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{February 22, 2016} Mozart in the Jungle

Just watch it!

It’s sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, and the rock stars are classical musicians.

There truly is sex, a bit of bed hopping, pining, forbidden love, experimenting.

There are drugs, DiDi, the percussionist supplies everyone with whatever they need.

There is rock-n-roll, in this case, the NY Symphony Orchestra. And the star power, just in the players themselves.

The series opens with the old conductor, or Maestro, making his exit and the way for the new, younger, exciting, challenging and brilliant Maestro, Rodrigo.

It’s funny and cerebral and clever and goofy, it’s about finding out who you are, learning, growing, accepting, discovery, being open to new things, love, loss, passion, greed, deception, and…and…and…

It’s an original series on Amazon and I love it, there are only two seasons so far and I want more!

Watch it and tell me what you think!

{February 21, 2016} Stuff…Random stuff

Just a few things that have stuck in my head.

Not sure if they all deserved a full blog, some of it might be a vent or a rant, how many of those do you really want to read? I know you care, but uplifting, not a downer, do I want to be!

Hmmm…where to start…I went to Best Buy to return something that didn’t work for me. When I bought this item it came with a $10 Best Buy gift card. Goody, I like gift cards. This one came with a catch they do not tell you when you receive it. If you return whatever you bought, to get the full refund, you need to return the gift card. Makes sense, I get it, but tell me when I buy it that I need to return both and I would keep them together. As it is, I put the gift card in with my other gift cards when I first got home and didn’t think about it again when I put the item in my bag and traveled the country waiting for the opportunity to go to a Best Buy and return it.

So, I got most of my money back and I still have a $10 gift card, whoopee.

If I walk into your store and you ask me a question, listen to my answer. I said I’m not a fan of a designer, but I know someone who is. I asked if she was a fan and her answer “No, not like you are”. Huh? Really? It gets better, she did it three times, I should have walked out after two times, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

When I rent a car, if I tell you I am not going to take the extra insurance, you can ask are you sure, not “oh really? How do you plan to conver it?” Really? I’m a grown woman. I already told you I’ll take care of getting the gas myself, “oh, but it’s only $25”, yes, but you don’t know how much or how little gas I am going to use. And when I tell you that I rent cars every week for work keep after me. When I ask if you have a certain car because that’s what the receipt says I might get and you tell me that you have BMWs and they’re only $15 extra a day. Oh really? Are you going to pay for it out of your pocket? It always feels very condescending talking to them, if they weren’t the cheapest that weekend, I wouldn’t rent from them again.

Silver lining, so to speak. When I rented on Thursday from Enterprise, she was very pleasant and not condescending and when I told her that before she asks, I don’t need extra insurance or pre-pay for gas, she laughed and said “you’ve done this before I see”.

If you’re sick, I sympathize, but you don’t have to sit right in the middle of everyone and possibly get everyone else sick, but more than that, besides the blowing, having to glance over and watch you stick the nasal stick thing up your nose, really? While you’re talking a little loud on your phone, ragging on stuff. Thanks for including the rest of us.

Ok, enough already! I think there are others, but I don’t feel like dumping anymore. So, I will end on a happy note.

This weekend, on the way to the house in NH, I stopped at an LL Bean Outlet to return some items I bought before PSM and I went to Europe. I love that I could return them four months later and without a receipt!

Do you feel like when you return things, especially after a long time period it’s like found money? I do! So you feel ok spending some of that? Come on, I’m not the only one! Now, I didn’t feel that way at Best Buy, but it was over $100 at LL Bean, so…just being fair, I had to look to see if there was anything I just had to have.

I bought a really cute fleece, I tried to find one for GES, I always do that when I’m shopping, especially if I find something adorable I know she’d like. Isn’t that what big sister’s are for? I also bought one of their large, very sturdy canvas bags, I’ve always wanted one, so sue me! Monogrammed would be even better, but I’m happy.

Speaking of monogramming, I don’t know if you knew this, but at the outlets, and the regular retail stores I think, sell monogramned retruns. I look, because who knows. Maybe I’ll see my name or initials or someone else’s I know.

I see this bag that I like, first for the color combinations and then I saw the monogramming and I thought, I must have this. “AAA….Amazingly Awesome Aunt!” How perfect is that?

Good happy note to end on?

{February 20, 2016} What a day! Woosh

Back on skis for the first time this season.

The ski season has not been a very long one. Traditionally, it starts about October/November and should go through March/April. Not so this year. Apparently Mother Nature is not a skier. Or I should say, she might be a west coast skier, I get Colorado snow reports every weekend.

So, needless time say, I haven’t skied until today. As we talked about last night, I came up to NH with the families and this morning we suited up and went to Cannon Mountain. It’s a high and windy mountain and today, it student disappoint.

We got our lift tickets, put boots on abs away we went. On the way up in the express loft, express to the top, it got very windy abs EJS was not a fan, but we made it up and headed down the mountain. I will tell you, I wasn’t a huge fan, as there was a lot of ice and I’m not an ice skier, some people are, in not a fan of sliding and I don’t like the sounds of sliding and scraping over ice, that’s just me.

We are making our way down and have stopped for a moment and out of no where, someone comes barreling down, skis over MGS’ ski and plows into JT, knocks him down and actually breaks one of his ski poles! MGS lost a ski, it landed near GES. I immediately take off my skis and go to MGS, who is crying a lot at this point.

I held her while GES made her way back towards us. I checked and nothing was broken and I asked if she was hurt or just startled. Just startled, thank goodness. I rocked and cooed until mommy got there and took over. Get this…turns out that the guy who plowed into us was a ski instructor!

After a while, JT said he would ski with MGS between his skis. It took some doing, GES and I each had two sets of ski poles, but we made it down.

The only thing we were worried about was the girls not wanting to ski after this or being nervous and they’re both pretty good skiers. We got to the bottom and EJS and ACS were ready for more, MGS was not and then she was and away they went.

I have to tell you, so very proud of EJS and MGS for making it down and wanting to keep going, Champs I tell ya!

GES and I however, first got our lift ticket money back and since I now had $150 back, it was like found money, we went to the bar! GES had a beer and I had an amaretto hot chocolate, yum! Along with style Bavarian pretzels, we were set.

We had at least 45-one hour good quality sister time, then everyone came in for lunch. After lunch, they all went back on the slopes and GES and I enjoyed more sister bonding time.

After an hour it was time to head back to the house for relaxing, skating on the pond, and hot chocolate, kid friendly, maybe a nap or two. No technology though, it was nice. There was even some reading that had to be done.

Eventually we made dinner, then more games and off to sleep for the kids. The grown-ups stayed up to talk and use their technology, freedom! And now I’m talking to you!

All in all, an enjoyable day. Gotta get it all in, back to Buffalo tomorrow.

{February 19, 2016} It’s great, but bittersweet

One year ago last weekend…

Was the first time PSM brought me to New Hampshire to ski and introduced me to his ski house and life in Lincoln.

Valentines day weekend, can you believe it! It was our third date and he took me skiing! Not too shabby if you ask me.

So, this weekend I am up with my sister’s family and his cousin, J&A T’s family. There are five adults and 4 children, girls to be exact in a lovely house in Lincoln, NH, that is heated only by wood stoves. I’m glad I wasn’t the first one in the house!

On the way up, I stopped at the same rest stop that he, Mollie and I would always stop at for coffee, tea and a piece of banana bread, sigh. Traditions. I sent him pictures of the stop, it made him nostalgic.

My car almost went on autopilot and got off at his exit, but I had six more exits to go. It’s a charming house, everyone else is asleep, the only thing missing…PSM, oh, and Mollie, of course.

It’s snowing as we speak, should make for some good skiing tomorrow.

Happy happy birthday to my dear sweet friend, my butterfly, WM.

{February 18, 2016} It almost never happens!

As you know, I travel for work 100%.

With all that travel, you’d think I would run into people I know at an airport somewhere. The only people I run into are people I’ve been on projects with and that is rare.

Today, I ran into someone I know! And it’s someone I only met a few months ago. LI and I met at A&K’s friends holiday party around Christmas and then we saw each other again at her post New Years Eve party.

We were both at LaGuardia Airport and at the same gate. I was waiting for the 8pm flight and then managed to get on the 7pm flight. Same for her, we were both getting home an hour earlier, wahoo.

LI was standing across from me by the bar across from the gate. I was concentrating very hard on what I was working on and listening to Mama Mia, so I was slightly oblivious.

When I looked up finally, we saw each other and it was a treat! We caught up, laughed a lot, walked onto the plane together and texted until we took off and then when we landed. Walked to baggage claim together, outside, laughing most of the way.

The funny part was when we took a picture together and we were photo bombed! I sent the picture to PSM, he loved it.

We parted company with the promise of getting together sometime when I’m in Boston for the weekend.

That was fun!

{February 15, 2016} No Chinese! What?

I had Chinese food for dinner, so this seemed fitting.

I was looking for inspiration for tonight and I saw this, thank you AS for posting it! Too funny!

If you don’t know why this is funny, the reality behind the joke is that Jews love Chinese food, especially on Friday nights.
Either before going to Shabbat services at Temple or even just Friday night.

Or Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, before or after a movie. Do you sense a theme?

Bottom line…funny!

{February 14, 2016} Today is a doubly special day!

Not only is it Valentines Day, but it’s Gotcha Day!

So, we start with Valentine’s Day, the traditional day of love. I got text messages of love and photos, calls and cards from friends, family and my beau. I hope your day was just as full of love.

The next is Gotcha Day! This is the day that adoptions are final and your family is official and complete, well, that is unless you’re adding to it!

The reason I mention it is because there is a very special girl and mommy celebrating her Gotcha Day today…Miss A and SDL. This was the day it was official and I became an aunt to a very special person. Still trying to figure out what life was before she came into our lives.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my family and friends and your friends and loved ones and Happy Gotcha Day to my family.

I loves you all!!!

{February 12, 2016} Work, uhaul, a visit, lots of laughs

Just another day in paradise!

The day started earlier than planned, not sure if I woke up on my own or the cold, wet nose on my face.

I got up, did work for a bit and then headed out to uhaul and to meet my fabulous and very strong friend CG who agreed to help me.

We drove to my sister’s house to get the trundle frame for my bed, now I’m sleeping up off the floor. As much as I like sleeping on the floor, very much like college and bohemian, it’s nice to sleep in a bed, feels different, I like the springs. I’ll give it some time, who knows if I’ll change my mind!

At my sister’s house, CG got to meet my sister when we picked up the bed, I always love when people can meet my sister, she’s so groovy.

After taking the bed frame to my place, we returned the uhaul, wet got some lunch. We laughed because we’ve been talking about getting together since we’ve known each other and now we’ve had two meals in less than a week! We have so much fun when we together!

After I got back to my place, I made the bed with my new bed covers, thanks dad! Then it was work, work, work.

After I knocked off for the day, it was back in the car, sat in traffic heading back to GES’ for shabbat dinner with the family and movie night, we watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

There was silliness, laughter and so much love and goofiness, the perfect evening. Then it was night-night, a quick catch up and back to my place, first night in my new bed, I’ll let you know how it goes.

{February 11, 2016} Ah Delta…you do love me!

The weather has been, well, not so nice these past few weeks.

I am a Delta girl, been that way for a while and it’s paid off time and again. I think I’ve told you in a little spoiled…and I like it.

I book my flight for today yesterday. I need to keep my status and there is a promotion with Delta and my company, so trips from Buffalo involve connections, especially if I fly Delta, not my favorite thing, but there you go.

After I got to the airport my flight to LGA was delayed and then it was delayed so much that it would arrive 10 minutes before myv connecting flight was scheduled to leave.

So…rerouted to JFK, get there an hour before the connecting flight is to leave, by the time I got to the gate, 20 minutes to take off.

But…the best part…two seats available in first class and just as I walk towards the jetway…upgrade! Score!!

JFK to Boston first class, a Delta, I heart you!

{February 9, 2016} Another paint night!

I must be paint crazy!

Tonight, we had a team outing. We went painting at Buffalo’s Best Grill. Bar food, great when you’re hungry, but not as great if you’re not, you know, fried, greasy. But it was tasty you start!

We had a great time, laughing with each stroke. “Oh, I don’t like that” “I need to do that over!” “Ooh, that’s great!” It’s the same thing each time I do a class, I love it!

I like being able to do things like this with different people and groups. It’s also fun getting out with coworkers after long days.

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