October 4th, 2021

September 24th, 2021

Have you ever heard of an Ember coffee mug? I just got one and it changed my life. It all started when we were at breakfast with our friends, Gary and Denise. The server kept warming up our coffee and Gary said I'm spoiled, I got an Ember coffee mug and my coffee never gets cold. I said what? He said the mug has a battery in it and you charge the mug at night, set the temperature with an app on your phone, fill the mug with coffee in the morning, and it keeps your coffee warm for an hour and a half. If you're near your charger during the day, you can use it as a coaster and your mug will keep your coffee warm forever. I'm a big coffee lover and I thought this was meant for me and I bought one that day. They're pricey, $129 on Amazon, but I found a new one on eBay for $60 and it works perfectly. If you're a coffee lover too, check out the Ember website and read about all the cool features (like the lights) and then treat yourself to an Ember coffee mug. They come in a 10-ounce size, a 14-ounce size which is what I bought, and a tall travel mug.

September 22nd, 2021

(from CNN.com)
but most of these people are unvaccinated morons
so if this keeps up, the intelligence level
of the people in the U.S. should keep increasing,
right?

September 15th, 2021

I've always had my favorite recipe for tomato pie on my website but in the summer of 2012 when we lived in Grants Pass, my girlfriend Sallie Teaderman made a tomato pie for a get together and it was the best thing I ever tasted and it's now my most requested summer side dish. I've just replaced my old tomato pie recipe with Sallie's recipe and you need to make it with fresh tomatoes right from a grower so don't let the summer go by without trying it. Delicious!

August 18th, 2021

Christmas 2020

I'm back! I've resurrected my website which you'll see as you keep reading that I hadn't updated in 4 years. The snow storm in January 2017 when we lived in Grants Pass convinced us we were not meant to live in the Pacific Northwest despite the incredible experience of living in the forest for 4 years among abundant wildlife that took our breath away. So in August 2017 we moved to Nipomo, California, a little town on the central coast just south of San Luis Obispo. We're right near the beach, our average temps are 72/50, we have plenty of blue sky and sunshine, no bugs, no humidity, no wildfires or floods or mudslides, no traffic, and we're surrounded by more friends than we ever imagined. It's turned out to be the most perfect place we could ever have landed.

There's no way I can fill in the last 4 years so I'm just going to pick up from here and move forward. Not that there's a lot to say at the moment. We've had our heads down since January 2020 because of COVID, and even though we got vaccinated and so did every one of our friends, we're still masking up and keeping our distance from people we don't know but enjoying every moment of every day. I hope you all are too!

August 24th, 2021
... in case you wonder how I feel ...
Trump voter in the making	Would've been Trump voter

August 25th, 2021

Two weeks ago I ordered tamales from a lady named Milca who makes and delivers them daily. They were absolutely DEE-LICIOUS. As we were chatting, I found out that her website was out of date because her webmaster flaked out on her almost a year ago. I looked at her website and thought I might be able to help her. In trying to do so, I resurrected my own website using GoDaddy as my web host. (Thumbs up to GoDaddy, they're a breath of fresh air compared to my previous web host who flaked out on me too.) Unfortunately, it turned out I couldn't help her with her website which is now in the process of being updated, but I can give her a shout out on my website.

Milca makes 120 dozen tamales every day including pork, spicy pork, chicken, chile relleno, chile verde, jalapeño and cheese, vegetarian, sweet corn, pineapple, strawberry, and many others. They come 6 to a package and only cost $15.00 with free delivery. Her company is located in Santa Maria, California and she delivers from San Miguel to Santa Barbara. She asks that you order one day in advance of delivery, and she accepts payment upon delivery with cash and major credit cards and apps such as Venmo and Zelle.

When you order from Milca, not only will your tummy feel good but your heart will feel good about supporting her local family-owned business.

Order by phone or
to email her!

Savina's Home-Made Tamales
Phone 805-631-1469
Email savinashomemadetamales@gmail.com
Website savinashomemadetamales.com

August 27th, 2021

Do you ever feel like you just don't get it anymore? Like you are just totally out of touch? My dear dad, when he was in his 70s, used to say, "I'm a dinosaur. I feel like I'm on another planet." He didn't get the music or the hair styles or the clothes or much of anything young people did or said or looked like. With a shrug and a sigh, I used to say, "Oh, Dad..." Well, guess what. Almost 30 years later, Bill and I have morphed into dinosaurs ourselves.

What's with sleeve tattoos and crayon box  colored hair? My hair stylist when we lived in Grants Pass explained that these people don't want to look beautiful, they want to look unique. Well, lemme tell ya, they've succeeded.

And is rap really music? Did you see CNN's "Welcome Back New York Concert" a few days ago? Did you see the rap artists Spliff Star, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, LL Cool J, French Montana, Remy Ma? (I copied these names off the internet because I'd never heard of these people.) That's music? These are musicians? We couldn't hit the tv OFF button fast enough.

And what's with the tv commercials advertising products to deal with the most personal bodily functions and smells? Remember when we cringed when they first advertised Viagra? Now CNN continually airs a product that drains the goop out of your nose (eeeuuuwww) and believe it or not, we just saw a commercial 2 days ago for a cream to get rid of butt crack odor. Oh my god. Really?

Bill and I were laughing in the car tonite on our way out to dinner and we thought it'd be fun to write about this on my website. These are just a few of the things that tickled our dino scales. We thought you'd laugh too.

August 31st, 2021

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and stay healthy
and safe
and as always
I hope you find
something here
that makes you
smile!





— Bill —
We'll be celebrating our 35th anniversary this coming New Years Eve. Wow!

Staying home together for the last year and a half because of COVID hasn't been hard for us at all. Bill taught me about golf and I taught him how to cook. We're pals so everything's better together.








— Andi Pandi —
She's my treasure, my little shadow, and still the center of my world.
She owns my heart.





— Murphy —
My big black hunk of pure love. He's 14 now and has changed our lives in so many ways. He's proof positive that two dogs are better than one.





— Boo Boo —
I start every morning with Boo snuggling in my lap. You know how I like my morning coffee? With a little cream, a little sugar, and a whole lotta kitty!