Temperature reads: 102
... and the Queen of Panic! is due into town any minute now...
It will be nice to see her, again -plus- she's bringing me a 1/2 magnum of some very well travelled Mexican vanilla... (Mexico to AZ, AZ to WA, WA to MN, now MN to NE)
I have my Step-mom to thank for that.
(the vanilla - thanking the QoP! for taking it on an extended tour of the American heartland. "We" forgot to divvy it up on our way back from Dad's memorial service. "We" were extraordinarily tired & emotionally worn, too. So, the vanilla went a travelin' some more as QoP! leaves fresh sage and her favorite sleep pillow behind, driving off with her men folk towards their MN home...)
A few years back, when Dad and Marcy squared away a wintering spot in AZ - they asked me - what, if anything I'd like... should they cross over that southern border into Mexico for a little tourism, and shopping...???
The only thing I could think of was "Vanilla"
Love my favorite recipes made up even better with 'authentic ingredients' like real vanilla, butter rather than margarine...farm fresh eggs... etc...
Yum. I think the taste difference is both remarkable and worth the extra efforts.
NOT that I'm baking anything up this week... *sheesh*
It's been triple digit heat with humidity literally shimmering in the air... this last week
Hot, HOT, HOT at my place too...(scrimping on everything these days, got one tiny window a/c plugged into the liv.room to gimme a break during the daylight hours... my saving grace in this new rental is that all the bedrooms line the southern exposure to the house - so I can close off those rooms because they heat up first, thus, leaving the northern rooms a little cooler for much longer into the day... like that living room I mentioned, and the kitchen. ) I'm ok with this - but, I'm one who can sleep in the heat. (Some folks can't)
... and the Queen of Panic! is due into town any minute now...
It will be nice to see her, again -plus- she's bringing me a 1/2 magnum of some very well travelled Mexican vanilla... (Mexico to AZ, AZ to WA, WA to MN, now MN to NE)
I have my Step-mom to thank for that.
(the vanilla - thanking the QoP! for taking it on an extended tour of the American heartland. "We" forgot to divvy it up on our way back from Dad's memorial service. "We" were extraordinarily tired & emotionally worn, too. So, the vanilla went a travelin' some more as QoP! leaves fresh sage and her favorite sleep pillow behind, driving off with her men folk towards their MN home...)
A few years back, when Dad and Marcy squared away a wintering spot in AZ - they asked me - what, if anything I'd like... should they cross over that southern border into Mexico for a little tourism, and shopping...???
The only thing I could think of was "Vanilla"
Love my favorite recipes made up even better with 'authentic ingredients' like real vanilla, butter rather than margarine...farm fresh eggs... etc...
Yum. I think the taste difference is both remarkable and worth the extra efforts.
NOT that I'm baking anything up this week... *sheesh*
It's been triple digit heat with humidity literally shimmering in the air... this last week
Hot, HOT, HOT at my place too...(scrimping on everything these days, got one tiny window a/c plugged into the liv.room to gimme a break during the daylight hours... my saving grace in this new rental is that all the bedrooms line the southern exposure to the house - so I can close off those rooms because they heat up first, thus, leaving the northern rooms a little cooler for much longer into the day... like that living room I mentioned, and the kitchen. ) I'm ok with this - but, I'm one who can sleep in the heat. (Some folks can't)
And,
I believe I'd rather have the heat than be dealing with the sub-zeros again - I think heat is much easier to beat vs. numbing cold. Maybe you've noticed, as have I, that the reality "Survivor" show always goes 'tropic' and never, ever drops the contestants off in say, the Antarctic?
;-)
Here's a "cool" site one of my e-mail buddies sent to me...
you might wanna check it out - once loaded up you can position your cursor to "fly" through the sceen...
http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.html
Coolio, no?
;-)
Here's a "cool" site one of my e-mail buddies sent to me...
you might wanna check it out - once loaded up you can position your cursor to "fly" through the sceen...
http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.html
Coolio, no?
4 comments:
dorko--i know i havent been around for awhile, but...dont take it personally!!
and, i'm glad you're getting your vanilla! after all, when you had a chance to get something from mexico, it'd be drugs!!
Libby - good to see you out and about the old blogger neighborhood... and no
... no drugs,
Vanilla!
vanilla, vanilla, vanilla - love the smell and the flavor, too.
=)
OoO you visited with your sissy, I had a visit with my sissy. hehehehehe
I can NOT sleep in heat. I even keep the house real cool at night in the winter. I figure I can put more clothes on when I'm cold, but if I'm nekkid and misserable hot, nothing helps.
Yup I like cool, but not to cold and not snow. hahahahahah
Yummmm Vanilla. Would it have not been easier to get it via mail. :-) I'm just saying.
Hope you had a great visit with QoP, I had a great visit with my sissy
hugs
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