Thursday Thirteen # 2

1. October 4th was the 75th anniversary of the first airplane to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. The flight started here in Misawa, Japan and ended in Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Miss Veedol, the plane, is the symbol of the city of Misawa. The flight took more than 40 hours, glad the flight time has decreased a bit. This region is famous for apples, some say the apple seeds came as a gift from the pilots of the Miss Veedol.


2. For about five minutes, I was so excited to know of the two assignments available. Then I realized I still don't know where I am going. We are getting closer.



3. Lily has discovered a love of painting. She will paint for hours, this is how I am able to watch TV. I sit with her and I pretend to paint, while she paints one page after another. Everyday on our walk we check out the changing colors on the trees, later when we paint, Lily paints the trees the color of the day. The color she chooses to paint her trees is never the actual color of the trees. Yesterday's trees had pink trunks and green leaves.



4. Mandy kicked ass at volleyball last weekend, she is awesome. I can't wait to go see the games again this weekend.



5. I have been watching Weeds, it is the best show I have ever seen, very inappropriate, but extremely funny.



6. Jeff put Mississippi as his first choice and LA as second choice, we will find out by November 15th, where we will be living come March.



7. I love my computer classes, I can't decide if I want to become a Web Page developer or a Computer Forensics expert. I guess that is why you go to college to learn, the more I learn the more I love. Someday I will learn how to put my Java programs on my blog, and then you can play paper, scissors, and stone.



8. I still love Blogger Beta, so lovely. I can't get the spell checker to work, and I have to sign in every time I post a comment on anyone's blog or come to my blog, because the system doesn't seem capable of remembering me, so far that is my only complaint.



9. This week is week four of going to the gym for me, Lily and I walk up there every morning with some friends, they have a playroom it is lovely. Instead of losing weight, I have been steadily gaining weight since re-incorporating the gym back in my life. It isn't muscle, it is ice cream. Time to re-start the eating portion of the plan, yuck!



10. I have a yellow ticket in my mailbox. This means I have a package, I will pick it up today, I think it is my book, Swapping Lives by Jane Green. The book I am supposed to be reading for my book club. I think you should join our book club, there is still time.



11. My friend Angel is selling PartyLite, if you are looking for an easy gift or something nice for yourself, check out her blog. Angel is a real life friend who I have known for years and I can vouch for. You can set up a paypal account and order through her. She gives gifts and discounts too.



12. I am making my favorite for dinner tonight: rosemary, garlic, lemony roasted chicken with red potatoes. I will someday have to post a recipe. I was thinking about trying to post some gluten-free recipes but I never remember to measure. Who would want to read a recipe that goes, a little of this, a lot of that, stir and bake for a while, you know until it is done. I guess I cook through intuition more than through actual science. You would think this means my food is good, not so much, but the chicken it is divine. Even better than the roasted chicken, I did before we went gluten-free. (We try to eat as a family all at the table and therefore I try to cook stuff that we can all eat, even though only Lily is technically gluten-free).



13. I cannot believe that no one clicked on the link and read the Baby Elephant Story, it is the best thing I have ever written. I guess I will have to sit down and try to write something good that is new. Until then you could always read about the cute little baby elephant whose parents try to save him from drowning in the pool. Will the baby survive?

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