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{April 13, 2016} Another fabulous day! Special Olympics, lunch and a visit

Another awesome, jam packed day. What else is new? I’m in Atlanta.

The day started early, the exterminator was coming, about 8am, I set the alarm, but that didn’t matter, I was up about 630am. Shower, dress, make the bed and downstairs to have a cup of tea, ahhh.

SDL and I then took off for Miss A’s big event. Special Olympics for the grade schools in her school’s county.

There was shot put, long jump and a race. Ribbons all around, did you expect anything less? Me neither!

After Miss A headed back to school, SDL and I headed to get some lunch, a rare treat since it was just the two of us, it was fun to catch up and be able to get in and out in about an hour.

After we got back to the house, we hugged, said goodbye for now and I headed out to ST’s house, found the key he left for me and settled in, very nice to let me do laundry.

I caught up on some work, emails and got to catch up with HH, then ST got home and we caught up. A while later, his girlfriend, TWD, arrived and I got to meet her for the first time. We already knew a lot about each other, we were excited to meet in person.

I’ve told you that ST is my “work husband”, that means he’s one of my closest friends and so, getting together with his girlfriend would either be great or a disaster. Let’s just say, within three minutes we agreed, if it didn’t work out between them, she and I would be together! ‘Nuff said!

After a very fun dinner, we went to her place to meet her mom and her furry babies, then she drove us back to ST’s, we hung out and talked about music and then she had to head home before she turned into a pumpkin, 4 am wakeup, my hero!

After she left, we watched Pixels, I got to talk to PSM and then it was bedtime for bonzo.

All in all, another great day! What’s tomorrow’s adventure? I’ll keep you posted!

Happy happy 16th birthday KK!!!!

{April 12, 2016} Another full day…go figure!

I started at one end of Atlanta and ended up on the other side.

I spent the night at LBK’s, got to see her for a few minutes before she had to go back to work then drove AK to get his car. Perfect, because it was in exactly the direction I needed to go.

After I dropped him off, I went to meet CBG, who I used to work with, and her husband AG. We met at The Flying Biscuit, Y_U_M!! They met from a dating profile I wrote for her way back when. She tweaked it of course, but…they met because of it, I’m stoked to say! They’re the second couple to meet because of a profile I wrote, is that awesome or what!

It was great catching up, especially after AG left to go back to work, she and I had some good one-on-one time.

Then I headed to my storage unit to scope the situation out there and then drop something off at a friend’s house, I hope she’s found it by now!

After that, head to the other side of town, I had a movie date with TS. We decided on a later movie, so I loitered around Barnes and Noble and then she was there. We went to see The Boss, with Melissa McCarthy. It was funny, not the best, but funny.

I love going to the movies with TS, we laugh at a lot of the same stuff, then we analyze and discuss. It was great to see her and catch up, she’s one of the people I try to see when I’m in town.

After the movie and more catching up we parted company, she headed home and I’m at SDL’s, exciting to-do tomorrow and I’ll tell you all about it…tomorrow.

Sweet dreams!

{April 10, 2016} A joke

I really only want to make you laugh tonight.

Did you hear about the chameleon who had trouble changing his colors?

He had…

Wait for it…

A reptile dysfunction!

Made you laugh!

{April 9, 2016} We have a SIX year old in the mix!

What? She just got here, how can she be six? Where did the time go?

Today is a very special day! Miss A turned SIX! I imagine you guessed that from the title. Wow, six! And what a day we had for that very six year old.

Ready, here we go, you might need a nap, we were busy!

The day started a like early, there was a bran muffin with raisins for a breakfast tease. Over breakfast I asked if she had any advice for MGS who turns six next week.

Then it was up to get dolled up! Black riding pants, pink tutu, white long sleeve top, sparkle t-shirt proclaiming “I was born to sparkle”! and cool boots.

She was put together and out the door we went.

First stop…horse riding, with a blinged-out helmet, a little extra being with a tiara on her helmet. Do you see DIVA on the back? Oh yeah! She was fabulous!

Not to mention, the entire staff sang happy birthday! Awesome!

After horses, off to brunch, remember, the muffin was the breakfast snack! We stopped at IHOP. The girl could out-eat me in a skinny minute! Eggs, pancakes with strawberries and whip cream and because it’s her birthday, ice cream sundae, more strawberries and whipped cream.

And to top it all off, they sang happy birthday!

After breakfast head to the Blue Ridge Mountains to an apple orchard for a tractor show. We got there just in time to see the pink tractor. Then we went on a tractor tour around the orchard, very cool. They grow 52 different varieties of apples!

Back inside to shop and maybe get a snack…maybe. ha ha! Butterscotch pudding, vanilla pudding, 1/3 of a banana, peach pie with ice cream. Full yet?

We took a stroll in the meadow and by the lake, very picturesque!

After a while, time to leave. Heading back, it was about dinner time, and we found a Cracker Barrel, chow time! Chicken-n-dumplings, coconut cream pie with whipped cream. Oh my!

More singing and silliness!

Then back home for bath and bed. That sounds like a great idea!

Happy birthday Miss A, you wonderful, finny, silly, goofy, bright, loving little person. I’m so happy you’re in my life and I’m in yours.

Good…night!

{April 8, 2016} Author jam session

Maybe jam session isn’t the right word, but it was cool.

You know how someone will pay a movie quote on Facebook and then someone else posts another quote from the same movie [I’ve seen it so many times with The Princess Bride]. Well, I had this happen with authors, pretty cool!

I was on my flight this afternoon, waiting to take off and taking to PSM on the phone and a woman was passing by to her seat and I noticed the author she was reading. I mouthed that I loved that author and she said I know!

Then I said another author and she mentioned another and back and forth. We must have mentioned at least eight authors each and we both knew the other persons. [The line was moving slowly].

I have to say…a very cool happening. A literary jam session, there you go!

{April 7, 2016} Happy birthday LaLa

Today we celebrate LaLa’s birthday.

LaLa came into our lives almost eleven years ago and she got her name because EJS couldn’t say her name, so LaLa it was.

She is grandmother to her son’s kids, two girls on one side and two boys on the other side, what are the odds? When EJS was born, she became a grandmother to EJS and then MGS and interestingly…LaLa is the Chinese word for grandmother I found out from my friend JCT, who’s daughter calls her mom LaLa, perfect fit wouldn’t you say?

LaLa is a very busy woman, for someone who is retired…she is an avid tennis player and fan, haven’t seen her on Wii tennis yet, I’m sure she’d be a champ! She loves to travel, she and my dad have been on some amazing trips, it was cool comparing notes when they were in Budapest shortly before PSM and I. And all the traveling to see all her grandkids, six can keep ya hoppin’!

One of the things that’s fun to see is the post cards she sends, everywhere she goes, no matter where, she sends all the grand kids post cards, I know it’s a treat on both sides.

She’s a mother to her daughter-in-laws, a very special bond and like a second mother to her daughter-in-law’s sister. Very different relationships with each grand child, proud in so many ways of what they accomplish and not above getting down on the ground to play and roll around with them.

I tease her sometimes, and let me just say, she is a very good sport about it, you have to be in this family! her socks match her shirt, it seemed like every time I saw her, but in the beginning that was mostly in the summer and she was in tennis gear, so, what did I do? I bought her socks when I traveled!

She’s always put together, which is more than I can say for myself first thing in the morning, well, most of the day, let’s be honest! EJS and MGS both love to play with her makeup and nail polish, something special they do together.

She is a very loving, caring family member and friend, remembering birthdays and anniversaries, just like my dad, she calls and sends cards, very close with her sisters, like carbon copies of each other and close with their families.

She’s a great cook, might be a little healthier than dad likes, but it’s a good thing. And her sangria is requested wherever she goes, not a bad thing to be known for.

When we, the family, met LaLa, there was an instant connection and she soon became family, which is a good thing because family vacations would have been really awkward! It’s fun to travel together and make plans, sit around and do nothing, dinners, theater, whatever we do, it’s nice to do it as a family.

Happy birthday LaLa, here is hoping this birthday was better than the last, but not the best to come!

{April 5, 2016} I don’t care for football, but football movies…

That’s a different story.

I don’t know why that is. I’ve watched football games, you know I’ve even been to professional football games, but I don’t follow what’s happening half the time, it happens. I have to live with it and I’m ok with it

Now, football movies, that’s another story. Well, it’s the movie itself, but I can follow some of the game and I like watching the games, I even root and get excited. Go figure.

Some are silly, funny, others touching, serious or sad.

The other day I watched Invincible, I la la la love that movie! Tonight was Necessary Roughness. Who knows, maybe tomorrow it will be The Replacements.

There are some I still want to see, Any given Sunday and Draft Day, among others.

Any recommendations?

{April 4, 2016} More snow? A lost tooth. A lotta movies

They said more snow and they were right. Pook.

I went to sleep and the snow was mostly melted and I woke up to…you guessed it…more snow! And at 10pm it’s still snowing. There have been a lot of memes about Mother Nature being bipolar and off her needs, sounds about right, right? Hmmm…what does tomorrow hold?

I think I’ve told you I’m ripping my movie collection and it’s been great, remembering my babies and ice been watching them here and there, a nice break from Netflix. As I rip, I want to watch everything!

Then, I got a phone call, the kind that I love! -“Hi Auntie J!”
-Hi MGS!
– “Guess what! I lost my tooth!”
-Awesome!
-“Thank you for my tooth fairy pillow! I really like it!”
– I’m so glad, I loved making it.
-“When we go on vacation, will you bring things to teach me to sew?”
-I would love that! I’ll definitely bring sewing supplies with me.
-“Ok, I’m turning you back to mommy, bye”
-Bye, I love you
-I love you too
End of conversation.

Now I sit here, ripping and watching movies, cross stitching and loving on the furry beasts. Sounds good, who wants to join me?

{April 2, 2016} What a day! Karate…Volunteering…Red Nose…Dinner…Movie

I was thoroughly refreshed after four hours of sleep, but would it be enough? I was spending the day with my sister’s family, you know, a marathon!

I happened to wake up on my own at 8am, greeted the girls, had waffles made my ACS, he and MGS went off to gymnastics and EJS, GES and I went off to karate. After EJS went into class, my sister and I went over to Walgreens to pick up a prescription and then what do you do while you’re there? Why…walk around and look at deals, of course! And we found some good ones!

Including red noses for everyone! Do you know about Red Nose Day? This year it’s May 26th and every red nose product [red noses, bracelets, sun glasses, headbands with pompoms] purchased helps to fight kid poverty. “What’s poverty?” asks the nine year old when we picked her up and I gave her her very own red nose. So I explained.

I explained while we were on our way to Cradles to Crayons. This is a volunteering event that GES and EJS have participated in several times and I did once, I’m not sure if you remember me telling you about it. This is where people bring donations to the local high school and then the volunteers sort everything from clothes to books to toys. There are stations everywhere! We ended up in toys, counting and cleaning. Do you know how hard it is to count puzzle pieces when people ask you questions!

If an item is all in one piece, functioning and in good shape, it goes to donation, if it’s not the best, maybe it’s a coloring book that has one or two pages drawn on, or a pair of shoes with some scuff marks, it goes to Salvation Army. There were over one hundred kids, of all ages, and parents volunteering. It’s a very cool event and collect so many items that it helps so many kids.

What they do: Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth to age 12, living in low- income and homeless situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need. https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/

After volunteering, EJS chose to go to the bagel shop, so she GES and I got bagels, took them home and enjoyed them in our jammies and sweats on the couch! ACS and MGS got home from lunch, well, ACS came in, MGS was having a great nap in the car, which was safe, dry and warm in the garage, ACS even brought out a blanket for her. She hasn’t napped like that for a long time, she was probably out there another two hours after they got home.

There was playing and hanging out until it was time for dinner and we were meeting another family, well part of the family, at the local Japanese Steak House, Fuji for fun, food and fire! Then off to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt and home for night-night.

As the girls were falling asleep, ACS and I channel surfed, it was quite interesting, a documentary on drugs, March Madness, the Final Four and Pawn Stars, yup, interesting. He went up, GES came down and the two sisters watched the movie Sisters. It was just as funny as I remembered and I may have laughed so hard I peed in my pants, that funny!

I told you…marathon! It’s been quite the day and now it’s time to drift off to sleep, I hope. My goal is to fall asleep before 4am, who’s with me! Pleasant dreams my friends!

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{March 27, 2016} Hello, My Name Is Doris…I’m in vegan heaven…and I’m exhausted!

Yup, that about covers it.

You know how when you’re not feeling well and you stay in bed and day or two and then you feel like you’re fine and ready to conquer the world? And you know when you do that you realize that you’re nuts and probably should have stayed in bed? Yup, that’s me. Go figure.

The Nyquil and Dayquil have been great, making me sleepy and stay in bed, getting up every once in a while to stretch the legs, make tea, you know how it goes. So, today after being in bed almost two days, I figured, why not, time to go out. Away I went.

I took the train to the movies, ulterior motive…the theater was near Chinatown, guess what I’m going to do later!

I went to see ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’, staring Sally Field. I must admit it felt a little weird not having popcorn, but I was saving room. The movie, I loved it. It was charming and sweet and loveable and awkward and funny and well, A+!

Sally Field plays Doris, an older woman who just lost her mom, they lived together on Staten Island and she commutes on the SI Ferry into her job in NYC.

Really enjoyed it, a lot of fun, good supporting cast. I love seeing Tyne Daly as a foul mouthed, on occasion, radical.

She meets the new art directorat her company and develops a crush. She’s sixty something [or as Naomi Judd once said, sexty] and her crush…let’s just say…isn’t.

She daydreams and fantasizes she isn’t ready to act her age, her clothes are fabulous, all mish mosh, mismatched and fabulous, cat-eye glasses, saddle shoes. I totally see me in the future, just without the fake hair. C’mon, friends who have met me, you can see it, can’t you?!

The tag line “She’s not ready to act her age”. Totally get it!

After the movie walked a few blocks to Chinatown, I knew exactly where I was going. When PSM and I went to Chinatown for New Years Eve we saw it and I know I would go back sometime.

My Thai Vegan Cafe, ‘Authentic Thai cuidine, unique vegan preparation’. Really good, I can’t remember the last time I had wonton soup, yum! It’s nice to go somewhere that I don’t have to ask what the base is on the soup or if there’s anything I can’t eat in something. Wahoo!

Now, I’m back in the apartment, eating a slice of vegan NY style cheesecake. Mmmm.

And…I’m eating it in bed because I am officially tired! I may have overdone it, but it was all worth it!! I may pass out before I finish eating!

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