Thursday, July 21, 2011

I Miss Everything

I miss the little things.
I miss everything.

I miss the way your kitchen smelled.
I miss your soft hands.
I miss your sweet chuckle and big radiant smile.
I miss the sound of your voice.


Sometimes I can close my eyes, concentrate, and I can hear you.

I miss the little things.
I miss everything.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

That's The Way She Rolls

Sherwood Schwartz, creator of Gilligan’s Island & Brady Bunch (two of my most favorite sitcoms whilst growing up) passed away last week. My children have long since known that I make up lyrics to the tune of the Brady Bunch song regularly. Here is my latest version. In Sherwood's honor, please sing along with me to the Brady Bunch melody:
Here’s the story of a dog named Maggie
Who was living the perfect dog’s life.
She loved her ball and to chase it…
That’s really all there was.

Here’s the story of a dog named Scooter
Who would laugh at her wild and crazy ways
He would lay down and ignore her
Like any lazy dog should…

Till the one day when Maggie just decided
To be true to her own dog self
She must run and chase her true love
Because that’s the way she rolls.
The way she rolls. The way she rolls.

That’s just the way Magdalena rolls.


Here is the pictorial version of the same song:
Here’s the story of a dog named Maggie



Who was living the perfect dog’s life.
She loved her ball and to chase it



That’s really all there was.

Here’s the story of a dog named Scooter

Who would laugh at her wild and crazy ways

He would lay down and ignore her


Like any lazy dog should…

Till the one day when Maggie just decided

To be true to her own dog self.
She must run and chase her true love


Because that’s the way she rolls.
The way she rolls. The way she rolls.

That’s just the way Magdalena rolls.


I know, I know....brings a tear to your eye doesn't it? It's a love story, what can I say?

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

4th of July - Huntington Beach Style

This year I was fortunate enough to spend the Fourth with my friend Marika and her family. See look how cute we are:



And look how cute our toes are. Not that you care about our toes, but you know me…. I am all about the toes.


We started off our morning at the Huntington Beach parade. It is the largest 4th of July parade on the west coast, and probably west of the Mississippi, but at least on the west coast. Little children leaned in to see the action.


But the standard attire was this:




Please note the strategically placed star and matching sunglasses, thank you.

Every parade has its fire trucks. But the Huntington Beach parade has the vintage pumper truck with Blaze the mascot dalmation. Here we see Blaze regally riding.





Then we see engineer Bob giving Blaze the two finger signal. I don’t know what the two finger signal is…but Blaze does. He is, after all, a super hero dalmation.


I think the part that got me the most were the veterans and active duty military. Some gave all, and some were impacted for life.



Some have the spark of patriotism that shows in their walk. God and Country.

After the parade we headed back to the Harris abode where Roger grilled up some incredibly yummy tri-tip, and shrimp.










We finished up with fireworks. Please note the firework reflection in Uncle Fred’s glasses.





What a great holiday courtesy of Harris and company.