My Mind is in a Fog...

Summer Colds Suck!

Here's a happy image of oranges as I am sick with a good old-fashion cold and it is nasty. You know you are not feeling well when you are always cold, even with AC off. Add to that drinking insane amounts of fluids and I...yes we are talking yours truly, forgot to eat today until like 3pm! Bad Chris. But I just wanted to sleep. Back to bed.

Let Summer Mindless TV Begin

Yes indeed the TV schedule is packed with all sorts of shows that require little brain power. Food Star or Design Star? Are you gonna Wipeout or watch and see who will be eliminated next on Big Brother? I find in chatting with friends we all have our guilty pleasures and that is just fine. By the way last night I won the tri-fecta of Design Star as I picked the winning room, the winning contestant and who would be going home. It could be a fun summer.Oh sure there are people out there who go for the trashy novel for summer and I still enjoy a good trash read. This is that time of year when we eat lighter and grill more food outside. Ice is always in need and fresh fruit is a must have with all the berries and melons that nature has to offer. Yes, summer time and the living is easy. But while all of this is good and fun, for me, air conditioning is the key to having a fun and festive summer. I must have it to sleep.

Sunday Childhood Memories

On days like today it is so fun to just sit back and relax and not think too much about the now. Rather, I enjoy thinking back to childhood and the trips to the beach house on the Oregon coast and also the numerous weekends up at the cabin at Lake of the Woods. The laughs and good times we had for years. No camping for us, but boy did we get to have fun. From the boat trips on the lake to getting more water in the jug when at the lake to running into Seaside for the rides or stopping at the bakery in Cannon Beach for the famous Haystack bread. Yes, it was a lot of fun and so nice to look back at.

Weekend Break

Hello there and welcome to the weekend. Why is it that 4-day weeks are so damn exhausting? I really had to push to get things done and stress was at an all time high. Last night was a nice break with having Rob & Jodie over for dinner and drinks. Had time to do some planning as we ramp up for "Christmas in July" weekend for the Ya-Ya's next weekend. Dinner was pork loin roast with green peas on the side. We did not get to the watermelon. That is something that I have noticed these past several weeks, portions are shrinking. I am eating less and less as I restructure my eating sessions. It has been an interesting adventure going in and stripping down all the foods that I am no longer eating and seeing the shelves go bare. It is all about fresh and not pre-packaged. Simple clean foods and using spices and herbs for the added flavor.

Funny how you can still learn something new nearly every day. I had long chats today with three dear friends and sharing how this path is revealing and that Moonsong and my doctor have been so helpful in stepping forward. Mobility is being addressed in ways I had not thought of before. Sometimes it is all in the baby steps before the broad strides are made. Tonight I am going to kick back and relax and watch some "Yard Crashers" and "Curb Appeal: The Block" while enjoying some chicken wings.

We Have Lift-Off...

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for the final time this morning!
It was the 135 shuttle launch mission.

Do You Remember?

Bicentennial Minutes

I woke up last night, or rather this morning at like 3AM and could not get this out of my head. I so remember these every night for like two and a half years.

Bicentennial Minutes was the name of a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The segments were produced by the CBS Television Network and broadcast nightly from July 4, 1974, until December 31, 1976. (The series was originally slated to end on July 4, 1976, but was extended to the end of the year.)

The series was created by Ethel Winant and Louis Friedman of CBS, who had overcome the objections of network executives who considered it to be an unworthy use of program time. In 1976, the series received an Emmy Award in the category of Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement.

The videotaped segments were one minute long and were broadcast each night during prime time hours, generally at approximately 8:57 P.M. Eastern time. The format of the segments did not change, although each segment featured a different narrator, often a CBS network television star. The narrator, after introducing himself or herself, would state "This is a Bicentennial Minute," followed by the phrase "Two hundred years ago today..." and a description a historical event or personage prominent on that particular date two hundred years ago during the American Revolution. The segment would close with the narrator saying, "I'm (his/her name), and that's the way it was." This was an offhand reference to the close of the weeknight CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, who always ended each news telecast by saying, "And that's the way it is."

The Bicentennial Minute on July 3, 1976 was narrated by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. The Bicentennial Minute on July 4, 1976 was narrated by First Lady Betty Ford. The final Bicentennial Minute, broadcast on December 31, 1976, was narrated by President Gerald Ford. (This was also the longest Bicentennial minute.) After the series ended, the time slot of the Bicentennial Minute came to be occupied by a brief synopsis of news headlines ("Newsbreak") read by a CBS anchor.

*With thanks to Wikipedia for the information!