Checking out for a bit...

Epochal news! Olympia! I am taking a short break! After several years of taking time off work for Doctor appointments - not mine and time out for "needed" errands, I am finally taking some time of my very own to go under the knife in a very ordinary non-bombastical procedure.  However ordinary, this medical event taking place tomorrow has afforded me a few solid days of a disconnect; no words nor texts.   I look forward...

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821-4621

821-4621. Life was so much easier then. My house phone number had just the right amount of digits;  no prefix, no suffix...just a cord, a dial that rat-tat-rattled when you spun the wheel and probably the most obnoxious ring ever emitted; alarming. Yes, indeed, the world was an easier place then and the memory of it and my family still make me smile. Circa 1965. On days that I stayed home from school because of some form of elementary...

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Things that go bump

Rule of thumb:  (a term used not intended to be accurate for every situation).  The rule of thumb for things that go bump in the night are: before bedding down each night it is good practice to check under the bed for monsters, in the closet for the Boogie Man and leave a little $1.99 night lite plugged into the wall to keep any creepy crawley creatures from coming out of hiding for a midnight snack.  At least, that was...

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Expect the Best!

Starting Over:  By the time you first realize that you need to start a weight loss program, you have no doubt, already waged war with  the 'mirror, mirror on the wall.' Instantly, you feel an immediate rush of boom-boom- pow! Not only do we become agitated, anxious and feel a burn that festers inside your newly discovered pot belly, but the experience takes on a life of its own; as urgent as an appendectomy.  All the time wasted packing on unnoticed pounds is forgotten and discarded somewhere in mental file drawer number...

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Write your memoirs in only six words...

I did the unthinkable. Standing at the checkout counter at my favorite local "we sell everything" market, I picked up a magazine and I began to read.  I had little intention to toss a $4.50 magazine into my grocery cart.  I was sadly in the midst of fracturing one of my very own golden rules.  Reading a magazine without buying it is up there with pirating music and videos, white lies and sins of omission.  A faux pas to...

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I am taking them with me!

January 19 - It is quiet here - sitting in the waiting room at my Doctor's office and I have had sufficient wait time to nurse the terms of my departure from this earth hopefully at a later date. This is the kind of thing you think about two weeks before any surgery.  In brief, most of the planning is muddy at this point, but of this I am clear, there are two things that I am taking with me.   Last Will and Testament I, Ana Place...

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone - a day without Wiki

Saved by the Wikipedia black out! In my quest to exercise my literary acumen at least once a day, I was going to compare and contrast life in general to my umbrellas! Not!  I have a change of heart due to the fact that I have arisen today with a belly full of greek fire and artillery punch!  LA Fitness once more.  Yesterday, Mr B., full of his customary enthusiasm took the first step in revitalizing his spirit and...

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I Can't have the Toy Until I Get Rid of the Nuggets!

The fingers of fog drifted over me last night and  when I opened my eyes I realized I have been a gym rat my entire life.  My nutrition trail has been paved with the stones of sweat since I was in my teens.   Indeed, I do not have the chiseled silhouette of my dreams, but my very own Dr. Dreamy "the" cardiologist, blue eyes and all,  from Mount Zion blessed me and sent me packing for another year with...

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A one act tragedy in 'K"

This is a story about what I agitatedly call the Big 'C', that quickly deteriorated into the Big 'K.' - 'K" for Kardashian.  At some point after 9 p.m. last Friday, I discovered that I was coming down with some type of conventional Miami malaise; hard and fast.  The timing on this could not be worse since I am destined for female fixation  surgery in two weeks.  Immediate action was taken.  I have my personal...

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La pacotille - cheap piece of junk.

What is New and Improved? Certainly not my phone skills.  First, I am officially apologizing to all who have been a captive victim to my old phone, the 'BB'.  I typically toss the little orange fellow into my purse and he would automatically snuggle up against some bauble and dial out.  If you were lucky, you would get a 'Y' call or   sometimes the 'A's' would have it.  All of my  peeps   have...

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Pew Pain!

It has taken me one night and one day to recover from Confirmation fever.  It was truly an event to mark as "Favorite" in my life events database.  Yes, all Eucharistic celebrations are special and each carries a significant message and feeling depending on the season and the reason.   Giant community masses, however,  are unsettling for me personally.  More times than not they are a testament to the lease favorable...

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Check!

And, why should today be any different or should I rephrase: the night? I have been up since four a.m., my usual bewitching hour.  My eyes are lit like a Fresnel Lens on steroids that guides ships into safe harbor. It's all good because today is different.  This time tomorrow, Armando will have been confirmed; Archbishop Wenski et al.  Years of preparation and good ole fashioned roll up your sleeves hard work will have paid...

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I passed it on.

It’s finally over! I passed it on; an act of kindness, that is: to myself.  Over the past holidays, I unconsciously, deliberately, decidedly, and inadvertently attempted to spare myself the whole jump in the car to the Okeechobee station; run to the platform; change trains at Government Center; navigate to the Bayfront Park station; walk across the street and elevate myself 47 floors to my office; truly a mission.  I  get...

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The Rules rule! Go I.C!

This is a big red letter week at our house in many ways! As Catholics, Red is the color of fire and so symbolizes the presence of God. It is the liturgical color for Pentecost.  It is considered the color of the Church, since red can also symbolize the blood of martyrs. It is sometimes used for Maundy Thursday and during Easter-tide. In Roman Catholic tradition it is used for Palm Sunday in anticipation of the death...

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After the three wise men came three great meals...

Epiphanies can arrive in the form of a celebration, an idea, different shapes and endless colors.   Traditionally, Epiphany or El Dia de los Tres Reyes, the twelfth day after Christmas celebrates the visit of the three kings or wise men to the Christ Child, signifying the extension of salvation to the Gentiles.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/epiphany-2012-dates-customs-history-explained_n_1183892.html  January...

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