A Note Of Thanks...

A quick hit today... As we celebrate this day of Thanksgiving, I just want to say how thankful I am for all of my friends and family who have blessed me with their love and support, compassion and grace. But most of all, I want to thank God - for His love and support, compassion and grace. He is a very Big God, who through it all - the good and the bad - will always be right there with us - leading us on this journey. My love and blessings to you all! Happy Thanksgiving!

You Look Great, Love Ya

I stopped by to see my mom the other day and when I first got there, she wasn't in her room. So I started going through her drawers to pick out clothes to wash and I find a little card that says "You look great, love ya" on it. I flip it over and it is a business card for some guy that lives in Bel Air. I then notice a little photograph of some guy that was obviously taken years ago - so I start thinking - how cute - my mom has a boyfriend (this would be number two for those of you keeping track at home). I then find another card that says "I love you" on it.

So as I'm gathering her laundry, this man walks into her room - and my first reaction is why are you walking into my mother's room without knocking. Then I realize that she is right behind him - well, that's ok then. He tells me that he is protecting her from all the big guys in the complex - how cute is that. He asks who I am and my mom introduces me as her daughter, which he didn't seem to believe at first - he kept commenting on how tall I was! He then introduced himself - his name is Vince (the name on the business cards) and he asked if I ever watched the TV show Kojak - which was one of my mom's favorites - apparently, he was Det. Rizzo on that show. After a moment or two - he excused himself and as he left, gave my mom a little peck on her cheek. After he leaves I tell her that Vince seems very nice and in all the coyness of a teenage girl she says "yeah and I kinda' like him." God Bless my mom! She's dating a TV star!

My Mom Is Eligible

For today, just a bunch of random events I found amusing....

So a friend of mine is trying to teach her stepdaughters the value of sending Thank You notes. She and her husband supported me in the Memory Walk so I sent them Thank You notes. Since they have the girls on Wednesday night - I made sure to send the notes on Tuesday so they would get them in the mail on Wednesday when the girls were there. Of course I go to the mailbox yesterday to get my own mail and lo and behold - there isn't anything there - I usually at least get junk mail - but nothing - then I realize - Veteran's Day - it's a holiday - so they won't get the notes until Thursday - oops!

I had to make a doctor's appointment for my mom today - so I call the doctor's office and get the message that 'there are 2 calls ahead of you' - I listen to a bit of music and about a minute later I get the message that 'there are 3 calls ahead of you' - wait a minute - 3 calls! How do you cut in line on the phone?! Crazy! When I finally talk to someone, she asks what type of appointment it is - and I tell her that it is for a physical - she then tells me that she needs to check to see if my mom is eligible to have one - eligible? - didn't realize they would turn her down for it - especially since the doctor's nurse called me last week to set it up but I didn't have my calendar at the moment. As it turns out - my mom IS eligible (for more than just a physical - but that is a post for another day) - yippee for us!

Last but certainly not least - I called my dad today to find out if he had any resources for an artist to produce prints from their originals - he does own an art gallery after all. He told me that he didn't have any info for me but all I needed to do was open the yellow pages to look for it - yeah - the yellow pages - and all I could think was - yeah the yellow pages called Google, maybe! God Bless Him!

I Truly Mean It

Anyone that knows me, knows that there are two phrases that I tend to use quite a bit... God Bless Her (Him/Them) and Fascinating. And I don't use the phrases to be facetious or anything - I truly mean it when I say it. Today I went to the 40th birthday party of a dear friend of mine from college. Instead of presents, we were asked to bring a letter of how she had impacted our lives or what she meant to us. Well, last night, I decided to look through 20 years of old journals and include passages about her in the letter. As I was reading through the past - I found the following entry...

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May 24, 1989

“I’ve been down all week. And T – God Bless her – has been trying to cheer me up and stuff."

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All I can say is... Fascinating!

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!