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{January 9, 2015} My day..don’t blink…

You might miss it!

The early part of the day started off normally enough, I actually got to sleep in a bit, the girls didn’t wake me, go girls!

I got up as GES was heading out to get breakfast with a friend, took a shower, got some things done around the house, put up some curtains, made some lunch, got some work done, looked for a new project, made some phone calls, the usual. Then the excitement began…

Do you remember the other day when I had to get a new battery? Well, yesterday, I went to get in the car to pick up MGS, it wouldn’t start, the indicator lights came on but nothing…I called the garage, they sent a tow truck to pick it up and away went Annie. The driver said he had seen issues like this, it probably just needed a jump, what? I just got a new battery! Nope, take it away, let’s see what the garage says.

Back to today…I get a call..it’s the starter motor, what? I called around, they had the best price… please take care of it.

I head out in my car at 3:45 to get EJS from school, take her to karate, 45 minutes later back to the house, pick up GES, go to EJS’ school for Winter Fest! There was pizza, veggies, photo booths, flip book photo booths, a DJ, dancing, games and fun. We hung out for a while, ACS showed up with MGS for some fun, then took me to get my car from the garage. I drove back to the school because I had both car seats.

Then we leave school and head to temple for services, EJS is in the junior choir, a lot of fun to see her singing and enjoying herself, the choir was terrific and services were enjoyable.

After services, oneg with lots of sweets for a sweet Shabbat, lots of talking and good company. Eventually, it was back to the house for jammies and a few more pages of Harry Potter, we might get to the end of chapter one by the end of the weekend!

Have a great weekend my friends!

PS. Last night was my cousin MS’ birthday. Happy Birthday cousin!

{January 8, 2015} We started Harry Potter!

Last night, ACS thought it would be fun to start reading Harry Potter to the girls.

They have seen the first movie and I know that EJS has seen the second one, so it seems safe to read it to them and at the rate we are going of a few pages each night, they should both be in their teens by the time I get to the more intense books!

I sat down to read to them, put on my British accent and away we went! It’s night two and we are almost done with chapter one!

I love these books, each time a new one came out, I couldn’t put it down and I was ready to read the next one. I have read each one at least twice, except for the last one, too emotionally taxing, but I still loved it!

I am so excited for this opportunity to read this series to them both, I am just ticked pink! I will keep you posted on our progress!

{January 7, 2015} Ouch, that didn’t feel so hot.

Today, I participated in that oh so fun activity that all women should have done every year, starting at age 40. I’ll give you one guess…

I had a mammogram! I know, you’re jealous, get back! I don’t know many people who don’t know what a mammogram is, but for those of you who do not know, it is a procedure used to help detect abnormalities in the breasts. It is recommended that you start at least by age 40, but if there is a family history, even as early as 35.

Let me just say, this is not the most fun activity and it was in 3D! Ooh…3D imaging, aren’t they already in 3D? Basically, they take your breast and put it between two parts of the machine and they come together to basically squish you. Do you remember the scene in Star Wars Episode IV, when they were in the garbage shoot and the trash compactor started? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U3Oti2L8S4, yeah, kind of like that!

It’s not so much the squishing, although that’s not much fun, it’s the stretching at weird angles and holding it there for what feels like an eternity and I know it’s only a matter of seconds, that hurts.

The technician was pleasant enough, but I have been going to the same place in Atlanta for the last few years to a place my friend works and she had been doing them for me, she always put my mind at ease and elsewhere, this technician didn’t do a great job of it. Oh well, can’t win them all.

The whole thing took less than 8 minutes, if that. I called GES after and we talked about it and when she asked how I was doing, my response “I know I don’t want to go on any dates any time soon!” I will leave it at that.

I did it and unless there is something wrong, I am good for another year!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammography

{January 6, 2015} It cost what?

As you may remember, I drove my car and cats to Boston to my sister’s house over the summer.

It has been great to have my car whenever I’ve needed it, but over the last few months, I’ve been on the road so much, I barely drive it, so… the battery died.

Yesterday, I called my insurance company, Progressive, and it turns out I have roadside assistance, Wahoo, so I called and they sent someone out to jump the battery, I let the car run for about 30 minutes, then went for a drive to the store, all good. I came out from the store and…. nothing. I called Progressive roadside assistance and guess who they sent… same guy!

I wasn’t sure if it was in need of a full charge or new battery, so I took it to the local auto shop that my sister uses and trusts and left the car overnight. I asked for an estimate… maybe about $120, expensive, but ok. Away we went.

When they called this afternoon to tell me what was up, turns out it needed a new battery, ok. How much would it be, maybe I misheard “about $75” great! Done!

A few hours later, car is done, go get it…$176..WHAT? The invoice showed the battery itself cost $106! And $63 for labor, this was still a first, $106 for a battery? Holy mackerel!

Oh well, what am I going to do… its paid for and the battery has a four year warranty.

What’s the next adventure?

{January 5, 2015} Today I…

Shaved… and it felt GREAT!!!

Ok, this post might be more for women, but that is sexist and a generalization, so anyone who shaves and/or likes to stay groomed, this is for you! Now, the more for women is I am talking about areas other than the face…

There was a great image on Facebook a while back “I don’t shave for my boyfriend/husband, I shave for the woman who does my pedicure!” This is SO true!

In the summer, we, women, are more inclined to shave our legs and armpits and probably, you know…because we are wearing shorts, skirts and getting our toes done, don’t forget tank tops, dresses and bathing suits!

If you are a person who does not shave, more power to you, I am not of that mindset and I like to have clean parts and, this may be TMI [Too Much Information, for those of you not in the know] and I am ok with that, I need to shave almost every day. There, I have said it!

I remember when my mom was going through chemo, she was so excited because all her body hair fell out and she didn’t have to shave again!

Now, I admit, in the winter I don’t always shave my legs, I’m wearing pants and if I wear skirts, I wear tights and boots, you are not going to see my legs. Now, if I am going on a date, of course I am shaving my legs, I might want to wear a skirt and look cute and when I was married or involved in an intimate relationship, I kept my legs shaved, someone might touch them and I don’t want anyone to get hurt! That is all I am going to say on that.

Now, as you know, I went to Atlanta the week of Christmas and I took all my toiletries with me and unfortunately, after a few days, my razor decided to quit on me. Now, everyone I stayed with gave me what I needed, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, depending on what I needed, some things I just couldn’t find. Well, that was the one thing I kept forgetting to ask if anyone had extras and every time I went to the store, I forgot and then would get to wherever I was going/staying and say “crap! I forgot razors again!” then one thing leads to another and one day leads to another and…I give up!

I got to Boston Sunday night and let me tell you, this morning’s shower was AWESOME! I almost started singing “Everything is awesome!”. Now I can run around in a tank top, short and a bathing suit! Uh, no! It’s freezing out, but I could if I wanted to! Ok, maybe just a pedi, who wants to go with me?

Ahhh,.,,

{January 4, 2015} It’s a snow day!

It was wonderful, I slept until about 10am this morning!

It might have something to do with skiing for about five hours, a two hour time share thing, then a three hour drive, which should have taken about an hour and a half, that was fun…then I hung with AM for a bit, wrote to you and then lights out! I think I was also before my head hit the pillow!

A little while after I got up, I got a text from AM about getting some lunch, we went to meet his cousin at Fire On The Mountain, a wing place that had seitan (vegan) wings for me, yummy. A very cool place.

We headed back to the house to hang with his wife, NM and their daughter ALM, what a cutie! We built a Lego stage and dressing room for “Stephanie” with a lot of Lego Movie references. After Legos we played Old Maid, a rough game!

Then we retired to the screening room to watch Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2, which I had not seen and I loved it!

Somewhere around dinner time, AM and I went to get food. Vegan Reubens for me and NM from Natural Foods. Y U M!! Even got a vegan carrot cake muffin.

Back to the house for dinner and the rest of the movie, loved!

After the movie, we headed over to the other house, hung out for a minute, then AM headed back to his house and I settled in to talk to you, watch some movies and get some rest.

It was a great day for that! I needed some as I am a bit tired from four days on the slopes!

Oh yeah..I did say it was a snow day!
It started snowing about noon and just stopped a little while ago. I think it must have snowd about 6 inches, could be more, could be less, I’m not going out there to measure! I know the picture is dark, but can you see the car in the driveway? It’s my rental and I parked it there yesterday.

Now, let’s see if my flight takes off tomorrow or I’m here another day or two.

{December 30, 2014} Skiing at Breckenridge…Who’s spoiled?

When isn’t it a long full day?

I stayed at The Curtis last night, it is a Hilton property and 1950s retro, a lot of fun. Had breakfast, love that Diamond Status, free breakfast and it came with a short stack of pancakes and they were wonderful, well, the one I ate! They dusted them with powdered sugar, yum…

I headed to AM’s house to get my skis, so awesome that he is storing it for me while I’m away, he’s not far from the airport, so I don’t have to go too far out of the way to go skiing. I stopped in to say hello then headed towards the mountains, took a while, the surface streets were a little snowy, but the highways were clear, unfortunately, people were going a little extra slow and there was an accident, so what should have taken about 1.5 hours. It’s ok, I made a stop for some new ski socks, I think they helped with the bruising!

I stopped at Walmart to pick up some supplies [toiletries and food] then headed to the hotel I was originally supposed to stay at, picked up my packet and headed to the Beaver Run Resort, where I upgraded to. Unfortunately, I couldn’t check in until 4pm, so sad…I put the parking pass on my car, parked and got dressed, in the car! I was not quite prepared for skiing, normally I would have left the hotel wearing everything except for my ski pants, this time, I had to start from the ground up, so to speak! Luckily, no one was looking!

The great thing was I was right there at an opening, I got to ski to the chairlift, AWESOME! The bad part… it always takes me forever to get my boots buckled, today was no different…I broke 3 nails trying to get my boots on GRRRR. Someone pointed out that I could move part of the buckle, I’m going to give it a shot tomorrow, unless I can do it myself.

It was so fantastic to ski to the lift, I totally get it now! I went up and hit the slopes and it was fantastic! I skied, I slalomed, I went faster, awesome! I did 6 total runs, feeling more and more confident every time. Only bummer is I dropped my extra phone batter, I did ski near the spot and tried to find it, but I couldn’t get close enough! I saw it when I was going up in the chair! Oh well…I don’t have to worry too much, I am in a ski-in/ski-out, I can come in and recharge!

After six runs, I was freezing! It was about -3 when I got off the mountain, skied to my car and went to check in at the resort, touch and go for a minute, they had a question about my reservation since I had upgraded to the resort. Just in case you didn’t know, ski-in/ski-out means that you are staying on the mountain, you either ski in and out of your room or the resort is right there by the chair lift. You don’t have to drive around to try to find a place to park, AWESOME!

I found a place to park, eventually, in the parking deck, made two trips [luggage, skis, groceries] and walked into my room. Ahhh…I totally get it and I would live here! Well, not full time, but for a week or long weekend! The only odd thing is the bed, right when you walk in the room. Then there is the Jacuzzi tub/shower in the hallway, so to speak, a galley kitchen, then the living room, nice big sofa, overstuffed arm chair, big table and chairs. Ok, the other odd thing… the refrigerator is in the living room.

The view… the slopes and chair lift. Fabulous! It might be tough to say no when I do the time share talk [that’s how I got the room for so cheap for the three days].

I unpacked some stuff, then turned on the bath and had a nice relaxing soak, ahhhh…had a pb&j, yum and after a while, headed out into town for a walk about and maybe see if I was hungry. The town is decorated so pretty, still for Christmas, the trees are still lit, the snow is pretty. I walked up and down the main drag, didn’t find anything that called to me, except for the line for crepes, but after 10 minutes I was cccccold, it was -9, so I stopped by a bar that had a fire pit to warm up until the resort shuttle came by.

Back to the room, jammies and slipper socks to warm up and talk to you! You tired? I am! More tomorrow!

{December 29, 2014} Luggage should arrive together, right?

Today was a travel day and it was quite a day, go figure!

Got up, packed my bags, impressed ST…it looked like I would never get it all in two bags, but I did! I was triumphant! I filled the second bag with the fabulous gifts I got, glad I had it! I was also able to leave the third bag in Georgia, since it was broken, it was filled with gifts for people here and to be shipped and I knew it wouldn’t be leaving with me!

We went to breakfast, stopped at the post office on the way back, shipped out belated gifts [they are on the way!] back to the house to collect my stuff, then headed to the airport.

During the morning, I got several messages from Delta that my flight was delayed 30 minutes, then back 20 minutes, then back to the original time, um….I was heading to the airport going on the original flight time. I returned the car, headed to the terminal and made it just at the mark, at least I was hoping. In order for your bags go on your flight, they have to be there 45 minutes prior to take off.

I made it! Mostly! The desk agent did a late check in and said I should be fine, whew! I have to tell you, membership [Gold Medallion] has its benefits! I went through security and got to the gate after boarding had begun, love being able to just walk right up and sort of cut in front of people, sorry. Upgraded to first class, go me!

The flight was fine, it was snowing when we got to Denver, the entire ground was blanketed in white and it’s always interesting when you can see your breath on the jetway! Good for skiing!

I went down to baggage claim and after a while the bags came around and it was about 30 minutes and I got one bag and then….. nothing. I had gotten a call from Delta about missing luggage and I thought it was odd since I had one, but off to the Delta Luggage Help Office I went, right behind me.

Oh… side note… there was a hard suitcase that was buzzing, for a while. I’m wondering if someone left their toothbrush [or maybe something else…] on or the switch turned on. It was interesting that no one seemed that worried, just curious. Hmmm.

I went to the desk and asked about my bag, I’m so glad I kept the baggage claim sticker! It turns out that one bag came on my flight and the other took a later flight. Huh?

She could not tell me how it happened, but it happens. I am sure it does, just a first for me. Don’t they scan the bags? To see that they need to go to the same place? I guess not.

My bag was on the next flight, having just landed and it would be another 30 minutes before the bags would get to baggage claim. Did I want them to drive the bag to my hotel? No, I’ll wait. Why make someone drive in the snow to bring my bag when I could wait 30 minutes and have it, so I waited.

The bag finally showed up and I was on my way.

{December 28, 2014} A visit and a Falcon’s game

Another long day, I know you’re shocked!

The day started way before my alarm, of course, but it gave me the time to spend time with KS’ cat, Miss Molly and talk to TS for a while, jumped in the shower, packed my stuff and headed out the door.

I went a whopping three minutes down the road to LGR’s house, we realized the last time we had dinner that she and her family lived so close to TS, very small world. I had not been to their house before, so her fabulous daughter, CGR, gave me the grand tour. I saw her fabulous room and playroom and her Frozen collection, very impressive, MGS would love it!

After the tour, we got in the car and headed to brunch, yum! We caught up, laughed, talked, swapped stories and realized we have known each other since 1995! Can you believe it? It was awesome to spend some time together and CGR. We headed back to the house and after a bit, I headed to the MARTA station to meet JT and his brother DT to go to the Falcon’s game.

We met at one station to ride together to the Georgia Dome. We went in, got drinks and found our seats and settled in for the game. Half time, we went in search of pretzels which we found along with funnel cake for DT. The seats are great and that was the best thing I could say about this game. We left during the third quarter along with almost everyone else in the stadium, that’s how bad the Carolina Panthers were beating them, so now, the Falcons are out. If they had won, they would have gone to the playoffs, oh well. I love going to the game every year, I really appreciate that they take me.

Back on MARTA and the car, hanging at ST’s tonight and then tomorrow off to Colorado.

Maybe I’ll take a nap tomorrow!

{December 27, 2014} Another fun filled and busy day!

Another fabulous day I had! Visits, laughs, movies, meals, fabulous!

The day started way too early for a Saturday, as my days often do, 8am, what is that about? The alarm was set for 10, but apparently I couldn’t wait to get up! I answered some emails, chilled out and then got ready to head out for the day. I drove to downtown Woodstock to meet KWH for brunch.

This was a treat, for both of us! We haven’t seen each other in over a year, her daughter Baby J was only a few weeks old and now, she’s running around, jumping and playing. She got to come out all by herself, which, as you know, when you have wee tots, you do not get to do very much of anything on your own. And the mutual treat, was seeing each other, as it seems to be about once a year, but it is always a quality visit. KWH and I used to work together, actually at the same company I met BG and TS, the world is very small.

After a good breakfast and great conversation, which of course includes laughs, silliness, hugs, deep thoughts, we walked a little, then went our separate ways. The funny thing is I saw TS tonight and she asked me a few questions about how certain things in KWH’s life were going and I had no idea! I realized that we talked for about three hours and covered a lot of ground, but there were things we just did not cover, and I looked at her and thought “What did we talk about?!” Too funny!

After brunch, I did a little window shopping and some actual shopping and part of next years Christmas shopping is done! Everything was half off, score!

Then off to BG’s house to say hello to his son, J and his parents, then the two of us went to the movies, saw ‘Night At The Museum’, which we both really liked. It was fun hanging out, watching a movie, it’s been a while since we did that. After the movie, we went back to his house for a few minutes and J got to brag about his mastery of the Monopoly board over his Grandmother, very cute. I hung out for a few more minutes and then it was time to go, J gave me a hug! That was great! Over the last two years he’s gotten to know me better and that has been a treat.

After I left, I headed to TS’ house to hang with TS and her daughter KS, so much fun! We exchanged gifts, both birthday and Christmas/Chanukah and then it was out the door, for dinner and a movie! We went to PF Chang’s and the wait was about an hour, so we drove around looking for another possible place, but ended up back where we started and the food was worth it, the service was passable, the noisy table next to us, ugh. When they left, the noise level in the entire restaurant went down by about 1000! Company makes up for so much!

Then it was to the movie theater to see Big Eyes and we were the only ones in the enter theater, we realized we did not have to whisper! That was a plus. The movie itself was good, a but depressing, but it was a true story and I had been wanting to see it and we all love Amy Adams. When the movie was over, not only were we the only three in the theater, itself, I think we may have been the only three in the entire building!

Back home for more chatting and catching up and the next thing we knew it was after 1am! Time really does fly when you are having fun!

Now, it is time for some sleep because tomorrow, I have, wait for it… another busy day!

And happy birthday to my dear friend, NM!

Goodnight!

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