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On The Go Again!

Fact: Question: A Thanksgiving turkey mix-up inspired what popular meal trend? Answer: Frozen TV dinners

In 1953, a Swanson employee accidentally ordered a colossal shipment of Thanksgiving turkeys (260 tons, to be exact). To deal with the excess, salesman Gerry Thomas took inspiration from the prepared foods served on airplanes. He came up with the idea of filling 5,000 aluminum trays with the turkey – along with cornbread dressing, gravy, peas and sweet potatoes to complete the offering. The 98-cent meals were a hit, especially with kids and increasingly busy households.

I can’t remember if I told you or not, but I am home-schooling Scout, The Wonder Dog.  Today’s lesson was about how to tell the girl dog’s and the boy dog’s restroom apart when we go out to dinner.  It took quite a while, and I am not sure whether he got it.

“Dad. which one is me?”

Christmas seems to be everywhere. The Home Depot was playing Christmas music already.  We looked at the decorations, but we have so many already; another one would tilt the house over.

We did see Santa, and he seemed confused.

Santa is confused!

We departed for Los Alamitos a little early so we could stop by H&H and do some shopping; we needed Sweetpeas!

We saw doctor Rucker first, and since we were in Los Alamitos, the Fish Company seemed an excellent choice for lunch.  We both did Idaho Rainbow Trout Farm-Raised.

Lunchtime! But wait; Mickey lost an arm!  Mary explained the small arm was UNDER the big arm!

The Fish Company is about two blocks from the Los Alamitos Medical Center so it took us jew a few minutes.

The place was well decorated.

We are both suckers for bread, and they have the best-baked bread in town.  We devoured the bread almost instantly.  How does the bread court his sweetheart? With lots of flours.

Mary at the Fish Company, after a meal of Rainbow Trout!

I am addicted to Dr. Laura, and I was reading her book called “Care And Feeding Of a Marriage”   I had to snap a picture of this page; it is so true.  Mary just finished the book a bout two months ago!

Dr. Laura strikes again; she is so right on!!

Right after lunch, Mary took me to the Boot Barm, where she was looking for a duster for me.  I have always wanted one. She is always thinking of me; it is so very nice!

Since 1983, the Outback name has come to mean fine oilskin apparel. Using premium fabric and skillful craftsmanship, Outback offers the best waterproof oilskin apparel to fit any lifestyle. Oilskin is a cotton fabric that is infused with oil, thus leaving you with a durable material that repels water; “water and oil don’t mix!” Since the years of the Wild West, Outback Trading has evolved the oilskin fabric into fashion-forward garments without damaging the integrity of the fabric!

No! It is not me; I would be slightly more handsome than this guy (for those with terrible eyesight)

After Mary’s shopping spree, we headed to Huntington Beach, where Mary finally had a doctor’s appointment.  She has a dental implant that is acting up.   She was in the procedure room for almost two hours.  Every few minutes I would get a text something like, “They are about to do a CT Scan” or “They are doing another X-Ray.”

Within a few minutes after the text, the windows would rattle, the lights would go dim and flicker for a few seconds, and then everything would return to “normal.”  It was like being in a terror movie!

We then headed to Dianne and David’s to do a fly-by as we had some of David’s favorite clam chowder from the Fish Company.   When we got the chowder at lunchtime, they gave us a large bag of ice, and we put it in the insulated cold bag we keep in the trunk of the Silver Fox.  It was still very cold when we arrived at David and Dianne’s.

Yes… David is fron New England!

From there, we went home but only for five minutes; Scout needed to see us, and we needed to drop off our new veggies and pick up some Beef Stroganoff for Jan.  Off to Jan’s we went in a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver!

We enjoyed a bottle of wine and visited for quite a while since we also brought her the fruitcake we got at the Christmas boutique.  The three of us killed the bottle of wine and one pound of fruitcake off!  BURP!!!  BELCH!!!

Our Friend Jan!

Finally, we arrived home and headed for the TV, where we enjoyed the first three episodes of Yellowstone.

About Paul

Just an old retired guy trying to finish out my last years on this planet. I lost my best friend and wife in early 2020. I was blessed again by reconnecting with Dr. Mary Côté, a long-time friend. Mary and I got married July 28th, 2021, and are enjoying life together and plan to spend the rest of our lives being a blessing to our friends and family.
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