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My best friend B and his new BF (A) flew in from Albuquerque for a visit on their way down to the coast to revisit B's childhood Had a great time - dinner at my favorite restaurant Friday night, then hiking at the state park Saturday followed by a long ramble downtown to see the lights and find the Mice on Main (9 little bronze statues scattered ( Read more... )

We scrapped the putt-putt idea in favor of hibachi for dinner (and a show) with another Cards Against Humanity game instead, plus the obligatory night-before packing.

We also used up the rest of the ice cream making ingredients by making
( Georgia Peach Ice Cream )

Stopped at a McDonald's on the way out of the airport this morning -- 12 hours with nothing more than a bag of peanuts and pretzels means you'll eat anything.

The sign said "Sorry, we are out of sodas."

"You mean you're out of every kind of soda?" J's wife B asked in amazement. "All at once ( Read more... )

On my work days, except for the weekends when we close the store early, it's hard for me to get any writing in. I usually manage a few lines at lunch and perhaps a few more right before closing as the rush dies down, but that's about it. Sometimes I can come home and keep going, but some nights I'm just ready to shower and fall into bed. Hopefully ( Read more... )

I watch a lot of Westerns -- I love John Wayne movies! I've noticed a similarity between many of The Duke's films. Not that all Westerns aren't essentially similar - the lone gunman, the good badman against the evil rancher, the powerful loner -- but there are four that really get me confused sometimes.

( The Duke )

 So I have not been able to post one damn photo since LJ had that hacker attack. Why have they not fixed this problem?? It seems to be only when you try to link to your scrapbook, but I'm not going to go open a bloody photobucket account and upload all my pics again just to bypass what will probably be fixed in a few days ... hopefully ...

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