We were glad we got such nice comments on Gerard's humorous Friday video post and were touched by the concern some showed by their comments. If you haven't read the comments, you should. As suggested by Rebecca, this is our follow-up post after we did our food shopping on Saturday to let you all know we really aren't starving.
We added more ice cream: Turkey Hill's chocolate marshmallow, chocolate peanut butter and party cake.
Trail mix, V8 juice, 12 packs of gum (this should last us for 2 weeks), more cereal, more Fiber bars
We also have some bakery sitting on our counter too: raspberry oat bars. So, if you plan to visit us, it's best to come early in the week. (We had peanut butter and jelly too on Friday, but Gerard forgot to show you that.) If you missed seeing Gerard's video and want a laugh, it's just the post before this one.
How often do you grocery shop? Do you pretty much get the same things every time?
Gerard told me he wanted to do a video for our blog so I followed him to the kitchen and this is the video he did. We usually only buy food that we need for the week but I guess he thinks we should get more. He doesn't mention in the video that the big bag of dog food is almost empty. We have to get some more tomorrow. Hope you got a chuckle from this and don't run out of food at your house!
This week I can look out my bosses' office windows and see the filming of scenes for "The Avengers." Monday we heard explosions and this is the video from Cleveland.com showing what we saw from our office. It was strange seeing NYPD police cars in front of our building too! I heard they filmed it here in Cleveland because the city was willing to block off streets for them and New York wasn't.
What interesting thing can you see from your window?
Go Browns! Go Patriots! Go Bucks!
Browns
It was fun watching the first pre-season game last Saturday and seeing how well the offensive line did. Our QB, Colt McCoy went 9-10 on passing during the first half when he was in and they scored two TDs. I know it's only pre-season and the Packers were not probably doing the best they could, but still, it's nice to beat the champions and winning always feels better than losing, even in pre-season. Colt McCoy wrote a book that we have ordered from the library.
600 Home Runs!
So glad Jim Thome (former Cleveland Indian) hit 600 home runs--he's a player who has class and always plays hard for the love of the game! He's one of my favorite players so just had to post about this!
Vocabulary
My new term I learned this week is SWAG. Did you know it stands for "Stuff We All Get" which refers to free things? I didn't either until I read "It's Really Over" at Controlling My Chaos.
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I went to the shortest graduation party ever last Sunday. I left at 3:30 and got home by 4:00! The party was only about three minutes away from our house which was for two sisters but I only knew one of them. It had just finished pouring rain and so when I got there, everyone was inside, all 9 adults and a couple little kids. I brought a card but they weren’t expecting any so didn’t have any designated spot. Someone brought over a cardboard box and said I could put it in there, but I was afraid it would be tossed out by mistake. After all, I had included a check in the card so really wanted some assurance the graduate would get it. I couldn’t give it to her myself because she was out of town and missed her own party!
I only knew one person there, the younger sister so chatted with her some. I did enjoy meeting their two dwarf cats who came over for me to pet them, the highlight of the party. They were normal size except had very short legs. I never saw cats like that before and liked petting them up. Their fur was very soft and fluffy. The mother kept telling me not to feel like I had to stay so I left after about 20 minutes before the burgers were even grilled. I stood the whole time because it wasn’t a big place and I figured I wasn’t going to stay very long.
I’m not sure who felt more awkward though, me or the hostess. It was just strange.
This is in response to Mama Kat's Workshop prompt to write about an awkward moment.
I hated to see Jim Thome leave the Cleveland Indians, but understood why he did it. He certainly had the right to go to the team that would pay him more. He is a powerhouse! I am so happy that he got 600 home runs and did it without steroids! He is such a nice guy from Illinois, a farm boy. A clean cut, All-American sports hero and a great role model.
When he was on the Indians, he was one of my favorites. He got his 599th and 600th in the same game! Only four others in 100 years of baseball have done this who did not use steroids: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Ken Griffey Jr.
