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That's Junior's new boxing record. Last night he had another fight and won by a KO in the second round. Yeah!!! Good for him!! He's hooked up with a new promoter and really likes working with him. Apparently this promoter has promised him more fights in a shorter period. Now, me I don't know if that would be something I would look forward to. Hmmm, oh goody, I get to fight somebody next month and possibly get battered and bloodied. This comes from a bookworm and growing up nerdy. My philosophy is more along the lines of "kill 'em with kindness". So we'll see what the future holds for him. Hopefully good things.

Do You Know The Way....?

No, not to San Jose, but to SoCal???? Have you heard the expressions about being careful what you overhear, it can't be anything good, and similar sentiments??? Well, today I got slapped in the face with the reality of those thoughts - and it makes me need to come up with a viable and realistic plan to move back to SoCal (good-bye Peter's Bakery....so sad). Anyway, I was looking for a coupon that I had on an email and I needed to print it. I don't have a printer and so forwarded my email to my mothers (who wasn't home). I then logged on to her computer and opened my email to her...yes, I'm sure you see where I'm going with this. Didn't realize she had a whole file on well, .... me. Now, I have files with various names all with funny or well, keeper, emails from those named people. Was that file filled with my emails to her???? Heck no!!! It was all files (and current, up to yesterday) ABOUT me. Am I happy??? That would be a resounding NO!!!! I was trashed, bashed, and basically tossed to the garbage. And it was all done, while she smiled at my face. Not a happy camper. I need to get out of her house, like yesterday. Any suggestions on moving.... in this economy.... I'm up for them. I am so angry (basically, an understatement) I can barely look at her. Which is a problem, since I am staying with her. So we are holed up in a bedroom, with two kids as hostages (lol). 4 of us and a dog... yes, an interesting picture. It would be hilarious if I wasn't living it.... ugh.... I need to move to Jamaica instead, except even they don't have enough rum to get me through this.... My poor ulcer...I need to come up with a name for it, because it is definitely becoming a vocal part of the family...

Drake and Josh

My daughter will be 3 next month. She is wayyy older beyond her years. She loves "Tana" (Hannah Montana), "Coey in House" (Corey in the House), "Cody" (Zach and Cody), Carly (iCarly) and "Josh" (Drake and Josh). All of the previously mentioned tv shows are well, a bit above her age level. We took her to the movies for the first time and as soon as she entered the movie theater she started looking for Drake and Josh. Why???? Because Josh (and Drake for a couple episodes) works at a movie theater. I am trying to learn from my mistakes with my son about crossing the line between reality and fantasy. How to explain to a 2 year old???? Um, it's Josh's day off??? It was hilarious though. Her face - so serious - "Josh"?? Kids-gotta love 'em. They can definitely leave you rolling with hysterics.

Movies

Yesterday was a milestone.... our daughter's first trip to the movies. We took both kids to see Madagascar 2. My 10 year of course, if a veteran of the movies, but, well the two year old...not so much. She is a bit...well, um, busy. We had wanted to take her to the movies, but she is never in neutral long enough to attempt it. Being a fan of Madagascar, we thought we'd try it for the sequel. She did really well; better than I thought. If there hadn't have been so many dang movie trailers we would have done much better, but well, we're working with a narrow time period people, don't mess it up. About halfway through she lost interest and I thought I was going to have to spend the rest of the movie wondering whether Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman were ever going to escape the wilds of Africa. Fortunately, her interest picked up and we managed to make it through the entire movie....YEAH!!!! She made it!!!

On a more positive note I now have a lifelong seat at the Century theatures at the Great Mall. I know that because I PAID A FORTUNE. We bought 4 tickets (2 adult and 2 children) and it came to $35.50 for a 2:10 showing. What is this something I can will to my kids??? $10.25 for one seat for not even 2 hours - I don't think so. This is now my lifelong seat. And, well... let's not go into theater pricing for food.......

Women Over 40

Here is Andy Rooney's take on women over 40. Since I am now over 40 I need all the positives I can get.

-As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:

-A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, 'What are you thinking?' She doesn't care what you think.

-If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do, and it's usually more interesting.

-Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it.

-Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated.

-Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40.

-Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.

-Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one. You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!

Human Decency

I'm glad to see that human decency will prevail. As I had mentioned earlier, I do not feel that California's Proposition 2 is/was/should have been a political issue. It still passed. Animals now need to be treated humanely. That should have been a no brainer, but it still took normal, every day people to vote to force those animal abusers into having some common decency. Go figure, if you are making money off of the animals, wouldn't it be in your best interests to take care of them. Apparently not. Well now you all have to. I am glad to see that no matter how much of a downward spiral the world seems to be going down, there are those out there who do have compassion for the animals who depend on us to look after them. It took millions of dollars for and against this issue to force the humane treatment of these animals. Too bad those caring for the animals weren't born with that gene. Would have been a lot easier. If you have no emotions for animals, maybe you should find another line of work.

Baking

Yeah, I got to bake cookies today!! If anything can cheer me up, it's cookies. Well, not really cookies, but the dough. The weather has been bad, my mood has been down, so what else is there but baking?? Oatmeal cookies were Monday, yesterday were Banana Nut Muffins and Orange Walnut Breat (now those two were for my mother who can't eat anything with flour) and today it's Chocolate Chip. Realizing how much baking I've done makes me go "no wonder you're not losing weight", except 1/2 wasn't mine and was given away, the oatmeal was for my husband, and the chocolate chip was for my son and me. Now you all know why I don't bake that often. Cookies, since no one seemed to want to get me a cake to drown my sorrows in....oh well, not that I need it anyway. Back to the oven..........