Courtesy is cumbersome to those who know it not.

That is John's fortune from the Chinese Buffet by Meijer in Bloomington. Good chow (mein lol) if you are near.

Ran off to John's again to escape the annual Corn Festival. We were going to head to Decatur, John's old stomping grounds, for our favorite annual rummage sale put on by the humane society, but decided instead to spend the day in Bloomington. We had fun, thrifting and rummaging. We went to one estate sale in this nice older home that was soooo 70's. I mean the decor, wallpaper and such. It was a nice house, I loved it. Especially the pink tile in the bathroom. It was groovy. I was down in the basement, which had a rumpus (maybe rec room would be a better term?), with a bar. I was poking along through the basement, which was, of course, paneled and rambling lol, and noticed that the linoleum floor had a shuffleboard built right in! I'm sure in the day it was the talk of the neighborhood. I was still marveling on the shuffleboard when I happened upon the porn. Yes, porn. I said it out loud, kind of surprised, "PORN!?", and this other older lady (hey, she was at least 5 years older than me!), heard me and she looked at me and we were giggling. LOL   Maybe it was like this "Hey neighbor, come on over for some shuffleboard and . . . ?" I was very amused. I did not buy any porn, but I kept going back (just twice) to this weird drinking glass with signs of the zodiac on it, and x-rated couples . . . it was just so weird. I am a Gemini, by the way, and there is no way I'd be limber enough to do what those Geminis were doing. I did buy a shoebox full of memo pads though, G-rated. And a black metal table for outside. Also G-rated. I hope! I guess who really knows. Anyway, the point of this story is clean up your stuff people! Don't leave it for your kids to do. Take care of business!  People with dementia do not like clutter, and believe me, dementia is contagious! Ok Off my soapbox.

John also decided this weekend that it would interesting to decide what things have held up well over time, particularly TV shows and movies. Are they better, worse, or the same? He decided The Six Million Dollar Man has aged well, the Bionic Woman, not so well. The Incredible Shrinking Man and Poseidon Adventure and Village of the Damned also kick ass. That is my opinion. I remember that scene in the Incredible Shrinking Man with the cat looking in that doll house at the poor shrunken man! Wow. Go watch that movie people. And if there is a remake, please, please watch the old one. Always! Since John cut the cable cord we have been watching a lot of great old shows and movies. Sometimes I have to watch newer stuff too.

We also did some baking. Camping is coming up next weekend, and John has a potluck at work Monday.

I cooked up that caramel layer there.

These recipes are all from http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/?ref=nav_recipes. Black and White Cookies, Salted Caramel and Walnut Slices, Cherry Coconut Bars, and, because we had leftover chocolate, and it is against the law the just leave that stuff laying around, we loaded up some Blondies with nuts and white and dark chocolate. Yum.

It hit me this week that my Dad is gone, I have a new brother now. He pretty much thinks I'm his sister, Noreen. Roller coaster emotions lately, and major sleep disturbance (for me, not for Dad LOL). He is doing very well at night, staying in bed, no more wildness, thank God! He is in a good mood too. So it could be worse. I've been blaming my red eyes on allergies. Allergies are a bitch man. Dementia is a bitch man. Some days everything is a bitch and I'm very very allergic.

Have a good weekend all.

Kay :)

Super cool old puzzle (dare I say "vintage") puzzle find from the weekend.

Super fun puzzle from the weekend treasure hunt.