz Clairborne
16.Always dreamed of going to Italy, especially Venice.
17.On the water, perhaps the Chesapeake Bay area
18.Morning
19.Wooster, OH
20.Football
21. Two or three blogger friends
22.Pax Romano
23.Diet Pepsi, caffine free
24.What?
25.Morning but only after a cup of fresh coffee
26.Love all those spa treatments, both!
27.Nothing exciting, a girl has to have a secret or two.
28.I did not have a clue, still don't
29.Fishing with Dad, running the boat, eating fresh raspberries with Gran.
30.Double pierce ears was the trend when I was a teen
31. no
32. no
33. More than my share
34. Sunday
35. Pompeii (in Philadelphia)
36. tulips, white roses, zinnias, oh all of them, who am I kidding?
37. Cherry Garcia or Vannila Swiss Almond
38. none of the above
39. no
40. my sister
41. Restoration Hardware
42. Rarely make it past ten
43. Absolutely
44. A Friend
45. The sounds of a running computer, heard enough talk at work for one day.
46. Green
47. none
48. Bloggin instead..
49. 7:24 pm
50. Family Circle & Woman's Day (cannot help myself)
1. What time did you wake up today? 5:45 am (kissed hubby & grunted goodbye...what can I say, I'm my father's daughter)
2. Diamonds or pearls? diamond
3. What film did you last see in the cinema? The Pursuit of Happyness ( my daughter had a play date!)
4. What is your favorite tv show(s)? House, The View, Divine Design or anything in HGTV
5. What did you have for breakfast? Bagel and lots of coffee!
6. What is your middle name? Tawnya-Jean (Mom & Dad couldn't spell)
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian
8. What food(s) do you dislike? Fish! (odd, considering answer to #29)
9. What is your favorite potato chip? Salt and Vinegar
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Harry Connick Jr. - Oh my Nola
11. What kind of car do you drive? sadly, Ford Windstar (still...it's on life support)
12. What is your favorite sandwich? Italian Sub from the White House in AC
13. What characteristics in a person do you despise? two-faced liars (deep down I'm still 11 years old)
14. What is your favorite item of clothing? pj's
15. What is your favorite brand of clothing? Gap
16. If you could vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be? Alaska, but the list is long and varied
17. Where would you retire? somewhere near my daughter - maybe back in Michigan
18. What is your favorite time of day? morning
19. Where were your born? Wooster, OH
20. What is your favorite sport to watch? basketball - I don't have game, so I can appreciate.... (Alyssa thinks it's her Ice Skating - don't tell)
21. Who do you think will not respond to this? Anyone who has a life
22. Who do you think will send it back first? Someone without anything better to do
23. Coke or Pepsi? Water
24. Beaver or duck? ??? To eat, or are we asking an animal rights question, or is this something I don't understand now that I'm an old, boring Mom...
25. Are you a morning person or night owl? More like, mid day....
26. Manicure or pedicure? both!
27. Any new or exciting news you would like to share with anyone? normal stuff is good...
28. What did you want to be when you were little? a teacher
29. What is your best childhood memory? fishing with my dad - riding in clothes dryer with brother & sister...
30. Any piercings? ears!
31. Every been to Africa? no
32. Every been toilet papering? no
33. Been in a car accident? yes
34. What is your favorite day of the week? Saturday
35. What is your favorite restaurant? Olive Garden - I'm not fussy
36. Favorite flower? Sunflowers
37. Favorite ice cream? mint chocolate chip
38. Favorite fast food place? Wendys
39. Have you ever failed the driver's test? no
40. Who sent you your last email? my sister
41. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card in? Pottery Barn
42. What is your bedtime? I'm a grown up now, I can go to bed whenever I want....usually around 9....thank God for TIVO!
43. Are you interested in any one person's responses? everyone's!
44. Last person you went to dinner with? husband & daughter
45. What are you listening to right now? nothing - ahhh silence!
46. What is your favorite color? red
47. How many tattoos do you have? none
48. How many people are you sending this to? not sure
49. What time did you finish this email? 10:30
50. Favorite magazine? Newsweek
==============================================
1. 7:30 am
2. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
3. The Devil wears Prada, gotta get out once and a while.
4. Anthing HGTV; Divine Design, QVC, Top Chef and Six Feet Under (re-runs).
5. Coffee
6. Marie
7. Italian
8. Most fish, especially sushi
9. Salt & Vinegar
10.Josh Groban - awake
11.Camry
12.Pulled BBQ pork
13.Liars and the lying lies they tell.
14.Great fitting jeans
15.Liz Clairborne
16.Always dreamed of going to Italy, especially Venice.
17.On the water, perhaps the Chesapeake Bay area
18.Morning
19.Wooster, OH
20.Football
21. Two or three blogger friends
22.Pax Romano
23.Diet Pepsi, caffine free
24.What?
25.Morning but only after a cup of fresh coffee
26.Love all those spa treatments, both!
27.Nothing exciting, a girl has to have a secret or two.
28.I did not have a clue, still don't
29.Fishing with Dad, running the boat, eating fresh raspberries with Gran.
30.Double pierce ears was the trend when I was a teen
31. no
32. no
33. More than my share
34. Sunday
35. Pompeii (in Philadelphia)
36. tulips, white roses, zinnias, oh all of them, who am I kidding?
37. Cherry Garcia or Vannila Swiss Almond
38. none of the above
39. no
40. my sister
41. Restoration Hardware
42. Rarely make it past ten
43. Absolutely
44. A Friend
45. The sounds of a running computer, heard enough talk at work for one day.
46. Green
47. none
48. Bloggin instead..
49. 7:24 pm
50. Family Circle & Woman's Day (cannot help myself)
Monday, February 05, 2007
And the diagnosis is.......
As a child I wondered why my grandparents talked about illness and death so frequently. As if on a vigil reading the paper for friends and loved one listed within. Now I am beginning to understand..........arghhhh...
Seems that a number of us in officeland have some medical issues these days. When did bad knees, bad backs, hernia's and colonoscopy's start to dominate the break room conversations? What happened to talk of fine dining and movie reviews? I almost miss hearing about the world trips that so many take for granted. Must be middle age settling over us, oh perish that thought.
Three MRI's, multiple xray's, three hours in the waiting room, two orthopedists and a finally one diagnosis. No Mommonantor, I am not a hypochondriac. We have an opinion that I have a SLAP lesion and a moderate rotator cuff tear. SLAP lesion I have learned, is a tear in the tendons over the head of the shoulder bone and often accompanies a rotator cuff tear. As much as I abhorred the arthroscopic MRI it finally showed what has been bothering me for probably two years. Last year the insurance would not approve the MRI when the first doctor suggested it. Instead I took a prescription for some heavy duty pain killers. That was until someone said hey, what's up with you woman? Are you depressed? No I was under the influence and I was sleeping for a change. Seems like you must complain enough till the insurance providers tire and concede. Who would volunteer for these things if they did not need them. Truth is, part of me did not want to go today. That part however was overridden by reason because the imaginations were worse that the reality. OK, not ready for more than PT and injections right now. That's enough to absorb.....frankly I am tired of talking about it and relieved to have a diagnosis.
Seems that a number of us in officeland have some medical issues these days. When did bad knees, bad backs, hernia's and colonoscopy's start to dominate the break room conversations? What happened to talk of fine dining and movie reviews? I almost miss hearing about the world trips that so many take for granted. Must be middle age settling over us, oh perish that thought.
Three MRI's, multiple xray's, three hours in the waiting room, two orthopedists and a finally one diagnosis. No Mommonantor, I am not a hypochondriac. We have an opinion that I have a SLAP lesion and a moderate rotator cuff tear. SLAP lesion I have learned, is a tear in the tendons over the head of the shoulder bone and often accompanies a rotator cuff tear. As much as I abhorred the arthroscopic MRI it finally showed what has been bothering me for probably two years. Last year the insurance would not approve the MRI when the first doctor suggested it. Instead I took a prescription for some heavy duty pain killers. That was until someone said hey, what's up with you woman? Are you depressed? No I was under the influence and I was sleeping for a change. Seems like you must complain enough till the insurance providers tire and concede. Who would volunteer for these things if they did not need them. Truth is, part of me did not want to go today. That part however was overridden by reason because the imaginations were worse that the reality. OK, not ready for more than PT and injections right now. That's enough to absorb.....frankly I am tired of talking about it and relieved to have a diagnosis.
Plant a Tree
Plant a tree
and watch it grow
Its roots so deep we cannot know
Please care for her
as your Mother cared for you
with shelter and shade,
fruit and clean air too
When I make my final rest
beneath a mighty tree I request
each of us may one day return
to earth to bloom and then return
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