In What City?

So I was watching one of the morning shows this week and they were doing a retrospective segment on what the fads were back in 1983 compared to the fads in 2009. One of the comparisons they made was how much a movie ticket cost. According to the show - a movie ticket in 1983 cost $3.15 and a movie ticket in 2009 costs $7.18!!! And my thought was - in what city does a move ticket cost $7.18?! Last time I checked - a movie ticket was about $10 - I guess that's the price we pay for living in paradise!

Visiting Your Local Pharmacy

About 10 years ago - I used to travel to Texas on quite a regular basis - and since I was always taking the same flight in and out of Houston - I started to recognize the ground crew at the airport! Anyway... that isn't where this story is going... I remember driving in Dallas one time and seeing a billboard that said 'Don't know who the father is? We can help' and was advertising a paternity testing facility. I was reminded of this billboard recently as I was driving through San Bernardino on my way to Big Bear. This time the billboard advertised a paternity test that you could purchase at your local pharmacy. Who knew that finding out who the baby daddy is can be as easy as visiting your local pharmacy! Fascinating...

Really, A Repeat This Early In The Season

Goodness - it's been a month since I last posted - shame on me! So I had a fabulous dinner this evening with some wonderful friends (thanks, Jan and Holly - the crepe place is quite the find) and got back to my hotel right around 9pm. So I thought I would give NCIS Los Angeles another shot - decided that I would sit and truly give it my undivided attention. I'm not completely sold on it - I LOVE the original NCIS show - will sit and watch repeats all day long - but haven't been as excited about the spinoff. So I lay down on the bed - turn the TV on with anticipation only to find out that it is a repeat... really, a repeat this early in the season. If you are trying to get people to watch your brand new TV show - don't be showing repeats this early on! I think I'm done with the show - not even the NCIS name will save it for me... Think I'll go check out USA and see if there are any repeats of the original on tonight - if not I know they will have some tomorrow night!

A Whole Host Of Running Events

I know - I know - it's been a while! But this will all be worth it since it will include photos. Photos not only from the Disney event, but from the Mission Viejo event and the Irvine Spectrum event. I'm going to let the photos speak for themselves - but a shout out to all my running event peeps for the fun this year - I'm looking forward to more events next year - and a good luck for those that will be doing the Turkey Trot - I'll be in San Francisco - but will think of you all! Oh yeah - you'll be hearing more about this when I get my act together to send the email out - but if you would like to do the Alzheimer's Memory Walk - it will be on October 31 in the morning in Huntington Beach - here's the link to the Team Page if you would like to join Team Lucille... anyway - enough of a commercial break for now - here is the link to the event photos... enjoy!

Giggle Filled Evening

So it's been a crappy day - preceded by a tough several weeks - which has led me to start practicing my new word for the rest of the year - No. So this evening, as I was telling my peep, Lynne, about my new word - she responded - 'a word you aren't overly familiar with' and it just made me laugh so hard! Which just ran over into bell practice where I got the giggles at one point - after accidentally hitting two of the bells together - they aren't supposed to ring like that - doesn't sound very pretty! :) Anyway - a big shout out to my buddy Lynne - for putting the giggle filled evening into motion! God Bless You!

The True Treasure

So I've found myself a new obsession (I am my mother's daughter)... Netflix instant play! I love Netflix and all the choices that they have - and now I just can't get enough of watching TV on my computer. So I think I mentioned a while back that my newest favorite show is NCIS - great characters, great show and just a lot of fun. Over the last several months I've been watching Season's 1 - 5. Season 6 was on this last year - but haven't really been keeping up - well, on Netflix I can watch Season 6 instantly - very cool! But even better - there are other shows from when I was a kid that I can watch instantly - like the Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries - they weren't quite as good as I remember - but the true treasure that I found... the adventures of Roy DeSoto and John Gage - and of course, nurse Dixie... Emergency! It was one of my favorite shows as a kid and I don't think I realized back then how campy and melodramatic the show is - but I have been enjoying it! And the clothing - hilarious!

You Want To Use This?

So check it out... kids today... I went to Chronic Taco at lunch today - mmmm - yummy! And the bill was $8.69 - so I gave the kid $10.70. I gave him the change first and started to hand him the 10 dollar bill and he just looked at me all confused and said 'this is 70 cents.' So then I was confused and asked how much the total was - maybe I didn't hear it correctly - I did - $8.69. At this point, I wasn't really sure how to respond - so I handed him the 10 and he still looked at me confused and said ' you want to use this?' - referring to the change - and all I could think to say was - just type it into the computer and it will help you make change - which I didn't, of course - all I could say in my 'are you kidding' stupor was - Yes. So he typed it in and lo and behold it must have told him I needed $2.01 back - at least he was able to comprehend and count that out for me... I just had to laugh as I left the place. God Bless Him!