CA Girl

I confess..... I am going to Zumba--once again to escape my crazy life....I can not be the only the only person who does this.  If I am that is just sad.  But I am and that is that. I confess... I did not participate in PMM with Emmymom and Kmama yesterday because I felt ornery.  I was just thinking about the fact that kids do not listen.  They have fantastic hearing.  They just do not listen.  It's amazing how many times I have to tell them to do something.  And it's even more amazing that they are surprised and/or upset that they are getting yelled at when they haven't done what I've told them to do 5 or 6 times previously. I confess.... I mutter under my breath "You suck!" every time I pass the Verizon Kiosk. Mostly because I am chicken to simply shout it.  Because let's face it, they do.  I confess.... On days when I am cranky--kind of like today--I wish I took kick boxing.  It would relieve so much tension.  Can you imagine just kickin

Call me a dork, but I have been going crazy looking for my Monkees photo album for the past week.  I have pictures in it that I can not replace.  Memories of happy times.  Oh the stories I have!  And in some cases, a picture to back it up.  But not without that photo album!  I was going crazy.  I felt stupid, but I actually prayed that I would find the darned thing.  It took a couple more days of searching, but I finally it, plus another with even more photos in it!  Wow.  I was so happy.  I found treasures I had even forgotten about!  Treasures like this one... That's right baby, he signed that one to me.  Me!  Yours truly.  I felt like Marcia Brady.  No he didn't take me to my prom.  I did run a fan club for all four of them for a few years from about 1988.  I ran it with a friend for about 2 years, and then on my own for another year or so.  It was then that I received this photo from Mr. Jones.  What a sweet treasure to find now!  I have many others.  Plus many happy mem

I am ready for Spring.  It keeps giving us previews but then winter comes back and laughs at us.  But winter, I am over you.  I am ready to part ways. Besides, Daylight Savings has come so that means it really is time for you go.  So POOF!  Be gone! Kristin is reading Odyssey.  Do you remember reading this?  She asked me to help her understand it.  It's funny, I really don't remember it very well from high school, but as I read it I was sure thinking well this is a good story.  And hearing it helped her understand. But I still have to ask, why do kids have to read this stuff?  Because we won't chose it as adults?  Why  not let them pick?  I guess to see and appreciate the different styles of writing.  There was an accident this morning.  I didn't see it.  Rich was taking Kristin to school, and they saw the result of a very bad accident.  She said the kid on the stretcher looked familiar.  I guess her being late was a tender mercy. I put 102 miles on my car in 3

I found this video on Facebook the other day.  You will have to turn the sound up...at least I did.  Here is my take.  First of all, the images are questionable at best.  Is this what they really look like?  I haven't traveled since they brought these out.  I am kind of geeky.  I think it would be cool.  Kind of like new age, and super spy.  But it's kind of hard to be a super spy in an airport full of people who have to do the exact same thing.  It's also even harder when we are being told our rights as American citizens are being taken away from us.  And this is where I get my panties in a wad. After 9/11, Rich was transferred to Washington DC.  He was part of Homeland Security.  And later was part of the Terrorist Screening Center.  We lived on a military base which was guarded by MP's who had arms the size of tree trunks and carried weapons.  They did random inspections of vehicles and if your car wasn't properly stickered or you didn't have your