Happy Friday!

My crazy Lily after 3 years in July is still a very active cat. I am sure she has OCD and is bi-polar but I would never ever put her on meds for that. She is just a handful and I was thinking of getting a new kitty but I really think it would be too much for me and her to cope with. So maybe in a few years IF she calms down a little more I will. She loves using the inside of my doors as a scratching post and she loves jumping up high and sliding down the inside of the doors. Her favorite doors are the bathroom doors and my closet door. And of course she still likes to surf the top of the shower door and the stair banister. Billy Elliott just tolerates her. He is a good kitty.

Billy Elliott, cool, calm & collected!

We are expecting to heat up to the 100's this weekend! Yikes a little to hot for me. But since June has the famous "June Gloom" days I know we will cool down again. I am working tonight at the Hospital and all weekend but there are some changes coming up on the next schedule. New rule that the part time people can't work more than 22 hours per week so that means if I work Friday's that would put me over. So I will just be working Saturday's and Sunday's, which means when people call in sick or go out on medical leave there will be a problem. And you know what? This is not going to work as it didn't when they did this a few years ago. So I am going to enjoy the lighter work schedule while I can. I give it 2 months tops! Other than working I have no plans before or after work this weekend yet. Have a great weekend!

Feels Like a Monday!

I had a wonderful Holiday weekend. I got off early on Friday and Joe and I headed to Birds Café in Hollywood. I had their yummy rotisserie chicken and new on the menu baked potatoes.

After dinner was the Ronna & Beverly Show at the UCB theater and it was hysterical. We are going to go again in June. They are taking the show to London and will be back at UCB at the end of June.



Ronna & Beverly

Annie Potts and Beverly

Annie Potts and Ronna

Melanie Hutsell (SNL) Ronna & Beverly

After the show we met up with Lisa and Paul, Justin with 2 of his friends who joined us to see Hangover 3. By the way we loved it. Phooey on the critics! But the funny thing that happened was while Joe and I were in line for the Ronna & Beverly show earlier I recognized this girl and asked Joe was that the actress we were talking to at the last Ronna & Beverly show in line? He said it was not. 10 minutes into the movie Bradley Cooper's wife was in a scene and that was the girl I was asking Joe about. She has played his wife in all three movies. I looked her up and she has been on lots of TV shows and movies. She most recently played the wife of Jack in the Jack in the Box commercials. I am quite the savant when it comes to recognizing faces from TV and movies. While in line Patricia Arquette walked by and Cybil Shepherd was at the show along with another actor  John Harbour whose name might not be familiar but his face sure is.

I worked Saturday and Sunday. After work on Sunday I went with Lisa to Costco I so seldom get to go shopping there because I am just too busy so I had a lot of fun. I usually have her get me my AMC movie tickets they are $15.95 for 2 which is a great deal at $8 a piece. Paul BBQ's steaks for dinner after shopping and I spent the evening.  Monday I was off and Paul & Lisa had a Memorial Day BBQ they had hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixings. There were about 25 people there. Our temps were in the low 80's it was perfect pool weather.

Happy Memorial Day!

I am off tonight from the Hospital and we are getting out of work early today after a catered lunch our bosses are having brought in for us. Tonight Joe and I are going to this great show called Ronna & Beverly Show which they have been performing in NY for years they have moved to So Cal. ‘Ronna & Beverly’ is a live chat show hosted by America’s favourite fifty-something Jewish mothers (played by thirty-somethings Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo). They are so funny! I posted a short video below of them interviewing Jon Hamm and  Stephen Mangan. Their guests tonight are Annie Potts and Melanie Hutsell.

The plan is to have dinner at Birds Cafe then the show at 8:00 and to top this great evening off meeting the kids for a 11:20 showing of the Hangover 3. We are all big fans of these movies and this is going to be the final one. Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms have been frequent guests of our comedy shows these last 2 years.

I am working my regular Saturday and Sunday schedule. After work on Sunday I am going to go shopping with Lisa at this great Mexican market called Vallarta to get food for the BBQ they will be having on Monday Memorial Day! Yes I am off!! I get paid of course from my full time job but if I wanted to make double time and work at the Hospital I could of which I do so often but they seemed to have enough coverage so I opted out. My sister Jan is turning the big 60 on Wednesday also President John F Kennedy's Birthday, so I will have a Ice Cream cake for her to celebrate it. Have a happy safe Memorial weekend.

No Fan Fare!

Yesterday was Paul's 43rd Birthday. He never likes a big deal made out of his Birthday's so no fan fare at all. Lisa is much different than him in that way. It was just the 7 of us that went to our favorite Teppan Grill Mori's in Glendale. I always get their hibachi shrimp and chicken. Served with  miso onion soup, salad (crisp greens carrots and ripe tomatoes in tangy ginger dressing), shrimp appetizer, hibachi vegetables, homemade dipping sauces & fried and steamed rice. It was delicious!


 I had my friend make a really cool cake for Paul like she did for Lisa. Paul is into Jeeping up in the mountains so she made this great cake. It looked even better in person! He loved it! I am going to have her make me a cake for my Birthday in July, it is going to be a big tub of popcorn with movie tickets for my love of movies.

 

Bon Appetit!

I had a great working weekend and I ended it with a visit to a new restaurant that opened in Burbank last week. Claim Jumper. I have only been there once in Temecula when the kids lived nearby. So Lisa, Paul & Justin met us there Sunday at 6:30. I had there yummy Vegetarian Stuffed Baker, baked potato stuffed with roasted vegetables, melted jack and cheddar cheese and salsa. It was delicious!!! Joe and I headed to our comedy show at The Upright Citizens Brigade theater right after dinner. This is a fun monthly show that was gone for 2 months because the 2 hosts were expecting a baby. The show is Shut Up! I Hate You! Where four incredibly opinionated comedians join hosts Anthony King & Kate Spencer for a brutal and hilarious round table discussion about all the things they hate in politics and pop culture. It's like watching The McLaughlin Group, The View and a knife fight all at the same time. Now you know of course their opinions are the same as both of ours otherwise it would be quite uncomfortable I am sure. It is hosted by Anthony King (Gutenberg! The Musical!, Best Friends Forever) & Kate Spencer (VH1)  and their guests were some of our favorite TV actors, writers & comedians, Matt Walsh (Veep, UCB), Ben Schwartz (House of Lies, Parks & Recreation) Jon Gabrus (MTV's Guy Code) & Ali Waller (writer, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) It was a fun show.

Tonight will be the last night I work at the hospital during the week and since I am working tonight I am going to be off Friday night! We have special plans for Friday night!

Beat!

Happy Friday!!! I am beat. I have been working the evenings at the Hospital since Wednesday and this weekend I work of course and Monday night again. BUT these evenings hours during the week will be gone as of Thursday. A co-worker of mine will be taking the 3:30-12 shift full time. She was just a part timer like I am. The shift has been open since last year when a co-worker left unexpectedly! The HR dept dragged their feet on posting the position for some reason? So I will still be able to work Friday nights 6-12 and Saturday's 3:30-12 those are her days off.  She is really reliable so these hours will not be available like before. So I am enjoying the last of the extra money for now.

The kids and crew come back today from the Champs Convention in Atlantic City. Here is a picture of their both. The sent it ahead via DHL. Paul had made the crates it came in before the show and they were there waiting for him when they arrived from New York on Sunday.

My plan for this weekend is rest up tomorrow before work and on Sunday after work Dinner and a Comedy show at the UCB with Joe. Have a great weekend!

On The Boardwalk

Everyone is now in Atlantic City for the convention except Justin and I. They set up for it on Monday when they all were there, Chris and Britini were the last to arrive on Monday. The show is Tuesday-Thursday. They will all be coming back all together Friday afternoon. They always get a big bump in business when they do these conventions. Fingers crossed! Lisa texted me some pictures of Atlantic City and you could see some of the damage to their famous boardwalk from Hurricane Sandy still. I remember like it was yesterday walking that boardwalk with my 2nd cousin Stephen the Summer of 1963 we were both 13 years old. His parents had a Summer home there so we all went for the weekend while I was back east on a 3 week visit. Our Grandmother's were sisters. Aunt Tillie and my Granny Annie. They were real characters and very much alike even though they didn't think so.

Last night was our weekly Doug Loves Movies at the UCB. A fun show as usual. We opted to just go home afterwards instead of having dinner at Birds Cafe. Joe had laundry to do and I am going to be at the Hospital every evening for the rest of the week. I even picked up another night shift next Monday night. I am going to be off Friday 5/24 and I opted to not work the Holiday either. I will just work Saturday & Sunday and have Memorial day off. I am looking forward to another day off. My next one won't be until 6/17 and I am taking that off for my yearly Dr's visit but hey it is a day off both jobs!