Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Look what I found on Facebook from 2009!

25 Random Thoughts

1. I am not cut out to be a stay-at-home housewife.
2. I think my cat Ginger was an Islamic terrorist in another life.
3. Wasabi, on the other hand, is nothing but sweetness.
4. My daughter Andrea is my best friend these days.
5. All my other friends have either moved away or gotten sick. Bummer.
6. I'd rather go to an art show or a flea market with Andrea than anyone else
7. I miss skiing and all the comraderie that went with it.
8. I have great memories of skiing with my grandson Adam from age of 4.
9. I guess we weren't great role models. At apres ski we would prop him up
on the bar and order him a Shirley Temple with 3 cherries while we drank vodka
10. I can't get my mind around the "number" of my next birthday. Double bummer.
11.I still want to travel. My hit list includes Antarctica to see the polar bears,
Viet Nam and Australia. I also want to climb Machu Pichu.
12. I will never again book a plane ride on the same day as my European cruise ship leaves.
13. I can't believe I am still driving my 10 year old Lexus coupe and have no desire for a new one
14. The economy has made me lose all desire to shop.
15. I have stopped looking at my stock portfolios. They make me ill.
16. I wonder if the market will come back in my lifetime. Let's be practical. . in the next five years.
17. In my head, I am still 5' tall. On my feet, I am shorter than the rest of the world.
18. In my head, I am still young. . .maybe late 50's, early 60's.
19. I remember hearing my parents talk about the Great Depression. I was
born on the day the stock market crashed in 1929.
20. I love living at Grove Isle.
21. I am trying to think up creative ways to spend my time now that business has slowed down
so much. I would much rather work.
22. I read a book about Cuba pre-Castro the other day and it made me think of all my trips
to Havana to review the nite club shows for the Miami Beach Sun newspaper.
23. My public relations business has provided me with more than 50 years of fabulous memories.
24. Nonny's "writing gene" was the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks, Mom, I miss you every day.
25. Two marriages. Two divorces. Damned good life. No regrets.
79 1/2 and holding. . . .79 1/2 and holding. . . .