Hi, I am so glad you called, I was just thinking about you this morning while listening to Oprah. Sure, I can talk for a bit!
Me too
I took a shower, tossed a few things in the laundry, folded some towels, loaded the dishwasher and fed the dogs, I deserve a coffee break, even though I don’t drink coffee. You know what, I think I’ll fix myself a little cinnamon spice
Listen, do you mind if I put you on the speaker until I set myself up and find a comfy place to chat. Whenever I drink out of these dainty little cups, and place one on the matching saucer, which is not all that often, I feel like such a grown up while having myself a little tea party.
Yeah, I have those apple dishes,
So do you!
I forgot about that!
I can’t believe it
My mom had them
So did yours, right?
I hated them when I was a kid, thought they were dorky, but when the set we received as a wedding present died a slow death, and we were forced to replace them. I saw those cute red apples, and I knew I had to have them. Now, I am reminded daily of my childhood. I digress. Poor Joe always uses those giant coffee mugs and never goes near a saucer but that’s another story. I feel like such a lady drinking tea out of a tea cup, I wish you could see my baby finger, it looks like it has a mind of its own, pointing at God knows what. This is sort of fun, I should do it more often.
OK, I’ll wait, while you get yourself a cup and a saucer and we’ll have "tea for two"
I’m going to go look for a comfy place to sit. As soon as I get settled the dogs will want to sit next to me, so take your time.
Yeah, I’m still here!
Ready to roll!
Ok, should we discuss, Oprah or the View this morning?
Yeah, we are sort of like the Siskel and Ebert of talk shows. Did I ever tell you when I was single, I interviewed to be a producer on their show. That was when it was on PBS channel 11, public television, another story
In 1975, Ebert and Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune began co-hosting a weekly film review television show, Sneak Previews, which was locally produced by the Chicago public broadcasting station WTTW. The show was picked up by PBS in 1978 for national distribution. In 1982, the critics moved to a syndicated commercial television show named At the Movies, and later, Siskel & Ebert at The Movies, where they were known for their "thumbs up/thumbs down" review summaries. When Siskel died in 1999, the producers retitled the show Roger Ebert at the Movies with rotating co-hosts. In September 2000, fellow Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper became the permanent co-host and the show was renamed At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper.
I've been in the audience for the Oprah show a few times!
Really
I kid you not!
yeah, I can’t believe I never told you ….
Here is the basic rule; you wear red or hot pink so you stick out….Remind me to tell you my redial redial story. Now why did I just tell you that, I forgot what I was going to say?…oh yeah, those two guys were a guest on her show once when I was in the audience, another story
OK, Oprah,
Oh, you missed it this morning?
I had it on while I was cleaning in the kitchen. I never watch TV, I listen …but in order to do so, I turn on every tv in the house.. Once poor Joe came home in the afternoon to get something and noticed Dr Phil was on in practically every room and about had a fit. “Why do you have all these TVs on, you are the only one home! I explained that I hear the question while I’m in the kitchen and the answer when I’m upstairs. He just rolls his eyes.
Right, me too.
Back to O!
Those new Skype cams are cool, I have to figure out where I would put one, since what you see in the background is very important, does the show give you one or do you have to have your own?
Probably
Yes I know, sometimes I feel like I should take notes, but I never worry, her website has all the info, just go to Oprah.com ...you should watch it tonight, when its rebroadcast ...it was a good one!
about the sad state of affairs concerning our economy and stock market, people are losing their jobs, families are moving in with their grandparents, homes are being foreclosed on, older children are moving back home, OMG! Can’t even think about that right one right now.
Anyway, people are bartering for goods and services. It wasn’t a show about doom and gloom. Oprah discussed creative ways to solve some money problems. And Scarey Suzzy wasn’t a guest...thank Goodness! I know ...I know, everyone thinks she is a financial good fairy, but she gives me panic attacks, another story.
Did you read my blog, Suzzy Orman scares me more than the boogyman!
a zillion people read it ....and it certainly wasn’t one of my best…apparently she has the same effect on lots of us.
http://www.thoughts.com/roe/blog/suzy-orman-scares-me-more-t han-the-boogyman-154843/
ok ok
Right,
back to Oprah
I couldn’t believe it, I heard a guy from CNBC, Dylan Ratigan, say that if someone wants to loan you money, you had better run, because that friendly guy is making money ...by loaning you money ...and he is just trying to get people to borrow money ....that they can’t possibly pay back! If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! Those money loners…I think Oprah jokingly referred to as "loan sharks" …remind me of drink pushers.
Yeah drink pushers,
remember my 21st birthday binge drinker blog, I just wrote it last week,
what?
You didnt read that one either?
Shame on you!
And your son is going to be 21 next month, hurry girlfriend, read it asap
http://www.thoughts.com/roe/blog/turning-21-is-now-a-life-th reatening-situation-224185/
Ok
Promise!
Anyway
The show talked about how the entire problem was caused because we have all been living beyond our means and buying things on credit. Our parents would never spend $10, 000 on a living room set, if they didn’t have the cash, they simply wouldn’t buy it.
I know
I agree
That’s why people have debit cards, I didn’t realize the reason why until today. I thought they were basically the same thing. With a debit card you are able to go on line daily to check your balance anytime. It tells you when the well is dry, credit cards fools you into believing you have a bottomless pit of cash.
really
2 girlfriends switched couches to achieve a new look without spending money!
Great idea, in the old days, women used to exchange recipes and now couches???
I think one of the women who had her friends couch and just happened to be sitting on it with her friend ....both smiling into their slype cam ....made plum jelly for Christmas gifts, to economize. She had a tree in her backyard and it was the first time she ever attempted to make some..
I wrote a story a long time ago called "I don’t put up preserves, and never will."
(why spend days in your kitchen using millions of pots and pans when you can buy one at the grocery story, no muss no fuss….in a matter of minutes...anyway, If I ever tried to do what she did, Id be plum tired!
Speaking of getting in a jam, I could always give my friends my specialty , ice, I could even make it months ahead of time, could keep everything in the freezer till next Christmas…great idea!….the only problem is the delivery? The person would have to be home, I couldnt just leave it on someone’s porch, or mail it, and I don’t want to be bothered with dry ice, even though my kids really loved whenever someone sent us steaks over the holidays!
All the kids... including me, were so fascinated by that magical stuff! Once we put the dry ice the kitchen sink and JR put his power rangers on the edge of the counter and the colorful little ranger guys looked like they appeared in a puff of smoke, another story! I have a picture of that somewhere????
I digress, it all depends on the temperature…someone might open their door and find a red ribbon sitting in a pool of red or green water…what a sight!
Speaking of sites,
remind me to tell you about my face book escapades, you really should join, I have absolutely no idea what is going on! There are way too many bells and whistles, places to go, people to see, not enough time in the day to investigate, you can poke someone, or write on someone’s wall, ….all the things we told our kids not to do,
I digress, although I heard from a girl the other day…that I have not seen in 8 years. I really liked her, she was someone I used to talk to almost daily when our oldest were in grade school. Her family moved and we somehow lost track of each other. Miraculously, she found me on face book and friended me (another story) and I e mailed her yesterday.
Yeah, seems like we inevitably become really close to the parents of our kids friends and when the kids move on, we move on, to a new set of parents and we allow the old friendships to die! That’s why I’m so happy when our boys went off to different colleges, and we made a pact that we would stay friends!
Me too
ok ok
Amazing
Another women on the skype cam unplugs every single thing she is not using and she saved a bundle on her electric bill!
Once I actually called the computer guy because my printer wasn’t working... I had to pay big bucks to have the guy come here and tell me it was unpluged. I felt like such a fool. Before I pull out all the plugs, so to speak, I had better inform everyone!
That’s ok
I have to go too
Im so far behind, I have so much work to do, but thanks for the coffee break!
that so true
When you work in an office, you always get coffee breaks, yet, when you work from home,
You never get a break!
Thanks
Talk to you soon!
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