Pic Of The Day - 06.21.15 - You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

Randy Mitchmore, DDS, and owner of LifeSmiles has fully decked out his place of business! Nice job!!

And just because, everyone needs some Annie in their life.



And in search, I found this version by Sia:



Who knew there was an updated version to the song? Not me!

Ramblings Of A Caffeinated Mind 7.2

This song has been on my mind. So I figured I would share it with you and you can hum it all day. Enjoy!

The other day while I was working on a project, which I FINALLY finished today, I was watching Annie. I *heart* Annie.

I first saw the stage production back in 1979 or 1980 or so. It was a touring production that had a run at the Texas State Fair. I fell in love with the show.So. Saturday The Calvinator kept looking at me 'cause he wanted to go for a walk. I kept telling him that we had to wait for Sandy to find Annie. Plus, one of my favorite songs is NYC and he finds her right after that song.

So. The song is playing and I'm singing and The Calvinator is huffing. The song ends, Sandy comes running around the corner and barks and it startles The Calvinator and he runs to look out his window 'cause he thinks there is a dog outside when it is really on the telly. LOL

The weather in H-town has been bizarre. This morning when I woke up to take The Calvinator for his walk, it was 70 degrees but as we were walking the temp started to drop but it didn't drop much. However, 26 miles to the north of me it was about 25 degrees cooler. Then later it looked like the front had stalled over NoRO. Part of The Calvinator's noon stroll was sunny and the other part was cloudy. The air conditioner kicks on but then it kicks off. I definitely broke a sweat this morning when I was running.

All I know is that I'm glad I didn't run the 30K in Sugar Land yesterday (talk about a monotonous death march) and I'm glad I didn't do the Jingle Bell Run yesterday afternoon with the temps in the low 80s.

Guess what is on Oprah on Wednesday? My favorite things. That show makes me sick (only because it makes me jealous). The audience gets all of this free stuff and schmucks like me get nothing from Oprah. Bah humbug!

Who watched The Amazing Race last night? OMG! I couldn't stop laughing at what was happening right before they reached Phil. OK. So they're getting ready to get on the mat and for no reason one of the locals (dressed in Croatian attire) shoots off a hand cannon. LOL Of course of the six teams, someone on each team screams. LOL It made no sense to ignite the noise maker. And then to hear someone scream. LOL

The other funny part was Jennifer's meltdown. It made no sense.

“You’re the meanest person I’ve ever met sometimes,” Jennifer told Nate during one of their many fights, not elaborating on what he is other times. They had a meltdown while paddling a boat, and she said, “I’m never going to be with you ever again.” -transcript is from Reality Blurred

OK. That's about it for right now.

Day After Tomorrow

When I last left you, I had posted photo of a pot of Jambalaya and I promised more info tomorrow. Well, tomorrow (which was Saturday) is done and gone so here it is Sunday which is the day after tomorrow. (And now I'm humming Tomorrow from Annie.)

Quite a bit has transpired in the past few days; all of it good. And rather than give you a recap of the past few days and bore you, I'll do it in snippets so that you will come back to find out what happens next and still be bored.

In anticipation of Humberto showing up on Thursday, I did all of my grocery shopping for Tropical Depression #46 on Wednesday. So Thursday, I went ahead and started some of the prep work for making Jambalaya.

Thursday night Everyday Italian, AttyHou and I went to Eastman Gallery for a gallery opening. Legacy received a portion of the proceeds from the evening. Ran into some art aficionados that I had not seen in awhile. Of course with this group, all you had to say was open bar and they're there! It has nothing to do with viewing and/or purchasing art.

I REALLY wanted to go workout on Friday but cooking the Jambalaya took most of the morning. I had errands to run and things to do and before I knew it I had to start getting ready to see Linda Eder. The performance started at 700P so that also meant not eating dinner since I didn't eat lunch until 200P.

Everyday Italian, AttyHou and I trotted our happy asses down to the Wortham Center. Living in NoRO makes it VERY convenient to the Theatre District. We live about 3 miles from the district and I really should take advantage of the proximity.

Anywho, Bret and Karl from the 006 met us there. Many familiar faces were in the audience including Realtor Ben and Realtor Alan who were 2 rows behind us.

Prior to Linda coming onstage Scott Brogan from Brilliant Lectures spoke about upcoming shows. He said that Julie Andrews will be in Houston in December. Then he said Diana Ross will be here in February '08. When he said that, there was a collective gay gasp and we started laughing. We weren't laughing at Diana Ross. We were laughing because there was no response from the audience when he mentioned Julie Andrew's name but Diana Ross gets a collective gay gasp!

Linda Eder put on a wonderful show! She was backed by a small group of musicians so it was just them and her on the stage. I'd like to say that she sang ALL of my favorites but well...she left out I Am What I Am and Something To Believe In.

And she really is a true professional. During a ballad there was an audio problem (too many details) and she stopped the song and made a couple of jokes and said she would come back to the song later. Later in the evening when she was doing a different song there was a tacet in the music and someone's cell phone starts to ring. She just smiled, sort of chuckled and kept on with the song. Of course, once the piece was finished she had a comment. In both instances she could have had a diva moment and thrown a tantrum but she dealt with the situation at hand.

I'm really glad that we made the time to see her. If you ever have the opportunity to see her perform, make the effort.

Oh...and of course I had to buy the limited edition or Barnes & Noble exclusive of her new cd. Well actually, I was going to pay but AttyHou threw his money in front of mine and paid and wished me a happy birthday.

So that gets us through Friday night. I'll be back with more weekend stuff!