Liar, Liar

"Liar,Liar" is the funniest movie I've ever seen. The hilarious Jim Carey plays a divorced lawyer who has a little son. He's always too busy to spend time with his little son and misses his birthday party. When the son blows out his candles on his cakes he wishes that for just one day, his dad would not lie. The wish comes true and Jim Carey has to tell the truth for an entire day which does not bode well for him, professionally nor personally. He's defending this unsavory woman in court who wants a lot of money from her ex-husband. He has a difficult time as his case was all built on lies. At one point he goes to the bathroom and beats himself up, slamming his head with a toilet lid. Someone comes in and he asks, "What are you doing?" J.C. says, "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm kicking my own #%$$!" At the end, he learns that his son should be more of a priority in his life. If I'm ever down or feeling blue, I get out "Liar, Liar" and laugh my #%$$ off!

Things That Make Me Smile

-Dante
-Babies
-Dogs
-People falling down
-Pretty toe nails
-Mistah Huff
-Dolphins playing
-New car smell
-New car
-New outfit
-New shoes
-Paycheck
-Beautiful flowers
-Children playing
-People I haven't seen for a while
-Old boyfriends (glad they're not mine!)
-Watching "our team" win
-My daughter smiling
-My brother's dumb jokes
-Memories of my dad

NUTS!

My daughter, Kalen, the "health nut" has been home for two days and she's on my case! She thinks that I eat way too much junk food...pop, chocolate, ice cream, etc. So this is my second day of giving it up. She says I'll look better and feel better. I'm waiting!!!!!! ha! Anyway, Oprah Winfrey says it takes 21 days to break a habit so I have 19 more days to go before I'll become a changed woman...a "health nut"...can't imagine. By the way, she's making me eat Brazilian nuts because they prevent cancer. Oh boy!

Weather and the Weekend

It's really good to be here this morning and see everyone! We're halfway through summer school and it's gone fast, hasn't it? I thought that on Wednesday we could go grocery shopping for Hawaiian food and play dodge ball and the church. What say you? I'll put up a gadget vote for that so be sure to vote.

Now, the blog topic...the weather. Hmmmmm..... I was so very grateful for yesterday's "cool" day. It wasn't really cool but it seemed like it have a string of 100 degree weather days. I went riding in my boyfriend's SSR hot rod convertible and we went down to the antique car show. I ran into a former student there who is now a MAN and he recognized me; I did not recognize him at first. We had such a nice, long conversation, remembering all the fun times when he was in my class. He was the "Dante" of my class many years ago and used to do a perfect Michael Jackson imitation. It was kind of uncanny because I had been thinking about that with MJ's death.

The storm was a little scary. We (boyfriend and I) were at El Maguey when it hit and didn't have umbrellas. We were parked a hundred miles (exaggerated) away and had to make a run for it. We were soaking wet. Then we went to Mega Movies. We watched Slumdog Millionaire and I really liked it.

Have a great week! I love you! ;)

My Dad

I don't even have to consider this one. Losing my dad four years ago was by far the worst loss I've ever had. He and I were as close as a father and daughter can be. I miss him more today than I ever have. He was my hero. He smoked cigarettes for decades and died early as a result. He died of heart failure and emphazema (sp?). It was a slow, miserable death. But before he died, we talked about his death and planned out his funeral. He died with grace and taught me a lot about death.

Scott Rice

I lost my cousin, Scott Rice, on Father's Day. He was celebrating Father's Day and his oldest daughter's birthday at Wellington Lake when he made a bad decision to jump out of the boat and swim to shore. He and another lady jumped out of the boat to swim to shore. The lady made it and Scott went down. They combed the lake for four hours and finally found his body at 8:00 Sunday evening. By this time, many, many people from Caldwell were on the shore holding hands. He has three children: Lexi, Logan, and Corbin. He also left behind a wife, Kirsten. He was very popular and will be missed by many. I want you all to remember how fragile life is and how important it is to obey safety rules and make good decisions. Even then, none of us really know when our time is over, so be kind to everyone and enjoy each day as it is a true gift. I will see you all on Thursday when we cook Asian food and celebrate life! Love to you all!

My Weekend

When I look back on my weekend, I mainly think of sweating! I worked out in the yard most of the time. It seems that there's always something to do in the yard: pull weeds, water, replant, fertilize, etc.. But I have to admit that I love it. The problem this weekend was that it was so humid and hot! Holy cows! I wasn't used to that! I was a little bit sad on Father's Day as I no longer have a father who is on this earth, and I miss him very much! He's been gone four years and I miss him more than ever! So that was a little sad. My boyfriend, Steve, however, is a father to two adult girls so I celebrated his fatherhood by going to El Maguey. The funny thing is that he picked up the tab...he! he! Isn't that what father's are for? I also took a long nap yesterday which is very unlike me. (Too much yard work!)

If you've taken the time to read about my weekend, here's a secret for you! Please look up a recipe from Asia. Please give it to me after you've printed it off!