Taste of Thai for the first time.

So I lost my virginity today. For Thai food that is. Never had it before. Because it looks... well.... unappetizing.

But I went to a place downtown with coworkers and they convinced me to try the coconut soup.I was expecting something sweet.... not something with mushrooms in it....

But I liked it. I really did.

Then came the Gang Massaman with beef. And mine had purple potatoes. I liked it.  But again, I expected something more coconutty and sweet-ish. It was neither. But it was good and I ate every drop despite being full half way through!

So I'm a convert and now I get to explore some other flavors.  Next stop I want to try Pad Thai.

And next time I do the Massaman, I will go for "american spicy". Might graduate to spice level 1 eventually but gotta take it slow.

New favorite thing

Brian told me about his breakfast smoothie. Raw quick oats, celery, spinach, frozen banana, protein powder, strawberries, almond milk, and cucumber.

I tried it.

I like it.

It pretty much covers everything.... fruit, veggies, grain, protein. I think it shall become my new meal replacement. Plus there are all kinds of other things that I can throw in... kale, apple, carrots, kiwi, avocado..... possibilities are endless.

I see a trip to Costco to buy huge pkgs of spinach and fruit in my very near future.

It's all a game to me......

I readily admit I know very little about the stock market. But I dabble in it. I watch it go up and down, up and down, down and down, down and down.... down and up a little.

I go to Wendover and gamble on rare occasions. Our rule is -- we take what we can afford to lose and we do not go to an ATM and get more. I can often make $5 last me for a couple of hours. So I get fun and I don't go broke. And we spend what we would on a nice dinner and movie. Last time I went I made $100 in the first 5 minutes I was there. And I came home with that $100.

We thought we were going to owe taxes this year so we have been putting money aside for that purpose. But lo, and behold, and major surprise... we didn't owe. So........... we decided to take that money and invest it.

We have been researching some specific markets for the past year. I already have a Scottrade account for my "Play Money" so George gave me a wad of money and yesterday in less than a minute.... with two clicks of a mouse.... I spent it ALL.

hee hee. It was so fun.

I have some stocks that are not doing so great...so I plan to sell them and then buy MORE of what I got yesterday because it is already making us money so I'm encouraged.

I had invested in some pharmaceuticals.... they are not doing well. Gonna dump em.

But.... here is a tip......  Natural gas is doing FABULOUS.

Just sayin......

April Fools -- What a Joke

 People are rather surprised when they learn what a jokester I am on April Fools. Or rather, USED to be. Not so much anymore. The climate at work changed and the new management is not into that kind of thing at all. But I had a lot of fun a couple of years. Someone put a fish in my drinking cup (see photo above). That was fun.

I put somebody's glasses in jello.... I did the cut fingers on the paper cutter. I kidnapped stuff from people's desks and put it in the vending machine so they had to pay .50 cents to get it back... LOL   It was fun. Wish I had time to write about all I did, but I'm at work and better get off the internet. LOL

I made this kitty litter cake.

I also closed off one of the offices here and put a "Do NOT ENTER... WATER DAMAGE" with wet towels sticking out from under the door. The coworker -- John --- had very important papers all over his office and the look on his face, when he thought there had been water damage was priceless.

hee hee hee. Nobody suspected me of being the prankster because I am so "quiet".

ha ha ha ha