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Happy Presidents’ Day

It’s Presidents’ Day all across the great United States Of America, so you just know what that means. You bring in your dead presidents on legal tender, and we’ll sell you a brand new mattress for up to 50% off !  We’ve got King size, Queen size, Twin size, and all in-between size !  Come and check us out today !  Our selection is impeccable !  We’ll even deliver your fresh new mattress to your home and haul away your old one !  Do it today !

Seriously though I’m headed over to the Germain Arena this morning (I can see it from here) to attend the Faith & Family Expo. That’s where this morning’s Walk-A-Thon takes me. Later today it’s the long 160-mile trip back home again to Homestead.

Have a great holiday everyone !

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The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club

Chicken & Broccoli With Pork Fried Rice & Won Ton Soup – It’s What Was For Lunch !

‘Now is the time to try something new.’

I tried something new last Friday. I took the day off from work, dug deep into my ‘Things-To-Do’ list, spent most of the day in Cutler Bay, helped out the local economy there, and proceeded to acquire a bad cold while doing so. Had I gone to work instead last Friday I would not have gotten a cold, but then again I wouldn’t have been introduced to my new good buddy Mr. Zicam. It’s the wonder drug !

I’ll try something new this upcoming Saturday morning (weather-permitting). Monkey Jungle here I come !

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My 111-Hour Holiday Weekend

It’s the 4TH full day of my long holiday weekend, and this morning I woke up shortly after 5 AM nice and refreshed. It’s my usual wake-up time for a regular weekday morning, and even though today is a Federal holiday I decided to get back into the groove of waking up at the time that I need to wake up for the remainder of this work week.

I went to Publix – where shopping is a pleasure – shortly after they opened up for business at 7 AM. Over the next half-hour I proceeded to swoop-up what turned out to be over $73 in quality groceries. In a fact that may make my dear friends Venus and Kristine cringe that included over $35 in frozen and microwavable foods. Cooking ?  What’s that ?  😉

GOOD SERVICE ALERT:  For the first time ever my groceries were actually taken out to my car for me. This was the rule for years – not the exception – at the original Publix at the Homestead Towne Square Shopping Center on Useless-One, but for the other two newer Publix locations (at Oasis and at Waterstone) this ‘grocery take-out’ service pretty much did not exist. I was rather surprised when it occurred this morning.

After Publix I went to McDonald’s armed with a coupon – a free Egg McMuffin with the purchase of one. Of course using a coupon at McDonald’s threw the entire store into a mass state of chaotic confusion. All I heard was the word ‘PROMO !’ yelled over and over again, and nobody knew how to deal with such a crisis of mass proportions. Eventually a manager came to the rescue and sorted it all out. Am I the only one in Homestead who has used a coupon at that particular McDonald’s ?  Let’s get it together over there !  I’m coming back later this week with another coupon for $1 off a flavoured iced coffee !

I’m back at home now. I had actually planned to do a very special edition of ‘The Major’s Walk-A-Thon’ LIVE and on-location from Monkey Jungle; however, the weather is not cooperating, and the last place that I wish to be during the recovery stages of my cold is in the middle of a chilly windswept downpour downwind from hundreds of wet monkeys !  Maybe I’ll check out the monkeys this upcoming Saturday morning. Stay tuned.

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My 111-Hour Holiday Weekend

Here are a few things that I did today on the first full day of my long holiday weekend:

  • I went to Dunkin Donuts to get myself a medium coffee with cream, sugar, and blueberry flavouring. Good Stuff !
  • I took my car to my Saturn dealership to get its 3,000-mile preventive maintenance done on it. I was shocked to find out that my Saturn dealership is now a Saturn / Buick / Pontiac / GMC dealership. That’s not right.
  • I went to The Living Word Christian Bookstore in Cutler Bay for the first time ever. I spent nearly an hour inside that store. It looks like I’m going to be a regular customer there from now on. I love that place !
  • I went to Southland Mall for a rare visit, and I saw another movie today at the Regal Cinemas 16 there. I saw “Juno“. It was a great movie, and I now see why it’s nominated for so many awards – plus it’s a box office smash. I also looked around and dreamed a little bit while I was in the theatre. I wonder what Life Pointe Church would be like if it were held in this theatre ?
Iced Caramel Macchiato