Frittata for dinner

Back again, while the frittata bakes in the oven. I spent most of the day phoning around and EMailing here and there, trying to track down that Veterans organization, with no luck. I have reconciled myself to paying it and feel now that it is a scam and that other people probably got trapped as well. There are scams all over the place and this is probably one too.
Oh, well. It could have been worse. Many people spent a lot of money trying to win the Reader's Digest sweepstakes and we regularly buy lottery tickets, though we have practically no chance to win. Ce La Vie!
I am enjoying my sojourn into the Face Book world, and am glad I finally found out how to get into it. My husband is enjoying his new hearing aids and has learned how to adjust the volume to a comfortable level. I now have to watch how loudly I talk so that I don't yell in his ear. Well, another day is down the drain = take care and keep in touch.

A costly error

Yesterday I made a costly mistake, which I am afraid can't be rectified. I inadvertently signed up for a lifetime membership in a veterans organization, at a cost of $97.00, intending to sign up for a month at $9.00. When i realized my mistake, I tried to cancel and they signed me up again! I had given them my charge card number and they immediately entered it into my account. Although I called the B. of A. and contested the charge, they told me that I would have to deal with the Veterans Organization. Repeated telephone calls to them and an E-Mail letter brought no result. I think I am going to have to pay it. Of course it is not an earthshaking event, but I think I got duped. I have canceled my charge cards, of course, and have learned a lesson, I hope.
On a happier note, we had eggplant parmesan tonight, and it turned out very well. Since i didn't cook it, I enjoyed it very much.
I finished printing up my Arlington Hall memoirs, and will have them bound down at the local print shop. I used up all of my black ink and a bunch of paper, so I wonder if it would have been cheaper to have the print shop do it, but it is too late now.
We are awaiting a call from UCMed regarding my husband's aneurysm, and will keep all of you posted. Bye and keep in touch.

Eggplant

I am going to try once again to see if I can straighten out my blog! My husband tries to tell me that i must have pushed the wrong button or clicked on something that caused the problem, but to save my life I cannot find it. If I go to June, I can line up all of the blogs one after another, but July refuses to work properly. Not that I have any riveting news to report, but I would like to know how my computer works.
We are having eggplant for dinner tonight, so I have been researching recipes on cooking it. It is widely used in Italy and there are long lists of exotic ways to prepare it. I try to find something new at least a couple of times a week just to keep us interested in food! Well, bye for now. Keep in touch.

Why me?

What this computer does never ceases to mystify me. Now it will only display my latest blog, in this case the blog i completed a few minutes ago. Oh well, ti will straighten itself out, I feel sure. Good night again.

A full day

We had a wonderful day today playing with our little great-grandchild and eating deli sandwiches and potato chips. That amazing little girl has so much energy that she wears out even the dog. Her vocabulary is astounding and she tries to draw with a pen and succeeds in getting her sketches to almost resemble what she is trying to portray. We enjoy her visits so much.
Bill is much better and ate a big dinner tonight and had a cup of Ovaltine a little while ago, so I would say he has pretty much recovered from his illness. We await an appointment with UCMed to evaluate his aneurysm, and by the time that is taken care of, fall will be here and another year will have gone by. How quickly time flies by! It almost makes me sad!
Well, take care and keep me posted. Bye.




























































































































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a trip to the hospital

I will write a little while dinner cooks. It is left-over spaghetti sauce and spaghetti, and my husband is watching to see that nothing burns. The poor man had to be rushed to the emergency hospital yesterday because he was shaking uncontrollably and his speech was slurred, and after waiting for three hours the doctor finally examined him and found that he had pneumonia. I wanted them to keep him there overnight, but they kept him until nine o'clock and sent him on home. He is feeling much better and seems to be bouncing back as usual. Being home is more comfortable, of course.
The reason we are having spaghetti and leftover sauce tonight is because the pork chops I had planned to cook smelled so bad that I threw them out. The spaghetti and sauce was delicious and I still have a little left over. We plan to watch the bicycle race in France this evening, it gets quite intense. Bye for now - keep in touch.

The hot water heater

What a day! We had to empty and clean out the hot water heater and change the heating element, and it took literally hours and in the process, I fell again. I didn't get hurt very badly, but I got soaked from the water gushing out. It turns out that we did the same process just a year ago. I don't know why our hot water heater does this, our neighbors seem to have no problems. Oh, well, it is done now, and we can relax until next year.
Otherwise, all is well. I got my new ink cartridges for my printer, and it is doing a good job. I have a lot of printing to do, so they came just in time.
My poor little cat is visibly slowing down, but she is still hanging in, even though she is over 26 years old. My neighbor keeps an eye on her and brings over special food, but she eats very little. Keep in touch - Bye.

Back again.

I have been neglecting to keep up with my blogging, but have been busy exploring what I can do with my new computer. I have a lot to learn, that is for sure.
We are doing fine here, and enjoyed watching the Fourth of July fireworks on our TV. We had to connect our little TV set up to Comcast because the big set conked out, but the little set has a great picture and works fine.
It is overcast and cold here today, so we are wearing sweaters. My husband did the shopping for the week, and brought back all kinds of goodies, including cherries and blueberries. Yum!
My husband is facing a trip to U.C.Med in San Francisco, because a recent examination revealed an aneurysm in his brain, which is making me nervous, but doesn't bother him at all. It will take three weeks to get an appointment, and it may be that it is the kind that they just leave there, keeping an eye on it. We hope for the best. Take care and keep in touch.