Hi,
Wanda and I are official Saturday morning Starbucks People. Official because the kids that work there no longer ask what we want. We always take our cups (save a dime and a small tree) and order the same drink. Since I have been back from Michigan, we've been going in around 8:30 after grocery shopping. This morning on the way there I decided I was really going to treat myself. A maple oat or pumpkin scone had my name on it. I last had one when I was in Michigan.
It's no secret I have been trying to lose weight since last June. It's also no secret I did lose, and put back on, the five pounds I lost while attending to my brother. Really, the idea of eating a Starbucks scone was pretty stupid. But, they are really, really, really good. Care to guess the calorie count of a scone? You would be close if you guessed FIVE HUNDRED. It takes me around two hours in front of the Wii to burn FIVE HUNDRED calories.
Someone else is going to eat the scone with my name on it. I hope they enjoy every last one of the four hundred ninety calories.
We needed a few things at Safeway this morning. The store recently implemented a savings program, called "Just For U." Once you register for this you get a list of discounted items, some based on your past purchase history. These are one time offers and/or good for ninety days. Some have limits while others do not. An example, Romaine lettuce regular price was $2.99, our cost, $1.49. Barilli pasta, regular price $1-$1.50, our cost .92. Some things are obviously better than others. It pays to shop smart these days and this "Just For U" helps.
One of the items on this mornings list was water, and soda (or pop depending on where you are from). Even though I grew up in "pop" country I now call it soda without a second thought. Since today is "pop" (ha ha ha ha ha) quiz day, does anyone have an answer for this? Why is flavored soda (like root beer or cola) less than seltzer water? Flavored soda, to the best of my knowledge, is seltzer water with (the operative word here being with) flavor. When you figure this one out, please, let me know.
In the "She said" "He heard" file:
She said, "He was wearing hat and glasses."
He heard, "He was wearing happy glasses."
I would love to see the world through "happy glasses."
Most of our friends have heard about this fascination of mine. I hope they will excuse my indulgence. I think this is so cool and amazing it is worth repeating.
A while ago Wanda was in the back bathroom yelling, "Fairy Dust, Fairy Dust." Granted, I was in the front of the house at the time, but, Fairy Dust? So, I said back to her, "Why are you yelling Fairy Dust, Fairy Dust?" to which she replied, "Fairy Dust?" "I'm not saying Fairy Dust, I'm saying, Asparagus." Speaking of asparagus, if the produce lady at Safeway reads this, I know it's not pronounced Ass-per-gus. I was just being silly.
Here is something truly worth knowing.
There is debate about whether all (or only some) people produce the smell, and whether all (or only some) people identify the smell. It was originally thought this was because some of the population digested asparagus differently from others, so some people excreted odorous urine after eating asparagus, and others did not. However, in the 1980s three studies from France,[27] China and Israel published results showing that producing odorous urine from asparagus was a universal human characteristic. The Israeli study found that from their 307 subjects all of those who could smell 'asparagus urine' could detect it in the urine of anyone who had eaten asparagus, even if the person who produced it could not detect it himself.[28] Thus, it is now believed most people produce the odorous compounds after eating asparagus, but only about 22% of the population have the autosomal genes required to smell them
Wanda and I are both "makers" and "smellers" of asparagus pee stink. (if you aren't you have no idea what you are missing). What started out a couple of years ago as something I misheard has become a consistent companion of a dinners side dish. The battle cry, "Fairy Dust, Fairy Dust" can usually be heard twenty to thirty minutes after the delicious consumption of ASS-PER-GUS.
She said, "Didn't John have some stitches in his face?" He heard, "Didn't John have some fishes on his plate?".......he asked again, "Finches?".....she responded, "Stitches, Stitches, STITCHES."............Honestly, I don't know how she puts up with me?
My project of the day is the surround sound system. I have GOT to move the amplifier.
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