Just the other day, my husband gave me back the keys to my car --- after a $1,200 repair job for a broken speedometer turned into a major overhaul --- and smiled while saying "Happy Valentine's Day, Honey!" I accepted it since I'm a practical romantic. Anyway after driving his Jeep, I missed my van.

While driving yesterday, I noticed up ahead a line of cars doing some strange maneuvers all over the road. Back and forth they weaved like someone qualifying on an obstacle course! What's going on, I thought, while staying back from the spastic dance on the pavement.

Then in a FLASH a glass bottle appeared in front of me!!! But it wasn't just lying there resting after being tossed by a littering piglet --- OH NO --- it was being blown about by the breeze of the speeding automobiles. It rapidly moved in front of me, disappearing under my car, while I tried to keep it from hitting my wheels! Somehow I crossed its path without any crushing contact. Behind me the next car's startled driver turned right and left to avoid destruction too. Success!!! I was pleased that I had made sure I wouldn't get a new tire for Mother's Day.

Okay, I got the message --- Always be ready to play dodgeball on the road of life.

~~~~~"Anna Nicole, the world is going to be a much less interesting place without you in it." --- The Buzz (Let's pray for all the "fathers" who are fighting for control that dear innocent baby.)

~~~~~Easy money! To win $25 million, just find a way to save our precious planet earth by sucking the greenhouse gases out of the air.

~~~~~My foot is much better! I'm out of my boot cast and doing exercises --- which really hurt! ---- but will strengthen my ligaments. Watch out, Streamers, I'm driving again!

~~~~~Ted Haggard was "cured" of homosexuality in only three weeks! Good luck with that, Ted.

~~~~~Check out this site for detailed film reviews: http://www.crankycritic.com/.  Be forewarned --- you may not agree with his honest "slice & dice" of your favorite movie!

Today is our youngest daughter's birthday so we've been celebrating!!! ~~~ Hugs, Rita B

I'm enjoying the current controversy about models being too thin. It's about time someone got real about body image in this day of enlightenment. Now we see models of all ages and sizes --- and I like it! I've been both too thin and now too heavy, but I'm still ME!

The average woman is 5'4" tall, weighs 140 pounds and has a BMI of 24, and she wears a size between 12 to 16. At least I got half of it right! Maybe one of these days I'll be able to brag about being totally average???

"Beauty is not in the face. Beauty is a light in the heart." Kahlil Gibran.

Amen and amen, Streamers!

That astronaut loony lady who drove to Florida to confront the "girlfriend" of another astronaut is one of the weirdest love triangles I've seen since the Brooklyn penguins. No guy would make me loco enough to wear DEPENDS while driving cross-country! While my husband's mulling the idea over for our next trip, I've just crossed astronaut off my list of "Things I Want to Be When I Grow Up!"