1. I think I’ve mentioned before that my first love was Ron way back in high school.  We’ve been friends on Facebook for a few years now and when he was in town recently, we met for a couple of beers downtown taking in some live music and catching up on what we’ve been doing: my social life with the music scene, his marriage and job and his brothers and mom whom I always liked.  It was a fun night and he suggested we send a photo to Linda who would be shocked when she got it.  She was!

So here is the REALLY FREAKIN’ WEIRD story about Ron.  We grew up in Whittier where we attended Sierra High School.  He graduated a couple years ahead of me.  After we broke up, we fell out of contact and went our separate ways.  Fast forward to the mid Nineties and my sister informed me that Ron lived in the neighborhood.  It turns out that we both moved to Ventura in the mid Eighties, we both lived at Pierpont Beach.  We both had kids.  We never ran into each other!  He use to live less than a mile away for so many years!

2. If nobody ever mentioned that it was Daylight Savings Time and you’d be losing an hour of sleep over the weekend, and your clocks all changed automatically, would you really notice?

3. I like the way my favorite news morning team positioned Daylight Savings Time.  You gain an hour of daylight.  You lose an hour of sleep.

I love daylight!  So much more energy when the sun’s up!  Although, I don’t mind being a night owl either. 😉

4. To this day I still can’t imagine what was going through Sydney’s mind when she was in the midst of these colorful plastic balls at Chuck E Cheese.

1. “Um, will we be here long?
2. “I am the Queen Bee; you are my subjects.”
3. “I’m peeing right now and no one knows it.”
4. “Next time, I pick party location.”
5. “So this is how it’s gonna be.”
6. ” I’m calm, I’m playing along; but someone will pay for this.”
7. “You know your old boyfriend lives around the corner, but I’m not telling.”

5. I’m sorely disappointed to learn that there is a sector of society that does not enjoy kissing. I’m not naming names, and if you fall into this demographic, I honestly feel sorry for you.  There is nothing like deep warm passionate kisses.

6. Before I start getting grief for whining about the pain my knee has continued to give me, I would like it to be known that I gave birth without any drugs whatsoever, and THAT hurt like a mofo.  I think the difference is that I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and knew it would be over soon; I’d either die in childbirth, or the baby would be born soon.  The knee, not so much.

So, I got my first cortisone shot.  Didn’t know it was a steroid. I guess it doesn’t matter, I’m not going to be tested any time soon competing in sports, though I believe it’s the anabolic steroids that would matter.  I’m happy to report, I’m feeling better and I’m easing back into regular exercise.

7. It blows my mind that some people don’t enjoy reading.

8. I don’t appreciate seeing pictures of terrorists, thugs, or evil doers on the news feed on Facebook and Twitter.  I can only imagine people think they are doing a service to others?  Honestly, its a disservice.  When I want my news, I’ll go to a new service.

I will from time to time (maybe once a year) comment on something I feel passionate about hoping to start a dialog about it.

9. I love using the expression, “Don’t get your panties in a bunch,” especially in regards to men.  Of course I could always use, “Don’t get your shorts in a knot.”   In case you’re wondering, they are both idioms which mean to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.

The bigger question of course, “Do you know what an idiom is?”
Answer: “An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

You’ll typically find idioms at the end of a definition in the dictionary.

(By the way, I did find photos of panties in a bunch…ewww!)

10.  From my favorite quotes file: “An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.” – Winston Churchill

Thanks for your time!