I spoke with mom who has been fighting off depression – runs in the family; I don’t have to tell her – the men are rage-a-holics and the women are depressed – great combo. So I told her she needed to say her daily affirmation to bust through the cloud of darkness. “Like what?” she asked darkly. I said, “Like you are a wonderful person and deserve to be happy and you’ve had a relatively…
J is going to be a Ninja Turtle for Halloween – he said he doesn’t have a cape but he has a shell and that’s all he needs because he and his sisters and his mother and father were attacked by a huge dinosaur the other day who ate all their bones but miraculously he grew his back. I said, “Wow, great costume.” Then we were at Blockbuster replenishing the Scooby Doo inventory here at…
1) Rainy days are good for “to do” lists that include computers, telephones, and notepads. 2) Rainy days are good for being inside and feeling dry, safe, centered. 3) Rainy days are reminders of why people go outside as often as possible.
Early to bed, early to rise. To pouring down rain that is. I mean pouring. I woke to the rain and didn’t want to get out of bed. Monday morning, rain, too much to do – what was my motivation? I looked over at the door to where the Smiley face was hanging and had to smile myself. Loca stood nose to window for most of the morning while I waited for a break in…
There are two choices in life – happiness or misery. Make the right choice every second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, lifetime. It matters.
I woke to JINDAL in all caps on the front page of the Times Picayune. A new governor. As long as he doesn’t start preaching about morals, I hope he does something to improve the status quo in our government. Next I saw TL walking around the bayou, he got about 700+ votes for Councilman At Large – I don’t think I know 700+ people to vote for me, so not bad out the gate.…
When I got back from the movie, J came over to have a glass of wine before going out to the tennis tournament party. As often happens, sitting on the porch tends to attract others to come join in. Musa and Metin drove by and ended up stopping. Musa was up to his usual charm. He wanted to go have breakfast in the morning and at one point, I said, “Let’s just start with the…
Went to Clearview to see this movie and it was good – thought George Clooney and Tilda Swinton – not to mention Tom Wilkinson – did an excellent job. It was nice to watch a film that is complicated yet simple, leaving no scratching of the head afterwards to wonder why this and that, but engaging you the entire time in the this and that. Well done.
You know what we can be like: See a guy and think he’s cute one minute, the next minute our brains have us married with kids, the following minute we see him having an extramarital affair. By the time someone says “I’d like you to meet Cecil,” we shout, “You’re late again with the child support!” Cynthia Heimel