Saturday, July 9, 2011

Looking for fun in all the wrong places...

Where can a Hubby and his gal pal, me, go for a good time these days?
Oh yea, we tried the usual haunts, The Cultural Center with its Christmas in July bazaar, a yearly event for over forty years, but even going through that twice took less than two hours. And their eatery was having barbecue and for us right now that is a no, no, in the cholesterol and blood pressure wars.
And so we moved on trying to think out of our box of our five square mile radius of the have everything for our needs tiny world and we drew a blank, since I think we have seen it all more than any man or woman would like to admit…and no new events were advertised other than the one we attended.
But lunch time was hovering closely and so we went over to a restaurant that told us previously that they would conform to our dietary needs if ever we informed them when we arrived and chose a menu item that could be adapted to what we had in mind, and so Jimmy’s Grill got our bucks for that mid-day munch. They had just what the doctor ordered, yep literarily, low sodium and low fat, broiled flounder and broccoli and cauliflower steamed with tossed salads and dressings on the side. Hubby did stray a bit with mashed potatoes but not smothered in gravy, since he took that gravy on the side and used it sparingly. I on the other hand had the rice pilaf with a few carrots tossed into it and no sauce or gravy involved at all. I chose the lemon for my condiment for my veggies and fish while Hubby went light on the tartar sauce, just a smidge. You see, moderation is the key in all that any of us should do when trying hard to comply with what our body complains about, huh?

From there we thought we would see if our Charlotte Harbor Beach Complex had any goings on, and no, not a thing…I suppose since the cutbacks they have… wait for it… cut back!
And so from there we came home to the same ole same ole…TV movies and computer games, since my nature girl life is still on hold until we get a break in the weather, like if it should moderate to a nice seventy-five degrees with a less than fifty per cent humidity (in reality that may be in November or December) then and only then would I really consider even with my best vest, cooling that is, which I did wear again today; it does work sufficiently well, but can only do so much…I think I still need some type of head gear to keep a cool head, yep in more ways than one, you figure that out, HA!

Actually I was quite well behaved today and the server was concerned that she too might have MS and in fact is being tested for it now, so I of course gave her some of my info that I have learned from personal experience and a web site too, and even the cashier there Aunt has MS and is using marijuana to help her. I did not ask too many details because it is still illegal in this state for use of medicinal marijuana. But I do believe it is legal in six states. I personally probably would not use it if it was legal, why you ask? The munchies of course until I get rid of some BIG TIME LBS I think that I would have to bow out of that pain relieving remedy, ha, oh darn! And I have not investigated about that cooling hat yet, but I really should, shouldn’t I?
A short return to that discussion about medicinal use of Mary Jane as some call pot, even when I was a teen and then a college student in the sixties and early seventies I smoked cigarettes and I would then be offered the joints and my stock answer would be; I smoke cigarettes that’s bad enough; don’t you think so? And usually the offerer would beg off.

I look back on those years with a bit of pride for my ability to resist temptations but sadly I did smoke cigarettes until 2006 and this Monday it will be my fifth anniversary of quitting those cancer sticks, yea! I hear tell that most who smoked pot were compromised brain wise although most of the ones I know who did try it out, the pot, while away at school. I commuted perhaps that is another reason I didn’t, they are just fine today and none the worse for wear and many never took up smoking the other weed that does cause cancer, oh well, who knows… life is just one experiment after another and we are just the lab rats, huh?
Gosh who said that?
I did.
Nah, someone more intellectual than me, for that I am more than sure… any-who…
And with that bit of ridiculousness let me be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you kindly to count those blessings and to share those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?


PS Farewell Betty Ford a woman after my own heart with her honesty and openness and outspoken ability before it was cool to ‘Speak your mind!’ She made women check their breasts for lumps and by doing that helped women not feel odd about caring and saved many lives and her openness about her own prescription pill addiction made others know that they should get help, what a great gal who saved many lives and yes she will definitely be sorely missed by us all!

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