Good morning it is Sunday 30 November 2008, Thanksgiving weekend & the begining of the Christmas shopping season, yea just what the econemy needs, more people out spending money they dont have , charging on the credit cards, ahhh yes the Consumer is always right ! hahaha, , Sorry for the delay in last Sundays post but I was sick as I have ever been , slept 19 hours at one strech, with out a Pee break , I think hahahahaha
well the bird has been picked clean & the bones are going in the soup pot later today , nothing better than a roasted bone to make soup with , company comming, hey just add a little more water to the soup, lots to go 'round .............. , Turkey salad , creamed turkey on bisquites ,turkey sandwiches, cranberrys on the side of every thing, we had my mother in law here for supper, dammmm I thought by now I would not be having to spend time with my mother in law, she has no idea who we are , she has no idea who she is , but knows for sure she wants to go home ( she has been in a elder care facility over 2 years now ) body is healthy but the mind is GONE, kind of like me hahahaha ...... well we visit a few time s a week ( well my wife anyhow, I do get there some times ) , my daughter takes the great grandsons to see her every sunday, & the old bat knows who they are , well there names anyhow, but she thinks they are her grandsons not her great grandsons , & she has no idea who her grandaughter is, she just tells every one she is the nice lady who brings her grandsons to see her................ dammmm just shoot me NOW , it is tuff when the mind is gone but the body is still strong!, I dont think I need to worry about anything like that , I will be fertilizer long before that happens, creamated with a bottle of Laugavulin in my Gut I hope !!!!! , I want that fire to last a few days hahahaha Give every one a cigar & light it from the fire hahahaha, talk about sick hahahaha..........
the weather has been a bit chilly , running about the same as the Dow Jones Industeral average, & getting lower dayly, yep just like the Dow
6 do I hear 6 ?????? well i bought a mutuial fund last summer when the dow was just hitting 14 or was it 15, maybe 16 who cares now all i know had I bought canned beer instead of the fund I would have had a better summer hahahaha , drank all the beer & cashed in all the emptys & bought more beer , all I have now is piece of paper & the computer tells me I am worth about half of what I started with..............Hey how about a bail out for ME & YOU?????
I havent been cooking much this weekend, other than the Bird on Thursday & breakfast all week , been eating a lot of eggs & some tofu , a bit of cheese & some left over turkey sprinkled in the eggs ............ what else would you eat after Thanksgiving ???? , reminds me of a joke about a wife who gets a turkey tatooed on one inner thigh & a Christmas tree on the other , , wondering if her husband wants something to eat between the holidays ........................ dammm I am one sick S.O.B. hahahahaha
the weather has been Pittsburgh weather, cold, wet, one minute sunny the next...... nothing different here , same old stuff, dont like the weather wait a few minutes , you might get what what you want....,
Steelers have been doing what the Steelers are supposed to do , 5 time super bowl champs have been back on the winning ways, well all in all & no matter how you slice it , Football season is getting ready to get interesting , as well as Pitt pulling the back yard brawl out of there respective asses ..............
This is going to be a busy week comming up, I will be on the road part of monday checking on a few accounts , & thursday I have a fund raiser in Sharon Pa for some non profit group the name escapes me right now & Friday night we are haveing a Whisky Tasting at KING BEAVER Cigars , Rums from Napal , who knew they made Rum in Napal ? we will also have a few from Dominican Republic, Barbados ,& Panama, as well as 4 different Arminac from france 7 a small batch bourbon from Maple Hill distillerys in KY. & what would a tasting be with out S C O T C H ? I requested a flight of single malts one from each of the grand regions of Scotland , Highlands , Lowlands, Campbelltown, Islands & my favorite, ISLAY , I know one thing , I will eat before hand & have LOTS of Coffee ready, the cigars are going to be as special as the whiskys, I am breaking out the Museums from R&J & a new maduro from Montecristo, the Museums retail for 30 Bucks & I will have them Friday Night for 20 Bucks , & 3 for 55 !! , I havent figured out the sale price on the montes yet, But it will be GOOD for the customers & NOT all that good for me. but if we sell a lot who cares, as long as evey one is happy, might raffel off a humidor , anyone want to buy a chance on a 50 count humi for a buck? hahaha.
I will be making soup later today so I have a lot of veggies to cut up & a kitchen to clean up after breakfast, Barb is still feeling a little down about her mother not remembering everyone, but she knew this day would come, I think she is worried that some day that will be her, all her aunts & mother have Altzhimers & it seams to run in the family so some day soon she will be in the same position as her mother , dosent seam fair but thats life ...........
I hope you all had a safe & joyfull Thanksgiving , I know i did , Good food, family & a little scotch with a fine cigar after & with coffee, my brother in law & his wife & son with one of the sons buddys all showed up for desert, , I was forced to smoke a 5 year old VSG churchill, that my brother in law brought for me , I gave him a contraband monte #2 & I think it was a fair trade almost , we stayed in the Qtr.Deck most of the evening but he had to go home & get a little sleep before he went to work at 2:30 AM, what a time to start any job !!!! he is a clerk at the post office in Moon Twp , near the Pittsburgh Airport , he is working 12 hours from now till the RUSH is over , they have a few clerks off sick , & 3 just retired & havent been replaced as of yet, so they are working short handed & sucking up the over time , he is going to need a Brinks truck to bring his paycheck home hahahahaha
I will take a little time out after I get the soup started & roast a few pounds of coffee , there is enough Kona from one more pot , maybe 2 & I will be out of the Tanzanian Peaberry by Wed. so it is time to fire up the side burner on the grill & get my formerly fat behind outside & get the coffee going, then relax in the Qtr.Deck till the boss is done with the Sunday paper ,,,,, seams like we are in a rut, but its our rut & we are enjoying life one day at a time .......... Enjoy, Vince
