claudia's surf city

2.21.2012

mardi gras

In honor of Carnival, here's a picture sent by Lina of her granddaughter LouLou at the beach in Rio de Janeiro. She writes: "My grandbaby just star going to baby school for halp day (13:00 -17:00) but she don't happy, now I go with her stay one hour every day until she fill good, the teacher say this normal take time. . .but my time almost is busy to Loulou.she make me laught and tie."

Giving up anything for Lent?

2.20.2012

ozark marketplace

I know all of y'all have lots of cool Facebook friends, but somehow or another I got on FB's marketplace as having friends in Branson, Mo. Following are the first classifieds on the most recent list:
Pest Control / Termites
Done Right Heat & Air
Christian Childcare
Free FREE Junk Car Removal

And now for my personal fave:
Feng Shui Housekeeping
Would you hire this guy?

Well, if you live in the Ozarks, you can. Check out his ad here.

2.17.2012

sights

One of the fun things about visiting many medical professionals is that I get to sightsee in parts of town that I don't often get to. The allergist was on the East Side, for instance, where I haven't been since Wolfen graduated from high school in 2000. Then there was the dermatologist near Wall Street and the World Trade Center which was a smoking ruin the last time I saw it and now anchors a long, long line of tourists with tickets waiting to visit the memorial. And if this ankle doesn't heal pretty quick I'll seek an orthopedist in Queens or some other fun place.

2.16.2012

living mindfully

You've heard of eating mindfully? That's the thing where you eat v-e-r-y   s--l--o--w--l--y and savor each mouthful until you attain nirvana! as opposed to snarfing everything down asquicklyaspossiblesinceit'sbasicallyfuelandyouneeditnow.
   Well, sadly, there are a lot of other things you can do mindfully, and I am having to do them.
    I'm walking mindfully, for instance, since I sprained my ankle on my way to the dentist yesterday morning. So now I have to hobble mindfully, careful to put as little weight as possible on my foot and try not to twist it (which means I have to sleep mindfully, too, which I try to do anyway because of dreams like the one the other night that I was on the campaign trail with Mitt Romney and he tried to write my lede, which is enough to make anyone thrash around).
     Then once I got to the dentist he told me I needed a root canal and another crown next to the wisdom tooth he pulled, so I am now chewing mindfully also.
    Are we almost at nirvana yet?