Busy Busy Busy

Sorry I've not done too much writing, but things have been keeping me occupied.  Thursday I took a 1/2 day off to cook for the monthly meeting of Lincoln County Vietnam Veterans.  I made spaghetti---Scratch made sauce, homemade meatballs, and 2 different types of Italian Sausage---some from Wegmans, and the GOOD stuff, from Scime's on Delaware near Tacoma, for you Buffalo types.  Some salad and garlic bread, and I got the result I was looking for. 

People from "Around Here" have never eaten GOOD Italian food, and what passes for GOOD "Around Here" reminds me of Italian food like I ate on the USS Saratoga, where they were cooking for about 6000 people. I got comments like "best I think I've ever had", "you should go into the catering business", etc.  I just told the guys that when you've never eaten proper Italian-American food, it's a new experience.  I'm on Nutrisystem, so I didn't eat any of it.  I told the guys that if they wanted the recipe for the sauce, just watch "The Godfather, part I",  I just listened to what Capo Pete Clemenza said when he was making sauce in the movie, and did that.  Comes out pretty good too.

Friday was Vietnam Era Veteran's Recognition Day in Lincolnton, and we had 2 Army MOH recipients at a dinner for 400 County veterans who served (any branch or time) between 1961-1975. I had to be the "Chow Line Master at Arms", and keep everyone "tightened up" and the line moving.  I cut out early because I knew I'd be hearing the same speeches again on Saturday, and did some errands in town.

Saturday, after doing regular SAT AM stuff like trash and branches to the Landfill, and a run to town for dropping off dry cleaning and picking up some grub, I re-donned my MCL uniform with a clean shirt and headed over to West Lincoln High School for the Navy JROTC Awards ceremony.  I gave out Challenge Coins to the parents of the cadets who are graduating and joining the Marine Corps.   The school is about 1/2 mile down from my house.   

Back home for a quick change and out to the other end of the county for a "pig pickin' " with my good friends Mike and Rick Howie.  They put on 2 a year.

Sunday brought the yard work, a trip to Lowe's for some gear, and a workout at the YMCA. I forced myself to stay swimming laps after 30 min, hoping to do a full hour, until some kid who WASN'T wearing rubber swim pants decided to take a dump in the pool.   Spent the evening doing laundry and watching the first season episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1955.  EXCELLENT TV---start ordering these old series dvd's from Netflix and you'll probably do what I did, cancelled all but basic service on my cable. What they show on HBO/Cinemax/Showtime/TMC  just isn't worth what they charge anymore.

Back to work today for a rest.  But 58 calls in 7 hours isn't much of a rest. 

I'll comment Wednesday on the NC Primary Election