Snooze-oma

Sorry folks, but that was just one big snooze-fest of a race.  I'm not all that fond of road racing to start with and today's race just proved why.

Dale Jr. qualified 19th and he was never a factor in the race, but with a few laps to go he was in the 13th position only to be punted off course and turned around by a has-been driver whom I will not name here simply because he does not deserve any space on my blog.

At least when we go to Watkins Glen road racing, there is some excitement during that race but Sonoma, California, just doesn't do it for me.  I was glad, however, that Clint Bowyer was able to hold off Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch for the win.  Clint needed this one to help him stay in the top ten in points.

Dale Jr. may have finished 23rd in today's race, but he is still the only Cup driver to have finished all the laps in every race this year.  No one else has been able to do that. 

 On to Kentucky next week where I hope to get back to some good racing once again.  I could have done without this weekend all together.

Congratulations, Dale Jr.!

He carried the paint scheme for the movie, The Dark Knight Rises.  And like the Dark Knight, Dale Jr. finally rose out of the ashes like a phoenix to win the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.  On Father's Day.  In a black car.  Need I say more?

After not winning 143 races, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., finally won one.  It was four years ago this weekend that he last won a NASCAR Cup race.  At the very same track he won today.

Today was a day of reckoning.  He's back.  Finally.  He had been knocking on the door all season and finally broke through.  I hope there are many more doors he can knock over before the Chase begins.  Right now, he stands 4 points out of first place.  

You go Junior!  We Junior Nation fans all love you...

I'm Just Sayin'...

For many, many years I have been eating only Hebrew National beef franks as pictured above.  Occasionally, when out and about, and I get the urge to eat a hot dog (and it's cheap enough), I will indulge in what is being offered.  But that has been a rarity over those many, many years.

I love the taste of the Hebrew National franks.  There are only 40 calories per frank and they are 97% fat free and that means a lot for my diet.  There are no fillers, no by-products, no sugar and only 1 gram of the good fat.  Which means no saturated or trans fats.  There is a downside, however, and that is the sodium content.  But if I watch what sodium I eat for the remainder of the day I am okay.  I am on high blood pressure medication so I have to be careful with the sodium.

I checked to see what a regular hot dog contains and was horrified to see that there are at least 250 calories and 14 grams of fat in each frank.  Ouch.  

Of course, no hot dog is a good hot dog, but for me, when I get the urge to have one, the Hebrew Nationals are the best.  My husband doesn't like them, he prefers the what I call nasty ones.  To each his own.

Like I said in my title, I'm just sayin'...


(This is by no means a product endorsement...I just love these franks and felt I had to say something about them.)

I Thought I Was Dying

About a week or so ago I started having some weird and strange symptoms so I researched them on the Internet.  Yes, I have a very bad habit of doing that, but there are just some things I need to know...especially when it comes to my health.

I was having a bit of nausea, my upper arms hurt as well as my thighs, I developed a slight cough and one night I had what I thought was a slight sore throat.  I had trouble falling asleep, a lot of times sleep did not come till 4 or 5 in the morning.  I developed a stiff neck and that gave me a slight headache lasting more days than I care to think about.  It's still a bit stiff but at least the headache is gone.

On top of all of that, I got tired no matter what I did.  Sometimes I was physically exhausted.  

Saturday was the day we saw Crazy Hearts at the Lehigh Valley Zoo using the tickets I won from the local newspaper.  We took our chairs, found a decent spot to park our butts for the remainder of the night, and just took in all the scenery before the band played.  

It was still light yet when I looked at my one arm and noticed spots on it.  Prior to that my back was itching and I accredited it to mosquito bites.  I looked at my other arm and it too had spots on it.  Within a few hours the spots on my arms seemed to fade so I didn't think too much about it after that.

Once we got home and I looked in the mirror, I was horrified.  My cheeks were bright red, and my chest and back were far worse than my arms had been.  I immediately jumped into the shower and after I dried off,  I applied anti-itch cream all over.

All I can say is thank goodness for the Internet.  I suspected it was the antibiotic I had just finished taking on Friday night, a day before the concert.  And I was right.  I am allergic to sulfa drugs.  Just one more thing to add to my resume of stupid things that happen to me as I get older.

I didn't take my camera along, but here is a file photo of the band we saw: 

 

Today's My Lucky Day

I have been hard pressed as to what to write on my blog.  It is getting quite serious because my ideas are nil.  And the harder I think about it nothing jumps out at me.  

Today is our grocery shopping day.  After we finished that we stopped at a scratch off lottery ticket machine and purchased some tickets.  I chose a $2 ticket, and my husband chose three $1 tickets.  I have not been that lucky with this type of lottery (or any lottery for that matter), and because of that I don't get excited when I do buy one.  In this case, my husband bought it for me.

I did win in a second chance drawing years ago.  That was a jackpot of Elvis Presley items like a denim jacket with his name on, a large framed black and white photo of him with Betty Boop in color inserted with him in the photo, a watch, playing cards, four movies, and things I can't remember anymore.

I think the highest I ever won on a scratch off was $20.  Well, I beat that today.  I won $100.  My husband thought I was fibbing when I told him and he made me give him the ticket so he could check to see if I was right.  Of course I was right...I'm always right.  When will they ever learn?

We cashed that baby in  and came home.  The phone rang.  It was our local newspaper telling me I won two tickets to see a local country-western band (Crazy Hearts) at the Lehigh Valley Zoo this Saturday.  Food vouchers are also included with the tickets.

Since the day is not over, I am wondering what else will come along since they say things happen in three's.  I am not going to worry about it and push my luck.  I am happy with what I already got out of the day.