It was a wet, nasty, damp, rainy day. We caught what was left of the storm that basically wiped out New Orleans, not much wind left and less rain then was predicted, but was probably the worst day all summer, and the low pressure really set my arthritis off……….i over slept and almost as late for work……and really spent the day in a “fog”…..really was never right on the beam today………

Been a nice night, a simple meal of home fries, with a bit of onion, salt, pepper, paprika and butter, fried polish sausage on a whole wheat bun with red onion and ballpark mustard, English cucumber spears dressed with evoo. Balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper and an ice tea……and a late night snack of an omelet on a bun with assorted ingredients, onion, pepperoni, black olives, a bit of cubanella peppers, butter, hot sauce, a bit of cheese and what else…….oh yeah eggs………

Had one of the problems at work today that I know what happened, I even think I know why it happened……I just can be sure how big the problem is, we had some miss- marked boxes that got out to a customer, the carton labels said one product and the contents were something else, unfortunately the mistake took place almost 3 months ago ( one of our less popular products) and it’s hard to say how many were miss-marked, although it’s a minor problem, but It annoys me when I can’t come to a conclusion as to all the elements of the problem………..

Feel decent tonight, not great, and not bad but I’ve felt worse so I live with the situation

The trials of running personal diary, journal if you will but being obsessed with numbers……..i can never understand why, or how hits on a blog occur, it never has anything to do with the quality of my entries………..i’ve had over 70 on peak days and 0 on the worst days…….only 4 so far today and one of those I assume to be the boy genius who is my nephew who is in his teens and is a junior at RPI………………of all of my relations the only one except for my daughter that I really “connect with”………always connected with my uncle A but he’s been dead some 20 years now…………it’s tough sometimes being the black sheep of the family or token trollie if you will………except for N and my daughter SJ the whole family is normal, common and reasonable……………trollie hates all three……………….

It’d been a restful, stress free night, stopped off on the way home and got some 10% fat ground beef to make some burgers with, there are some meals I cook that I prefer the 5% fat burger, and quite frankly never get anything but the 5% or 10% but for burger I think the 10% produces the best burger, now mind you, I’m 57, a bit forgetful and at times an idiot, I love to fry my burgers in bacon drippings, so I started out frying a bit of bacon and then forgot to dress the burgers with the slices………ate the bacon for dessert………..got some fresh baked whole wheat buns…….store bought……..trollie is great on top of the stove, fair in the broiler but the oven, especially bake goods alludes him……..dressed the buns with lettuce, mayo, a slice of red onion and ball park mustard………for those of you who have no idea what ball park mustard is, it’s a very spicy, medium brown mustard that is common in the baseball parks in the USA……………also a few spears of English cucumber lightly dressed with fresh ground sea salt, black pepper, and a bit of evoo drizzled on the top. Its very weird in a way, I use simple pre-ground black pepper, not ever a name brand, just a store brand at my local grocery, but salt…….ah salt…….trollie’s favorite spice is always fresh ground sea salt……….an odd twist I know but then I am nothing if not odd………..i looked for months for a grinder that did sea salt, you can’t use a normal pepper grinder……must have one that is designed for salt and bought about a 3 years supply of bulk salt at TJ Max because I am never too sure what the supply might be……….

I am simply about 5 things, my work, and my food. My music. My cats. And my problem…………..the first 4 I have control over, the last. My problem is beyond my control………aren’t they always…….it seems that you can be in relative control of those things you love or have affection for, but are in total un-control of those things that drive you nuts……..but I have accepted that I will deal with the results of the problem……..and there will be results of the problem……..maybe minor…….maybe quite major. But I will deal…..so the problem has become a non-problem………I will accept the consequences of my responsibilities and I ain’t gonin’ to let them trouble me no more………I am the king of the worst case scenario and I always imagine that the possible result is worse then the actually……in my job……as a materials manager it’s an advantage…….in life it’s a real drag……………

Today, work wise went much better then yesterday, we had the manifest system computer replaced and up and running by just a tad after noon. But we had loaded the new software package and it took a few hours of fine tuning, getting defaults set right, but by days end we had A- the system running smooth and B- we were basically caught up to even………

Had a few errands to run and although the day had run as smooth as one could expect given the problems at day’s start I was tired and not really in the mood to go to worship team practice, which is rare because I really enjoy rehearsals, well most of the time, and I wished that maybe for some unknown reason rehearsal would be cancelled tonight sure enough once in a very great while things workout the way I’d like them to, and there was a message on my machine canceling practice, also a letter from north country choral……..rehearsals for the Christmas concerts start the first Sunday in October, and we are doing the Christmas part of the messiah this year……..can’t wait……..

What a frustrating workday, when my clerk went to boot up the computer manifest system this AM that we use to process all our outbound small package shipments the hard drive crash, IT worked most of the day trying to arrange and setup a suitable replacement but it looks like it will be mid-day tomorrow before they have it installed……..dang…..fortunately it is a slow season so we aren’t that far behind but……..just dang……….

Had a bunch of household chores which needed my attention, and this was not the day I really cared to attend to a sink full of dishes and a pile of laundry……had a beaut of a headache after the hassles of work but got ‘um done

Anyways for dinner had a dish of what’s called “unthawed in the frig pasta”, onions, garlic, cubanella peppers, a bit of pepperoni, some polish sausage, chipotle peppers, salt, pepper, some evoo, canned whole tomatoes, tomato paste and pasta……….for a throw together, trollie forgot to unthaw meat from the freezer moment it turn out great……..

The whole idea of blogging and hits on blogs is ridiculous, the nights that I’m really creative, the nights I think I do my best writing I get like zero hits, and the days that my entries are a pile of sh*t I get many hits……….who’s to figure the logic of that,…………..

i love
cactus pears also called prickly pears, had one as well as a pluot for a quick snack, i love them both.......but ignore how they say in the link how to eat a cactus pear......cut off the stem end with a sharp knife until you see the inner succulent fruit.......then split in half and eat with a spoon.........lovely

Today was kind of a dreary day, and my physically condition matched the weather, but all in all a very relaxing, nice day, just picked at some leftovers from the frig, really didn’t have the energy or the desire to create anything new or elegant for food………..had no responsibility in evening service so took the night off…………mark me on the physically unable to cope with going out of the house list……….but morning worship team went fair in the 8:30 service and off the wall in the 11:00 service, best voice I’ve had in months and our best keyboard player is back from an extended vacation……..everything worked very well……..

Tonight I feel older then I ever wanted to feel, frankly older then I ever thought I could feel……….but emotionally, spiritually, in my soul I feel fine, it’s weird as a young man in order to feel good the whole “package” needed to feel good, as an older man, depending on how old you consider 57, I find that I can separate the physical from the “metaphysical” and have a good day regardless of the fact that I feel physically bad………..have I become enlightened or merely learned to accept diminished physical capacity?

Have spent a quiet, restful day, had planned to go watch the kayak championships for awhile but really felt physically under par most of the day, and it was very hot and that only added to the problem. Went out about 12:30 PM, had to get a few things, stopped at mickey d’s for lunch and headed to the farm market, was really looking for shallots which they usually have but where out of…….ended up with some garlic, an English cucumber, a pint basket of pluots (in case you haven’t been reading this blog or aren’t up on your fruit crosses, they are a cross between a sugar plum and an apricot…..a tad less juicy and a bit less sweet then a plum), also got some cactus pears, I think sometimes called prickly pears…….i think it’s an acquired taste but I love them.

Had a slice of pizza left over from last night and some fruit for supper and have been just hanging out this evening……….

I have written poetry since I have been maybe 13 or 14 years old, at first it was usually humorous, limericks, or silly rhymes……..i can remember in 9^th grade really going to bat with an English teacher who gave me a very low grade on a poem about valentines day because he wanted romantic and I gave him hell on a stick………it was the best “poem” in the class but it didn’t fit his sexual/romantic vision of a valentines poem so I got a low mark……..which I didn’t really care about…….i only wanted it accepted as a good poem…………

I write randomly…..not because I only feel the presents of the muse at random intervals but because quite frankly I forget that the trollie knows how to write poetry…………

Senior year in HS the supposed poet laureate of the class was commissioned to write a poem for the year book, well the dead line was upon the year book staff and no poem was forth coming so with a few hours to go the year book advisor suggested me ( he had been my 11^th grade English teacher and I shock the hell out of him because the weirdo wrote poetry…….he suggested that they talk to me about it, and I sat down and wrote an appropriate piece in like 25 minutes, basically the worst piece of shit I ever wrote, sappy……sugary…….and total a piece of crap and they loved it………just proves that even a good poet can write for the masses when necessary………..but I digress…………it’s not a case of the muse being fickle…….i just forget that I can write poetry…………..well anywho I’ve post 3 new poems to my poetry blog tonight and In the mood I’m in more might be forthcoming………..link is over on the right there……….if you care………and frankly I don’t care if you do or you don’t

I have blogged for almost three years now, end of October and for the life of me I will never understand the weirdness that is hits to a blog……..I’ll go weeks averaging just a few hits a day and then have a day with 50+ hits……..no rational………no reason……..I just get hits that day………….has nothing to do with content……..some of the best entries I’ve ever written (IMAO…….which stands for in my arrogant opinion………trollie is nothing if he is not arrogant) get no hits and all and some of my worst, pathetic, mundane posts get swamped………………no accounting for taste or hits I guess…………

Work went okay today only one minor problem, well minor because we caught it…….the production guys work 12-hour days, and this week production stopped at 6 AM this morning. We had change one of the machines over and the difference is not visible to the naked eye so to speak, just a change in the inner chamber of the irrigation tubing, which changes the flow rate. So one of the operators makes the first pallet of the new flow rate he gets the production log correct but somebody forgot to change the pallet labels in the folder for that machine, so he gets the wrong pallet labels on the pallet………….now the foreman has to “sign off” on the pallet and he doesn’t catch the problem……then and this is the part I don’t get….the operator takes the pallet to the scale to weight and fills out the scale log with the wrong part number, you would have thought that he would have remembered he had made a pallet of .65, not the .4 he entered in the scale log……….my guy caught it when he was collecting numbers this AM for me to enter, but somebody must have been very tired and distracted this morning……..

Stopped off to watch the kayak freestyle championships on the way home, just practice today………those guys are crazy…….

Almost forgot ( well did really hence the re-post) the one bright spot in the morning and the multiple trips to the warehouse was that classic FM had some just great music on this morning……….i listen to basically nothing else……….if your wander down in the right column you can find the link……they have web-cast…….

The workday today started out as a disaster and as the morning progressed it got worst. I must have made 7 runs to the warehouse in the first 4 hours (note: a 1 mile trip between plant and satellite warehouse)…….ended up with the mother of all headaches……..i rarely get a headache but I had a beaut by the end of the morning. The afternoon was an improvement, but not without the typical stress and tension of my job…..but a relief from the h*ll of the morning……….and today is the best day of the week…….i love Thursday………aka payday……..really didn’t need anything special today……or this week I guess would also be true, did my banking, gas the car and groceries et al on Thursday……..

Just had a bit of polish sausage on a nice bun with onions, peppers and a bit of spicy mustard for supper, yeah I know pretty basic and common, but trollie loves his sausage……

The first of two events in the north American free style kayak championship is the next three days on the black river just a “stone throws” from the plant I work at…….given the construction on state street…….( only two seasons in the north country…..winter and construction) should make the morning commute a really trip……unless I go miles out of my way I either have to cross state street or the event site…….

Have had a gentle night…….feel good despite the lousy day and the possibility of a weird one tomorrow……………..

Day went okay despite the fact that physically I felt lousy all day. Feel a little better this evening, made quick pasta with the last of the ground veal I had…….a few cubanella peppers…….and the Mexican style pasta shells that I have grow very fond of…………it’s mythbusters night and I intend to watch and drool extremely over kari of the build crew.

I seem to have picked up a critic in my comments who is less then please with the way I write to my blog…….for the upteenth time and hopefully the last….this is a lifelog ……it’s for me……….if you don’t like it hit the “X” in the top right corner and be gone

As a conservative christian i really wish that Pat Robertson would make sure his brain was engaged before putting his mouth in gear.

As easy and smoothly as the workday went yesterday, today was the exact opposite. Just couldn’t get a straight shot at anything,. Before I had a chance to get to the bottom of and solve one problem I had 3 more “stacked” in front of me, and at times had to put what I was doing aside, because the new problem was more important. Then it’s the classic “Where was I, What was I doing…..AND WHY??????????

Evening has been quiet, and restful. Rehearsal went ok…..a bit disjointed maybe be but ok.

First day back to work and I was frankly very pleasantly surprised. Everything was in pretty good ship, no major problems to deal with, and got everything caught back up to speed………..had planned on yard work tonight but just before quitting time it rained buckets…….have a rehearsal tomorrow night so must hope for good weather Wednesday. Relaxing evening………and nothing to say

Well today was the last day of my 6.5 days off, and the first day since monday that I had to set the alarm…….i think the one thing I hate most in this world is alarm clocks………the devil’s work (hehe)……..church went okay but I felt poorly this afternoon, feel better now but this afternoon was the pits………

It has been a wonderful day, weather wise the day has basically stunk, a little drizzle of rain most of most of the day but otherwise was a nice day. Buying the monitor last night zapped my working cash, so I headed out today to the bank to withdrawn a little capital. And stopped at the local grocery for a few items, cat Smokey needed milk. I have three and she is the only one who enjoys a saucer of milk. Well there is another stereotype shot to h*ll (hehe).

Stopped at Mickey D’s for a bacon McGriddle and a large coffee, dropped the milk et al at home and set off to go to the last of the fruit markets in the area. But needed orange juice to complete the breakfast so stopped at a convenient on the way, Well not really a fruit market in the Italian style, when I moved to Watertown nearly 40 years ago there were 5 or 6 traditional Italian fruit markets in town. H*ll 3 of them were within spittin’ distance. Now the only thing close to that is, well I guess really more of a farm market, south of town. Now while I like the new “mega-grocery” stores I miss the old specialty shops. The fruit and veggie markets, the meat markets, the bakeries et al. I found some lovely cubanella peppers, and an odd fruit I have never had. It’s called a pluot, which is a cross between a plum and an apricot. In fact if I didn’t know that it was a cross I would never expect it. It is a bit less juicy then a plum and a bit more tart, knowing that there is apricot in the mix, you can taste it but if you didn’t know you would just assume a variety of plum.

Have basically hung out the rest of the day. Had some veal thawed that I really needed to use, so pounded the h*ll out of it, peppered the snot out of it, put it in the broiler and put it into a couple of hoagie rolls with a little lettuce and tomato…….roma of course…….quite nice. I love roma tomatoes, maybe not quite as flavorful as some of the other varieties but they last forever, and when you live alone, that is a necessary consideration.

Have watched the same iron chef American show 3 times now, yeah I know pathetic but I’m I love with iron chef Cat Cora……………..ok so I’m a dirty old man….live with it……I do.

Need to take a bath and the weekly shaving of my pitiful beard. Sunday is a comin’, and I must at least appear to be presentable, even though that is far from the truth. (trollie looks up and realizes that he is writing a novella tonight).

I am struggling with a problem that really can’t be aired in this forum, I wish it could, I wish I could shout to the world how I’m being caught on the horns of a problem for which there is no solution, but I am basically a stoic, and I will deal as I deal with all such problems ( and yes I know the current term is “issues” but to h*ll with that).

Almost forgot, got a telephone call to day that scare the h*ll out of me…………something I was told was done……..that I trusted was done, and gd help me why I trusted it…but I did……..and it wasn’t….prompted a few calls that where basically designed for me to cover my arse……….i’ve done what I could………..(trollie realizes he really hasn’t given any details but then my someday I can but right now ………sorry)

I sat down to write this blog entry about and hour and a half ago, got 3 lines entered and my monitor died. This was not entirely unexpected as it but real erratic lately but tonight was the night. Ended up in 3 stores before I found a nice one (read for that cheap).

Anyhow had intended to play golf to day, but when I looked out it appeared to be ready to rain buckets, it still looks that way 11 hours later and hasn’t rained a drop.

Day 3.5 off 6.5 off, a decent nights sleep but awoke with a very tender and stiff back, which put the idea I had of playing golf today on the “back burner”. Cashed my check and did my weekly shopping plus a few items. Needed a pair of work pants and a new fry pan.

So with the fact that the back was less then 100%, just took it easy today and feel pretty good this evening. I have a re-occurring back problem and 57 years of age, plus working in a factory for the last 33 years, “pounding “ cement floors everyday hasn’t been the best possible thing for a back problem. But one does what one must.

Hopefully the old back will feel better tomorrow and I’ll be able to play a little golf. I was once addicted to the game……..playing several times a week, but over the last couple of years only play a little.

A couple of days ago I got spammed in my comments on my blog. 7 times in one night. Now I’ve been on line for something like 8 years now and have had a blog or rather blogs for coming up on three years so I can accept spam in my email accounts, and even on my message board, but in my blog comments, sorry but I’m p*ssed.

i have had a good day, a really nice day, day 2.5 of my 6.5 days vac.......well not exactly as i did stop into work for a while, clerk couldn't find a part, which i don't think he's ever seen or had an order for before........after 15 minutes of looking where he hadn't looked, i looked where he had looked and found them, problem was he actually had seen this part, had it in his hand, and didn’t realize it was what he was looking for, not his fault, just had never had to "pull" that part before...........and we have several hundred fittings....not really a surprise

Great dinner tonight, got a very good price on a 2 lbs. Hunk of London broil, I really am not fond of London broil cooked the traditional way, really a bit tough for my lucking, whether I’ve never had good LB or rather poorly cooked LB i ‘m not sure but not my fav.. Simmered 3+ hours with onion, garlic, pepper, salt,and bay leaves , tender and quite nice. And when you add cornstarch and wide egg noodles to the broth, a side fit for a trollie

Living with cats is a strange deal. I have 3, which is down from my high of five ( I’ve had 6 cats total in the last 25 years 3 of which are now sleeping and taken their tuna in the here after). So I go into the can to relieve myself and here lilly sleeping in the bathtub………now lilly hates water other then drinking more then any cat I’ve ever Had……
but she’s sleeping in the bathtub……I will never understand cats…..mind you I love the little rascals but I will never understand them………

Nice day, restful day, first full day off of 6 in a row, and I really need to relax. Have nothing planned other then chillin’ until thursday.

I’ve never had a problem with spam on my comments until last night and got 7 different spam hits on my blog comments…..sheeeeshhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

I sorry but the snickers ad where they throw snickers bars at the buck deer is the most insulting ad I have ever seen in my life……………….yuck!!!!!!!!!!

Not a bad day weather wise and after working this AM, I have the rest of the week off. I’m tired, stressed, and just need to get away but there where a few things I really needed to attend to this AM or I would have taken the entire week. I’m just going to hang out and relax so I told them if they did get in a jam I’d come in for a couple of hours is necessary. I intend to catch up on my sleep, and make my cats lives miserable.

This was a day that frankly I wish had never existed, or we (that is I) could have just taken a pass on. Not that anything really went wrong. But just that I never really “got in” to the day. Services went ok, although the voice was a bit rough in first service but at 57 years old and 8:30 in the morning what should I expect. Class went fine, but the rest of the day was a blur.

Usually dad spends Sunday with my brother and his family but they were headed for a last couple of days away before school starts, both B and his wife are teachers and they still have two kids in school, well come to think of it 3 actually, A is in his last year at the university of Richmond. And my sis and her family that dad lives with were away to day and dad was “hangin’” for lunch. Dad is 90 and we convinced him a couple of years ago to give up his driving license and the idea of him in the kitchen scares the hell out of me. Anyways he called me earlier in the week to take him out for lunch, normally an event I look forward to, dads okay and it’s usually a great time but today just wasn’t the day for it. All I really wanted to do today was hide from the world.

And the day hasn’t improved at all. I’m just spent for physically and mentally and I need some time off. Both from work and from everything else in my life. I need to be alone, and uninterrupted by the day-to-day world……..fat chance of that happening but I can hope.

I love iced tea, particularly sun brewed tea. I almost always have a jug in the window brewing and a pitcher in the frig I’m drinking off. I most always use a pure Ceylon tea for brewing iced tea. It’s funny that there are other types of tea that I much prefer hot, in fact I never drink the Ceylon hot ……..Only as iced……strange but that’s typical…….most of my preferences are a bit off the wall. The pot or rather jug I made today I cut a fresh lemon in and threw them in with the tea bags for brewing. While I normally prefer my ice tea straight, no sugar, no flavoring…..it was a nice change of pace………I never drink soda at home. Will buy a can at work from time to time but even there more often have bottled water, it’s not that I dislike soda……I just hate messin’ with the empties.

I had the best nights sleep I’ve had in a long time and feel physically pretty good today but am mental wasted……….Have spent most of the day playing a poker sim I bought, not sure how good of a one it is……..besides I bought it because annie duke’s pictures were on the packaging, and although I’m totally aware I’m being pathetic I’d carry her chips anywhere….I’ve have eaten lightly today…..not because I wasn’t hungry but simply because I didn’t feel like cooking anything……a rare occurrence for me but none the less true

I just finished watching kill bill vol. 2 on cable. I doubt that I have ever seen two more ridiculous films then the two kill bill’s but I enjoyed the hell out of them……pathetic I know……my only complaint is that I had expected a protracted battle at the end and it was so short I almost missed it getting a beer out of the frig……………(hehe)

I have had a very exhausting week, and it’s late and still I insist on writing some thing to my blog. Lets face it blogs……..particularly life logs are absurd…….I foist my ridiculous life on the masses…….well not the masses but the poor fools who probably by accident or from “improper “ use of a search engine stumble upon this toxic waste dump that is and are my musings……..the whole concept of a life log posted to the net is ridiculous and yet I continue to write it and unfortunate web surfers continue to run into it………not a pretty sight

Slept very poorer last night, well that’s not exactly true; I never got in bed until almost 2 AM and when one must be up a tad before 7 AM that’s not real bright. The day went smoothly until the last couple of hours, truck was late and then he had mechanically problems and I had to help him find repairs……………..Have just relaxed tonight, really haven’t eaten a traditional supper but have had a couple of sandwiches at regular intervals………..

I actually had the puter shutdown, and fired her back up. I have an older machine that runs ME and if I leave it on too long I get all kinds of glitches, so I shut her down every night. But I’m wired tonight, and even though I should be in bed, I’m wide-awake and to try to sleep would be wasted effort. I’m listening to Britton’s young peoples guide to the orchestra. Dynamite piece of music.

I made some eggs and tried out some olive oil I bought tonight at big lots. It’s infused with red chilies. Interesting effect, where as normal the heat is added as a layer in the cooking process, the base is a rather neutral oil, or butter or even bacon fat or lard, which although It adds an element to the flavor it is a mild base, but starting with the heat in the cooking element, infuses the entire dish with this amazing heat, as well as the chili oil actually has a very distinct and interesting flavor. Frankly not one that I think would go with a lot of dishes, but I will use when appropriate. From time to time. And for less the 2 bucks for 8 ozs. Who cares?

That’s the wonder of big lots; all they sell basically is overruns and failed product lines. If you dig it you can get it cheap. The only problem is, that if it’s something you’d like on a regular basis you have to buy gobs of it at one time, because once it’s gone, it’s gone.

It’s late, I’m sitting here with the full realization that I should be well and truly in bed and I still sit here at this dang keyboard. Am I nut’s, crazy or simply bored, take your pick……………

It was another hot and humid day, but not on the scale of the last couple of days, and despite the fact that there were or was (I can never figure that out) a few tense and frustrating moments the day went very well. After all it was payday how bad can that be. Really didn’t need much but took me forever to get done with shopping and such. Had a simple meal of barbecue ground beef on some nice crusty rolls. And have relaxed the rest of the night. One more day and then the weekend…….

The spell check for blogger has been on the fritz lately, so I have taken to composing ( or is it de-composing) my blog entries off line. I have discovered that while blogger does not offer my favorite “type set” ( sorry for the archaic term, but then I’m archaic)…it does support it…….cool………..( yeah I know another archaic term).

Dang after re-reading last night’s post and today’s I realize that they are just about word for word…..sheeeeeeeesh!!!!!!!!!!!!, I’m not in a rut or anything am I .

Today was the 3^rd extremely hot/humid day in a row. We have had 19 days so far this summer in excess of 90*F, we had 1 last year and some years we don’t have any. This is an area that the normal extreme is –40*F or worse. Another heavy “grunt” workday and I was pretty well all in by the end. However after a shower and a nice supper I feel pretty good tonight, tired but good.

Today was the 18^th day this summer with a temperature over 90*F., last summer we had one day……..which is actually more the normal……..just a heavy “grunt work” day and I’m all in……….rehearsal was fun tonight and a feel pretty good, howbeit a bit tired….oh let’s face it I’m exhausted.

I felt pretty rocky this morning, have never been a “morning” person, and as I get older it hasn’t improved but only gotten worse. And had a rough start to the work day, clerk is off this week for vacation so I am forced to do more of the grunt work………felt pretty good by mid-day but was pretty well spent by quiting time. But have had a relaxing evening and feel fine now, although I won’t be surprised if I had a bit of a digestive problem tonight, I made a garlic pizza for supper with two fresh shredded cheeses and ………smoked oysters…..it was fine but probably a bit too rich and I’ll probably pay for it later…….

But it’s been a fairly good night, got a phone call which underlined a fact that I might have a problem, again on which I have no control but I have just said if it happens it happens and I’ll deal…….no sense in worrying about something that is out of my control………..the new trollie….besides………..ah………maybe not……….there are things that I just won’t talk about……………

just got an email from R, (see below post to put in context).....sounds like he maybe enjoyed the afternoon even more then i did..........neat (definitely a 60's term but live with it)

I have had one of the best days I’ve had in a very long time. Although it started on a down note, nonetheless, it was a great day. I did not get the best night sleep, i was troubled by dream. Not a nightmare which I rarely have but just troubling.

Had a problem in first service with the voice but by christian ed. class it had smoothed out and second service went fine.

But had a get together with some of the people from the old neighborhood at a camp that one of them owns, or rather is in his wife’s family. A note here, in the northcountry a cottage is not a cottage, it is called a camp. This one is on the very tip of one of the peninsulas that extend into the black river bay….which flows in to lake Ontario. Really an awesome view, and a chance to remember the good and the bad of almost 40 years ago and following. Most of the people I had seen within the last few years but haven’t see K for ages. She was a lot younger then I and I never really knew her, well not well anyways but a very witty and charming young lady……if 45 can be called young……..but from 57 I suppose it can.

One of the “crew” is a retired English comp. teacher who has decided to retire ( at 50 but I think he’ll end up back in the class room) and write for a few years. He is working on a history of the neighborhood, and this was an event for him, but was just a great time for the rest of us.

It took a pasta salad and really surprised the crap out of everyone there……..I guess they have no idea trollie can cook……the comment was made that they or particularly R’s wife made a comment on how good it was……and I reminded her I live alone……..I had to learn to cook out of “self-defense”.

But spent a really lovely afternoon with old friends. Had an uneventful trip back into the city………and a gentle night……..

On the whole a very relaxing, stress free day……

Well with one exception……..i am a “pro” at giving directions…….i work in a shipping and receiving department and give directions to the plant almost everyday…….. R works in customer service and quality assurance and his directions to the camp were to say the least rather skimpy………I’m actually shocked I found it………at one point he said to take a left and forgot to mention there where two lefts there, and I needed to take the “right” left……also failed to mention that the distance from that “right” left to the right to the camp was several miles……….but I forgive him……….it was a wonderful day……

It’s been a very restful day……..nice out, not to hot, not to cool and got the best night’s sleep I’ve had in months. Did some yard work this AM but have just taken it easy the rest of the day.

Went out for a few things and ended ups with a couple of cans of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. A Mexican import, well I opened the can and paint started pealing of the walls. Wow……very nasty indeed.

any ways used just 1/2 of one in some pasta sauce i made and it was good......hot....but good

it's been a strange day, physically i've felt pretty good all day and mentally i've been well, no bodies been home..........i feel better this PM entirely........good food does that for me..........i had a BLT for a snack, yeah i know modern food philosophy says that bacon is evil............well those people can stuff it.......trollie loves bacon...............

a very nice day, high 70's F, a nice breeze and virtually no humidity........a nice change and the weekend is predicted to be the same, have a lot of yard work to do so i was hoping it would rain so i'd have a excuse not to do it but no such luck..........
have a situation at work that may be a spot of bother, in fact have one in my personal life as well but have no control or say in what happens at all, well that's not completely true i have a bit of say in the work issue, but unlike the old trollie that worried about everything the new trollie says hell i deal with it if it happens.......no other choice really........
i found some bumblebee smoked pink salmon, a 6 oz vacuum pack at big lots for 99 cents a pack ....obviously bumblebee tried something that just didn't work......well how good can it be me wonders so i bought 2 packs.........it ain't bad by itself......mind you it ain't great......had much better but it ain't bad.............but with a bed of nice lettuce, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and a vinaigrette made from fresh lemon juice, salt, pepper, evoo and fresh baby dill , yeah mon!!!!!!! Have a bit left that should be even better tomorrow, and my pasta salad i made last night will have sat 36 hours so that should be off the wall

today turned into a real freak show right from the get go and as gone steadly down to the pit all day, got home and got some very disturbing news......which may or may not effect me but i have no control over it what so ever so i ain't going to sweat it............

today was not a good day, workwise, nothing went according to planned, in fact everything was so far away from plan as to suggest that the day had it's own agenda.........not too leave out going toe to toe with the ERP program, i finally got the problem fixed but it took forever, but then i grew up battling slide rules, not software...........

(trollie sometimes really hates blogger, and that's on a good day)

(trollie wanders in in a foul mood or is that a fowl mood, never can remember which is which.......trollie is not posting tonight.........despite what this may appear to be, this is not a post..........)

boy did we get rain and thunderstorms today, shook the factory and it's built like a bunker, fortunately was a light day as far as my involvement in shipping, because the first to business days of the month are very heavy as far as my need to concentrate on materials and inventory.....very thing when smooth......actually smooth as glass compared to usual..........