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    May 31

    More Work Being Done!

     
    Larry "The Hunk" Handyman is installing new windows at our neighbor's house ( I want a commission, dammit!!) and we have our painters here!!  Painting the bare wood on our new windows.  And staining the inside of the new sliding glass door!  (I PROMISE I won't walk through it!!)! They do a GREAT job!!  7 windows and the door, entire bathroom and 2 walls???  $300!!!  WTH!!  You couldn't pay me!!!  If only I felt better!!  Back...  BAD!!   Arm... NOT good!   Foot...  So so!!  I am hurting!!!  Today I moved furniture, removed hardware and spackled! The rest is up to them!!  They do such a great job and work so hard!! 
     
     
    Today the weather was absolutely perfect!!  72, sunny with a cool onshore breeze!!  Everyday should be like this!!  Not exactly 'beach' weather but definitely 'Spring' Weather!! 
     
    As I said, my foot is good to go...  or at least to have the stitches removed, however, I'm still concerned about my arm.  Not responding as quickly as I had hoped. 
     
    The Mom and Pop painters are done until Monday!!  They were working for 10 hours!!  I think that works out to $8 an hour!  What is minimum wage again??  They will be back on Monday to finish.
     
    Tonight...  My FAVORITE 'Sunday' Song!!!   Darn!!  I want a front porch swing!!
     
    Tomorrow????? ME.....  25 years ago!! HAHA!
     
     

    No Post Today!

     
    Well, except for this!!  My arm seems to be doing MUCH better!  Leaving the bandage off tonight.  The furniture moving went well...... because I was under the car in the garage.... hiding!!  
     
    I'll be back tomorrow for a MUCH better post but I did want to change songs!!  Joe Nichols!
     
    Have GREAT weekends!!!      
    May 29

    MUCH Better!!!!

     
    My foot seems completely healed!  Just need the stitches taken out next Tuesday.  And my arm is looking MUCH better today!!  I have been washing it with oil-free acne soap, then surgical scrub.  Then flushing it with Hydrogen Peroxide, spaying it with pain/itch releiver and finally coating it with Silver Sulfadiazine cream.  But the big difference seems to be that the antibiotics have kicked in and I changed from sheer plastic bandages to fabric ones.  It can now breathe much easier.... and so can I !!!!  Looks better and feels better.  It itches but I think that's a sign of healing!  So forget the peg leg and hook....... and the parrot!!!
     
    We are going to our favorite Japanese restaurant tonight to sit at the bar, have a few drinks and order appetizers!!  YUM!!  Then back home for the Lakers game!!! 
     
    Tomorrow looks scary!!  We have painters coming on Saturday and have furniture to MOVE!!!!!!  I might be back in the garage!!  I PROMISE to be careful!!!  Plus, we have our niece here to 'spot' me!!
     
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    I just returned from the Japanese restaurant, Kabuki!!  Although we never have sat down and eaten a dinner there we LOVE their Happy Hours!!!!  I had broiled Mussels and Mixed Sashimi (2 orders!!)  Becky had 2 orders of Vegetable Tempura and the nieice got Sakatori chicken nuggets, Edaname and Lobster Sushi rolls!!  For drinks?  I had 2 Saporro beers and a shot of Japanese Vodka in order to toast a friend!!  Wife had two Japanese Vodka Martinis and the niece, two Diet Cokes!!  Total bill??  Less than $50!!!!  Hard to beat that!!  Plus, we always meet some really nice, cool people at the bar!!  And the staff are soooo friendly!!  It's always fun!!   Forgot to bring the camera!  Grrrr!!!
     
    As most of you know, my wife works for a major oil company!!  Well, this one guy complained that as he was pumping gas, the station turned off the pumps, raised the price by 3 cents, and the turned them back on!!  That is SOOOOOO illegal!!  Becky gave him a phone number to call  and get a refund!  Sheesh!!  As if the oil companies don't make enough money!! 
     
    I gotta go!!  Lakers game has started!!  Hope they clinch the West tonight!!
     
    More Clay Walker......Good Song!!   Then something else tomorrow!!  Maybe Mark Chestnut??  Maybe...!
     
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    Well, after trailing by 17, the Lakers came back to win the Western Championship by 8 points!! Now it's the wait to see who wins the East!!  For me, it dosen't matter!!  They will be meat!!!  Lakers have a deep bench and a great coach!!  Oh Yeah!!  And Kobe and Gasol!!  I know you all hate Kobe but he can play Basketball!!  So get over it!!  You wish he was on YOUR team!!   
     
    Wife and I had an argrument tonight!  I stated that Rascsal Flatts was the best band going since they are a trio!  Lead singer, drummer and guitar!  And yet they get this HUGE sound!!  I'm thinking that guitar player is VERY GOOD!  So I'm ditching Clay and playing my FAVORITE Rascal Flatts song!  Please Listen!!  I promise you will like!!
     
    NITE!
     
     
     
     
     
     
    May 28

    Givng It Up!

     
    No, not my space!  But people have been asking me what the deal is with my foot and arm.  I have been hesitant about telling you about it because frankly, it's embarassing.  But here goes!
     
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    Second night in Puerto Vallarta, 2:00AM, strange room, pitch black dark.  I wake up to go to the bathroom and instead of going left, I go right....... and walk through a sliding glass door!!  Small cuts all over but I severed an artery in my foot, and of course, it was my Charcot foot!!!  Becky called and three great security guards show up and try to control the bleeding.  Then they called the hotel doctor and I was wheeled to a small room and received 15 stitches.  And as usual, with my Neuropathy, no anethesia.  I spent the next day in a wheelchair but was up and (limping) about the next day.  Still ended up having a great time!  I saw my Podiatrist yesterday but it will be another week until the stitches are removed.  Here are my embarassing pictures:
     
     
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    The doctor made a 'house call' the next day/ And the security guard who stopped the bleeding.
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    Fot the rest of our time there EVERY hotel employee knew what had happened and was my 'best' friend!  Oh, and on the plus side, they didn't charge us for the smashed door!
     
     
     
    ARM:
     
    Becky bought new furniture for her office last Friday so I dragged out the hand truck and we began assembling and arranging it.  She had this huge bookcase that she wanted moved to the spare bedroom so I loaded onto the hand truck and began backing it in.  Well, hand truck slipped, I lost it and I was pinned against the dresser!!  Besides major bruises, I came away with THIS!!
     
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    Not the greatest photos but you get the idea.  Two of the wounds tore off skin to the bone.  So when I was at my Podiatrist yesterday I had him treat this too.  I just told him to pretend it was a foot!!  I got antibiotics and was instructed on how to treat it.  He's such a great doctor, surgeon and friend!!  But I don't understand why he rolls his eyes whenever he sees me walk in!  LOL!!
     
    Becky had a new 4-drawer file cabinet delivered yesterday and me????  I hid in the garage!!  I am now wrapped in bubblewrap!!
     
     
    Back to Clay Walker Week!!!
     
     
     
    May 27

    Not The Best Of Days!!

     
    Woke up at 4AM with my arm throbbbing and itching!!  Swollen and red!!  I do NOT need to lose anymore body parts!!  Especially my 'Mouse Hand!'  Luckily I had an appointment with my Podiatrist today!!  I told him to treat my wrist like an ankle!!  He checked it out and rolled his eyes!!  Worked on it (OUCH!!!) and prescribed Antibiotics!!  Duh!!  One cut is down to the bone!!  Gave me a few other instructions too!  I was supposed to have the stitches removed from my foot but that will be another week.  I will be fine!
     
    Becky bought me a roll of bubble-wrap today!!  lol  Wise ass!!  So I'm laying low!!  Oh!!  Becky had a new file cabinet delivered today and I am NOT going near it!!!!!!  It has my name on it and is smirking!!!! 
     
    So, watching the Lakers/Spurs game!!  So far, so good!!  Lakers up by 12!!  Sorry Miz Angie, but it's not over yet!! 
     
    I had to delay Clay Walker week for this song by Brad Paisley!!  Clay will be back tomorrow!
     
    Back to the game!!!  I like that the Spurs have been playing from behind ALL NITE!!
     
    That's all I have!!  Lakers won and next game is in L.A.!!!  I'm sore and tired!!  Hopefully feeling better tomorrow.  Arm looks better! 
     
     
     
     
    May 26

    Memorial Day!!

     
    I spent the day mourning the loss of many friends in VietNam.  A few from High School!  I watched one, John Haney, die at my feet!  I on the other hand was lucky....  So I set up my flag and remembered what today means.  I hope ypu all did too!
     
    So after our big party yesterday, I just wanted to kick back today!!  It was NOT to be!  A clumsy bird fell into the chimney of our fireplace!  These things have never gone well!  So I found a shopping bag and opened the flue, awaiting it's fall.  Nothing!!!   The past few times, the bird bird flew around the house with the dogs chasing it!   It also crapped all over so Becky pulled her hoody over her head!!  Never did see a bird so I think it got out on it's own!  And the dogs were SOOOO excited!!  I was NOT!!!
     
    We had tons of food left over from yesterday so we did the 'burger bar' again!  YUM!!!  Must eat something different tomorrow!  Maybe Mexican???  Tomorrow is back to business as usual which to me means not much!   I hope you all had a great long weekend!  I have tons of visits to make this week so bear with me!! 
     
    Have a super rest of the week!    Clay Walker Week!!   Deal with it!!!  LOL!
     
     
     
     
    May 25

    Memorial Day Party!!

     
    We decided to celebrate today!!  Invite some people over to do a 'Burger bar', which is really only beef and turkey burgers, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, Green peppers, cheese and a black bean salad and an Orzo salad!!  It was a great time!!  (As an aside, I'm watchng the original M.A.S.H movie..... Uncut!!  Too funny!!)
     
    Here are some photos:
     
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    MIL and niece talking things over!
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    Lena!!  Medhi's girlfriend!!  What a cutie!
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    Becky.... another cutie!!!!
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    The group!
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    Becky and her Mom!
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    Lena and MIL!!  They hit it off!!
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    Becky and Lena!
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    Me being my usual self!!
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    Mom and Lena hit it off!!
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    Aren't they cute???
     
    So we had a GREAT day!!  Lots of cleaning up to do but worth it!!  Tomorrow will be 'kicking back' time!!! 
     
    The song tonight is Rascal Flatt's latest!!  And you, my friends, DO save me everyday!!!  Thank you!  I need you all and LOVE you!
     
    Have a wonderful Memorial Day and hug a Vet!!!!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    May 24

    Rant.... Not!

     
    I had a huge rant planned but I'll save it for later!!  I watched ther BEST movie tonight!  You MUST rent it!!  'Reign On Me' with Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle!!  What a wonderful film!!  Adam Sandler in a dramatic role blew me away!!  He was SOOOO good and looked like a young Bob Dylan!!  And Don Cheadle... was Don Cheadle!!  Excellent!!  So if you are looking for a great movie to watch, this is a GOOD one!
     
    Sorry guys...... We didn't win the lottery, yet again!!  This time I played 5 games and didn't get ONE number!  But I will press on!!  Mexico!!!!!  I Promise!! 
     
    My rant was gonna be about people who wait until their groceries are all checked and bagged and THEN they decided to write a CHECK!!  With an expired checkcard!!  Assholes!!  Actually I have lots of issues at the grocery store!!  Things like "Move Your ASS", Don't Scratch Your ass before you rearraange the ice cream!!  And do Not walk thru the parking lot in front of me!!  Left or right will do!!  NOT down the middle!  Oh yeah and remove your crap from the carts!!  See??  I got my rant in!!  lol
     
    I feel better now!!  Only handed out 10 "DUDES" today and Yes, they were all 'dudes'!!
     
    Weather is still wacky but at least it's cooler!  Just light showers today!!
     
    I know that I have played this song several times before but a great song just needs to be played!!  Hope you like it!!
     
    Our Memorial Day party is tomorrow!!  We are planning a 'Burger Bar' with salads and all the fixin's!!  All of our best friends will be here except for you guys!!  My Bestest friends!!!  Darn it!!! 
     
    Well, I hope you all have a GREAT long weekend!! 
     
     
    May 22

    WTH??

     
    First off, I LOVE this Jimmy Buffett song!!  I sing it to  myself all the time!  Yeah!!  I'm a freak!! 
    But I gotta tell you, Jill and Raven can back me up!!  We NEVER get rain after April but we got big time rain today!!  Thunder, lightning and mucho rain!  We need it but how strange!  My friend Jill had a tornado close to her!!  Tornados in California are just not right!!  Earthquakes are enough!!  This weather is supposed to be here for the next few days!!  And then??  Who knows!!  Probably back in the 100's!!  But it was a nice break!
     
    I assembled my wife's IKEA furniture today and it came out GREAT!!  She is now organizsed!  I'll take pics tomorrow!! 
     
    I know that my posts have been lame lately!  I'll try to do better!!  I just have a boring life!  Damn!!  Maybe if I go to 7/11 and punch someone out???  lol!
     
    Actually.....  I have really missed my friend  Jane!  She is on hiatus and I miss her posts!
     
    What a depressing post!!  But at least the music is GOOD!! Sorry!!  Better one tomorrow!  Nite!!
     
    Hope you like this song!  One of my favorites!!
     
    May 21

    Game On!!!

     
    I KNEW this would be a great series!!  L A Lakers and San Antonio Spurs!!  What a game tonight..... if you are a Lakers fan!  Lakers were down by 20 points at one point in the third quarter but started playing defense and came back to win 89 to 85!!  GO LAKERS!!  Sorry Spurs fans!!  This has got to be painful to the Spurs!  Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol are a killer combinnation!  Add Derrick Fisher and their awesome bench??  WOW!!
     
    We went back to IKEA today to buy Becky more office furniture and we discovered that they have a restaurant,  We got breakfasts of scrambled eggs, bacon and fried potatoes for 99 cents!!  Better than McDonald's!!  The furniture looks good and is easy to assemble.  They have so many cool things there but it requires some walking!  But still COOL!
     
    It has finally cooled off here.... in the 70's It has been nice!  But I have a feeling that it's gonna be a long, HOT summer!  We will not see rain here until at least October and we have already seen 4 wildfires! 
     
    I'll try to have more tomorrow!!   I'm tired!!  Nite all...!
     
     
    May 18

    Puerto Vallarta!

    OK!!  I have been trying to post this for 3 days!!  But between my computer and Spaces,  It has been a pain in the...... Ear!!  lol!
     
    But here it is!  LOL!
     
    It was a smooth flight and when we arrived it was downright balmy.  75F with a nice ocean breeze.  We were anxious to see our condo and thrilled when we did!  Two bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, a Full kitchen, 3 TV's (with 90 channels!), a Hot Tub on our patio overlooking the ocean, a washer/dryer (instructions in Spanish), at least 12 closets and of course, maid service.
     
    Here are pics of our 'place':
     
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    The pool sucked!  Too many kids and WAY too many 'activities'!  So we stuck to the beach and our patio. 
     
    Here is our patio!
     
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    And this is the patio queen!!
     
     
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    Then there were the many beach activities going on. 
     
    Here is Becky getting into a catermaran:
     
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    And OMG!!  This is ME!!  Yikes!!
     
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    They also had horseback riding
     
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    Jet ski's
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    And the usual 'Beach Vendors
     
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    Here is Becky 'working' one of them!  HAH!
     
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    Becky was VERY relaxed!!  She needed this!  Isn't she cute??
     
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    I needed a vacation too!
     
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    And as usual, Becky insisted on taking pics of every waiter we had!
     
    Here is Javiar from the hotel reataurant.  A VERY happy guy!
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    And Luis
     
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    And Eduardo
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    and last but not least, Pedro
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    We had some GREAT meals there but the best was HERE!!  At the Happy Lobster!!
     
     
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    Lobster, shrimp and the biggest damned Crayfish I've ever seen!!  And yes, we ate it ALL!!
     
    This place, Daquari Dicks, had the strongest Margaritas I have EVER had!!
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    But of course, there were those beautiful Mexican sunsets!!
     
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    Here is the view from the right of our patio
     
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    And here is to the left  (This poor guy held that parachute up for 4 hours waiting for a customer!)
     
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    Like I said, the pool was a madhouse!!
     
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    We spent our final night downtown at an Italian (YES!!  Italian!) restaurant overlooking the sidewalk activity and the beach.  They have interesting statues erected along the main drag!
     
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    But this guy??   He covered himself in mud and posed as a statue, motionless, for 5 minutes at a time!!  When he finally moved, people would jump back!! LOL!!  What a job!
     
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    And sand sulptures...
     
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    Oh Yeah....  There ARE 'lowriders' in Puerto Vallarta!
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    Oh Yeah!!  If you go there and are really into it, go to 'The Zoo'!!  It's a wild bar downtown!!  We posed with their mascot! (Bigger Freak than me!!!)
     
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    We had a GREAT time but as always, it's good to be home!!  I missed my dogs and my friends!! 
     
    Hope you enjoyed the pics and when I win the lottery, this is where we are all going!! 
     
     P S  Sorry about duplicate pics and overlays!
     
     
    I think that this is a GREAT song!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Baseball Game

     
    I am STILL working on that vacation post but should have it finished by tomorrow.  Sorry, but I've been busy since we returned.  Today we had 4 free tickets to the Angels/Dodgers game, so we invited my Podiatrist and his wife to meet us there.  The seats were field level, about 10 rows back from the Angels dugout but unfortunately they were in the sun and it was 101 degrees!!  My doctor, being smarter than we are (that's why he's a doctor!), didn't show up but instead gave his tickets to two neighbor kids.  Becky and I had hot dogs and lemonade before the game but it was so stinking hot that I only lasted 1 inning and Becky lasted 0 innings.  She was standing back in the shady breezeway.  When we found out that my Doctor wasn't coming we said screw this and left.  After all, the tickets WERE free.  We came home, turned on the A/C and watched the rest of the game on TV.  I think we made the wise choice!  Next time??  Night game!
     
    Oh, and here's a tip:  When it's 101F, do NOT wear a wool baseball cap!!
     
    OK, back to work on that blog from hell!
    May 17

    Tomorrow!

     
    I PROMISE!!  We has a flight delay for 3 hours in..........  A Mexican Airport!!    So we got back late!!   But tomorrow I promise to post a vacation blog with LOTS of pics!!  It may end up being three posts in three days, but even better, right?  RIGHT??  Hmmmm......
    May 14

    Mexican Internet!

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    Hi all!!  I'm sitting here in the lobby of our hotel In Puerto Vallarta and have finally been able to get online!!  $25 for 24 hours!!  And It won't even work from our room!  I have 3 choices......  the pool area, the hotel bar or here in then lobby.  I might try the bar tomorrow but it's quiet, cool and pleasent here. 
     
    Tomorrow I will be posting a LONG blog with LOTS of pics.  And when I get home I'll put up a photo album.  I hope you all are doing well.  I'll be back Friday afternoon!  WAAAAA!!!!!!
     
    The weather has been Great.......  mid 80's and sunny.
     
    Take care!!!!
    May 10

    I'll Be Back!

     
    I Promise!!  I will try to post and send pics from there, But I will be back in So  Cal  Friday!
     
    I love you all!  You are my...... FRIENDS !!
    May 09

    Woooo Hoooo!!!!

     
    I'm packed and sooooo ready... and STILL cleaning!!  Our flight takes off from LAX at 11:00 am tomorrow and we will be back on Friday.  And OH!!  I just discovered that all rooms have Internet Access!!!!  I WILL be posting.... with pictures!!  But as far as music?  You will be stuck with the song I put up today.  "The Seashores of Old Mexico" by George Strait!!  Thanks Ruby!!
     
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     Becky has 'allowed' me to be online for one hour a day while in Mexico!!  Which is enough time to post but not chat!  She says that if I exceed that, my laptop goes into the pool!!  ACK!!  But one hour is fine!  Enough time to post a blog with pictures!!  Maybe HER going into the pool!!  Face down and floating!!  lol! 
     
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    I now have been ordered to clean our bathroom, which will not be used for a week!!  WTH??   What next? Vacuum the roof??? 
     
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    Just found out that they charge $25 every time you go online there so I will NOT be posting everyday!  But I'm thinking twice! 
     
    I just vacuumed the roof!!  LOL!  I'm gonna finish the floors and then, Becky will have gotten her last click out of this boy!! 
     
    Hope you like my 'Mexican' song!!   One more post before I leave!!  Play nice!!!!
     
    OH!!!  One last thing!  Here is the website of our 'Place !:  http://www.cantovallarta.com/

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    I'm REALLY not trying to tick you all off with this vacation crap but I'm getting excited!!  I promise to share!!  Umm....  photos!  But found out today that we have our own, personal hot tub right outside of the door!  Guess where I'LL be???  Oh wait!!  Mini rant!!  I have a bag of Tostitos corn chips and a jar of their Salsa Con Queso dip (getting in the mood!) but the chips won't fit in the jar!!  My life is so miserable!!!!!
     
    But anyhow, I do have two places I want to visit in PV (Yeah... it's PV now!!)!  The bars and the restaurants!!   Oh..... and the pool!  Please don't hate me!  I haven't been on vacation in 4 years!  I PROMISE cool pictures!!
     
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    Had to go to the bank today (B of A) to take out $200 for our trip.  Becky wanted $25 in 'ones', $75 in 'fives' and $100 in 'tens'!  The line was LONG, but the 'floorwalker', customer service person, snatched me out of line and sent me to the V.I.P.  room!  Who knew!!  I was in and out in no time and the guy even wanted to chat!!  So one more job done!
     
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    Tomorrow is light dusting, floors and packing!  And whatever other crap Becky comes up with!!  ARRRGGGGHHHH  Get my ass to Mexico!!  
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    I thought that sleeping outdoors in the hammock last night was a good idea!!   WRONG!!     Woke up at 4:00 AM with cramps in both feet and freezing my butt off!!  I guess I chose the wrong blanket!!    Maybe I'll wait until July or August!!
     
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    Next to last Buffett song before I leave for vacation!  After that, thanks to Ruby (Giggles) it will be a George Strait song!  But tmorrow I have the last Buffett song in my series and I think you wou love it!!  LOL!!
     
    Nite all!!
     
     
     
    May 07

    Darn Vacations!!

     
    Sometimes they involve more work than they are worth!  Paying bills a week and a half early, laundry, cleaning the house for the house-sitters, worrying about my bonsai.... Oh yeah!!  And packing without forgetting anything!  But seeing as how it's Mexico, the packing is easy.  Bathing suits, sandals and tank-tops should do it!  Damn!!  I have to find my passport!!  AARRRGGGHHHH!!  I need to make a list!!  NOW!!  And another thing?  I'm gonna miss you guys!! I'm hoping there is an Internet Cafe in the hotel.  Puerto Vallarta was, and still is, the place I want to invite you all when I win that stinking lottery!!  I'm working on it!  What a fun time THAT would be!!
     
    Good news is, my foot and my ribs are feeling Great!!  So maybe I won't be a gimpy American tourista!!  LOL!  I'm looking forward to the 'swim-up' bar in the pool (Big drinks in coconuts!!) and the food!!  Looks like it's gonna be in the 90's and humid, but that's southern Mexico! 
     
    I need a vacation BEFORE going on vacation, and another one when I get back! 
     
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    A certain friend wrote that my 'obscure' Jimmy Buffett songs weren't obscure enough so I'm trying again today... and tomorrow!  Then I have to decide on a song to leave you with for a week that won't make you crazy!!  Something that sounds 'south of the border'!!  I'm toying with the idea of 'El Paso' by Marty Robbins!
     
    Yeah!!  That's It!!  Great song with a story!
     
    OK, back to work and making my list!!  Have a GREAT night!!!!  I will be posting up to the last minute!  I'm such a freak!!!
     
    Having the house clean before vacation??     Nice!!
     
    Being packed and ready to go??   Nicer!!
     
    Sleeping outdoors tonight on the hammock??    Priceless!!!
     
    Tomorrow all!!
     
     
     
     
    May 06

    Tuesday Musings....

     
    The song playing now is one of my FAVORITE 'obscure' Jimmy Buffett songs.  It's from his old 'Country' days and cracks me up!!  GREAT song!!  Listen!  You will love it!!!
     
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    I have an appointment in an hour with my Podiatrist (foot doctor), the one who performed my surgery.  When I made the appointment my foot was killing me.   I thought I had re-broken it!  But since then I realized that maybe the problem was that I had discontinued my therapy for A MONTH!!  Hey!!  Shuttie!!  LOL!  Now it feels fine but I'm keeping the appointment because I have a gift for him.  My wife obtained 4 tickets for a L.A.Angels/L.A.Dodgers baseball game on the 18th and I will offer him two of them (we are keeping the free parking pass, hahaha) and hopefully his wife and he can go.  He has been the best doctor I have ever had and I want to repay him. 
     
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    Becky bought the dogs new balls today and as usual, Bonnie absconded with them BOTH!!
     
    Bonnie!  Ball!
     
    She's such a ......  What's the word??  Oh yeah!  Bitch!!
     
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    Just waiting!!
     
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    Remember my thing about handing out 'DUDE's!! when I saw someone do something stupid??  It has been an epics last 3 days!!  47 since Sunday!!  Oops!!  Make that 48!!  DUDE!!!!  Sorry..... Redneck neighbor yet again!!
     
     
    Well, I'm to the doctor's!!  This is a short post but if something interesting, weird or there's a DUDE moment, I'll be back!
     
    Just one more item.
     
    Papa John's pizza, respondinding to threats of a regional boycott of it's chain, is offering large, one-topping pizzas for 23 cents to Cleveland-area customers Thursday as homage to Cavaliers forward LeBron James (#23).
     
    Last Friday in Washington D.C., the pizza company sponsered T-shirts with James' jersey No. 23 and the word "Crybaby" over it, in place of his name.  James had complained about hard fouls during the Cavaliers playoff series against the Washington Wizards, prompting Wizards center Brendan Haywood to call James a crybaby.
     
    The shirts drew the ire of Cleveland fans and led to the apology from Papa John's, but the Wizards are the ones crying now...  Cleveland won the series.
     
     
    Back from the Doc's!  He loved getting the tickets and will be joining us!  And by the way, my feet have Never felt better!!  The ribs too!
     
    OK!  I'm done now!!  Have a GOOD Nite!
     
     
     
     
    May 05

    Cinco de Mayo

     
    Yeah!!  Any excuse to drink Margaritas!!  HAH!!  Went to out favorite Mexican place tonight and surprisingly were seated right away!  Now, their normal thing is to bring Tortilla Chips and Salsa, but we always order a 'side' of refried beans and their delicious marinated carrots and Jalapeno peppers (not hot) and munch away.  They have the BEST 'Albondigas (meatball) Soup  and their salad and dressing is always ice cold!!  I won't even get into the Margaritas......, but by the time the actual meal comes ( we had Chile Rellanos, Tacos, Enchildas, refried beans and rice) we were already almost full!!    YAY!!  Leftovers!!  Lunch for me tomorrow!!
     
    We leave for Puerto Vallarta on Saturday so it's busy time here!!  Cleaning the house, packing, remembering what to bring, remembering what NOT to bring.... ,  But the important things are ready!!  Camera, bathing suits and passports! Oh yeah, and sunscreen!!  Damn!!  I wish this could have been a "spaces' trip with all of you!!  Would that be fun or what??  Oh Man!!!  Well, I promise to take LOTS of pics!!
     
    One really great thing is that we get to see our good friend Manual again!!  He was our personal cab driver the last time we were there and he took us everywhere!!  He is now a lawyer!  YIKES!!  Mexican Lawyer!!  But I can't wait to see him again!!  The last time we went there, I brought him a new fishing rod and reel and the guy cried!!  We love him, and his wife!!  I hope he still has his cab!!  LOL!!
     
    Well heck!  I will be gone for 7 days so I need to choose a song to leave you with for 7 days!!  OH!!  I think I have one!!  But that's 5 days away!!
     
    Here's a 'lead up' song!  Another 'Obscure' Buffett song tonight!!
     
    I'm beginning to not enjoy living on the 'left coast'!  My friends are already asleep when I come on my IM!!  You know who you are!!    But, Hey!!
      
    In the meantime, have a GREAT week and while I'm gone?.....  But wait!!  I'm not leaving yet!  Be kind to each other!!  I love you all!!  Nite!