Finished season one of “Glee” and thoroughly enjoyed it!  My favorite episode is the one with all the Madonna songs.  I Vogued right along with Jane Lynch.  Sam’s gig went well.  Matt got home last night.  I have to admit I sort of enjoyed my 24 hours alone in the house.  More work will be done on my deck this week.  What is called “May Gray” has descended with a vengence.  Then follows the ever delightful “June Gloom”.  It will be rare that we see the sun along the coast where I live for the next two months.  If  I head east for about 20 minutes, its sunny there.  Lots going on this week.  Massive errand day tomorrow.  I have to go to Home Depot which I hate.  Its like visiting a foreign country and I don’t speak the language!  Wednesday Sam and I will be standing at the gates of Disneyland by 8:30 for a very fun-filled day-he is just as excited as I am!  Friday I go to Irvine (an hour away from here) with Andie to be her hair model for her cutting/color class which I’m looking forward to.  Saturday is Cinco de Mayo.  Since I live so close to the Mexican border, people go crazy for any excuse to go out and celebrate with too many Margaritas.  Years ago, Sam and I started a family tradition.  On that day you can NOT get into any Mexican restaurant here.  So we always go out for a lovely Italian lunch and don’t have any problem getting a table.

Summer movie season is here!!  Twelve movie release dates are on my calendar between 5/4 and 8/16.  And I have my Christmas Day movies already planned-the new Quentin Tarantino movie and “The Hobbit”.  Been eating super healthy and exercising.  Looking forward to walking into Disneyland instead of doing the wheelchair thing.  And I’m 90% sure I can climb down and up the ladder for the submarine ride-they redid it so its all about the “Finding Nemo” movie which I love.

Chaos arrived when Matt walked in the door.  He was exhausted, the trip was really hard.  He ends up trying to work on pictures on his computer while babysitting 19-20 year old bmx riders in hotel rooms.  But he’s helping a lot of them with their careers-they all kind of look up to him.  He didn’t get the year contract to shoot for DC which is very disappointing.  Lost his debit card.  Is convinced he will be working at Target having to give up photography to support his girlfriend and son.  Andie is happy again-not hormonal right now, but Matt sure seems to be hormonal.  It was just so peaceful around here when he was gone.I know this is hard for him right now.  But I’d rather he take this all seriously, rather than be very nonchalant about it.  The boy is stepping up and taking responsibility for what is happening in his life.  And he’s not going to have to work at Target.  Its reached the point where, when he goes on these trips to shoot the riders, photographers follow him around shooting him as he works.  He’s just that darned good and well-known now.

It seems like I’m going through one of those periods where life is really good and I’m treasuring each and every moment.  I will just have to remind myself of this when I’m hopelessly lost in Home Depot tomorrow.

Me ever being alone in my house for 24 hours is extremely rare, and always has been that way.  Matt is still on the road working.  Sam has an all day gig about an hour away from here on Saturday and the band is going to get hotel rooms.  I’m glad-mom wise-because I’m sure there will be drinking involved.  Outdoor gig in the desert.  Probably will be atleast 90 degrees.  Maybe this will be the gig that convinces him to stop wearing those horrible leather mariachi pants on stage.  I can only hope.  

I’m glad-me wise.  I have plans.

I love, but rarely do, dvd marathons.  My collection probably tops out at about 400 right now.  Movies and TV shows.  The last full-on all day marathon was 2 years ago when I did all three “Lord of the Rings” dvds.  It was awesome!  You have to add in movie time, plus times I have to pause it for bathroom breaks, food preparation, and pet care.  I just let the phone go straight to voicemail unless its one of the boys.

When Sam told me about the gig, I immediately started thinking.  Quentin Tarantino marathon?  Brad Pitt marathon?  All dvd’s I own that have the word “Princess” in the title and I could wear my tiara while watching them?  Then I started thinking tv shows.  I do all 10 seasons of “Friends” every November.  But what about “Six Feet Under”?  Or “Buffy”?  What could I watch that I don’t like to watch when the boys are around, because they enjoy all of the above?

Season 1 and 2 of “Glee”!

Now one of the problems of living with a musician like Sam, is that I can’t sing around him.  My friends used to call me “The Tuneless Wonder”.  If my life depended on it, I could not carry a tune.  When Sam catches me singing, he looks at me with a very pained expression on his face.

I’m watching “Glee” and going to sing along wearing a really cute pair of new jammies (its going to be a jammie day).  I bought  artichokes at the store today to feast on (Sam hates the smell so I never cook them unless I know he is going to be gone), plus a wedge of brie cheese that I will bake with fresh mushrooms and green onions and smear on warm sourdough bread.

And when I’m watching their salute to “Rocky Horror Picture Show”?  Yes, I will be up and doing The Time Warp Again.

But then…..Sam has decided he and I are going to Disneyland on Wednesday because that’s when the Candy Palace re-opens on Main Street.

To say that I’m excited would be an understatement.

Lots of stuff going on.  Lets see…

My total focus right now is gaining weight and exercising now that withdrawal is over.  I found out the hard way when I came home from the hospital in July at 87 pounds that Its just as hard to gain weight as it is to lose weight, as crazy as that may sound.  But I’m doing good.  Last Wednesday I weighed 108 lbs and today I weighed in at 114 lbs.  I should weigh 125 lbs.  Exercising to re-develop strength and muscle tone.  I look at it this way.  I’m training the way people train for a marathon.  Sam and I have a Disneyland trip planned in about 2 weeks.  I’d rather do it on my own two feet and not two-wheel it in a wheelchair like last time. I’m keeping my options open.  We had such fun going with Matt and Andie in January, but Sam and I have our things we like to do there.  Plus, since Sam is now 22, I have a feeling this will be my last trip with just him and I. How much longer is he going to want to go there with just me?  I know the next time I go with Matt and Andie, we are going to be taking turns pushing a stroller.

Matt is still on the road and Andie is up north, so Sam and I (as much as I hate to say it) are really enjoying having the house to ourselves.  Matt gets back on Monday and chaos will ensue again.  I’m a high energy person and so is he.  Its almost like when the two of us are together too long, we start draining each other’s super powers (i.e. driving each other crazy), and need a break from each other.  Its like living with myself and this house is only big enough for one of me.

My big deck in the backyard is being rebuilt starting today.  Matt was out on it a month ago, and his leg went through it.  So the outside of my house is getting fixed up and I’ve been doing some decorating on the inside which is fun.  The cats and dog take turns supervising the backyard work from my french door windows.  All four are taking this responsibility very seriously and it makes me laugh.

Summer movie season is getting ready to start.  My head is becoming crammed full of movie facts like it is during Oscar season.  I know so much about “Dark Shadows”, “Abraham Lincoln”, “The Avengers”, “Batman”…I could go on and on.  This is one of Sam and I’s favorite times of the year.There is only one teeny tiny problem.  Its called “Magic Mike”.  I will go see this movie by myself and really enjoy it.  However, I saw the preview on-line the other day and am sincerely hoping that I never see that preview sitting next to Sam. Its the kind of thing you don’t want to watch sitting next to your son.  Everytime I sigh, he is probably going to punch me in the arm.  Hey, both boys know I have a fine appreciation for the well built male figure wearing very little.

Rain is on its way tonight and I’m very excited.  This will probably be our last rain for a while.  I’m going to light all my candles and a fire in the fireplace and watch collection 1 of the orginal “Dark Shadows” with the cats.  We may even get thunder and lightning!  

I’m currently reading “Unholy Night” by Seth Grahame-Smith.  He wrote “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” (haven’t read that yet) and “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer” which I loved and can’t wait to see the movie.  He also wrote the screenplay for the movie, so its going to be see good.  I really love the way this guy writes!  ”Unholy Night” is about the three Wise Men who brought the gifts to baby Jesus.  I just love the way he humanizes his characters, be they good or bad.  I got very excited yesterday when I found out that Tim Burton had him write the screenplay for the new “Dark Shadows” movie.

My current guilty pleasure is the tv show, “GCB”.  I watch it on the computer and laugh through the whole thing-so darned good!  And I’m a huge Kristen Chenowith fan and have been for years.  ”Pushing Daisies” is still one of my favorite shows to watch on dvd.

Sam and I are going to take a break and go have lunch to celebrate the incoming rain.  Then its back to cleaning out my closet, doing laundry, starting Tristan’s baby blanket, and getting all the house trash out before it starts to rain.

And every hour getting on my stair step, using my arm weights, and doing stomach crunches-I’ve got a theme park to take over soon and have to be ready to do so.  

Maybe in my next life I will get to be a lady of leisure.

Been going through some really nasty withdrawal.  I’m really hoping that was it.  Next Thursday I will have been off Prednisone for 10 weeks, and that’s how long its suppose to take.  Will spare you the details, other than to say I now know how to get used Gatorade stains off tile and out of my bathroom rugs.  One night the only thing I didn’t get vomit in/on was the litterbox.

The important thing is that I’ve slowly been feeling better since Wednesday and that’s what I’m focusing on.  

Matt left Wednesday to shoot all over No. California and Arizona.  He’ll be back on the 30th.  Andie is out of town at a cutting class for six weeks.  I have to say Sam and I are enjoying the peace and quiet.  He’s so different when its just him and I, and I’m enjoying spending time with just him.  We are also enjoying that the only drama that is going on in the house is between the pets-no yelling or door slamming in the middle of the night.

Thursday I had a couple of errands to run, but was still too dizzy and weak to drive, so Sam took me.  The boy knows I love to go out to eat, so he took me out to lunch.  I really love eating solid food again!  Yesterday we went to see “Lockout” with Guy Pearce and went out to lunch again.

Years ago, the boys and I developed this running joke.  One of them will have “favorite son” status.  Now we know its a joke.  It really pisses the ex off because he thinks I’m serious.  For example, one week Matt took me out on four different occasions to play pool on a 9 foot table-he was granted status.  Sam currently has status.  Both days we went out for lunch, we ended up discussing/debating “Hunger Games” for atleast 30 minutes.  He hasn’t read the books, but knows enough about them from me.  I. Was. In. Heaven.

I’m working on getting caught up on all the stuff around the house that didn’t get done for a while.  Its just so darned nice to be up and about again.  Went grocery shopping this morning and am cooking dinner tonight.  I’m very focused on food right now.  Started using my stair stepper again yesterday

And I have a very busy afternoon today.  At 2pm, with the help of Bruce Willis, an Aerosmith soundtrack, 4 pieces of Sees candy, and a box of kleenex, I will save the world for about the 25th time.

Yup, “Armageddon” is on again.

Where do I start?

Thing removed off of my leg last Wednesday.  Received letter in the mail from the doctor it wasn’t cancer!

*Still happy dancing*

Matt is shooting in Phoenix until tomorrow.  Buk is going after the cats.  I’m so tired of being the animal referee and breaking up fights.

Sam and I went to see “Cabin in the Woods” today.  It was amazing.  The sad thing I know is that it was shot 2 years ago, but sat on the shelf because of MGM’s bankruptcy.  Our family has certain producers, directors, and actors that we always support.  That’s why the boys and I went to see Tim Burton’s remake of “Planet of the Apes” and I’m not proud of that.  Sam went to see “Woman in Black” because we support Daniel Radcliff.  The boys and I are huge fans of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”.  Joss Whedon is amazing!  I really hate all the comic book movies, but I will go pay my 9.00 to see “The Avengers” because Joss Whedon wrote the darned script. 

I seriously need to get a life.

My calendar is full of Friday release dates of movies from May until July.

Other random thoughts?  I got both my Entertainment Weekly and Hollywood Reporter in the mail today.  Tomorrow morning I will spend a couple of hours in bed sipping on some hot tea with the cats and reading all my Hollywood stuff.  Short of Brad Pitt bringing my tea in bed, can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday morning.

Been throwing up most of the day.  Two more weeks of withdrawal from that damned Prednisone.

The earthquake that I thought I felt?  Now they are saying it was an “atmospheric disturbance”.  When you live where I do, you just plan for these things.  Two years ago we had a pretty big one-I just started yelling at Sam “doorway” which is where you stand when one hits.

We’ve had a nasty 3 day storm.  Thunder, lighting, and 40 mile winds.  Matt texted me to see how Buk reacted to it.  I texted him back and said “can you hold 4 animals in your lap at the same time?”

I’m planning a Disneyland trip in the next couple of weeks.  Don’t know if Sam will go with me, but I’m good to drive and know what rides I can gone on by myself and what I can’t.  Even been planning ahead and as my budget will allow me, been getting gift cards so I can get Tristan stuff there.

I’m known for giving everyone nicknames.  And already Tristan has one that I haven’t told anyone about…..He’s baby T.

Now I’m going to go to bed and listen to my iPod until I go to sleep.  I admit I listen to very inapropriate music, but its fun to dance to in the privacy of my closet.  Okay, Trent Resnor and Foxy Shazzam. 

And then you have to listen to some Led Zepplin and some Skynnard.

Happy Friday the 13th!

Could this day go anymore wrong?

Thunder, lighting, they still have not figured out what happened at 8:30 this morning.  The pets (all four of them) won’t leave me alone. 

Going to put my jammies on and eat some fruit and vanilla ice cream.

Tomorrow will be a better day!

The joys of living in So. Cal.

Just had an earthquake.  

All the pets are upset.  

Waiting for the aftershocks.

Got my bandage changed on my leg today-doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would.  I keep working my way through “The Killing”. Realized I’m probably missing a lot of important stuff due to the pain pills, so I’ll re-watch it again this weekend.

I’m a very happy camper right now and in a very smiley mood which I’m enjoying.  Have taken a few steps back from the Matt and Andie situation.  He’s busy shooting over the next week in and out of town.  I just need some space from both of them.

My leg seems to be healing ever so slowly, but okay.  Nurse friend came over to help me with it today.  Went to Target and got a new leopard print purse for spring.  Also got a couple of really pretty solar-powered flower lights to put outside of my back porch off my bedroom-can’t wait to see them tonight!  Bought a cute outfit to go to the movies in on Sunday.  I thought I was going to have to have a new toilet installed (can you say $$$$$$$?), but the guy was able to re-seal it and it works fine.  A friend of Matt’s who owns a clothing company is sponsoring a “dig a hole to China” event at the beach this weekend.  It sounds like so much fun!  15 minutes and whoever digs the deepest hole wins.  3 different catagories.  I swear if it wasn’t for my leg, I’d take a shovel and go join in the fun.  Sam and I have both decided we are seriously in love with the band Foxy Shazzam.  Matt showed me a trailer for a new movie this summer-I’ll be there opening day.  The movie is called “Ted”.  And I will have a six pack after watching it from laughing so darned hard.

Its one of those days where life just tastes really good.  I’m happy and I tend to really celebrate those days.  I bought a beautiful bouquet of flowers for my breakfast bar, complete with a plastic egg.  I just have this feeling that this weekend is going to be wonderful and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.

Going to do girl night tonight-face stuff, etc.  The weather is beautiful and warm during the day, but will be cool enough to have a fire tonight.  Sam is off doing band stuff.  Carried 2 amps out to the car when he left.  I hope Matt won’t get home until after I’m in bed.  I just sort of want to wallow in my happiness with the cats and dog.  Tomorrow morning I plan to make tea and lay in bed and read my new “Hollywood Reporter” from cover to cover.

Can’t think of a better way to start my Saturday….unless Brad Pitt is available.

Yesterday morning I woke up and decided the time had come to get the nasty growth taken off my leg, so off to the doctor I went.  He said he could do it today, so it is now done.  He let me listen to my iPod while I was laying on the table.  In the time it took to listen to “Bohemien Rapsody” it was gone.  I’ve learned that burning flesh (he had to cauterize it) do NOT smell good.  But atleast its gone and I’m a happy camper.  What the results from the tests on it will be, I’m not going to worry about it.

Of course, it seems like there is very little to worry about when you are on pain pills.

But now I can wear my Uggs since it gone.  However, its 75 degrees outside and I don’t really want stinky feet.  But its the thought that counts.  And there are some really cute shorts at Target I want to get since I won’t be embarrassed for my leg to be seen.  I think they may want to come home with me next week.

Yesterday I ran all my weekly errands and the fridge is spilling over with food.  I knew I’d have to take a few days off with my foot up in the air so it won’t swell, so I got prepared.

Matt and Andie?  Not even touching that subject right now.  When they come in, I now head for my bedroom.  Only way I can keep my sanity at this point.  My voice of reason (aka Sam) has said that I should now understand why he keeps his distance.  The only thing that is so hard is that its not just about them anymore.  My grandson is now involved.  But I have to stand back and let them find their way.

Bought a new tv show on dvd at Target-”The Killing”.  Got the first season.  Had read lots about it.  I’m on the 3rd episode and am positively loving it!

Pretty sure I’ll still be able to have my movie day on Sunday.  Really looking forward to seeing “Mirror Mirror”.  One of the dresses that Julia Roberts wears weighs 60 pounds!

time to go put my foot back up on the pillow pile so it won’t swell.

But I’m happy!!

Started feeling better again on Saturday.  Only 3 more weeks of this to go.  The weekend was spent running around the house, trying to get caught up with everything.  Definitely made progress.  I do a little happy dance when I can open my clothes hamper and see the bottom…after doing 6 loads yesterday.  Food is my friend again.  Trying to exercise again.  The weather has turned beautiful-got up to sunshine this morning.  Lots of Matt/Andie drama right now, but I’m trying to ignore it.  Its not that I don’t care, but I’m tired of having a front row seat to their relationship.  They are going to be parents and have to work this out.  Messed around with Netflix last night.  I get so overwhelmed with all the choices!  I ended up deciding to watch an episode of “Private Practice” and got seriously hooked.  I haven’t been to Target in 2 weeks-heading there tomorrow before they send out a search party for me.  I’m assuming that the boys will be with the ex for Easter, so I think I may have a movie day-my second time of seeing “Hunger Games”, and then I want to see “Mirror Mirror”.  Then I’m going to come home and cook a small ham, scalloped potatoes, and whatever sounds good.  And then I may dip my toe in the indie section of Netflix for dessert.

Sounds like a darned good time to me!