May you wake up
with a smile
and fall asleep
content!



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Remember
life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a beautiful
well-preserved body but rather an adventure in which you skid in broadside,
totally exhausted and thoroughly used up, loudly proclaiming,
"Wow!
What a ride!"



"What the hell.
You die.
Everybody dies.
So you die healthy.
So what?"

Kay Scarpetta
who loves life
and smokes and
drinks and eats
as if there's no
tomorrow

(from one of Patricia Cornwell's fabulous novels)




Don't hesitate to treat yourself because Cinderella is proof that one pair of shoes can change your life!






www.fantastikfakes.com



Fabulous jewelry
incredible prices shop at the store
in Tarzana, CA

(check website for
location and directions)



Les and Adele
owners of
Fantastik Fakes


THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2011

Last nite I didn't turn out the lites until 2am, the result of one long and crazy day, and I decided I needed to sleep in this morning. What was I thinking!!! Have you ever heard of Simon's Cat? Watch this video, one of my very favorites. Anyone who's ever owned a cat will totally get it .


Simon's Cat in 'Cat Man Do
'



FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011

I got a second wind tonite and decided to try out a new dessert recipe that I just got from Margie, my manicurist, who loves good food as much as I do. I was going to wait until Bill got back from Asia but this recipe kept calling, "Lin-da! Oh LIN-da!" so I finally gave in and as my sister-in-law Julia would say, YUM-O!


Strawberry Pretzel Dessert



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011

My girlfriend Karen called this morning and said wanna go to a Jackson Browne concert tonite? I said sure! I vaguely remembered him from the 70s.

Running on Empty
Doctor My Eyes
Rock Me on the Water

Ring a bell? Those are the three songs I remembered and he only did one of them and we didn't know any of the other 19 songs we stayed for, all with a laid back 70s sound. It was pretty weird, it was the only concert I've ever been to where I didn't know ANY of the music and didn't relate to it.

I wish I'd have taken the time before the concert to Google him and find out a little about him and his music. He's apparently a very nice guy, has always been very environmentally conscious, and still has a good following. Even though Karen and I aren't followers, we're good friends and it was a fun girls nite out.



SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011

After the tragic earthquake in Japan and the unbelievably devastating tsunami, I got quite a few emails and phone calls asking, "How close are you to the ocean? Are you in any danger if a tsunami hit the California coast?" The aswer is no, I'm not in any danger of a tsunami because I'm a 35-minute drive from the ocean thru mountains. However, if an earthquake caused California to break in two lengthwise along the San Andreas fault and the coastal half got swallowed up by the ocean, well, that might be another story but I let the script writers and movie goers worry about this .


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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011

I was reading in bed late last nite, at 11:26pm to be exact, and Andi was snuggled up next to me sound asleep. Suddenly without warning Andi jumped up and started barking, an unusual type of bark for her. She jumped back and forth, off and on the bed, insistently barking for about 20 seconds, finally standing right next to me and barking in my face. Then BAM! The house shook for several seconds! Yup, a 3.3 earthquake only a few miles off the coast of Malibu and Andi tried to warn me! I'm soooo amazed. I'd heard that animals could sense things like this but I've never experienced it before. My Andi, always my protector!


"Thank you, Auntie Carol, for my laughing koala!"



THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 . . . MORNING


winter's gone and summer's finally here
70° at 6am when I had my morning coffee on the patio
Augie was happily hunting for lizards
Andi was fascinated by the chattering squirrels
and I was thinking yay it's great to be back in flipflops again
life is good in southern California



THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 . . . EVENING

GREAT evening with GREAT friends!
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Bill and I and my girlfriend Laura went to see Les and Adele, two of my very favorite people in this whole world, who own Fantastik Fakes, the jewelry store that puts that extra sparkle in my smile (see my website note at the bottom of the left column). Laura and I had a great time shopping as usual. Love the glitz!

Then met up with Rich, Laura's husband, and went to China Garden for dinner. I didn't think about it 'til I was writing this but I've known Rich and Laura for 24 years, as long as Bill and I have been married (Bill's known them even longer), and we only lived 15 minutes apart when we all lived in New Hampshire, and we only live 15 minutes apart now that we're in California. Pretty amazing. I can't imagine life without them.


The BEST Chinese food in the San Fernando Valley.
If you're in the area, make a note to stop for lunch or dinner.

21618 Ventura Boulevard
Woodand Hills, California 91364
Phone 818-347-0100
www.thechinagarden.com



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Please keep
our soldiers
in your hearts
and stay healthy
and safe
and as always
I hope you find
something here
to make you smile!





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"Handsome"
my special guy who makes me laugh and then pull my hair and then laugh some more and who completes me like this in so many ways every single day



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my Andi Pandi
my shadow
my treasure
the center of
my world
she owns my heart



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my Augie Augie
who starts every morning and ends every evening in my lap in bed
I can't imagine beginning or ending a day without her




"What an odd thing that strangers have a vote on a person's private decision to marry."

David Hyde Pierce on the California Supreme Court's
May 26, 2009
decision
to uphold
Proposition 8 banning gay marriage




Artwork by
my favorite artist
Maggie Crawford
 
 
 
 
 
 
You can find
Maggie's artwork
on her
tangerinestudio
website
and on her
beecharmer
blog


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