Penny Satterwhite

End of Lost

Penny — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:20:27 +0000

So lots of people are feeling abandoned now that Lost has shown their final episode. This was one of the strangest theories and story lines for a long running series that I’ve ever seen. You would think that being stranded on an island would be limiting, but these writers were incredibly creative in coming up with bizarre situations for the survivors of the plane crash, years ago. But now it over. whatever we will all be watching in its place?

Census Persistence

Penny — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:27:41 +0000

We all got our census forms and most of us were good doobies and we filled them out and mailed them in. And the clusterfuck of managing all that paperwork began. No one really knows if the census forms were received or not. I know I sent in mine and yet a census worker still showed up at my door asking me to fill out one with her. So now I am in the system twice.

I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of other citizens are in the system twice and why is our government paying all these census workers to gather information that was already sent in? What a waste of time and money.

Imported Perfume

Penny — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:14:20 +0000

One of my all time favorite perfumes is made in Bermuda and imported to the U.S. It is very hard to find, but I know of a little store in Alexandria Virginia that specializes in several things imported from Bermuda, and I am hoping they carry the perfume.

I can’t remember the name of that shop, so I am turning to the internet to try to find that shop’s web site or phone number, and worst case, an alternate source for buying the perfume that I want. the fragrance is called Bermudiana and is made from all the native flowers, right there on the island. I can’t wait to get some!

What’s Cooking?

Penny — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:00:12 +0000

The warm weather has me very excited about cooking outdoors. I have a wonderful 2 burner gas grill that runs on propane. I can use either the little campstove canisters or the big white canisters that get refilled at the convenience stores.

Tonight I am grilling a big salmon fillet along with a large baked sweet potato and grilled corn on the cob. I have not tried to grill salmon before, so I am a little nervous about it. Hope it turns out good – I would much rather stand out on my patio to cook than be cooped up in my tiny kitchen every night.

St Louis Visit

Penny — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:04:16 +0000

We are visiting a couple of friends that I met on the internet who live in St. Louis. I’ve never been there, so I’m excited about the trip. Wish we could be there longer than just one weekend, but this is our first meetup with new friends and it makes sense to keep the first one short. If everything works out we can always go back another time.

What’s On?

Penny — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:09:03 +0000

This is the worst time of year for watching TV. There is nothing good on most of the major networks and I had to cut back on the extended cable channels to save some money. So I have been turning to the DVD library and watching some of my favorite movies. Tonight I’m going to watch Terminator 1 and do the whole whole series this week. In fact, I think it will be an Arnold week.

Parenthood

Penny — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:06:45 +0000

On the USA cable channel they are airing commercials for a new TV show called, Parenthood. It is a Ron Howard production, so I will expect some quality writing and directing, and the actors look like they were well chosen for their roles. I like the way the commercial shows the grandfather expressing himself and the parents seem to have no clue. It is probably a good snapshot of American culture and might even be funny.

Gonna Snow

Penny — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:23:41 +0000

Shadow or No Shadow?

Penny — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:19:42 +0000

The “official” groundhog in Pennsylvania supposedly saw his shadow this morning and ran back to the cozy cover of his den for another 6 weeks of winter.

But around here, the sky was completely overcast with snow clouds. There is no way any critter saw its shadow today. So I’m taking a stand and predicting an early spring for us!

(And yes – I know that is a beaver in my post and not a groundhog. Couldn’t find an actual groundhog in my clip art collection. So it’s going to have to be close enough. But you have to admit he’s a cuddly little critter.)

Is It “Twenty Ten”?

Penny — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:11:44 +0000

This New Year is going to be a good one for us. I have big hopes and plans for 2010.

This morning we were watching the news and they were discussing whether it was proper to say “twenty ten” or should we say “two thousand ten”? I think it was only appropriate to say two thousand while they were single digits, but now that we are back to double digits we should go back to saying twenty, just as we were saying nineteen rather than one thousand nine hundred.