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A Couple of Things…

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Jeez it’s been awhile since I last wrote anything. I’ve missed you!

1. Mother’s day this year was nice enough.  I had breakfast with the Mimiagas, shot hoops for an hour, then had dinner with my Dad and Carol down in the Harbor. Of course I had the obligatory phone call from Sydney Rose, but it was short because not much new had happened since she had called earlier in the week on Mexican Mother’s day (I had texted her to alert her to that fact and to remind her that I am in fact half Mexican).

2. Father’s day was short and sweet taking pops to Casa de Soria for dinner. This photo represents me being Daddy’s little “angel” with my favorite doll I took everywhere with me.  If you’re old enough, then you just might remember who Emmet Kelly was.

3. OH!  In between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I took a mini vacation to Portland to visit my Sydney Rose and we had a blast visiting Sydney’s favorite places to hang and I got to meet so many of her friends (who all told me great job on raising my daughter). I rented a VRBO where Sydney stayed with me during my visit. We took in a couple of movies including “Wonder Woman” which we both absolutely loved!!!  I found Portland’s rapid transit to be pretty amazing.  You can take the MAX (light rail service) right outside the Portland airport directly to downtown for only $2.50, or you can get an all day pass for $5.  That includes their buses as well. They also have a huge bike riding community and bikes you can rent all over the city.

4.  It’s time to confront the fact that I no longer wear a size 2 let alone a 0.  It’s sort of a weird strange dream that I use to be that skinny and it was just one year ago! The last time I weighed 114 pounds  was when I wore a training bra. And while I am confronting this fact, and I’m happy I feel healthier and look healthier, I still find it so hard to part ways with these skinny pants. the stupid thing is that I wasn’t trying to lose weight (it was a side effect of my knee surgery), so it wasn’t much of an accomplishment anyway!
Side note:  I gave Sydney a few pairs and they fit her so their staying in the family at least.

5.  Variety is the spice of life I guess when it comes to the new line of Ken dolls from Mattel. You can choose Kens from different ethnic backgrounds to dolls with dad-bods and man buns.

6. So I’m back on the radio! CAPS Media cancelled my Ventura Rocks cable show last summer as it was too costly to produce (it took seven staff to pull off a half hour program); but they told me they had a radio station in the works.  Well they went live on air in February and I’ve been hosting a weekly radio show highlight local musicians.  I’m going to be calling it the Pam Baumgardner Music Hour where I play mostly local music, but a few indie artists are thrown in and every now and then along with a national act who has actually played in Ventura before.  It’s been a blast but it takes four to five hours to produce.  At least it’s only my time and the CAPS Media staff’s time.

7. And speaking of being back on the air, it’s the first time I’ve used my legal name since college.  I’ve always gone by Stephanie Rose as a professional broadcaster. It was weird getting use to saying Pam Baumgardner.

8. The day after I don’t buy a lottery ticket, I always think the winner owes me, because had I bought a ticket, he would not have won.

9. Some people assumed the reason why men cheat on their wives is because they were bored, but according to Superdrug’s Online Doctor, the most common reason why men are unfaithful is because the other person was just really hot.
I say, give me a freakin’ break!  The reason he cheats is because he has no self control.

10.  And speaking of bad men bored of their wives, or worse, can’t stand their wives, do you remember the story of the man who robbed a bank and deliberately got caught so he could get away from his wife?  Well according to the Associated Press (via MSN.com) June 14, 2017, his sentence was home confinement.  Now that’s just brilliant Karma.

11. From my favorite quotes file:  “I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband…” – Margaret Cavendish

Thanks for listening!

A Couple of Things…

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1. Adding insult to injury after five months of pretty intense pain due to knee replacement surgery is the fun you get to go through coming off the pain meds when you no longer need them.  But I’m happy to announce that I made it through the withdrawals this week.  I’ll be honest, I was whining and complaining and dragging my ass while my body adapted to working without them, until I saw a movie where a guy was going through morphine addiction withdrawal.  All I’ve had to endure is low energy, flu-like symptoms and crabbiness…and the kicker is, I was down to only taking two a day (at the beginning it was two every four hours!!) and I still had to endure adverse physical effects.  But I’m feeling much better and looking forward to gaining my strength back.

2. I’ve never understood the concept of what a training bra is suppose to train breasts to do.

3Basketball court. Not to be a smart ass or anything, but I saw a LeBron James quote just days after winning the championship which read, “No Plans to go nowhere at this point.”
So that would be he has plans to go somewhere?
Here’s the quote:  https://www.yahoo.com/sports

4. Another Grammar Nerd Observation:

It’s funny enough when someone talks about themselves in third person; but even stranger when they start talking to you in third person. Example, “Maybe I’ll go see Pam about this” instead of “Maybe I’ll go see you about this.”

Happy Memorial Day5. Memorial Day recently passed and it occurred to me that we should stop saying, “Happy Memorial Day! What’s so happy about people dying while serving their country?  I saw a ton of those memes and advertisements saying such that weekend.  How about “Honoring Memorial Day” or “Remember and Honor” instead?  Now we just need a catch phrase when you want to convey it orally to each other.  Thoughts?

Honor Memorial Day

6. I don’t know why I feel more compelled to buy a lottery ticket once it’s reached 250 million dollars. Like 200 million dollars wouldn’t be enough? Or for that matter, one million.

7. Father of son convicted of rape said 6 months in county jail steep “A steep price for 20 minute of action“. He could have faced 14 years in prison.  Prosecutors asked for six.

I wonder if he’d think the same way if it were his daughter assaulted by someone else’s son.

Vote 20168. I would like to thank Bernie Sanders for engaging people. Just under 10,000 came out to see him speak in Ventura alone!  I love that the younger generation found a voice which spoke to them and they supported someone who did not look like them.  No matter what party one is affiliated with, you have to admit, this rocks.

9. One more political-type observation that’s as funny as shit.
President Barack Obama on Jimmy Fallon writing thank you notes (wait for Obama’s third one):

10. I’m a little over a month away from my next birthday.  Here’s a little bit of trivia about my youth…more to the point, about my parents.  They once confessed to me that they had celebrated my birthday on the wrong day for years!  IT’S THE 30th, not the 31st!!!

From my favorite quotes file:

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.” ~Oscar Wilde

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Love Bill Watterson’s sense of humor!

1.  As a parent you do your best to make a safe environment for your kids so they can flourish.  As a kid, this NEVER made sense to me.

2.  I think it’s a tad rude, at the very least, disrespectful, to not give credit when using someone else’s quote on Facebook.   It looks like that person is saying it for the very first time, when in reality, it’s actually plagiarism.   Tsk Tsk.

If you don’t know source, then state, “Source Unknown.”

3.  I don’t watch any reality TV, in fact, I don’t watch any shows that have a running storyline.  But I do enjoy listening to my co-workers talk about them.  Especially when they’re talking Sons of Anarchy.  Cracks me up!!!  Didn’t even know Dave Navarro was on it!

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4.  The American Birding Association has named this Plover chick as the cutest U.S. bird.. VERY cute!  (This is to make up for the blobfish on last post)

5.  I kind of miss the Swiffer commercials featuring Player’s “Baby Come Back.”

6.  I confided in a friend not too long ago about a situation that makes me sad and she warned me that she would literally kick this person’s ass if she came across him.   Seriously!   On one hand, I’m so honored that she loves me so much she would resort to violence to protect me from being hurt.  On the other hand, kind of scary.

massage7.  A read a blog that John Nyman had shared on his Facebook paged called “What People Really Look Like.”  And I was interested to know from this masseuse who has seen all types of bodies that “Women have cellulite.  All of them.”   And then he goes on to say, “It’s dimply and cute. It’s not a defect. It’s not a health problem. It’s the natural consequence of not consisting of photoshopped pixels,and not having emerged from an airbrush.”

The writer’s name is Dale Favier, and I think I love him.

(read his blog:  http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/09/what-people-really-look-like-dale-favier/)

8.  I don’t understand how someone hasn’t come up with a women’s dress shoe that conforms to the shape of your foot.  I hate pain! (I say this as I add another bandage to the side of my right baby toe).

Prabal-Gurung-Spring-20139.  Speaking of fashion, I can’t even begin to explain how I could care less about New York Fashion Week.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen one outfit I would want to wear let alone one outfit I would want to see anybody else wearing in day-to-day living.   What a complete waste of gratuitous, self-absorbing mutherfu…time…wait.  Maybe I would wear that red top…hmmm.

10.  Someone recently posted a bunch of High School essay metaphors.  They were really funny.  I’m sharing five of my favorites:

a. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
b. He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
c. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
d. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
e. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

1240158_10201550080785495_1629469084_n11.  A couple of times a year when the Lottery or Powerball, or whatever game gets really large, a co-worker will come by and collect for a Group Pool to buy in to.  I always contribute a couple of dollars because I’M NOT GOING TO BE THAT LOSER left behind.

We haven’t won yet.

12.  I remember being so brave when my Aunt Evelyn pierced my ears for the very first time when I was around 10 years old.  After numbing my earlobe with an ice cube, she ran a simple sewing needle through my first ear, I heard the pop, and I promptly passed out.

13.  From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file:  “Normal is boring.”  Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Dalai Lama

Thanks for listening!