I WANNA GO THERE .........

THERE is the island of Santorini in Greece  ...... other than this breathtaking view I have no idea what is there!  When I see travel photos of Greece it is always either of the Parthenon or this. So overlooking this blue Aegean Lagoon must be the highlight of a .... future? .... Grecian Adventure ...... speaking of adventure that little ship in the left corner reminds me a little of "Jason and the Argonauts" ......... Santorini also appears to be a favorite stop of Mediterranean Cruise ships but I just can't bring myself to do that cruise thing  .... to many germies and close quarters for me. Lets see .... lets see ...... how else could I get there ...... Ah! there are flights from Athens. Athens is only 10 hours away from Pennsylvania or there is a ferry from Piraues ....uh .... where the hell is that?  .... oh! it is part of Athens .... why don't they just say ferry is from Athens!?!?!? ......    How long is the ferry ride? .... 10 hours! ..... of course! .....  getting to a place I want to see is never easy!

As I sit in my house battling the GOO for thermostat control, knowing it is a windchill factor of 8 deg outside ....... I dream of sunnier places to see someday.

IT IS AWARDS SEASON AFTER ALL .........

I love an award show and here we are in the midst of when most of them take place. I think I shall start an award of my own this week!  There are accolades to be given so let me introduce "THE MOST OBNOXIOUS  AWARD" .  This week we have a true "winner" who deserves every measure of our disgust. Let me introduce Mr. Jooooooe Riccccckey Huddddley. Hold your applause folks, this guy deserves none!

Hudley, age 60, up until a few days ago would have probably retired as the President of an airplane parts manufacturer with a large pension. Now, not only is he unemployed but he is charged in Federal court with simple assault .... on a toddler!  Yes this is THAT guy.

If you have not heard of incident ..... Mr. Hudley boarded a plane to Atlanta ..... and sat coach? What president of a Company sits coach? ...... next to a Caucasian women with her adopted 19-month old bi-racial child.  Apparently, that bother Mr. Hudley from the beginning as he was reported to be complaining that the child was "too big" to be seated on her lap  .... could be I've seen some big 2 yr olds ...... Throughout the flight he visual appeared to be somewhat intoxicated and became more belligerent to where the mother was feeling uncomfortable as it was. After having to put up with him for the nearly 2 hour flight finally, the plane started the descent to land. However, the toddler started to cry due to what the mother assumed to be painful ear pressure from the attitude change. As she tried to comfort and quite him,  Hudley reeking of alcohol told her to shut that (N-word) baby up! The surprised mother look at him and said, "What did you say?" The drunken Hudley literally fell on to her face as he said in her ear the offensive sentence again. She pushed him away and started to call for assistance and at some point during the shuffle Hudley then slapped her crying toddler so hard to where the boy's face was bleeding. Passengers came to her rescue.

What has Joe Rickey Hudley done since then ....... besides losing his cushy job?  ....... Well, he has not been offering any apologies. Instead, he has his lawyer spouting off that he will be pleading "not guilty" as "things are not as they are reported" and "no one should rush to judgement". Hmmmmmm ..... tooo bad there are witnesses JOE.

IRRITATING CRAP MY HUSBAND DOES ...... OR THE MAN WHO SECRETLY WANTS TO JOIN A BEDOUIN NOMAD DESERT TRIBE

Welcome to the Equator …..  or as my family likes to call it HOME! With the advance of the cold weather season, my house has been progressively getting hotter. It started around October, …. a time of year for moderate temperatures across the rest of the northern hemisphere  …….  a time when the AC is officially done and the furnace has yet to be turned on. However,  in my household I found we were testing that furnace whenever possible for expected onslaught of  winter.

There were crisp Fall days when I came home from work and discovered the longer I was in the house the more I was sensing a “funny feeling” starting to well up.  Now when you’re over 50 and somewhat pre-menopausal, “funny feelings” stir nothing but self-induced panic thinking you’re about to have a heart attack.  So, you start self-medicating in case the paramedics don’t get there in time by quickly chewing an aspirin ….. Tip: I read if you chew the aspirin instead of just swallowing it gets the Heart attack preventive benefits into the blood stream quicker (and you thought this blog was just all snark!) ……..  and drinking a gallon of water in case it’s just dehydration …. Oh and running the vacuum, spraying the Fabreeze and loading the dishwasher cause you don’t the Paramedics to think you’re a pig  ……  With my head spinning and my neck and wrists still sweating for some reason I checked the thermostat  ……  it was on 73!!!!!!  73 !!!! It was only 65 outside !!! In Pennsylvania that’s balmy!  

The past four months in this house it has continued to be more of the same. I feel an ER visit and find the thermostat on 75 !!!!!  ….. with a record 78 being the highest I have found it on.  GOO? … oh he has retreated to the upstairs …. Where heat rises to …. before I get home each night to do his medical care and watch TV.  

A few nights ago, after being home for a few hours and having adjusted the thermostat to where usual mortals breathe and survive, I thought it safe to venture into the upstair roasting sanctuary to clean a few things before TV primetime  …... unfortunately it was a little too soon. In addition, to my ever running furnace while I am at work, unbeknownst to me there are also 2 space heaters …. 1 in my bedroom and 1 in the GOO office …….  doing overtime!  Usually as I am climbing the stairs, I normally feel a slight temperature adjustment but, this time it was a hemisphere adjustment.  In a matter of seconds it felt as though I went through some invisible space-time continuum from Siberia to the Amazon rainforest.  A few times, I had to shake my head as though I thought I saw a mirage of the heat waves rising from the ground of the Serengeti with Giraffes passing by.  I got as far as scrubbing the toilet and bathroom sink to where my pulse was racing and my forehead was starting to form droplets.  Breathing heavily, I announced to the GOO man ……  comfortably lounging on the bed watching the MYTV network …” I can’t take it anymore!!! I’m going downstairs!”.  I beelined for the thermostat as soon as my feet hit the hardwood in the downstairs entryway with mind telling me it must be time for the AC!!!  Cooler heads …. literally …. prevailed in the seconds from the staircase to the thermostat as my body felt instant relief in the 70 deg living room. In a state nearing an almost heat stroke however, I hit the thermostat button till it said 67! 

Upstairs nearing the equator where I was in the state of perpetual perspiration, I swear I thought I could hear the GOO say ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

This is the new 59

Christie Brinkley is 59 today .... yes 59! That is a picture of her from last year. She doesn't exactly look like any 59 year old from around my neck of the woods! Of course, having a few hundred million in the bank and all the time in the world to concentrate on yourself all day probably doesn't hurt to achieve this glowing look.  Now I know she has had to have something  done but it has to have been something not too drastic because she still looks like herself at like what ..... 30-ish???  Not like the scary alien faces of the barely recognizable Meg Ryan, Priscilla Presley and Joan Van Ark. Eeeeh .....  This Hollywood!

Most normal ladies in our 50's approach a point in our lives where we are less ... hmmmm .... what is the term  ... vain? ... no that's not the word ..... hopeless?  ... no I don't think that is quite it .... desperate?  ......  maybe some of us but no that doesn't fit .... oh wait it is the  .... "Could give a SH!T" ........ Thank God I now know there is hope when you try.