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{January 17, 2017} Martin Luther King Jr Day and Hidden Figures

What a day.

Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. His Birthday is January 15th and we celebrate on the third Monday of January.

Martin Luther King Jr was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

There are many ways that we honor Dr. King in the United States. Different groups honor him in different ways, lectures, celebrities, it’s a federal holiday, schools are closed, some companies give their employees the day off, as mine did.

Since I knew I would have been in Chicago today, DLP and I decided to go to the movies and it seems fitting that we saw Hidden Figures.

Hidden Figures is a movie based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions.

It was an amazing and powerful story. The three main characters are smart, clever, personable women you can’t help but cheer for, want to succeed and wish you had even a fraction of their brains.

The movie took place during a difficult time in history for people of color. It was interesting and difficult to watch at times, empowering, happy, sad, frustrating, exciting, so many emotions. There were tears, anger, joy and those were the feelings of the audience.

It was an amazing and inspiring movie, I walked out wanting to be a human computer! Go see it!

{January 16, 2017} A goodbye and Singin’ in the Rain

So many emotions.

I can’t believe it’s been a year, but January 15, 2016 is when PSM got on a plane very early in the morning in Boston to move to Hawaii. This morning, 7am, he kissed me goodbye and headed to the airport to go home to Hawaii.

The nice thing this time, well for me, is that PSM took a taxi and I stayed in bed and went back to sleep, ahhh…he’s home, safe and sound as we speak and I’ll see him in two weeks for our 2 year anniversary! I don’t know if you remember that I surprised him last year, it was perfect! This time, he knows I’m coming, but he’s got a surprise planned for me!

After I got up leisurely, had breakfast, hung out and then headed to the movie theater nearby to see the 65th anniversary of Singin’ in the Rain on the big screen. The theater was full, very few empty seats, even quite a few kids.

The opening credits started to roll and it was on! I will easy, a little bittersweetto see Debbie Reynolds on the big screen after just losing her so soon from our lives. I just sat back, literally…in the recliner, and reveled in Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Conner, singing and dancing on the big screen.

I’ve watched this movie at least 50 times or more, but on a TV, there is nothing like seeing it in the theatre on a big screen. That’s why I go as often as possible when they re-release a movie or a one time showing on the big screen, something that brings back my childhood or gives me a new experience.

It’s on the big screen today and Wednesday, January 18th across the country, go find a theater, at fandango.com, and fun! Here’s the full list of what’s going to be on the big screen, presented by TCM, http://www.playbill.com

{January 15, 2017} A day at the museum

A night at the museum would have fun collection, just to say it, I love that movie!

We took our time getting up, getting breakfast, headed out into Chicago. We decided to go to the Art Institute of Chicago.on the way, we stopped at the theater showing Hamilton to see if we could score some tickets, oh well, it wasn’t meant to be.

We went to the Art Institute and enjoyed sharing the time, we love going to museums and view, discuss, appreciate and question the art we see together. We have different tastes in some areas and the same in others.

After a few hours we left in search of lunch, then it was another stroll around the city and then, football! Cause I’m awesome…the Falcons were playing Seattle, congrats to Falcons fans and congrats to Patriots fans for beating Hoston. Happy PSM.

A great day to spend together.

{January 14, 2017} Together again

I’ve got my baby back! I just love saying that…mostly because now you’re singing it!

This past week, PSM was in St Louis for work and since he was so close, we decided to get together. He extend his time in St Louis and I booked a flight to see him.

Well, Mother Nature had other plans and sent a big ice storm his way so…rebook to Chicago for Friday and I got a hotel for the weekend and here he is!

I went into the office because I knew he would be working most of the day and I was right. About 5pm, he got off his call and then rang me as I was packing up my bag to leave.

It’s nice being together, ahh….we went to one of my favorite vegan restaurants, his idea, so very sweet of him, had a good dinner, then walked around Chicago. Eventually ended up back at the hotel to relax and eventually crash.

It’s been a great evening, talking, laughing, catching up, being silly, just right.

{January 13, 2017} Catnaps are evil!

Not really, I am actually a big fan of catnaps.

Here’s the problem…for me. I am tired and I catnap for a few minutes during the day, it’s great, gives me a boost.

At night, if I’m tired, sometimes I’ll fall asleep for a few minutes, maybe 10 or twenty, then I’m awake…curses cat nap!

I hope you weren’t looking for greatness in this post!

Night night

{January 11, 2017} Insomnia, work, nap and dinner

I am sleepy, Wahoo! And now let me tell you why I’m excited…

Last night I had a bad case of insomnia. Now, you know I sleep only about 3-4 hours a night. About once a month I’ll catch up sleeping for 8-10, maybe 12 hours. Every once in a while I get a case of insomnia. At the moment, I have been awake since 630am Tuesday.

I wanted to sleep last night, I really did, I just couldn’t. It was 11pm, then 1am, 3am and then next thing I knew, 530am, I’m not going to sleep at this point, pook.

I got up, showered, dressed and went to get breakfast and lunch for later, requested an Uber and off to the training site. I had good sessions, I was energized and on, surprisingly. I will say that by the last session, I was dragging a little.

In the Uber back to the hotel, I feel asleep! I may have been mid discussion with the driver! Oh my! I had 2 calls, closed my eyes for about 15 minutes, then up and out to meet LJ and DLP for dinner at Kitchen 17 for a deep dish vegan pizza! We had such a good time chatting, eating, catching up and laughing.

Back to the hotel to pack, talk to you and pass out! I’m tired, I should be able to sleep, wahoo!

{January 11, 2017} The passwords are clean!

Success!

I use an app to store my passwords and credit cards, I’m sure like a lot of you. The one I use is Dashlane and I really like it. If I use the Dashlane browser, it will populate the information with a touch of an icon, very simple. The other thing it will do is create a password for me or tell me if the one I’m using is safe or ice used the same one too many times.

Well, I have access to a lot of different sites, some I use all the time and some here and there. Regardless, it stores every password.

I’ve been meaning to clean it up for a long time, there are multiples in there, I have 3 different yahoo email addresses, things like that and I need to keep them straight. There were sites in there I haven’t used in years, like dating sites, don’t need those anymore, job search sites, nope. You get the idea.

I’ve been going in there here and there to clean it up and tonight I was updating something and said ‘enough is enough’ and I cleaned up the list. I attempted to log into every site, tested passwords, deleted sites, updated site names and web addresses, cleaned it up. I still have way too many logins, but at least it’s all valid.

Wahoo! Success!

Happy birthday to my b-i-l, ACS!

{January 10, 2017} Does size matter?

When it comes to bed size, yes. And no. Ha! You thought this was about something else!

Anyone that knows me has heard me go on about the fact that I prefer a king size bed. And they also know I’m a smaller stature woman, I’m 5′ 1.5″ tall.

Here’s the thing. I grew up sleeping on a twin size mattress, it was just fine, I really don’t need that much room. Now, I could have used more with the amount of stuffed animals I slept with, there really wasn’t much room left for me.

In college, I had a twin, until my roommate left and I put the beds together and made a full, ah… My first apartment, I got a full size futon, it was nice, I could spread out and still be comfortable. Put someone else in with me, gets smaller.

The wasband was 6’3″, he used to sleep on that full size futon on a diagonal! I used to pile blankets and pillows at the foot of the be so his feet wouldn’t dangle!

When we bought our first house, the first thing we bought was a king sized bed, he continued to sleep on a diagonal, but he had the room to spread out. After we split, I didn’t downsize to a smaller bed, I like a king! Sometimes I even kept laundry on the other side of the bed for company!

When I travel, I want the king, I can sleep in a double and a queen, and I have and…I sleep in one spot on the edge of the bed, don’t care, want the king.

At home, PSM and I have a queen, by myself or when he’s by himself, a queen is enough, add a second person and Mollie, the bed shrinks and starts to feel like a full or even a twin!

This weekend, at my dad’s, I was in my childhood bed, a twin, minus the stuffed animals. I was perfectly happy in that bed, I fit just fine.

But now, I’m back on the road, in a hotel and…ahhhh…king size!

{January 8, 2017} Not That Jewish

A fabulous show!

Today the snow had melted enough and the roads were plowed and it had stopped snowing, which helped, since we had theater tickets.

We were going to see “Not That Jewish”. This is a one woman show by Monica Piper. It’s autobiographical, funny, charming, thoughtful, touching, sad, silly, clever and real.

We learn about Monica from the time she was six and someone said “you’re not that Jewish” and her questions, ‘what does that mean? What is not that Jewish?’

We join her with family, aunts, uncles, mom, dad, grans, marriage, motherhood, adoption, teaching, comedy, animation, TV, health issues, highs, lows, joy, sadness, love and loss.

What is it to be Jewish, having spirit, humour, a Jewish heart, all with some Yiddish thrown in for good measure.

The fabulous thing about the show is that if you were raised in a Jewish home, didn’t have a Jewish upbringing or you’re not even part of a tribe, you can understand and appreciate the humor and insights.

It was a good time, 90 minutes of fun and joy, it made me think about when my grandma called me a gut klepik broyt, pronounced shticky broight.. [a good sticky bread, yeah, that makes sense!]…just listen to me just kvelling over this show! Two thumbs up!

Thanks pop, it was fabulous!

www notthatjewish.com

{January 7, 2017} It’s a winter wonderland

It’s snowing!

When I arrived on Thursday night/Friday morning, it was snowing. When I got to my dad’s, at least 3 or 4 inches on the cars. You might remember this was about 3am. When we woke up a few hours later, no snow…

This morning when we got up, that was a different story. It was snowing and didn’t look like it was going to let up anytime soon. They said to expect 1-3 inches. Well…by 2pn, it was still going and going and going. Let’s just say, our plans to venture out quickly became a day to stay in, male popcorn, order take-out and binge watch Netflix.

Turned out to be the perfect day, spending time with family, good food and relaxing.

Here are some pics for my friends who are missing the snow. Enjoy!

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