Another Day, Another Chance

Spring outside my front window.

Why do i have to have a title?

I'm watching the movie "Hitchcock." Its pretty good but strange - just like Hitchcock.

I weighed 198.7 this morning. Sigh...

Im back!

Its been a long time since I've posted here and my life has changed a LOT! First of all, i came back to God after 20 years of ignoring him and I'm very happy about that and maybe bexause of that, ive changed my political beliefs from Liberal Democrat to conservative. My best friend Carol passed away Christmas Eve and I really miss her. Both of my sons had problems with alcohol both of them landing in ICU the last couple of months to detox I'm still very worried about them so my anxiety problems have ramped up. I recently joined Al-anon to help me deal with this and I'm trying to take it one day at a time as they advise.

Below is a pic i took of miles yesterday when he fell asleep while visiting me on his lunch hour.

2008/2009 Presidential Campaign

This is a story that is going around about the Republican "presumptive" nominee.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html

Thoughts on 2008/09 Election

Obama gave a really inspiring speech on March 18. I want to keep this link and possibly make a scrapbook layout about it. I really wanted Hilary Clinton to get the nomination, but Barack Obama will also make a great president. I can't remember when we've had two good choices!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/18/obama-race-speech-read-t_n_92077.html

Some people took umbrage on the above speech, so on March 20, he spoke in a radio call-in show, and actually made it worse, although I don't really think he meant it the way it was taken. I wonder how long it will be held against him.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/21/ferraro-offended-by-comparison-to-pastor-wright/

Another Boomer Get-Together

Nebug reported that a get-together was held the past Sunday at Harolds Deli in Edison. Neil, Marsha, Steve, Donna, Barry, and Bruce and Joan were in attendance. Nebug (Neil) said they had a blast - enough food for 30 and dessert for 50. Hope more can attend next time.

I love the idea of these small local get-togethers as well as the big ones.

May 9 Boomer Chat Party

Hey, whadayaknow - It's Friday again! Hope you had a great week and feel like talking about it tonight in Ye Olde Boomer Roome. And if your week was not so great - come & vent with us there.

I started sending out these emails and recaps to try to revive the fun of our old boomer room, and now we usually have a good sized group of former and new regulars who show up on Friday nites. The recaps have been fun to do, but I think their time is over. It's getting too hard to get them out, and I think they've served their purpose. (Though I may still send out something similar every once in awhile when the muse visits me.) Something I'd like to do in the future is to write little life stories about individual boomers and send them out to you via email and the boomer blog. Obviously, each boomer would have to give me permission for this, but do you think there might be some interest in something like this? I know it's been said a lot, but it bears repeating that we have become like a family, and the more I get to know the Boomer Family, the more I would like to know about them.

In lieu of the recap, here's something funny I found to share with you. See ya tonight!

You're Lost Between Baby Boomer & Generation X If
...Submitted by CRE 43

You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool.
Any photograph of you shows you wearing an Izod shirt with the collar turned up.
You know any "Weird Al" Yankovic songs by heart.
You've ever rung someone's doorbell and said "Landshark!"
You were once bowled over by the technological excellence of such products as Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco.
You remember the premier of MTV -- or worse yet, you remember its predecessor, "Friday Night Videos."
You and your friends ever discussed having a reunion at the end of the century and playing Prince's "1999" until you passed out partying.
A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was alternative, and when "alternative comedy" was really funny.
You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the minivan.
You rode in the back of the station wagon facing the cars behind you.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases: "You know, back when...," "When I was your age...," or "When I was younger..."
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned things like grammar, math and history. (A big hint here is if the only way you can recite the Preamble to the Constitution is by singing it.)
You ever dressed to look like someone in a Madonna, Cyndi Lauper or Duran Duran video.
You remember your first kiss with someone having happened while either "Leather and Lace" or "Crazy for You" was playing.
You remember with pain the day the Green Machine hit the streets (or the sidewalks), instantly making your Big Wheel obsolete.
The age-old question "Where's the beef?" still makes you laugh.
You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly have more advanced special effects than "TRON."
You had a crush on Ted the photographer on "Love Boat," Gage from "Emergency," or Ponch from "CHIPS."
Your hair at some point in time in the '80s could only be described by saying "I was experimenting."
You've ever shopped at Benetton.
You're starting to believe that having the kids in school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're currently employed doing something that has absolutely nothing to do with your college major.
U2 is too popular and mainstream for you now.
You remember trying to guess which episode of "The Brady Bunch" it was by the first scene.
You had a front-row seat (i.e., blew off one or more classes) for Luke and Laura's wedding on "GH."
Your parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes anyway.
You know who shot J.R.
You recall when Love's Baby Soft was in every girl's Christmas stocking.
This rings a bell: "My name is Charlie, and they work for me."
You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on. (Related item: you were sure that "New Coke" would NEVER catch on.)
You know all the words to the double-album set of the "Grease" soundtrack.
You've ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut.
You sat with your friends on any given Friday night circa 1982 and dialed 867-5309 to see if Jenny was actually there.
"All skate, change directions" means something to you.
You've ever owned a pair of rainbow suspenders like the ones Mork used to wear.
You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli. (Related item: if you've ever smacked yourself in the head with a shoe and exclaimed, "I'm so wasted!")
You owned a Preppy Handbook.
You were too young to see "Blue Lagoon," so you just had to settle for the second-hand reports.
You remember when movies were only PG and R.
You learned to swim at about the same time "Jaws" came out....and still carry the emotional scars to prove it.
You remember when your cable TV box had a sliding selector switch... and your "cable remote" was connected to the TV by CORD!
Your jaw would ache by the time you finished one of those brick-sized packages of Bazooka.
You remember Bo and Luke Duke, Daisy, Boss Hogg, or-worst of all-what Sheriff Roscoe's full name was.
Your parents paid $2,000 for a top-loading VCR that was almost the size of a coffee table.
You found nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.
You remember having a rotary phone.
You actually believed that Mikey, famed kid on the Life cereal commercials, died after eating Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke.
"Members Only" jackets...say no more.
And lastly, I'll make a song stick in your head for the rest of the day: ...you actually remember the words to the theme song of "The Greatest American Hero." ("BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKIN' ON AIR...I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FEEL SO FREE-EE-EE...")

Author: Michelle Waugh at ATISSI51

the boomer formerly known as dydrmLindahttp://babyboomersforever.blogspot.com/http://dydrmlinda-thesagacontinues.blogspot.com/