I have a new toy....

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I have a new toy....
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Sun, 07-25-2010 - 9:16pm

Yesterday evening Syl, her DH and DS took me out to dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market.  Great meal and wonderful company.  It was the beginning of my 69th b'day celebrating!!!!    For appetizers Syl had Blue Point oysters, Chris had a house salad, I had crab claws and Dorian had popcorn shrimp.  For dinner Syl had a whole lobster, baked potato, & asparagus; Chris had Pecan Crusted Whitefish with scallion mashed potatoes, skillet green beans, brown butter sauce; I had broiled Artic Char with scallion mashed potatoes, sweet shallot butter & vegetables and Dorian had chicken fingers & french fries.



I had a glass of Reisling wine - one of the few that I can stand the taste of and about half a glass of Poet Oatmeal Stout (dark beer) and an Arnold Palmer. Should have just stuck with the Arnold Palmer!!!!   Dessert was strawberry short cake with a scoop of vanilla icecream!   I cannot go to dinner with them very often or I'd be a blimp!!!


Any way ... the new toy ... a Roomba 530, that I have named George.  I charged him up and ran him today.  He got lost under my bed for about 10 minutes and I finally rescued him and move him to the other side of it!  Then he kept getting confused under the couch and chairs in the living room!  And his brushes and refuse container filled up and had to be cleaned twice!  I am not sure that having him won't be more work that it's worth!!!  I have to move things so he doesn't get cornered! But he does do a pretty good job.  It is just that I think I could get the job done with a lot less work with a good Shark vacuum!!   I'll see how it goes the next time I turn him lose!!!     Chris told me that if George doesn't work well for me he'll exchange him.  It really bothers me that they spent that kind of money on me, but I got shushed about that!!  Miss Molly was quite interested in watching him work, but not the least bit scared! She had bunches of fun shredding the wrapping paper that he came in though!


Today has been a slough off day for me, think I had a bit too much excitement last evening! 


 







            




You are loved ~~ far more than you may ever know!

 


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 07-28-2010 - 1:41am
Sounds like everyone had good food and that you all had a fun time. George sounds like fun too. We have a bed that is way too heavy to move and I would gladly send him under there to explore. Have a fun birthday week.--Pat

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