The "It's Time For the Hat", edition.

iPod shuffled to "The Show", Doug E Fresh with Slick Rick.  Sampled Inspector Gadget. Lol.  This song is really genius.  Scratching, Doug's human beat box. Good old school rap/hip hop.  It was a party starter.  So much to tell, not enough one finger typing stamina. Lol. I'll start with a teaser.

Yesterday I went to meeting to plan my class of '74 high school reunion.  It was great seeing people I went to high school with. We all looked good.  I mean really good. :)   This should be fun.  The class size was 104 or so. 49 have Facebook accounts, and maybe 10-15 more have been notified. A few have passed away. Now we have to find the rest. One more note.  Looking through the yearbooks and remembering us being so young.   So yeah, this will be a topic for another day.   "Just My Imagination", The Temptations.  I'll add this song to our page as a high school memory.  :)

Back to Las Vegas.  I mentioned during conversation, during the time was in the nursing home with Dad about what he was eating.  His diet consisted of kielbasa, bag of salad and a baked potato.  Lol. I talk to him every and ask what's he eating.  After 4-5 days of hearing this same thing I asked about some variety.  He says he went to the grocery store and 10 pounds of kielbasa was on sale. :-(   See, my dad never ever went grocery shopping and he barely cooked.  Mom spoiled him. :-)    Klymaxx, "Meeting in the Ladies Room",  "There's a hunk of a man I left behind".  Talented group of ladies.   Also, my dad was/is cheap so the idea of 10 pounds of kielbasa sounded like a good deal. 

Long story short, in July 2012, Shawn and I went to Vegas to show Dad how to shop for groceries...introduce him to the prepared foods and frozen foods sections.  We also cooked a bunch of meals and froze them for him.  After that ran out, I started ordering him heat and serve meals from Omaha Steaks. That actually worked out well and it was not expensive.  We'd also introduce him to a few restaurants (not fast food), where he could get meals, like his favorite fish and chips.  He'd also get a pizza every now and then. Lol. 

When Brian and I went out there in February 2013, we cooked for him. Brian bought a Dad a rice cooker and showed him how to use it. Dad is now a rice-master. Lol.  So now to this past visit of October 2013.  We arrived Tuesday afternoon.  We made a menu and shopping list and went shopping Wednesday morning.  What did we cook for him this time?  Cube steak with gravy, 2 pot roasts, red beans (he can make his own rice-lol), chili, chicken with noodles, beef stroganoff, spaghetti, mashed potatoes, fresh green beans, a breakfast with smoothered potatoes, sausage, bacon and biscuits.  Oh yeah, and some enchiladas.  Now when he tells me what he's having for dinner, I want to join him. :-)  We also found a soul food restaurant for when he wants barbeque chicken and catfish.  

"Do I Do", Stevie Wonder.  This one of my favorite Stevie songs. It's a happy song. :-)  lol I started head bopping and chair dancing.  I digress.  No, we did more than cooking while we there.  Of course I went to dialysis three times.  Well that doesn't sound exciting.  Lol. We had lunch with Mrs Loria, Shawn's Pre-Kindergarten teacher, and her husband (lol. I still have a difficult time calling her by her first name. I'll get over it), we visit North Las Vegas to show Brian a city that basically closed down.  We explored the Town Square mall. It looks like a little city with side streets, instead of a big enclosed mall.  Ah, it says it was designed as a European village.  Lol. Looks like it. 

We did our daily morning run to Boulder Station Casino.  We play for about an hour.  I had enough points to treat us to Sunday Brunch!!!  I think that's because I gave Gary my card while played poker.  Lol. That's a story for another day. ;-)    I'll explain Boulder Station another day and our casino visiting habits.  We visited downtown and went to "The D", a Detroit themed casino.   The have an American Coney Island restaurant inside. It was crowded!!!

Well that's a lot and enough for today. Signing off with Detroit's own, The Floaters, "Float On".  My name is Charles....".  Hey, they're ours and no one else can talk about them. Lol. I will always depend that crazy a@@ song.  Roflmao. ;-D