Category: This ‘n That

Musings from a Peter Pan mind

Favorite Cookies

I have great memories of cookies I ate as a child. One of my all time favorites was called Gauchos by Burry Foods. It was an oGauchosatmeal cookie with a peanut butter filling. I have found that the Girl Scouts are putting out a cookie that is almost identical in look and taste.

Burry Foods must have had me in mind when they were baking, because I have fond memories of two of their other products, Scooter Pies and Fudge Town cookies. Scooter Pies were sort of two graham crackers sandwiched together with marshmallow and covered in very cheap chocolate.  Fudge Towns were chocolate cookies with a chocolate middle. I used to love pushing the chocolate out with my pinkie from the cookie’s center hole.

 Scooter PiesFudge Town

 

  

 

 

 

 

And so my weight gain began!

                       Now to find some Girls Scouts!

Taxes, Taxes

I haven’t written anything for a bit because I have been bogged down in taxes! I have been getting my mother’s ready, my father’s trust, and mine. I am still not done. Figuring out capital gains is such a pain, especially if you sold a mutual fund that keeps reinvesting. The Scudder fund I sold doesn’t automatically calculate them  for you as I hear some fund companies do now. It would be well worth it to find out which ones do before you buy into one. I need an aspirin!

My CompUSA Store is Closing!

I am in mourning. CompUSA is closing 6 of it’s 7 Massachusetts stores. The only store left is far from me. While their prices weren’t always that great, I have spent many hours looking for the next gadget or accessory at CompUSA stores near me. I love BestBuy, but they don’t always have that cable or hard drive that you just have to have today. This truly is horrible news for someone who suffers from absolutely no delay in gratification! Where am I to shop now in Massachusetts? I guess I will be paying for overnight shipping from Newegg!

Windows Vista

I have been using Windows Vista for a few weeks now and I really like it’s look and feel. My favorite feature is the new Windows Photo Gallery. It makes tagging and organizing my photo’s a breeze. I used to use Adobe Photoshop Elements 4, but I really don’t need it’s organizational features any more. Microsoft finally got something right!

It’s A Small World After All

This morning a message was left on my answering machine… “Hi, this is Nick Theodorou, I haven’t talked to you in 29 years, I tracked you down. I hope I got the right person”.  Wow! This was a blast from my past I thought, as I listened to the message. Nick and I were friends in junior high and early high school. He was a happy, go lucky kid and we had a lot of fun when we were young. I called him later today to see how he was doing. It was really weird talking to a person you haven’t spoken with in almost 30 years. He is married, has a bunch of kids in college, was drafted into the army in Greece, and he has owned several businesses. I feel so old from when we used to play with his electric racing car set and watch Speed Racer in the afternoon at his childhood home. He said he found me by googling his name and found an entry I wrote about him on this blog! It really is a small world.

Nick with my Mother

We Are Back!

I think that this is the longest I have ever gone without writing in the blog in a long time! We got back home from Florida and I decided to completely change my computers and how I use them! Firstly, I decided to switch to a Mac Mini for my emails and web browsing. It has taken me a week to get everything the way I like it. I also installed Windows Vista on my main PC. What can I say? It really is a nice upgrade from Windows XP. My only gripe is that one of the main programs I use for video editing, Pinnacle Studio 10 is not going to be upgraded to Vista until March. I am gonna have to use iMovie on the Mac till then. I also took the time to upgrade my servers with bigger hard drives. I have quite a home network set up here now. You would think that I had a major business! Maybe one day!

Since we got back from Florida I have been suffering with an awful sinus infection and a bad back. This is the longest that I have ever had back trouble. I talked to my Mom’s therapist and she told me that my symptoms suggest a slipped disc! Great! I am doing conservative treatment to see if I can get myself back in shape before visiting the doctor. Time will tell.

We had a great time in Florida with our friends BIll and Andy. Poor Billy got the stomach virus while we were there so he stayed home a few days. It was great fun and wonderful to see those guys on this trip. They are true and wonderful friends.

Well that is all for now..to quote Dr Smith about his back…”Oh the pain, the pain”!

American Idol…Unlock Your Doors!

Tonight I watched the second episode from season six of American Idol. Everytime someone left the audition room the judges had to remind him or her to  go out the right door of the double doors. Why not just unlock the left? I am forever expecting the left door to be unlocked in a double door set. How many hours have people wasted saying, “other door” since the invention of the double door? Please unlock both doors!

The Milk to Cereal Ratio

This morning I had a bowl of GOLEAN Crunch cereal for breakfast. I decided to use all the milk that was left in the jug for my cereal. There was too much for my bowl of cereal, but if I used the correct amount, there wouldn’t be enough left for anything else. My cereal looked like milk soup!  I ate all the cereal out of my bowl, but what was I to do with the cup and a half of milk left? Drink it? No! Throw it out! Oh God, No!  I decided to fill it up with cereal again! Why did I feel I had to use all of the milk? Why didn’t I just drink the milk that was left in the bowl. It is no wonder I struggle with my weight!