Courageous? Me?

I just had a phone call from a friend who left this message: "You are courageous and brave." I don't know about that---but it made me smile as I listened to it.  So, thank you.

Today, as I was taking a power nap on my porch, my 9 year old neighbor  Ian popped in and screamed in sheer terror as I said Hi.  He didn't see me on the couch, and fell to the ground.  The reason he came over was to make sure I saw the note he slipped in the mailbox.

"Did you hear banging on the front door?" he asked.

Maybe, Ian I did--hard to know I was napping. I thought.

No, I said. I didn't.

You have a note.

(The front said, 'Leslie' and inside 'hope you feel better' and was unsigned.)

Why didn't you sign it? I asked.

"It was suppose to be a surprise! Ian responded.

What a great kid.

Five minutes later Mom was yelling at the three of them for the mess they left in the kitchen after snacks. Mom--please write a book!!!!

Asking for HELP...again

I'm not the type of person who ever asks for help.  I do it all myself, until I can.t--and then I complain.  But I'm learning to ask for help--and trading services such as babysitting or my Skype organizing for what I need. 

Right now--here is what I need:

My gutters cleaned, my lawn raked and a trip to the dump.  That's what I need for the outside--for the inside I need my basement cleaned and painted and made into a place where I can do my art. I also need a car that works, and of course my whole house painted inside...

But, the first thing I need to do is get to radiation so I can fight my biggest battle so far--getting rid of my breast cancer. Only 18 more sessions to go. Yeah...everything I know will get done in due time--except my due time is today.

What is the hardest asking for help you have done?

Corporations are (Mean) People

When the supreme court said that corporations are people a few years ago. I thought--Good that means they will be nice to people. Nope, they are mean to people. Look what corporations did to our economy in 2008...and we are still suffering for it. I'm not asking them to bed over backwards, just be fair and honest to everyone. Is that too hard?

When I need laughs

When I am sad, by circumstances or nature I have my  sure fire ways of being happy. I list everything I am grateful for and watch sitcom bloopers on You Tube. Just put the word blooper and your favorite situation comedy  in the search box and enjoy the laughs. If you watch enough you can laugh yourself out of the bad mood.

 Two and half men, The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family are my favorites and they always make me laugh out loud.

So, Thank you Chuck Lorrie, and everyone else connected with these shows. I can hardly wait for your next season!

Remembering to shave

"Not to the knees, but the big shave up the leg"...as Joan Rivers said about shaving as she was preparing for the gyno doctor.

That's not my problem at the moment. But I have to remember to shave under my arms for radiation everyday. I am so paranoid I will forget it's on my list of 'things I need to do today."

What's on your to do list?

Tate, the youngest of my next door neighbors

Living next door to three young boys provide me with lots of laughs.  Tate, the youngest at 5, spilled a drink on my desk but failed to tell me. Ian, age 9 was sitting in the chair next to the desk also failed to tell me. They were playing a game on my electronics.  So, when I told Tate and Ian that they spilled something on my father’s desk.  As both boys were watching me clean up the mess and getting a little irritated they didn’t tell me---- Tate said “it’s a good thing he’s dead. “

I had to walk away so they wouldn’t hear me laughing.

At the boys home, they are re-doing the outside by cutting down trees (thanks for the fire wood) to install a fence for their dogs, Hoover and Joan. The fence will divide my property from the boys, but will have an entrance so we can still cut through their lawn. As I was telling Tate his parents would be installing a fence he panicked and said “how will we get to your house? “