Well, it’s another “Girls’ Weekend” at the Koch house – Paul’s dad had a heart catheterization done on Thursday; everything is fine, thank goodness! Since he is under doctor’s orders to restrict his activity for the next couple of days, Paul and his brother have gone to Ballinger to feed the cows and help out around the house while he recuperates.
While he’s gone, Rebecca, Sarah, and I have big plans.
Really, really BIG plans.
We’re gonna be couch potatoes all weekend….
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Tonight, Sarah and I are going to see the Alfred Hitchcock classic “To Catch A Thief“.
I’ve gotta admit, this is one of my all-time favorite movies.
I mean, c’mon – Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, the French Riviera, costumes by Edith Head; what’s not to love? Throw in a little romantic innuendo, and let the fireworks begin…..(who knew that chicken could be so sexy?)
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I can still remember it like it was yesterday – Roy Orbison and a new young talent singing a duet on “The Tonight Show” that absolutely blew the doors off the joint. Mr. Orbison is, sadly, no longer with us, but that “new young talent” – k.d.lang – is still amazing people with her powerful voice.
I don’t remember where I originally found this recipe, but this very quickly became one of our family’s favorites – it’s sinfully easy to make, and oh, so delicious:
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Some of you may have already been warned of this…..
You’ve heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves.
My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago.. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else’s thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine?
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My dad sent me this over the weekend –
Due to the popularity of the “Survivor” TV show, Texas is planning to do one entitled: “Survivor – Texas-Style!”
The lucky contestants will all start in Dallas, drive to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, then over to Houston and down to Brownsville.
They will then proceed up to Del Rio, El Paso, Odessa, Midland, Lubbock, and Amarillo.
From there they will go on to Abilene and Fort Worth.
Finally. back to Dallas.
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Sometimes I hear a song and I HAVE to find it….
Paul and Sarah were watching Kill Bill, Volume 2 last weekend, and this song played as the credits rolled. Thanks to the Internet, I was able to find a list of the songs on the movie soundtrack, and from there it was just a hop, skip, and a jump to Amazon and YouTube to figure out which song I was looking for.
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Just a couple of kids…..
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It started in a lecture hall at Texas A&M University in January, 1979. Yours truly was a freshman who started out in Pre-Med, but after one semester – and a tearful call home – I had decided to change my major to one which involved more math: Civil Engineering.
Well, the powers that be in the Engineering department told me that the Calculus class that I had placed out of as a Science major wasn’t really “the same as” the one they wanted Engineering majors to take, so I had to start all over again. I hadn’t changed my major until the spring semester started, so I missed the first “official” day of that class.
The next time that class met, I was sitting in a seat in the lecture hall, feeling quite lost since I didn’t know the professor’s name, office hours, etc. Some guy came in a little late to the class, looking all harried, and sat down in one of the few empty seats – right next to me.
On Valentine’s Day, some people send their sweethearts flowers, give them a romantic card, get them candy, and/or take them to a fancy restaurant where they tempt them with expensive food and drink.
….We’ll discover foods that even vegans have forsworn…..
As anyone with food allergies knows, navigating restaurants and grocery stores can be a real challenge – especially when you are first starting out. When Rebecca was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2008, we got a crash course in gluten-free living and “Alternative Foods” – it’s been a real education!
I have to give credit to all of our friends and family – they’ve been very patient with us on this journey, and they are always sending us stuff that they think might be of interest to us. Yesterday I opened my e-mail and discovered this link from one of my Cyberfriends***:
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The Fat Lady Has Sung
