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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Fun with Pictures

I made a seared scallop salad for us yesterday for dinner. It was just a plain green baby leaf salad with carrot matchsticks and a tomato from our garden with shredded sharp cheddar. Here's a shot of the scallops in the saute pan. I did them simply with butter, a touch of garlic, some salt and cracked black pepper and a quick shot of lemon to finish it up. Then I just sliced them up and put them over the greens and added some croûtons. YUM!!

This shot is taken with my new cell phone. It's a Samsung Slider and I love it! I think the picture quality is pretty darn good!

Here's a fun shot of the house I took yesterday with my cell camera. I played with the editing options on this one and chose the "milky" look. Kinda cool, I think! Looks like it's part of a dream.

Here's the same shot, cropped and in sepia. Looks like it was taken 100 years ago! Fun!

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Thanks!! Connie

Sunday, July 13, 2008

More weight loss pictures

This is my before and after video I made back in March.

Me in a robe I USED to wear.

I could barely button this up then...

Now, we BOTH fit in it!!

I have now lost a total 260 pounds!

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

July 4th tripity, trip! Food, fun and folks!

This was our annual July 4th lobster pot! Sunday we gorged ourselves on Lobster, corn on the cob, and fresh strawberry pie ala mode! YUM!!! We had Mom down and our friend "D" came over and ate with us too.

"P" house and puppy sat for us while we went to Peaks Island Thursday afternoon, stayed over one night and then back home.

She REALLY helped with painting the double living rooms downstairs! More pictures of that coming soon!

Last fall we went to a benefit (for George Carman who suffers from cystic fibrosis) motorcycle ride and pork roast. I won a gift certificate for a nights stay and a dinner voucher at the Inn on Peaks Island.

It was simply wonderful!! Gorgeous weather, beautiful views, delicious food, yummy drinks, fantastic company (smooooooch -----> sweet meat) super comfy king size bed, pristine room with a luxurious jet tub - simple divine!!!

This is The Inn on Peaks Island, where we stayed on the third. GORGEOUS!!

Arriving on the island.

Nancy and I on our private deck.

The king size bed!

The view from the couch.

Heading back down to the dock Friday morning.

Us waiting on the ferry.

The ferry we rode over and back.

A video on the ferry back to Portland.

Some of Augusta's fireworks. Taken with my new phone, a Samsung Slider.

More fireworks, even more pics and videos HERE.

Hope you all had a WONDERFUL holiday!

Monday, June 30, 2008

Bites....

of food and fingers!

This is a quick, easy and YUMMY supper dish I made yesterday! It's simply a layer of frozen cheese ravioli and some frozen meatballs, in this case they are turkey balls!

Then I chopped up a Vidalia onion and an orange pepper, then poured over the top a jar of Hannaford brand basil and garlic tomato sauce and sprinkled some salt, pepper and chopped parsley and mozzarella on top. I baked it at 400° for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown and delish!

YUM!!! As you can see by the pic, it's over half gone!!

Saturday at work, I got bit by a rat. A pet rat that was a customer return because it was aggressive. I think the kids terrorized the poor thing!

I'd dealt with feeding and cleaning the rats habitat in the isolation room all week with no problems from the rat, until Saturday morning!

I reached in to get the food dish and BAM! it streaked over to my hand and muckled right onto my finger and wouldn't let go! Yeouch!! I reported it to my supervisor and ended up going to the ER.

I got back to work about an hour and a half later... started completing the morning opening tasks, and I realized my finger was swelling, QUICKLY!! It was hurting quite a bit also! So back to the ER I went and was there until 3:30!! WOW! For a small community as this one is to have an ER that's THAT backed up on a Saturday, can we say: "More quick care medical facilities are needed!!??

AK!

NOT my idea of a FUN Saturday!

It's not infected, but the ER doc was mystified as to why it was swelling up so rapidly! He gave me a weeks worth of Amoxicillan and a few pain killers, gave me a sling to keep the hand elevated above my heart, and gave me a note for no work on Sunday and light duty the next couple of days.

So... the pain has gone away and most of the swelling too. This is a good thing.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Happy Fathers Day.

We went to lunch for fathers day with Nancy's family.

And for my own Dad... here's a few shots from an old family album...

Grammy Etta, Dad, and Aunt Thelma

Uncle Harold, Uncle Stan and Dad

Dad and Harold

Dad, ??, Harold, ?? Stan, ??, ??, ??, Teacher - circa: 1927

Happy Dad's day, Dad. I love you and miss your physical presence.