Kim's Thoughts
Just a few thoughts I feel worthy of jotting down!
My Dream
I had a wild dream this morning and wanted to be sure to get it down so I could remember it……
I dreamed that the girls were outside barking and going crazy and I went out to see what was driving them nuts. I discovered that there was a man lounging on some lawn furniture with a drink in the yard that borders my back yard. He was just sitting there sipping on his drink, not at all phased by the dogs barking at the fence trying to get his attention. I went to the fence and got the girls to settle down and said “hello” to the man. He turned around and said “hello” back and I saw that it was Jack Nicholson!!!! I became very excited that Jack Nicholson was my new neighbor, but I turned my back to him and composed myself. I told the girls that I didn’t want him to think that he had a crazed stalking fan as a neighbor. Once composed, I turned back around and welcomed him to the neighborhood and introduced myself.
When I went back in the house, the doorbell rang. It was Katherine Hepburn and a gentleman I didn’t recognize!!! I was happy to see her and greeted her like I would a dear friend that I hadn’t seen in a long time – I gave her a hug and said “Katherine, what a wonderful surprise! How are you?” I invited her in and we sat down for some tea and cookies. She began to tell me that she has pulled together a bunch of “us Grandmas”, as she called them, to put on a special show to benefit Communities In Schools of Lee County – she commented about how she knew I was involved with that organization and wanted to help us with our fund raising. She told me all about the “revival” – she had a long list of great singers, dancers, and actors from the 1940s and 1950s who would perform in a variety type show of songs, dance, and theatrical readings! I was really getting excited!!! The catch, however, was that it had to be put on THAT night!!! It was the only opportunity she had to get them all together!!! She needed my help in finding a location and advertising it. I told her that the Temple Theater would be a GREAT place to do it, but that they already had a show that night so it wasn’t available. I then thought about the Civic Center, but they are usually booked up way in advance, so we marked it off the list. Then, we decided that having it at one of the school auditoriums would be brilliant — so, I put her in touch with a good friend of mine, Sharon, at the Central Office so she could start finding out how we go about securing one of the auditoriums while I contacted the Office Max, Billy Liggett, Wayne Staton, and Margaret Murchison for ideas on how we get the word out to everyone in town as quickly as possible!!!
Later that day, we were all sitting on my patio (my new neighbor Jack, Katherine, her friend, Sharon, Billy, Wayne, Margaret, Alison from CIS, my girls, and Jack’s dogs) working out the details and getting ready for the revival ——– then, I woke up!!!! The girls were hounding me to get up cause it was breakfast time!!!! They broke my concentration and I lost the dream — I’ll never know how wonderful the show was that Katherine Hepburn brought to Sanford to raise money for Communities In Schools!!!! Uugghh!!!!
Massages and a Movie Review – "Definitely, Maybe"
I saw the 3:00 show of “Definitely, Maybe” at the Spring Lane Cinemas to top off the day. It was really good — a little slow in spots, but there are very few movies that don’t have some downfalls. This was the story of a man who was going through a divorce and his young daughter wanted to know the story of how he ended up with her mother and whether or not he dated other women before he got married. So, he makes an adventure out of it by telling her all about the serious loves of his life, but by changing the names and some of the details so that she wouldn’t know which one was her mother. She really got into trying to guess which one was her mother and following his relationships. The daughter finds out a lot about her parents and the father takes a close look at himself and the one that got away. It was charming and endearing! I admit, the ending was a little sappy – but, I like sappy!!! ha-ha And, I don’t think it was so sappy that it would be a turn off for those who don’t care for sappy! So – this one was a WINNER!!!-
Will I add this one to my DVD collection? Definitely, Maybe!!!
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Was I sorry I spent the time and $$ on it? Definitely, NOT!!!
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Did I enjoy it? ABSOLUTELY YES!!!
I rate this one a BIG THUMBS UP – or – an A-
Favorite Line: The little girl learned a lot about her Dad – in this line, she was talking to him and said: “I hate that you used to smoke and drink and were such a slut. But, I love you anyway!”
Finale
Talk about a day filled with intense deep emotions…….. Today was my last official day in my current position! My promotion is official tomorrow and on Tuesday (we have Monday off for President’s Day), I start working in my new role in a new department with new staff and collegues.
My current staff took me to lunch at River Lodge to wish me well on my new journey. It was a very nice lunch, but they started saying such nice things and talking about the past and future and made me cry! Then, I went back to the office and finished wrapping things up and putting the finishing touches on things that have been a part of my every day work life for many years! Others from the department outside my group came by to wish me well and it all made for a very emotional day!!!
You see, I have worked for this employer for 20 years – 18 of those years were spent in this department in various positions and levels of responsibility. I have worked side by side with some of the folks in the department for a very long time. It was a really difficult decision to bid out on a position outside this department – out of my comfort zone, away from people who are more like family than co-workers. Yeah, I know – I’m just changing departments, not employers and I’m only moving to a different building, not moving away never again to be seen! But, it is still a major change and knowing that I am ending one chapter in my life and starting another is HUGE!!!!
So, today was a day of reflection and endings! Over the weekend, I will spend some time off and on in my office packing up for the move to my new office on Wednesday! Tuesday I will start getting to know my new staff and responsibilities! Exciting times — but for now, I’ll just entertain myself with wonderful memories of what got me here and prepared me for the journey I am about to embark on………………
Missed the shot by seconds….
Here I am up in the middle of the night reading and writing blogs because I crashed on the couch watching TV after work and now I can’t sleep when I’m supposed to be sleeping – AGAIN!!!
As I was sitting here reading blogs, I glanced around the room behind me and saw three little angels all snuggled up sound asleep! They are so precious when they are sleeping! So, I very slowly and quietly reached for the camera, got it ready, and swiveled the chair around to get the first shot! I figured the flash would alert them all, so I chose Megan to be the first cause she was curled up in the cutest way! But – the chair squeaked when I swiveled around and she opened her eyes and lifted her head just as I snapped the picture!!!! uugghh — it is still cute, though!
Then, Katie was still laying there quietly (eyes open, but not really all that interested in fully waking up) – so I snapped a shot of her looking so beautiful………..she really is a beauty queen!!!!
After a couple of minutes, I noticed both Megan and Amy kissing all over Katie’s beautiful face — it is rare that I EVER have a chance to get them all in one shot – and one so perfectly adorable is a once in a lifetime opportunity!!! But – alas – just as I snapped the pic, Megan and Amy stopped kissing Katie and looked at me!!!! uugghh, again!!! But – it is still the first time I have EVER gotten all three in one shot, so I’m still calling it my miracle picture!!!
The second I shot that picture, Megan and Amy both jumped on me and made me snap the camera — not sure what the lens was pointing at when they made me press the button, but this is what I got!!!! Hey — there are far more bazaar photos and paintings in art galleries all over the world being touted as “brilliant” with huge price tags on them — if people can sell paintings made by monkeys playing with paint brushes, why can’t I call a photo created by two excited dogs “ART”????? Just look at the color contrast and composition — magnifique!!! Maybe I’m an artist and just don’t know it!!!! When I’m famous, you all can say you knew me when……..ha-ha
Man, it is 3:40 AM — I gotta get to bed and see if I can sleep for a couple hours before I have to get up for work!!!!
Monday Morning
Can I just stay in my jammies all wrapped up in my blankie for a few more hours this morning??? Can I, please??? Man, it was hard to get out of bed this morning!!! But, I did it – got the girls all taken care of and am all ready for work!
I need to get myself in a joyful sing along with the girls —
maybe “Hi Ho Hi Ho, It’s Off To Work I Go” will get me in the mood
……….hhhmmm……….
how about “Oh What A Beautiful Morning, Oh What A Beautiful Day, I’ve Got A Beautiful Feeling, Everything’s Going My Way”
…………nope…………..
the only thing that keeps popping into my head is the Mama’s and the Papa’s hit: “Monday, Monday” – here’s the last verse:
Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day
Monday, Monday, it just turns out that way
Oh Monday, Monday, won’t go away
Monday, Monday, it’s here to stay
Oh Monday, Monday
Oh Monday, Monday
Sorta sums it all up………………….ha-ha-ha!!!!
Sunday Evening Ramblings
As of today, I have had more than 300 hits on my blog — I have only been tracking hits since about the holiday time frame, so that is pretty good!!! And, the # of return visits is rapidly making up 1/2 of the total, so I’m getting a lot of regular readers! Woo Hoo — I’m becoming popular! ha-ha-ha
I am watching “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” on the Family Channel — I’ve seen it several times and never get tired of seeing it again! It is one of the funniest movies ever — and a good love story, too!!! And educational — it is where I learned that any injury or ailment can be cured by spraying Windex on it!!! ha-ha-ha
My sweet Amy always looks like she is holding the weight of the entire world on her shoulders – she scrunches her forehead up so that it is all wrinkled and hangs her head down sorta cocked to one side and whimpers at me — she’s so forelorn!!!! She’s so gentle and wants to cuddle more than either of the other two girls……..we play “come closer” all the time – that is when she snuggles in close (already about as close as she can get) and I pat my leg or shoulder and say “come closer” and she scooches in a little closer and I do it again and she pushes herself up against me tighter and we keep doing that until she looks at me like “goodness, gracious, how much closer can I get?” and just plops on top of me!!!! ha-ha-ha It’s like that scene in “Steel Magnolias” when Shirley McLaine’s character sits next to Debra Winger’s little daughter at the funeral and she keeps tapping her side to get the little girl to move closer and closer……. It’s a ritual with us and Amy loves playing it!!!
Another game we ALL play is “get silly on the bed” —- this was Puddles’ favorite game — she used to go running through the house and hit the bed and rub herself all over it and mess the blankets all up – the more I would encourage her by saying “are you getting silly on that bed?”, the more she would roll around………..then, Katie saw how much fun it was and began to play the game, but she would roll around on the bed and then when the blankets were all bunched up, she would get a hold of a corner and drag them into the living room to make herself a bed in there to rub all over!!!! Now, all the girls play the game all together — one will burrow their way up under the blankets and the others will bite and paw at the moving hump in the blankets and I’ll laugh and say, “who’s that under the covers? how silly can you get on that bed?” and the one under the covers will finally stick their head out to get a kiss —- they also work to push all the blankets and pillows off the bed onto the floor…………..what fun we have!!!!
Man, that wind was something else today!!!! I was out driving and almost got hit by a trash can flying across the street and a big limb that fell not far in front of me — then, I ran over something that flew in front of me so fast I couldn’t avoid it!!! Not sure what it was, but it doesn’t look like it did any damage – it sure banged up under my car loudly, though!!! Then, when I got home, the door on my shed had blown open, a piece of siding from the back of the house was on the ground, and all the deck furniture was scrunched all to one side of the deck – even a heavy park bench!!! I put everything back where it belongs and checked for major damage — none that I can see! WHEW! But – the siding piece came from way up just under the gutters – I don’t have a ladder that tall, so I will have to get a friend to come by with a tall ladder to put it back up for me!!!!
Well – the weekend is over!!! Tomorrow starts the last week in my current position — my transfer to my new position is effective on the 16th! Guess I’ll get some sleep to prepare for a busy week!
Movie Review – Fools Gold
I went to see Fools Gold today at the 10:00 early bird matinee in Sanford! This movie stars Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughy, Donald Sutherland, and Alexis Dziena. It was a fairly good movie — not great, but not bad, and there were parts that were pretty good.
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