What would Judi do?

I'm such a slacker.  I've been forgetting to post my Good News Friday posts.  Sigh....but I'm back! Let's see....it feels like it's been a busy week.  I know there are some good points in there somewhere. 1.  I was able to work with some of my favorite people this week.  It doesn't happen often but when it does, it makes me happy.  Two of my favorite interpreters and Favorite Client #1.  Good work week! 2.  "I have a good life!"  M announced to me this week.  When asked to elaborate, she said "I have good friends, I read good books, I like good tv shows and I have a good family."  That's a good way to feel and made me feel oh so good as a parent.  I needed that. 3.  I celebrated Russian easter.  This made me surprisingly happy.  I don't have many holiday traditions and never had much of one regarding easter.  This year, I missed having a family.  I saw everyone's pictures of family celebrations ...

I don't like this music (Marillion). Why? It's metallic colored. Huh? It sounds like silver or gold. I have to think about that a bit. What color is Mika (a favorite of theirs). He's rainbow! What color are the Beatles? Yellow. Elton John is also yellow. What color is Ozzy Osbourne? Orange. What music is red? Punk Rock Girl (dead milkmen) is red and black. I don't know much red. Also Taylor Swift, but not because the album is titled red.  Country music is red.  Different shades of red. What music is green? Green Day! What music is white? Wedding music. I never thought of white music. Oh!  Celine Dion! What is One Direction? Pink for happy music, gray for sad ones. What color is Jason Derulo? Dark orange! (said with a scowl!) What color is Sleeper Agent? Purple or electric blue! What color are the Indigo Girls? Lilac. What about the music from Frozen? Blue, white and silver. Justin Timberlake? Rainy gray. Lorde? ...

There aren't too many traditions I partake in, often to my dismay.  There are a few I really enjoy and make an effort to do.  Cherry blossom season is one of them.  I wish the blooms lasted longer and I wish the entire world didn't want to see them at the same time I do.  That aside, I take lots of pictures of them.  Every.  Year. I thought about waking up early enough to see the sun rise over the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin.  Then reality hit: I'm not really a morning person.  No alarm set.  No real plans to do this.  Then for some odd reason I woke early - as in around 6 am.  I almost turned over to go back to sleep (which I really needed) but then I thought I woke early for a reason.  I sleepily found a sweatshirt and made some coffee and made it out of the house in about a half hour.  The sun was already started to rise.  Grrrh. Plan B enacted. Instead of seeing the blossoms over the tidal basin (...

Today was the day to get things done.  I almost bailed and went off to play but I didn't.  Yay for me. I continued down the Road To Being A Grown-up by getting a grill.  I am so silly happy about this.  I was going to do it last year but I decided to re-do my girls' room instead.  So we lived without a grill.  And they live with me bitching when I see their messy room and think I gave up a grill for that.  Now I will stop bitching.  Okay, no, I won't.  But I'll stop being cranky about it. I liked the old grill - which I got from someone on craigslist.  Little did I know I bought the wrong grill cover and rust devoured some important parts of it.  It was a good grill while it lasted. But now I have a shiny new grill!  And I don't have to choose between gas or charcoal.   IT DOES BOTH!   It's a hybrid!  I can't wait to try it! Before we got to getting the grill out of the car and putting all the ...

The weeks go fast when I'm posting on a weekly basis.  It feels like it was just a few days ago that I posted of my love for my new washer (still feeling all lovey-dovey about that).  It's been a super crazy week.  There have been good parts.  Let me see if my exhausted brain can remember them. 1.  I had interpreting opportunities I don't often get.  I was able to work with deaf folks and interpreters from other countries.  My boundaries and skills were challenged.  It's rare that I am terrified before a job. That happened and I not only lived through it, I did a good job.  That was a very good thing indeed! 2.  I'm getting a grill tonight.  First it was the washer, now the grill.  You'd think I was domestic or something.  And the best part??  I don't have to choose between gas or charcoal.  It uses both.  Problem solved! 3.  I made time to catch up with an important friend.  I haven't seen h...

I grew up with a mom who was really creative.  She would always manage to get me on April Fool's Day.  She never did anything mean.  Usually she would tell me something that I would fall for and let me go all day until I figured out that whatever it was wasn't true.  I can still see her smile when I would figure it out. Fast forward many, many years.  My mother is older now and it's hard for her to talk on the phone.  Yet her power is still felt.  I knew all day I wasn't going to call her.  There was no way I was going to let her get me again.  In all likelihood, it wouldn't have happened.  Either she would have forgotten or she couldn't come up with a suitable plan. But it doesn't matter. I was still afraid to call her.  She won. She scared me by doing nothing.   Nothing!   Her legacy lives on. My girls were on guard all day.  The truth is, I'm not as good at this as my mom was.  I'm not so creative.  ...