Passover came & went without me. I was sick all week-end. Probably just a sinus infection. The NyQuil worked & the DayQuil worked. Did a lot of sleeping. Lewis & Alex went to Lewis's parents' on Saturday for dinner. We were supposed to have dinner at our house on Sunday, but no one wanted to get close to our house. I don't think a sinus infection is contagious, but everyone else does, apparently. So I was alone for both days. Just Sparky & me. We didn't even have quality girl time. We only had sleeping time. I would sleep & Sparky would curl up against me, probably feeling sorry for me. Lewis & Alex brought food home for me. I love Sevilan's cooking. Lewis made the spinache latkes & the charoset. I was supposed to make those 2 items (as they are the only Passover foods I can make), but again, no one wanted my germs near their food. So I stayed in the bedroom & Lewis did the work. Friday night he brought home vegetable egg fu yung for me. I love that. I had half of it Fri & the rest on Sat for lunch. Egg fu yung is highly under-rated. It's a really good meal. I even made it myself once. I started feeling a lot better on Sunday afternoon. Didn't have to miss any work.
Well, I did it. Got hooked & bought the computer version of Boggle so I can play every minute of the day if I so desire. I love that game. I also have the computer versions of Trivial Pursuit & Scrabble. Seems when I sit at the computer playing I lose track of time & forget to eat. That is now what I call the great computer diet. Just keep me supplied with ice water & I'm happy.
I downloaded the Trivial Pursuit to my Palm Pilot. When Lewis & I sit somewhere waiting for Alex we play that.
Alex has been doing very well in track. The first meet he ran the 100 meter & the 400 meter relay. It's amazing to watch my baby boy run past kids. Who knew he could run that fast?! At practice after the first meet he beat his best time. This is a whole new world to him. He's always played basketball & baseball. He loves it. He's sure in good shape ! Maybe he'll be playing tennis with his dad one of these days. He took tennis lessons for a while when he was younger but never seemed to get into it as he did the other sports. When his cousin Natalie comes over to spend the night they do play tennis then because Natalie loves it. Lewis plays tennis every Sunday morning & has for about 14 years. With the same group of guys he plays poker with. They even play in the summer. 7:00 a.m., but it's still about 90 degrees at that time. That's just crazy. But they're fanatical about it.
Having some iPod trouble. Again. I don't seem to get along with my iPod very well. Don't know what I keep doing wrong, but at least this time I didn't lose my entire library of 1,400 songs. I still haven't completed putting all of the songs on that I lost last time. I have about 700 songs in the library now & on the external hard drive. So I'm taking an iPod break for a while because this is really maddening. I will get back to it in a few days when I'm not so mad at it.
Rosalie & I tried the new neighborhood bar, Temple Bar & Grill. (I guess if "grill" doesn't have an "e" after it, you can expect it not to be so fru fru). It's a nice little neighborhood sports bar. Only been open since Feb of this year. There were families in there eating & playing games out on the patio. It's not one of those singles places; just a nice family place. They serve what I call "comfort foods" - - mashed potatoes & meat loaf, fish & chips. That kind of thing. They have a good selection of appetizers that you don't find at a lot of other bars. We had our standard - margaritas. Funny, but they don't have a blender in this bar. So you can't have a blended margarita. They were good anyway.
You may not know this, (& you may not care), but I am a mystery shopper. Have been for about 9 years. I get emails from mystery shopping companies whose clients are bars, restaurants, retail stores, etc. I can choose to accept the assignment or not. And hope I get my response in before someone else gets the job. Lewis & I like doing the restaurant shops. We've had brunch at the Cheesecake Factory several times & once at their sister restaurant, Cafe Luxe. Lately, I've been doing breakfast shops here at my office cafeteria at American Express. Talk about convenient ! The pay is good & I get paid for what I buy up to a certain amount. The amount I'm allowed to spend is always very reasonable. I have only taken a few of the retail assignments. Prefer to do the restaurants. Z'Tejas was good for dinner too. It's free to join these Mystery Shopping companies. If you would like any of their email addresses to register, just let me know. I have a whole list that I give to anyone who is interested. And no, I don't get any points or money for referring anyone. You don't even have to say you were referred. It's really a great way to get some free meals -- plus get paid a fee for doing it. I am registered with about 12 companies. Sometimes you may get an unsolicited email advertising a mystery shopping company. Just send $29 & they'll send you all of these lists. Don't do it. You don't need to spend a dime to register with these mystery shopping companies.
It's almost Cinco de Mayo. Best time of year to party in Arizona. I remember one year when Alex was about 8 or 9 years old, he had a baseball game on Cinco de Mayo so we turned down an invitation to a Cinco de Mayo party. After his game, we went to this little Mexican restaurant in the neighborhood for dinner. Seemed like his whole team was there with their parents. He knew every kid in the place. I am planning a Cinco de Mayo lunch here at my office. I've convinced 2 people to make homemade guacamole. I'm bringing a blender & someone else is going to bring the ingredients for virgin margaritas. Has to be virgin. This is a place of business, you know!
My boys now have their tickets for New York & Israel. They are planning on seeing a Yankees game during the 3 days they're in NY. It will be Alex's only chance before the stadium is torn down next year. He's always wanted to see a game there. My dad was a major sports nut - - every sport, every season. Now I have one of those on my hands. Alex talks sports stats just like my dad used to. It's a totally different language to me, but he's very excited about it. Lewis, Alex, my brother-in-law Dennis, & my nephew Adam are all on the same wave length as far as sports go. Alex is more excited about the Yankees game than he is about going to Israel.
I think Lewis told me they were planning on seeing a play also. Three days isn't enough time to do the whole New York tourist thing, but they're going to try to fit as much in as they can before leaving for Israel.
Friends Ron & Jill (who live iin NY) recently got married. Ron lives in NY & is a childhood friend of Lewis's. They've known each other ever since they were little kids. Ron was in our wedding - - which was almost 20 years ago. May 1 will be our 20-year anniversary. No, it doesn't seem that long to me either. Where does the time go!? And here we are with a 14-year old. When Deb & I went to the yard sales on the 12th, she said she couldn't believe it had been 20 years since she was in my wedding. We don't feel old, but time keeps moving on. How does that work?
If you're out of state, you may not have heard that last night was another siting of mysterious lights in the sky. UFO. Eleven years ago, my friend Martha was in her front yard in the evening watering her plants. She looked up & saw what is now referred to as "The Phoenix Lights." It was visible for about 3 hours. Never an explanation. You won't believe this, but last night, again, Martha was out in her front yard watering her plants, she looked up & there it was again - - 11 years later. This time it was only visible for about 15 minuts. Luke Air Force Base said they had no aircraft in the sky last night. Sky Harbor Airport air traffic controllers saw it but didn't know what to make of it. No one is taking "credit" for it, but at least they're not telling us it's a weather balloon like we seem to hear & read about too often. I'm still amazed at Martha. How many people see UFOs in their lifetime? Mostly none. But Martha saw it twice. She called her daughter Sheila. Sheila grabbed her video camera & recorded it. She didn't look at the recording yet so she doesn't know if it even came out. I'm going to call Martha tonight & see if Sheila looked at it yet.
Won't be too long before Nick & his wife Ann are back in Phoenix. Dragging a U-Haul & their dog. He got a great job with The Boulders Resort. (Nick, not his dog). His background is in resort management. It was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. Mom is thrilled he'll be back here ("where he belongs" she adds).
We rented the movie "The Number 23" a few nights ago. Not too bad. Not too great either.
That's it for now.
Hugs,
Candace
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