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June, 2009

  1. RIP: Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett

    June 26, 2009 by Leanne

    Farrah Fawcett

    Farrah Fawcett

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     What can I possibly say that hasn’t already been said by everyone else.  Two pop culture icons gone on the same day. 

    Farrah was absolutely gorgeous. I grew up in the era where we all had “farrah feathered hair”.  (No pictures immediately available.)
    And Michael – the musical genius will be sorely missed.  Thankfully we will have his music to remind us of his enormous talents.   In today’s Orlando Sentinel is a nicely written article by Jim Abbott about Michael Jackson and his time at Disney World.  I didn’t realize Abbott was a former cast member who was working at Disney in the 1980′s when Michael frequented the parks.
    We will miss them both.  May the rest in peace.

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  2. What a News Day!

    June 22, 2009 by Leanne

    I take a 3-day weekend splashing around the pool for hours upon hours and come inside to see what a news day it has been today!

    The DC Metro Train crash is awful. Mike and I have been on those trains many times. I’ve always felt safe. The stations are clean, the trains are always on time, and the people are friendly. But you never, ever know, do you?  God bless everyone who was hurt and for all the rescuers and medical staff helping them.

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    Let me begin by disclosing I have never watched an episode of Jon & Kate Plus Eight, and nor will I likely ever. But you’d have to be living under a rock to not know who they are and what’s going on.  Yes, they officially are getting divorced.  All I can think is – the poor kids.

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    Tonight’s episode of Access Hollywood, usually one of my more favorite entertainment shows, actually made me nauseated.  The amount of time they spent on this absolutely stupid publicity stunt by Perez Hilton and the Black Eyed Peas was obnoxious. If my remote hadn’t been on the other side of the room I would have switched away.  What a waste of precious TV time.

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    An Orlando K-9 officer was shot and killed today by his owner.  I couldn’t believe this story when I heard it. Damn these criminals who instigate all this.  Damn, damn criminals. 

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    And the US Open.  My work-out buddy Tiger made his famous final day advance but my heart and everyone else’s was with Phil.  Phil Mickelson did an amazing job coming from behind to tie for 2nd place.  But the coveted trophy was not his to have.  Instead, unknown southerner Lucas Glover took the prize.  They say he is well deserving of it.  This was a very fun US Open to watch this year, despite all the weather delays. It’s always more entertaining when Tiger and Phil are chasing each other for the win. 

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    Yes – I know there were other important news stories today.  I’ve kept my eye on the Iran unrest, the N.Korean missile crisis, Barach’s moves, Casey Anthony’s trial, the heat, and the stock market dive today. I just don’t feel like writing about them.

    Back to you Bob & Marla.

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  3. Hot Hot Hot!

    by Leanne

    Have you seen the news lately or stepped foot outside? It’s miserably hot. It was 93-degrees last night at 8:00pm. Oh my! It’s been so humid and hot the last two mornings all the windows in the house were fogged up. It’s so hot that you have to do any outdoor activity at 6:30am because it would be too unbearable to do it any later. Except – for jumping in the pool. That, my dear folks, is the only way to survive this heat streak!

    Mikita Swims!

    Mikita Swims!

    Mike & Mikita Swim!

    Mike & Mikita Swim!

    WATCH: Mikita Swimming on YouTube

    True Confessions: How we had to get her into the pool to begin with.

    True Confessions: How we had to get her into the pool to begin with.

    WATCH: 48 Hrs Later – Mikita Gets In All By Herself!

    Yes, we all took to the water the past two days.  We “all” as in Mike, me, and both dogs.  What a blast! Margaritas poolside, jumping in the pool and being confident enough to put on a bathing suit!  (That’s what going to the gym 6-days a week for 7-weeks will do for you.)
    How about those pictures above?  They were taken with the Flip video camera using the freeze frame snapshot feature. Pretty nifty.

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  4. Go Magic!

    June 13, 2009 by Leanne

    A very profound editorial cartoon in the Orlando Sentinel on the Orlando Magic.  It makes me sad, but it is so true.

    You Can't Handle the Truth!

    You Can't Handle the Truth!

     We have at least one last shot at winning  this Sunday night.  It’s a home game – we can do it!  Go Magic!

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  5. Daily Life

    June 11, 2009 by Leanne

    I haven’t posted in a while so I owe you some stories.

    OUCH!  I’ll start with what’s happening this very minute. It is obvious my parents mis-named me by not having my middle name be “klutz”.  As I type this post I’m trying hard not to get droplets of blood on the keyboard since I just ripped half the nail off my index finger. This “ouch” comes just 12 hours after I splattered hot grease on my other hand and upper leg. I’ve got a blistering blister on my leg right now. They say things come in threes so I’m a little paranoid now about what’s next.

    6am Serenity:  I enjoy  my early morning walks with the dogs. Daylight is breaking, birds are chirping and it’s generally pretty darn quiet in my neighborhood. Not quite that way this morning. Huge dump trucks were pulling into the subdivision turning onto my street.  I’m talking maybe 20 or more trucks, with loud engines and squeaky brakes.  It appears they’re doing more work at the retention pond at the end of my cul-de-sac. Get past that, I’m walking past a house – keep in mind it’s about 6:15am – all of a sudden the front door of the home we’re in front of,  bursts open and two guys (not men, not boys) storm out yelling at each other. “You’ve got to be f—ing kidding me.” shouts one of them. The other guy tries to calm him down but the shouting continues.  I now want to run from this heated situation but the dogs find something intriguing to sniff in the grass, delaying my swift departure. A) I don’t want to hear their fight B) In today’s world I’m fearful one of them is going to pull a gun or weapon on the other.  I just want to go home.

    Tiger Squats:  Monday I tweeted about my encounter with the Tiger Woods at my gym. This was actually the second time I’ve seen him there in the past few weeks.  I had just finished my cardio workout on the treadmill so keep in mind I’m pretty darn grimy at this point. My hair is up in both a clip and a pony tail. Sweat – oh – everywhere. No make-up. Not a pretty sight.  After the treadmill I head over to what I consider “my” corner of the gym.  To give you more perspective, my gym is fairly small, 2 stories, and on average there’s only about 5-6 people there at 6:30am.  This little section of the gym has a set of free weights, an ab machine, squat machine and a few other fun machines. I call it my corner because there’s rarely anyone else there.  As I walked up to “my area” I noticed a backpack sitting in the middle of the floor with no-one around. I stepped over it and started my work-out with squats. As I squat into rep #12, I looked up and see a man wearing a baseball hat approaching me. Yeh – it’s Tiger.  He reaches down to the backpack right in front of me and checks his cellphone . Then he walks over to the squat machine right next to me. Thinking I need to say something since we’re standing withing 5 feet of each other I come up with the fabulous opening line:  “Am I in your way?”  Tiger: “No you’re fine, thanks.”  We proceeded to do our individual squats, kinda together but not really. I’m doing squats holding a 25-pound weight and he’s doing the big manly machine using 5-billion pounds of weights. I realized I was up to rep #22 which is painful for squats without a break, so I had to stop and rest.  He breaked soon and we both grabbed our waters. Feeling the need to say something more and hopefully something slightly intelligent, I then said “Hey, congratulations on your win yesterday.”  He beamed a smile and said “Thanks.”   Feeling a loss of words of what to say next and definitely not wanting to say something stupid, I got up and left.  And that – ladies and gentlemen – is my encounter with Tiger Woods.

    Tiger Woods - My squatting buddy

    Tiger Woods - My squatting buddy

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  6. Bad Doggy Mommy

    June 4, 2009 by Leanne

    Dear Ed – my dog trainer,

    I’ve done you wrong.  You showed me how to earn respect and gain control of my dog.  I just didn’t follow through. Now, I’m paying the price.

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