While a new week starts, some in the USA start with week with a holiday. How was your weekend?
Ours served as a getaway from some hectic times. Along with snow, Friday brought us two inspectors. Even with that, our weekend included ballroom dancing, a live production of Sound of Music, dinner, visiting family, and a few other things … and Saturday night’s snow fall cancelled a ballroom event!
My week starts with a slice of unknown because I’m unsure about the number of posts publish – but, I hope to conclude Time: The Musical with a prologue that will offer choices.
Upcoming celebrations for your calendar!
- (Week) No Name Calling Week, Handwriting Analysis Week, Hunt for Happiness Week, Clean Out Your Inbox Week, Snowmobile Safety Awareness Week, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice Week
- (Mon) Penguin Awareness Day, Disc Jockey Day, Camcorder Day, Butter Crunch Day
- (Tues) Squirrel Appreciation Day, Compliment Day, Rid the Word of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day, Granola Bar Day
- (Wed) Blonde Brownie Day, Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day
- (Thurs) Rhubarb Pie Day, Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day, Pie Day, Measure Your Feet Day, Lichtenstein’s Foundation Day
Let’s use the Muppets to start the week. This is very timely because Sunday was Popcorn Day. Did you celebrate? Enjoy and have a good week!
A Frank Angle 
I can see you sparkling, aFA…all the way from Oregon! Carry on…
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Raye,
Still trying … behind … but trying.
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That was a delightful video, thank you.
My weekend was a bit long, but looking forward to the start of the next week.
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Guap,
Although I like the uniqueness of the song, I used this video because it was interesting! Stay warm over there from the latest blast.
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Crap …. I was thinking of the Friday video … but I picked this one for Monday, and then I saw the one you had Friday … then smile and said “It was good.”
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You’ve had a busy weekend! Much more productive than mine. But as is my norm, I went to a movie today: ‘August: Osage County.’ Talk about a dysfunctional family. Meryl Streep was amazing as the drug-addled, cray-cray matriarch and so was Julia Roberts as her equally sharp-tongued daughter. Made me very grateful for my own kin!
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Carrie,
I don’t know that film …. well, given the plate at this end, much is passing us. Seems like just another way to show how good Ms. Streep really is! Thanks for sharing.
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Well, Frank, I actually celebrated Popcorn Sunday (unbeknownst to me) with some popcorn while watching the Broncos win the AFC Championship! And I enjoyed your video after the fact!
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Cathy,
Congrats to your Broncos … and I thought about you during the game. One more big one in two weeks! Cheers to your popcorn celebration.
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This weekend was nice, thanks Frank. Sounds like yours was too.
But I will have to do something special for Friday; when we were traveling east in 1998, I insisted that we stop for lunch in Lichtenstein, just because I liked the way it sounded.
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Elyse,
Sounds like a good reason to stop in Lichtenstein. FYI – celebrate on Thursday.
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Good heavens Frank – there’s nothing to celebrate on Wednesday – I may not get out of bed!!
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Pauline,
With nothing on Wednesday, I will probably be at a loss!
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Huh. Two “Popcorn” videos in a row from you, Frank. What does it mean? Probably just two “Popcorn” videos in a row. My weekend was okay. Hung out with friends. Coco took some pictures that might be my next post. I was very disappointed that the 49ers lost. Now I’m rooting for Denver by default since I hate the Seahawks.
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Lame,
Two popcorn videos was actually planned when I was looking for the first one. You would have enjoyed the small theater where we saw Sound of Music. Interesting place. Good production … here’s the review … http://tinyurl.com/q4ys5ft … Always a bummer when favorite teams lose … thus way I just watch for the enjoyment of the game.
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Sounds like you were busy… and I did give you a thought while walking on the golf course…
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Bulldog,
You are one heck of guy for swinging a golf club while I’m shoveling snow. Hmmm … Besides keeping your eye on the ball, watch out here. 😉
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Always been a fan of Lichtenstein
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GFB,
Perfect … thanks for volunteering to participate in the next post!
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Erm….ok then!
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A great and busy weekend behind you again ….. thanks for the video – my music and my favorite TV-chef. This I have use for the right post – never seen it before. Thanks for my morning laughter.
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Viveka,
I knew you would appreciate this one! You may want to search Muppets Swedish Chef to see other choices of videos. I recently saw one involving Gordon Ramsey.
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Frank, I just watch the video with Gordon and the Swedish chef – very explosive *smile Thanks for the tip!!!
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Oh, wow, a live production of the Sound of Music sounds awesome! Nothing like live theater–especially musicals. We had a busy weekend! Plus, my 20-year-old nephew arrives from Lexington tonight. He’s staying for 6 months.
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
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Kathy,
The theater was a small, but classic venue in Covington, plus the actors were professionals … thus it was well done. Wow … a 6-month visitor! Enjoy!
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Can’t wait to hear your choices for the next “Time: The Musical.”
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Tim,
Being a prologue, it is a bit different, but there still should be plenty of music. The next Satire Bits post will provide some information.
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Oh yes, I remember The Muppets. 😀 Freshly squeezed orange juice day sounds good. I asked for OJ in a restaurant yesterday, and it was from concentrate. Not good! 😦 Have a great week, Frank.
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Sylvia,
You are in the state where OJ is big, so you should have freshly squeezed. Hope your song preparation is going well.
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I refuse to celebrate Squirrel Appreciation Day tomorrow. All they do is take bites out of my tomatoes and shred the broccoli plants in my garden, and torment the dogs. Bah!
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Angela,
Years ago my wife was resembling Bill Murray in Caddy Shack as she was ready to do battle. But she wisely gave up after almost getting hit by a tomato.
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Tried to pop popcorn this weekend but it wouldn’t pop. I checked the expiration date on the bag, it was fine. Come to find out the microwave died. Let’s hear it for jiffy pop!
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Georgette,
Jiffy Pop still lives on! Popcorn is such a great treat!!!! Bummer about the microwave though … well, unless you wanted a new one.
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THIS IS MY KIND OF HUMOR!! I LOVE “Shrimpy”!
My weekend wasn’t as busy as yours, but I did get to go sample Wedding Cake!!!!!
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Susanne,
Sample wedding cake? That means more than one piece!!!! Good for you!!!!!!!!
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I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You manage being a busy bee & a social butterfly quite well. 😉
LOL on the video. I can see me doing that. Not sure I’d get as many hits on YouTube though.
We had a full & fun weekend too. The kids had a music recital on Saturday & yesterday we went to Chicago to catch the Bruins vs the Blackhawks. Bruins lost – womp, womp, womp. But – it’s all good. We had a great time still.
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RoSy,
The 3-day weekend had a bit of everything in it!
Bummer … as a Blues fan I would have wanted your Bruins to win! Meanwhile, we just got more snow. 😦 … and the temperature is droppnig. 😦
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Oddly, we did dig through the cabinet and find some popcorn! Must be on some wave length.
Since the Broncos are going to Super Bowl, spent Sunday trimming up bushes in the front year – hope to get the back done this week – traditionally we bushwhack before Super Bowl, but don’t want the mess around and miss parts. The huge cardinal male is a tad annoyed he lost a perch. He’s been visiting and singing loudly. Must not be Molly’s playlist, though – she sits under his tree limb and barks and barks all during his songs. Hope the house stuff is as painless as possible!
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Mouse,
AH ha … a Bronco fan in Texas! Meanwhile, the cardinal will get over losing the perch, but Molly won’t get over the songs. Thanks for the positive vibes during my busy time.
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I have never considered “Measure Your Feet Day.” I’m not sure of the “why” behind it, but it is definitely unique! You had a very busy weekend, Frank. I hope the efforts towards your move continue to go well for you. We had a fairly quiet weekend. I took advantage of being home and getting some organizing and cleaning done. Not very exciting, but I’m home so little it was actually perfect! 🙂 Looking forward to your musical post this week!
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Debra,
Here are some ideas for Measure Your Feet Day. 1) Measure length and width, 2) Measure both feet, 3) Have everyone at the office measure their feet, and then do a statistical analysis, 4) Measure Jay’s feet.
Cheers to you having a weekend to get some things done around the house.
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Sounds like you had a very full weekend, Frank. You’ll have to excuse this short comment, but I must get ready for Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day. I have two cats and they are extremely curious creatures which means I’d better get prepared. 😉
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Robin,
Preparation is very important, so I understand. Meanwhile, I’ve been busy enough that my visits have been (at best) sparse!
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Don’t worry about it, Frank. I’m behind, too. It’s the nature of life. 🙂
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🙂
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Glad to hear that you and RightAngle – and popcorn made it through the weekend safely. Forget Statler and Waldorf, the Swedish Chef was the real philosopher on the show. 🙂
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Archon,
Hey up there in the north where it is colder than what I’ve got … and Cincinnati is cold!
I’m a Statler and Waldorf fan, but haven’t seen much of the Swedish Chef … but I think you will like this one. http://youtu.be/3KtIBPwaRkk
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Dang I missed squirrel appreciation day. Our new park doesn’t have any. It’s kinda weird and I can’t help wondering why. I think Miles loves having a squirrel-free park since they always told him off.
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Hey TBM .. like this?
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Ha! Miles would have loved that. Nope the squirrels here stick to the high branches and just scream at him like pirates.
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Like this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf2pKNqj77s
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Yep! Miles hates that sound. He grunted when I played it on my laptop
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LOL … sorry Miles.
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Blonde Brownie Day is a bit unnerving. I think this might involve recipes that might delete key ingrediants – i.e.: chocolate.
I’ll have tp pick Squirrel Appreciation Day as my friend used to rescue injured or abandoned squirrels so I had one walk on my shoulders. They have sharp nails but weren’t harmful.
Fun post, Frank. ~~~~~ : – )
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Isadora,
This is the way I like to start the week. Meanwhile, Blonde Brownies can have chocolate morsels … and I love them!
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~~ : – )
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