DECEMBER 31ST – HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing everyone safe celebrations tonight and a happy, healthy and prosperous 2011!

Just a quickie from my busy Tuesday this week.  On my way to lunch with a great friend,  look what I found myself behind on Fairfax Avenue  – a real live hip LA food truck, complete with fb and twitter logos. I’m going to look it up on fb now and ‘like’ it… just because I can!!

DECEMBER 30TH ~ WISHING YOU BALANCE IN YOUR LIVES

Continuing on the fun theme, I went out two nights in a row, coming home extremely late on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.   Being well past my best partying days, I am waaaay out of practice and consequently was pretty tired and cranky all day Wednesday.

The lesson here of course is: find balance.  Balance between life and work is what I aim to bring/restore to my clients in my virtual business.  Apparently I need to practice what I preach.

Party on folks (in moderation if you’re past your party-prime like me!)

DECEMBER 27TH ~ SEEING OUT THE YEAR WITH FUN

Just went to an awesome show, for free, with my bff and her cousin.  Here, take a listen for yourselves.

Wishing you much fun amidst the crazy, serious parts of life.

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DECEMBER 26TH ~ CHILDREN

Happy Birthday to my manchild.

I am pretty darn proud of who he is so far.

From here on it’s mostly up to him. I told him take pride in what you do, because the rewards in life are many.

I wish everyone happiness and success in life, but especially him today.

Mmmmm birthday cake with special surprise still to come!!!

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DECEMBER 24TH & 25TH ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS

It’s after midnite on Christmas Eve, so…..

Happy Holidays and A Prosperous New Year!

DECEMBER 23RD ~ PARKING LOT PANIC

I went out with my son to the mall today so he could make a quick last purchase.  While en route he made it clear that we were going in and out, no dilly-dallying.  I said OK.

Wow, parking was a nightmare.  I think it took us 20 minutes to find a spot.  While we were cruising the lanes we saw some amazing attempted parking acrobatics and some pretty dumb moves!  Yikes!!

My son’s stated shopping philosophy today was: know what you want to get, with a back up option, then go get it.  Good plan I agreed, but wait until you’ve done holiday gift buying for 5 or 10 or 20 years, then the ‘knowing’ part gets tough.  That’s why there’s panic in the parking lot, I said, these folks either just, finally thought of what to buy and are racing to get it, or still haven’t and the clock’s running out.

My best wishes for success to all you shoppers still out there.  Don’t give up, there’s still one more day.

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DECEMBER 22ND ~ BLUE SKIES

We had a momentary break in the clouds this afternoon, with blue sky and sunshine.  I’m sure there were rainbows somewhere.  The rain has returned, but it’s OK, because we know there’ll be more blue sky.

Wishing you blue skies always.

DECEMBER 21ST ~ STILL RAININ’

Feeling just a touch of cabin fever as the rain continues to come down in L.A., but realize I should take my cues from the dogs, who venture out only when absolutely necessary, and not the cat who is too young to care and doesn’t mind getting wet – a lot!

We’ve had most of the streets in our immediate area resurfaced in the past couple of months, so we’re in decent shape, but I notice lots and lots of potholes appearing elsewhere, and the news is full of weather related incidents.  Best to stay indoors if you possibly can, especially with Christmas just around the corner.

Today’s wish is for everyone to get where they need to go safely as the earth flexes its powerful elements worldwide.

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DECEMBER 20TH ~ COMMUNITY SERVICE

Had kind of an interesting exercise this evening in my capacity as a local DSV (Disaster Service Volunteer); namely we went out in the rain and did a street lamp check.  We were paired up with members of  TARA  – TARA is the ham-radio arm of the volunteer service, then split into teams and areas, given a grid map and tasked with checking all streets in our section for dud lamps.  The TARA team member then radioed in the information.  I learned that each street lamp has its own serial number and where to find it.

Strictly speaking this is the responsibility of the utility company, but I guess they’re a little behind and folks have been complaining to the police department, hence our involvement.  There were more lights out than you’d think!

I’ve been involved in my newly rediscovered community for about a year now, and I enjoy it very much.  Please try and get involved in your own community.  After all the politics and posturing, I honestly believe that when it comes down to it, you and I are the ones who are gonna get stuff taken care of, and the sooner we learn how to do it, the better.

Wishing you all the great rewards of involvement in your local community.

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