Girl Power. . . .

Miss Harmony and I drove to Filmore on Saturday
to meet mom and Peggi at "Larry's"
(for those who remember my
boycott, I did not spend any
money $$ Harmony paid)
to make a "deal"
a "swap" a whatever clandestine
sounding word you
can come up with.

Mom and Peggi got
confused. Peggi thinks
she's a LOSER and
mom thinks the world
can #$@*-off

These are the beauties I went
for. Pommies,
my favorite fruit.
I try to get to So. Utah
in October to get these
for myself.
This year it didn't happen.
Mom (being the world's best mom)
called me and asked if I
wanted to "meet" her for
a "drop" to which I promptly
said "Hell Yes!"
It wouldn't be Thanksgiving
without Dixie Fruit Salad.
(Mandi, Bev & Kendall let me
know and I can drop some
off for you- ummmmm)
There are more that this
picture indicates.

On to Part II of my
weekend and "girl power"

I had to go to the endodontist last week for a "re-treatment" of a root canal on tooth #8 (front tooth on the right) This tooth is capped with a "bridge" so I didn't want anything to go wrong. I've had a problem with this for 3-1/2 years!! Last December I had an infection and my Dentist give me an antibiotic to clear it up and said I needed to go the the specialist to have it taken care of. Well, it took me this long (an a huge pus-pocket that throbbed like hell) to get an appointment. He drained the pus-pocket and made an appointment for the "re-treat." I told him I have some "issues" so he give me a Valium to take before I come and we scheduled an anesthesiologist so I could be sedated for the procedure. All seemed to go well, I went home Wednesday afternoon and "slept it off" I didn't go to work on Thursday because my eyelids weighed about 80 lbs -EACH! Well, Friday afternoon after work I was having some "throbbing" and I was taking some pain meds prescribed for Boyd, but I didn't care - I hurt. Harmony had to listen to me the entire trip to Filmore and home about my "face hurting" I couldn't even say where it hurt. I told her I was real tired because I couldn't get to sleep because if hurt too bad. We returned home and Harmony helped me string some Christmas lights (that's for another post) I turned down the chance to go to dinner with Travis and just went and laid down in bed . . . at 5:30 in the afternoon. (I couldn't have cooked if I wanted to because that morning when I turned on the oven to bake some items for breakfast, my oven wouldn't work - the stove yes, oven no - but that's yet another post) Boyd left that evening to assist in a service project in the neighborhood to do some painting and didn't come home until about midnight. This is what he came home to.



( it got worse than this, my lower cheeks along the jawline got all puffy, and up to my eyes)

I was sobbing and he said "I had no idea it was this bad, I thought you were being a "pantie waste" and just wanted sympathy (I've been know to be dramatic - ha) I made him give me a blessing, and wow, he has a direct link to the Big Guy, because after that the pain subsided and I was able to sleep for about 4-5 hours. Sunday morning I called the endodontist and and described my face and he said to go to the ER. So away we went. I am so thankful for kind peeps at the hospital. They give me lots of good pain meds and a dose of antibiotic and warm blankets and lots of kinds words. So by today, some of the swelling had gone down, and I went to work. This morning another pus-pocket burst and drained and it was disgusting!! I've had a terrible taste in the back of my throat that I'm sure is my sinuses draining, but this one was in along my gums and I could spit it out - can you say GROSS!! So, that's that. I will post later about my lights on the deck - LOVE THEM and my fabulous repairman (Oven is fixed - Yeah)

Take your grandparents. . . . . .

Today was "take your grandparents to
lunch" day at Isaac's school.
(It was also a voting location)
Boyd couldn't go,
I could. It was FUN
I'm a pathetic blogger.
I had my camera in my purse
but did not pull it out.
In all fairness, I'm in
a little love affair with
my grandchildren. I;m
quite smitten!! When I'm
around them I just want to
make them happy.
This sort of looked like my
lunch. I didn't have an option
to have green beans or I would
have taken it. My option was
peas!! Isaac had the chicken
noodle soup, with crackers and
a bread stick. He didn't eat much
and I told him he should. He told
me "my moms soup is sooooo much
better than this."
Thank you Isaac, for letting me have
lunch with you. I met his English
teacher and his Chinese Teacher.
She had to whisper to me because
she NEVER says a thing to the
kids in english - this is a total
immersion!! I'm so impressed, he
understood what she was saying!!

I am Thankful. . . . . .

This month I'm only going
to blog about things that
I'm thankful for.
(I think. . .I hope)

Tea time. . . . .

On Saturday Miss Harmony made reservations for “High Tear” at the Beehive Tea House in downtown SLC. Her mother-in-law was visiting from Buffalo, NY and the 3 of us hustled ourselves, in the rain, into this quaint little “oasis”. It was a treat for the senses and it spoke to my soul! When you enter, you are scrunched into a small-ish area with a
array of teas and tea-service items.

The table was set beautifully. There was a goblet in the middle of the table with a brown
Blob of something in the bottom. We inquired as to what it was and our waitress (who was so gracious and helpful and explained everything in detail) informed us it was a “blooming flower” It is a dried flower with some accompanying greenery and wrapped and dried. Some hot water was poured over it and within 3-5 minutes it had expanded and literally “bloomed” in the goblet. It was BEAUTIFUL.

Looking from the top

After the scones were devoured and the lovely saucers (beautiful china that matched and yet didn’t) were cleared. A tower of tea sandwiches were set in the middle of the table. They were crust-less and filled with yummy ingredients and some were rolled in pine nuts. They were little bites of bliss – really. Not enough O’s in GOOOOOOOD.

We were taken to a back room that was average sized with very tall ceilings, perhaps 20’ tall. It had a Moroccan feel it the place. There were low tables with a wonderful collection of mismatched chairs, some were over-stuffed, some were wingback, some had a few tears with a wee bit of stuffing peeking out, some had long braided fringe along the bottom, they were all wonderfully homey and comfortable.

We ordered our drinks from an extensive tea menu, as well as some espressos and some French-pressed coffee and Italian sodas. After our beverages were delivered we had a plate of fresh warm scones (English, not fried bread) there was a lemon scone and a cranberry scone, with butter and jam. They had some delicious large-crystal sugar sprinkled on top. They were flaky and fabulous, and I wanted more more more.

The pictures are out of order, that is because of my sad blogging skills, I acutally deleted the tower of sandwiches . So Sad. This is the table before we started - beautiful and quaint and everything girly!!

This was placed on the table with the pot of tea, this is the perfect tea timer, each tea has a perfect steep time.

I loved going with Harmony and Gina. It was so much fun. Thanks Harm! The next time my mom comes up, I'm going to make us a reservation.

CAN You Believe it. . . . .

I was riveted to the television last night
watching the rescue efforts in Chile.
It was amazing, I cried.
I didn't realize until I
got in bed that I had been
holding my breath and very tense,
because when I relaxed in bed, I
was weak.
I thought of Jessica McClure
falling in a mine shaft years ago,
someplace in Texas. That
was a tear-jerker too.
Miracles still happen!

RAIN . . RAIN . . .PLEASE STAY

I gotta tell ya,
I'm LOVIN' the rain.
I could so have
it rain once
a week!!!

Ah. . . . Fall

I know it's fall when I start cooking again.
I made 10 dozen meatballs.
That's it for this winter.
Meatball sandwiches,
Spaghetti and meatballs,
Sweet and sour meatballs,
Meatballs and gravy. . . .
you get the picture,
I make enough to have
a meatball on the menu
about every other week!!!
Into the freezer they go
12 winter meals
ready!

Oh, beans with the
ham-bone from Easter.
Yeah, beans beans the musical fruit
Make your pants go rootie toot toot. . . .
Oh who cares about a toot
among friends.
Into the freezer
4 winter meals ready.
(I've already made and
froze my meatloaves
no pictures!
See what I do,
make 'em once
enjoy all winter.)

The last few tomatoes
hanging on for
dear life.

Whew, taking the lid off the
hot tub and looking
at all the scum. . . .hummmmm

Me (a.k.a. Fattie-La-Rue)
scrubbing the scummy hot tub.

Another attractive angle
of Fattie La Rue cleaning
with her butt-crack almost
exposed!! GROSS

This is the beauty
clean, filled, heated
and waiting for a cool
down so she can be enjoyed.

This is when it really
feels like fall, the Halloween
Wreath on the door. . . . .

And best of all, the candy dish filled.
Is there anything better than
a peach
a pumpkin
a mini candy bar
a bottle of Peach or Pear bubbly drink
a tall pretty glass to drink it in
and someone to enjoy it with.
Ahhhh. . . . . .Fall
I've been waiting for you!