ok ok ok i missing my little buddy... i m feeling like a dead beat dad... only seeing my little boy on the weekends... nice thing is that i get to see him Thursday... that is the day we get paroled @ 2:30 yahoooooo.... then its home to see my little boy...

well work is going fine... long hours and horrible working conditions... but i should say i m blessed to have a job and not on the outside looking in... did you ever go to a bingo hall and see the long tables stacked end to end... well that is my office for the next couple of months... but its nice to be working with the people i m working with... all have the well most of them have the passion that this ERP thing will work and happy to work in the conditions to get the Job done...

last night a group of coworkers went out for crabs... we went to mikes crab house... http://www.mikescrabhouse.com/ check it out... very nice and great crabs... i could feel the blood rush from my head and my eyes glaze over as the moment of the crab took over my body... AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... if i smoke i would have had a cigarette when i was done.... OMG.... LOVE THEM.....

and did i tell you all about WHOLE FOODS??????? my new mecca..... http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/annapolisculinary/ another aaaahhhhhhh.... night...

and my other favorite place to hang out here in Annapolis.... http://www.visitatc.com/

I am sorry it's been tooooo long that i have posted... i just got an new job and i m on long term travel... so to say i m living out of my suitcase... yea... and i love it... i don't get it when i hear of people complaining when they have to travel but i m loving it... i can understand having kids and all... i thought it would be easy here in a hotel room all alone and.... but i m drawing a blank... me chatter box and all with not a word to say... i m watching America's got talent and ms Reba is sing her heart out i was going to change the channel but she is very captivating... and i don't like CW music and all that stuff... i more a disco stu... i m perplexed on who the guy host is and what did he do or where did he come from... oh now the truth is she is there to panhandle here new CD... and here i thought she was giving her support to all the talent competing... Capri pants love or hate them???? i also would like to know why the cleaning lady/man folds the TP in the bath room??? why is it a point and not a scallop... i don't get it??? can any one help me in this issue... i love the little bottles of sutter home... just enough for a glass of wine... without having to drink a whole bottle of wine... and having a hang over... oh to bad the lolly pop girls got sent home... this much better than America idol where they throw you off and then make you sing a song... yea right i would say..... bleep bleep bleep u want me to sing what bleep bleep bleep.... ok getting a little tired... tomorrow is another day... godnight and love u all....

Summer Clams

this is what summer is all about... walking out in the Bay thru the muck and mess with you trusted clam rake... for an hour or so for you to rake the bottom of the bay to feel the stony thud of a clam... deep down in the sand... Large and small all as tasty as the next... The big monster clams are used for clam chowder and the ones about the size of a beer can r the best just steamed in a bottle of wine with cut up basil and ham garlic and green peepers... And u must remember the crusty bread to dip in the broth.... Ahhhh summer time of living easy and where time runs slower in Delaware...

Meet twiggy

From Downloads

This is my Dwarf Mayer lemon tree... As you can see from the pictures why I call her twiggy... She started out last year great... She came in the mail (yes from QVC) and she was just a little twig... Poor little thing but boy did she take off... She sprouted lots of leafs... and then came the pretty white flowers.... WOW did they ever smell wonderful kind of like a tropical beach scent... Then came the Christmas 08 massacre... It starts with one leaf then 2 than 3 the 5 then ALL of them fell off twiggy... Maybe she was mad because I didn't get here a Christmas present??? I thought she was Jewish??? Oh well what to so she sat in my dining room all winter long... Then I put her out side close to the trash can because that was going to be her next stop if nothing happened...

From Downloads

4th of july Freck

From beachpics

Freck waiting for the fire works to begin... had a great time on vacation... lots of good food and fun with friends... it was nice to see all the people converge on the Delmarva peninsula... But I m sorry for all the people who had to sit in traffic... I myself stayed at camp... only to make one trip to the Giant Super store for provisions steak and more steak... Sorry all my vegetarian friends... I am trying to consume less red meat... It's tough... And I am also trying to drop some weight also... So I will be happy to look and maybe take any suggestions you all have...

flowers at the beach

From Blogger Pictures

From Blogger Pictures

From Blogger Pictures

ok ok ok ok here some pic of my flowers at the beach... i know they r a day Lilly... but not sure what type... i will let you guys tell me... sorry the clams were bugging u so much...

BlueBerry

Here is a picture of my $34.00 QVC blueberries... there are only 3 not blueberry (that's $11.00 a berry I must b a crack head) Don't know what I am doing wrong the plant looks great nice and green... Healthy looking and all that... But I only see 3 berries on my to berry bush... whats up with that... I guess I will buy my blue berries from the market... Another QVC purchase I guess I will never buy plants and the like from QVC... It's not that I m knocking QVC I do love them and will continue 2 buy from them... Just not plants... Oh well live and learn...

Spinach

I tried my luck at spinach it did not do to well... (NOT sure how or what to do with it) I m use to buying my spinach in plastic bags and none of mine looked like what was coming up in my pots... Guess I should do some research on how to grow it and what to expect... I picked some leaves and they had little black seed like thing on the bottom of the leaves... Gross... They got pitched... And what is with the flower looking things???? HELPPPPPPPP......

Twiggy and her new Sister

As you can see twiggy has come back to life... Guess I don’t have a toxic thumb as I thought... I emailed cottage farms (who QVC told me to call) with pictures of twiggy and told them I think she is dieing but I do see some leaves near the lower part of her branches and should trim back the bare twigs down to where the new leafs are???? The were kind enough to send me instructions on what to do and the also sent me a new lemon tree / twig with a green lemon attached???? Twiggy is doing fine and getting along with her sister and coming along... We will see what the summer brings... Every evening I go out to talk to them, and tell them the story of the little lemon tree the came before them and all the bushels of lemons that she produced and on that cold winter morning that Santa came to say Lemon with your lemon so tart won't you guide my sleigh tonight.... WHAT wait where m I going with this??? Sorry I drifted off... I tell them if they don’t straighten up it in the trash can their going....

P.S. they are both close to the trash can...

My city garden

Tonight I had my first salad from my own garden... It was way cool 2 go and pick my own salad... Way cool for a city boy like me...

I guess I m going to try some tomatoes...


I tried them last year but they did not do that well... Bought them from QVC they were heirloom tomatoes (what do I know) out of 12 plants yes i said 12 plants I only got 1 tomato????
they were the only thing I got from QVC that I will never buy again... oh wait there were the blueberry's and lemon tree/twig...

also there were the strawberry's i wont even take pictures of the dried out dead plants in the cute little strawberry pot... did not have the heart to throw them out... but after this they r in the dumpster...

whale watching

I know I know there are no whales in the indian river bay... but let the little guy have some fun...

on May 20 2009 a 50,000 pound Sei Whale washed up on the beach the ocean side of Dewey Beach here is a picture and news article from the local paper...

DEWEY BEACH — A 50,000 pound sei whale, one of the the largest marine animals to ever become beached in the area, has washed ashore in Dewey Beach, officials said.
According to Suzanne Thurman, executive director of the Marine Education Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc., the whale was reported by a beach goer on Conquest Road this afternoon. The 37-foot juvenile male has been dead for days, she said, noting that she and her volunteers are now on site collecting samples to determine the cause of death. Tractors are on site to move the animal, which is still rolling in the surf.According to Thurman, the species is considered a large whale and is a member of the Baleen family. "This is the first (whale of this size) that has been stranded," she said. " We'll be here for hours."According to Thurman, Sei whales typically reach 57 feet and about 70,000 pounds.

thank God I wasn't boggy boarding (could u see me on a boggy board) I would have been the one the they were writing the article on... when that happened....

could you imagine...

just happily floating along in the water and KABOOM HELLO WHALE

I would have had a heart attack right then and there or their????... i just know it...

Happy Horseshoe (Limulus polyphemus)

its the season for these funny looking animals to appear on the beach... looks like some kind of monster to me...

and my Buddie is not to sure of them either... what is it with dogs and loving to stink ... my little buddy will find a Stinky dead bug, frog and in th epic below dead horseshoe crab and rub all over it...

it is the funnest thing to watch... he gets this happy concerned look on his face as he rolls all over the dead thing he finds in the road or on the beach... you can see the happy euphoric look come over his Happy happy little face... saying I'm a dirty little dog happy happy happy dirty dirty dirty little dog...

little does he know its in bath tub when we get back and the smile becomes a OMG I'm in the bath tub..... help meeeeeeee please....... such a goof ball just like his father....(Me)

Horseshoe crabs are among the world's oldest and most fascinating creatures. They are estimated to be at least 300 million years old. The earliest horseshoe crab species were crawling around the Earth's shallow coastal seas for at least 100 million years before the dinosaurs even arrived (which was about 200 million years ago). Since that time, the Earth's land masses have shifted dramatically, thousands of other species have come and gone, but horseshoe crabs have survived and today remain much as they were those millions of years ago. Horseshoe crabs have been used by people for centuries. More recently, they have been instrumental to scientific research that has contributed significantly to human health. Still today, when people see for the first time this strange creature with an armored shell and spiked tail, it is often with trepidation, along with the question, "What is that thing?" Meet the remarkable horseshoe crab!

for more information on the horseshoe crab click the picture...

1st summer Vacation a week at the beach...

Ahhh a weeks vacation is always nice... But even better when you spend it with family and friends... The weather was a little unpredictable but still nice...

I m sure you have all seen the bumper sticker "a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work" I must say this is true...

I got to get caught up on my DVD collection... "Doubt" was outstanding and if any of you went to parochial school like I did you will like it even more...

And on the lighter side there was the family guy season six...

And for anyone paying for SHOWTIME stop... I have direct TV and they are giving me SHOWTIME free for the next 3 month for being a long time customer... but All the movies on Showtime are all the old ones that they show on regular TV... I don’t get??? I will stick with Netflix...

Saturday 05/30 the beach was outstanding not a cloud in the sky and a nice breeze blowing off the bay... My little Buddie and I spent the day at the beach... As you can see my little buddies is a real beach bum.... And yes we both use SPF 30 most of the time???

I Love John & Kate plus Eight

NOW LEAVE THEM ALONE...

I wish "the Press" would stop all the alleged rumors and he said she said would stop... and let John and Kate take care of there lovely children... it's sick and wrong what so called the press is doing to them... say what u will but John and Kate are the only two who know exactly what is going on... and you "the press" can go on and on saying this and that but the only ones that can answer that is John and Kate... "LEAVE THEM ALONE" its none of our/your business... "keep your own back yard clean before you try to dirty john and Kate's with allegations and no proof"...

"keep them in your prayers"

you may not agree with me and that's fine... just remember they are 8 tiny innocent little children giving us the opportunity to peek into there lives...

we should thank them not chastise them...

Harrisburg, Primary Election is over...

I don't know about you but I sure m glad the primary election for Harrisburg is over... and may the best man or woman win...

It was a heated election here in the city of Harrisburg, PA for the seat of mayor... Mayor reed has bee the mayor from 1982... "I myself think we need a change..." he was going up against Linda Thompson... she is the president of city council and a tough critic of Mayor Reed...

we will see this fall when all the votes are counted...

yes Mayor Reed has done much for the city of but in the last few years the city has fallen deeper into debt... I feel from poor decisions and the like... this is not a political blog so I will continue...

I will close with, let the best MAN or WOMAN win... and do the right thing...

Happy Clams 2 U

Mercenaria mercenaria (Hard Clam)
Also called the quahog, Cherrystones, littlenecks, steamers or HEAVEN in a shell... the best calms are the size of the top of a beer/soda/pop can with a thick shell that is grayish white on the outside and white on the inside with a purple patch near the rear. The hard clam lives in sandy-bottomed bays and murky coves, and along beaches from Canada to Texas Recreational fishermen gather the clams with rakes and hoes (that's funny), or simply by probing the bottom with their feet or hands. At low tide, experienced gatherers can spot siphon holes on the bottom where Clams are actively feeding. This species supports a substantial recreational and commercial fishery. There is a minimum legal size that varies from state to state. The smallest clams are called "little necks", next are the "cherrystones", and the largest is called a "chowder".
When Buying:
The price of the clam is determined by its size -- the smaller the clam, the more expensive it will be in relation to the large chowder clam, which will be the least expensive.
CULINARY delight:
clams have a sweet, light flavor, but this is more evident in the smaller, more tender little necks. Steamed until they pop completely open, if they don't pop open don't force them they ARE DEAD AND and should not be eaten... little necks have almost a buttery flavor. Larger clams don't seem as sweet because they are chewier. The chowder clams need to be chopped and cooked to help tenderize them; hence, as the name implies, they are best for clam chowder.The little necks are best for clams on the half-shell (raw) because they are the tenderest. But, of course, they also may be steamed with garlic and olive oil or a little/lot of wine for a delicious dish. Steamed little necks complement mussels very nicely; the two can be steamed together. Don't forget; you can use your microwave to steam oysters, clams, and mussels. No water is necessary. Place them in a shallow dish with the hinge toward the outside cover, vent, and microwave on HIGH for 6-8 minutes.Cherrystones may also be used for clams on the half-shell, but they are typically used for baked clam appetizers such as clams casino. Chowder size are best if they are cut up or chopped and cooked. Smaller chowder clams may be cut into strips and breaded. Also, chopped clams are excellent for making a white sauce to top your favorite pasta.

and best of all, the great taste of a Clam dipped in a bowl of melted butter...

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
the weekend was full of clams...

SUN SUN SUN SUN please come back what did we do to send u away...

if i hear one more person say "WE NEED THE RAIN" i m going to explode... (move to seattle)

now lets talk about the little gray bad boy/girl that keeps digging my plants out of there pots... I'm looking to evict/relocate if anyone is interested out of my back yard... I am open to all suggestion on how to get them out of my plants... PLEASE HELP ME.... now they are cute and all but they are very intrusive/destructive in the garden...

I don't have much of a garden, living in the city... my back yard consists of a concrete slab and my garden is a row of terracotta flower pots... my plants are just starting to sprout... that's when little mister/miss gray pants decided to start him/hers own garden in my pots...

My Babysitting Buddy

this is the look I got after a night of babysitting my4 yr nephew... I think my little Buddie is telling me, that he is tired and would need a bit of a break before we go back... my nephew is wonderful and full of so much energy... I think science should find a way to harness all of his and other curtain climbers energy... they could run the world... I would also like to know where the get all the question from... and was i full of all of those question when I was his age??? hummm makes you think...

think

Appreciate the people in your lives while you have them...

no matter who that person is!
Watch your thoughts, they become words...
Watch your words, they become actions...
Watch your actions, they become habits...
Watch your habits, they become character...
Watch your character, for it becomes... your destiny...
'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Beach

The warm sand between your toes...

Thoughts of a wonderful warm day...

Cold beer on a warm night...

A best friend that just knows...

Where in the world is Beach weather

I don't know about you all but I m sick and tired of winter and this cold spring... I want to be sitting on the bay enjoying the sunshine and the warm weather that goes along with it... the taste of a cold beer and seafood of any kind... and the fellowship of great friends...

Here in Harrisburg PA, it's been cold and when it's not cold it's raining... the older i get the more i cant stand the weather change... so sorry i don't mean to complain but it been a cold and damp winter... and if anyone says, OHHH we have not had a bad winter in years... please keep that to your self... thanks for letting me vent and i will try to keep it to a short gripe... and not travel back down this road... so i hope the pictures will help me get over this little bump in the road....

can you feel the warm sunshine???

See you all on the Beach

OK OK i m feeling a little warmer... how bout you all???

I love Me Some Marshmello Peep's

cant you just eat and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat... and eat...

I myself think they only taste good during the Easter season... and they must be fresh and soft...

"S'mores"

wonder how they would be if you swap out the marshmallow and replaced it with a Peep???

I love the traditional S'mores but i like to spice it up with the addition of a little peanut butter... yum yum...

A very busy week from palm Sunday to Easter... I participate in the Easter Triduum or holy week... beginning with the Chrism Mass on Monday and all the masses thru Easter... starting with the annual Chrism Mass, celebrated at St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg on Monday of Holy Week, During the Chrism Mass, the bishop blesses the oils and Chrism that will be used in the celebration of the sacraments throughout the coming year. The Oil of Catechumens is used to anoint those preparing for baptism; the Oil of the Sick is used in the anointing of the sick; and the Sacred Chrism is used in the baptism of children, the Sacrament of Confirmation, the ordination of priests and bishops, and the dedication of altars. the next mass was on Thursday night it is the mass of our lord's supper...then on to good Friday and the grand silence where you don't speak from 1200 to 300 (it's not to hard to do because your in church for most of that time)... a very sad and somber day... then holy Saturday and the Great Vigil of Easter... what a wonderful wonderful weekend...

: here is some great information all about holy week just click this link :

OK here is my new futon that I Love... with the off white cover (that i thought would be a good neutral color) in just 3 days the were little dirty feet and paw prints... i don't know who would have done that i can not blame my little Buddie ... but the jurors are still out...

so i stooped st this great little place called Gabriel's Brothers.... and bought a $5.99 fitted sheet... it will keep clean till i find the futon cover of my dreams... I am bidding on two on eBay ... I will know Friday... weather I won one or both... wish me luck...

ahhhhh my nightly bowl of my ice cream.... I searched all day Saturday and could not find and good ones they were ether green or furry... this bowl of strawberry's came from the mecca of supermarkets...called Wegmans.... have a good night...

Don't forget Hug someone...

Monday Night Pasta

Monday Night Supper

lets start with dinner... I tried a new home made pasta... love making my own pasta... very simple and easy to do... you may think it's a lot of work but it's a lot of fun and easy... for the money it's well Worth it and the raw pasta freezes well...

Ingredient's:

4 cups of flour and a 1/2 cup for the board (for dusting)

2 cups of Puree pumpkin or squash you can get in the frozen section by the spinage

1 table spoon sea salt

2 eggs

1 to 3 garlic cloves crushed in a garlic press

12 pepper corn's crushed

1 table spoon olive oil

You can do this by hand, but if you have a kitchen aid you are home free and you can do the dishes while the pasta is mixing ...I own the Kitchen Aid Professional 5qt 450 Watt 10 Speed Stand Mixer...say hello to Sister Bertheina

OK here comes the hard part.. throw all ingredients in the mixing bowl with the paddle attachment and speed on 2 to 3 mix for about 5 minutes... then switch to the dough hook... and mix for another 2 to 3 minutes... it should be the consistency of play dough...

you can use a pasta machine or roll it out to the desired thickness... cook about 2 to 3 minutes and add your favorite gravy / sauce there you have it home made pasta in a flash...

yummy yummy I think the pumpkin or squash made it more silky very delicate not like a heavy thick pasta...

next time I make pasta I will remember to document all the steps and share with all of my friends...

OK turn the TV off..... and don't forget to give thanks

this is the arch between my dinning and living room... all cut from my cricut using good card stock and using cartridges doodletype and home accents... and yes that is a blue disco ball... OK no questions... what can I say... I like Blue and I like disco...

Say hello to my little friend... Mr. Cricut

it is a computerized cutting machine and yes I cant live with out it... it's a tool for the arts and craft trade... see later post for what I have cut out 4 over my archway from the living room to the dinning room...

work in progress... this is what the Cricut spits out... I use this stuff called wackytac... it's like a glue but it is reposition-able adhesive... it turns any thing into a post it note...

here is what i did to my front door....

Hoppy Easter
little purple eggs and flowers and some really cute chicks...