Thoughts on our 19th anniversary

19. Hmmmm. That sounds weird. I'm learning that no matter how many years go by, you don't feel as old as you are. 19 years of marriage. Where did all that time go? It just seems so unreal. The only thing for certain is, time is an amazing concept. Sometimes, on a day to day basis, as I might be sitting in the dentist chair or picking up dog shit in the dining room, it seems to drag by. But then, you wake up one day and find yourself saying HAPPY 19TH, and thinking wtf. Where did it go?
So, much we still want to do. So, here's to the next 19!

YUMYUM BOWL

You have to notice that this place is getting quite crowded at lunch time. It's like the Peoria thing, if it plays here, it must be right. So, I drove thru today to grab something, not even knowing wtf a yum yum bowl is.

So, they have several choices, sweet n sour, general, cashew etc in pork, beef, chicken. You can have it fried or grilled atop a bowl of rice or , for $1 upcharge, noodles, which I chose. I got the grilled chicken Hawaiin sweet n sour on noodles with an eggroll. I fell for the "combo" deal when I didnt really want any of their drinks anyway. ok, so moving on. It was around $9! That included eggroll, BUT it was super dee-lish. A little heavy on the sauce but the sauce was yum (even though its that neon red/orange sweet n sour sauce you get occasionally). And the bowl is so huge, it's at least two meals anyway.

A little googling told me it's owned by the Ocean Zen and Five Spice people. They DO know how to make things sizzle.

So, two chopsticks up for YUMYUM BOWL on East Battlefield, near Kimbrough.

Transfer Photos to Canvas Stretched Frame, Great Christmas Idea......

First of all, I KNOW MY PICTURE SUCKs HERE but trust me on this.

I saw these in black and white at Sam's Cellar in Neosho. These are so cool. I have always loved prints on canvas frame, just naked with no framing. The gal that owns the bar took a bunch of black and white old family photos and had them transferred to canvas this way and they look amazing. I LOVE IT. (sorry my iPhone pics are so bad and blurry here, but trust me they look great, especially hanging on the old rock walls in there.)

I googled it and there are tons of places that do it. Some will do what is called "wrapping" the image which means the image covers all sides of the canvas, so you dont have any white or blank edges. If you can afford to "crop" or lose a bit of the image, I think this is the way to go. (the color pic above shows the wrapped edge.)

Here are just a few of the websites I found that do it. One is in Atlanta and they let you load your photos online to see preview it. I think you can order it that way, too. One site started at only $25 for an 8x10. At Sam's Cellars, she had all different sizes, all in black and whites and it really creates a neat gallery look. It's not cheap, but if you figure you aren't framing and buying glass, etc, it's really not a bad deal and looks way cooler.

Here are the few of the websites I found that offer this service:

http://www.photogonia.com/

http://www.zazagallery.com/