My day | Peaches Prattlings

{June 15, 2016} What can you say?

The events Sunday in Orlando are unfathomable.

The outpouring of emotions on the news, Facebook…sadness, anger, confusion and outrage doesn’t even begin to convey it.

Tonight I was in an area of Chicago called Boystown. My waitress told me about a tribute to the tragedy.

I went to see it and it was touching, tragic, sad. But even through it all, there was hope, words of encouragement, hope for the future and the desire for remembrance and perseverance. And strength.

Be strong.

Be true to yourself.

Open your heart.

Have faith.

Have hope.

Love one another.

{June 14, 2016} I plead the..

Is there am option for tired?

That’s what I am, tired. But it’s a good tired, I started my day with the elliptical, taught a good class, lots of energy and ended with a team happy hour.

So, that being said…goodnight.

I hope you had a fabulous day!

{June 13, 2016} “I’m really glad you’re here”

She said a few times. Sigh…

Last night I went to GES’ to see everyone since I’m going to be elsewhere the next few weekends.

GES flew out very early this morning and ACS and EJS had somewhere else to be, so I offered to stay and be with MGS in the morning, save them a babysitter session.

I got up when I heard her talking with ACS. I got to see them, give hugs and kisses before they left, have to get them in to take me through the next few weeks after all.

Then MGS and I settled in to watch Zootopia, which she was kind enough to describe certain things that were happening throughout the movie. So cute!

All of sudden she crawled into my lap to snuggle…sigh…

A few times that morning she looked at me and said “I’m glad you’re here, I’m having fun with you”. Did I melt into the floor? You bet your sweet bippie! I told her I felt the same way and then we had a tickle fest.

A great morning!

Exactly what we looked like, minus the shutterstock!

{June 11, 2016} I have my own snack bag!

I’m one lucky Auntie!

I came to GES’ house tonight to see the family for a bit since I’m going to be gone for a few weeks, weekends included.

Very early in the morning, GES has a flight to catch and the girls made her snack bag for the flight. I said “gee, I wish I had my own snack bag for my flight!”

I was teasing the girls, but…guess what happened! I got my own snack bag! I said I need this every week and they said ok!

EJS wanted to know what I can have, she knows and remembers about some of the things I can’t have, isn’t that sweet!

I have trail mix, dried fruit and candy. I’m set! Now I’m ready to fly! Thanks girls! I’ll be back in a few weeks for more snacks. Oh and hugs and kisses too, of course!

{June 10, 2016} I got a what?!

It’s been about six years, I think…How did this happen?

I’ve been so good, keeping my lead foot in check. I use cruise control, I check the speed limits, go slow in neighborhoods. Yesterday, apparently, nothing worked.

I was stuck in traffic and when it finally started to clear and we were moving, all of a sudden, I was flying. I was using Waze, but we weren’t communicating very well apparently and I didn’t see the cop until it was too late.

Just as I looked at the speedometer and started to slow down, he saw me and the blue lights came on.

I was calm, admitted to what I did, chatted with him for a minute and he dropped me from 50 to 45 in a 25, this took the ticket down from $290 to $120. I’m ok with that, it was my fault and I shouldn’t have been speeding.

And it’s been a long time since it’s happened, I am happy to say. And I’m hoping it’s going to be a long, long, long, long….time before it happens again.

{June 9, 2016} After a rough day…

What do you do to wind down? Everyone does things differently.

Some people go for a run, some purple take a bath, have a drink, take a nap, eat, candy or ice cream. People joke about getting a drink, I’m sure you’ve been there.

Today, during class, a few issues in the training environment people were joking about getting a drink.

What did I do? I don’t drink, the one or two recently was to participate, so…I went to get some dinner.

I went to Red Robin and I ate forbidden food…with my veggie burger…fries and onion rings. Oh my! But they were good! A big smile on my face! But oh my…ouch, what it was doing to my stomach! Smile through the pain!

Worth it? In the moment…you bet your sweet bippie!

What’s your go to?

Doesn’t that look fabulous?!

{June 7, 2016} Oh my goodness, we have a the 3 year old!

My fabulous grandson, Baby A is THREE!

Can you believe it? He’s three, can I still call him Baby A?

First, I must tell you that he is three years and five days today, let me explain why I’m telling you today. Do you remember June 1st is a bittersweet day, it’s bittersweet because it’s the anniversary of my mom’s passing and the day the Baby A was born. I didn’t want to talk about both in the same post, they each deserve their own post. And here is his!

Now…Let’s talk about this amazing, fantastic, silly, goofy, rambunctious, bright, energetic, stubborn. I don’t know if you remember me telling you that I got to meet him the day he was born!

I was in Atlanta to get my hair cut as I di every two years and KAB went into labor. I was kept in the loop and when she was ready for visitors, I went to see them both, JB as well, of course! What a doll baby! So tiny and perfect and smelled and felt so good.

I held him and we talked, about all the world has to offer and how much he will discover and learn and all the fun we would have in his life. And what fun we’ve had so far! The Halloween costumes, oh my! Harry Potter!

When I go to Atlanta I do my best to see him and it gets better every time. He runs and jumps into my arms, I get hugs and kisses and snuggles and yelling and giggling and so much love.

Our phone conversations are very brief, maybe two sentences, three, if I’m lucky, then he’s off running and playing somewhere else.

He loves his mommy and JB and his new baby sister, Baby E, he wants to love on her, hugs and kisses and shout it to the rooftops, the last one, much to her chagrin, so loud!

Yesterday he had his birthday party, friends and family. His parents got him a huge backyard playset, fabulous! They know their kid! I got some pictures today of him playing with his new bubble machine, yup, from me, oh he loved it, what kid wouldn’t!

I love that he asks for me now, when am I coming back to see him! Soon, sweet boy, soon! I can’t wait!

Happy birthday Baby A, JJ loves you!

{June 5, 2016} We have a thespian in the family !

Tonight was the third time I have seen EJS perform on stage. And it was fabulous!

She is in a theater program called show stoppers. They have been rehearsing for the last few months every Sunday. It paid off!

Today was the production of Beauty and the Beast. EJS played two roles: Nadia the Knife and a wolf. As Nadia the Knife, she was part of the kitchen numbers, even had lines! Oh, and fabulous jazz hands, great expressions.
As a wolf there was great clawing.

We were all blown away by the quality of the performance. There was some really strong talent in the leads and the supporting cast was great. Every supporting player had at least 2-3 lines, it was terrific.

The entire show was about an hour and dine just to script. It made me want to watch the animated feature. Some people in the audience were singing along with the numbers, that was fun.

I didn’t know who else would be in it, but it was fun seeing people I knew who had kids in the show. The bigger surprise was song PSM’s aunt and uncle! Their grandkids were in the show, H&M T, so of course they were there. It felt good telling them how PSM is doing and they are coming to Hawaii next March, how fantastic!

After the show, we went back to GES and ACS’ house, B&S M came, with banana bread, per EJS’ request and we had breakfast for dinner to celebrate.

At some point it was time to go, I had a flight to catch!

EJS was great and had a terrific time, I’m so proud of her…I can’t wait to see what’s coming next!

{June 4, 2016} A celebration for a fabulous woman

My sister.

She’s fabulous.

We celebrated.

The end.

Kidding. My sister has a birthday coming up this week and while dad, LaLa and I were in town this weekend, ACS thought it would be a great excuse to celebrate GES’ special day.

He was right. There were about 14 of us at a fantastic restaurant owned by a friend of hers. Bacco, a great Italian restaurant http://www.bacconorthend.com/

Good food, drinks, good friends, family, atmosphere and the entire upper floor singing happy birthday. What could be better?

Nothing!

{June 3, 2016} Samsung…grr

I don’t know what’s going on!

If you know me, you know I love my Samsung Gear, my phone, my watch, who knows what’s next.

All of a sudden, today, I start getting a message on my phone screen “Unfortunately, Gear Plugin has stopped”.

Ok, so, I update and I update and I update. There is an update available. I update and update and update.

No dice…food message keeps popping up, almost every 15 seconds…GRRRR

Tomorrow, Samsung gets a call!

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