Dumbass

So we were on our way home from the late service at church tonight and I was confiding in my sister, someone who I consider a best friend and sister all rolled up into one. Her response was simple. She summed it up as follows:

Kel: You are SUCH a DUMBASS!

Me: Thanks.

Kel: But you know, it's ok...(lovingly rubs my back in a circular motion)...it's just who you are.

We proceeded to laugh for the next few minutes.

Thanks Kel!!

I think I might be crazy...

I heard on the radio this morning that the weather in Riverside should be around 80 and beautiful for the next 4 days. For the next 4 days, I won't be enjoying the beauty, however. Instead, I will be freezing my ass off in Indiana! The following is what I just read on Weather.com. Please take special note of what is written in yellow.

... WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY.
VERY COLD AIR TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES TODAY.
WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH TONIGHT HOWEVER AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME VERY COLD AND WIND CHILL VALUES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS AIR TEMPERATURES FINALLY BEGIN TO WARM UP.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

You guys, I'm seriously nervous about this! I MUST BE CRAZY to leave such beautiful beach weather in January to take the chance of frost bite and hypothermia.

Good thing I am also CRAZY about my wonderful friends. And I miss them like CRAZY!!!!

Grandma Evelyn

My sweet little Grandma Evelyn passed away yesterday.

I went to see her a couple of days before she passed. She told me that I looked beautiful and that my eyes were the same. The look in her eyes and the smile on her face made my heart fill with joy...

Thinking of her in this time has brought back so many memories.

She watched my sister and I quite a bit when we were kids. She carted us around. I remember visiting her mom in the old age home. Her mom had dementia and often didn't know who any of us were; I remember Grandma's apartment in Covina and all her cats, the food she made us and how it was so healthy and I didn't like it very much then; banana pancakes, shaped like animals - those were good; borrowing her Reader's Digest in the bathroom when I was about 8; watching Days of Our Lives and The Price is Right; a little tiny stuffed dog she took everywhere with us - Le Mutt; the way she always corrected our grammar; watching plays at the Fontana Players...and the memories just keep coming.

She wasn't my biological Grandma, but she was my Grandma nonetheless. I loved her and I will always think of her fondly. I thank God that she passed at an old age, in her sleep, surrounded by her loved ones who were given the wonderful chance to say goodbye.

A New Year

I resolve to be a better person...
...to be more patient
...to worry less
...to love more
...to give of myself