I should be working, haven’t done much of anything today….not good. But screw it….being working nonstop for 5 days.
It is a stunningly beautiful day out here….sunny, in the 50s, we can see Mt Hood clearly…..I so love living here…..but it did start out windy as heck this morning. Which put a wrench into our plans. We were going to do small hikes in the area after the gym, but it was windy yesterday through this late afternoon.
It was bad last night. We didn’t put out the recyclables and trash last week due to wind, since it was not AS strong and it we couldn’t wait another week, we put it out. The trash & recyclable containers that WM supply have bungee cords on them to hold the lid close, so we thought we were good. Well, the trash was fine, but that had 60# of cat litter to weight it down….the recyclables….not good at all. Only after being out for 3hrs, we found the container 20ft down the road and open. NONE of the recyclables were in there and we couldn’t find them any where. There was so much papers, magazines, cans, boxes, paper cups……I feel so guilty that our stuff has littered all over of the place, but we can’t find it at all. The winds were a steady 25mph with gusts up to 35….so it is gone.
Since we didn’t go for our hike, I was going to get my nails done. But the saloon is remodeling and it is taking a little longer then planned. Hopefully, they will be able to get me in tomorrow. Thinking of going for turquoise and hot pink. Don’t wear my turquoises or greens much since we moved here, too many people think I’m a Duck fan……lol I like the Ducks, but I will always be a Boilermaker 1st and a Big Ten supporter 2nd. =) During football season, my nails are usually Purdue (& Saints) or Colts colors. Do a lot of purples during off season. =)
We had to disable the comments on my blog due to psychos who don’t understand freedom of speech…..get a life. My blog isn’t for you anyway.
We finally found a place to get gyros……I haven’t had one since Florida…over a year and half. We found them at a small cafe down the road, that serves the standard the cafe stuff, but the owner is Greek and offers them made with fresh ingredients. They were excellent and came with some really good potato salad.
I’ve been looking for a local place for gyros since we got here, don’t want to head into PDX just for a gyro craving……lol In Florida, I use to get them from a Lebanese restaurant called Cedars Cafe the owner made excellent fresh food and refused to us the more modern appliances if she felt it ruined the food. I went there so much, they just heard my voice on the phone and knew what I wanted and who I was. =) In Lafayette, Indiana, I loved going to Akropolis…..very authentic greek….but then sometimes when you went in there it was like a scene out of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding….the owner and family members would be around one the tables talking in greek. =) When I want ethnic food, I want to know that it is prepared by the people who know it and grew up on it….I want the accents unless they are generational americans. Everytime I get ethnic food from a “white” person who did not grow up with it, it is horrible.
I spent the weekend working on payroll. Of course, took time out for the Super Bowl…..grin Harold was pulling more for the Cards, I the Steelers…but we would’ve been happy with either one. We just wanted a good game. And it actually was a good game….it is a NFL record….3-4yrs of good games. =) I hate blow outs and they bore the hell out of me. The commercials weren’t very good this year, much better last year. Springsteen did a great show and looked like they had a blast, which makes it much more enjoyable.
We finally got word from our property manager, the owner agreed to extending our lease to Feb 2012! I love the fact that we won’t have to move for 3 yrs. The owner is allowing us to paint the walls, within reason, without having to repaint them beige. That is just relief. We are getting too old to be moving all the time….especially now that we found a spot that we are happy with.
We are still getting use to being proud of our President. It is so nice to say the President without cringing. And we actually have a President that takes responsibility for his screw ups.  You sure didn’t hear it from Prince George…..Clinton never really took responsibility for his, neither did George HW and Reagan sure in hell didn’t.
I’m really tired of hearing about Palin….I wish she would drop of the face of the earth. Totally makes Alaska look bad…..she is like a horrible accident that you can’t help but stop and look…..ggggrrr You can add Cheney to that wish, just shut the hell up…at least Darth Vader had redeemable qualities……
The kittens are getting bigger and chunkier…..lol They love getting into things and causing grief, but they are so damn cute…….grin..it is hard to yell at them. Reggie and Drew love sleeping next to me. They have 2 spots that they trade off on, one sleeps between my feet and the other next to me. The females, Alexis & Sakura, don’t sleep with us very often. Sakura normally sleeps on the small cat tree at the end of our bed and Alexis usually goes downstairs if she isn’t in the office.
We got more of our Boston Legal dvds from NetFlixs, so we will be watching those around our LOST tonight….maybe I’ll get some work done while watching it. =)