Wabi-Sabi

Got an email nudge from a friend.... to POST SOMETHING already....

So.... go see her at WABI-SABI

• find out what the heck 'Wabi-Sabi' means



• find out what happened to the big SINKHOLE in her front yard



• find out how she has the time to be such a great mother and still be artsy and crafty



• take a lesson from her 'joy' in life and nature... No. Matter. What. (obstacles are thrown her way).



• Listens to some music.......which seems to be stuck on Nat King Cole....but that's cool, in a non-Bon-Jovi sorta way

In the meantime.... I'll start posting again...... when I think of something fabulous to write about. Besides Wabi-Sabi...

Weighing in.....

We are at the end of the strawberry season here in California but I thought (out of curiosity) I would do a little price comparison. Just in case I
wanted to start watching my nickels and dimes..

First up, is Von’s (formerly Safeway for you NorCal folk). These strawberries come from Watsonville. Watsonville is the artichoke capitol of the WORLD folks… but they have nice strawberries too. They come prepackaged in plastic see-through, well you know, boxes and are 3.49 a lb. Each pkg is a lb.

Albertson's, on the other hand offers the same 1lb pkg from ‘Central Ca’ for 3.99 a lb...I haven't been able to shop at Albertson's (even if they were to suddenly get cheaper) since 1990 when my grandmother tripped over some plastic tarp in their store and made me promise to 'never step foot in their door again'... I think she wanted a life time annuity and a new car for her pain and suffering and they declined. She ended up with a little settlement though, well actually a pretty hefty check. Probably why their prices are higher and why I'll 'never step foot in their door again'. She was a rascal that one, someone you don't want falling down in your store...

sorry-back on topic
Trader Joe’s (Proudly supporting the arts, one chalkboard at a time) only carried the extra large gourmet organic w/stems at $5.00 a pkg which holds about seven beautiful strawberries

And last….the local Farmer’s roadside stand. $9.00 a flat… Not as pretty as peak season, as you can see by the photo, but so big and fat and heavy you can hardly carry the things to the car. Twice the amount of strawberries for less than half the price.

btw: Corky I'm not really stealing your 'food' topic...this was really in my 99 year blog plan. Really.

Well Enough Alone

Pretty Picture... has nothing to do with blog subject

I've been messing with the template again and managed to get it aaaallllllll screwed up. But I think it is just about back to normal and as there is not time to pull something out of the blog part of my gray matter............. today you get a run down on my blog links.

First up is my niece

1. KT and her husband "J" are attorneys in LA (el A) but J doesn't practice law anymore so I don't know if one could say he is an attorney...but I do. KT is also a foodie but nobody sez "foodie" anymore so she is more a fledgling gourmet and writes a pretty darn educational and (lots of time fun) food facts and recipes blog.
2. Loves Hello Kitty is the daughter my mother always wished she had. One can tell by her posts that she might be borderline OCD about cleanliness and order. She brings us some great product reviews (for us girlie girls). Her very best posts are her people observations and it gets even better when she throws in candid photos... Her obsession with all things "Hello Kitty" is waning but I hope she keeps her title.
3. W Style Magazine....gets a little 'out there'....but fun. I actually found this link exactly as it is, on another site and had to add it to mine ....because, well, you know.
4. The Pastorsbride A must read.... She is a laugh riot, and because of the nature of 'google', I think she (more often then she should.....) gets her share of self-righteous readers that do not understand her vernacular. They are looking for wisdom and recipes and instead get hilarious snippets of the ups and downs of marriage to a hunky pastor with ready made kids. Stop in and give her some love.
   

So that is the run down on my links..... I'd love to add Captain Corky but he might bring the birdman over here! (kidding....just kidding:D...birdman most welcome) besides I'd be stealing him from Femmetopia (aka Still Loves Hello Kitty) and Heidi on Vashon (one 'full of life women') ...I'm living her life...vicariously! I should link Dan also 'cause he left a comment once and we have the same coffee maker...he already has about a hundred girlfriends, he probably needs a break, but lulu* could use some props.

As for you other three readers, too shy to comment... Maybe I'll link you too... just

......Come on down.......

*click on Dan's link to find out who lulu is....

Whoops!

Where are those grammer police when you need them?

My last post title had a little 'grammar error' ....ahem...

sorry girls

why didn't someone alert me...... I can't always find these things myself you know

Well then

So it was a good thing the Grammy's put the Police reunion on in the first fifteen minutes.

I was commited to watch the entire show in the long run and I was certainly set up for it. Even though I'm as old as dust or dirt or whatever... I liked the Police and not just Sting. I liked them all by osmosis, by the music of my son's generation, by the fact that I am not a total fogy . But that's fodder for another day.
No dis to Ms. Aguilera but, she has taken her 40's look too far down the road, maybe she should dial it back a notch. Anyway, the main problem with last night's show was that it was… zzzzzzzz. . nodding... nodding..... boring .

I'm still in a fog over it all. yawn