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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Ssssweeeet!

I discovered I made $10.07 this month from Adgitize.com. Well...not exactly "made" this month...but I got paid this month! That means my blog has made a whopping $20.60 cash money! Ok, that's not a lot of money, but I'm I'm writing anyway, right? Might as well get some ca-ching!

Lola's Diner ©2008-2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Sunday Stealing

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!


Cheers to all of us thieves!

76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers? Definitely Warner Brothers. Love the characters!

77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo? I always like to see the penguins and watch them. Especially since I heard that there are homosexual penguins. I mean, don't you just wanna watch them just to see if you can figure out if there are any gay penguins at the zoo? You know, which ones are couples

78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic? Most definitely!

79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off? Well...since the rotation probably helps us keep gravity...I would tend to agree, that we would all fly off.

80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it? Can I plead the 5th on this one?

81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick? I am going to claim exemption from this question, because as a lesbian, I have already lost considerable freedom just by virtue of that fact.

82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole? I like it cool, I'd go for the North Pole. I hate the heat, so no way on the equator.

83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television? I think I've already given up watching television. I don't have cable or satellite. I have one of those !@#$% HD converter boxes. Sometimes I'm lucky if I can get a signal for 2 channels.

84. What do you think makes someone a hero? Someone who thinks quickly, and makes the correction decision.

85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in? In the old looney tunes Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. I want to be a character in it because I really feel I can help Wile E. either overcome he obsession with Road Runner, or finally give him some really good, fool proof ideas to finally get Wile E. And of course if he tried the same scheme, I'd tell him how it ended, so he could improve on it. Cuz it's like every week Wile E. would not remember the lessons learned. And I'd be there for him!

86. Name one thing that turns your stomach: Lots of things.

87. What was the last thing you paid for? Groceries.

88. Are you a coupon clipper? Yup. I saved $10.30 today. Actually that's awesome, because I mostly bought meat.

89. Get anything good in the mail recently? Does the 2 pair of Khaki's from Old Navy that are a size small than my last purchase(...and they fit) count?

90. Which would you rather take as a gym class...dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling? I think sailing would be awesome. (That is so long as the waters were calm. I've been on a small boat when the waves were choppy and I just can't stomach it. It would have been awesome if it was calm.)

91. In Star Trek people 'beam' back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person's memories. Is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends? Dumb question...next!

92. What insects are you afraid of? Bees, wasps. I'm not fond of mosquitos either, after camping last year and getting huge welts wherever I had mosquito bites.

93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say? Support gay marriage!

94. What's the most eccentric thing you have ever worn? I don't think I own anything eccentric.

95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be? Seefood. And that would encompass everything, cuz when I seefood I eat it.

96. What are your parents interested in? My parents passed away when I was in my twenties.

97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet? When I a kid I caught fireflies. Actually, I've done it was an adult too...teaching my kids how to catch them.

Have you ever caught and tamed a wild animal? Yeah right!

98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans? Plans. I don't have to a strict itinerary, but an outline of a plan is my preferred way of doing things.

99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest? Bah!

100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. A certain someone, shelter, and food.

Lola's Diner ©2008-2011

Restaurant Review - Zuki Japanese Steakhouse

Saturday we visited Zuki Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi in Mokena, IL to celebrate my daughter's 18th birthday with friends. This is a chain with several locations in Indiana, South Carolina, and Ohio.

It's a restaurant similar to Benihana, in that they have chefs table side that cook your food on an iron plate and artfully slice, dice and flip your food, even flipping food into diner's mouths.

I had visited Zuki last weekend, and ordered sushi, but did not sit at the chef tables. The sushi was excellent, fresh and well prepared.

Our visit on Saturday was highly disappointing. The chef tables were crowded and diners were quite loud with the cheering and laughing at their chef's showmanship. It definitely seemed like a fun a place to go with a group of people and enjoy the show. However, our chef was not a particularly good showman, and between the waitress and the chef, our dining experience was sub par. Our chef blamed the waitress on messing up our orders. Another diner and I had ordered steamed rice, rather than fried rice to go with our meal, but the chef put fried rice on our plates. When he saw he did not have enough to go around, he questioned us as to who had fried rice. When the other diner and I said we ordered steamed rice, he unceremoniously took our plates, scooped off the fried rice, mixed it with what was left on the iron plate and served it to other people in our group, completely forgetting about our steamed rice. We had to remind the chef about our steamed rice and we weren't served it until after our entrees were plated and 1/2 eaten. My kids ordered 2 types of sushi rolls each and Red Bean Miso Soup. They were served their soup, but after the chef had completed cooking our orders on the iron plate, their sushi was nowhere to be found. They sat there with empty plates, while the rest of our party was finishing their food.

As we dined, we heard other tables celebrating birthdays with the staff singing happy birthday. This unnerved me and I went to the hostess stand to complain and mentioned several times that it was my daughter's 18th birthday celebration and this was no way to celebrate with her and her brother not being served their food, while the rest of us ate our meals. The hostess apologized and swiftly walked to the kitchen to get their sushi orders going. She came back quite awhile later with their sushi orders (my daughter's was wrong, but she didn't mention it until we left the restaurant...she was seated at the other end of the table and was unable to let me know because of the distance and noise.) The hostess said she would be sending over another sushi roll, complimentary to make up for the error. Awhile later the complimentary sushi roll was delivered. It was a very spicy tuna roll. It was so spicy, my son was sweating bullets after eating his 1/2 of the portion. Why would you serve kids such a spicy dish? And moreover, why would you choose a spicy sushi roll as the complimentary sushi roll in the first place?

Shortly after the complementary dish was served, the check was delivered. No birthday song...nothing. I don't know if the hostess thought I was scamming her about the birthday celebration, or what, but my daughter did have several gift bags of presents, so I don't know how they could have missed that it really was her birthday celebration.

To add insult to injury, my credit card was charged twice for our portion of the check. I let my friend who paid the other portion know so she could check with her bank to find out if hers was also charged twice. I haven't yet heard from her if that was the case.

I really wanted to like this place. The food was very good, but the service we was received was very disappointing.

I don't think I can honestly recommend this restaurant based on our experience Saturday night. I highly doubt that we will return. I did not feel that the complimentary sushi roll was adequate to compensate us for the poor service and lack of professionalism of the chef and wait staff. Our party of eight was very disappointed that my daughter's birthday celebration was ruined.

Lola's Diner ©2008-2011

Monday, April 4, 2011

Happy Birthday to my daughter

My daughter turns 18 today. I can hardly believe this much time has passed since she was born. It seems like just yesterday she was running around in diapers.

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day!



Lola's Diner ©2008-2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Sunday Stealing

The 5000 Question Meme, Part Three

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!


Cheers to all of us thieves!

51. Make up a definition for the following silly words...

Fruitgoogle:

Ambytime: Bedtime

Asscactus: I can't say. Lol!

52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands? A bowl of cereal and milk.

53. What was your favorite toy as a child? Yogi Bear stuffed animal.

54. How many TV’s are in your house? Too many. And only 2 have an hd box.

55. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Garden.

56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow? Pride. Lol!

57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true? I never really thought about it.

58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader? I've been to events where they were there, but never had a reading.

59. What is your idea of paradise? An umbrella drink on the beach with a special someone.

60. Do you believe in god and if so what is he/she/it like? I believe in a higher power.

61. Do you believe in Hell? But of course! I've been there many times.

62. What one thing have you done that most people haven't? Move to a new city without a job and without knowing a soul.

63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done? Be kind to jackasses.

64. Have you gone to WTIT's facebook page and hit "like" yet? If not, why not? (No pressure.) No.

65. What holiday should exist but doesn't? Federal Harvey Milk Day.

66. What holiday shouldn't exist but does? None.

67. What's the best joke you ever heard? Don't recall.

68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been? My imagination.

69. Is your hair natural or dyed? I'll never tell.

70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front? I'm very up front.

71. What is under your bed right now? Besides dust bunnies? 2 under bed boxes with summer clothing in them.

72. If you were in the Land of Oz would you want to live there or go home? Go home.

73. If you drive do you frequently speed? I plead the fifth.

74. What is the world's best song to dance to? Any slow dance.

75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone? Can't recall.


Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sunday!


Lola's Diner ©2008-2011

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sunday Stealing

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!


Cheers to all of us thieves!

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you? My son. He remembered I sent my heat/massage thing up to the attack and volunteered to go get it when I complained about my back.

27. Do you have a lot to learn? Of course!

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be? Some new to me software programs, how to play guitar, how to make what little money I have go further.

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel? Probably how other people make me feel...and it's usually because of something they said.

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship? Trust.

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die? Travel out of the country. Take a real vacation in the United States. Take a cruise. (Are you seeing a theme here?)

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing? Silly question.

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause? Gay marriage.

34. What does each decade make you think of: Different things...but typically they all deal with my kid's milestones.

35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why? Probably the 1990's, cuz thats when my kids were born.

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song? I don't think I have one favorite.

37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country? USA. President Barack Obama.

If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be? Start doing something to help the little people.

38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night? CBS.

39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why? I don't consider myself a villain.

40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout? I was briefly a girl scout, however I was involved with 4-H for many years.

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? I think either would be fun.

42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night? Lights on, lights off?

43. What does your name mean? Not at liberty to say here.

44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space? Well, the ocean would certainly be closer..but outer space would be much more cool.

45. Word association

What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:

Air: Breath.

Meat: Steak.

Different: Odd.

Pink: Fuchsia.

Deserve: Entitlement.

White: Caucasian.

Elvis: Talent.

Magic: Trickery.

Heart: Soul.

Clash: Fight.

Pulp: Oj.

46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be? Katherine Hepburn.

47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive? The President.

48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? I don't think there is anything I would want to watch EVERYDAY.

49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? Porta-potty, water, granola bars, laptop, sudoku.

50. Have you ever saved someone's life or had your life saved? Don't think I've ever saved someone's life, but I believe mine was saved in 2007.

Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sun

Lola's Diner ©2008-2011

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday Thunks...

Welcome to the March 24th edition of Thursday Thunks!
(which we always seem to post on Wednesday)
Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!
We pick a subject, and your job is to interpret it anyway you want.
Write about it on your blog... simple as that.
Maybe you can interpret it as a picture - we don't care!
Please only leave a link if you have written a Thursday Thunks post.
Don't forget to go visit the other participants' blogs.
Read and comment about all their Thursday Thunks responses!
That's what all this is about after all, isn't it?
We'll have so much fun and become lifelong friends....

The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of falling snow and the number four thousand eight hundred seventy three..

*We will now be publishing updates for Thursday Thunks on Facebook via the InsanityCafe fanpage. Please "like" us there to get your TT reminder!

1. Would you try a dog food flavored jelly bean? What about skunk spray or vomit flavored? Seriously?
2. Are any keys on your keyboard worn off? Not worn off, just blotchy/blurred.
3. Why are the lids on coffins nail/locked/sealed? Are we afraid they are going to get out? Uhh, what happens if the people who put the coffin the ground drop it? Do you really want it popping open and the body falling out?
4. True love. Define it. When I find it again, I'll tell ya.
5. Where is the strangest place you are ever fallen asleep? I dunno, I can nod off just about anywhere. Insomnia does that to ya during the day.
6. A doctor walks up to you and says "I will change anything you want... big or small... doesn't matter how much it costs, I'll do it for free!". What do you have him fix or change on your body? I don't want any surgery unless it's absolutely necessary.
7. The last picture you took - share it. Well, if it's not something we would probably find in Bud's recent photos. I have no idea...probably something for a review.
8. Blue or black ink. Your preference? Doesn't matter.
9. You are walking down the sidewalk on a city street and you see a little girl, about 3 or 4 years old, she asks you if you can tie her shoe for her. What do you do? Ask her where her parents are. WTF is a 3 or 4 year old doing walking unattended on a city street?
10. What channel numbers are ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX for you? 7, 5, 2, 32.
11. Did/do you have any marriage deal breakers? Murder, embezzlement...cheating. (Although cheating may not necessarily be a deal breaker...depends on the circumstances.)

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