Boss Time, Day Off, Calender Girl

Today I Smiled...

~ Watching Bruce Springsteen, my favorite singer, perform Super Bowl's half-time show.

~ Chilling out on a day off work. Our department had today off, worked yesterday, so we wouldn't anger people at home over and over and over as they try to party and watch the big game.

~ Seeing Sara smile. She attended a birthday party for one of her best friends, Marissa, and left with a cute party gift -a 2009 little girl's wall calender.


My sister Carole and niece Sara

Hanging out with Kristie, Regular table, Time to listen

TODAY I SMILED…

~ Hanging out with Kristie. Always generous, she came over equipped with presents – B-52s Funplex Remix cd and pins, astrology gold coin, Avon basics hand cream, Beauty Boutique Beauty Palette, assorted writing paper, and religious Shepherd bracelets. I bought her lunch at Hi-Grade Steakhouse (which she lost about a half hour afterward, the fun of pregnancy!) We also visited her father; it was good to see him again too.

~ After walking into Hi-Grade’s, a restaurant I go to several times a year but haven’t been to in awhile, waitress Frankie asks if I’d like my regular table, as I always sit by the back wall window. Kris needed a warmer table so Frankie led us to what she dubbed as the warmest table in the room. It was cool being remembered though and having a “regular table”!

~ Finding myself at Target’s with Kris where I decided to buy a Walkman/batteries so I could listen to the John Edward tape I checked out from the library. I haven’t had a working tape player in years!

Moving Movie, Moving More, Moving Out

TODAY I SMILED...

~ Going to a movie, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, for the first time in a long time

~ Carole's father-in-law, Tom, is doing a bit better than yesterday and is responding when asked to move his hand or foot

~ Seeking a new assistant living home for dad before he leaves the hospital, Carole and I agree that the second one we look at, Woodhaven Retirement Community, has a cheeriness, warmth and interaction with Alzheimer’s patients that pleases us.

Caring friend, Memorable music, Left-overs

TODAY I SMILED…

~ In the early early moments of the day I feel queasy and end up in the bathroom for a long time, Smokie saunters in after awhile to sit by my side and keep me company

~ Hearing a bar of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on the radio and instantly taken to the wistful beauty of a favorite movie, Somewhere In Time

~ My Applebee left-overs, mozzarella sticks and cheese quesadillas, taste just as good as they did at the restaurant, thanks to the aid of a wet paper towel

Good goals, Good guy, Good grains

TODAY I SMILED…
~ Creating my tentative “101 things to do in 1,001 days” list

~ Slipping an extra buck to our very thoughtful waiter at Applebee’s tonight –he was so attentive with soda refills that we didn’t have to ask for one!

~ Watching my pile for donated rice grains grow bigger and bigger on freerice.com

Dream cat, Cheap gas, Posties

TODAY I SMILED...

~ Waking up remembering a dream I just had in which I was sitting in my church's school cafeteria watching an informal court case taking place. For some reason Smokie automatically appeared in my arms, which were empty a second before. "Hi Smokie! How did you get here?", I asked. A lady in my dream smiled and said "Oh! You have a cat!" I replied "Yes, he comes with me everywhere I go!" It was weird having a dream in which I didn't feel it was a dream, as dreams usually go, but I knew inside my dream that Smokie was from my daily life and not the realm I was dreaming in.

~ I paid $1.76 for gas on my way home from the bank, then noticed that the gas at my usual station was $1.82. I'm glad I didn't hold off that extra 5 or so blocks!

~ Receiving a lovely postcard from Sia of the Philipines.

Delicious Mixture, A Dimension Of Sight, Year's First Achievement

TODAY I SMILED…

~ Beginning the New Year with one of my favorite meals, Coco Wheat with shredded pieces of hot buttered toast mixed into it.

~ Spending much of the day watching The Twilight Zone marathon on the tellie

~ Earning a Pogo Trivial Pursuit Badge by answering 100 questions correctly, and done so within a half hour’s time!