1a. We had the best time at the black-tie event on Saturday at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. My date was beautiful, the food delicious, and the topic inspired us to do more to help clean up the mental health field as it was the annual Citizens Commission on Human Rights awards banquet.
CCHR of Ventura, Me, Mrs. Vest, Amy and Carol
1b. I’ve been working with Carol, Amy and Mrs. Vest (who recently replaced Sydney when she moved) on our local chapter of CCHR for many years. CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) is an international mental health watchdog and human rights organization. It is a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization and works alongside hundreds of CCHR Commissioners (advisors) including doctors, psychologists, educators, health care experts, human and civil rights activists, artists and others dedicating to reforming the field of mental health and is responsible for helping enact more than 150 laws internationally that protect individuals from abusive or coercive practices committed under the guise of mental health.
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- The dress
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- In-N-Out Selfie
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- Katie, Jon, Mrs. Vest, me and Carol
1c. I sent Sydney Rose a “selfie” I took in the In-N-Out drive-thru line after I had my hair and make up done. Her response, “Aw ma! You’re all grown up!”
1d. Did you see the back of my dress. Sexy Momma.
2. That awkward moment in high school when you’re out partying with your best buds and you all pile into your friend’s car and she can’t start the car because she is laughing so hard but finally stammers out, “This isn’t my car!”
3. There is a blog out there called “Confessions of a Funeral Director”. It caught my attention because my mother use to work at Rose Hills Mortuary, and well she had odd stories about the joint. This particular posting was called Ten Things About Embalming (replacing blood with embalming fluid). A couple of interesting points:
- It guarantees you won’t be buried alive.
- It helps make the symbol of death look pretty.
- Embalming fluid is not environmentally friendly.
- It is rarely required.
- Embalming fluid shouldn’t be smoked.
Really? Who would try to smoke embalming fluid? Baffles the mind.
Me? Cremation all the way. I don’t want my dead body on display.
4. Sydney Rose insists eating cold french fries is the same as eating cold popcorn. I ask, could she be more wrong???
5. I like to share my motto from time to time: “Work Hard – Play Harder”
6. From my favorite quotes file: “Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” – John Wayne
The Sands of Iwo Jima
Thanks for listening
A Couple of Things... 