Helen is so good, she turned me into a thin, young blonde!! She can do the same for you, too.......Well, perhaps not, but certainly she can make you feel wonderful while you treat yourself to her tender loving care!
Friday, January 2, 2009
I don't care what the thermometer says....
......I'm cold! Certainly it won't help that I am eating some ice cream at the moment, I guess. When Lynn was here visiting, we'd picked up a carton of peppermint stick ice cream to have with our at-home dinner one evening and I'm having some of that right now. It smells so good, wish the whole house smelled this delicious!
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Some of my rooms do smell delicious as I recently changed the room freshener serving my dining room and family room---apples and cinnamon scented Glade plug-ins. It smells like pie is being baked all the time!
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Justin got a TV for CHRISTmas from his father, a sort of 'not exactly the right thing-type of gift', but now he says he'll keep it after all. When he was telling me about the TV, he admitted that he sounded "ungrateful". I needed say no more, as he's heard that speech from me more than once already. It will work out great though if he brings the "old" one back home because then Joanne can use it in her room. The "old" TV has a VCR built into the bottom which used to serve as the TV in the master bedroom at The Preserve house. Joanne would like to record some TV programs next week, Oprah, and she knows how I feel about THAT already! No Oprah allowed in my house.......not really, I simply won't watch it.
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Well, I did make some headway in my office/bedroom today, filing and sorting a mess of papers, bypassing the thrashing machine completely. There is nothing on the papers I disposed of that would compromise my identity, and besides, who'd want it anyway? Well, I can think of a couple people, especially the former classmate of mine who's been building my ego all day via facebook! I feel great after hearing from her! "Linda" thinks we are twins because she loves the same colors I do, enjoys painting, and redecorating. She also remembers one of the first times she encountered me in the halls of our high school, when someone told me I'd lost an earring and I replied, "No, I only wear one." She also remembers when I rode around my friend's hearse. Oh my, those were the days!!! This lady sounds like she's a real hoot now and I regret not keeping up over the years----my loss!
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Speaking of loss, I just read on-line that John Travolta's son, age 16, died in their vacation home in the Bahama's. Evidently he's had seizures in the past, and this one caused him to hit his head on the bathtub and he died. Such a tragedy! It made me think immediately about the young man who died a couple years ago, drugs, I think. He was the son of Anna Nicole Smith, and then she died shortly thereafter. I wonder if Lisa, my niece, knows about this. She was always a fan of John "Havolta", as she called him back in his "Grease" days.
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It was so funny this a.m. as I was getting busy at my desk...........I was wishing that I hadn't gotten rid of the shoe box from my closet because I wanted something to use for paper sorting. No sooner did I think that than did Joanne come in with a flat box, and asked me if I had a use for it! The Lord (and Joanne!) will provide!!! I used the top of the box for receipts and the bottom for church papers-----should have done it the other way! I have way more church paperwork than receipts and I've barely made a dent in the stacks. But her box came in so very handy, we just had to laugh!
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Midday I took a break and went to Great Hang Ups to see my lady friends. Helen happened to be in the shop, the sister of Julia, daughter of Dee. Helen just graduated from beauty school and is venturing out on her own doing facials and nail care. It was great to see her, hadn't seen her since Easter last year. I told her how much Joanne loves the spa at Amelia Island and am going to get information from Jo to share with Helen. Jo was just telling me yesterday about the wonderful products she got from the Spa including a eucalyptus-scented shawl thing that is microwaved and then draped around the shoulders to ease stress in the neck and shoulders. Mmm, it smells so good when she uses it. I told Helen that when I come to have a pedicure done, she's going to need a belt sander to smooth the rough edges off my feet. She thought that was pretty funny, but I was serious!
Being uplifted on what could have been a crummy day!
"I remember you from high school so well!!! I always wanted to be like you !!!!!!! You were such a free spirit, marched to the beat of your own drum. I think I became more that way now." This message was sent to me by a former classmate at MLHS. She contacted me through another classmate and so it goes and goes and goes. Such fun! My blogging friend, Jami, too, is excited about reconnecting with all these folks from her past, using the networking tool of facebook.com.
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I got a bit of relieving news this a.m. when the attorney's office contacted me about my next appointment. It seems I don't need to have everything ready for the appt. Wed., and she gave me a list of what I do need. I'll keep plugging away, though, but feel a great deal relieved knowing I don't have to do it all before midweek. I also spoke with the plumbers earlier and it seems they aren't really on duty today. Regardless of being off today, Russ said he'd come and fix my disposal. I assured him we can certainly get along without it until Monday because he was having company this afternoon. I sure didn't want to take him away from that for my goofy garbage disposal! It can wait until Monday or whenever they can get here. Last night Bruce wondered if perhaps it was burned out and would have to be replaced, by the way I described it. I hope Bruce is wrong and all it needs is the plumbers' helper!
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Mom sent me an e-mail this morning that she found two shovels in the basement stairway that we could have used to remove the snow by the doors when the manager didn't show up. A shovel would have worked far better than the house broom in a foot of snow!
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How did you all like my photos I posted of the snowfall? I think the one early morning shot of the fresh snow might work to be entered in a show, I just got a notice from the Art Guild about an upcoming show, open to amateur photographers, which would be me! I will, of course, confer with my mentor, Dee, to see if she feels it's a good enough shot or not. Maybe I'll go see her today..................
More from the trip
Justin, me, plus Clara and Harvey are a bit fuzzy but yet recognizable in this photo taken by their nephew who was not familiar with the camera. Clara and Harvey are my sister-in-law's parents and we see them almost everytime we're in Manitowoc. We did get to spend time with them, but I didn't get to spend time with her daughter and son-in-law due to weather and other "complications".
I thought this shot was so fun because it appears that Manny and Justin are dressed alike! Justin's sweatshirt is a Gator shirt, but Manny's is actually a Wall-E, from the movie Justin and I hated!!! The boys can make great imitations of the robot's voice from the movie, so cute! You can see the stained-glass window in the foyer of Lisa's home.
Noah and Lisa are just the best parents, in this photo each one has a child in front of them. Lynn's child is sitting immediately to her left, but she is talking to either Justin or Dustin in this shot. One time when we were visiting the Prange's in IL, Noah was on the floor playing with Gabe and Lucas. Lucas got up abruptly and went to tell his daddy, "Jesus is playing with me!". Lisa was worried Noah would get a complex or something, but so far he's still a pretty down-to-earth guy! Punny!
Even though I was heartbroken that I couldn't get to church in Sheboygan to see Gabe in his CHRISTmas program, Lisa was able to get it on DVD which we watched on CHRISTmas Day. Gabe, in case you can't pick him out, is the middle boy in the front row, wearing his lovely vest outfit purchased for him by Grandma Lynn. It appeared as though he knew his parts and sang his songs, but when it wasn't their turn, the kids were just a hoot as they squirmed, pulled on their clothes, gazed at the ceiling........When the kids sang "Joy to the World" in Hmong, Gabe came into the living room and sang along in Hmong, so we know he knew his part, even in a foreign tongue!
Something seems to be of interest for Manny as his mama, hidden behind him, is looking something over, as Lynn, Noah, Lori, and David look on. Lori and David live in Holmen, not able to travel on Eve due to the severe weather. We got to see them at Lisa's and then later we went to their hotel to play a couple rousing games of "Apples to Apples" on their patio. The hotel has patios which open into the atrium, WI-style, and we could watch the snowfalling if the windows weren't already snow-covered and iced up!
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