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{June 20, 2016} Happy Father’s Day

Today is the day we celebrate and honor our fathers. That being said, let me tell you about mine!

There are great dad’s out there but I’m biased, mine is the best! He’s an individual, innovator, comic, artist, therapist, a shoulder to cry on, a great sounding board, spoiler, a great travel companion, a great traveler, an art lover, music aficionado. He can start the day off with cartoons, move to rock-n-roll, the opera, musical theater, a bad movie to a good movie, he’s a great popcorn maker and when it comes to coming, breakfast is a specialty.

He tells great jokes and when it’s a good one, you’d think he was about to pass out from laughing so hard, sometimes he can’t even finish the joke. Whenever I hear a joke that I like, I call him immediately so he can laugh with me!

As I’ve grown older, I won’t say grown up, we’ve gotten closer, our relationship has changed a little, still father and daughter, but now, there is a friend component or level. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m still a daddy’s girl and I always will be.

He has always been an amazing dad to GES and I, having to be the strong one for us sometimes, I like when I can be that for him.

To see him with his granddaughters is fabulous, EJS and MGS love their Poppa! The other kids can him Poppa D, that’s how they know him, isn’t that great! He’s so good with them, firm…rarely, silly…often, smart…always, clever…frequently. I love watching the interaction between them, they love his visits. There may even be an overnight at his house in their future.

One of the things I love is that I talk to my dad every day. It could be for a minute or twenty, sometimes even longer. We talk about everything and nothing. How fabulous is that?!

I hope nothing changes. Happy Father’s Day, daddy. I love you.
PS…thanks for my name!

I want to wish a very Happy Father’s Day to all the fabulous dad’s out there. Especially my brother-in-law, ACS.

{June 18, 2016} Even a vegan needs a steak knife!

Tonight, i had a meal that needed a steak knife.

I had grilled Romain lettuce. It was fabulous! It was a head of Romain, cut in half and grilled with oil and spices and served rug cucumbers and tomatoes. You could have ordered it with meat or shrimp, but as you know…vegan.

The presentation was great and the taste, wow! It was still crisp in some areas and you actually needed a knife, well I did, anyway. Besides, it came with a steak knife, so whu not!

{June 17, 2016} Hit the ground running..One property down.

I left Chicago at 8am, arrived in Hawaii at 2:30pm. [Love gaining those hours, going back, not so much!]

This trip is part visit with my beau and part look for a new place to live, neither of us are crazy about the place PSM is living in now.

So…a few days ago I went on Craigslist, which is how they do it in Hawaii, they love Craigslist…and I found several places to look at and I started making phone calls.

By the time I landed, we had six appointments to see houses and after I landed, booked another one! The first one was an hour after I landed, it was great.

Tomorrow, we have five, PSM has a few meetings so I will drop the top on Annie, take Mollie with me and we’ll go view a few places together and the rest, PSM and I will see in the afternoon.

Our qualifiers…going against traffic for PSM and under an hour to the airport, sounds good to me. Oh…and enough bedrooms ask you have a place to stay when you visit!

PSM picked me up and we headed to the first showing, a great house and we both really liked it.

Can’t wait to see the next one! I’ll keep you posted!

{June 16, 2016} Panic attack!!

Last night I woke up in a panic! And it sucked!!!

I was asleep, I mean deep asleep, and something woke me and I started to panic because I looked around and didn’t see my Raggedy Ann doll.

A few weeks ago when I was in Atlanta and clearing out the storage unit, I grabbed two things I could fit in my bag: my Raggedy Ann and my mom’s musical turtle.

I had my Raggedy Ann with me for about two weeks on the road in my hotel, she slept on the bed with me, just like when I was a kid, well, they both did, but it was Raggedy that I was more aware of.

Both dolls are at my place, but last night/early this morning I woke up and panicked because I couldn’t find Raggedy Ann!

I spent at least five minutes tearing the bed apart, pulling it away from the wall, I was seconds away from calling the front desk to ask for help and ask if the cleaning staff has found it. Then I realized she’s at home with my cats. Whew.

It took about five minutes for me heart to stop racing and my pulse to slow down. Eventually I was able to fall asleep.

Sigh.

{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?!

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