Friday the 13th

Staying on the luck theme today was the second Friday the 13th of 2015.  Was a good day for me.  Nothing bad, nothing awesome but plenty just all right and that is good with me.

7 Years of Bad Luck

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Judy and I we talking and she asked me some questions about my ex.  They were just questions out of curiosity but I really did not know the answers.  Water longtime past under the bridge.  Also his way to deal with things is to figuratively kill people off.  I saw him do it to many people including his very own father so it made sense when he did the same to me his substitute father figure - although it is still hurtful.  Curiosity gets to us all at times so with a little cyber stalking on both our parts turns out he got married and is doing fine.  Everything matched with what I ever knew, nothing is different.  All the pictures were with drinks (the only way he could ever relax) and all the discussion was around travel (the only thing that made him happy - yet another avenue of escape his reality).  One post that made me chuckle was excitement over a trip to Mexico as I can be standing in Mexico with just a 30 minute ride lol.  Marriage does not surprise me.  It became legal when I lived in MA and he talked about it then and I was like ummmm no.  The part that really got me is that he changed his name.  It struck me most because I would NEVER change my name.  I may not have the most prestigious name but it is mine and my parents gave it to me and I would NEVER give it up. Because of my own point of view I found it shocking he gave up his but it makes sense.  He HATES his father and he was a junior so his own name literally reminded him daily of all that he despises.  He also is embarrassed of his overall family and where he is from.  I am not.  I love my family.  They are crazy and far from perfect but I did well in that department.  I love them.  Judy and I had laughs and it was all silly as we learned nothing ever really changes.  Judy asked if any of it bothered me and I answered honestly that it did not.  I do not wish him harm, I do not wish him fortune, he is just another person in the world.  With that being said I did tell her that I am good with not knowing anything else more for another 7 years. 

On to the Next Party

Lesley Gore passed away today.  That makes me sad.  I loved her.  I remember going to see her perform live in Boston with my parents as part of the Oldies 103 free concert series.  Oh swoon.  She was just wonderful.  For me the Holy Trinity is made up of Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and Lesley Gore, now only Petula remains with us.  Luckily they will all remain with us forever and will always be held dearly.   She truly was special for me.

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!  You are loved and so that makes every day wonderful and not just today.  In deciding what to post I thought I would put up an image of what is my heart.  I picked all the words and filled up my heart.  The results made me smile.  Tons of crap going on and things to work on but its ok.  I have a smile right now and that is wonderful.  Enjoy!

Follow the Signs to San Diego - Happiness is Calling

LOVE THIS!  It just came out and they did such a good job.  Looks great, sounds great and is fun.  Matt and Kym watch this!  Whoever they paid to do this, they really got a great return on their investment.  This so perked me up in a time when I wonder just why do I keep hanging in there.  Big smile.

Almost

My friend's mother passed away last year and my friend asked me to go through some the mother's stuff to see if it was of value.  I said sure, especially since now I have a lot of free time on my hands.  Well the other day she sent me a picture she found in the garage and asked me to look into it.  I could not find anything so I asked yesterday if there was a signature and so she sent me it to me.  It took a little bit this morning but I identified the signature of that of JH Sharp, a well know artist that was based in Taos, NM.  As I was looking around I found an article of someone who has a JH Sharp painting in their home, did not know the value, brought it to the Antiques Roadshow, and it was appraised it for $400.000.  I was like WOOHOO.  I was less excited about the value but more excited over possibly finding a treasure!  I love stories like that although I wish on one of my Salvation Army visits I could true Faberge egg or something like that!  Well long story short she sent me the original picture the other day and I only looked at it on my phone.  I did not realize that it was just a lithograph not a painting.  I said she still needs to have it checked out.  I know lithographs can do well also but there are so many variables.  I was still a bit excited but not as excited when I thought it was an actual painting.  In my text to her today I wrote, "I liked this game better when it was a $400,000 painting -lol".  Oh well :) 

Always A Challenge

When one door closes then another one opens.  I have kinda come to hate that fucking expression.  Things were really looking bright for 2015.  I thought I had finally gotten things lined up but now I no longer have my part time job.  Cut backs do to poor store sales and I am below part time and full time so off they sent me.  Although I did a good job I always knew I was totally disposable, everyone working there is just a number and they know it.  They get a regular customer satisfaction score and it was always in the toilet overall for the whole store even though I got numerous 10's (the best possible score).  One month I got 8 surveys on me rated as a 10.  Management does not want to see that since everyone knows they are nothing but a number it reflects in the overall score being sucky.  No one cares because they are not cared about.  Anyway I can't solve their problem and just need to focus on my own.  I am scared because the money really, really helped but I still have my full time job and it is going well.  I was getting tired of working so much so maybe the universe is saying I need a break.  I absolutely know I need to focus on my weight too as it is atrocious.  I can get by on my day job it just keeps me on a tight, tight budget which I am used to.  I do have eBay stuff I can post.  I can get back to that.  I enjoy doing that.  I dunno, so many doors but I will figure out which one to open.