T Stands for Grumpy Clerk, the Beach, and a Smash Burger

After Saturday's washout, Sunday turned out to be a decent day. Not a great beach day. It was a little on the cool side, but at least it wasn't raining. 

Our first stop before the beach was lunch at a sandwich/pizza shop in Wells, the next town over from Ogunquit. On the menu board was a Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich. Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce a favorite sandwich of Teague. She ordered it and the Counter Clerk snapped at her, "We don't have that!" She ordered a regular turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and mayo

I felt like I was in the Seinfeld episode where there was a particular way of ordering soup from the Soup Nazi.

I ordered a Crispy Chicken Sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and yellow mustard. I also ordered an iced tea and a bag of chips. He grunted at my order, but didn't yell at me.

After lunch, we headed to Ogunquit Beach. It was still a little early in the season so there weren't many people on the beach, and it was later in the afternoon, and the tide was coming in so half the beach would be underwater.

We found a spot by the wall to set up so we wouldn't have to move our stuff every half hour as the tide came in.

I watched the antics of a sparrow hunting and pecking for some goodies. I've never seen a sparrow on the beach before.

One of the things I forgot to take with me was my beach chair. I walked right by it and didn't give it a second thought until I was loading my stuff in Teague's car. No biggie. She loaded her husband's chair into the car. He was participating in his annual field day for Ham radio operators, and she said he wouldn't need his chair, but he did. Oops. She took a picture of us so he could see that we actually used his chair.

The water was too cold to go swimming, but we did stick our toes in the water.

Later that night, we went to dinner at the Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company. Last year (or maybe the year before) we had a fabulous Margherita pizza. This time around we ordered hamburgers. I had an Arnold Palmer and a Maple Bacon Smash Burger. 

Smash Burgers seem to be all the rage though I don't really get it. This burger consisted of two hamburger patties that were flattened on the grill. The result was two dry hamburger patties. By smashing them flat like paper, you lose all the juicy goodness.

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The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. I finished Season 2, Part 1 of The Sandman

2. The Eldest invited me to go to Crane Beach. 

3. I had a lobster roll at the 99 Restaurant before going to Qi Gong and Reiki Meditation

4. The Eldest was working and Himself went to a karate seminar. I made a sandwich for supper and binge watched The Gilded Age.

5. Another hot and humid day, Teague and I had ice cream at the Dairy Queen.

How was your week?

TBT Reprints from CJ's Whine and Cheeze

 In 2003, Ma had a stroke. Dad was her full time caregiver until he he had a car accident that totaled the car. So in 2006, I became their chauffeur among other jobs.

At the time, to deal with the stress of running two households and working, I kept a blog entitled CJ's Whine and Cheeze. Egged on by some friends who enjoyed the first read through, you'll see your part when it comes by.

 Thursday, January 18, 2007

Television and OPD

Himself and I started watching a new television series, The Sopranos. It's not really a new series, just new to us as we don't get HBO. The series is being shown on the A&E channel. I'm really enjoying this program. I'm not watching it for the action or the drama. I'm enjoying watching Tony Soprano deal with his elderly mother and OPD. It's hysterical.

Tony loves his mother and is a devoted son. In one episode, in the middle of his business day, he calls his mother. She's sauteing mushrooms and forgets them on the stove. Next thing, flames shoot from the pan, but poor Tony can only hear his mother yelling, "Oh my God! Oh my God" Tony is able to get in touch with his wife to send her to check on his mother.

In another episode, Tony's mother is driving a friend home. The lady gets out of the car. Tony's mother goes to back out of the driveway, but forgets the car is in drive and plows through her friend. Mama ends up with a broken arm.

Tony moves his mother to a lovely assisted living facility. The old lady complains her son has "put her in a nursing home to die."

Poor Tony has panic attacks or in Italian acute agita. Tony talks to a shrink to help him deal with his OPD. He explains that the assisted living facility costs him four grand a month. It has lots of social amenities, but his mother refuses to participate thus making Tony feel very guilty. He says his mother makes him feel like he's "an Eskimo pushing her out to sea." Himself and I roared. Tony should try blogging.

I can hardly wait for next week's episode.

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I learned a new expression from Resident Alien

2. I chatted with cousins I hadn't spoken with for a long time

3. 2 Old Ladies are going on the road again later this month

4. I had put the microwave out front over the weekend and tried to find someone that would pick up for scrap. No luck.. Tuesday, a man in a truck stopped and took it away. Thank you, man!

5. I had an ice cream sundae for lunch

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Saturday was warm enough to wear a tee shirt and shorts

2. Learned something new in the acanthus leaf workshop

3. Instead of lunch, Teague and I went out for breakfast.

4. I saw some flowers on the blueberry bushes. We might get a couple of blueberries this year.

5. I've been enjoying a murder mystery on Netflix called The Residence.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. On the way home from his workout, Himself stopped at Harry's. I thought we were getting fish and chips because the Knights of Columbus weren't doing their fund raiser because of Good Friday services at the church. Himself got me a full belly plate (fried clams) as a surprise.

2. Easter Sunday was quiet with just the two of us as the Eldest had to work at the hospital. Good food (roast leg of lamb), Easter egg bread, hot cross buns and we watched another Holy movie.

3. The Young One received her Easter box. They both got a kick out of the plastic "eggs" shaped like game controllers.

4. The order I placed that said it would arrive on Friday, was delivered the day after I put the order in!

5. Teague found a new place for lunch. Mak's in Franklin with awesome roast beef sandwiches. We'll be going back because they serve breakfast all day!

How was your week?

TBT Reprints from CJ's Whine and Cheeze

 In 2003, Ma had a stroke. Dad was her full time caregiver until he he had a car accident that totaled the car. So in 2006, I became their chauffeur among other jobs.

At the time, to deal with the stress of running two households and working, I kept a blog entitled CJ's Whine and Cheeze. Egged on by some friends who enjoyed the first read through, you'll see your part when it comes by.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

The Devil You Know

It always seems the grass is greener on the other side, but is it? I was musing what it would be like to deal with different Weebles. Would it be easier?

What would it be like dealing with Ruth Martin, Timmy and Lassie's mom?

"Bark, Bark!"

"What's that Lassie? Mom fell down the well again? Oh, for the love of...."

Hmmm, might be difficult haulin' the old lady out of the well.

Ok, what about Maureen Robinson from Lost in Space: "Danger, Mrs. Robinson! Danger!" Hmm, might not be so bad. The Robot could follow her around. Though as I recall someone was always yanking out his power pack. Not good.

And for you Big Valley fans, can you imagine having to deal with Victoria Barkley? Even before she hit the full blown OPD stage, she had all her children under her thumb. It only got worse when she started dressing like Nick in her short black leather jacket and tight trousers.

Victoria destined her daughter, Audra, to spinsterhood. After all, what young man in his right mind would call on the girl after Victoria shot and killed creepy Evan Miles? Yeah, I know she was trying to protect Audra from being raped, but she didn't have to use deadly force on Evan. She could have just whacked him upside the head with the rifle.

She treated Nick like a four year old. Remember in The Brawlers when Callahan come to the house and Nick is yelling at him? "Nick! You sit over there. I said!"

And poor Heath! Oh, stop groaning you two, you know I'm a Heathen! Poor Heath tried to be a gentleman by taking the reins and driving Victoria home after she had been buried under the church during an earthquake. She insisted she could drive and took over the reins. Heath ended up with an overdose of OPD and walked off the set. Missy wouldn't speak to him for 3 days. When she did it was only to ask if he had learned his lesson. To which he replied, "Yes, ma'am." Smart boy.

Her taking over the reins nearly got him killed when the wagon fell on him in the episode By Force and Violence. Heath should have walked off the set that time.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of an instance where Jarrod had to deal with her.

Ma can be very opinionated and demanding, but I don't think she's nearly as bad as Victoria Barkley. Ma hasn't caused a wagon to fall on me. Guess it's a case of the devil you know.

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Had a nice time at the annual family gathering watching the new baby enjoy her first Christmas. In February, another new baby will join the family.

2. I won $4 on a scratch ticket.

3. Besides a new stove, I also bought new pans and made scrambled eggs. The eggs didn't stick in the pan!

4. We watched The Doctor Who Christmas Special: Joy to the World and waited for the Eldest to finish her shift at the hospital to begin Christmas festivities.

5. Texted with the Young One to hear about her Christmas

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Calli and Quill didn't put up the usual fuss about going into the cat carriers for the vet visit. They weren't happy, but it didn't take long to wrangle them into the carriers.

2. The new television was delivered. The picture is WOW!

3. An afternoon spent with The Brother and His Wife, The Nephew and his family so the little ones could see Santa come by the house on the firetruck. Santa was late and it was very cold and dark so after an hour we all went inside for dinner. While we were eating, the firetruck roared by the house. The kids waved to Santa from the window.

4. Haircut day and I checked us in just in time. When we got there there were 6 people on the waiting list behind us.

5. Play day with Teague and a nice lunch at Owen O'Leary's

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. I moved the television from the sunroom to the bedroom

2. I watched the early news in bed while having a cup of tea.

3. I found some fun things at Target for the Young One's upcoming visit.

4. Calli was a lovebug. She sat with me in the rocking chair and wanted a rock and a cuddle. Usually, she only lets us pet her with our eyes.

5. Quill woke me up with a kiss, or maybe it was a taste.

How was your week?

The Waffle

 

My waffle was about to pop up from the toaster in its dark, nearly blackened perfection. 

Himself walked by the toaster and commented

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. We met the new baby at the annual Family Gathering

2. I Skyped with the Young One at the Gathering so she could be apart of it, too.

3. Over an hour search for Calli, but she was no where to be found. I looked in all the places and called and called. I thought maybe she had gotten by me when I went outside to take a picture of the sunset. I went outside with a flashlight calling and calling. When I went back to the sunroom, she suddenly appeared like a little ghost. We have no idea where her new hidey-hole is

4. Tubi has some great offerings of old movies. I watched "Judgement at Nuremberg" with Spencer Tracy and Richard Widmark 💙and "Taras Bulba" with Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis

5. Tiggy messaged me on Facebook asking if a wee package arrived.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I stopped in at the post office to see if they had a 14 in x 14 in box to send the Young One's hat and other things to her. The flat rate boxes weren't big enough. S went out back and found a box from recycle that might work. The percs of living in a small town.

2.  I found a penny in the Target parking lot

3. I ordered a sun hat for the Eldest. The hat, from the Wallaroo Hat Co. ,arrived so I had a perfect hat box to mail the Young One's hat.

4. I finished watching The Mandalorian. For the most part, I enjoyed the story except for the puppets!

5. Driving home from Teague's there was a mama turkey crossing the road with her poult. It was the cutest, tiniest baby turkey I've seen.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I had a fun chat with the Young One.

2. For 5 minutes, I was caught up in my journal

3. Grandmaster E introduced me to The Resident on Netflix. It's reminds me of the show ER and is very addictive.

4. I made pork spare ribs in the crock pot. Messy eating, but so delicious.

5. Another chat with the Young One about various materials to make a coptic stitch journal.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Three days of the cold and for kicks, Himself took a Covid test and it was positive. I'm so glad I cancelled playing over at Teague's this week.

2. I had groceries delivered and stuff delivered from Target within an hour of ordering. I can get into this without being sick

3. The Young One finally got the package with her happy, little gingerbread man mug. Everything arrived intact.

4. I started watching The Handmaiden's Tale

5.Grandmaster E called to tell me all about her trip to Newport. Lots of laughs.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Another Teaching Assistant luncheon. We tried for Lou Roc's Diner, but it was so crowded, and the wait was too long so we ended up at The 99 Restaurant

2. Quill was bored. The Young One went scouting under furniture and found a squeaky critter. It's like a new toy for Quill. He's not bored any more.

3. I'm working on a piece for the faculty show in January

4. Teague and I had giant Whoopie pies for dessert after our weekly lunch.

5. We subscribed to Disney Plus. We watched one of the old cartoons, The Skeleton Dance. Quill was really interested especially with the black cats. 

How was your week?

Watched/Watching

 

The Chosen

Good Omens 2

Outlander (Season 7)

The Sandman

The Witcher (Season 3)

What are you watching? Any recommendations?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Happy Birthday to me! Himself gave me some cool drawing tools and a beautiful Lapis Lazuli orb

2. Enjoyed Season 2 of Good Omens

3. Himself  was stung a dozen times by tiny bees when he was weeding behind the trellis. Fortunately, no ill effects for him.

4. Finished Season 3 of The Witcher

5. Andy Tiberius Fish mentioned Dark Shadows was on Prime (with commercials on FreeVee).  Watched it while having lunch. So bad that it's so good, and it holds up after all these years. I had a major crush on the character Quentin Collins

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1.The Eldest and I had lunch at the Farmer and Fork and spent the afternoon wandering around the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

2. The Eldest and I binged watched Card Captor Sakura, a favorite anime when she was little.

3. Had a chat with Teague and we made tentative plans to return to Camp Newport during the first week of August.

4. Had a phone call from my cousin remembering 4th of July celebrations with the aunts and uncles at his house when we were kids. 

5. The Eldest came with us to visit the cemetery. The Fourth of July would have been my parents' 80th wedding anniversary. We stopped for lunch at the Cracker Barrel.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Thing

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. The Eldest and I spent a lazy day in the sunroom bingeing Good Eats

2. We took Himself to the UxLocale for Father's Day and brunch. Himself and the Eldest had brunch while I enjoyed "high" tea with little sandwiches, scones, and cookies.

3. I was able to renew my driver's license online. 

4. We went out to dinner to La Cantina in Framingham.

5. Another play day with Teague.

How was your week?