Hump day greetings this last Wednesday of May 2024 - Shoot!  May rolled in, kissed us with all its beauty, and is about to roll out for the year and June will be joining us super soon.  Time marches on for sure. Cool line-up of interestings and laughs today: Beginning with - LESLIE ELMAN'S TRIVIA I actually guessed the correct answer to question #3 of Pop Quiz.  Edelweiss! BOOM! -- I LOVE the movie "Sound of Music" and the soundtrack and I remember in the movie the dad (actor Christopher Plummer) sang the song Edelweiss.  I had to do the YouTube look up thing and listen to it for memory lane purposes and here's the link so you, too, can revisit the beautiful song from the incredible "Sound of Music" movie here it is * Edelweiss - Sound of Music * QUICK QUESTION What always cheers me up when I think about it -  hmmm - many things - I can't put my favorite on just one!  You? GENERAL TABLE MANNERS My mom and grandparents totally taught these lessons to us as kids - and - it was great to read and be reminded of all.  Refresher course sort of thing! And I passed them along to my son, Hunter,  - little stinker - didn't act like he was listening all the way when he was young.  But he was because he knows proper etiquette table manners + kindness ways to move in life as an adult.  Success! EASY CRUNCHY ASIAN SLAW Is a must, must, must make.  So good and so versatile and I'd be surprised if it doesn't become one of your favorite recipes you make on repeat -- and know it by heart!  (As in how we used to know many peoples' phone numbers by heart - back in the day - before our little phones replaced our memorization skills. ha)

Happy Valentine's Day, friends! What are your Valentine's Day plans?  Any? I don't have any plans perse.  Laying low and building a fire to be mesmerized by as I watch the flames and reflect on so many memories close to my heart. I totally want to share something super-duper-heart cool !  Went to the mailbox yesterday and inside there was a package. I opened it - like a kid at Christmas! It was from my friends Carol and Toby. Inside was a beautiful original hand painted card by Carol who is a fine watercolor artist whose work is absolutely/always frame worthy.  And, yes, I will frame her piece of art and keep it under glass to view every day when I walk by it.  I'll feel the love for sure way after Valentine's Day -- forever. And - also - in the package was a box wrapped all classy-pretty in Valentine's Day paper.  Nope, not a box of chocolates.  WAY better!  A box of 8 Shower Steamers - that read, "Relax and Enjoy Home SPA with Natural Essential Oil."  We're talking Eucalyptus Mint, Lavender, Orange, Pomegranate Rose, Mint, Watermelon and Orange. Wow! Do I feel special, or what?  Quick answer - Very Special!  I am so grateful for being thought of on Valentine's Day by my dear friends who were also friends of Peter. Super fun line-up today! Beginning  with --