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Jerry Loggins Notes

Notes on life, family and friends by Jerry Loggins

Smells

Posted by J L on May 13, 2013
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One thing that I have been noticing lately is all the different smells that come into my life. The smell of cooking is always good when the food is good. Other smells such as honeysuckle flowers make my day. Other smells however are not as good as others.

The smell of road tar has gotten my attention lately. They are repaving our road and the smell is horrible. I also have not enjoyed the smell of the mosquito spray they are using in our neighborhood. I guess I’ll just have to live with it for now but I’ll be glad when it’s done.

Jelly Bean Rip Off

Posted by J L on April 2, 2013
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Of all the Easter candies, I have always like the jelly beans best. I don’t know why, but jelly beans mean Easter to me! I don’t eat them any other time of year, either. In fact, I doubt that most stores even carry jelly beans the rest of the year.

I was excited to find a bag of jelly beans on sale for 50% off at the grocery store, since they were trying to get rid of all the leftover Easter candies. I decided to get a bag and keep it as my secret stash of something sweet, and getting the bag for half price make me feel a little victorious, too.

After I got home, I broke open the bag and picked out a black jelly bean. The licorice flavor of black jelly beans has always been my favorite. One year I found a bag of jelly beans that was ALL black jelly beans. I was in heaven! But that was several years ago and i have not seen that again. Evidently it was not a big seller, but I would have bought a bag or two faithfully every year if I could find them at the store!

So, I picked out a black jelly bean from my discount bag of leftover candy and was expecting to taste licorice. It had no flavor at all – just an overpowering sweetness. I was crushed. In fact, none of the jellybeans had any flavor related to any of the colors. The orange jelly beans did not taste like orange. The yellow ones did not taste like lemon. and, worst of all, the black ones did not taste of licorice.

I have never heard of this brand of candy before, but evidently they do not believe that the colors are supposed to be associated with different fruit flavors. So, jelly bean buyers beware – don’t just grab a bag without looking for the brand and reading the packaging regarding flavors, or you risk a jelly bean rip off like I just experienced.

Wintertime Blues

Posted by J L on February 10, 2013
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Guest post by Arlene Battle

It’s winter around here which can only mean one thing: horrible weather and cabin fever. I am absolutely stuck inside which makes me sick just thinking about it. I love being outdoors and running and biking and all that when the weather is good, but when the snow hits up here there’s very little that I enjoy about being outside. I just can’t imagine what I’d do without my television and Internet because at least I’ve got NCIS to fall back on! I take in a show when I can to try and make myself feel better about being indoors but you know, even with a big warm bowl of chili I still find myself dreaming of the ocean and dealing with things like shoveling snow and getting my car all warmed up. Maybe someday I’ll have a reason to move but for now this is my home and it’s where I’m going to stay until I can’t take it anymore. At this rate, though, that may be sooner rather than later! I don’t know what’s going to stop me from leaving here

Anyone in the event supplies and concession machines business would certainly be interested in reading the information provided by the Infographic below about some of the facts along with the risks involved in setting up and/or attending any type of Rock Festival. It’s been a long time since I’ve attended any type of outside musical performance/event. They have become way too loud and way too crowed for me to enjoy since I’ve become middle-aged. But I’ve got some pretty good memories that I can look back on and enjoy and plenty of record albums, cassettes and CDs to keep me in music for a very long time.

Music Festivals Infographic

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This has been a long week. I have really been looking forward to Sunday night. Not because I have any big plans for this Sunday night. It just means that the rest of this crappy week is OVER. Tonight I am going into recluse. I bought a thick T-bone steak at the grocery store on the way home from work and that baby will be on the grill very shortly. Of course I will make a nice big green salad to go along with the steak, got to have my greens to help with my health issues that my doctor has been speaking to me about. I’ve lost some weight but now I have to keep up with the good eating habits and not go back to my old ways.

I have no idea if there’s anything on TV worth watching, but I have a handful of movies that I got for Christmas plus a few that I’ve bought over the past couple of weeks with some of the gift cards that I was given as well. So I can pop one or two of them into the DVD player and just sit back and chill tonight and reflect on the previous week and contemplate the next one.