** this will be a short message as I have to go get odds and ends for the house at a local department store **

We have to get some lamps for the studio and the front room -- we haven't decided just the height of the floor lamps, nor the height of a couple table lamps...it's one of those things where you take the one table lamp you like the most, move it around to different locations in the room, and then decide if it's the right height for where you need light...makes for a lot of exercise but it gets the job done. I haven't a clue as to the height for a floor lamp??!! There are so many kinds and just looking at them in the stores gives me a headache...not because of the fact they usually have them on display UP HIGH ON A SHELF...but because by the time my neck gets back to where it's supossed to be, my head feels like a boat anchor and my back is being VERY GRUMPY...making the shopping trip not one of the best...

Danny came over yesterday for the afternoon, and stayed long enuf to watch a little of the Mets baseball game...I fixed a Big Batch of pork ribs...cooked 'em nice and slow with several coats of bbq sauce...an hour and a half...start 'em off in a low (325) oven, for 'bout an hour, then kick up the heat to 350 an bast 'em a few more times...keep alum. foil over 'em and let 'em do their thing...they come out of the oven tender enuf that you don't need to use a knife, just a fork...I made another kick A** batch of bbq beans too - lots of brown sugar, touch of mustard..onions sausage and seasonings...YUUMMM...makes for a great holiday dinner!! Even tho it rained and stormed off and on thru the afternoon, we still had a good time, got caught up on NEWS from different people, and all & all had a good time...he's still looking for a full time job...the Police Academy wasn't what he ended up wanting to stay in...they did say they would consider him a prospect in the future, so that's good if he does want to go back. Now it's just that FUN time of doing the interview thing...driving here & there on job possibilities...I don't know how he Stands it...

Must go and get some things done before Tom getz back from running errandz...

Lady of The Tulips -- wondering where her wallet is with her discount card for the grocery store...hmmm..