Monthly Archives: May 2012

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Warm sun

Wednesday, May 25
7:34 am Good morning!  64 and SUN!  Woot!  Here’s to sun for us all!
8:31 am Phil: Had a fabulous day.  It’s hot and warm again today.  Loving it.  Enjoy the sun!
8:34 am Fun day at work.  Then we’re off until Tuesday!  Have a fun day!
11:42 pm Beautiful night, on the balcony with cats, enjoying the night air. 
12:16 pm Sweet dreams, kid.
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Hair Growth

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
8:19 am Good morning!  Warmer 66 now, 78 later.  My hair is growing!  Have fun!
8:38 am Phil: Morning, gonna be a hot one.  Bright and sunny.  Off to check on the pool, a workout and lunch with a friend.  Hair growing is wonderful! 
9:19 am So glad you’re having good weather!  Quiet day in the office.  Not a single appt on the calendar for the entire staff.  Hope to get ahead a bit.
10:33 am Any big news from your kids?  I know it’s not possible, but I wish we could have a drink w/ them, hear their stories, so I’d see how they are like you or different.  A co-worker who’s leaving brought her mom from Phoenix to meet me yesterday – so neat to see her!
8:58 pm Did you see NCIS finale?  Just watched it online.  Nice shots of D.C.
10:19 pm Hope you had a great day. Sweet dreams, kid.
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The Mentalist


Monday, May 23, 2011
7:16 am Good morning!  Yet another 52 cloudy 60s day.  Wacky.  Hope you have a grand beach day! 
11:19 am Stuck in a mtg 10 -4. L  wishing I was elsewhere!  Hope you have sun and fun.
12:33 am Survived long mtg.  Brain working much better!  Quiet evening – saw 3 old eps on “The Mentalist” trying to clear dvr.  Sweet dreams, kid.
1:34 am Phil: Love that show.  Night girl.  Had a wonderful evening with the kids

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Yearbook

Sunday, May 22, 2011
8:03 am Good morning!  48 foggy, 50’s today.  Hope you’ve got better weather!
9:19 am Phil: 80 degrees and spectacular here!
9:26 am Yay!  Enjoy!  I’m headed out to my pal’s birthday brunch. 
3:07 pm Cleaned out a closet, found my yearbooks.  You’re right about that photo of us dancing. HOT!
3:29 pm Phil: Told you so!
3:48 pm Do you remember anything about that night?
10:55 pm I hope the Cubs will visit Fenway more often.  Sleep well, sweet man.
12:26 am Phil: No shit, they suck!  Yankees kicked some Met ass.  Been up drinking and yapping with my kids.  Good night.  🙂
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Ribs


Saturday, May 21
8:35 am Good morning!  57 fog.  Have fun!
10:22 am Phil: Thanks!  On the way! 
10:24 am Hope you have an easy trip. 
11:02 am Going to take my mom shopping for shoes.  I HATE shopping. Ick.  But there is finally blue sky!
6:46 pm Survived the big suburban mall!  Got mom to buy shoes!  Ate baby back ribs at Chili’s.  Hope you had a good day. 

2:38 am Phil: Made it to the beach.  Great to be home!
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Sparks

Friday, May 20
8:02 am Good morning!  52 dense fog, day 7.  TGIF!  Have an awesome Friday Philip!
8:11 am Phil: Hit on?  Wow!  Interesting.  Man with great taste 🙂 .  Awesome day here.  Start vacation today!
8:14 am Ooh, vaca!  You traveling?
8:14 am please please send nice weather this way!  🙂
8:21 am Phil: Going home to the beach.  Going to a concert.  Picking up a bunch of stuff I left there and putting my ass in the sand
8:27 pm Phil: 🙂 see what I can do about the weather
1:49 pm The sun came out!  For 10 whole minutes!  Thanks!  I should have asked you earlier.  🙂
7:56 pm Hmmmm… we made out own but good to know someone sells them.  🙂
[photo of storefront with the name SPARKS]

10:34 pm Seafood scallion pancake and garlic soft-shell crab at All Seasons Table!  Yum.  Hope your vaca got off to a great start!  Good night, kid.

11:28 pm Phil: Cool.  Had a nice nite
[5 texts today!]

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Hit On

Thursday, May 19
7:23 am Good morning!  Day 6 of 50’s rain.  So odd.  Hope your Thursday goes well!
7:38 am Phil: Morning!  Gonna be nice here today.  Have a good one!
12:08 am Ate Greek supper.  Yum.

avegolemo lemon chicken rice soup

Sample platter – hummus, taramosalata, stuffed grape leaves, spinach pie, tsatsiki, cucumbers, tomatoes,  olives, feta cheese and pita bread!

Classic gyro sandwich

Galactoburiko!

12:09 am Strange night, propositioned by old friend online.  Big surprise, no hint before, not interested.  Told him.  He backed off, phew.  Puzzling.

12:10 am Sweet dreams, kid.
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Special exercise

Wednesday, May 18
7:41 am Good morning!  5th day of 52 & gray, start to think of ark building.  Hope your Wednesday goes well. 
7:43 am Phil: Gray and raining here too.  Temps are ok though.  Hump day!  Hoooya
8:29 am For the man [photo of my right breast from the front]

8:56 am Phil: Very nice 🙂
4:54 pm So foggy – feels like Scotland!  Great day at work – got lots done!  Brain finally coming back.  Rah!
10:38 pm Hey kid. How goes?  Mexican dinner at a new place, Jose’s, in a funny house.   Ate a “Mexican flag!”

10:50 pm Phil: Sounds awesome.  Watching my diet, working out harder and more often. Trying to get lean for summer.  Mexican sounds awesome!
10:54 pm Lean sounds great!  I get to see a special oncology nutritionist next week, getting expert advice on healthy eating.
11:01 pm Is it too fresh to say I wish we were together so we could get a certain kind of exercise?  🙂
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Sassy Answers: TMI Tuesday

Hiya Readers!  It’s time once again for an amazing edition of Sassy Answers, where I type for  you instead of Philip!  
There are a lot of fun memes bloggers use to get to know each other and give you new insights into their personalities.   There’s the sadly missed Half-Nekkid Thursdays, holiday cookie recipes, Friday Flash Fiction, and today’s TMI Tuesday!  I usually can’t come up with answers, but today it’s about RESTAURANTS and FOOD so you know I am all over that!  If you’ve been reading along, you probably could answer for me. 
Q. You are having dinner at the best restaurant you can imagine. Do not concern yourself with over-eating, or other restrictions. We want to know what you like best. What will you have for:
1. Before dinner wine, aperitif, or cocktail?   
Iced tea please.  With two Splenda.  And lots of water.
2: Appetizer?
A seafood scallion pancake and a couple pieces of unagi (eel) sushi from All Seasons Table in Malden 
3. Soup?
Suan la chow show (Chinese wontons with spicy sesame ginger soy sauce and bean sprouts) from Mary Chung’s in Cambridge


If I’m not there, then tom kar gui (Thai chicken coconut soup) or the clam chowder from Legal Sea Foods or a cheesy French Onion Soup!  
4. Salad?
Caprese – lush fresh tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella cheese with sprigs of basil, EVO and balsamic vinegar – from La Famiglia Giorgio in the North End 

5. Wine or other beverage with dinner?


More iced tea please!  And more water.

6. Entree?
LOBSTER!  The best version I ever had was at a special private dinner at the Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowes Wharf.  Someone else had steamed it, taken the meat out of the shell and displayed it on the plate in the same shape, with a ramekin of butter.  Simple and delicious!  
7. Side Dishes?
Garlic mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, spinach souffle 

8. Dessert?

Moist chocolate cake with raspberry jam between the layers and a big glass of skim milk 

9. After dinner drink? 


No thanks.  But see below.  😉


10. Which 3 people would you invite to dinner: (must be famous, well-known, living or dead, not fictional)
– For sex appeal
It is so tempting to name a certain super sexy blogger buddy I’ve been yearning to meet… but if I only name one I’d be in soooo much trouble.  So I’ll go with Hugh Jackman… gotta love a man who acts, sings, dances, has an Australian accent and is very easy on the eyes!  Maybe I could have him for my after dinner drink? 

– For great conversation
Jonathan Carroll 
– Because you detest them
I have to break the rules somewhere so I will do it on this last question.  I don’t want to give publicity to the people who make my blood boil.  But maybe if they came to dinner we could learn something?  For a greater insight into my detestations, let’s ask the person who abandoned my dear departed kitty cat to have her kittens alone in the city.   
Bonus: Your lover brings you breakfast in bed. What’s on the tray?
BACON!  With a single fried egg sunny side up on top of a piece of toast, with an English muffin on the side and a big glass of Orange Juice.  
If it’s a holiday, a lobster omelette would wake me up right!  
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Pop over to the tmituesdayblog to see other bloggers answers! 
Happy TMI Tuesday!
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Smiling face


Tuesday, May 17, 2011
8:23 am Good morning!  Cold 48 rain again.  So I make the sunshine today!  Have a great Tuesday!
8:26 am Phil: Have a great day!  [photo of his smiling face]

10:01 pm Quiet evening, did publicity for project.  Hope you’re feeling fine.  Sweet dreams, kid.