Here’s That Rainy Day
“But I was supposed to play tennis,” Admin says.
“Not going to happen,” Spence says. “And I hear you’re wearing non-matching tennis shoes, one black, one white. What’s up with that?”
“Not talking about it.”
Welcome Gaya from Rio, Harley (with his interesting life story), Sammy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibv0JX5jQ5w
Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, tennis
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9:30 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good Morning Everyone!
Chet, Spence, Admin,
It’s raining here too.
How did you know?
btw – Love Ella!!!
9:33 am on June 2nd, 2012
I’d like to know why Spence is wearing non-matching tennis shoes.
Good morning Bear and all.
9:35 am on June 2nd, 2012
I’d like to know why Spence is wearing non-matching tennis you know whats. (I forgot and my first comment is being moderated.)
Good morning Bear and all.
9:39 am on June 2nd, 2012
Me too!
I love Ella.
I have to catch up with all the new Friends of Chet.
9:48 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good morning, sorry about the bad weather. It is nearly perfect here this weekend. No wind, 70’s today, 80’s tomorrow and sunny. Love it!
We would also like to know about the mismatched you-know-whats. Thanks for the reminder, Bee.
Dryer fixer guy coming later this morning. Heading into town for errands. BBL.
10:09 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good Morrow All!
Rain, rain, rain . . . got a message from The Royals’ Mum:
Carpola!
It’s raining, it’s pouring
The old man is sworing
Its gonna be a looooooong day
Not sure when YSAS and Hamlet are arriving. They better bring jackets!
Take care Rose! If the Smoochers are like my Pack they are all asleep in this weather.
10:11 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good Morning All!
I have mismatched socks (that’s the way they come) , but I’d like to know about the mismatched tennis you-know-what. Maybe I can make my own fashion statement. Rainy and cool today.
Chet has made lots of good-looking new friends! Love that Harley!
10:12 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good morning, y’all! Mom’s getting ready to head into town — she’ll be working at her library’s booth at the state library’s Storyfest — Marc Brown (author of the Arthur books) and Denise Fleming are going to be there! She’ll be spending several hours signing people up for summer reading. Have all y’ll signed up for your summer reading programs at your local library?!
10:13 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good morning All!
Put us on the list of the “need to know’s” about the mismatched tennis footwear.
Storms are all gone and it is a beautiful, albeit breezy and cool, day here. We are loving it.
10:13 am on June 2nd, 2012
Good morning All!
Put us on the list of the “need to know’s” about the mismatched tennis footwear.
Storms are all gone and it is a beautiful, albeit breezy and cool, day here. We are loving it.
10:14 am on June 2nd, 2012
WOW! We swear we only hit the Enter button once. How’d we get the DD ?
10:15 am on June 2nd, 2012
Barb!…Check your SDD pronto tonto!…grunt!
10:16 am on June 2nd, 2012
Barb!…Check your SDD pronto tonto!…grunt!… Oh crap she left to do errands…wheeze!
10:16 am on June 2nd, 2012
Swear!..I swear I hit the button Twice!…heh!
10:25 am on June 2nd, 2012
Dawson: As of right now, the Yankees are underdogs as well. So I have to stay true to New York! :). And how about Johann Santana? The only Met in 51 years to hurl a no-hitter!
Rebecca, there was a secret message for you too early Friday morning! BelleStarr heard about Ice-cream and cake, and decided she wanted some too.
The Smoochers are on their way home. Parting is always such sweet sorrow.
June 15th, lightning bolts strike again!
10:28 am on June 2nd, 2012
Rose – I have mismatched socks too. Love them. Wear your mismatched socks with some mismatched tennies and you will start a new rage. Pretty soon everyone will be wearing them.
10:31 am on June 2nd, 2012
Rose – It turns out Santana had help from the ump. Instant replay showed the ball that was called foul really was a fair ball.
10:36 am on June 2nd, 2012
Mom understands about the mismatched tennis s-h-o-e-s. She put on mismatched s-h-o-e-s once and went out into the world. It is easy to do if you are mom or Admin.
Will the Royals’ art show go on in the pouring rain?
Melanie, Let us know how YSAS is doing after his injury yesterday.
Rio, The Rockies are playing an afternoon game today.
10:50 am on June 2nd, 2012
Wiber-H:Someone here went to work in slippers(!) one time…does that count?
MollydPop’s Mom: Mismatched shoes AND socks…sounds like a winner!
10:52 am on June 2nd, 2012
Yippee!…Her mother has left for the day!….Woooooo!…Its like having a Vacation today…heh!heh!…Someone says she has to run to the Post Office and mail some Items…wheeze!
10:52 am on June 2nd, 2012
Testing: The Dreaded Moderation at 10:50
11:08 am on June 2nd, 2012
What’s this? I came home to rain?
Bear! Wiber-H??? No wonder it was moderated!!!
MollysMom: Mismatched shows AND socks? Sounds like a winner!
Dear Creator please let it stop raining on the Storyteller and Golinka’s exhibit and may they have many sales today. Amen
11:11 am on June 2nd, 2012
Rio, Just got back from errands, will check SDD immediately.
11:12 am on June 2nd, 2012
Amen to Masquers prayer.
Wiber-H lol
11:13 am on June 2nd, 2012
You mean there are matched s*h*o*e*s? Pondering here.
YSAS has not fainted since the surgery. Snicker. He does say his arms are like gummy arms.
Though our radar is beginning to show the edge of what will slowly get out of here Boston looks like this . .
11:49 am on June 2nd, 2012
Golinka!…I hope she isn’t soggy…sniff!
Busy!…My friend is very excited because she has all day to work on those little bouquets without interuption…heh!heh!
11:54 am on June 2nd, 2012
Masquers – We need Rose to go out wearing all the mismatches. She lives near NYC and those people all want to have the latest thing. I live in ski country and people here wouldn’t even notice.
12:06 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Rio, Checked and responded.
Barb’s granddaughters wear Miss Matched things, too. Very cute!
12:13 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Question for those in the know. We have a ton of pea pods that are ready, and we only use them in stir-fry. Any other cooking ideas? Siber?
We also thought of freezing them in little bags. Should we try blanching for a minute or so, then freeze?
12:17 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Set down, Barb, I may know the answer to this because the guy across the street blanches. Yes, You should blance them for a minute then freeze.
You could have them in stir-fry all year long that way.
12:24 pm on June 2nd, 2012
If you don’t blanch the peas before freezing, the peas will be tough.
tee hee This is my third cooking contribution to the blog.
12:35 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Wow, Wiber H. Thanks, we are impressed!
12:42 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Siber-H: What is blanching peas?
Barb&Magpie: Did you just do that on purpose? snicker.
12:42 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Siber-H – So when is your new cook book coming out?
12:47 pm on June 2nd, 2012
B&M: What do you mean by pea pods? Regular peas that you shell? or snow peas? If snow peas, we make a delish curry chicken salad with them.
We are willing to make a wager that Wiber-H doesn’t know what blanch means! heh heh
12:56 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Mom has been catching up on things around here, but most importantly, she is finishing up things for the Summer boutique. Her neck is still sore, but the doc said that she will be feeling tip top in two weeks.
1:02 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Fellow Sibers, you more or less win the bet. I know blanch means put them in hot or boiling water. That is all I know. I don’t know how to do it.
Glad your mom will be feeling better soon, Wolfie. She has been through a lot.
Moloypop’s Mom, I am searching for a publisher for my cookbook as I type.
1:03 pm on June 2nd, 2012
WOW! The new FOC are wonderful!
1:05 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Barb, Cold pea salad is good in hot weather.
1:08 pm on June 2nd, 2012
My mom has mis-matched socks too, she likes them a lot. Dad is more boring in that regard. As regards mismatched s*h*o*e*s, my dad has done that too. However, if anyone commented, he just said thank you, I have another pair just like this back at home.
Wookie
1:15 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Oley, we are talking about edible pea pods, not English shell peas. I think snow pea is another name for them. Would love your recipe for the chicken salad.
Blanching basically is plunging them into boiling water for a minute, then puting them into ice cold water for a fast chill before freezing. The idea is to stop the enzimes that cause deterioration.
1:37 pm on June 2nd, 2012
First we had Kirky T, then Wiber-H, now Molopop’s Mom…iPaws gone berserk.
1:41 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Hi, Wolfie. We have been thinking about your mom. Happy to hear she is feeling better.
2:07 pm on June 2nd, 2012
I’m glad Barb knows about the cold water part of blanching, because I didn’t.
I had better hold off on my planned cookbook.
2:09 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Barb: I steam snowpeas for 7 minutes and serve them with butter and salt and pepper. They are also good with rice and sweet and sour sauce.
2:11 pm on June 2nd, 2012
I like Wookie’s dad’s comeback about mismatched s*h*o*e*s.
SH: I’m proud of you!
2:14 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Barb: (Forgot)–I also have snowpeas with fried rice and almonds or cashews.
2:22 pm on June 2nd, 2012
I think I remember that we’re not having an auction due to the amount of work it took last time. No auction, correct?
Is the summer boutique that Wolfie mentioned something different from what we’re doing now?
2:24 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Hi all.
Kirby – we here really like the Arthur books. Your mom is lucky to meet the author. Does she have a book recommendation for a blog summer reading program? After all, the Plunderers are an internet reading group.
Wookie – my attorney boy had driving to court clothes and in-court clothes. Once (or twice) he forgot to change into his in-court dress s h o e s and had to hurry back to the car trunk for proper attire.
Wish the new Friends of Chet would blog along with us. The more the merrier.
2:25 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Mollypop’s Mom, I believe Rio told me we may have an auction in July.
Wolfie’s summer boutique and what we are doing now is the same thing.
2:35 pm on June 2nd, 2012
BlueCat: You make a good point about a Plunderer blog reading program. As you said, maybe Kirby’s mom could suggest a book to read for the summer.
Instead of Oprah’s Book Club it would be The Plunderer’s Book Club.
2:35 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Molly’sMom: Yes, I saw the replay of that foul/fair ball. I think the umpire took mercy on Santana, and the fans. It gave Mets fans something to cheer for after 51 years. But in all fairness, Santana did have the stuff last night. I like when he got the pie in the face from Justin Tuck.
I love the Little Miss Matched socks!
Wolfie: Glad to hear your mom is on the road to recovery!
2:37 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Bear, that sounds like a fun idea.
2:43 pm on June 2nd, 2012
My earlier Moderation never was “approved”. My only question now is, why do the corrected comments sometimes end up side-by-side with the moderated one, giving us a version of the double D? That guy has a warped sense of humor.
2:55 pm on June 2nd, 2012
I went to an estate sale and I blanched when I saw the prices they wanted for “designer clothes”. I also blanched when I tried on the Gucci heels then tried to stand. Blanching is fun if limited to extremely short periods (10 – 15 seconds).
2:56 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Another flight to track! Mom’s DIL is on her way to Germany to visit with her 18 year old son who is taking university classes over there.
3:04 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Oh goodie, an auction. I found some things to put in it while I was out shopping today.
3:09 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Masquers, So where is the flight now? I think tracking planes is fun.
Mollypop’s Mom, We will double check with Rio about the auction.
3:11 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Looking for auction goodies here too…found one…now can’t locate it. Pffssttt!
3:27 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Auction!…There will be an Auction with some amazing things up for grabs….snort!…As of now we do not have a date, only that there will be one….chuffle!
3:27 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Vacation!…Is officially over…grunt!…Her mother is home already…sniff!…Good Grief.
3:33 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Yippie!! AUCTION!!!
3:35 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Siber: Gah! I’m having problems with the Flight Tracker. It is giving the take-off and arrival times, but is not showing the kool inflight tracking map. Plane left Sea-Tac at 8:13 this morning, then a 45 min layover in D.C., and on to Frankfurt, arriving at 6:48 am tomorrow.
3:50 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Thanks Masquers. Only one short layover is outstanding.
3:55 pm on June 2nd, 2012
“Blanch” is derived from the Middle French “blanchir” meaning to whiten.
4:06 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Hi everyone – we are Happy Corgis! Why?, you may ask. Its cuz Mama’s home! (whispering – even if she is kinda cranky, at least she’s home)
So, they got up at 3 am, hit the road at 3:45, driving through blinding sheets of rain and high wind. “It will be better in Boston”, they kept telling themselves. And indeed, when they got to Boston at 6 am, it wasn’t raining.
They got their whole booth set up, when it started to drizzle. So they put plastic walls up on three sides. Then at 7:30am the wind hit. And the rain got serious. Soon they were watching the rain come down sideways, and they could see when the next gust of wind would hit because they could see it pushing the water down the street. They tied things down as best they could; its Boston, and the city won’t allow you to stake the tents down. Other tents were becoming airborne. Dad was standing at the front of the tent, pretending to be an anchor and holding the tent frame to keep it from blowing over. Another huge gust tore down the street and LIFTED DAD RIGHT OFF HIS FEET.
Thats when Mama said “To h-e-double toothpicks with this!” She started packing and Dad went to get the van. The show producer came over to ask them not to go, but just then the city engineer guy came over and said “No electricity for you!”. Then a couple of backhoes drove onto the show grounds – seems they were there under contract with the city to dig up a couple of places, one of which was directly where Mama’s booth was, to plant trees.
The show producer knew when he was beat – he officially closed the show and sent everyone home.
So, they drove home with everything wet – especially them. (don’t you just hate the smell of wet human?)They put the heat on full blast, and the 70’s radio station full blast, and sang bad disco songs all the way home.
Then they stopped at Costco and got asparagus and asiago cheese ravioli for dinner.
We tried to tell them – some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed.
4:13 pm on June 2nd, 2012
We just emailed the Curried Chicken Salad recipe to Barb and Maggie, as well as to Dishlickers.
Now we are off to the Jollyview Jam Strawberry Festival…not sure if we will be back to the blog later this evening.
4:20 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Dear Royals: All the more for the Spring Boutique!!!
4:26 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Hello, hello, hello, hello . . . (that’s an echo)
We’ve been without electricity. For some reason the computer does not work with out it. Bummer.
It is now back and YSAS and Hamlet are arriving in a few minutes. Good thing the electricity came back or Hamlet would be sleeping on wet soapy sheets.
Wrestled with the screens in the west wing. They need help. I have held them together with duct tape. I opened on window (not used much) and the entire sill has been eaten away. sigh
Add it to the list. That list will be taken care of this summer. That go-to guy will be replacing clapboards, and now this window and then patching painting. Next summer it will be painting the entire house.
Zoe says to please fix the weather! She thinks The Plunderers can do anything!
4:33 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Alas, Zoe, sometimes even WeatherKat is powerless.
5:42 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Raining!…Its even raining here…snort!…It was beautiful this morning while her mother was gone…wuffle!…We all sat out on the patio and watched my friend cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut!cut! many different colors of paper…wheeze!…Now we are down in the basement watching the game and she is continuing to try and make Staff little Bouquet…sniffle!…Photo later if the paper-gods are willing!
Golinka!…What a day you guys have had!…snort!…I’m sorry but I had to chorkel while reading about your soggy-bottom adventure…chuffle!
6:12 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Yay Rio’s friend. I am really looking forward to that bouquet. It is to go in the part of the living room where this chair and quilt are. Heh.
The clock is going to be moved off of the tray by the bear and the bouquet will go on the tray instead. The clock doesn’t work, it was just decoration. (bears don’t care what time it is)
6:58 pm on June 2nd, 2012
AbbieTheFat!…Looks mad as hell about something…heh!heh!
7:03 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Staff!…Your Lil Bouquet is drying….sniff!…Still some finishing work to do on it but at this point she says she can move on to the next Lil Bouquet. After a break and some baseball…heh!…I believe Stover’s will be next…sneeze!
7:08 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Rio, you’re right. Abbie Kat’s ears are not facing full forward.
7:10 pm on June 2nd, 2012
T & G, Asiago cheese ravoli does sound good, but the rest of their day does not! We feel badly for them that they spent so much prep time and had such a bad outcome.
The recipe that Oleys sent us for Curried Chicken Salad sounds really good. Barb is going to make a half recipe tomorrow while she still has a lot of snow peas in the garden.
Bee thank you for your input. Fresh steamed is easy and healthy, so we will try that too.
7:11 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Mad!…I hope AbbieTheFat does not rip the Lil’ Bouquet to shreds once Staff gets it….sniff!…My friend says they are a TON of work to make…grunt!…But she enjoys doing it just wishes she could make them a tad quicker…sigh!
7:51 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Awwww!….Boogers! The Rockies lost to the Dodgers breaking their 5 game winning streak…grump!…One more chance to get the Dirty Dodgers tomorrow…sniff!
8:23 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Rio, The Rockies will get the Dodgers tomorrow. Tell your friend to wave at me.
8:27 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Hi all, Break here while YSAS and Hamlet go to see the Jambs. It’s a waterfall that is near us. Hamlet has only seen it as ice. With all the rain it should be in full spray.
We had cajun shrimp on rice. Very good.
They have kept us entertained. One story after another. snicker. Of course, I tell my stories too!
I’m saying good night now, because when they come back we will be watching something. I’ve already forgotten what it is.
TTFN
8:51 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Abbie: You do look a tad miffed. I don’t remember ever seeing you like that.
8:59 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Cheer up Abbie!
Have fun watching whatever you end up watching Melanie. Did you watch Hatfields and McCoys? Guess the viewing audience was huge, and it’s on again tonight.
We finally got Dog Tags from the library. Typical Andy Carpenter dog lunatic story. Love it! He is defending a police academy trained German Shepherd Dog. Wonder if he ever met Chet?
9:18 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Barb!….Now thats a thought!…heh!…Andy Carpenter meets Chet and Bernie…snorkel!…Hilarious!
9:34 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Luna and Belle Starr arrived home and have been napping all day. As they explain it, they stayed up all night at the ready in case Rose burst into flames. Masquers was ready to pounce and assist Rose in stopping, dropping and rolling. Luna had the fire extinguisher in paw and Belle Starr held a kink in a garden hose that was turned on full blast. Luckily, the wild fires of New Mexico did not extend to Rose.
KirkyT: Happy late anniversary to your parents.
Golinka: Well, grump. I was hoping this weekend’s show would be a complete success.
9:43 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Stop!…Drop! and Roll!…heh!snort!heh!…Thats what my friend reminds her mother to do when she is barbequing steaks and they catch on fire….snort!…Her mom is so short that she has to reach over them to turn them and with the flames and all, well…heh!
9:54 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Luna and Belle Starr are going back to camp with AJ to supervise him. Tenzing will stay with me. AJ left Tenzing in charge.
10:01 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Bella – we have kind of been in and out a lot lately. We might have missed a progress report on Tenzing….how is he doing?
(whispering -and Mama wants to know if you got her SDD messages)
10:02 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Tenzing!….Lock the Doors!…snort!
10:26 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Rio, Maybe we can arrange a meeting of Spencer and David Rosenfelt. I bet they would have a lot in common.
Night all, we are turning in.
10:34 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Meeting!…Barb I wouldn’t know the first thing about arranging a meeting between Spencer Quinn and David Rosenfelt…grunt!…They do have a couple things in common though. They both like dawgs and they are both writers….heh!…Oh and they both have a great sense of humor…snorkel!
10:46 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Mom figures that it will be summer before she gets the photos off to Melanie.
Lots of graduation parties this weekend. Very fun!
10:47 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Good night everyone.
10:54 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Golinka, I am sorry to hear about the show. This must mean that the next show is going to be fabulous!
11:03 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Yawn, Abbie wouldn’t stop keeping her ears back that day. I made her stay in the chair for a photo op and she was sort of grouchy. She has to put up with a lot sometimes.
Night all.
Rebecca, lock your doors.
11:04 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Wolfie – from your mouth to the Creator’s ear!
Thanks
11:12 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Late!…Is everyone saying Goodnight?…grunt!…I refuse to go to bed just yet…sniff!…We’ve been so busy all day and yet, we still need to relax before turning in…wuffle!…Anyone out there to talk to?….heh!
11:15 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Rio: I’m here! Tenzing is napping on the couch. He is gearing up for a week of being in charge.
11:29 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Believe it or not, MAma is still up too – even after getting up at the crack of night, driving thru the rain, setting up a booth, breaking down a booth, and driving back in the slashing rain.
Is she nuts?
11:43 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Nuts!…yes!!
Bed!…Well, I’ve been told I have to go to bed NOW!…grunt!…Goodnight
11:58 pm on June 2nd, 2012
Fine – if thats the way you feel, we’ll just go to bed too! So there.
G’night Rio
G’night Bella
2:57 pm on June 11th, 2012
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