National Pancake Day

 

GOOD MORNING CALIFORNIA!!!  It's raining once again.  It looks like it's just over our little slice of Heaven.  Yes it's been going on for some time because I've been awake since 2:45.  That's how I get that lovely drug out ... I'm exhausted ... give me some sugar ... feeling.  Phony coffee works too since it's full of SUGAR.  

Yesterday was Magic Castle day ... the land of Knights, Princes and Fairy Godmothers.  Sometimes I think I'm the Court Jester.  How could I make so many mistakes?  We'll get there in a minute.

The morning sunrise was fleeting and not all that exciting.  Some times Mother Natures choice of dress isn't all that great.  By the way, did anyone get a gander at the Oscar fashions?  I didn't watch any of it ... but I did see some ridiculously crazy dresses ... and then I saw THIS.  Give it up for Adam Sandler who dissed all of them in basketball shorts, tennis shoes and a sweatshirt.  Just to be honest ... his sweatshirt cost him $175.00.  I'm pretty sure I never paid over $20 for a sweatshirt!!  I laughed out loud!

But I digress ... back to the sunrise.

It's National Pancake Day.  How could I turn that down?  And it doesn't require EGGS (which have become the new toilet paper around here).  Pancake mix and water, along with a plethora of REAL Canadian Maple Syrup.  I ate every single bite!!!

That's when I got completely distracted while scrounging through my kitchen drawer for something that escaped me.  I found this pack of Monkey Magnets.  Barbara Westerfield sold me on these some time ago.  They actually work very good for keeping cabinet doors closed.

They are pretty tiny, but I thought they just might work for an RV problem.  Remember I had a shade replaced that broke and refused to raise up.  They sent an MCD shade, but it did not have the magnets in the bottom that keep the shades from banging around.  There are even big magnetic circles on the walls, on which the magnets attach keeping them still.

I thought this just might work.  I grabbed the magnet side and slipped it inside the bottom rail.  To my amazement, it worked.  I put one on each side.  Not sure this will be a final solution, but for now, the shade does not bang against the wall when traveling!!  Now what was I looking for in that drawer!

I couldn't remember, so I heated up another bowl of chicken pot pie.  This time I put those crispy fried onions on top.  This is so GOOD!!  I'm going to try and find little lightweight pans to put it in.  One recipe will make MANY for my freezer.

And then it was time ... off I headed to the dungeon for a little torture.  I signed checks, but completely ignored the requests for anything else.  I do more than my share, and I'm not doing any more.  They can figure it out.

Though we were short handed again, I luckily ran into the latest Prince who I hijacked into working once more.  My Lady in Waiting sent a morning message that she was out of town.  He relented.  In no time, we were off to the races.  This is my dobber board after maybe 20 minutes?  

I really had to laugh.  For so long we have asked the players to wait in line until it was their turn, and not grab cards off the table.  They ignored us like we were just a bump in the road.  The Prince however, got tired of it quickly.  He made them wait to even TOUCH the cards.  They were not happy AT ALL!!

Weirdly however ... NO pitchforks came out.  Not even a flicker of a flame.  Oh they complained a bit, but very quietly.  I was laughing inside and kept my mouth completely SHUT!!  What could they say ... he's young, good looking, VERY nice and speaks Spanish fluently.  They couldn't even talk behind his back.  Boy did I get a kick out of THAT!!

To make it even better, when that ONE person who always tries to steal showed up, he wouldn't even let her TOUCH the cards until he said go ... AND he told her she better not try to steal anything.  This kid ... he's awesome.  By the way, he also has a husband who I bet toes the line.  

There were no fights on this night, but the callers were very slow.  The first one got yelled at quickly for not typing in a card number correctly to see if they were actually the winner.  Flaming torches came out for the second one who lost his place and dropped a ball on the floor.  The place erupted in shouts.  There is no room for mistakes in Bingo.  The King finally had to calm them down so play could be resumed.  

One of the big Hot Ball numbers came up (meaning they won TWO jackpots), but weirdly, TWO people had that number.  I don't think that has ever happened before.  Lucky enough to have the wining number, but unlucky because they had to split it in half.  

That ended the night as I slipped out the door.  The infernal machine bit me again as I forgot to cue in a couple of numbers, meaning I had to actually count out the change.  Of course I did it wrong twice.  Not because I can't count, but because I started out with the wrong number in the first place.  I leaned back to stay out of reach of the flames.  Note to self ... more Coca Cola to stay awake.

Lastly, I was able to give away 7 of those candy bars.  Gee ... only 20 more to go!!!!!

Just another night at Bingo!!