I’m getting ready to go see “He’s Just Not That Into You.”  I read the book several years ago, after getting divorced.  Funny, that I read it after getting divorced, I guess, I’d still be married if “he” were really into me.  Who knows?  Either way, I’m looking forward to seeing a fictional, comedy to coincide with the book, that tells women bluntly the truth about men’s behavior.  It’s funny how women come up with so many excuses for men’s lack of interest.  I realize that as women we want men to so desperately fill us up when we are empty.  I noticed that when I’m content and satisfied with myself and my life, I don’t make those excuses for men, I can just honestly say, “He’s Just Not That Into Me.”  Elizabeth Gilbert said something about learning to not take things so personally.  She said she learned that some people like pineapple while others don’t.

My son, Matthew has been taking piano lessons for the last 5 years.  I know you must be thinking, “Here comes the part where we hear all about how talented and gifted he is.”  Well, I’m not going to do that, because this is a story about more than his God given ability.  The music teacher who first began to teach Matthew at age 5, had to deal with a squirmy little boy.  She taught him to the best of her ability until she told me in December that she was going to be recommending an advanced teacher for him.  She recommended a pianist from Russia, who teaches out of her home in Simi Valley.  Yeah, for me!  No more trips to Thousand Oaks.  She told me that the recommended teacher was disciplined and very serious and that Matthew needed a change.  He was quite pleased to hear that he “graduated.”  I explained that his 30-minute sessions would be increased to 45 minutes and that he must get very serious about “reading” the notes and not just memorizing or feeling his way around a song (part of his amazing talent and ear for music, oops, I said I wasn’t going to do that). Continue Reading »

Valentine’s Day at the top of the Empire State Building, how romantic!  “Sleepless in Seattle” and a pound of See’s milk chocolate, how girlie!  No, I didn’t polish off a pound of chocolate.  If I did, I think most of you would be saying, “How pathetic?!”  I did have a couple of yummy pieces out of the box I bought my sister-in-law.  We spent the evening together.  First we attended her church.  Even though it wasn’t my church, I heard the message of the sermon, which was all about how God speaks to us, if we’re ready to listen.  We can hear Him through the Word, through lyrics, through a friend, through a different church, whatever, as long as we are ready to obey and listen. Continue Reading »

1.) The film, “Friends With Money” (Nicole Holofcener)
2.) The lyrics, “The more I see the less I know” (”Say Hey” Michael Franti)
3.) The book, “A Prayer for Owen Meany” (John Irving)
4.) The film, “Little Miss Sunshine” (Michael Arndt)
5.) The lyrics “That’s why it hurts so bad to hear the words that keep on falling from your mouth” (”Why” Annie Lennox)
6.) The book, “Simple Abundance, A Daybook of Comfort and Joy” (Sarah Ban Breathnach)
7.) The quote, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” (Irina Dunn)
8.) The lyrics, “I mean to tell you all the things I’ve been thinking deep inside my friend (”Crush” Dave Matthews)
9.) The book, “Silence of the Lambs” (Thomas Harris)
10.) The quote, ” Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying, but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?” (Lily Tomlin)

There’s a funny youtube video going around, called “David after Dentist.”  I watched it several times and it made me laugh out loud.  I love when little David asked his father, “Is this real life?”  Wow, I thought that was profound, well is it?

Today, my 11-year old son went to the dentist because he was complaining about pain in his molars.  After examining him, the dentist explained that his adult molars were trying to come through but the primary ones were in the way.  The adult ones were coming through next to the baby molars.  Ouch!  She suggested pulling the baby teeth to allow the adult molars to grow in properly.  After she left the room, Matthew asked me, “Have you ever had a tooth pulled?”   I answered, “No,” not remembering the 4 impacted, wisdom teeth I had pulled when I was in my twenties, under general anesthesia.  Maybe I didn’t quite remember because I was like David, coming home from surgery.  Oh and those perkesets, those happy, little pills had me asking my husband at the time, “Is this real life?”  Matthew answered me, “Well, now I don’t have a point of reference.”  Point of reference?!  Where does he get these mature sayings? Continue Reading »