Did you see the news that Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhatten apt today by his housekeeper……

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22789086#22789086

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Isn’t this a great picture!!!!!!

I love old barns.  I really like to travel in Wisconsin because it seems they have a large percentage of old barns still in good shape.  My cousin, Phyllis, lives on the “homestead” in Muscatine County, Iowa…this farm was left to my dad by his mother…Phyllis is quite handy with the camera and recently sent me a couple of pictures of the barn…I already have one she took in 2000 framed…now I’m going to have to regroup……

hmmmm

Still waiting for my 50th anniversary Osmond special DVD to arrive in the mail.  I don’t know if you can wear out a DVR but I watch the brothers singing on Oprah quite frequently.  I still have yet to find anyone who even wants to watch the DVD with me. 

Went to Jenny and Ryan’s house for supper to celebrate Jane’s birthday…..was also very enjoyable to watch the Giants beat the Cowboys…I wasn’t so happy today when the Colts got their butts handed to them by the Chargers!!!!  BOO!!! &(@$#^*$#@!

He is in watching the Sopranos – trying to get caught up with the ones I watched last night so we can watch a couple together….

Until next time…..

…and while I’m at it…these are just too cute not to share :

 So…if you are not an animal lover, you may pause and think…DOESN’T THIS WOMAN HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO 🙂  If you have dogs and cats..Frannie: leave the cat alone…then you are going to appreciate this.  FRANNIE. I accomplished a lot yesterday on my first day off…I organized music FRANNIE…LEAVE THE CAT ALONE.  burned CD’s for Phil and I – totally organized my 2007 pictures on the computer…went thru FRANNIE…KNOCK IT OFF…LEAVE THE CAT ALONE. Went thru all of my 2007 paperwork and got everything ready for taxes…just waiting…FRANNIE…….for

all of the forms to come in the mail…then I can do FAFSA too….While I was being totally organized…I decided to sneak around with the camera and see what was going on. 

 hmmmm

What I found was…it wasn’t Devil Dog at all….Billy  was antagonizing Frannie.  I’ve never had a cat before…I had no idea that they would/could play together…so all this time, I hear the thundering sound of feet up and down the steps (which quite frankly, took me back to hearing the kids chase each other up and down the steps) it was Bill Clinton a little high on cat nip running like the wind up and down the steps and Frannie, who could not help herself, chasing him.  It seems Frannie likes to be with Billy and frequently lays beside him and vise versa…but…could Bill be the trouble maker…I think this revelation is quite possible.

between life and death.  Not sure if I told you about the 53 year old lady that called the other day because she couldn’t breath….she was home alone in the country…her husband had gone to town to get groceries and run some errands….she had a seizure and when she came out of it was having difficulty breathing….where I came in.  I got EMS started..she wanted to stay on the line with me…said it helped having someone there because it took her mind off of it…a few minutes into the call and approximately 11 minutes before the ambulance arrived, she told me she thought she was going to pass out and seconds later she passed out and that was it.  She was on life support for a couple of days but I knew she had been down too long for her to come back with any quality of life.  Stranger to stranger – life to life – one is left standing.  Ya.  I’m a professional, yup, have been doing this job for  almost 24 years and every time this happens, I say a prayer and grieve for this persons’ family…each one has an affect on my life…stranger to stranger. 

Instructed a man today giving CPR to his wife.  They had returned home from the doctor and after he got her settled, he put the car in the garage…on his return to the house he found his wife on the floor unresponsive and not breathing.  This time the ambulance was close…she’s at the hospital now with a pulse and life support.  I grieve for this woman’s family…the pain they are going thru tonight – they have no idea that there is someone in the universe tonight that is thinking about them…….stranger to stranger. 

Never underestimate your impact on someone’s life; friend to friend, acquaintenance to acquaintenance, stranger to stranger.

Kate leaves in a few hours.  She’ll be on her way to Ohio… she is going to try to leave here around 3am which should put her in Cyahoga Falls about 2:00 pm.  I hate thinking about her driving that far alone!!!  I’ve pretty much kept my mouth shut, though.  She will understand when she is a mother.  It has been wonderful having her home… for the last 3 days we have been working on a 500 piece puzzle and watching the second season of sopranos.  To say we are hooked on Tony Soprano, et al would be an understatement 🙂

Phil and I went out to eat with Tom and Rhonda early New Years’ Eve.  We were in bed cold sober by 10:30.  I did get up because I couldn’t sleep and saw the new year in and went back to bed.  Tuesday (New Years) we went to Brett and Christas.  Kate went with us and Jenny and Ryan came after going to a movie and out to eat.  We played a new card game to us – Shanghai (sp).  Was lots of fun.  Brett kept my wine glass full so the game seemed a little more complicated than it probably really is 🙂

Had lunch with Karen yesterday.  She’s been back from her deployment in DC for a couple of months – seems to be settling back into life okay…We had a great therapy session – you know – tears, laughter, anger, despair.  Glad I don’t have to pay her for the therapy.  I wouldn’t be able to afford her.  Also went to see the family attorney yesterday, to see exactly what my options are with my mother.  She’s mentally slipping on a weekly basis and isn’t getting any sweeter…Aunt Frances is wanting to get out of there and move back to Des Moines – mom’s only choice, the way I see it, is back to the nursing home where she should have stayed.

Happy New Year, everyone – a little late….Need Kate to call from Cyahoga Falls and then I can actually breath that sigh of relief.

Until next time….