I picked this up from Jl4, who picked it up from Karen's Kastle, who picked it up from Blackbird. No one asked me to do it, I just picked it up..
1. Where is your mobile phone? on the kitchen counter
2. Relationship? The best
3. Your hair? blonde.
4. Work? yes, busy and profitable....yay.
5. Your sister(s)? One sister gone since 1991, but girlfriends who are surrogates.
6. Your favorite thing? rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens....oops, thats been used before...right now ordering xmas gifts on line and having them delievered to my door. SWEET!
7. Your dream last night? can't remember detais, but I woke up with butterflies in my stomach. what's that all about???
8. Your favourite drink? Tropical Iced Tea.
9. Your dream car? a Rolls with a driver.
10. The room you're in? livingroom.
11. Your shoes? many, many shoes..I love shoes..sandals, heels, comfy, I love shoes...shoes, shoes shoes..
12. Your fears? not too many fears any more..losing my husband or daughter..but I don't dwell on that.
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? Alive. (jl4's answer..I like it) and healthy (I'll add)
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend? husband (12 hour drive from NC to Fla, thank god we like each other so much)
15. What are you not good at? bowling...no big loss there
16. Muffin? Thank you, yes...that lemon poppy seed one looks delish.
17. Wish list item? Trip to Europe
18. Where you grew up? New Jersey (can't you tell by my accent?)
19. The last thing you did? visited blogs
20. What are you wearing? PJ's still..I better hit the shower
21. What are you not wearing? um...socks.
22. Your pet? Buster, deceased and missed.
23. Your computer? Dell.
24. Your life? A wild ride
25. Your mood? Mui Contenta
26. Missing? family who is no longer with me.
27. What are you thinking about? this meme
28. Your car? 2007 RED Honda Civic coupe..I LOVE MY CAR
29. Your kitchen? clean
30. Your summer? Far too long.
31. Your favourite colour? Blue
32. Last time you laughed? last night.
33. Last time you cried? Thanksgiving day when my granddaughter (age 6) handed me a home made drawing of she and I watching the Macy's parade.
34. School? been there, done that.
35. Love? nothing like it....
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!!
My life has been a veritable whirlwind of activity for most of this month. Went to Disney world a couple of weekends ago and had a blast with our grandchildren.
Then the family of 8 (6 grandchildren, Mom and Dad) came to stay with us for 4 days so we could all attend my step-daughters wedding this past Saturday. The wedding was wonderful, the bride was lovely, the groom, couldn't have been more handsome and the 2 of them couldn't be more in love. We threw a hell of a reception and a fabulous time was had by all.
Entertained friends from out of town on Sunday and now I find myself in a Comfort Inn on I-95 somewhere in South Carolina, heading up to North Carolina to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with the afore (sic?) mentioned family of 8.
I don't think I could be any more thankful for all that I have in my life. That being said, I wanted to wish YOU ALL a very happy, healthy and wonderful Thanksgiving.
If you are from the Northeast and listened to progressive rock radio in the 1970's, you may remember that each Thanksgiving at 11:00 am the DJ would PLAY THIS SONG. It brings back many many memories for me and perhaps for you too. Happy Thanksgiving friends.
BIG HUGS!!
leelee
Friday, November 09, 2007
Friday Puzzler
Do you remember the classic slider puzzles? Numbers 1-9 on little sliding tiles? Sure you do...so give this cute slider a try:
Have a great weekend friends!! I'm off to Disney World..YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Don't Forget Them
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
They've given so much..it's the least we can do to let them know they are still in our thoughts.
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
They've given so much..it's the least we can do to let them know they are still in our thoughts.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Friday Puzzler
Road Blocks 2 gameYou have to use your arrow keys to move the thingy around..start easy.
Have fun and have a great weekend!!
HUGS!!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
3 of my 6
Grandchildren
If this doesn't put a smile on your face...well, I just don't know what will.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time sure flies..
I have hardly had a moment lately to put anything up here...busy with family, friends and wedding preparations for my step daughters weddding one month from today 11/17. Wow!!!
I'm still here...and still flitting around the blogdom, but can't put anything cohesive together for a post.
In tHE meantime...I'll just send you all some HUGS!!
PS: I did put a new song up on Kitchen Concerts though...A good one...but then again, aren't they all...go..have a listen
KITCHEN CONCERTS
I'm still here...and still flitting around the blogdom, but can't put anything cohesive together for a post.
In tHE meantime...I'll just send you all some HUGS!!
PS: I did put a new song up on Kitchen Concerts though...A good one...but then again, aren't they all...go..have a listen
KITCHEN CONCERTS
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Disinvited to the Party
Why Giuliani's candidacy could be a good thing for the GOP.
By Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
One of the complaints you hear a lot from readers when you're in my line of work and live in my part of the country is that you can't understand America from the vantage point of New York City. I'm beginning to think there's some truth to that, and it's all because of the candidacy of Rudy Giuliani.
Ever since the presidency was a mere gleam in his eye, lots of New Yorkers have been predicting that Rudy, like a toddler or a genuine bagel, would not travel well across the country. It wasn't just the quasi-liberal positions on abortion, gay rights and gun control: he could massage those, and sometimes has. It was his private life, which his former constituents have watched with all the avidity of a soaps addict tuning in to "All My Children." There was the annulment from the first wife, who was his second cousin, the press conference he used to inform the second wife that she was history, the girlfriend he met in the cigar bar who became wife number three, and the very public estrangement from his children, both of whom have suggested that they won't be stumping for Dad. To which the candidate recently responded at a town-hall meeting, "Leave my family alone, just like I'll leave your family alone."
This would be a reasonable response were Giuliani not a member of the Republican Party, which in the last three decades has often been less about public policy and more about moral judgment. It wasn't always so. Once the GOP was moderate and secular. But then the '60s arrived. Society divided itself neatly into the button-down and the tie-dyed, and the Republican Party rallied around something called "family values." It's a phrase that has appeared in every party platform since 1976 and is often accompanied by the adjective "traditional," which translated means that if you don't have a stay-at-home mommy, a dominant daddy, some kids, a marriage license and a church membership, you're disinvited to the party.
Combined with the ascendancy of the religious right, which had the distinct political advantage of insisting that even its most uncharitable positions were beamed down from above, what developed was a neat political dichotomy. The Democrats were godless liberals—"contemporary socialism" was how the 1992 GOP platform put it—no matter how often they went to church or voted for war. And the Republicans were the party of old-fashioned values, less constitutional than canonical. Barry Goldwater, once known as Mr. Conservative, decried this shift before he died: Christian conservatives were, he said, "trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it."
It took some sleight of hand to reinforce this positioning. You have to give credit to the spin-sters who portrayed Ronald Reagan as a paterfamilias (although he had distant relationships with his children) guided by God (although he scarcely ever went to church). By contrast, while the Clintons were inveterate churchgoers and involved parents, and decided to keep their marriage together after consulting with Billy Graham, it was easy in the wake of the Lewinsky scandal to demonize their personal lives. Bill Clinton alone helped to keep the Republican Church of Moral Certainty alive longer than it might have been, and Hillary Clinton's candidacy has given its fringes a second wind.
But a shift has slowly been brewing. The Republican platform of 1992 had the family-values section at its very beginning; by 2004 it appeared at the end. National security had trumped the wacky emphasis on whether kids can sue their parents. Perhaps in part this was because even Republican families have changed in the last 30 years. The vice president became enraged when he was asked by a reporter about his daughter, a lesbian with a longtime partner, who gave birth to their first child not long ago. Maybe Dick Cheney genuinely thinks there is no conflict between being the standard-bearer of a party that has been hostile to gay rights and the father of a person who might need them. But if you run on family values, both your values and your family will inevitably be subject to scrutiny. Be careful what you wish for: it might get you.
A Giuliani victory wouldn't be a good thing for this country, but his candidacy may wind up being a very good thing for his party. The poll numbers that show him consistently ahead come as a surprise to many of us in the city where he was once mayor—and where he once bunked with a gay couple after leaving his second wife. But perhaps they indicate that the end is nigh for the stranglehold the Leviticus lobby has had on the GOP. All those who joined the Republican Party for smaller government, not fire and brimstone, may be ready to take back the power, to say that health care is more important than creationism, that the disintegration of Social Security is more critical than a ban on gay marriage. Maybe Republicans are finally ready to be members of a political party again, the kind Barry Goldwater could embrace, one that knows the difference between a podium and a pulpit.
By Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
One of the complaints you hear a lot from readers when you're in my line of work and live in my part of the country is that you can't understand America from the vantage point of New York City. I'm beginning to think there's some truth to that, and it's all because of the candidacy of Rudy Giuliani.
Ever since the presidency was a mere gleam in his eye, lots of New Yorkers have been predicting that Rudy, like a toddler or a genuine bagel, would not travel well across the country. It wasn't just the quasi-liberal positions on abortion, gay rights and gun control: he could massage those, and sometimes has. It was his private life, which his former constituents have watched with all the avidity of a soaps addict tuning in to "All My Children." There was the annulment from the first wife, who was his second cousin, the press conference he used to inform the second wife that she was history, the girlfriend he met in the cigar bar who became wife number three, and the very public estrangement from his children, both of whom have suggested that they won't be stumping for Dad. To which the candidate recently responded at a town-hall meeting, "Leave my family alone, just like I'll leave your family alone."
This would be a reasonable response were Giuliani not a member of the Republican Party, which in the last three decades has often been less about public policy and more about moral judgment. It wasn't always so. Once the GOP was moderate and secular. But then the '60s arrived. Society divided itself neatly into the button-down and the tie-dyed, and the Republican Party rallied around something called "family values." It's a phrase that has appeared in every party platform since 1976 and is often accompanied by the adjective "traditional," which translated means that if you don't have a stay-at-home mommy, a dominant daddy, some kids, a marriage license and a church membership, you're disinvited to the party.
Combined with the ascendancy of the religious right, which had the distinct political advantage of insisting that even its most uncharitable positions were beamed down from above, what developed was a neat political dichotomy. The Democrats were godless liberals—"contemporary socialism" was how the 1992 GOP platform put it—no matter how often they went to church or voted for war. And the Republicans were the party of old-fashioned values, less constitutional than canonical. Barry Goldwater, once known as Mr. Conservative, decried this shift before he died: Christian conservatives were, he said, "trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it."
It took some sleight of hand to reinforce this positioning. You have to give credit to the spin-sters who portrayed Ronald Reagan as a paterfamilias (although he had distant relationships with his children) guided by God (although he scarcely ever went to church). By contrast, while the Clintons were inveterate churchgoers and involved parents, and decided to keep their marriage together after consulting with Billy Graham, it was easy in the wake of the Lewinsky scandal to demonize their personal lives. Bill Clinton alone helped to keep the Republican Church of Moral Certainty alive longer than it might have been, and Hillary Clinton's candidacy has given its fringes a second wind.
But a shift has slowly been brewing. The Republican platform of 1992 had the family-values section at its very beginning; by 2004 it appeared at the end. National security had trumped the wacky emphasis on whether kids can sue their parents. Perhaps in part this was because even Republican families have changed in the last 30 years. The vice president became enraged when he was asked by a reporter about his daughter, a lesbian with a longtime partner, who gave birth to their first child not long ago. Maybe Dick Cheney genuinely thinks there is no conflict between being the standard-bearer of a party that has been hostile to gay rights and the father of a person who might need them. But if you run on family values, both your values and your family will inevitably be subject to scrutiny. Be careful what you wish for: it might get you.
A Giuliani victory wouldn't be a good thing for this country, but his candidacy may wind up being a very good thing for his party. The poll numbers that show him consistently ahead come as a surprise to many of us in the city where he was once mayor—and where he once bunked with a gay couple after leaving his second wife. But perhaps they indicate that the end is nigh for the stranglehold the Leviticus lobby has had on the GOP. All those who joined the Republican Party for smaller government, not fire and brimstone, may be ready to take back the power, to say that health care is more important than creationism, that the disintegration of Social Security is more critical than a ban on gay marriage. Maybe Republicans are finally ready to be members of a political party again, the kind Barry Goldwater could embrace, one that knows the difference between a podium and a pulpit.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Pictures from the weekend
Back in the 80's my friends and I used to spend most every weekend at our friend Bob's parents lake house in the Pocono's. We were all single, young and free. Needless to say, if those walls could talk....yikes!! But really we always had a wonderful time. We decided to get together last weekend while I was up..we brought out all the old pictures, left kids and spouses at home and had a mini "kids" reunion.
Doe-die (we always considered the local wildlife friends..yeah we named them)
Bucky, Doe-die and family
An honest to god pumpkin patch...I love that!!!
Debbie, leelee and bobby BFF!!
A view from Bob's deck...
The lake
leelee and Chon
end of day and end of a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Hello...it's me
Quickly...I'm back from a mini leelee vacation...went to NJ/PA for teh weekend..the weather was perfect..the friends were great...I had a flipping blast!!
Saw Genesis at Giants Stadium on Thursday night...
View From My seat way up high!!
A fan's vid...way down low...
It was WONDERFUL!!
Spent the remainder of the weekend with my bestest friends in all the world..
We took tons of pictures but..it'll take me some time to get that together...
But here's a camera phone pic of leelee at one of my old hangouts in Montclair NJ.. We revisited old spots and had fun talking about all the memories..
They say you can't go home...but...sometimes I think you can... :-)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Benjamin Franklin said...
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
I find myself trapped on that particular hamster wheel lately, in regard to a couple of relationships I have..one with a friend one with a family member.
In the last 2 days I have had 2 light bulb moments in regard to them. Yesterday was the "aha" with my friend. I realized that our relationship is what it is because of the direction and circumstances of our lives. It's not going to change and I have decided FINALLY to let it go.
Today's "aha" is all about the relationship with a particular family member. We are where we are because she has made a choice about how she wants to live her life..and I need to let my expectations and assumptions go. I have decided to FINALLY let go.
I find myself at peace about the friendship and am working toward being at peace with my family member..that is the best I can do...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wonderful Old Gal
One day, I saw a wonderful old gal sitting on her front step, so I walked up to her and said, "I couldn't help noticing how happy you look. What is your secret for such a long, happy life?"
"I smoke ten stogies a day," she said. "Before I go to bed, I smoke a nice big joint. All my life, I've eaten only junk food, and I put away at least a fifth of Jack Daniels every week. On weekends, I pop pills, and never do any exercise at all."
"Absolutely, absolutely amazing," I thought, and asked, "How old are you?"
"Twenty-four," she replied.
"I smoke ten stogies a day," she said. "Before I go to bed, I smoke a nice big joint. All my life, I've eaten only junk food, and I put away at least a fifth of Jack Daniels every week. On weekends, I pop pills, and never do any exercise at all."
"Absolutely, absolutely amazing," I thought, and asked, "How old are you?"
"Twenty-four," she replied.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
What a great weekend so far..and it's only Sunday afternoon
...and here I sit in my comfy chair with my feet up watching football with my honey.
My husband asked me on Thursday if I wanted to go up to the Orlando area for the weekend. We are antique dealers and there was an antique fair up in Mt Dora. Mt Dora is a lovely picturesque town a bit North and West of Orlando. The charming little burg sits lakeside and is filled with B & B's , cafe's and shops. Note to Orlando area readers: GO THERE if you haven't discovered it yet..I think it is probably lovely at Christmas time. We spent friday night there, had a great dinner and just really enjoyed our quiet time together. Saturday we went to the antique fair and finished that up by 11 (we're early risers) and headed to Epcot at Disney.
Not crowded but extremely hot and humid. There is a bright spot about Disney in the off season...NO LINES..if you can handle the heat, the parks are really fun. We saw the entire park, went to all the good attractions and never waited more that 10 minutes for anything.
There is a quality to our life now, that I just feel so grateful for. My husband and I have been together for 22 years..and of course like all couples, you go through good times and bad times, exciting times and boring times. We work together, live together and play together. I don't know how many couples can do that, but we seem to have figured out the formula.
In any case, I won't bore you all with the details...but..it really has been a great weekend..and it's only Sunday afternoon!
My husband asked me on Thursday if I wanted to go up to the Orlando area for the weekend. We are antique dealers and there was an antique fair up in Mt Dora. Mt Dora is a lovely picturesque town a bit North and West of Orlando. The charming little burg sits lakeside and is filled with B & B's , cafe's and shops. Note to Orlando area readers: GO THERE if you haven't discovered it yet..I think it is probably lovely at Christmas time. We spent friday night there, had a great dinner and just really enjoyed our quiet time together. Saturday we went to the antique fair and finished that up by 11 (we're early risers) and headed to Epcot at Disney.
Not crowded but extremely hot and humid. There is a bright spot about Disney in the off season...NO LINES..if you can handle the heat, the parks are really fun. We saw the entire park, went to all the good attractions and never waited more that 10 minutes for anything.
There is a quality to our life now, that I just feel so grateful for. My husband and I have been together for 22 years..and of course like all couples, you go through good times and bad times, exciting times and boring times. We work together, live together and play together. I don't know how many couples can do that, but we seem to have figured out the formula.
In any case, I won't bore you all with the details...but..it really has been a great weekend..and it's only Sunday afternoon!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
It's still so hot!!
By mid September I am sooooooooooooooooo done with hot and humid weather. When I see the street audience on the Today show wearing light jackets, I am extremely jealous..I long for those days..and by now, I can barely stand another minute of this weather...
Gosh I hate when I whine...I'm going to look back on this post in January...when the people on the Today show are wearing coats and mittens, and it's 75 here...
ok I feel better now.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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