Last weekend Ted and I went to see The Iron Lady with Meryl
Streep. We are huge fans of hers. We thought she did a
magnificent job but the movie was too long. She morphed from
being a dynamic leader to a senile old lady and did an
incredible bit of acting. I suppose she will be again nominated and then cheated out of an Oscar. Margaret Thatcher
may have been Ronald Reagan's admired friend but she certainly
wasn't mine. I hated her politics.


I haven't had a good nights sleep in what seems like forever.
Last night, Bobby had to go to the hospital. It isn't that
serious, they let him go too soon. Ellie is totally stressed
out as in "How could he put me through this?" and they left
with his billfold and debit card and then she called home
and had Adrienne and I look for it. Turned out after she had
searched the hospital for an hour, it turned up in his pocket.
Stress can make you do the dumbest things. Adrienne was saying, "Chill Mom, Chill." They had both looked in his pockets but you know how stress can make you overlook things
that are in plain sight.

Fourteen year olds can be so rude. Bobby's stepmother kept
calling and Adrienne didn't want me to talk to her. She is
entirely too sharp tongued and I had to have a talk with her, (Adrienne) about this. I did talk to Pat at length
who would do anything to help, but Ellie won't allow her
to do this and the girls have picked up her attitude. She
is a nice person and should get some credit for wanting to
be helpful.

Thinking I had a free day yesterday, I went to the beauty
shop to get a cut and style and came out looking like
Dolly Parton in one of her bad wigs. I told her to layer
it like Paula Deene's hair and so I have a lot of short
layers that I probably won't be able to manage. In the
meantime, I have BIG hair. So sixties!

I was so sad to read Elkhound's post. It doesn't cost a
thing to be kind and caring. My grandson suffered a lot
from this because he is exceptionally bright and the other
kids didn't communicate well with him. Adrienne had some
problems with this in third grade but Middle School is
heaven for her. The parents are largely responsible for
this I think. You can't teach your kids love and tolerance
when you are bigoted and mean spirited. They pick this up
at home. They have big ears and stay tuned in when you
least expect it.