Month: May 2011

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Back to the Grind

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day holiday. To a lot of people the day off from work means a chance to sit at the pool or in the sand somewhere. To others it means the Indy 500 race or a full day of fishing. To me, it means I could sleep in an extra hour, take my time getting primped and pampered, and then cook up a storm for our annual cookout at the lake. I always make my famous potato salad and my green and white pasta salad. And this year I made a chilled fruit salad, too.

But today it is back to work. Back to reality. Back to the daily grind. I could use another holiday and wish I didn’t have to wait until July 4th to have one!

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Seedless Watermelons

There were two huge boxes of fresh watermelons in the produce section at Publix today.  went ahead and bought one for $4. It is seedless and completely ripe. It seems odd in a way to be eating watermelons this early in the year. – I have no idea where they were grown other than there is a little white sticker on it that says, “Grown in the USA.”

I wonder how they grow seedless watermelons if there are no seeds to plants for the next crop? I don’t understand that whole biology thing abut seedless or hybrid fruits and vegetables.

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New Flooring

This house used to have a dark brown carpet that was wall to wall. But the house is over 20 years old and its was time for the original carpet to go. I had some young guys come rip up the old carpet and install a totally different flooring that looks like wood but is made of a vinyl composite of some sort.

I like the new look of light oak flooring, but I still want some kind of carpet. I think I will shop for a nice room sized rug and add some color to the living room.