Monday, Monday

Let's hope the first line of Monday, Monday by the Mamas and Papas......is the way it just turns out to be!!

Hump Day

Sometimes, Hump Day is hard to get over.....pun intended.  Other than the fact that we all woke up this morning and are able to sit up and take nourishment, this day pretty much sucks.  I'm pretty sure my parents, grandparents and ancestors never said "Sucks!"  (does that make me a cool Senior citizen?...probably not.)  House news is discouraging to say the least, Jeff's job is stressful and full of slow moving bureaucracy, I ache in places I didn't realize I had places and estimated taxes are due. Woo Hoo!


I'm scheduling a Sandy afternoon!  Shemar Moore returns to Y & R at 12:30, I will watch a 100% more dysfunctional family ( than mine) on B & B at 1:30, drive to Eagle Point @ 2:00, return to my Kindle and Baileys and coffee at 2:30 and read till my eyes cross or my sedative (Baileys) sets in.  If anyone mentions supper, I'll tell them I'll gladly eat whatever they fix...within reason and then I'll sit in the hot tub and wrinkle!!!


That's my afternoon and I'm stickin' to it!!

A picture's worth a 1000 words:-/

Every trip to the nursing home depresses me more and more.  Not just because there's little recognition, if any, from Mom but because there are so few answers -  period! Research is critical as with any disease but when dealing with physical diseases, often people recover and can describe  their experiences and their physicians can track their drugs, treatments and recovery...or demise.  Alzheimer's can only be researched through behavior which must be observed and studying the brain of deceased sufferers. NOBODY knows what they're thinking....s-c-a-r-y!  I'm almost always greeted by a sleeping, slumping "nonagenarian" (90+.)  A little shake and she awakens almost always with a smile.....but not a smile of recognition:-(  Nonetheless, I'll take that smile.  She is seldom, if ever, combative or angry or sad... all emotions I hope to never see.  My deepest regret from each visit is not knowing what she's in there..
The drawings above are from a 3+ decade span of an Alzheimer's patient's self portraits.  I'm not sure whether I personally find this helpful, encouraging or stressful.... Whichever, it gives some interesting insight into the digression of mental acuity.. Once again S-C-A-R-Y....  I am seriously thinking about organ donation when the time arrives.  Once again, I hope I make the right decisions.  I can easily find bumper stickers asking WWJD.......but I have yet to locate one that begs WWBD (What Would Buzz Do).... I guess I'll just have to wing it;-)

Happy Manday

No, that's not a typo.... You know I love Mondays and if I have X & Y chromosomes instead of merely 2 X's, I'm ok with that.  It might explain the mustache.....but that's a blog for another day :-/  I'm beginning this new week by taking a deep breath and trying to remember that I cannot fix everything for everybody.  I wish I could but "I can't!"  I can fix the washer, I can fix the checkbook, I can fix plants, I can even fix my Fantasy Football team to make them more successful....... I CAN NOT fix the legal world, health care, politicians and stupid.....  Oh that was being redundant wasn't it?


I can, however, hope.  And today I hope that this is The Week!!  My 'kids" have worked hard in preparation for the move to their new house.  If there was one bump in the road, they've landed in a speed bump factory and the sign over the door says "Murphy"....(Murphy's Law.)  Fingers crossed till they ache, spared a cricket it's life (that one too;-), refused to walk under or even carry the ladder, threw salt over my shoulder and said my prayers slowly and out loud in case he's even hearing impaired.  Let's see if all that helps to fix their homelessness;-)  If not, I'm calling Kerry Washington and beginning a Scandal!

First Day of 3rd Grade:-)

.............................Summer's over and on to a brand, new school year:-)  Each year Bailee grows taller and the Rose of Fuzzy (Sharon) bush is right on track.  I'm hoping this will be another great year.  As much as we all complain about budgets, Common Core, government involvement in education and soaring taxes, we have the best school district.  We're surrounded by caring, competent teachers and administrators who give more of themselves than anyone realizes.  These kids, no matter their ages, are our babies and grandbabies.  We are fortunate that class size is workable, empathy is abundant and enthusiasm is obvious.  These men and women are teachers because they want to be...not because they have to be. How fortunate are we?


Here's to excited kids, science projects, math headaches, surprises in lunch pails, art projects that need to be translated, learning cursive on their own, spelling tests, popcorn and movie days, holidays and much more.  This is the best time ever and we're all pretty lucky to live in a town where knowing that it takes a village to raise a child is more than just words:-)

Really?......NOT

Should it really be this hard to buy a house?  I have never found it this difficult to give money to someone....even many someones.  What do one buyer, 5 sellers, 3 lawyers and 2 realtors add up to?  One giant cluster F$%+  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Pretty much had it up my eyeballs with legal shmegal today.  It is definitely easier to build a house than to buy or sell one.  I have sold 5 houses, bought 3 and built 2........ I would build another in a heartbeat and may never buy or sell another...............EVER!


I'm over it....done, kaput, outa here!!!!

HELLO SEPTEMBER!!!!!

I love September!!!  This is my Happy New Year!  When the kids were in school this was when order returned to the world....at least my world.  Schedules actually reappeared and normal resurfaced.  Now,as a Senior Citizen, it remains my favorite time.  Football resumes this week and that makes me happy beyond words.  The prime time TV schedule premiers it's new offerings and reruns are a thing of the past..... The leaves are turning in their green jackets and donning their new oranges, reds and yellows.... Love their spectacular new wardrobes!!!!!  High temperatures slowly fade away and 60 becomes the new 90... Some old people like 90...this old person DOES NOT!!!  This September should be full of remodeling and decorating at Jeff and Lacie's... (if they ever close.)
Bailee heads to THIRD grade.... Wow....almost out of the primary grades.  She has a wonderful teacher and lots of great classmates.  Should be an amazing educational and fun year.
I'll try to pen my thoughts a little more often and share photos of our endeavors. Fall is really the best of the best!!!!