I know this has happened to everyone at one time or another and I hate to think  about how many times this has happened to me… share my pain!

As I was writing my first movie review for my blog I didn’t copy what I wrote before I went to publish it and when I hit the button, the system timed out! NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Arrgggg. I was so mad! I had written this fantastic review, not that the one that I finally published wasn’t terrific, but I was so articulate and just on a roll and so jazzed about what I’d written that at the same time I was hitting publish, I was thinking to myself “self, you should copy what you just wrote in case it doesn’t…..nnnoooo” and so the story goes.

I remember crafting some really good e-mails to people on one site or another and then losing it when I went to send. How frustrating is that?!? I learned a long time ago to SESO [save early, save often] but every once in a while do we forget to follow our own advice and it hurts.

I am done with my rant for the day!

I am in Boston this week to help my sister and brother-in-law take care of my fantastic niece while they both travel. My sister left the day I got here, we actually saw each other at the airport, like two ships in the night, we blew our stacks at each other, kissed and went our separate ways. Two days later my b-i-l left for a business trip and I was all alone with Emma doodles, as we all affectionately refer to her. OH NO! everyone was worried, she doesn’t always do well when both mommy & daddy are gone.

My sister is great, slightly OCD, but that’s part of her charm. She sent me a 3 page document with activities, food, people to call, everything I would need to know to have a happy Emma. She also told me I could make fun of her later for being so OCD, and I did, a little, how could I not, she’s my baby sister, that part of us never goes away. Now, daddy had another idea, if you promise her DD [that’s Dunkin’ Donuts for those of you not ‘in the know’] she will do almost anything. Normally, that’s a Friday treat, stop at DD on the way to school, but she got so lucky this week, we stopped there on Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday. She knew the difference between going during the week and Friday DD.

The kid is great, she knows what DD looks like and would point them all out on the way to school, no need for me to pay attention, she knew! She also knows what her schedule is. On Wednesday, we went to “The Show”. This is something she does with her daddy every Wednesday after school, they stop at this furniture store near his work and there is an animated show in the center courtyard, then it’s on to the restaurant for face painting, craft making, my favorite, and dinner. WOW! Then on Thursdays, it’s off to a local bagel shop that has a man come in and sing kids songs for an hour, she gets to see her best friend there every Thursday night. What great activities to keep them busy, but she knows the show and where it is, every time you drive by the area, she shouts “There’s the show!”

She can also tell time, sort of… I ask her what time she wants me to pick her up, she says, “on the half”! that means on the half hour, what a kid! I picked her up one day at 4:30 and she looks at me and says, “you picked me up on the half’ and that’s the time she chose for next time. Smart kid!

The rationalization at this stage is amazing, I should probably point out that she is almost 3 years old, now you’re saying, wow…

If I don’t post this now, it will never get posted, there is always so much more to talk about Emma, but I’ll save those stories for another posting.

to blog or not to blog… is that a question? i have been contemplating for a long time about starting a blog, everyone seems to be doing it… write a blog, he’s a blogger, she’s a blogger, wouldn’t you like to be a blogger too? am i too stereotypical? I don’t know, or should I say, I don’t care?

I really have been contemplating writing/starting a blog for a long time and then question was, what do I write about? Apparently I’m a good writer, I mean, I know I’m a good writer, but it’s nice to have it validated by others, isn’t that always the way with everything? I wrote a New Years letter, a “welcome to 2010” as it were and I’ve gotten a few compliments on it, unsolicited even, that makes it all worthwhile. My dad just called to say two people told him they received it and were impressed, let’s see what he has to say when he gets his. wow, that sounded ominous, when he gets his! I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too, muwahahah. am i weird or what? well, this is my blog and I can say what i want. I wonder if anyone will actually read this or will this just be the wamblings of a weirdo? I don’t know, is it bad that I am cracking myself up as I sit here and read what I have just written?

I guess I just really need an outlet, I don’t go to therapy anymore, that made me laugh. I was remembering the movie “While You Were Sleeping” when Glynnis Johns’ character says, about getting some more wine, “I don’t drink anymore, but I don’t drink any less either”. Maybe I’ll go home and watch that movie, I get inspired to watch certain movies sometimes.

Speaking of watching movies, see, wild tangent… When I try to program the dvd player, naming the movies that are in there, over 200, as i hit play i want to watch each one as it starts, if i did that i would never get through my task.

So, back to needing an outlet, speaking of outlets, my laptop battery is low… This might be just the place for me to vent, whine, bitch, complain, shout, explain, just get things off my chest that i might not be able to anywhere else. i am sure some people are tired of me, they think i’m goofy, and i am. and i like myself this way!

Ok, so i am going to blog and just speak my mind and if anyone is out there reading this, i hope you enjoy it. if you don’t, that’s ok too. that’s the great thing about opinions, right?