Earliest Memories

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the passenger-side floor (it didn't dawn on anyone in the 70's to wear seat belts or sit in car seats) of my mom's 1970 American Motors Javelin, singing along with the radio to my favorite song of the time.

Do any of you forty-somethings remember this tune? It still makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

 

 

And for those of you who don't remember the American Motors Javelin, I give you this to ponder.

 

 

 

My mom must have looked fine driving hers around in her early 20's. Hers was blue with a red and white stripe down the length of the car. :)

A Fall Toast!

Chilly weather calls for Apple Cider in my cool "Big Owl" mug.

(Yes, I have a "Little Owl" mug too!)



Pier One Owl Mug

Green Mountain Apple Cider for Keurig

Freebies

Yesterday morning I had breakfast at the local diner. Halfway through my meal the waitress announced that the man who had just left handed her $300, told her he wanted to pay for the current patrons and for her to keep the rest as a tip. I assume he won big in AC and was on his way home. How cool is that though? The waitress walked off with a tip of $260! (Oddly enough, this is the second time someone I didn't know paid my tab in a diner!)

Today at work my department was playing a kickball game against another department. My company always comes up with neat activities for the employees. I was cheering my team on as an ice cream truck pulled up next to us in the parking lot. They were giving away free ice cream for 95.7 BEN FM. Both teams and those of us cheering them on all got a free ice cream and took our picture in front of the truck.

Two days in a row with free treats. I wonder who's going to buy me an iced coffee tomorrow afternoon????

Thank you for the freebies!

The Schmuck

Yesterday work closed at 2 p.m. in anticipation of the July 4 Holiday. I finally walked out the door around 2:15 with a smile on my face and began my journey home.

I stopped at a red light about 10 minutes into my drive. The light turned green and before I could move, the guy in the car behind me decided to move and promptly hit my car.

And there went my Holiday joy.

But wait, it gets better.

As I began to pull off onto the shoulder of the highway to call the police, the schmuck that hit me pulled around me, smiled at me and drove away. SMILED AT ME!!!!!

It was then that my Holiday joy turned into a combination of astonishment and anger. What kind of a person would do such a thing?

A Bensalem cop stopped and I explained what happened, gave him a partial tag number of the schmuck and we inspected my car. My car that's only 7 freaking months old.

Thank goodness there was no damage. Officer Bensalem, who was so fit you could bounce a quarter off his biceps, filled out a report in case there was a problem with the car that we didn't see right off the bat.

Anyhow, I was deflated. What a way to start my one-day vacation from work!

Happy Independence Day, everyone!

It's nice to be blogging again.

Look for the results of my "no buy" this weekend!

What's your middle name? Duck!

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for ducks.

They are such darling little creatures; so gentle. Plus, they way they waddle makes me giggle every time I see it.

HOWEVER,

there are currently 29 ducks who are on my official poop list.

These quackers live in the stream behind my apartment and have taken to laying and pooping on my patio and eating my flowers.

Everyday is a battle...and I'm loosing.

The evil creatures hard at work...

I'm blogging this week to titles inspired by 1980's movies. Today's title is from 16 Candles.

I'm not really a farmer. I'm a freshman.

Saturday morning I went over to the new Voorhees Town Center Famers Market.

The Voorhees Town Center is what used to be the Echelon Mall and now through October they are hosting a farmers market every Saturday from 8 am - noon.

It's a little on the small side, but is getting bigger. I have been trying to go every week because I think it's good to support local growers and the shopping center needs as much publicity as it can get and hopefully the farmers market will help it along.

If you don't live too far and would like to support your New Jersey growers, come on over!

I'm blogging this week to titles inspired from 1980's movies. Today's title comes from 16 Candles.

Does Barry Manilow Know You Raid His Wardrobe?

It's been ages since I've been to a concert. Primarily because they're so freaking expensive. Not to pull a "back in my day..." but when I was a teenager concert tickets were under $20 no matter who you were. Hair band, new wave group or whatever...tickets were affordable. Today you have to take out a mortgage to see some shows.

When I got to work today I had an email from my mom that contained a screenshot of an ad for an upcoming Duran Duran concert at the new casino in Atlantic City called Revel. Without a thought I hopped on the site and bought us a pair of tickets (yes, my mom is a big fan too!) And by today's standards they were (cough) affordable...$95 per ticket. What the hell, I loved them for 30 years now.

I wanted Barry Manilow tickets as well, but holy crap, they were $345 each!

And that's when I logged off the Revel site.

I'm blogging this week to titles inspired by 1980's movies. Today's title comes from The Breakfast Club.