Musings on a Tuesday

The Red Sox are going to the World Series. I am not a baseball fan, but I am so happy for my Dad and my son who follow them faithfully. My dad is 86 years old and it is something that gives him much pleasure. I am hoping that they take the series again, as it was so exciting last time.

I am not feeling very grounded this week, as we are putting on a big production at work on Friday and things are not falling into place as I had hoped they would. I am trying not to focus on perfection, but it has been one disappointment after another today.

We all want these events to go off without a hitch, but in the end I realize I don't have control over everything.

So if you are reading this, please send me some positive energy for Friday, I will need it!

Thanks!

The weekend goes by so quickly. It has been busy. My son stopped in with a friend from college on their way to NJ for a concert. My husband's sister and brother are here from out of state for a 60Th wedding anniversary celebration for my in-laws. They aren't staying with us, but we will all meet up later today at church, and then off to a brunch. Yesterday, my husband went off with his family for a day at the beach. I decided to stay back. I had so many errands to run and then needed to spend a couple of hours at the office.

Both his siblings are divorced, I would have been the only in-law tag-a-long. I thought it would be nice for them to off together. He said it was a good day for them, and something that they never have the opportunity to do.

Husband is off now picking up a cake for 100 people to bring to church. We are going to attempt to sneak it in without having the in-laws see us.

My parents celebrated their 60th a couple of years ago. A big milestone for both sides of the family. How lucky for them... and in so many ways... it has a lot to do with luck, doesn't it?

Stitch and Bitch

My girlfriends and I have been meeting regularly once a month for a few years now. We take turns at each other's homes and have refreshments. We call these evenings stitch and bitch although no sewing ever gets done. We started them up because we realized we weren't seeing each other as often as we liked with working and raising families, so we made a commitment to one another to get together once a month minimum. I can't even remember how many years we have been doing this, but it started when our kids were little.

Most of the evenings we talk about our kids and what they are up to, especially now that they are all grown up and some already married with children of their own. But pretty much we have supported one another though all of life's ups and downs. Divorce, cancer, moving, new jobs, etc. How quickly the years go by.... a cliche... but it rings true on a regular basis.

Take time for your girlfriends...take time for yourself.... that is the most important advice I could give someone.

Celebrity Detox

I have never pre-orderd a book before, but I did reserve a copy of Rosie's new Celebrity Detox book. It arrived the other evening and I sat and read it in one night. Since so much of it was leaked before it came out and since I keep up with her blog, there wasn't too much new information in it that I hadn't known about. In that respect it was a wee bit of a let down, but yet I do find inspiration from Rosie in many ways. The most important being that she is not afraid to speak her mind, no matter what the back lash is. This I stand in awe of. This is something that I still struggle with a great deal. I learned to silence myself a long, long time ago and it is the hardest thing to undo without struggling with a great deal of anxiety.

It is always interesting to me to read about a celebrity's life and have an inside peak of what it is like to have that kind of fame, money, and connections. I know that there is a big trade off, as sometimes it seems to me that it may not be worth it to lose all of your privacy. But I guess celebs that stay grounded learn to be able to deal with it.

I found it to be an interesting read and it sure took guts to be so raw with so much personal stuff. But it is in telling her story that she is able to connect to her fans/bloggers and that is what appeals to so many of us, even though we may not always agree with everything she does.

I can easily see how fame can be like a drug and how it can skew your sense of self and your expectations about life, and how it can be so hard to trust those around you. No matter how famous one becomes, it is still necessary to be human and struggle along like the rest of us.

All proceeds of Rosie's book go to the new school of performing arts that she is building in NYC, so buying the book is a way to help out kids as well.

The View

This is the view from my son's dorm room in Vermont. It over looks the main street. I love to stand in front of this window and look out.

Saturday Night Entry

A Saturday with nothing planned, but hanging around and cleaning and organizing. I love to have a weekend with no obligations. We made a dent in our "to do list", and that feels good.

My husband cooked supper tonight. He is the best at sort of throwing things together and it comes out yummy. He made a chicken stir-fry with dried cranberries, onions, tomatoes, ginger root, peaches, & carrots. He mixed it all together with spinach pasta. It was better than going out to dinner.

I haven't felt much like blogging all week. So much emotional stuff going on with me that I was feeling so drained that my blog didn't interest me. That was a first. But I am starting to feel better even though I still have many issues things to work through.

I was remembering a slogan that my mentor used to tell me, "Trouble is the reward for growth." So I must have grown a lot this week...

Week End in Vermont

We had a great time up in Vermont this weekend. We spent time at my sister's place in Chester and then took a ride up to Poultney to see my son at college. The foliage is nice, but not peak colors just yet. People are saying that the lack of rain has delayed the leaves from turning colors.

We stopped at a Marble Quarry and it was filled with folks swimming ....in October. It was so hot on Saturday, guess record temperatures all across the North East. Global warming....

My husband took tons of photos, but I picked my favorite four for the blog.

We went to tag sales, Vermont Country store, Basketville, the apple orchards, and enjoyed lots of time at the college with my son.

Back to the grind tomorrow.