Dream of Tomorrow

Assignment: If I could have any movie star/celebrity play me in a movie about my life, who would it be?

The first person who comes to mind would have to be Valerie Bertinelli–Lifetime For Women Queen. I choose her simply because I think she could more easily relate to my life. I mean, if you can be married to guy named Eddie Van Halen, then you can probably play my life story. My life isn’t what you call a rock and roll rapsody however, but more of a Portuguese festa meets disco. Anyway, she’s Italian, has the brown hair/eyes thing going, and people used to say (I am repeated USED to say that I looked like her), so this is about as close to reality as you are going to get. I would choose Kirstie Alley, but I don’t want to get involved with the raging war with her and Rosie, and I am not even close being that big, even though my daughter has a crazy notion that I look like the woman. However, Rosie does look a lot like another family member who has put her own "war" against me, so perhaps I shall let Rosie play her role in the movie of my life. Kirstie will have to lose more weight though to "win" my part, and then she’ll have to duke it out with Valerie. Valerie will be however my number one choice. Lucky her.

My title is a little corny.  It sounds like a soap opera, but I feel it is most appropriate.  As I am reminded almosty daily, MY LIFE IS A SOAP OPERA..(sometimes)  For a theme song, I'm truly undecided.  I've thought of many so far.  Disco theme song of my life, I Will Survive, will be in there tossed with a few others, Strong Enough (by Cher), maybe some Alanis, a little of Nelly Furtado just to put that Portuguese feel, and the happiest song I've ever heard:  This Will Be.--That will be the ending song-when hubby tosses me up in the air. 

Other cast of characters will include the following:  Phyliss Diller, Brad Pitt, Patrick Swayze, Ricky Martin, Prisilla Presley, Nicholas Cage, Rosie O'Donnell, Boy George, Clint Eastwood, Roseanne Barr, Victoria Principle, Andy Gibb, Angela Landsbury, Adam Sandler & Jennifer Lopez.

 

 

 

Someone's Missing A Finger

It's been awhile since I've added an entry, but the only place I seem to have time to make an entry is at work, and sometimes it is close to impossible to access this journal!  Oh well. 

Here is a picture of the Traveling Gnome.  I really love this guy.  You got to love the Gnome.  I once was able to convince the kids that a gnome actually lived at Grandma's house, up in the attic.  For years they believed me, but 'alas, not anymore.  It really is a shame that kids have to grow up and question authority.  It just isn't fair!  Sometimes I wish everyone had a little more imagination.  Why does it have to go away when you get older?  The only hope we have is instilling imaginations of gnomes living in the attic, just so the grown ups can see the look of hope in a little one's eye of the possibility.  You got to love the gnome; I just don't want look like him by the time I am able to take a nice long vacation! 

I want to take a vacation away in a nice warm place where I can put my feet in a waterfall.  One day we will take a cruise to Hawaii.  Next summer, more than likely we'll be going to the Azores.  This summer doesn't look very promising--not after the recent death of the kid's grandma.  I am not in the mood to visit ex-relatives all dressed in black holding a baby on my hip alone.  Disneyland is always an option, maybe a trip to Arizona.  I just hope this is the last summer I have to spend working full time.  We shall see.  I am promising myself that summer will be consist of many trips to the beach, and taking the kids to day trips of museums, and fun things including ice cream and tan and rosy smiling faces. 

Meanwhile, I am having a hard time considering fast food.  After that Wendy's chili finger incident, the drive thru route doesn't seem like an option.  All I can say is "EWW"  That is sooo gross!  It is unbelievable that someone could lose a finger like that with no one not knowing about it.  "Gee...yeah, I was working the machines at the food processing plant, and at the end of the day, I noticed that I was lost a finger!  Gee...I wonder where it could be?!  Oh well, at least I still have 9 fingers left."  Let's just hope that more body parts don't make an appearance later.  I wanted to try the new fruit salad bowl, but now I'm worried that I may find more than just melons, cantelope and grapes.  What's that floating in my ring of yogurt?!  Eeek! 

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