What’s more important?
I just spent a great weekend with my family celebrating Christmas. As usual, my mom did an amazing job with the food and everyone was in great spirits. A new tradition that my little brother and his wife have started is breakfast on Christmas morning – this year I was asked to bring a dish and it turned out pretty darn good if I may say so myself 
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Anyways, during the morning we got into a conversation about a friend of our who recently paid his debt to society and is now out trying to re-enter the world. He’s far from perfect and has a long way to go, but he says that he’s taking it day by day — I really hope he is.
My sister-in-law commented on how he made her feel uncomfortable on a recent visit — nothing that he did in particular, just his presence. She said that she didn’t know why, and she gets that she doesn’t know him very well, so it was just a feeling. I, on the other-hand, grew up with him. I explained to her that growing up, he was always vying for attention — and any attention was good attention to him, even if it was bad. But that despite all of his many many flaws, I respected that he was a man of his word.
Enter another mutual friend, one that is very close to her and my little brother. This “friend” is one who is known to take advantage of situations and of people. I personally don’t think he is a good person because he is a proven liar. My brother and sister-in-law insist that to know him is to love him. I, on the other hand, still classify him as a man of no integrity because his word means nothing.
I have known both of these men, my friend and theirs, all of their natural lives – which is now around 30 years.
So which is a better person? My brother insists that their friend is the better one because he has not been in jail and does not illicit an intimidating air. I, on the other hand, feel that my friend is a man of his word, and therefore is a man of some integrity. I guess it comes down to trying to define what makes a person one of quality.
I think it’s fair to say that we will probably never agree on who is the better person. I wish my friend luck and strength to continue to take things day by day and to hopefully make good decisions. As for their friend, I wish him well as well.
This morning I kept thinking of a theme for an upcoming wine-pairing dinner and decided to do a little research. I typed my search words into Google and came across and article/advertisement for a bra that actually holds booze. Want to go from an B cup to a D cup? no problem! Instead of surgery, just fill up the bladders and place them into WineRackTM — and viola! I guess the only thing you really have to be careful of is sprouting a leak, oh and hopefully you like your beverages at body temperature.
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As I mentioned in previous posts, I fell victim to our economy. I often think.. “only if”, “only if the economy was better, I’d be doing…” and “only if the economy was better, I would have the money to do ….”. I can spend countless hours identifying the things that the economy screwed up in my perfect life plan. But what would that accomplish? Instead, I am going to make a conscious effort to try and think of the opportunities this economy is providing. I’m going to “accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative” and not “mess with Mister In-Between”.
“I’m a Celebrity” — first I think that it’s a reality show’s right of passage to have a Baldwin grace the cast. Throw in a female wrestler, an NBA star, a couple of cable TV comedians, an American Idol, and 2 whiney socialites and this show has disaster written all over it! Heidi and Spencer have absolutely no reason to be in the lime light. It reminds me of the time when Sean Penn would act out for attention during his younger “look at me” years. Who was it that cast them for The Hills? Are you still employed? If so, please tell me that at some point you were reprimanded during your yearly evaluation for that decision! As for Mr. Baldwin — I’ve come to love your level-headedness on reality shows – loved you on The Mole!
As for the Newlyweds — too funny! If celebrities in the jungle is a train wreck, then Newlyweds is a blimp passing overhead — you acknowldege it, and wonder how long it will circle your neighborhood.I have to admit, this show made me laugh, after watching it, I wasn’t sure if I was happy to be single or longing for a boyfriend. To the wife who totally slapped her husband’s privates because he embarrassed her in front of Dr. Ruth — that just wasn’t nice! On another note — to the husband who farted on his wife’s hands when she felt his butt – you totally had my rolling!
So now we’re in week 2, Corky is no longer scared — actually he’s starting to display true “puppy” like behavior. He wants to play — Lacey, well she probably just really wants him to take a nap. I, on the other hand, get a little stressed trying to make sure that my roommate is ok with the situation – that Corky stays off of Lacey’s bed (because I mean seriously, why should I expect him to stay on his measly twin-sized doggie bed when there’s a king-sized doggie bed to lounge on across the living room floor?), that Lacey has her space, that my roommate doesn’t feel that his life has been imposed upon by my stubborn need to have a new puppy enter the house.
My mom has been battling with her teeth lately and being the good pains in the tushes that we are, we have asked her to please go see a dentist! So for the last few weeks, she’s been researching dentists. She’s even gone to see a few of them to obtain estimates. Needless to say, she wasn’t happy with any of them. But, at the recommendation of a friend, she finally settled on one. 
