Timely Tuesday - ABC's of Luckie

After checking out my daughter's blog, I decided to join in the fun. This is my first time to join and not really sure if I am doing it correctly.  I thought I would change my ABC 's. 

   Age: 57

Bed size: Queen

Chore you dislike: Mopping Floors

Dogs: no

Essential start to your day: Breakfast

Favorite color: Lime Green and Turquoise

Gold or silver: Silver

Height: 5'1"

Instruments you play(ed): Guitar, Organ and Piano

Job title: Retired aka Perfect Housewife

Kids: Two

Live: San Jose, California, USA

Mom’s name: Star

Nicknames: Lucky Ducky, Luck Luck,

Overnight hospital stays: 3

 

Pet peeve: Earring on older men with ponytail

Quote from a movie:  "If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart,

I will stay there forever" - from the Winnie the Pooh Grand Adventure movie

 

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Siblings: Two

Time you wake up: 8:15 am

What makes you run late: that extra 5 more minutes of sleep

X-Rays you’ve had:  breast, chest, knee, ankle, stomach, and kidneys

Yummy food you make:  Dream Bars

Zoo animal favorite: Penguins

 

What a fun way to blog!  I have to check out other blogs so I can do these type of fun things.  Let me know if you find others that I can join for those days when I don't have any thing to post. Thank you to Blarkness, Nora and Kasey Lynne's Blogs.

Maybe Monday - Angry Birds Addiction

Regular and Seasonal Angry Birds are getting to be so addictive that I forget to get my blog ready because I want to keep playing the game.  Yesterday, I downloaded the St. Patrick's Day version.  For those of you who are wondering what these games are about, you really have to check it out.  The seasonal version are so cute.  They have created a Christmas, Halloween, Valentines, and the latest St. Patrick's.  With the regular version, they have added a Cowboy version. Getting 3 stars is the goal for every level of every version.  Then there's the Golden Egg which sometimes hidden and hard to get.  When Gamble, our grandson was sleeping over, he wanted to play with it as well.  He is only 4 years old but does pretty good with the game.  So I have instructed him to play the ones with one or two stars and make them 3 stars.  He has done some of them and I was so excited and was screaming and I think I scared him.  I really don't mind him playing with my phone because he does a great job getting some extra stars.

I can't hardly wait for Easter to arrive as I am sure there will be an Easter version with these pigs wearing Easter bonnet and colorful Easter eggs exploding with chocolate and creams.

Sorry Sunday - Sharks lost

This is our tickets to the Sharks game last night.  It was my first time to see a shoot out live.  It was a great game but they lost on the shoot out.  For those real hockey fans, Bill McCreary is retiring and it was his last time the HP Pavilion.  We had some awesome seats.  I even painted my nails with the Sharks color, wore my Sharks golf shirts and wore my teal underwear - real Sharks fan, right. 

I took some photos and would like to share them with you.  This is our first game for this year and I am glad we had a chance to my new team. 

 

After the game, Jeff and I stopped at a bar on San Pedro Street called The Old Wagon Wheel,  I can't believe when we were carded,  I am guessing because this was more of a younger bar and they just want to make sure,  very funny, right.  Anyway, it was so packed but they had an outdoor part and since it was a beautiful night we stayed there and found a couple of empty seats.  They were great seats - we were people watching and we had fun.  After our one drink, we knew that the traffic has cleared and it was time to head home.

Simply Saturday - Sharks and Rangers

Before I talk about the Sharks, let me just share how Friday babysitting Gamble turn out.  He was dropped off by his mom around 1100 am.  He brought some cars and a new toy (a kite) still in a package.  He wanted to go to the park and play with the kite but I did not know how to assemble it and Jeff was busy.  So I had to entertain him or should I say distract him from asking me to take him to the park and fly his new kite.  We started with a bit of laundry.  I asked him to help me put the clothes from the washer to the dryer.  He got so excited when he saw some small clothes that he has never seen before.  Well, when I went shopping on Thursday, I found at least 3 new clothes and had to wash it prior to letting him wear it.  The first set was the Mr. Muscle (from the little Mr. and little Miss group). It had a muscle shirt, a short and a regular short sleeve T-shirt. The other outfit is a baseball shirt - buttoned in front with a double 00 as his number.  It will looked really cute with a pair of jeans.  Once we finished that, we did some writing and reading from his Sponge Bob note book.  He completed 2 pages and I let him choose a couple of stickers to be placed on the pages as his reward.  When the items in the dryer were done, I placed the table cloth and he arranged all the placemats on the table and we had lunch.  As a treat, I let him have one of the mini Haagen Daz ice cream - chocolate - only 1/3 of it and the rest to be saved for after dinner.  He was fine with that.  For part of the afternoon I sort of took a nap while he played Angry Birds.  He was sort of watching golf as well but it was funny when Jeff came out of his room to check on us, I was asleep and Gamble was sitting beside me playing Angry Birds.  Great babysitter.

Tonight the Sharks are at home and playing against the Rangers.  Since moving to San Jose, we have been watching most of the games, although sometimes we have to record it because there's other shows we want to see.  As for their standings, I am sure you avid hockey fans know that the Sharks in #3 in the western conference and the Rangers in #8 in the eastern conference.  Prior to coming to Canada, I did not know anything about hockey.  When I lived in Yellowknife in the mid 70's there were not that many TV channels but there was hockey coverage almost if not every night.  I guess that's when I decided that I might as well learn about the sports and enjoy watching it.  My choice of teams have changed through the years.  It started with the Bruins and then the NY Islanders - this was the team that I had the chance of meeting in person at the Edmonton International Airport.  I approached Chico Resch - goalie for their team.  He was very friendly and called all his teammates and introduced me to all of them.  I've always wondered if I kept the piece of paper where they had autographed it - would it be worth anything now? From then it was the Nordics, Avalanche and now the Sharks.  I hope we get a chance to see them at the HP Pavillion before the playoffs. 

First Friday - list of first at my age

After all the years living in Canada, visiting the USA and travelling to many different countries, yesterday was the first time I was asked if I was a CAREGIVER.  I did not want to say it, but I was profiled.  I took my mother in law for breakfast at Le Boulanger.  While waiting for our food , my mother in law got up to get something, a Filipina dressed in scrubs, asked me very quietly at first and I did not hear her.  So she approach a little closer and ask if I was a caregiver.  I responded with a smile - Oh No.  Yesterday, after tennis and golf, again with my mother in law, we decided to buy a uniform (Scrubs) for me so that the next time I take her for her appointments, groceries or any other errands, I will be in uniform to fit the profile of caregiver.  If my former coworker George would get a chance to read this, he would be laughing his head off - inside joke.  Here's what my new scrubs look like. 

Black pants and blouse scrubs

Another first for me is drinking CHAI LATTE.  While Percy was visiting us, we all went to Santana Row, we stopped by at a really nice coffee and treats shop.  I think it was called Cocola.  I did not want to drink coffee so I tried their Chat Latte.  I loved it.  So far I have tried it at Le Boulanger and at Peet's Coffee.  The one from Peet's is not as sweet.

If you recall those treats that I made for my tennis girlfriend, the DREAM BAR was a first.  I have never made it before.  When I saw the recipe at the back of the package, it sounded good but since there was no photo, I did not know how it will turn out, luckily, it was  really yummy and was sold with minutes.

On Tuesday night, it was my first time to use the BBQ.  I had to learn it step by step because I did not want to make a mistake and light myself on fire.  My teacher had the experience so the training went very well.  The chicken was tender and moist while the beef was cooked medium rare, exactly how I like it.

That's all for today, if I ever do another First, I am sure you will read it on my blog.

 

Truthful Thursday - Too Tired

Today is the 5th day of me not having my bounce.  It's not for lack of sleep, I don't think so anyway.  But even though I have lost my bounce, I still try to do my day to day activities.  Maybe I coming down with something but I don't have the symptoms of whatever it is. This is so confusing.  Sorry for complaining or did that sound like a whine.  Change of topic, please.

Last night I watch the American Idol - final 13.  The last time I watched it was when they had the 10 girls night. I was not impressed with the finalist.  The one that was looking like a young Diana Ross - sounded flat.  The one that sang a Shania song sounded very Karaoke.  Then Paul whose moves does not go with the song - Steven said he was a bit pitchy.  Pia is a maybe because she has the whole package.  James, I kinda like except for the earring. Haley does sort of Karaoke - Randy says it was boring.  The R. Kelly dude - they said he was so good - but there were parts when he was screaming - he was off.  Then comes Tia - young, pretty and has real potential - she could probably sing for Disney movies.  Stefano reminds me of Chachi from Happy Days - he could form a new boy band.  And from the Latin contingency - Karen - I think her song during the girl night where she mixed Spanish in her song was better.  Scotty surprised us, he did not look like he had that voice, but I could see him doing a tour with Carrie Underwood.  Final singer was Naima - Rhianna wanna be - no on my list. Now I have to asked Jeff to record the next show to see who gets voted out.

Tomorrow we will be looking after Gamble shortly after 1100 am, this means it will be a very long day as he is also sleeping over.  I hope to get a good sleep tonight because I will definitely need it.  Looking after a 4 year old boy who is very active and likes to play in the park and does not take a nap and stays up late - is not going to be easy but he is such a joy to have around.  I know that he looks forward to staying with us because he asks his mom all the time when he will be coming to Grandpa's too.

What Wednesday - Q's and A's

Today's question and answer is sort of similar to the Fill In the Blank Friday that my daughter has on her blog on Friday which comes from Lauren's Fill In the Blank Friday blog post.  This is one way you will get to know me more or just have fun answering it too. Here I go.

1. What's in your purse?  cell phone, blue tooth, wallet, cosmetic bag, keys, pen, tape measure, tiny box of gum, tiny box of m&m, magnifying glass, business card holder, photo of my daughter and son, blood monitoring machine, insulin, tide to go, tissue, hand sanitizer, handkerchief, purse hanger, flashlight and Rosary.
2. What's in the trunk of your car? golf bag, golf cart, recyclable grocery bags, ice scraper with brush. 
3. What's your top 10 app on your phone?  Angry bird, bing, calendar, camera, music, calorie counter, messaging, free caddie, memo, dictionary.
4. What perfume is in your bathroom cabinet?  Betsy Johnson, The One and White Linen, Happy, Ming Shui, Grey Flannel.
5. What 5 radion station do you listen in your car? 98.1(KISQ), 104.5(KFOG), 95.3(KRTY), 94.5 (KBAY), 98.5(KUFX).
6. What are your cleaning buddies? Dawn for normal dish washing, Cascade tablets for dishwasher, Gain for laundry, Target brand for softener, Bounce for dryer, Scrubbing Bubbles for bathroom, Windex for glass and Febreeze for air freshener.
7. What's under your kitchen sink? garbage can, recycle container, small brush & dustpan, dust swifter, basket of cleaning products.
8. What's in your snack basket? Boy Bawang Cornick, David's Sunflower Seeds Chili Lime, Dried Plums, Blue Diamond Lime Chili Almonds, Kettle Crinkled Potato Chips -Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper flavor and Tamarind in a spoon.
9. What ice cream is in your freezer? Haagen Daz -Vanilla Swiss Almond, Mint Chip, Creme Brulee. Single serving size: Coffee, Vanilla, Raspberry, Strawberry.  A couple of  gelato - Chocolate Alba Hazelnut and Alphonso Mango.
10. What's in your liquor cabinet: Tequila, Vodka, White and Dark Rum, Kahlua, DiSoronto, Frangelico, Spearmint Schnapps, Soho Lychee, Root beer Schnapps, Triple Sec, Amaretto, Creme de Menthe, Midori, Peppermint Schnapps and Sambucca.  Some drink mixes - Margarita, Mojito, Bloody Mary and Spicy Clamato.

I really could not think of a closing for today's blog, so please have a great hump day.