Tomorrow & Today

1stly: Tomorrow N has surgery for his second implant, bilateral. We leave our house at 4:30 in the morning.

The doctor, the doctor's office and the hospital haven't really told us anything to expect. This is disappointing. I've been reading things online, some is very out of date. Sigh.

2 Facebook comments I left at 2 different places:

Andrew, you are right. On my list of things I don't get: why DO (many) women run around 90% naked. If it is that comfortable why don't men, aside from legal restraints, do it too? AND! Why would there be the double standard legally for men? Must be like TV and politics ... men must be in suits, big, pasty & nasty while women have to be rail thin, in tight suits, and have   (usually long) hair, show legs, and feign sweet bitterness. 

RE: Rally to Restore Sanity:

--> "Hard times and not end times."

AND! I love that Tony Bennett sang. This is the team I want to be on. Let's make America better, not just bitter. And, let's laugh a little on the way.

S is for smelly.

Today I was at an all day conference (Startup Princess). Outside someone was smoking and the smoke was blowing in, meanwhile inside on a table in the back someone was selling DoTerra (essential oils). I  thought  I  was going  to die. I felt sorry for the smoker, and the rest of us too!

Some recent stress has taken shape in my gut, which seems connected to my sense of smell.

Y is for Yuck. Yuck, not yuk.

If you want some of your own, you need to go to Village Inn in SLC. Order the "chicken ranchero."

For this piece of culinary heaven you'll need to go the OakCrest Inn in Spanish Fork, Utah.

This is the, umm, oystershellblahonionburger. It tasted as bad as it looks. Nope. That bun isn't hand formed and fresh. It was smashed and stale. Another masterpiece available at Village Inn, and, it is expensive.

I've wanted to post about Valerie Phillips, food editor of the Deseret News ... her choice of articles for olympic food suggestions are brilliant. The article is called (oh so cleverly) "Gaming for anything: Dishes inspired by Olympic sports." I don't know how she does it. Here is the first recipe description, "Crostini Sleds: These crostini resemble people flying head first down a hill on a tiny sled, as happens in the skeleton event. Let them fly right onto a platter for chowing while watching the games." Mmm-mmm. Let's go chow, a sled.

S is for Stray note & a Story to remember, cautionary.

Morissey (The Smiths) is singing to me. Let me, let me get what I want this time...

Just found this... I think it was from my visit with Marie Ricks. Ironic that it is clutter from her visit. This faded index card has been taped to my studio window for ages. NO. I never read it. Not ever. No more taping things "up."

My studio is in my sites for next clean up/out. I am desperate to get to work. Art work. No more cleaning out crap.

The note:

-Working blind.

-Some women leave a mess. They don't want to address what is behind it. Here is a story: C & Co. went to clean up/out/move a close relative... she isn't well. The latest find were +30! half eaten ice cream cones in the freezer. You know, they were being saved for "later." Later rarely comes,if ever. Who would want to eat a half eaten, re-frozen, paper covered, weeks old, soft-serve ice cream cone?

-- Music has changed to Average White Band: Play That Funky Music -- the play list is called Fun & Done.

[Is any of the following {heading} really worth keeping/organizing? Wasting space with? Just Do IT!]

- Newspaper. [I do save the funny pages(only) for a bunch of good reasons. Right now I'm cutting out funny ones to make a "funny page" for ward missionaries... never know what to write to them.]

- Mom's inbox, school papers [Sign 'em and get rid of them! If it needs to be kept put it in the right binder or file.]

- To file

- Pending

- Fit it/repairs [H: Just do it ASAP. Don't let it linger or pile up.]

- To do

- Letters [? Do people even write those anymore? Again, just do it and forget it. FAST!]

- Gifts. [H: get them, don't buy them and stash them for the future. Wrap them , with a nice card and get it there early. If you are invited last minute and don't have time for a gift, that is just too bad.]

---> Focus on bringing house to HOUSE OF ORDER. On Finishing [Landing]

FURIOUSLY!

Y is for Yuck.

La de da. This post is for Misha! :P
A short while back C and I went shopping together. Well, I probably dragged him along for "one or two things"... Allen's (a locally/Utah owned grocery store) is a "one or two" store. You can easily leave that store with the one or two things that you need -- unlike Costco, the $100 Store. That is, unless you just happen to need mesh canvas in assorted colors. Who needs colored mesh canvas?! Guess you can't have too much of that hanging about. They sell all sorts of unrelated things, especially for a grocery store.

So, we are strolling down the isles and the vertical cheese cake caught my eye... I commented that perhaps this (see below) isn't the best way to sell cheese cake. Needed to take a picture of it for K since he HATES cheese cake and always has. When I showed him the picture he noticed that it is right next to the (unrefrigerated) vitamin drinks. Good point. Mmm.

As I got closer to take the picture, C noticed something different... Yuck. Caramel Apple Cheese Cake, now not only vitamin packed, but botulism packed too! Care for some spores with your dessert?

Scary.