The Cookbook Junkies

If I were a lesbian (my husband would be so turned on right now) – I’d be hot for her….she’s beautiful, funny, smart, writes and loves to cook. (We’d fight in the kitchen because it is MY KITCHEN!!!) I watched her biography on Food Network last night – she is amazing – all the pain she suffered – her mother dying of cancer, her 32 year old sister, her 47 year old husband – and she is such an inspiration. Her philosophy and thoughts on life made me wake up and smell the Diet Pepsi (I don’t drink coffee). Life is for living…stop worrying about what tomorrow will bring – embrace each day and LIVE, EAT and be HAPPY!

My husband…he is having a colonoscopy on Friday – he says he thinks the doctors are looking for Bin Laden since he has had about a half dozen rectal exams. Why is it that a rectal exam is so traumatic for a man and women have their ob/gyn’s arms up them most of the time? I spent nine months with my small Korean doctor up — I think Dr. Park was up there as much as Andrew was … men get over it.

Now he says he has a mouth tumor – some growth under his tongue. I say off with his tongue.

Andrew’s chest x-ray has been in the car for a couple weeks – I need to return it to the radiologist – (the immunologist wanted to look at it himself). This morning, ol’ tumor tongue said, “take this back will you?”… I said, “yes, as soon as I get done eating bon-bons all day and doing the pool boy”. He makes me crazy mad sometimes and it is a good thing I don’t have a gun….speaking of guns – I had a dream about Bryan (the 22 y/o) and guns. Very weird.

Last thing, I was very upset to see that Steve Bartelstein was fired from my morning news program – apparently he was sleeping through a spot and allegedly there are reports of meth use and him stalking a man (I didn’t even know he was gay!). I was talking to Jim this morning about it while he was getting dressed for work – and the whole time he is looking in the mirror at himself. I’m going to just put a mirror in the bed next to him and they should be very happy together, the tongueless one and the mirror.

I love my husband and he is a good man and father but sometimes…I know he feels this way about me most of the time – like he could kill me. I’ve been very depressed and sad lately and he was worried about 10 minutes after I told him I was feeling this way. He said he would try to be more understanding…that too lasted about 10 minutes. Men are very much in the moment beings…after that moment you are history. I guess I’m ranting about him today because I am especially sad and depressed today and nobody notices or cares. I have a saying written on a piece of paper on my fridge “If you are lucky enough to live here, you are lucky enough.” I do believe that – I am so lucky to have Jim and Andrew (Bryan…that is another kind of luck) but no matter how good you have things – sometimes you are just sad and there is nothing you can do about it. Rosie hangs upside down for her depression – I couldn’t do that – then I’d have Donald Trump all over my ass.

Had the weirdest dream – Brad, Angelina and the new Vietnamese child stopped by to visit with us. Allegedly, Angelina and I are friends from way back….It was weird. Brad kept calling Angelina — Joanna – I had to take care of the child and Angelina was on the phone….the entire visit. Very strange.

Something just crashed to the floor in the living room. I don’t want to know. Don’t ask …. don’t tell.

Made corned beef, crispy cabbage with bacon and potatoes yesterday along with Irish soda bread. I made two extra loaves for neighbors along with cupcakes and cookies for folks.

Went to church today with Jim – Andrew was sooo well behaved. He looked so handsome in his church clothes and it was the first time I got to sit in the church the entire mass….did I mention that Andrew fell asleep in my arms before the mass started and woke up at Communion (when the bells were jingled before Communion – he picked up his head and said, “what that?”). God is watching us….God is watching us. Everything lately is “what that?” “That cared me that loud noise.” “What you doin’ mom?” I love that child.

Thursday we were at the park with Jade and her daughter Melissa and we had a picnic. Friday we had 6 plus inches of ice and snow. Al Gore is right!