Restaurant review: Roadside Diner serves plenty of bang for your buck

Restaurant review: Roadside Diner serves plenty of bang for your buck

Hey there younger sister!  When the weather gets Springy and you drive down to good old Moosup we'll go to Central Village for lunch!  Yes, yes, yes. Can't wait!

Bonsai Gardenia Numéro 2 has arrived . . .

And for good measure I washed the rocks that came with it in boiling water before I put them in the tray! As you can see it is located near the humidifier and a south facing window. Woot!  Woot!

Thanks to Puppies' Pop . . .

Ma Tante Leonie and Susan, Ma and Little Louise (1952)

 

 

Eureka, he has found the perfect blend for the morning coffee here at the old homestead! Puppy's Pop and I have been trying different coffees for years and finally he did it. We buy Green Mountain Coffee's Newman's Own Organics The Second Generation, Dark Roast, French Roast and mix it half and half with Newman's Own Decaf. Such a wonderful, aromatic, tasty cup of java. Yay.  We like it like that!  Broke down late yesterday afternoon and called my APRN's new office in Norwich for a consultation and she's on vacation! So I called the Walk-In in Plainfield and my wonderful PA who had left the practice a few years ago is back and she took me at 5pm. Carolyn checked me out and said that it sounded like I had a glob of junk stuck in one lung. So I'm taking Mucinex. She wrote me out warning signs for pneumonia and said to call her if any of them showed up and she would call in an antibiotic. Hopefully I've gotten through the worst of this mess. I was feeling so blue because I'm just so tired of coughing and no results. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Completed my Paris puzzle and expecting Moosup niece to come and use her iPhone to open up an app so we can see streaming video of Paris! Isn't that a riot? I can't use my iPad because it's too old! How ironic that three years is too old.  Grampa did finally help me on the last day to complete the sucker. Now I miss it - go figure. I think I'm just a mite contrary. Pépère Bonnin used to call me Contrary Mary. Maybe he was on to something  all those years ago!

Will probably go out to a fancy lunch with Puppies' Pop Saturday for our 46th Anniversary even though it will be a day early. The Super Bowl is on the third and I'll go and spend some time with our Kiddo so his folks can rake it in at the bar. Good times for sure!

Expecting my new Bonsai Gardenia today. I shall whisk the box into the living room immediately so it doesn't come in contact with my buggy gardenia. I've already set up a stand for it near the humidifier. In a hurry to see how this one grows. I think that I have the first one under control too. Now that is pretty grand!

Quote:  Hope calculates its schemes for a long and durable life; presses forward to  imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin, and dishonor.    ____Addison

The vanquishing of the aphids . . .

Pepere Bonnin with Susan and Little Louise

Baby Susan, Uncle George, Uncle Dolor, Old Mr. Dore the cobbler, Aunt Leonie, Aunt Edith, Uncle Henry, Marilyn, Aunt Annette

I shall overcome the sap sucking buggers. I've finally figured out why my beautiful Bonsai Gardenia was languishing. I thought it needed leaf dusting! As I've religiously moved it from room to room so it can get proper sunlight I noticed it wasn't progressing too much with puffing out the blossoms. I looked carefully and noticed a dust like substance on some of the leaves. Carefully I used a damp cloth to clean them off. Then I noticed on very close inspection via a magnifying glass that the dust seemed to be eggs! And lo and behold some of the damned eggs were running around! After a lot of calling around to qualified plant specialists I've spent time productively q-tipping the affected leaves and blossoms with a dab of watered down rubbing alcohol! My specialist said that gardenias are finicky and I shouldn't use a bought bug spray. I'll find out more when I call the florist! But for now I've attacked the mighty mites and the plant is now basking in sunlight and humidity as it is stationed in the living room near the humidifier.  Who knew? A sister plant will arrive Wednesday and the company insists that it will be bug free.  I'll have to keep them segregated! Hell's bells. I can't wait to see the newbie. I truly love these plants and will try to keep them green and beautifully blossoming ad aeternam! Weighty words but a worthwhile goal. All the Matantes and Mémère's must be laughing at me now.

Went to East Granby Wednesday and younger sister and I tried to play cribbage but we were botching the game up so badly we had to quit playing! Went out for pizza and then brought back cupcakes to her apartment where we shared tea and cake! Good day. Will get back for a visit in a couple of weeks. Also finally played cards with Cousine this week. She sent me some copies of photos she has from when she was a little bitty baby. I shall try to share them in today's blog. My cough is much too slowly letting up a bit. Darned if the Kiddo isn't coming down with another cold. Perhaps school should be banned. I swear that all germs start there and end up here.

Quote:  Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.  __Rivarol

Back in the saddle . . .

Back to WW II, UK

 

Yesterday's neat'o lunch at the Corner Bistro has been put on hold until our anniversary. Just as we were getting ready to head out we got a telephone call from middle child. She wished Grampa a Happy Birthday and said they were coming at about five pm to take us out for a birthday dinner at Riverview. That was just perfect. Spent the afternoon working on the 1000 piece puzzle of Paris! No, it is far from finished but I'm getting there on my own with very little help from Grampa. I think he has put in two pieces. At least middle child put in a few and Kiddo has been looking at it! Dinner was nice and Kiddo told us how the Groton Heat won their basketball game 34 - 22. He was super excited as he had stolen the ball and was on his way to score but . . . the ref blew the whistle because there was a foul behind him! So he didn't get a chance to follow through.Later he did manage to go in for a basket but missed. Needless to say he would like to play that team again.

Went to play cards with Cousine today, first time since before Christmas. It felt good to be out and about. We changed our Tuesday to Monday because of the snow expected for tomorrow.

Back to some learning that took place yesterday at Riverview. I had a Black Russian and it was the best darned drink ever. I never coughed at all while we were out.  Now I know how to make my own cough syrup. Hip! Hip! Hooray!

Quote:  We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.  __Voltaire

Not seventy . . .

That magnificent man and his flying machine!

 

Puppies' Pop is starting out this 69th birthday in fine fashion. After a pancake breakfast at the Route 12 Diner he's on his way to fly in either Sterling or Brooklyn, which ever spot has the least snow and wind! I'm staying home and will even miss Mass this morning as I try to corral my cough. So tired of these insidious attacks because I really feel quite well and then I cough and cough and cough and cough. I am glad that it's not the flu. So I'm grateful for small favors. I'll save up my energy for a nice lunch/dinner at the Corner Bistro on Route 101 in RI. If I don't talk I should be able to make it through a nice meal and at least one Black Russian. That way Grampa will have a peaceful birthday meal! Now, that is priceless! May even use our $113 Hyundai debit card as payment!

Quote:  Good nature and evenness of temper, will give you an easy companion for life; virtue and good sense an agreeable friend; love and constancy a good wife or husband.   ___Spectator

Such a silly old goose am I . . .

Strange to say that this day has gone well when we were at funeral services for younger sister's husband. The day was clear, bright and beautiful. S. had just turned 73 when his body gave out. The services at Church of the Holy Spirit were  perfect; fitting and comforting. The internment service at West Meadow Cemetery was just right. He will rest not too far from his mother in a very well kept cemetery. We went to the American Legion Hall for a delicious luncheon. It was good to be with my brothers, their wives and our sweet, determined sister. I'm sure life will be different but she has the enthusiasm to keep up with her grand kids, daughter and son-in-law. They will smooth her way as she continues to live, love and enjoy her family and she reaches out to help others. She's a keeper!

Quote:  Man's love is of man's life a part; it is woman's whole existence.____Byron (And Sister Rose at PCA!)