Livin' in LA

Yes - I live in LA.

I kind-of forget this fact, but I'm usually reminded of the reality as I sit in crazy traffic just to make a quick trip to the grocery store . . . especially if it's anytime after 3pm on a weekday. Ok, my point in brining this up . . . celebrity sightings!

Even at church.

Ok, so the person I saw at church wasn't an official 'celebrity', but she is on a very popular sitcom right now. I have to admit I don't know her name. She's on "The Office" and plays one of the office staff, and I think her character was dating "Dwight" on the show . .?? She has very blonde hair. Seeing people in real life who are on TV is kind of an odd experience. I'm simply going throught the motions of my uninteresting existence in this city (usually errands) and my eyes are slowly scanning a sea of unfamiliar faces, when all of the sudden I'm recognizing someone right in front of me. And in a split second I realize it's not someone I know (like a friend) but someone from TV. (or a movie, but that's pretty rare). Shortly after the 'recognition moment' I turn away so I'm not staring at this person, who probably gets stared at quite bit. But, then I have to steal another glance to make sure who I'm seeing *really is* who I'm seeing. I have to remain very nonchalant and cool . . like I really could care less that this person is so recognizable. In the case of female celbrities, I'm always amazed at how small they are. I'm not huge, (5'8"), but the gal I saw today was probably around 5'4" and just tiny. Around the holidays I also had multiple sightings of Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), and she was 9 mo. pregnant. (She's now had the baby . . .a boy, I think.)

After I saw the gal from "The Office" and was making my way out of the building, I kind of wanted to tell her how much I enjoy the show. But I didn't. I felt like it might of been really intrusive of me - or she may have really appreciated the feedback - who knows.

Something else altogether . . . . . I heard about a website called happynews.com. It's real news from all around the world, but it's only positive stuff. Check it out if you get a chance, especially if you find yourself depressed by the regular news which tends to be mostly bad.

Once A Month?

*This post was originally typed 5 days ago, and I was going to include cool links on a few of my "20", but I've lost my HTML cheat sheet, so, no links.

Gosh, it's qute sad to me, but true. I really only post here about once a month these days. 'What happened'? I ask myself. Life . . just the daily-ness of life. And I get to the end of the day, thinking I'm ready to record a few thoughts that have been swirling around, and then I just crash. Well, here's a few of the random thoughts . . I'll call it:

20 Random Things (I may not even get to 20)

1. Yesterday - I was informed that my son's asthma medication I ordered a few days prior was not sent out. Then, I unknowingly tracked oil from the driveway, on my shoes, onto our just cleaned off-white carpet. I then spent a 1/2 hr. cleaning it up. (Why we have off-white carpet- It came with the house when we bought it, and we decided to keep it.)

2. Also yesterday - a gallon plastic jug of juice fell off a low shelf (with the help of my 3 yr. old) and broke -what??!! It's plastic, that's why we buy the plastic!! Ah, now we know that the lid of the container hit the tile floor at just the right angle and broke off, sending White grape/Peach juice all over the kitchen floor.

3. The good thing about a plastic bottle breaking? No shards of glass to be concerned about for bare feet. (I had to look for the blessing in this, as I was mopping up juice and trying to convince the 3 yr. old to stay in his room while mommy cleaned.)

4. Baby news is so fun to read about and always lifts my spirits. (Link was suppose to be here.)

5. I Decided to tune in for NBC's new "Comedy Thursday", as they try to recreate the phenomenal ratings of the "Friends bloc" days. Although I skipped "Will & Grace" (too raunchy) but did watch the new "Kings", or "4 Kings" or whatever. So . . . NOT. . funny, to me. It was so disrespectful toward women, with the characters referring to them as "whoe's" (how do I even spell it? - the slang version of 'whores' basically) "My Name Is Earl" was funny. "The Office" was funny, but very touching and sad too. Poor Jim.

6. Chocolate has become a major food group for me lately, and I'm thinking that's not such a good thing.

7. I made no New Year's resolutions this year. And I'm perfectly fine with it.

8. I'm not even to #10 yet and I'm already running out of stuff to put down. My brain is just not kicking into gear at the moment.

9. I may get to see "Pride & Prejudice" this weeknd. (I did see it!! Very good!) I'd still like to see "The Family Stone" and "Narnia".

10. Haircut update: I did not cut it all off. It's still growing out and it's looks quite scary most days. I'm hoping it's long enough by April that I can just wear all, or part of it, up for my sister's wedding.

11. The wedding is in Hawaii. My hair doesn't do too well with humidity.

12. Although I did not make any official resolutions, I have been working on a project to create (and keep) a budget for our family. This is not easy for me, but I keep plugging away at it.

13. It rained on the Rose Parade, but today it's 85 degrees.

14. My 3 yr. old little guy has been well for 2 weeks straight. Although, in the last 24 hours he has developed his 'sinusitis' symptoms again. Hopefully, it will not progress into an infection.

15. We visited a new specailist - an Ear, Nose & Throat doctor - for my son over the holidays. The man was very smart, but the 'bedside manner' was seriously lacking. (Smart & Smarmy I like to call him) He lectured me for almost 20 min. straight and then said my son just needed to 'learn to live with a snotty nose'. Really?! Interesting. We won't be going back there.

16. Celebrating Christmas with a 3 year old is a ton of fun. He was so excited about everthing. We have a Playmobile Nativity set. He gets really into playing with all the pieces and has the baby Jesus doing sommersaults sometimes. Makes me wonder what Jesus was like at age 3.

17. I have a sinking feeling that the nap isn't going to happen for little-guy today. (He's in his room, on his bed, and calling my name every 5 minutes to say 'Good Morning - it's wake up time'. ) I've resigned myself to the fact that the naps don't happen every day now, but it sure would be nice for today. (Update: it didn't)

18. I'm finishing up my son's pre-school application for next year and it's stressing me out.

19. I have no resolutions, but in another person's post, she listed "7 Things to do Less of in 2006". A few of hers shall now be mine:
Criticize
Fear the unknown
Sweat the small stuff
Expect too much of myself and others
Not Expect enough of God
(Thanks Anne) (again, another link that is not here.)

20. A great verse to focus on. "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day . . . . They are not just idle words for you - they are your life"
Deut. 32:46,47