Another day another dollar. As far as the Bubster goes he does seem to
> be doing ok. He has perked up a little bit but still isn't quite back to
> his pesky self. He is eating pretty much as usual which is very good.
> The poor little guy has to take his medicine twice a day and if you
> think getting medicine down a dog or cat is hard, try dealing with a big
> beak!
>
> Anyway I told him his Aunty Barb ( his most favorite person in the world)
> will come to visit him so I'm sure he's looking forward to that.
>
> In other news my BF came oh so close to winning another trip to Las
> Vegas. He is a very good handicapper. The man can play the ponies til
> the cows come home. He knows all that stuff about how to read the
> numbers. The work out times, the trainers,speeds,weights all that
> complicated stuff. Where as I pick a horse because it's pretty or has
> the same name as my cat. He usually comes out ahead with the money and a
> couple of years ago he entered the Emerald Downs contest for the
> national handicapping contest in Vegas.
> They only take the top 10 from the Emerald downs contestants to go on
> an all expense paid trip to compete in the national finals. I got to tag
> along and play in Vegas while he bet away. He placed pretty darn good in
> the nationals that time.
> This year he entered Emerald downs contest again and placed 36th out
> of 400 other contestants. Yeah!! That's pretty damn good for 400
> people.
> Plus I think he said he came out of it a little richer than he started
> at least enough to take me to dinner.
>
> I'm feeling the spaghetti urge today, every once in a while you get
> those feelings were you just have to make spaghetti. Loads of garlic,
> Italian sausage onions,mushrooms with a dash of Balsamic vinegar in the
> sauce adds an extra zing. Then of course you need the garlic bread too,
> can't do with out that. I notice some people like to put the pasta on
> the plate and then spoon the sauce on top, others will mix it all up and
> then sprinkle some cheese over it and bake it for a little while, either
> way, I think today is spaghetti day.
>