Margaritas

Thursday, May 26
9:06 am Good morning!  61 sun!  No work for me today!  Hope you have a fun day!
9:47 am Phil: I am going to a concert tonight!  Hot out, love it!
9:50 am Ooh!  Awesome!  I’m off on an adventure to the wilds of North Reading to the Walmart and the British pub next door for lunch.

French Onion Soup

Chicken parmesan over ziti in a cute little red dish!

12:09 pm  Giant margarita glass! Enjoy the concert.
[photo of a giant green plastic glass from Walmart]

1:35 pm Phil: Why Thank You!
4:52 pm Notice #2 sorbet – margarita!

4:54 pm Margarita sorbet itself!  Everything is making me think of you!

11:10 pm Good concert?
12:09 pm Phil: Oh yeah!

Warm sun

Wednesday, May 25
7:34 am Good morning!  64 and SUN!  Woot!  Here’s to sun for us all!
8:31 am Phil: Had a fabulous day.  It’s hot and warm again today.  Loving it.  Enjoy the sun!
8:34 am Fun day at work.  Then we’re off until Tuesday!  Have a fun day!
11:42 pm Beautiful night, on the balcony with cats, enjoying the night air. 
12:16 pm Sweet dreams, kid.

Hair Growth

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
8:19 am Good morning!  Warmer 66 now, 78 later.  My hair is growing!  Have fun!
8:38 am Phil: Morning, gonna be a hot one.  Bright and sunny.  Off to check on the pool, a workout and lunch with a friend.  Hair growing is wonderful! 
9:19 am So glad you’re having good weather!  Quiet day in the office.  Not a single appt on the calendar for the entire staff.  Hope to get ahead a bit.
10:33 am Any big news from your kids?  I know it’s not possible, but I wish we could have a drink w/ them, hear their stories, so I’d see how they are like you or different.  A co-worker who’s leaving brought her mom from Phoenix to meet me yesterday – so neat to see her!
8:58 pm Did you see NCIS finale?  Just watched it online.  Nice shots of D.C.
10:19 pm Hope you had a great day. Sweet dreams, kid.

The Mentalist


Monday, May 23, 2011
7:16 am Good morning!  Yet another 52 cloudy 60s day.  Wacky.  Hope you have a grand beach day! 
11:19 am Stuck in a mtg 10 -4. L  wishing I was elsewhere!  Hope you have sun and fun.
12:33 am Survived long mtg.  Brain working much better!  Quiet evening – saw 3 old eps on “The Mentalist” trying to clear dvr.  Sweet dreams, kid.
1:34 am Phil: Love that show.  Night girl.  Had a wonderful evening with the kids

Yearbook

Sunday, May 22, 2011
8:03 am Good morning!  48 foggy, 50’s today.  Hope you’ve got better weather!
9:19 am Phil: 80 degrees and spectacular here!
9:26 am Yay!  Enjoy!  I’m headed out to my pal’s birthday brunch. 
3:07 pm Cleaned out a closet, found my yearbooks.  You’re right about that photo of us dancing. HOT!
3:29 pm Phil: Told you so!
3:48 pm Do you remember anything about that night?
10:55 pm I hope the Cubs will visit Fenway more often.  Sleep well, sweet man.
12:26 am Phil: No shit, they suck!  Yankees kicked some Met ass.  Been up drinking and yapping with my kids.  Good night.  🙂

Ribs


Saturday, May 21
8:35 am Good morning!  57 fog.  Have fun!
10:22 am Phil: Thanks!  On the way! 
10:24 am Hope you have an easy trip. 
11:02 am Going to take my mom shopping for shoes.  I HATE shopping. Ick.  But there is finally blue sky!
6:46 pm Survived the big suburban mall!  Got mom to buy shoes!  Ate baby back ribs at Chili’s.  Hope you had a good day. 

2:38 am Phil: Made it to the beach.  Great to be home!

Sparks

Friday, May 20
8:02 am Good morning!  52 dense fog, day 7.  TGIF!  Have an awesome Friday Philip!
8:11 am Phil: Hit on?  Wow!  Interesting.  Man with great taste 🙂 .  Awesome day here.  Start vacation today!
8:14 am Ooh, vaca!  You traveling?
8:14 am please please send nice weather this way!  🙂
8:21 am Phil: Going home to the beach.  Going to a concert.  Picking up a bunch of stuff I left there and putting my ass in the sand
8:27 pm Phil: 🙂 see what I can do about the weather
1:49 pm The sun came out!  For 10 whole minutes!  Thanks!  I should have asked you earlier.  🙂
7:56 pm Hmmmm… we made out own but good to know someone sells them.  🙂
[photo of storefront with the name SPARKS]

10:34 pm Seafood scallion pancake and garlic soft-shell crab at All Seasons Table!  Yum.  Hope your vaca got off to a great start!  Good night, kid.

11:28 pm Phil: Cool.  Had a nice nite
[5 texts today!]

Hit On

Thursday, May 19
7:23 am Good morning!  Day 6 of 50’s rain.  So odd.  Hope your Thursday goes well!
7:38 am Phil: Morning!  Gonna be nice here today.  Have a good one!
12:08 am Ate Greek supper.  Yum.

avegolemo lemon chicken rice soup

Sample platter – hummus, taramosalata, stuffed grape leaves, spinach pie, tsatsiki, cucumbers, tomatoes,  olives, feta cheese and pita bread!

Classic gyro sandwich

Galactoburiko!

12:09 am Strange night, propositioned by old friend online.  Big surprise, no hint before, not interested.  Told him.  He backed off, phew.  Puzzling.

12:10 am Sweet dreams, kid.

Special exercise

Wednesday, May 18
7:41 am Good morning!  5th day of 52 & gray, start to think of ark building.  Hope your Wednesday goes well. 
7:43 am Phil: Gray and raining here too.  Temps are ok though.  Hump day!  Hoooya
8:29 am For the man [photo of my right breast from the front]

8:56 am Phil: Very nice 🙂
4:54 pm So foggy – feels like Scotland!  Great day at work – got lots done!  Brain finally coming back.  Rah!
10:38 pm Hey kid. How goes?  Mexican dinner at a new place, Jose’s, in a funny house.   Ate a “Mexican flag!”

10:50 pm Phil: Sounds awesome.  Watching my diet, working out harder and more often. Trying to get lean for summer.  Mexican sounds awesome!
10:54 pm Lean sounds great!  I get to see a special oncology nutritionist next week, getting expert advice on healthy eating.
11:01 pm Is it too fresh to say I wish we were together so we could get a certain kind of exercise?  🙂

Smiling face


Tuesday, May 17, 2011
8:23 am Good morning!  Cold 48 rain again.  So I make the sunshine today!  Have a great Tuesday!
8:26 am Phil: Have a great day!  [photo of his smiling face]

10:01 pm Quiet evening, did publicity for project.  Hope you’re feeling fine.  Sweet dreams, kid.