~Friday Nite FishFry~

Ever since I was very young my parents went out for dinner

on friday night for a fish fry. For years.. I think they did, up until

the time they passed away. The very first I remember of having

my famous french fries and gravy was on a friday night..fish fry

night at a great place called McKinneys out on Ice Lake..nice

place. A man and woman I think mother and son, owned it. The

mans name, he was the cook, was Howard..nice man, I can

remember him letting me go into the kitchen and watch him make

my fries and get me a bowl of gravy and dip them in it.. HE got

me started on this...And Ive eaten them ever since...that photo is
of my parents and gramma having a friday fishfry dinner :-)

Every friday night, even now I bet..the local restaurants have their

friday night fish fries up North.. Same people go..and its like a

date almost, they meet and eat,, and talk table to table..taking 20

minutes to be able to leave by the time you say goodbye to every

one..I think its just a way for the locals to get together at a really

unscheduled sort of party. My favorite restaurant up North is The

Happy Italians.. They have more than just Italian food.. ALL their

food is wonderful..and the portions? wow..well if you leave there

hungry? you didnt order anything then.. Their fries and gravy are

some of the best I have ever eaten and I have tried them ALL over

in many many towns and states.. trust me..THEY are the best..

I had been away from home for a long time..10 years I bet and

went home for a holiday and of course came friday night and

we all went for a fishfry.. I had forgotten the size of the portions

of food they serve up there.. They make SURE you have plenty.
Their Italian food is wonderful..they make this great sauce and

they make mostly all homemade pasta..My ex and I decided we

were going to have Italian Gnocci one night.. We ate those tiny

little bally things of pasta and good? wow..just wonderful..What

we didnt know was that when these things hit your stomach

they kind of explode? and make you feel so STUFFED..well

we KNEW how turkeys felt!! lol.. Those Gnocci exploded and

we were both so miserable we even were too lazy and full and

STUFFED to even get up and leave and go home for a while..

Now THATS bad lol..no.. was just good food... If you get up there

go to the Happy Italians..its still there I checked lol.. I still have

family and friends up there..and my friend Gail keeps me updated

on the fries n gravy..she never had them till I told her about them

she LOVES them too ..lol..

I told a friend of mine in the UK about what we did when its so hot

and all I had was a fan, and she tried it..and was amazed that it

did work ! When it got hot in TX. I got some ice from the freezer,

put it in a bowl, put in front of the fan and it blew cool air on me..Not

ALL thru a room but enough to keep me and the area around me

cooler.. saved me many many times from melting.. It really works

I call it AIR cooled lol.. I told a friend of mine in NZ about it ..was so

hot there and sure saved them... It works..and if you can get free

ice from a machine even better..I froze mine In plastic bags..then

when it melted I just put the bags back in the freezer lol...Gets too

hot and all you have is a fan..try it.. It really does work...

I think the building got hit by lightening last nite.. I heard it start to

pour down rain and the lightening was almost constant and wind..

well needless to say I was scared.. I had shut down everything,

puter , tv all of it..even the AC..and was sitting in the living room by

the window watching it..the boys on top the tv by me.. All of a sudden

was this LOUD CRACK~!!!.. the room lit up.. the boys ran.. I ducked..

and waited to see what was going to happen..and nothing did.!. the

electric has been flickering all day tho..These storms are getting

worse.. and I will be honest and admit I am a big CHICKEN.. I hate

storms ..they really scare me..I look out and see stuff flyin thru the

air..and then hear the tornado siren..well THAT was almost enuff to

make a person stroke out..just from being scared lol...THAT was

a awful feeling to hear the warning sirens that a tornado was down

close and no where to hide.. its not a good feeling.. I havent heard

anything about that last nite today, so if it did do anything I am sure

Penny would inform me, she is good about that. We are sposta

have another storm later on..its headed at us again..those storms

build up out there on Lake Michigan and hit land and are just ALL

kinds of bad.. My niece was in that last one..hit really bad up there

by her..she said they spent the night in the basement.

Well the rest of this night I am spending over there on my bed.. I

am gonna get some of those strawberries and pound cake..and

have a friday nite treat..All GORGEOUS weebles are sposta have

Friday nite treats...lol.. well this one anyway...im gonna hit publish,

eat, watch tv and sleep..not necessarily in that order tho.. Depends

on if i lay down before I start to watch tv!!! lol.. I always manage to

hit publish and EAT tho... ohoh I hear thunder!!!! Better log off...

Nitey Nite :-)

Y'all have a good one y'hear...luv ya.. and thanks :-)

Always, Lois ****

May God Bless you today,

I'm so honored to call you friend,

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...