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Blooms, Bald and Booze

Posted on June 17, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

I don’t know if anybody noticed that I did not post on Saturday or Sunday, but I totally had enough for a Scattered Saturday Post.  Perhaps I could do that now, instead of my usual Tired Tuesday.

I got up and went running.  Then I wrote a couple of postcards and called my parents.  It is nice to talk to Mom and Dad almost every day.  I did not talk long, however, since I wanted to get out early and get to Houle Flower Farm in Little Falls while they still had a lot of flowers for sale.  I did not need to purchase any; I was hoping to get some pictures to submit with my article for Mohawk Valley Living magazine.

I almost bought another bouquet.

After I got back home, I had my bald appointment at the Hot Spot Salon and Spa in Herkimer.  I blogged about that yesterday.  After I was bald, I met my friend Kim at the End Zone Pub and Grub, which had just re-opened the day before.

Of course we practiced social distancing.

The above picture is Kim.  After the End Zone we went to Asteroga Ale House, but I did not get any pictures.

It was a very fun Saturday, and I apologize for not blogging about it right away.  These things happen.  I hope you will all tune in again tomorrow for what may or may not be Wuss-out Wednesday.

 

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Throwback Thursday During Dateline

Posted on April 17, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

I am kind of ignoring a DVR’d episode of Dateline in order to make my blog post while I feel so inclined. 20/20 is on OWN tonight, but the 5 p.m. episode was not one which interested me.  I like a nice personal murder for a normal reason like greed, revenge or jealousy.  Greed is my favorite.

I just can’t get enough murder and mayhem.

I thought I would do a Throwback Thursday post and share pictures of things we cannot do right now but look forward to doing in the future.  Will that make me feel better or worse about my current quarantine?  Time will tell.  Time is certainly a blabbermouth.

 

Theatre is my life!

Here we are crowded backstage for Morning’s at Seven, the play I was in at Ilion Little Theatre last year.  What a fun experience!   I love community theatre.

A little scenery chewing going on around here.

And here is a rehearsal for a murder mystery that was going on around the same time as Morning’s at Seven.  I cannot recall the title.  How bad of me!  But what a fun cast we had.  I would love to work with these people again.

Two of my favorite people.

Here are my friend Kim and husband Steven at Meeples Mug House in Little Falls, NY.  Yes, things as simple as going out with friends are what I long for.  I’m thinking we all do.  But one must put up with necessities such as quarantine to protect our lives and the lives of others.  Sorry to get profound.  I’ll go back to watching Dateline.  Happy Thursday, everyone.

 

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Winning Prizes to Help the Cats

Posted on March 9, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

So on Friday I declared I would be posting every day.  It only took me till Sunday to make a liar out of myself.  Now here it is early Monday morning and I will attempt to finish what I started last night (I am going to give myself credit for at least starting it on Sunday).

I walked from my house to the VFW  in Herkimer for the H.A.LO. Chinese Auction.  HALO is the Helping Animals Live Organiziation. It is a no cage, no kill cat rescue organization in the Mohawk Valley. Their annual Chinese Auction is huge and hugely popular.  I donated an afghan.

Tables and tables of fabulous prizes!

I had a fun time putting in my numbers for various prizes.  I put in for a print, jewelry, baskets of different things, gift certificates, and more. I ate a hot dog.  My friend Kim joined me, and I helpfully tore her tickets while she made her selections.  It was getting close to time to draw winners!  We also put in for the 50/50 and Baskets of Cheer, which included Tylenol, much to our amusement.

We got a glass  of wine and walked around again, pointing out to each other what we did and didn’t try for.  Then we went and chatted up the bartender.  We liked him.

Mark Sommer and Kim Darling.

It took a long time for the HALO people to draw all those prizes.  We all looked at our tickets and hoped! I won a tote bag donated by Weisser’s Jewelers.  Score!

Everybody hoped to be a winner, and a lot of us were!

We had a great time for an excellent cause.  Now we can look forward to the HALO Hoedown in September!

 

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Hey! It’s Still the Weekend!

Posted on January 26, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

I guess folks can judge me again, because I waited till later in the day to post, I have had a few glasses of wine, and this may not be a very good post.

I guess it is a Scattered Saturday post, but there has not been a whole lot to scatter about.  I went running this morning, which was actually the highlight of my week.  It was an awesome run!  I felt terrific all the way through it and most especially during the cool down walk.  I really should have made a Running Commentary post.  Too late now, I suppose.

We got together with our friend Kim but did not have any particular Mohawk Valley Adventures.  She helped us fix our back door (alas, more repairs are needed). Then we got chicken wing pizza from Vinny’s in Herkimer, and had a lot of laughs.

Since Kim went home, Steven and I have been working on cleaning out our DVR.  We watched The Invisible Man on Svengoolie and are on our second two-hour Dateline.  Regular readers know I can never have enough murder and mayhem.

So I guess the main reason I am making this post is that I like to make a post every day.  I can see it is a foolish post and yet I feel oddly pleased with myself for making it.  I hope my readers have been reasonably entertained.  Happy Saturday, all!

 

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Still Christmas? Time to Move On?

Posted on January 6, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

Not bad feet if I do say so.

Here is my view for the evening.  Astute viewers will see that my leggings are Christmasy while my slippers are neutral yet fun.  That is symbolic of my mood right now: reluctant to give up Christmas yet cognizant of the necessity to do so, and ready to have fun.

Right now I am sitting on my couch having a wonderful time with my husband Steven and our friend Kim. I must — or at least I very much want to — make a blog post, but it is difficult to do so while also participating in the conversation.

I guess that could make this a Wrist to Forehead Sunday post.  I am having a nice time but may be unable to make a blog post. What to do, what to do?

I guess it need not escalate to swooning proportions.

Here are the jingle bells.

I thought I would include for comparisons sake my view on New Year’s Eve.  Same leggings, different slippers.  I was wearing the jingle pair last night and part of today.  Steven is having a hard time letting go of Christmas and I guess so am I.

My main focus right now is to make my blog post today.  I have had far too many days of making a post in the early hours of the next day, and even a couple of shamefully missed posts. It is a new year. A new chance for me to make 266 consecutive posts (leap year, you know).  I love a new year and a new start.

OK, it is five days into the year (my  WordPress timestamp may say six, but I daresay that is not important). More didactic sorts (you know who you are) may say that renders my new start late and therefore ineffective.

I cannot deal with this sort of naysayers.  All I can say is Happy Sunday, and I hope to see you all on Monstrous Monday.

 

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Love Those Googly Eyes!

Posted on November 5, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

One of the Mohawk Valley Adventures Steve, Kim and I had on Saturday was to go to the Basket Raffle at Mohawk Reformed Church.  We love basket raffles!

Kim and some people I don’t know browsing.

We each got ten tickets for $5 and walked around five tables of baskets.  So hard to decide which ones to try for!  I considered getting more tickets, but I was trying to be frugal.

The drawing was not till Sunday.  As the afternoon wore on, I sadly accepted that we hadn’t won anything.  Then the phone rang!  I had won the Now That’s Crafty basket.

“The one with the googly eyes?”  I asked.  Yes!

I went to the church after work to get it.  I told the ladies I was very excited about the googly eyes.

“And there’s a $10 Michael’s gift card,” one of the ladies said.

“I forgot about that,” I said.

“You can buy even more googly eyes,” she said.

I just might!

See the googly eyes?

Now I can get all kinds of crafty for Christmas.  I’ll be sure to write blog posts about it when I do.

 

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Great Saturday, Late Post

Posted on October 27, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

What a Scattered Saturday I had!  It included everything but making my blog post (I bet you thought I was going to say “everything but the kitchen sink”)!  So here I am, up earlier than usual on a Sunday morning, trying to take up the slack.

I got up earlier than usual yesterday morning, too, with the result that I went running in the dark.  I had last run on Thursday, and that run was terrible. It had me questioning my ability to make the Reindeer Run 5K in Little Falls in December.  Well, not seriously questioning it.  More like questioning how well I was going to run it.

Well, yesterday’s run was AWESOME!  I felt my running mojo was BACK!  I even added 10 percent to the length of my run, which I had not planned to do till Sunday.  I thought it would be a great run to make a Running Commentary post about.

Unfortunately,  when I got home, I had a headache.  I felt rather ill-used about this, especially since I had purposely NOT tied one on on Friday (despite making my blog post about wine).  I had a volunteer commitment at 10 (please be there by 9:30), so this was a problem.  I took some OTC painkillers and heated up my face thing.  I have this face mask with herbs my Mom got me. You heat it in the microwave and lie down with it.  It’s not always the miracle I’m hoping for, but it always feels good.

The headache didn’t entirely leave me, but I was ready at 9 when my friend Kim picked me up to go to the Character Brunch fundraiser for RCIL.  I will definitely write more about that later, with pictures!

After I got back home,  Steven and I went out to the Waterfront Grille in Herkimer for a late lunch.  Another fun time I hope to write more about! Then it was home and on to the Halloween movie watching portion of the day.

Alas, this was when I fell asleep.  Not right away, of course.  I knitted, finishing a Halloween colored scarf, and enjoyed some Halloween entertainment.

And now I have completed another late blog post.  I am quite determined to make my Sunday blog post today.  We’ll see how I do.

 

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Who me? Buy Wine?

Posted on August 18, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I often go to tastings at Valley Wine and Liquor in Herkimer and rarely make blog posts about them.  It is a little silly of me, because I usually take notes.  Sometimes I even take a picture of the person pouring.  Today, I thought I would make a post about tastings we have attended the past two days.

Friday I made sure our friend Kim came with us, as I saw there were sweet wines to be tasted.  Kim is an excellent wine tasting partner for me, because she likes sweet wines while I like dry ones.  One of us is sure to be happy!

Friday was a tasting of Bolla Wines.  We began with a Prosecca, which is a sweet sparkling wine.  We all agreed it would be delightful in a mimosa.  Next came a sparkling Pinot Grigio.  I was especially interested in this, as I love sparkling wines (otherwise known as champagne,  by the way).  I liked it but was not in love with it.

Next we tasted the Pinot Grigion (not sparkling).  I liked it better.   The Chianti I liked best of all.  Full disclosure: for years I was resistant to trying Chianti,  because of that line in Silence of the Lambs.  I enjoyed this Chianti quite a bit and purchased a bottle.

It was a fun tasting!

Here is Danielle, who was pouring,  with Kim and Steven. Danielle mentioned she would be back on Saturday with 19 Crimes.  Kim was busy, but Steven and I LOVE 19 Crimes.

Accordingly, we returned this afternoon and sipped a taste of illegality.  I mentioned how I especially love 19 Crimes because of my abiding interest in murder.  Our first taste was of the new to us Sauvignon Block.  Please note the play  on words: blanc/block, as in cell block.  Get it?

I liked it a lot.  Notes of citrus but not too grapefruity.  The other wines we had already tasted:  Hard Chard (tangy), Red Blend (the original and my favorite), Uprising (aged in Bourbon barrels), and Cabernet Sauvignon. Of course I tasted them again; how else could I decide what to buy today?

We finally decided in the Uprising,  which Steven had particularly liked.   We will probably  purchase the other kinds at another time.  I love Crime!

 

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Good Late Lunch

Posted on June 23, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I pause in my Saturday gyrations for a blog post about a local business.   My friend Kim and I went for a late lunch to Salvatore’s in Herkimer.  Yum!

We both were bold enough to order wine:  Chardonnay for me, Moscato for Kim.  I got the special, a chicken wrapini with peppers, bacon and boom-boom sauce.  Kim got a steak and cheese wrapini.  We both got pasta salad for our side.

My husband, Steven, did not join us, so I got a dessert to bring home to him.  Chocolate cake to die for!

The dessert case was getting quite depleted by the time we left.

After I took a picture of the dessert case, I thought I would take a couple more for blog post purposes.  I asked out waitress to pose.

I foolishly did not get her name.

Then I asked for a picture of the young man who is often around.  He insisted on taking one with the waitress.

I asked them to pose in front of the pizza ovens.

The waitress asked for a second shot.

This is a nicer picture.

I said next time I would take candid shots of the staff in action.  They were OK with that idea.

Salvatore’s is located at 650  1/2 German St., Herkimer,  phone number 315-866-2600.  They are open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday,  11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

 

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Wordless Shout-Out?

Posted on February 28, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

So I’m Tablet posting today, and I think I’ll pep things up with a few pictures and try for a Wordless Wednesday.   I wonder if there’s anything on the Tablet that’s any good.

Kim in black dress number fifty-one.

When in doubt,  go with the beautiful blonde. This is the picture of my dear friend Kim at Renewed and Rescued, the consignment shop in Herkimer I wrote about for Mohawk Valley Living.  The dress may or may not be exactly the fifty-first in Kim`s wardrobe, but close enough. As I related in my article,  I saw the dress, knew Kim would like it , brought Kim to the shop, and found that I was right.

I love the lights.

Here is another picture of the shop.  I really must do a whole post about them. For now, a couple of pictures must suffice.  For one reason, I HATE typing one letter at a time with the stylus.

Another part of the shop.

The store offers upscale clothes as well as vintage and locally made jewelry.  I purchased earrings and a bracelet.  In addition to the dress, Kim found a pair of shoes .

Renewed and Rescued is located at 142 North Main St., Herkimer, NY, phone number 313-628-1506.

As I said earlier,  I hope to do a better post at a later date.   In the meantime,  Happy Wednesday,  everyone.

 

 

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