Regarding Life, I think...by Regina Carey

I finally got my slow-cooker. I earned enough points on the Thank-you network to be eligible for it, so I finally got it. I had it delivered to work and had one of the guys pack it for me with a handle to carry home on Friday night. So, yesterday I used it for the first timed. I made a pot roast. I ran out and got the meat, the carrots, potatoes and onions, cut them up, put the in the bottom of the pot with water, some beef boullion for extra flavor. Then, I put salt and pepper on the meat, placed it on top of the vegetables, covered it, set it on high and let it cook for five hours. The results were wonderful. The meat was so tender that it began to come apart as I picked it up out of the cooker. The vegetables were moist, and there was some gravy that came from the meat. I was very happy. I am thinking of cooking a chicken the next time, perhaps with rice. The manual which was included has some recipes from roasts to soups to desserts. Hmm, perhaps I'll cook a turkey for Thanksgi...

Two weeks ago, I returned to Coney Island for a Cyclones Game. It was with the Brooklyn Young Republican Club. Yes, I'm a Republican and no, I'm not that young. But, they have associate memberships. There was a barbeque first in the picnic area, with really yummy macaroni and potato salads, hot dogs, burgers, drinks and cookies after. The picnic tables also had chips and pretzels on them. The picnic area is parallel to the ocean, so there was a nice breeze, and the tables are shaded overhead. The food was from the food service that works at the stadium. Everything was good. We also got a free Brooklyn Cyclones beach towel and noise makers upon entering the park. After the game, the Cyclones had fireworks, a good show. Some of us went to Nathans later, then went on the Cyclone (not me, I waited at the exit for the others). Then I went to the penny arcades with Marco, and we played skee-ball and the money game that pushes quarters, I forget what it's called. We wou...