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{January 20, 2017} It’s been how long? Doesn’t feel like it!

You know how you have that friend you’ve known forever and you don’t talk that often, but when up do, it’s like no time has passed.

I’ve told you that I’m lucky enough to have a few friends in my life who fit the very description. Tonight, I talked to someone I’ve been friends with since middle school and it was just like that.

CSB and I met in middle school and were instant friends and then we were best friends and remained friends and close friends for years and as things happen, life gets in the way, but our fondness and love for each other has never wavered and when we do see each other or talk to each other, it’s like we pick up where we left off.

Tonight, we were talking and realized it had been over two hours, where did the home go?! And if we didn’t have to get up in the morning, we would have probably gone on another two or more.

When we got off the phone, we pinky swore we would talk again and I look forward to that next call with another sister.

Side note…CSB…this is Joe Bloggs, we will be discussing him again!

{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 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 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!

{January 3, 2017} Travel day…end of vacation…sigh

I really need to hit the lottery…
I’m looking forward to going back and seeing my friends and coworkers, not sure about the whole work thing, ha ha…who is, really?

This week was great, being home with PSM, even though we both got sick, it was still nice.

Last night, I pulled all my clothes out of the closet and drawers and this morning packed. PSM felt bad about yesterday, not doing anything, so he forced me to go to the beach, harsh, I know! I took Mollie and we headed to a beach about 15 minutes from us, a nice local beach.

There were about 5 people on the beach when we got there and progressively got more populated, but not crowded, it was nice. Mollie was exploring, making friends then hanging out with me, even got in the water with me, then got a little restless. It was ok when it was mostly adults, they all liked her, but when babies started arriving, I had trouble

keeping her near me, nothing to tie her leash to. That was our cue to head home. It was a nice few hours that we had.

Home, shower, dozed off for a bit, ooh, mid afternoon naps are definitely underrated! Then it was time to pack my carryon, ensure I had everything and then head to the airport.

About a mile into the trip, what’s my phone? Back to the house, luckily we were only about 8 minutes from home. Off to the airport for my next adventure. Honolulu to LA to Houston to Chicago, fun, huh?

It really was great and if I could hit the lottery and be there all the time, with the money to travel when I/we wanted, I think I could handle that.

Who knows what’s coming next?!

{January 1, 2017} Hauʻoli makahiki hou! From Hawaii!

A very, very happy new year from Hawaii!

Here in Hawaii, New Years Eve is bigger than 4th of July on the mainland, it’s crazy! People have been setting off fireworks for weeks, here and there, but tonight, it’s been steady for a few hours, as soon as the clock struck 12…KABOOM

So…how did we start our day? Going to the local minute clinic to find out…we both have ear infections! That explains the ear popping, pain and discomfort last night on the flight. Is it sweet we’re both sick and on the same antibiotics? Awe…

After getting diagnosed and dropping off our prescriptions, we went home. I turned around, dropped the top on the beetle bug and went out in search of supplies, we had a party to host.

On top of that, we had Mollie to think about. She, like many other dogs, is completely freaked out by fireworks, poor girl. PSM gave her a tranquilizer, over the course of the evening, two, it was rough tonight.

I got to talk to GES and dad tonight so that was a good start to the new year…and closer to their midnight than mine!

It was a small gathering but big fun! D&M R were here with their girls, A, S and Thursday. E&D D were here with their kids, E & G. And our neighbor, A was able to join us.

We had good food and drink, even played some games, it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed spending time with everyone, getting to know them better. I’m so glad we met.

I really have to give props to the kids for taking turns, together and individually, spending time with Mollie, they had a dog who was afraid of fireworks.

By about 1045, everyone was walking out the door, PSM and I did a quick clean up then he went upstairs to calm Mollie.

At midnight the exclusions started and actually, they slowed down, but I’m not sure they stopped!

There’s so much that happened this year and I’m glad you were right there with me.

A very happy and healthy year I wish for you my friends. Happy 2017!

{December 31, 2016} A visit to Molokai

First, I’m feeling much better! So today’s post will cover two days.

Something I haven’t told you about PSM, he travels for work. He travels between Oahu, Maui and Molokai. At least once a month he’s on the other islands and this month we were able to travel together and extend the trip by a day.

We flew over to Molokai on a 6am flight, it was only about a 40 minute flight, a nice nap. We were met at the airport by a coworker of PSM’s, who drove us to the farm, they had some meetings and I was given a tour of the farms by a nice guy, J.

After the tour, PSM and I went to get some breakfast at a nice local place and then took a tour around the island. The hard part for PSM is that I had taken a nyquil before I went to sleep on Wednesday, about 130am, so of course, it didn’t hit my system until late and I was groggy all day. In between stops I was pretty much unconscious!

Our first stop was Palau’u State Park, there were two walks, well, the way I was feeling, they felt like hikes! for the Kalaupapa Overlook. If you look down along the water you can see the leper colony. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molokai

The second walk from the start was to the Phallic Rock, yup, you heard me right.

In the ancient Hawaii infertile women came here to pray, bring offerings and spend the night in hopes of conceiving a child. Even today women still come here in hopes of getting pregnant soon. http://www.to-hawaii.com/molokai/ancientsites/phallicrock.php

Next stop was a local coffee house and then a drive to a hotel that is no more. Some of the units are now private condos and a lone shop. The best part of the hotel…the beach. We sat for a bit, listened to the sound of the surf, watched some surfers, a spear fisher, laid back and had the best nap in a long time!

Next stop was our hosts house. PSM works with R, he picked us up from the airport, and his wife, L, offered to have us stay with them for the night. They live on a hill with an amazing view of the ocean, their back deck is something to see. We went to dinner at a local place and then back to the house, I turned in early, I needed to get rest and sleep of the nyquil. You know I didn’t feel well, I crashed about 730pm!

I slept until about 430am, feeling a little better. We got out of bed about 830, headed to the same breakfast place and then out to see more of Molokai. Unfortunately, we only got about 20 miles towards our destination and the rain was coming down enough that the road class get washed out enough that we could get stuck on the other side of the island! Apparently schools have been closed because of that before!

We went back to R & L’s house, they were kind enough to let us hang at their house until our flight. We tried to get on an earlier flight but all flights were booked our canceled due to the weather. We watched TV, chilled out, enjoyed the view and had dinner on that fabulous deck. PSM was in charge of shucking corn, not sure if you can see his helper, their cat, Judy.

After dinner, they drove us to the airport, we hung out waiting for our puddle jumper back to Honolulu and when it was time, a private plane! Well, it was the same baby plane-let, we were just the only ones on it!

Now home, taking needs, we’re both sick! Talk to you and lights out! Tomorrow is a new day and at midnight tomorrow…a new year!

{December 30, 2016} Did you get the plate number?

Of the truck that hit me…

My friends, I love you and PSM and I had a great day that I want to tell you all about, but I feel awful. I took nyquil before bed yesterday and I’m not sure it’s worn off!

More tomorrow!

But I will leave you with this nice sentiment.

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