Very soon my dear daughter, QueenJanita will arrive with her tiny goslings, Ariel and Wolf (my grandchildren) in tow. Happy Days!
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Paul and I trotted over the the Hobby Lobby and bought a huge honkin' plastic tree to honor the Season and their arrival. The Red Carpet is being whacked and cleaned to be installed from the majestic entry of our Gated Community to our equally imposing entry foyer. Even more fabulous is our home delivery meal service which has become "kicked in" in response to the impending arrival of these luminaries. Linda and Randy Jones will be bringing us our entire eats on that day. Yes, the kit and kaboodle. All Praise Linda and Randy!!!
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Wolf is now a fine figure of a young man of 19. He is doing very well in pharmacy school and is either doing or wants to do research in Germany before he graduates. I think his research is about resurrecting the Mastodon according to Walgreen's dispensing protocols.
Yes, I am certain the dear lad and I will have many significant conversations while he is here about the need for more dispensing of metamucil and wooly mammoth burgers in the world. Perhaps Walgreen's could have a counter à la Woolworths? "Wolf's Wolf it Down. Wooly Mammoth on the Bun & on the Run! All Free Range, All Organic, All the Time!!!"
Ariel is 25 years old or, she looks that old. Anyway, she is a lovely, lovely young lady who will be graduating from high school in a year or so. She is interested in nursing but I think I heard QueenJanita strongly discouraging this possible approach to Reality and the Future. She suggested that Ariel consider re-invigorating the tradition of Hoochie Coochie Girl* and use her uncles' home in Frisco as the LaunchPad for her Career. Knowing Janet I am certain that Hoochie Coochie-ism is yet another form of Caring! Besides, Ariel's birthday is coming up. We celebrate for the entire first week of January every year showering the Dear with gifts and love.
Paul has been out for weeks in his Santa Costume building up stockpiles of both Luv and Treats for Ariel in preparation. Of course, Paul's birthday (79 yo) is on 1/2/09 but, I suspect, he prefers to ignore that.
Seeing them, no matter what devilish antics they me be up to, will be a wonderful thing especially given my circumstances. I was a bit concerned I was going to have to wave to them from the Screaming Void at the rate I was going. Do recall, my swift descent does seem to have been arrested. For a time. As for us all!
This whole cancer blight thing has caused me to think about my trajectory through reality. A bit, mind you. Quite a shock for MizFlounce...a lady who has quite disdained that adage "live the considered life" up unto this point. Now I am a believer!!
In the year to come, should I see it through, I need to utilize the wonderful grace and good fortune of energy and good health to try and be my finest person. What a wonderful gift to have been granted the motivation to try and achieve this and to be granted a bit of time to do it in! This Christmas could not be better. I even learned from my buddy, Angelo, that some of you have even contributed in my name to his charitable riding adventure.(http://mizflounce.blogspot.com/2008/12/tis-season-of-giving.html ; http://www.tofighthiv.org/site/TR?px=1212822&fr_id=1070&pg=personal ). Your kind generosity makes my Christmas even more awesome!**
So, once again, thank you all for your kind concern, support and unfailing friendship. These things...and you...have meant all the world to me!
Whoa, steady there girl!
Judy (via jeff)
*http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hbtbc9.htm
** "youthful parlance"
2 comments:
Dear Judy ,
Jeff has been keeping us all informed of your difficulties and progress.
Know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
I often think back fondly of our last meeting in Italy and what wonderful company you were. We had such great times. We will have to go back! or have you back to England. Remember when Jeff ran you ragged in 1980?
As you know Jeff was a fantastic host to Alice and her friends in San Francisco over the summer. Alice, Grace, Amy and Michaela, the four that descended in San Francisco for over a month, have all been back together again over the last week , as they are home for the holidays after their first term at University, so the memories and stories have flowing again.
It is hard to believe I have a daughter who is the same age now as I was when I first meet your Jeff in London, during my first term at university. My life has been so enriched by his friendship...and yours!
Give my Best to Jan and her family. I wish you all Health and Happiness for 2009.
Lots of Love to you and Paul!
Clare, Steve Alice and James XXXX
MizFlounce!
I saw Bigfoot once and your grandson looks just like his albino brother! That "research project" of his might just be regular makin' babies?
Roxine
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