Saturday, February 05, 2005

Rex Ranch, Arizona


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This place is a favorite of mine. Great restaurant and atmostphere. A historic restored Mexican ranch on the Gadston Purchase.

Gig Harbor


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Pretty view looking East. I see this view everyday on my walk/jog.

Thursday, February 03, 2005

New York

Ashley( the dear) is on her way to New York to see the "Relies" and have a good time. Please show her a good a time as you can. While you are having fun please don't forget me. Please get me some black and white cookies. But my favorite are those date pastries that sell in all the tiny markets around the city. Please get me some of those for Sunday feast fests!!!! Thank you!
I wanna say hello to Aunt Donna and Uncle Tom and Jojo and Lynne and Gramma Eileen. Hey!! Come back and see us. I wanna take Aunt Donna back to the Fox Island spit and get some cool rocks.
If you get to Manhatten and see Sessybeth, go to the Hungarian coffee shop and have some of the famous coffee and pastry there,
and don't stay up to0 late.
Have fun with Ashley. She likes photo's, coffee and ciggies (take those away from her)
Show her some of your old photo's to distact her while you steal the ciggies, remind her that nobody smokes anymore. (ok sorry for the little "wicked" nagster that I am)

I am working and working out. Please join me in my fit for life quest.
But you must post result here!!!
Go Ya'll Go!
Buh Byye!!!

Monday, January 31, 2005

Body for Life? Begin Today.

Ok ya'll, Miss Clairee is out a shape. I know cause I can't bend over without cutting off my circulatory system! I'm going for it.
I am going to attempt to rebuild my body after surgery. I had to sit around for 6 weeks and "recover". Who are they kidding. I recovered backwards. I healed 'but gained weight, and got out of shape. That's some kinda healing.

I wanna get back, dadadum get back dadadum, oh git baaaaakkkk..to where I once belong
get back Jo Jo.

Ok now that song is stuck in your brain.( The Beatles for you young ones) Think of it ,whilst I exercise my program.

MON WED and FRI are aerobics day ( 20 min around the neighborhood)

TUE THUR and SAT are weight days. (lift ,breath out; lower, breath in)

SUNDAY is FREE ( stuff yer face and sit on yer butt if ya wanna ;all day long too!)
Anyone care to join me on Sunday, bring yer own junk food.

Sunday, January 30, 2005

Robby's Birthday and Warm Chocolate Cake

Gig Harbor
Sunday Jan 30th
50 f and partly sunny.

I am home for one day in between flights. Flew home to Seatte -Tacama for 39 hours to do laundry, see Warren, look at the mail and go to church. Today I was the scripture reader.
Tonight we are going to couples dine in and bringing our contribution.
Dessert. (My favorite besides smiling.) Along with dessert duty I must do the laundry and re-pack for Salt Lake City and my trips around the planet.
This week I will be visiting the east. I will be in Virginia and Maryland. Will give Unkly Joe and Sandy a call.
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This recipe is from a free giveaway recipe from a famous Atanta restaurant. I love this recipe.

Warm Valrhonna Chocholate Cake
This makes 6, 4 ounce cakes Serve with the best vanilla ice cream you can find

6 oz. butter
8 3/4 oz chocolate (extra bitter)
3 whole eggs
3 eggs yolks
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup all pupose flour

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Butter and lightly flour the small molds. Melt butter and chocolate over double boiler, whip the eggs yolks and sugare until fluffy apprx 10 minutes on high speed in the mixer. Reduce speed and slowly add flour. Then add melted chocolate and butter mixutre until incorporated on low speed. Finally, fill the small molds halfway with the cake batter and bake 7-8 minutes at 400 degrees in convection oven or 8-10 minutes in conventional oven)
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

A kind of a grown up version of ice cream sunday.
Valrhona chocolate is from Valrhona, France and this chocolate is some of the finest in the world. One may use any fine chocolate or extra bitter chocolate.
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Yesterday was Robby's Birthday. He went to Cafe Alma with some friends, where he enjoyed baked crusted salmon with horseradish. "It was really good" he said. "fresh horseradish, on the top". You have ta like horseradish. (I do.)
His mama sent him 50 dollars for some shoes. Did you need some shoes uncle Robby? He was teasing her (oma)about how she used to buy him shoes when he was little. So a fun inside joke began going on there. Good one Robby. Maybe if I teased her she would buy me something.