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.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
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.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Monday
January is gone and February is already here. Time is flying by. The good thing is that this year is a leap year so next year will be here a day later than usual. Come on, a day is a day. Can't afford to give up a day that easily.
A week ago we were waist high in snow, now we have almost tropical weather. All day it was almost 60 degrees and they said all the snow will be gone by the middle of the week. A shame because I just happen to love snow.
Snow makes this usually drabby looking city a little bit nicer and brighter. But then I live in an apartment house and shoveling the white stuff is not my problem. That is one of the reasons we didn't buy a house.
The only problem is that our cars look disgusting but with the wet roads we can not have them washed yet because ten minutes later they would look again the same way.
Something else.
I already expressed my feelings about electronic bill payment. Today I called a company that sends us monthly invoices and inquired about electronic payments in the future. They told me that they were sorry but I would have to keep sending checks (the old fashion way).
Well, I put on a show of extreme indignancy. I asked them how can they work this way and how much behind the times they are and so on and so on.
It felt really good.
A week ago we were waist high in snow, now we have almost tropical weather. All day it was almost 60 degrees and they said all the snow will be gone by the middle of the week. A shame because I just happen to love snow.
Snow makes this usually drabby looking city a little bit nicer and brighter. But then I live in an apartment house and shoveling the white stuff is not my problem. That is one of the reasons we didn't buy a house.
The only problem is that our cars look disgusting but with the wet roads we can not have them washed yet because ten minutes later they would look again the same way.
Something else.
I already expressed my feelings about electronic bill payment. Today I called a company that sends us monthly invoices and inquired about electronic payments in the future. They told me that they were sorry but I would have to keep sending checks (the old fashion way).
Well, I put on a show of extreme indignancy. I asked them how can they work this way and how much behind the times they are and so on and so on.
It felt really good.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Sunday
All's well that ends well. My wife returned from her Florida trip and we had a very sweet reunion. I knew I missed her but not until I saw her I realized just how much. Now, we are together again and I love every minute of it!
She told me it was a very easy flight. Interestingly, the plane departed almost a half hour early and got to JFK way before its scheduled time. It was a good thing that I tracked her flight because this way I was there when she walked out.
Since then we are never more than five feet away from one another.
Something else.
Today is Sunday and it is five in the afternoon and we didn't do anything useful yet. We must go down to do some emergency food shopping but otherwise it is a very, very lazy Sunday.
We have no culture programs planned for the near future, we have no social programs planned for the near future. But I think we will survive this dry spell. What we do is we stay home and talk about future plans. What we would like to do, where we would like to go. And see how these things can be realized.
To live without any plans is not living. It is just existing. A carrot exists because it has no plans. But we are not carrots so we plan.
How is this for a Freudian analysis of life.
She told me it was a very easy flight. Interestingly, the plane departed almost a half hour early and got to JFK way before its scheduled time. It was a good thing that I tracked her flight because this way I was there when she walked out.
Since then we are never more than five feet away from one another.
Something else.
Today is Sunday and it is five in the afternoon and we didn't do anything useful yet. We must go down to do some emergency food shopping but otherwise it is a very, very lazy Sunday.
We have no culture programs planned for the near future, we have no social programs planned for the near future. But I think we will survive this dry spell. What we do is we stay home and talk about future plans. What we would like to do, where we would like to go. And see how these things can be realized.
To live without any plans is not living. It is just existing. A carrot exists because it has no plans. But we are not carrots so we plan.
How is this for a Freudian analysis of life.
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