Day Trip to Neoso MO

Bruce had business in his hometown, so I went along (and like your are all thinking, "what else do you have to do?".

The weather was 75 and blue skies. We made a few stops along the way. One was at Big Spring Park in downtown Neosho where a spring comes out of a bluff and forms a little brook. It is really pretty. The little rock building across the street is their Chamber of Commerce.

We must be reminded (as I am often am), Neosho is the "flowerbox" city. Home not only of Bruce Brown, but the world's largest flowerbox (and no, I didn't get a picture.)

On the way home we stopped at an orchard for apples. And sit your ass down, yes, I am baking an apple pie right now. Southern Living swears it is the BEST apple pie recipe they have ever published and I will tell you tomorrow if this is so.

Stopped at Shoal Creek on the way into Neosho

We stopped to see Shoal Creek on our way into town. It is a floatable stream that runs through Neosho to Joplin MO and into Kansas (dont know if i can shoot these falls though).

Actually, upstream it runs by Bruce's family farm and may be floatable up there. We are trying to find out. There is a put-in place called SMACKOUT. I love that name. There is a liquor store nearby called SMACKOUT LIQUORS. LOVE IT!!!!! (should have gotten pic) damn

Finished off the trip at a great find...

What Brown trip doesn't finish off (or begin) with a great bar?

On the square in Neosho MO is a very cool bar and "oven" in the cellar of an old building. It is called Sam's Cellar. It gets two Brown thumbs up. Very cool place. Rivals downstairs at Flame in Springfield and I'm serious. They have a woodfire oven going all the time for pizzas, wraps, nachos, etc.

Nathaniel Greene Park, Worth Going

This park continues to amaze me. You never hear much about it, yet it is so wonderful. It is home to the Japanese Stroll Garden, which is very cool. It is part of the South Creek Trail, which is part of Ozarks Greenways Trail. It has a great lake and the flower gardens contiune to multiply, complete with walking paths through them. On this trip we found the new Butterfly House. Adjacent to this, major construction is underway on the new Botanican Gardens. This project looks large and they are working on digging out and running sewer lines for a new building. Anyway, this is probably my favorite walking spot in town. And, it's definitely under the radar. It is off of west Battlefield, on Scenic across from Horton Smith Golf Course.

This is funny......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1WLExgxWmU

Bad Photo of the Moment, FLUTIE FLAKES aptly named

I forgot what I was even searching for when I googled Doug Flutie yesterday, and saw his Wiki pic.

Doug, honey, these are only cool in older trailer parks.

Chiefs, The New Lions?

Repeat after me, THE CHIEFS WILL WIN TODAY....

alas even the westie in red couldn't pull this one off.

Are the Chiefs the new Detroit Lions?

Was Marty realllly that sucky?

Am I bummed we let our season tix go?

I say give Thigpen a chance.

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!!!!! I GOT IT!!!!

This is just about as big as the new phone books. I take back everything I said. IT'S HERE. I HAVE ALREADY TEXTED PICTURES of myself, my dog all over the country!

You need to open iTunes, it will tell you that you have an update from your carrier. Download it. Sync your iPhone and BAM, there it is. I did have to reboot my phone to get it.

IS TODAY REALLY THE DAY OUR IPHONES GET MMS?????

Well, it's finally September 25. So, where is my iPhone update that will pull us out of 2003 and allow iPhone users to send TEXT PICTURES?! AT&T says "late morning" pacific time. But the buzz this morning is that it's not here. I'ts now 11:20 a.m. central time and NOTHING. The update is supposed arrive to us via iTunes..............

But how do we KNOW it's there? GIVE US A SIGN!!!!!!!!

Rumored is also that is this could bring down the entire AT&T network with the massive bandwith this is going to pull.

PERHAPS APPLE SHOULD SHARE THE LOVE AND LET OTHER CARRIERS TAKE A CRACK AT SERVICING OUR PRECIOUS IPHONES?

STAY TUNED! (meanwhile continue enjoying this feature on your free crappy ass flip phones.

I guess "synergy" was defined differently in the 70s...

He makes me feel special........

I love my husband because he says things to me like IS THAT ONE OF THOSE HOSPITAL BRACELETS? right after i got my new watch.

Lazy Weekend at Chimney Rock

Spent the weekend at Chimney Rock. Didn't even take the kayaks. Just wanted to be lazy and it worked out well because we didn't see much of the sun. We took a day trip to Eminence on Saturday. Ate at the new pizza place that had just recently moved to main street. It was pretty good. Stopped in at Angilla Steak House & Bar. Signs posted everywhere like this one. Now, that is a sign of a good bar!

RANT!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU, SONIC FOR NOT GIVING US A MINT WITH EVERY DAMN DRINK!!!!! No one can possibly consume that many mints. Now just get rid of that giant sticker and receipt on the cup. thank you for your consideration.

Just in......Whispers of iPhone MMS.....

It's just about embarassing that the iPhone cannot send or receive text pictures. I think Bruce's 1999 flip phone can do it (not to mention his speaker phone is actually audible). So, it's rumored that next week, Sept 7, Apple/AT&T will make announcement of an operating system upgrade and maybe stumble into the 21st century with MMS. Some other announcements might be made as well........... streaming music via a subscription service? Enhanced bluetooth features? (thanks 9 to 5 Mac for info)

HEY, APPLE, HOW ABOUT A FLASH FOR THE CAMERA???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! even the dingleberry has one

Things I'm liking right now.........

I need a Vera Bradley duffel. Yes, I do. And I think Murdoch needs this plaid wool collar from Georgesf.com. Isn't is cute???

This is kind of out of left field, but I have discovered DILLONS SALAD BAR. I mean I knew they had a salad bar, but did you ever think about getting all your stuff for stirfry of whatever off the salad bar? Its brilliant! Instead of buying all the different things, especially if youre cooking for one or two, you can get a huge variety of things all PRE CHOPPED/PREPPED right there! Green peppers, onions, mushrooms, crab mean, sun dried tomaoes, you name it! and BAM, you dump in the wok and look all-pro with basically no effort. My favorite look ;)