Farrah, king of pop, things in 3's, Walter,the knicks, subway series, and rain

ok.. that is a lot to handle in one entry.. but i will try to make it all brief... and this way i wont dwell to much on it..

Farrah.. what a painful last year she had. I am so sorry she had so much pain. She was always that beauty that couldn't be attained by high school boys wanting her, and high school girls wanting to be like her..

and yes.. i had the farrah hairdo ... and yes.. it never compared to hers...

Michael.. the king of pop...what i can say.. he was a great talent. his ability to move in ways people couldn't imagine.. ( the moonwalk.. which i tried to oh so master) and he is such a talent musically.. his music was an ever present part of my teenage years, though i never owned one of his albums..

i did have a 45 of the Jackson 5's ABC... and I loved the saturday morning cartoon..

as for the other aspects of his life.. he sure was quirky.. and he was acquitted of all charges against him... and that is all i really know.

so those two and Ed McMahon... it always seems as if death comes in threes ( with famous people that is)

Whew! Though i hear that Walter Cronkite is teetering..

NBA draft was ALSO yesterday.. i watched the Knicks pick.. sigh.. it is going to be another longggggg season. THey need a point guard, so they took a forward! Makes sense, huh? OY! Only the knicks!

Yanks v. Mets this week... of course that would mean it would have to STOP raining .. and i am NOT optimistic...

All this rain does wonders for the frizziness of my hair!

neat!

Sapp, Bats, Father's day, etc..

Sometimes i am surprised at how long it has been between posts.. i thought i had written earlier..

ah well.. it has been busy

well not really but i need an excuse..

happy belated fathers day to all the dad's out there who actually care about their children. TO those of you who have just spread around your sperm, this day is NOT for you. Just sayin.

So i was reading an article where Warren Sapp said that the young players of the NFL don't care about the history of the game and the players, and don't listen to the veterans.

Now don't get me wrong, i am not a Sapp fan and he had his issues over the years before he retired..

but ...

it is a shame that the young players don't have the interest or respect for the game that is their livelihood.

now i sound like an old person.. kids these days.. lol

here is the link to the article http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/06/22/sapp-says-young-players-dont-listen-to-veterans/

And now for a non-sequitar....

we had a bat in our fireplace on monday. OY! i am thankful that my husband was back from california and could deal with it..

yeah i am not a sissy girl.. i will deal with bugs or spiders any day..

but mice, bats or anything of that ilk freak me out!

:-)

donte, michael, and melons.

donte stallworth gets 30 days for DUI manslaughter.

michael vick gets 2 years for running a dog fights.

both are reprehensible, and i think michael vick deserved to do the time...

BUT

does donte deserve to only do 30 days? really? he came to a financial settlement with the family ... how much money i wonder? what if he does it again? more money?

will he play this year, or will he get suspended?

bet mangini is lovin this! of course they love him in cleveland already. HA!

now for a non sequitur..

picking melons is a crap shoot. how many times have you thought a melon was ripe and then cut it open only to feel deceived? sigh...

too many times to count for me..

wedding, gluttony, dancing, and the yankees..

so i just got back from the wedding of one of my best friends...

it was totally glorious.. the best weather new england had seen in weeks...

both the bride and groom glowed and were so very happy..

finding true love in your forties.. how amazingly wonderful is that!!!

i had an amazing time with friends i have known for over 25 years. i laughed till i cried, even after all these years, we all find joy together, and laugh like i don't with anyone else!

and from thursday till this afternoon, i consumed a million calories..

yes that is a one and six zeroes!

ha!

ok so i didn't actually count, and that number might be a bit of an underestimate, but lets just say that gluttony ensued! and the food deserved to be eaten in all its glory!

scrumptious tastes, textures smells and flavours.. enough to drive a food-a-holic like myself a bit over the edge... lol

but alas monday is almost here and i will be back on the train.. choo fricken chooo..

so i am editing photos ( and yes scratch photographer from career possibilities) and i see that i danced so much.. that not only is my face shiny, but my dress looks like it is coming apart.. not a neat look on me.. ( scratch super model from career possibilities)... is there enough "retouching" that will make this ok? ha!

maybe it is time to start super imposing stuff...

though most importantly .. the bride is so photogenic and looks beautiful...

i was sitting at the brunch table with a group of very important ( and also lovely people) .. so all of a sudden .. former middle school math teacher didn't sound so impressive...

note to self.. next time tell people you are currently fielding offers to publish your blog as the one and only sportsyenta.. could the movie rights be far behind?

who should i get to play me?? any thoughts? ( nobody better say phyllis diller! heh!)

and oh yeah.. because i need to put some sports in this...

how about those yankees?

they might have just flopped against the sawx's ( OY!)

15-0 against their cross town rivals.. woo hoo! knocked johan santana out in a flash!

ok then.. time to make sure the treadmill works.. for tomorrow the trek begins!

:-)

mom thoughts, and some sports

i haven't really talked about the "mom" aspects of my musings...

so here are a couple of gems from the past day..

my delightful daughter told me that she hates that i don't capitalize ...

and i don't have paragraphs...

alas i am the e.e. cummings of the blog ( well not really, but i don't use the shift key)

the other day, i had the radio on and was listening to led zeppelin and she said, "that isn't music, it is noise. all he does is scream" LOL. shouldn't that conversation be reversed?

then today we were at the movies, and i was crying at one poignant scene, ( ok i was crying at a lot of the scenes)

and she told me to "man up"

ha!

whoever said that having a teenager wasn't fun and exciting filled with touching moments never raised a teenager.

enough of my maternal sagas...

Magic better win tonight, or Ewing can kiss the chance of a ring goodbye again..

and Wallace Wright had a great day at mini-camp! I am hoping he is our #2 WR...

federer, tiger, nba finals...

Even though he didnt beat Nadal in the final.. Roger Federer did have a commanding 3 set win to capture that elusive French Open!

Ok. so NEVER count tiger out. He could be 10 shots out sunday morning, and there still is a chance. He is just unreal. I have to admit that i only watch golf when tiger is playing.

Nba finals. Well, everyone thought this was going to be a 7 game series, or at least 6. If Orlando doesn't go home, and find their "magic" that got them a win over the celtics in a great series, this should all be over in 5. And then again, no ring for Ewing.

Jets week continues, but as always, there is nothing planned for CT. They really shouldn't ignore the third of the "tri-state" area,

OR

they should start calling it the "bi-state" area.. but that has a lot of other connotations!

OY!

killer rabbits, SATs, rex ryan and of course, LEON!

with homage to monty python..

i was driving home today from the mall (dont ask.. i hate shopping! )

anyway..

on the side of the off ramp in the grass was a bunny attacking a crow.. lol.. luckily there was traffic, so i could look twice.. and make sure that i wasn't hallucinating. but there was this plucky bunny not letting the crow get her, and although i wasn't there for the end of the battle, i would put money on the classic underdog ( or should i say underbunny!)

I haven't really talked about my "mom"-ness yet, and i will get to it, BUT after misplaced answer sheets were found and graded. my daughter finally got her scores, and no surprise, but she did well.

lets put it this way, if i was applying to college nowadays, i would have been lucky to get into the local community college.. NOT that there is anything wrong with that.. just that things are so very competitive now..

and amazingly as much as i LOVE sports, i am not very personally competitive, or at least i don't think so.. my friends might chime in differently.

Ahhhh Rex Ryan.. the new coach of my beloved New York Jets! This week he said

"I never came here to kiss Bill Belichick's, you know, rings," Ryan said. "I came to win. Let's just put it that way. So we'll see what happens. I'm certainly not intimidated by New England or anybody else. . . ."

you got to LOVE that!

and on the LEON front.. he still hasn't been paid... BUT he was at OTA's.. a show of good faith. AND his fiancee gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Noel (LEON spelled backwards)

and oh yes...for my dear friend margaret, YANKEES are in first place ..and just to add salt into the wound.... Duke sucks. :)

ok that is all for the moment!

June is busting out all over!

and remember...

“Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!”