February 2, 2010
‘79 had her ultrasound today and “IT’S A BOY!” This is the best news and I am so excited for them. I can’t wait until June when the baby is due. Congratulations to her and Mike. I know they thought I would be disappointed if it wasn’t a girl, well I’m not.
You see I have had a dream for the last few years now. In the dream I am playing and talking to my granddaughter Stella Rose. This dream is not only vivid but Stella feels very real while I am dreaming. It is a reoccurring dream and I have it a few times a year for several years now. ‘79 had already decided to name the baby Stella if it was a girl. But instead we are going to have a beautiful and healthy new grandson to love and spoil.
So the dream was not prophetic or maybe Stella is still waiting to arrive at a later time. Or maybe the dreams happened so I could tell ‘79 about them and then she could relax and quit stressing out about getting pregnant. Or maybe a dream is just a dream caused by neurons firing in your brain and has no deeper meaning at all. It doesn’t really matter because even if I didn’t dream about Miles Gabriel, his Mother did and that’s what counts.
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February 1, 2010
I’m still here and things are still unresolved and up in the air. I can’t say much but I don’t want you to worry so I will say that we are all in good health, thank God. We are not being sued or arrested. There are no drugs or drinking involved, too bad because I could use a good drink or 10. I am exhausted because sleep seems to elude me most nights due to the stress. I am now, unfortunately positive that this will not be resolved with a good outcome. Wish us well and keep us in your prayers.
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January 10, 2010
I know I have been quiet lately and that just isn’t like me, is it? There has been a lot going on in my life. None of it is good and I wish I could ask for advice from you because I need it. The problem is, I can’t talk about it. Legally I am bound to be silent. Since this subject has been consuming my life, it doesn’t leave me anything else to blog about or at least it feels that way for now. So bear with me please until things change. I am still here and I try to read your post and leave comments as often as I can. I will also try to post as often as I can. Hope everyone’s new year got off to a good start. Thanks for hanging in there with me and being so patient. Your comments over the holidays have meant a lot to me.
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December 31, 2009
MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE BLESSED WITH HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND GOOD FORTUNE!
Don’t forget to eat your black-eyed peas for luck
December 22, 2009
Welcome Christmas
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas, come this way!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day!
Welcome, welcome! Fah who rahmus!
Welcome, welcome! Dah who dahmus!
Christmas Day is in our grasp!
So long as we have hands to clasp!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas! Bring your cheer!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome all who’s far and near!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas, come this way!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day!
Welcome, Christmas! Fah who rahmus!
Welcome, Christmas! Dah who dahmus!
Christmas Day will always be!
Just as long as we have we!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome Christmas! Bring your cheer!
Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!
Welcome all who’s far and near!
TO ALL OF YOU A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!
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December 18, 2009
You may have noticed I haven’t posted in a while. I don’t know what it is but I can’t seem to think of anything interesting to write about. It’s a hard time of year for me anyway, but I had hoped this year would be easier. You see 10 years ago my Mom died. We took her to the hospital on Christmas Eve and spent Christmas morning waiting for her to get out of surgery. She would be unresponsive for the next 10 days and I would have to make the agonizing decision to let her go. I would never get to say goodbye. I use to love Christmas and enjoyed everything about it, but since her death I am just not into it. I try and pretend for my family but I feel empty, no Christmas spirit. For example I brought a tree home and it is still not decorated. It just sits there with no lights or ornaments, no presents underneath, a sad picture of Christmas. Christmas Day will come and I will cook a great meal. The kids and grand-kids will come over and we will all count our blessings. There will be love and holiday cheer and a whole lot of eggnog. I will smile and pretend that I feel it, but inside I feel sad and lonely in way I can’t explain. How much time needs to pass before I feel a spark of Noel again, I do miss it.
This year has been particularly hard because of financial issues caused by the writers and actors strikes 2 years ago as well as the economy. I don’t think anyone realizes just how hard the entertainment industry suffered because of those strikes. The writers and actors and directors all benefited but the rest of us did not. We all lost benefits and many even lost their homes. We at least kept our house and we were lucky to have savings to live on, of course we can’t retire now. I decided to go back to work so I could help out, but found I am not qualified to do anything, not even child care. Oh the irony of that. I think most people are having similar problems for various reasons so I shouldn’t gripe. But it’s hard to find the Merry when your worrying about how to pay the electric bill or you can’t find work. I want to end this post on a positive note so I am going to ask you to count your blessings, at least three of them. Post them on your blog or in a comment. Maybe it will make us all feel better.
These are mine:
1. A new grandchild on the way
I’m still working on the other 2.
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December 11, 2009
Ghirardelli White Mocha
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December 8, 2009
The sun is shining and not a cloud in the sky, in fact a beautiful day. Damn, I really wanted it to snow. It snowed all around us but not on us, although we had to break the ice for ‘73 to get out of the driveway this morning. Yea! he did get home after all. I knew there was a silver lining in there somewhere. Why do I seem grumpy? Well you see at 3:23 am the smoke detector started going off. It would go off for a minute or so and then reset. It continued to do this about every 7 or 8 minutes. When It woke me up I didn’t panic, I’m good in a crisis and never fall apart until it’s all safe again. I think most Moms react this way. Anyway, I calmly got up, checked the house and found nothing amiss except two frightened dogs who wanted me to make it stop. ‘73 never even woke up until I woke him up to take the damn thing apart. You see it was a hard-wired detector, not battery operated and I was not sure how to do this. The same thing happened to the upstairs detector about 6 months ago but it was a little more difficult to dismantle because it was on the ceiling above the stairs, 20 feet above the stairs. Nothing like whacking at the smoke detector with a broom at 3 am while precariously perched on the stairs on a ladder that is too short to reach the detector. Have you noticed it is always 3 am when these things happen, why is that?
This one was in the downstairs hallway and easily reached so problem solved. ‘73 kept trying to convince me it was the new room freshener I put in setting it off. I think not. Men’s brains just don’t seem to fire on all cylinders when you wake them up unexpectedly, do they. The detectors were 30 years old and it was just time to replace them. Do you think maybe ‘73 was being a little sensitive about his age, it was his 55th birthday after all, and didn’t want to admit they were old, decrepit and needed to be replaced. One thing that was not so easily fixed were the dogs nerves. They were whining and kept trying to climb into my lap. Needless to say I gave up on ever going back to sleep.
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