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January 15, 2009
Freddy Gets Fitlinx
Freddy is thrilled that he is finally old enough to get his own account at the Y. Here is signing up for his Fitlinx profile!
Are We Thinking the “M” Word?
These are actual words spoken to me by my GYN last week. I was sitting on the dege of the table under my sheet. He entered the room, boomed out a greeting, and said “are we thing the “m” word?
It took me a minute, but I grasped his meaning enough to stammer “uh, maybe”. What I was really thinking was “what makes him think that without any questions, any peeking, nothing? ” What was visible in me a first glance that he would say such a thing? Hmm…
I really like this guy and I didn’t find him to be offensive at all. He calls it like it is and gives wonderful advice. It struck me off guard I guess. Never to be one at a loss for words, I was.
January 14, 2009
My Friend had a Stroke
When I come home from the Y I often tell the kids about my “friend”. For a long time I didn’t know her name so that’s how I referred to her. I was getting into the sauna today when I glimpsed her leaning on a cane. I assumed she must be recovering from some sort of knee surgery. Not.
She told me she had a stroke. That’s about all she could say. Her eyes filled with tears when I asked her when it happened. Then I realized she couldn’t answer me. I asked her if it was too hard to speak. She nodded and moved off to her rehab appointment and I dressed.
I stopped in the waiting room and told her that I would catch up with her and she would be in our prayers. I haven’t stopped thinking about her all day. How fragile our lives are, our very beings lie in perilous balance with God’s plan for us. This woman, my previously unnamed “friend” had touched my life and yet if she disappeared I wouldn’t have known where to begin to look for her, if even I would. I am sure that I would miss her and wonder forever “what became of…”
I told the kids that she isn’t that much older then me, to which Bubbles asked how come I know all of these “old” people. Gasp. Freddy told me not to worry, to them anyone over 30 is old. Gasp again. I remember when I turned 30. I was in Paris, for what would turn out to be the last time. It was the year that I discovered that Paris had antique shops.
In all of my travels over the previous decade, inluding the year I lived in Paris, I had not noticed one, not one, antique shop. That birthday trip I saw one, then another, then another, they were everywhere. I remember thinking that they must have sprung up in the last 10 years. Then I realized that some of them were hundreds of years old. I guess “old” is relative and we prayed for my “friend”.
January 12, 2009
Is This Better?
They are closer, of course right before this they were side by side. I will keep trying!
Freddie has Grown!
Tom was trolling through “Zelda” and noted, aloud, that I have only shown Freddie once, and he was just a baby. Here he is as an enormous 8 month old. You can’t really get a sense of his size from this picture. I tried to get Merlin to sit next to him for comparison, but he moved every time I snapped the shutter. Bubbles took him to puppy school and now Ursula is bringing him to obediance. She did Lily as a 7 year old (proud mama speaking) and was often the only child in a crowded ring.
January 10, 2009
Coupon Mom is Going to Kill Me
Literally. Because as I was going to my car after returning the cart to the store ,(always on the lookout for the coupon police who might be lurking in the parking lot to tell me that it was all a big mistake and I must give back my free stuff) I was so distracted that I almost failed to so the SUV coming right at me. Fortunately, I stopped and yielded, and the story has a happy ending.
Look at this stuff and see if you can figure out how much I paid. Let me tell you what it is worth first:
South Beach bars 3 @ $2.50 (sale price)
Progresso Soup 4 @ $2.19
Water 1 @ $4.50
Milk 1 @ 2.99 (sale price)
Benefiber 2 @ $5.00 (sale price)
This adds up to $33.75. What did I pay? (After coupons, rebates etc.) Ummm, NOTHING!!! Thanks Walgreens and thanks couponmom.com!!! This was hard work and took some planning, but it was well worth the effort.
January 5, 2009
What have you done?
I saw this on a blog that I follow. I was impressed that I have done so many of these things, a reminder of times passed when I feel like I am trapped in a time warp going nowhere. The bolded items are the things I’ve done…
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung Karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check [not on purpose]
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
Copy the list and bold the things you have done, and unbold the things you haven’t done. Have fun!
