Sunday, February 08, 2004
Our Glorious Yesterday, Pt 1
I've been looking forward to being able to write this post all day! Things are finally winding down around here...and so am I, but I'll get some of it done!
Despite predictions earlier in the week for continued snow and cold, it was the nicest day we've had in some time, with clear high blue skies and some actual warmth from the sunshine. We headed Into the West (without the benefit of Annie Lennox singing backdrop, but then, we WERE planning to come back) in search of Good Times and Good Stuff.
Our first stop was the library at Las Animas. We were a bit iffy about doing so, but the day was young so we went for it. They always have a bookshelf with a few of the donated items on it, but sometimes when we ask, they let us rummage through the donations that have come in recently. So we asked, and they said, sure!
It's kind of hard, explaining the feeling of coming upon a bookseller's treasure trove to someone not in the biz. Best I could think of was...picture yourself going to your doorstep and finding a big box (with air holes of course). You open it and out steps Orlando Bloom (feel free to substitute fantasy lover of choice), wearing nothing but a big red bow and a smile. The invoice suggests you just pay whatever you feel like....
Yeah. Like that. Gasps and more gasps and trembling fingers and knees and the dread you are going to wake up before you get to the good part.
But in our case we were wide awake! We hauled off about four boxes of prime stuff. When we meticulously gave them a check for what we would have paid at OUR library sale (about $1 a book), the library rep was so happily shocked that she pressed upon Caro two BIG boxes of empty video cases as a bonus!
We were so delighted we actually considered just going back home to start looking the books up RIGHT THEN. But we didn't, and that was a good thing!
Another hour down the road, in Fowler, is a good little rummage shop. Didn't find too many books, but I got a stack of 1970s Tiger Beats (hey, look, Michael Jackson looking normal!) and Caro scored some beads, including this SUPER vintage necklace for ONLY $15!
The shop owner said she got it at an estate sale, and the former owner had once worked for a president, though she couldn't remember which one. Those faceted yellow glass beads are about 2 inches long, and the string is knotted between each bead, a sign of quality workmanship. Not something you find every day, and definitely not for that price!
We continued our streak by having lunch at Red Lobster--for free! I am signed up with several groups to do surveys, and the HP one (Harris Poll, though I always call it Hewlitt Packard first and Harry Potter second, before my stubborn memory gets with the program) gives you points which can be redeemed for prizes. Like gift cards for the Red Lobster chain!
Mike had been a pretty good boy thus far, so he was allowed to dine on cheese sticks and a lobster tail. (Yeah, I know, spoiled much? :) ) Caro ate a Fisherman's Platter and I tried something new for a change, the Rosemary Chicken.
That's because we like one of the South Beach Diet recipes so much, Rosemary Salmon. But I have to say, the chicken didn't stand up to the test, although it wasn't BAD. As Baxter Black the cowboy poet says, chicken is kind of anonymous flavor. So the entree was more like a rosemary flavored textured protein chunk. Oh well...IT WAS FREE! :)
I've decided to break off, since it IS getting late. I'll leave you with the recipe of how *I* make the Rosemary Salmon.
Start a few hours before dinner (the more the better, within reason, of course). Get a zip lock bag or something like it. Put in 2 tsps olive oil and 2 tsps lemon juice, and some garlic if you like it, plus 1 tsp dry or 2 tsps fresh rosemary, chopped or crushed to make the aroma come out. Put in 1 pound of salmon filets. Wal-mart sells 1 pound of frozen ones for about $4. Put them in the bag and shake it around to coat 'em good, then let them sit in the fridge until almost dinner.
Broil, bake or grill them--only takes about 10-15 max. You will be amazed at how good this it!
Despite predictions earlier in the week for continued snow and cold, it was the nicest day we've had in some time, with clear high blue skies and some actual warmth from the sunshine. We headed Into the West (without the benefit of Annie Lennox singing backdrop, but then, we WERE planning to come back) in search of Good Times and Good Stuff.
Our first stop was the library at Las Animas. We were a bit iffy about doing so, but the day was young so we went for it. They always have a bookshelf with a few of the donated items on it, but sometimes when we ask, they let us rummage through the donations that have come in recently. So we asked, and they said, sure!
It's kind of hard, explaining the feeling of coming upon a bookseller's treasure trove to someone not in the biz. Best I could think of was...picture yourself going to your doorstep and finding a big box (with air holes of course). You open it and out steps Orlando Bloom (feel free to substitute fantasy lover of choice), wearing nothing but a big red bow and a smile. The invoice suggests you just pay whatever you feel like....
Yeah. Like that. Gasps and more gasps and trembling fingers and knees and the dread you are going to wake up before you get to the good part.
But in our case we were wide awake! We hauled off about four boxes of prime stuff. When we meticulously gave them a check for what we would have paid at OUR library sale (about $1 a book), the library rep was so happily shocked that she pressed upon Caro two BIG boxes of empty video cases as a bonus!
We were so delighted we actually considered just going back home to start looking the books up RIGHT THEN. But we didn't, and that was a good thing!
Another hour down the road, in Fowler, is a good little rummage shop. Didn't find too many books, but I got a stack of 1970s Tiger Beats (hey, look, Michael Jackson looking normal!) and Caro scored some beads, including this SUPER vintage necklace for ONLY $15!
The shop owner said she got it at an estate sale, and the former owner had once worked for a president, though she couldn't remember which one. Those faceted yellow glass beads are about 2 inches long, and the string is knotted between each bead, a sign of quality workmanship. Not something you find every day, and definitely not for that price!
We continued our streak by having lunch at Red Lobster--for free! I am signed up with several groups to do surveys, and the HP one (Harris Poll, though I always call it Hewlitt Packard first and Harry Potter second, before my stubborn memory gets with the program) gives you points which can be redeemed for prizes. Like gift cards for the Red Lobster chain!
Mike had been a pretty good boy thus far, so he was allowed to dine on cheese sticks and a lobster tail. (Yeah, I know, spoiled much? :) ) Caro ate a Fisherman's Platter and I tried something new for a change, the Rosemary Chicken.
That's because we like one of the South Beach Diet recipes so much, Rosemary Salmon. But I have to say, the chicken didn't stand up to the test, although it wasn't BAD. As Baxter Black the cowboy poet says, chicken is kind of anonymous flavor. So the entree was more like a rosemary flavored textured protein chunk. Oh well...IT WAS FREE! :)
I've decided to break off, since it IS getting late. I'll leave you with the recipe of how *I* make the Rosemary Salmon.
Start a few hours before dinner (the more the better, within reason, of course). Get a zip lock bag or something like it. Put in 2 tsps olive oil and 2 tsps lemon juice, and some garlic if you like it, plus 1 tsp dry or 2 tsps fresh rosemary, chopped or crushed to make the aroma come out. Put in 1 pound of salmon filets. Wal-mart sells 1 pound of frozen ones for about $4. Put them in the bag and shake it around to coat 'em good, then let them sit in the fridge until almost dinner.
Broil, bake or grill them--only takes about 10-15 max. You will be amazed at how good this it!
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