Not quite sure it's a goodbye post.

     Editor's note.  Today I go offline. For good?  No.  I may get set up with something soon.  And I've decided, even though it is disgusting as Hell, I may use my sisters computer.  She by the way got out of the hospital for a good 30 min before re-entering.  She needs rehab for her legs.  Sad.  So this may not be quite final yet.  In that I may be back sooner than expected.  Until then remember the fun we've had and check back

     The following entry I had marked Post for Saturday the 29th.  It is a brief synopsis of last weekend.  Enjoy and til I blog again.

     I'm writing this a week before.  Easier to have a few in the can.  And since today so far hasn't been terrible just thought I'd do it.

     I didn't get out of the house until about 10:30.  Just didn't feel like it and there was plenty of coffee.  One of those sunny/cloudy/sunny/cloudy sort of days you know.  Also one that was clear to me that said it's a lot colder inside than outside.  Turned out to be true.

     I spent some time gathering thoughts on what I wanted to do today.  Well clearly it was 2 cigars.  Then I saw an Oliva special on a website, under $3 a stick, had to you know.  The weather is getting nicer and it will be time to smoke outdoors once again.  As I write this I am considering not going to the lounge tomorrow.  But I seem to say that a lot.

     Check from the trustees never arrived.  Brother in law was fuming.  The kind of childish fuming where nothing can be done.  But we'll get to money soon.

     Started off at my Sunday spot in the summertime.  Stayed in the car, windy and chilly.  Thought about the monetary fix I was in.  I then went to the mall to go to Sears.  Wanted to see where I could take my craftsman hose in to be replaced.  The one good thing about them is they have a life time warranty.  Was shocked when they said I could bring it in there.

     Did some driving around and also took a peek in Trader Joe's.  I've been doing a lot of thinking about shopping there.  That and a conversation I'd had on Thursday night about organ meat.  I went in search of Chicken Pate.  Yes you read that right.  Didn't find it.  

     I mean I asked and was shown where it should have been.  But it wasn't.  I looked at some of the other stuff too.  Not to bad.  I know there's a very limited budget for food this week.

     I checked the house account.  $89 says it all.  I told his trustees last month.  We were short $789 for the month.  They didn't even flinch or hear me out.  Will getting his name on the deed be worth us all losing this house?  I surely don't know.

     Received a call from the electric company.  They'd like their money.  Sorry no can do. 

     About 11:30 I realized I was hungry.  And I wasn't to far from a certain place.  You see at my job, there was a woman who had just spent a year in China.  It was part of her job.  Well she came back in the beginning of December and they didn't have any thing for her to do.  But she still got paid.

     Well last week, or 2 weeks ago depending on how you read this.  She got a new job.  She came in to say good bye on Friday.  Hugged her and got her number to keep in touch.  Also I asked if she found a good Chinese restaurant yet.  Food that was like she experienced in China.  She had and it's not to far from me.

     Took a little doing to find the place.  At first I thought it was the sushi place I used to frequent.  Used to really enjoy their miso soup.  It was actually just further along in the shopping center.  Not to far from a Korean BBQ joint I didn't know existed.

     I walked in and liked it immediately.  It was a nice place.  Not to many tables.  Decorated very nicely.  Not the usual posters of the food with some description.  I got a table, 1 out of 7.  There was an Asian couple eating, I decided this was a good omen.

     The young lady came over and I asked for some tea.  Upon her return I told her that someone had raved about the dumplings here.  What would she recommend.  I knew I was in the right place when she said it and I ordered it.

     So many other places you ask and the server gives you a canned "Well what do you like" response.  I'm asking because I think you eat here and what do you recommend.

     It took a little time to get my dumplings.  2 of the other tables had been now occupied.  This was all before 12 noon on a Saturday.  I got my dipping sauce and waited.  Enjoying the warmth of the tea in my hands.  Nothing terribly notable about the tea except that it was a good strength.  

     Someone brought out a bamboo container that held my 6 dumplings.  Right away I saw a difference.  Unlike so many other places, the dumpling looked soft and tender.  Oh and it was.  Also let me say they had chopsticks and not silverware on the table.  Took me a moment or 2.  And yes I observed the first couple to see the trick.

     The sauce had ginger in it.  Was far from salty.  The filing was tender and gorgeous.  I ate slowly, savoring each dumpling.  I do want to look up the etiquette of eating these things.  There was another piece of China? that was a spoon shaped item.  I was unsure what to do with it and didn't ask.

     The entire sumptuous feast came to $8.66.  I will go back.  Actually can't wait to tell my sister.  She likes Chinese food. Of course the kind that dot the landscape.  My other place that I loved, well this one can give it a run for their money.  So we'll see.