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{July 15, 2016} I saw Ghostbusters

I’m glad I did!

I was on the fence when I first heard about it and the first preview didn’t change my mind. I did, however, see the next preview and that changed my mind and I’m glad I took a chance.

It wasn’t a remake, more of a revamp. I can tell you if you stay to the VERY end, you’ll get a snippet of what’s to come, you know a sequel. But I won’t tell you what.

What I will do is mention a few things that I liked and be aware, there will be little spoiler alerts, like who makes a cameo. Of course, you could look at imdb.com or read a review and I’m sure you’ll see it.

You have your straight laced professor, Kristen Wiig, wacky ‘ghostologist’, yes I know that’s not what they’re called, Melissa McCarthy, her zany sidekick, Kate McKinnon, both scientists and then at some point the total ‘woman off the street’, Leslie Jones. It seemed like a who’s who of Saturday Night Live when I looked people up on imdb.com. Oh man, Chris Hemsworth was hysterical! He played the receptionist. Beautiful and dumb as a box of rocks!

There were some similarities and some nods to the originals, things like the fire station, the car, of course, the containment boxes.

Then the cameos, original players cameos…spoiler alert…I’m not going to tell you who they were or where in the movie, just that they were there. There was a tribute to Harold Ramis early on, Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, even the Staypuff Marshmallow Man and Slimer! The only one missing was Rick Moranis, I kept waiting for him to appear, part of the reason I stayed to the end. That and I learned to stay after all the Marvel movies.

Bottom line, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Looking forward to seeing it again.

{July 12, 2016} How do I say thank you?

Let me count the ways…one, two, three. Ha ha.

Oh my, that was funny, made me think of the Count on Sesame Street, which makes me smile.

And that’s where you come in, my friends and family. I don’t know if I’ve said thank you in a while.

As I’ve probably told you before, I’m always amazed and so very grateful at who is reading my posts, especially when I don’t know you personally. And those of you that take the time to post a comment, you flatter me.

I was inspired by a comment left yesterday, “I’ve been browsing online more than 4 hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It is pretty worth enough for me.In my view, if all web owners and bloggers made good content as you did, the net will be much more useful than ever before.”

I appreciate my friends and family for reading my posts and to you, my extended friends and family and to the be person who finds my blog and decides to stay a while, maybe even subscribe and possibly post a comment, to each of you, I will forever be beholden to you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

{July 11, 2016} I do not like pickled plums…

Sam I am. I so wanted that to work!

Tonight I flew through DTW and went to one of my favorite Japanese restaurants, Spray. Actually, it was a favorite of almost everyone on the same project when we were at UMHS.

I stopped in there and ordered a salad, a tofu dosh and a pickled plum roll, no wasabi. I didn’t know what pickled plum was like, I asked my server, she hadn’t had it, but served it quite often, ok, let’s try it, I’m game!

Um…my personal opinion…ewe…it was so you! So not for me! Turns out I’ve tried pickled plum before, in something I tried in Hawaii, as soon as I took my first bite I remembered and, if anyone who knows me knows I don’t like ginger, but I ate ginger, had to get the taste out!

I wasn’t sending it back, so I decided to just poked the pickled plum out and ate the cucumbers, rice and seaweed with some soy sauce. When the server came by and asked how it was, I told her what I thought as I was laughing.

So…as my mom always said, just try it. I did, because who knows what you’ll like until you try it and the bottom line…no more picked plum for me!

{July 8, 2016} 15 hours to get home? Seriously?

You thought July 4th was a long day? A walk in the park!

Speaking of walking, I wonder if I could have walked back to Boston…my alarm went off at 545 am as it does every weekday, I was only about 10 minutes at the most from the airport, so I took my time.

I did my hair, I prefer the sparklers on the 4th, rather than in my hair, ha ha. Shower, dressed, breakfast, load the car, fill the tank [$2.49], go to the airport, drop off the rental car, check in and then sit in the waiting area, which is right outside the 2 gates they have.

I wasn’t even sure we’d take off, big storms yesterday and this morning, but we did. It was a little toasty on the sessna, the air wasn’t very strong, maybe they should have left the window open! 9 other people on the plane with me and about 15 minutes in, I was unconscious, another awesome nap! Probably the highlight of my day.

I wasn’t sure if I’d make it to my flight in St. Louis since we left late, but we made it, wahoo, with about 45 minutes to spare, great. Got some food, found a charger then eventually got on the plane. And we sat…and waited and waited…delayed due to weather, hmm…

Got to Philly about 3 minutes after the boarding doors closed on my connecting flight. Thank you gate agent for being less than helpful.

Got in line for customer service, along with the other 50 people who got in late or flights were canceled, called my travel company, they couldn’t help. I called the airline…the next 2 flights were booked. I’m now on the 815pm flight. Considered renting a car and driving the 5+ hours, but I stuck it out. It’s now about 4pm, won’t be too bad, right?

Went and got some food, did some shopping then sat and sat and sat. The charging stations that worked were full, half of them didn’t work to begin with…

The 815p flight is now leaving at 9pm, seriously? So, I sat and waited and finally got on the plane where the woman next to me panicked when the air came on and there was condensation that looked like smoke, that was fun.

It’s now 11pm, I am just getting to my rental car and I started my travel day at 7am. I joked that I could have been in Hawaii a few hours by now!

Time to go home, hug the kitties and pass out! Sounds good to me. I’m safe and sound, all that matters!

Good night!

{July 8, 2016} I really like what I do.

Every time I get in front of a class, I am reminded of why I I’m there and how much I love it.

I may have talked about this before, so I hope you don’t mind if I do it again.

I’ve always enjoyed training, but I didn’t realize how much until someone stated paying me to do it. I know how that sounds, but let me explain.

For a long time at different companies, somehow I would be identified as someone who could train, so a lot of times they would get a be application and say “here, we just got this, figure it out and teach it to us!” Ok…

The sweetest moment was when I was teaching my son something craft related, he was about 10 and he looked looked at me and said “your a good teacher”. Hmm, think my heart melted then?

There was even a point where I thought I wanted to be a teacher, I met SDL when I was in grad school in Atlanta. I didn’t finish my masters, but I met one of my best friends, that sounds like a good deal to me!

My mom had even said, “if you come back to NY, I can get you a job in any school”, hmmm..I didn’t, but it was a thought. Both my parents were amazing teachers, it must be genetic. Well, it didn’t get me back there, but she was right, I would make a great teacher, just in a different type of classroom.

After I got divorced, I was looking for work and had lunch with a friend one day, PK, and the company he was working for was looking for trainers. I had never been officially paid as a trainer, let’s see what happens. I interviewed and apparently, whatever I said worked! They hired me and so began my life and love of being a road warrior, it sparked the bug and as you know, I’m still doing it.

I realized a few things, I can learn applications pretty easily, I need to practice, have hands on time to try and try and try, instead of sit there and listen to someone talk, especially if they are not engaging. I can “fake it til ya make it”, even if I don’t really know the subject matter, no one knows because I’m confident in my delivery. Sometimes I am just memorizing the material and don’t really understand it until I’ve taught it a few times, then things click and I’m really on.

As I tell anyone who asks, to me ‘an application is an application is an application’ and what I mean by that is I don’t even have to understand it, I have to help you understand how to use it to do your job day to day. I do actually learn it, just sometimes not right away.

I have to tell you, when I get in front of a class, I soar, I could be dead on my fear tired but when I get up there in front of the class, it’s like bam! I’m on! I might collapse at lunch or the end of the day, the minute I start teaching, wow, I come alive! I am very energetic, try to be engaging, so far it seems to be working.

I know what is like to be in a boring class, not want to be there in the first place and have a boring or bad trainer. I want to be sure that you stay awake, engaged, participate, enjoy yourself and heaven forbid…learn something!

What people tell me on their way out of class or sometimes during a break encourages me and makes it all worthwhile and that’s what it’s really all about and why I know I’m where I’m supposed to be, doing what I’m supposed to be doing and I love it. What do they say…if you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life. You were right mommy, darn it!

{July 3, 2016} The wonder of fireworks

When you watch a fireworks show, aren’t you transported back to being a kid? I know I am!

I get so excited when I knew I’m going to see a fireworks display and giddy when it starts. I love the sounds, the explosions, the rocketing up, the lights, bursting, the spectacle, the way it takes me back to when I was a kid.

Tonight we went to see the fireworks display at the local high school and it was great!People had been setting up the area they claimed as their own for later in the day.

We started off at a cookout at GES’ house with food, kids and friends, then the entire group walked to the local high school, less than a mile, found our stuff and settled in.

People talked, played games, caught up, ate and waited for the fireworks display to begin at 9pm and it did!

Wow! It went on for about 45 minutes and it was wonderful! There we big explosions and small, bursts that look like flowers, dandelions when they become “wishes”, wiping willows and so much more.

There were kids with looks of wonder on their faces and others, with looks of terror! Some kids with giant headphones on to block the explosions, others readyfor kaboom!
I’m so glad I got to see a fireworks show some I’m traveling tomorrow and won’t see a display for July 4th on July 4th.

It really was fabulous!

I wish you a safe and happy July 4th.

{July 2, 2016} Finding Dory

Loved it! Go see it!

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Dory, Marlin, Nemo and Crush on the big screen. It was great to see them! They were joined by some new faces and voices.

The underlying story or message, as I interpreted it and don’t most Disney movies have a message?

Believe in yourself…have faith in those you love…your parents will never forget you and always love you…you meet the most interesting and amazing “people” along the way…you never know who you’re going to meet…ask for help if you need it, you never know where a helping hand will come from…you never really know what you inspire in others…you never know what you can do until you try and…just keep swimming.

Yup, that just about covers it.

Really enjoyed it, hope you do too.

{July 1, 2016} Ahhh….

At home with my babies…sigh, I’m happy.

After three straight weeks on the road that includes two weekends mind you, which were fabulous!

But you can’t beat it! Sigh…

{June 27, 2016} Jacuzzi baby!

Look what I found when I got into my room tonight!

Apparently I selected this room, but completely forgot! What a nice surprise to find a whirlpool tub when I got into the room and I needed it after today!

It was a long travel day after dropping dad off at the airport, then my first flight was at 6pm, second flight about 830pm. Then after I got my luggage, 1.5 hour drive to the hotel.

So, much to my surprise, a whirlpool. And that was the first thing I did afterwalking into the room.

I believe I see a jacuzzi every night this week. Mmm

Ahhhh…who’s going to sleep well tonight?

{June 26, 2016} We started the day with football and ended with art..not bad.

That’s quite a combination, wouldn’t you say?

Today was quite a day! We started out with the Football Hall of Fame and ended with the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Since we toured the entire Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame yesterday, which I will tell you about, my original post disappeared, I’m sorry, we decided that we would go to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, only an hour away, how awesome is that!

We talked to a woman who clinched it for us, an hour away and only about two hours to tour? Sold! We were talking to a guy who was going to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame today about it and the Football Hall of Fame, he wanted to go with us!

We headed out and listened to the Capitol Steps, Forbidden Broadway and laughed the whole way.

The museum was cool, a lot of good history and memorabilia, uniforms, facts, jewelry, ha ha.

The first question…why Canton and here’s your answer.

How uniforms have changed.

The evolution of the football.

Too cool! The tallest player in history was seven feet and the shortest was 5 1/2″. Know what that means? I could play football!! He played for the Staten Island Stapletons…any guesses where I grew up?

Dad remembers a lot of the players and facts,
I learned a lot from him.

From the year I was born.

Overall, a very enjoyable experience

We left Canton and headed back towards Cleveland and the Museum of Art.

It was a really nice museum, spacious, lots of light.

I have always loved going to museums and viewing art with my dad. Like with music, he introduced me to toss wonderful world. We wanted to look at paintings more than sculpture, furniture or pottery and we found it.

I love contemplating with him what the artist might have been thinking or “what were the thinking!?” We laugh, discuss, contemplate. Awesome!

Another fabulous experience today. Awesome!

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