{"id":615,"date":"2015-02-14T02:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T20:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=615"},"modified":"2021-06-18T19:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:42:58","slug":"my-good-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=615","title":{"rendered":"MY GOOD LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Has it really been two months since my last blahg?\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>\"Scott<\/span><\/strong>I know I’ve been busy but where has the time gone?\u00a0 Some days it seems like I don’t have a moment to myself and one of those moments could have been used to write a new blahg.\u00a0 Today I have a few minutes before I have to go out and do some Valentine’s Day shopping.\u00a0 I know it’s tomorrow but at least I’ll have that on time.\u00a0 So here’s today’s quick blahg.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you may or not know, depending on whether you read my previous blahgs, we were working towards getting my parents into their new home.\u00a0 For newcomers, here’s the quick recap:\u00a0 Big sheet of ice fell off the roof at my parents’ home last February (2014) and struck their oil line and sent 800 litres of oil into the ground.\u00a0 The house was torn down, my parents were relocated, the soil was removed and re-mediated, and a new house was built on the old lot.\u00a0 \"My<\/a>My parents took possession on December 18th.\u00a0 We managed to get them moved in the same day and get the house set up over the next few days before all of their other possessions were delivered three days before Christmas.\u00a0 Then came Christmas dinner with 21 of us in the new house for Christmas dinner.\u00a0 My brother and his wife who live in Ohio and their three young boys came up and stayed over the holidays.\u00a0 They handled Christmas dinner and it felt like I was on holidays for a while.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeanette and I had a good Christmas with our own children\"\"<\/a> and my daughter Emily’s boyfriend Charlie even managed to visit for a few days.\u00a0 The holidays seem to always come and go too quickly.\u00a0 I didn’t finish that new Christmas story that I was working on.\u00a0 I will get back to it but it might not be until next Christmas.\u00a0 My outdoor Christmas display also took a beating this year.\u00a0 My eight foot inflatable Santa blew the mount for his motor and no longer would inflate.\u00a0 He has been replaced with a seven foot Christmas moose.\u00a0 I won’t post any pictures right now but I’ll be sure to photograph my Christmas 2015 display and include the moose and the Snoopy that I got for Christmas. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One last note on Christmas 2014.\u00a0 My youngest daughter Abbie, aged 16, bought me a present for Christmas that shocked and astounded me.\u00a0 \"Rom<\/a>I had for years told my children the story of one of the items from my teen years that I was never able to acquire but always wanted.\u00a0 It was a Rom the Space Knight action figure put out by Parker Brothers in 1979.\u00a0 It inspired a Marvel comic as well that I enjoyed reading.\u00a0 It is a collector’s item now and runs between one hundred fifty and two hundred dollars if you can find one.\u00a0 I know that Abbie spent way too much money on it but I guess it was her way to try and make up for the difficult times we had last fall.\u00a0 I’ve been trying to be more patient with her and things have been better.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now for “from better to worse”.\u00a0 My father fell two weeks ago and fractured his hip.\u00a0 \"MyHe’s still in the hospital but in the rehabilitation wing.\u00a0 The picture on the right was updated after this blahg was previously published.\u00a0 He looks better and is doing better.\u00a0 Once he’s up on his feet he should be doing better.\u00a0 At least he hasn’t smoked in two weeks and hopefully he will be around to celebrate his 78th birthday on May 24th.\u00a0 Keep your fingers crossed for him.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So why “My Good Life?”\u00a0 Well, for starters, I had been thinking about calling this blahg “My Crappy Life” or “It’s The Hard Knock Life” with the latter being an homage to the song from “Annie”.\u00a0 I’ve been thinking a lot lately that as bad as things are they could be worse.\u00a0 Case in point.\u00a0 Last week I was waiting for a phone call on my Dad’s stay in the hospital and had left my cell phone number in a message for someone at the hospital.\u00a0 They happened to call me back when I was driving.\u00a0 I pulled off to the side of the road, as a good driver should, to take the call and my car slid off the road into a ditch and lodged in deep snow.\u00a0 It took an hour to get a tow truck and get out and that cost me $75.\u00a0 Still, I was alright and there was no damage to the car.\u00a0 I chose to see the positive in things.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s another example.\u00a0 My daughter wanted to see the 2004 Disney movie “Teacher’s Pet”.\u00a0 She had been five when it came out and doesn’t have much recollection of seeing it in the theater.\u00a0 \"Teacher'sI tried for two days and went to eight stores but could not find a new or used copy of the DVD.\u00a0 I reluctantly ordered a copy from Amazon Canada.\u00a0 Two days later the package arrived but it did not contain the DVD of “Teacher’s Pet”.\u00a0 \"MiniInside was a Mini AV to HDMI switch box.\u00a0 How on earth could anyone mistake a DVD for this thing?\u00a0 I could understand if they sent me a DVD of the 1958 film “Teacher’s Pet” with Clark Gable & Doris Day by mistake.\u00a0 By the way, I already own the DVD of the 1958 film.\u00a0 I quickly chatted with Amazon and they sent me a prepaid label to send back the switch and the correct DVD was dispatched and arrived today.\u00a0 You have to wonder and you have to laugh.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So things are not all that bad.\u00a0 I have my health and the love of a wonderful wife and children.\u00a0 My Dad’s coming along and my car is running fine.\u00a0 I even have “Teacher’s Pet” to watch with Abbie.\u00a0 So it’s a good life…it’s my good life.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I always try to add music to these posts and I toyed with the idea of ending this blahg with Tony Bennett’s version of “The Good Life” but I didn’t think it was really what I wanted as a tie-in.\u00a0 By the way, I received the new Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga CD “Cheek To Cheek” and it is thoroughly enjoyable.\u00a0 \"kings<\/a>But as for the music today, I’m going to offer up a selection from an LP I found recently at a local thrift store.\u00a0 It’s “Kings of Dixieland Volume Two”.\u00a0 I wasn’t going to buy the record because the jacket was split all the way around but the record itself was actually red vinyl and I thought that was worth the $2.\u00a0 Some invisible tape fixed up the jacket and the record actually played well.\u00a0 The track I have chose to play from this LP is “Wait ‘Till The Shines Nellie”.\u00a0 That old chestnut is full of optimism and really swings. <\/span><\/strong>
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\nSo that’s it.\u00a0 Keep the faith.\u00a0 Keep smiling.\u00a0 Look for the silver lining.\u00a0 You get the drift.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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