'Wicked' movie buzz

I'm hearing some buzz about a production company making the Broadway musical 'Wicked' into a movie in 2010. Everyone here should already know, I am a *HUGE* Wicked fan, it is magnificent! The music, the characters, the costumes, the story, the music!!! I've seen it both times it has rolled through St. Louis and I have the CD soundtrack handy at all times for those Wicked moments I need to sing about. I already know the musical production will be coming back around again to the fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis in June of 2010, so how will the opening of a 'Wicked' movie within the same year affect the still touring production of the musical?

I'm having some reservations about the 'Wicked' movie being able to live up to the very theatrical and dramatic musical production. Will it even be a movie-musical or will they simply make it a movie more like from the book? We'll have to see I guess, but if you have not already seen Wicked the musical, do that first before you consider seeing the movie.

I am excited at the thought that the movie could be a good representation of the magic and pageantry that is the musical because every time it's over, I want to watch it over again! Stay tuned folks, this is a story I will be keeping my eyes on as it develops.

'Deuce' bag

Today I saw a man walking his two small dogs through the neighborhood. The first thing I looked for was, well to be honest...I looked to see if the man had a poo disposal bag on hand. You'd be surprised at how many people come unprepared but this guy was packin'. Great!

What I saw next baffled me a bit.

Perhaps he was contemplating some term life quotes he received earlier in the day and just wasn't paying attention but after one of his dogs copped a squat, the man just walked on! Clean bag in hand. The poo was just left there on the neighbor's lawn! What's the point of a 'deuce' bag if you don't use it!? The City of St. Louis has provisions for feces removal according to section 10.04.310 of ordinance number 66384, for just such an occasion. Obviously he knew this because he brought the bag along, right?

Perhaps he carries the empty bag as a criticism deterrent. He cares *just enough* to keep the watchful eyes at bay. You know, if a neighbor happens along, he can put it to use. If not, the poo is as good as fertilizer and the unused plastic bag lives on for another day. Win, win, win.

Hello, Friday!

What a great day to enjoy a nice tall hot cup of joe! I like mine sweet and creamy, how about you?

This weekend's plans are a mixed bag for me. Saturday I have off work from both jobs but have alot to do at home. Cleaning and much needed laundry and I *need* to work on my yard sale stuff! So there goes Saturday!

Then on Sunday, I have to be up and at my second job at 7 am! Now for those of you who know me, this is going to be a real trick for me, Queen of late nights and late mornings! Then I need to get some rest because Monday and Tuesday I am working from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm at #1 and then 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm at #2! Two days in a row! It's all good though, I need the cash. I really need to start looking for another full time job again, though.

My boss is hounding my mom about her getting a part time job because he can't afford payroll. Well we have more than enough work here to keep us busy beyond full time so...I don't know what to tell him. Our clients just aren't paying us even though we're doing the work! But I digress, that is for another post entirely!

So, working on Sunday morning means, yep you guessed it, NO CHURCH AGAIN! It has been like 2 months or more since I've been to church on Sunday morning. I just can't seem to get there! That's another reason why it sucks that our church only has Sunday morning service. If you have to miss, too bad for you! You'll have to wait a week and hope for the best....don't get me started!

So that's it! My weekend is already spent and it's still Friday! LOL How about you, any plans for fun this weekend?? It's supposed to rain for the next 7 days here in St. Louis, perhaps your part of the world will have better weather for fun!

New addiction: Restaurant City on Facebook

Ok, here I go again! No, not shopping for much needed lighting for my way too dark apartment, I'm spending my free time (and some not 'free' time) playing yet another Facebook game!!! This time, it's not farms and crops, it's chefs and menus!!

Journeyman's Inn 7/8/09

Restaurant City is a really fun game by Playfish, kinda like a Sims game. You have employees that you have to assign jobs to, a restaurant to name and decorate and also make functional, a menu to gather ingredients for and restrooms to keep clean so your customers don't complain and give you thumbs down. It's great! I'm having a blast with it trying to keep my approval rating up as high as I can get it. The highest I've had it was right around 48 and the highest possible is 50, so that was a good day. Of course you get a bigger restaurant and more employees as you get more and more gourmet points for serving customers who pay $2 each or the meal. Your employees have individual energy levels that you have to maintain at a decent level, otherwise they begin to work more slowly and your customers will complain and leave, giving you a thumbs down LOL

If you are on Facebook, why not check it out! And if we are friends, we will get 1 free ingredient the first time we visit each other's restaurant! :)

Momma's coming home today!

No, she hasn't been gone shopping for industrial supplies, she's been in the hospital!

She had been up all night throwing up and having a terrible fever. By the next morning, you could see she wasn't feeling well at all. So we took her to the ER and sure enough she had a 103.1 degree fever!

After all the tests were ran and she had some various medications going in, she was beginning to feel better. As it turns out, she had cellulitis and we didn't even know it! There are a few other health issues going on including being diagnosed with diabetes. So be looking for lots of diabetic talk in upcoming posts as we begin a journey together to change our lives to be diabetic friendly. I am on a mission to learn as much as I can about the foods and eating plans of anyone and everyone diabetic! I want to create yummy recipes to prove that a diabetic diagnosis isn't 'the end of the world' like most people think. More later on that but for now, momma is coming home today and there is lots to do!

PJ update

Well, it's time again for PJ to return to the vet for a check up. They will draw blood to check his levels and determine where he is with his kidney disease and diabetes.

He has been on twice a day insulin shots that are 3 units of U40 type insulin, which is better formulated to the way an animal would process the insulin vs. human insulins. He also take 1 pill a day of a med called Benazapril, which is a medication that helps slow the progression of the kidney disease. A side affect of the kidney disease causes his tummy to make too much acid, which in turn gives him an upset tummy. He desires to eat but he would just go to his bowl, smell his food and then look up at you with a sad look on his face. So the vet prescribed Omeprazol which is the medication inside over the counter human meds for the same reason, like Prilosec. This medicine is in the form of tiny pellets. Each capsule has .5 mg inside and his daily dose is .25. So I get 2 days out of 1 pill, a little creative finanical ploy going on there since you pay for each pill, not what's inside apparently!

So PJ is at home right now, not knowing that in a few short hours, I will arrive home early and figure out a way to get him in his carrier, not an easy task usually. And off we go to the vet's office and to pick up a RX from the drugstore. It will be a couple of days for the test results so I'll post that info when it comes in then.

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