All afternoon I was fighting with airlines to get the right number of points for our future travels. We belong to a few frequent flying groups through the various airlines but it is very difficult to gather up enough points. Just when I think we have enough it turns out that is only enough for half the trip.
Anyway, yesterday we realized that our upcoming Hawaiian Airlines trip to Hawaii qualifies us for JetBlue points. So I just got off the phone after talking to a pineapple dressed person who claims to have taken care of things. Time will tell.
Today is Chinese New Year and since New York has more Chinese than Shanghai(?) it is now a public school holiday. The kids really don't care as long as it is a holiday.
It is amazing how little these kids care about anything in this world. If somebody would say we will celebrate Dzingis Khan's name day they would say fine as long as there is no school.
Anyhow as I just said there was no school today but since it was snowing in the morning there was nothing we really could do in the outdoors. So we just stayed home.
Actually, in the morning I had an eye doctor appointment. He said my eyes looked great. But he gave me some drops for the glaucoma in my right eye. Two weeks from today I have to go back for a checkup.
As far as the glaucoma the doctor said it was very common amongst East European Jewish people. I said I was one and I couldn't help it.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Sunday
It is Sunday evening and the only thing America watches is the Super Bowl. I probably would watch it if I were to understand the game and would care about who wins. I live in this country like forever but never developed an understanding or the appreciation of the game.
All I know that a bunch of guys the size of my refrigerator slam into one another throughout the evening. For some weird reason Americans are crazy about this game.
An interesting observation by me.
The Super Bowl, regardless which two teams are playing, are watched by the entire country. The baseball World Series are not watched at all unless one of the teams is local. I can understand that the World Series is dragged out to seven games while the Super Bowl is a one game live or die event.
The Americans are trying Europe to accept this game by playing a few season games over there but I don't believe they met with much success. And I can totally understand the Europeans. If I lived there I couldn't care much about this sport either.
Football must be good for the potato chip industry because today the shelves were almost empty in the supermarket we just came back from.
Lately I have been watching some rugby from Australia. Now that is a man's sport. No stopped play every 30 seconds, they are not dressed in space suits but just shorts and shirts and they have nothing on to absorb the hits and falls. Those guys are tough and mean. It is surprising that this sport never found home here in the US.
But the American public is a weird mixture. They like baseball and football. Need to say anything more?
All I know that a bunch of guys the size of my refrigerator slam into one another throughout the evening. For some weird reason Americans are crazy about this game.
An interesting observation by me.
The Super Bowl, regardless which two teams are playing, are watched by the entire country. The baseball World Series are not watched at all unless one of the teams is local. I can understand that the World Series is dragged out to seven games while the Super Bowl is a one game live or die event.
The Americans are trying Europe to accept this game by playing a few season games over there but I don't believe they met with much success. And I can totally understand the Europeans. If I lived there I couldn't care much about this sport either.
Football must be good for the potato chip industry because today the shelves were almost empty in the supermarket we just came back from.
Lately I have been watching some rugby from Australia. Now that is a man's sport. No stopped play every 30 seconds, they are not dressed in space suits but just shorts and shirts and they have nothing on to absorb the hits and falls. Those guys are tough and mean. It is surprising that this sport never found home here in the US.
But the American public is a weird mixture. They like baseball and football. Need to say anything more?
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Saturday
Don't think that we have nothing else to do but eat but my wife creates such a fantastic menus every day that I have to mention it. Today for example we had chicken noodle soup and stuffed pepper for lunch. The stuffing was veal witch was a great touch. For dessert we had some poppy seed cakes.
Ok, so we didn't have breakfast meaning I don't feel too guilty.
Now, dinner is another story.
She is preparing smoked turkey legs with sauerkraut mixed with beans for soup and then oven baked veal with tomatoes and peppers with couscous. I think these are all together about a light year's worth of calories but today is Saturday and the last time I checked it was permissible.
All these are under the pretense that we eat Hungarian but I don't believe this is what an average Hungarian meal consists of. But you know what? I really don't care! As long as it tastes good I'll eat it. And, everything my wife cooks taste fantastic. I just love her cooking because besides the normal ingredients there is an additional item in every meal she prepares. She puts love in all her preparations!
It is midafternoon at this writing and I am already anxiously waiting for dinnertime.
Ok, so we didn't have breakfast meaning I don't feel too guilty.
Now, dinner is another story.
She is preparing smoked turkey legs with sauerkraut mixed with beans for soup and then oven baked veal with tomatoes and peppers with couscous. I think these are all together about a light year's worth of calories but today is Saturday and the last time I checked it was permissible.
All these are under the pretense that we eat Hungarian but I don't believe this is what an average Hungarian meal consists of. But you know what? I really don't care! As long as it tastes good I'll eat it. And, everything my wife cooks taste fantastic. I just love her cooking because besides the normal ingredients there is an additional item in every meal she prepares. She puts love in all her preparations!
It is midafternoon at this writing and I am already anxiously waiting for dinnertime.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Friday
This morning we woke up to another day of snow covering the area. At 6:30 it was snowing and the white stuff was sticking. Because the temperature was just around freezing it was wet snow but it made everything so pretty.
Abigail hates the snow and as I was driving her to school I was oohing and aahing at how pretty everything looked. Can't help it, I love snow and that is the end of it.
Something else.
Every time we turn the TV on there is a presidential candidate being interviewed or speaking at an event or there is a debate. The funny thing is about these people that there is nothing new they can say and there is nothing new reporters can ask that have not been addressed over and over again.
Saturday night is the next Republican debate. We will watch it because of its entertainment value and not because we are looking for a candidate to chose. This show is far better than the Saturday Night Live comedy show. In this debate there is absolutely nothing new that can be said that was not said before. I can understand why they campaign in the different states but why on national television?
Now I have a deep understanding of this political system.
The Republicans are entertaining while the Democrats are boring.
Abigail hates the snow and as I was driving her to school I was oohing and aahing at how pretty everything looked. Can't help it, I love snow and that is the end of it.
Something else.
Every time we turn the TV on there is a presidential candidate being interviewed or speaking at an event or there is a debate. The funny thing is about these people that there is nothing new they can say and there is nothing new reporters can ask that have not been addressed over and over again.
Saturday night is the next Republican debate. We will watch it because of its entertainment value and not because we are looking for a candidate to chose. This show is far better than the Saturday Night Live comedy show. In this debate there is absolutely nothing new that can be said that was not said before. I can understand why they campaign in the different states but why on national television?
Now I have a deep understanding of this political system.
The Republicans are entertaining while the Democrats are boring.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Thursday
We watched the second half of the Bernie Madoff mini-series. It was very interesting and informative. Even though there was no suspense in the story since everybody knew the outcome it was still interesting.
I kind of don't feel sorry for most of the people because it was their greed that brought them to the point where they lost so much. Greed was the factor to place their monies with this guy. But then that is the American way, isn't it?
We all want to get the most return for our money and looking at that way nobody is blameless. The rotten thing he did that he stole indiscriminately. From the rich as well as from the poor and at the same time lied to his own family.
I don't feel sorry for the rich but the poor is another story. Fortunately, none of my money was invested through him and this way I was not involved. But according to the news and the movie people are slowly getting back what they lost.
Except their health.
I kind of don't feel sorry for most of the people because it was their greed that brought them to the point where they lost so much. Greed was the factor to place their monies with this guy. But then that is the American way, isn't it?
We all want to get the most return for our money and looking at that way nobody is blameless. The rotten thing he did that he stole indiscriminately. From the rich as well as from the poor and at the same time lied to his own family.
I don't feel sorry for the rich but the poor is another story. Fortunately, none of my money was invested through him and this way I was not involved. But according to the news and the movie people are slowly getting back what they lost.
Except their health.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Wednesday
Before I say anything else I have to tell everybody that my beautiful wife made Hungarian goulash for dinner. For those of you who don't know Hungarian goulash (the real one) is a rich soup that can be eaten as a single meal. Hers was great. I had two servings and after that I just dragged myself to the sofa and sat there for three hours without moving.
I didn't move because I was also watching a very interesting TV show. It was the first episode of two that was written about the Bernie Madoff story. Now this is a story most of us know but it was still interesting to see how the whole thing came about. This guy lived high on the hog and at the end he wound up living on three square meals a day.
Today was the first two hours Thursday will be the last two hours. I am eagerly anticipating its outcome.
Oh wait, I know how it will end.
This morning my wife and I went to the gym for a little workout. It really felt good. None of us exerted ourselves but the workout was still good.
The entire day was just yuk! Rain in the morning, rain during the day and it is still raining. The snow is almost gone and I'm sure all the planted foodstuff will be happy for the water but I am not a farmer and I really don't care.
Canned foods don't need water.
I didn't move because I was also watching a very interesting TV show. It was the first episode of two that was written about the Bernie Madoff story. Now this is a story most of us know but it was still interesting to see how the whole thing came about. This guy lived high on the hog and at the end he wound up living on three square meals a day.
Today was the first two hours Thursday will be the last two hours. I am eagerly anticipating its outcome.
Oh wait, I know how it will end.
This morning my wife and I went to the gym for a little workout. It really felt good. None of us exerted ourselves but the workout was still good.
The entire day was just yuk! Rain in the morning, rain during the day and it is still raining. The snow is almost gone and I'm sure all the planted foodstuff will be happy for the water but I am not a farmer and I really don't care.
Canned foods don't need water.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Tuesday
Today is February 2, Groundhog Day. They say that the two groundhogs who supposed to know about weather than the weathermen did not see their shadows and decided to stay outside. They might know something because all day long it was very springlike with the sun shining and the remaining snow melting.
If it stays like this I will take out my shorts and short sleeves and start wearing them. It looks like this year we had a short winter. About two weeks long.
But aside from that we had a very busy day today. My wife and I did laundry in the morning then on to the weekly housecleaning.
This second one meant that my wife and lady who helps out for a few hours did all the work and I tried to stay out of their ways all day long. This included going to the post office, doing some important shopping and picking up the dry cleaning. Then I retreated to my man cave where I spent valuable hours on the computer honing my Solitaire playing skills.
To reward me for my help my wife served chicken noodle soup and stuffed peppers for lunch and beef stew for dinner. Each low calories, naturally.
No wonder that by the end of the day I am totally exhausted.
If it stays like this I will take out my shorts and short sleeves and start wearing them. It looks like this year we had a short winter. About two weeks long.
But aside from that we had a very busy day today. My wife and I did laundry in the morning then on to the weekly housecleaning.
This second one meant that my wife and lady who helps out for a few hours did all the work and I tried to stay out of their ways all day long. This included going to the post office, doing some important shopping and picking up the dry cleaning. Then I retreated to my man cave where I spent valuable hours on the computer honing my Solitaire playing skills.
To reward me for my help my wife served chicken noodle soup and stuffed peppers for lunch and beef stew for dinner. Each low calories, naturally.
No wonder that by the end of the day I am totally exhausted.
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