My husband restores old vehicles and is not above "trading" for parts. One of the neighbors needed some work done on his truck and asked if he would take a snowmobile for the work. The snowmobile needed some motor work done on it, not a lot to make it operable so he accepted it for payment.
One hot day in July, I was busy doing housework and I heard this awful sound. I just knew he was trying to get some kind of motor to run. The next noise I heard sounded like someone close by was target shooting. Since I live in the country, it's not unusual so I didn't pay much attention.
After a short time, I heard a loud motor like a chain saw, popping and cracking and backfiring all at once. It sounded like it was moving around to the front of the house. I hurried to the front door in time to see my husband flying across the front yard, on a Snowmobile, bouncing on the uneven clumps of grass. Can you picture this? Life is not dull in the country.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Little or No Cooking Recipes
Green Fluff
1 Box of Pistachio pudding (instant)
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 container Cool Whip
2 cups Miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup of walnut (optional)
Mix - Refrigerate - eat
Dessert Pizza
1 Pizza Crust (You can purchase these already prepared)
1 can of your favorite pie filling
Spread over the Pizza crust
Take 1 packge Philadelphia Creme Cheese and soften
add 2 to 3 cups of powedered sugar (for your taste)and mix
Warm this in the microwave and drizzle over the Pizza
Bake at 350 until golden brown
Peanut Butter Pie
1 - 8 oz. package of Philadelphia Creme Cheese (softened)
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 - 8 oz. container of Cool Whip
Mix until creamy and pour into 9" graham cracker crust and Refrigerate
Fruit Salad
2 cans chunk pineapple
1 small can manderine oranges
1 jar Marchino cherries
2 or 3 bananas sliced
2 small boxes of vanilla pudding
Cook pudding according to the box using the juice from the fruit mix
Cool slightly and add fruit - Refrigerate
1 Box of Pistachio pudding (instant)
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 container Cool Whip
2 cups Miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup of walnut (optional)
Mix - Refrigerate - eat
Dessert Pizza
1 Pizza Crust (You can purchase these already prepared)
1 can of your favorite pie filling
Spread over the Pizza crust
Take 1 packge Philadelphia Creme Cheese and soften
add 2 to 3 cups of powedered sugar (for your taste)and mix
Warm this in the microwave and drizzle over the Pizza
Bake at 350 until golden brown
Peanut Butter Pie
1 - 8 oz. package of Philadelphia Creme Cheese (softened)
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 - 8 oz. container of Cool Whip
Mix until creamy and pour into 9" graham cracker crust and Refrigerate
Fruit Salad
2 cans chunk pineapple
1 small can manderine oranges
1 jar Marchino cherries
2 or 3 bananas sliced
2 small boxes of vanilla pudding
Cook pudding according to the box using the juice from the fruit mix
Cool slightly and add fruit - Refrigerate
First Job
Newbie...
The second day on my very first job as a waitress, I had a customer that asked for a "Pine Float". Do you know how to make a "Pine Float." After looking for the ingredients for five minutes, I told the customer I wasn't sure how to make one. I was so embarrassed when he told me that it was "a glass of water and a tooth pick." I was teased on a regular basis after that....
Don't be Nasty........you'll get paid back!
While working as a waitress, I had one of the nastiest regular customers you could ever wait on. Being a waitress, you count on tips so you want to make sure you take care of your customers. This particular customer came every other day for a cup of coffee and a piece of pie and then she would complain, complain, complain.
One particular day after her usual ritual, she came down from the restroom, got ready to leave and I checked her out at the register. She walked out the front door, across the street and turned right to cross the street again. I didn't look up until she had crossed the second street. Guess what was trailing behind her......10 foot of toilet paper stuck in the waist of her jeans.....I about died laughing........shame on me...
Short Legs
On a slow day, I usually got some extra cleaning done in the restaurant. I decided to clean the big chest freezer. It was quite a stretch to reach the bottom, I was just teetering on the edge hanging upside down as I cleaned. Somehow my arm bumped the lid of the freezer and it came down on top of me enough that I was stuck. Just picture, chest freezer, lid almost down, two legs swinging trying to reach...something. I heard the door bell ring and started to yell help....how would you like to help a waitress out of the freezer in order to get service.
More later...
The second day on my very first job as a waitress, I had a customer that asked for a "Pine Float". Do you know how to make a "Pine Float." After looking for the ingredients for five minutes, I told the customer I wasn't sure how to make one. I was so embarrassed when he told me that it was "a glass of water and a tooth pick." I was teased on a regular basis after that....
Don't be Nasty........you'll get paid back!
While working as a waitress, I had one of the nastiest regular customers you could ever wait on. Being a waitress, you count on tips so you want to make sure you take care of your customers. This particular customer came every other day for a cup of coffee and a piece of pie and then she would complain, complain, complain.
One particular day after her usual ritual, she came down from the restroom, got ready to leave and I checked her out at the register. She walked out the front door, across the street and turned right to cross the street again. I didn't look up until she had crossed the second street. Guess what was trailing behind her......10 foot of toilet paper stuck in the waist of her jeans.....I about died laughing........shame on me...
Short Legs
On a slow day, I usually got some extra cleaning done in the restaurant. I decided to clean the big chest freezer. It was quite a stretch to reach the bottom, I was just teetering on the edge hanging upside down as I cleaned. Somehow my arm bumped the lid of the freezer and it came down on top of me enough that I was stuck. Just picture, chest freezer, lid almost down, two legs swinging trying to reach...something. I heard the door bell ring and started to yell help....how would you like to help a waitress out of the freezer in order to get service.
More later...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
In My Opinion - Five of My Favorite Movies
Number 5
Fifth on the list of my favorite movies is Planet of the Apes (1968). It features such stars as Kim Hunter as Zira, Roddy McDowall as Cornelius, and, of course, Charelton Heston as George Taylor. This film was released during the sixties when quesitons of life on other planets was foremost in our minds. A kind of follow-up from the "Buck Rogers" cartoon of the generation "before me." Makes you wonder when you gaze up at the stars...doesn't it?
Number 4
Fifth on the list of my favorite movies is Planet of the Apes (1968). It features such stars as Kim Hunter as Zira, Roddy McDowall as Cornelius, and, of course, Charelton Heston as George Taylor. This film was released during the sixties when quesitons of life on other planets was foremost in our minds. A kind of follow-up from the "Buck Rogers" cartoon of the generation "before me." Makes you wonder when you gaze up at the stars...doesn't it?
Number 4
My fourth favorite movie of all time is Lake Placid. The cast includes Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt and Bill Pullman. You know there is always the possibility that nature has hidden from us something simular. Can you tell I like Science Fiction? This action packed movie sent me jumping back in my seat.
Number 3
Third on my list of favorite movies is Michael. John Travolta plays an angel sent to earth to guide people in their lives. This movie also stars Andie McDowell and William Hurt. Everyone appreciates the thought that and angel is watching over them. To actually meet and interact with one such as portrayed in "Michael" by John Travolta shows we don't live in a perfect world....but we try. Doesn't he just make most of being and angel?
Number 2
Ranked second on my list of favorites is Harry Potter. This movie stars actors of all ages such as Daniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith and Julie Walters. This delightful series of movies and books incorporates the importance of education and the arts as well as the constant struggle within ourselves of good and evil that we need to make well rounded individuals. They also give new meaning to athletics and games such as chess.
Number 1
My absolute favorite movie of all time is Jurrasic Park. I think the animation is incredibly realistic in this movie. It stars such actors as Sam Neal, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. The incredible mechanics and precision of movement given to our "prehistoric" friends. Did they really behave that way? I also have seen the first "Godzilla" movies to be able to compare this series with. "Godzilla" used to be my favorite.
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