Vee's Views

(For my dear friend Tvnista)

It has been quite some time since I’ve devoted any time, or thought or blog on the little talked about The Game shown on the CW, Friday's at 8:30 EST. One reason is my health (much improved but still battling) and the other, because The Game had become almost unbearable to watch. The characters had become caricatures of themselves and I was tired of watching a young, intelligent and capable woman (Melanie) become a cliché of a giggling, unfocused mess. I know what it is like to have someone almost break your spirit with infidelity and mistrust, but I was hopeful that the writers and I am guessing they are all male, would find a way to write about her (Melanie) resiliency with some humor thrown in.

Diva, I read your last blog devoted to the show and you piqued my interest.

Robin Givens married Malik????!!??

*GASP*!

Jason and Kelly are separated??!!??

WHOA! Didn’t see that coming!

Derwin is going to be a father??!!

WHAT??!!! Ever heard of dressing up your mister mister before taking him out for a ride?

And Tasha is missing in action??!!

*HoHum*

So, I had low expectations of entertainment for Friday’s episode and the first few minutes of the show didn’t give me any reason to hope for better.

Because she didn’t pay closer attention to her business with school finances, Melanie doesn’t receive her “white coat” along with the rest of the 3rd year medical students. Derwin offers to rescue his "boo" and they share a warm and fuzzy moment.

Ok. Nice.

You didn’t learn your lesson the first time around. Ok, now you must repeat the lesson.

The drama begins to build because Derwin is in jeopardy of losing his contract with the Sabres because of an undisclosed injury. His miffed agent warns him to start saving his money. An eavesdropping Melanie realizes that Derwin will not be able to front her the money he promised and she has no recourse but to turn to the person Diva and I have been insisting she turn to from the beginning. Her mother.

Mommy dearest (love her!) wastes no time in belittling Melanie’s relationship with Derwin (note to all parents: you’ll only push your children into the arms of the person you don’t like if you overly criticize them)

This causes Melanie to take her frustrations out on Derwin and angry words are exchanged between the two and they break up. Again. I can’t imagine saying, “oops, my bad, I didn’t really mean it”, to make up for any of the harsh undertones and words spoken.

Will this relationship be saved?
Can it be saved?
Should it be saved?

I will not waste my time on the Tasha/Malik/Rick Fox/Robin Givens crap.

Ho Hum

I was glad the latter part of the episode shaped up better than I expected. Because of it, I will be one of the regular 1.8 million to check it out next week.

Do I hear another?

I’m a little under the weather (thrush) and this will be a short and sweet synopsis of The Closer – sorry

Well, well, well!

Our Fritzy has a devious side! I chuckled heartily when Fritz after dialing from his cell the home phone, pretended there was a “bomb threat” at the airport just to have an excuse to get out of the house. He made sure Brenda’s parents “overheard” his *heh heh heh* conversation by using his professional voice

“This is Special Agent Fritz Howard, **pause**, F-B-I!"

I half expected to hear the FBI theme music.

All this because he didn’t want to get railroaded into schlepping Brenda Leigh’s parents, Clay & Willie Rae, around like the last time she dumped them on him. Do you blame him? Some people don’t want to be bothered with their own elderly parents,and FUHGETTABOUT IT, their future in-laws too! And, speaking of in-laws, Clay made it abundantly clear that he expected co-habitants, Brenda and Fritz to announce a date for their wedding – and soon! Of course this doesn’t sit well with Brenda who always regress to an adolescent in the presence of her parents, instead of standing up to them as the capable, intelligent woman that she is. Fritz practically called her on it, but we’ll get into that in a moment.

It was nice to see the entire PHD squad together – hello Daniels! I thought that was a nice gesture when she reached out her hand to calm a still grieving Sanchez as he was stumbling and bumbling around. Again, I have to applaud the writers for the marvelous job they're doing with the continuity of characters storylines.

SPOILER ALERT

The murder mystery was interesting and I wish I felt better to discuss it. I knew offhand that the abusive ex-husband was not the murderer, but the discovery of that fact was terrifying. Bravo for Brenda for discerning that the young lady was in danger. Those wounds looked lethal!

Some favorite moments:

Clay’s facial expression as Provenza offered to entertain he and Willie Rae
“We don’t need entertaining, I’m entertaining enough on my own”

Willie Rae gleefully asking, “Oh goodness, is this where they do ‘Dancing with the Stars’?”

Brenda “gloating” as Pope apologized (some apology) to the wife beater.

Fritz look of amazement and pride as Brenda puts Daddy in his place about her waiting so long to select a wedding date

Now, back to Fritz turning the tables on Brenda and putting his foot down about them picking a date to marry, yes, girlfriend, keep taking your time on planning your wedding and the next mystery you’ll solve is, how this woman with 3 hairs on her head stole your man!

(climbing out of gremlin quicksand)

WELCOME TO THE 1ST ANNUAL BLOGGERS REUNION BARBECUE!

Come on in for a day and nite of fun. Converse with old, and new blog buddies

Listen to music
Play games
Dance (if you dare)
Eat
Drink
and be merry



The steaks are almost ready....someone please throw me a beer.....that's root beer please!


You know you're a bloggerholic when............

For me, its being willing to fight the gremlins for 3 hours to post a blog!

As always have a blessed and safe weekend

Rev.

I Believe...
That just because two people argue,

It doesn't mean they don't love each other.

And just because they don't argue,
It doesn't mean they do love each other.

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We understand that friends change.

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They're going to hurt you every once in a while

And you must forgive them for that.

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Even over the longest distance.

Same goes for true love..

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I have the right to be angry,
But that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

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And what you've learned from them

And less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

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To be forgiven by others.

Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.

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When a friend cries out to you -
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That credentials on the wall

Do not make you a decent human being.

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Are taken from you too soon.


'The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything.


I thank God for all of my Blog Buddies

Rising from chair

**clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap**

Bravo to the writers
Bravo to the Cast, especially Raymond Cruz (Julio Sanchez) and Michael Chan (Lt. Tao)
Bravo to the director, Kevin Bacon, who is really establishing himself to be a fabulous director

If last week’s disturbing episode of a psychotic adolescent left a bitter taste in your mouth, last night’s episode cleansed your palate and left you speechless, drained and emotional, especially the final 2 minutes.

We learned quite a lot about a couple of the PHD members, especially Sanchez.

1) His first name is Julio
2) He is one of 7 children
3) He rides a motorcycle
4) Sanchez and Tao are friends outside of the squad room
5) Tao is married!!!
6) Sanchez lives in a tough part of Los Angeles

It is here that the episode opens with Sanchez in his garage working on his motorcycle. He hears shots and immediately grabs his gun and runs towards where he believes the shots came from.

**pause** Let me say here, this is where I have much respect for peace officers, the armed service personnel and fire fighters. They run toward danger. Thank you!

Sanchez encounters a young woman covered in blood, who leads him to her boyfriend of 3 weeks who is lying in the street shot 4 times. It is Sanchez’s youngest brother, Oscar. Sanchez has the presence of mind to snap shots with his camera phone the crime scene and the young woman. At the hospital the entire PHD squad (minus Daniels), along with Commander Taylor, Brenda, Fritz and Pope, are at the hospital to lend support to Sanchez. They are all stunned by the news of Oscar’s death while a clearly in shock Sanchez chatters non-stop. I was sorry he didn’t think to call his parents or siblings to help him through his anguish, but make no mistake about it, when push comes to shove, the PHD is a real family. You knew they would do whatever was needed to find this killer.

Because this may be an attack from any of the multitude of gangs against a fellow police officer, Pope orders Brenda and Commander Taylor to spare no expense or manpower to find the killer(s). Ever faithful Fritz offers the assistance of the FBI and their resources. This would prove pivotal, as a FBI undercover officer will provide the gun, which will lead them that much closer to the murderer.

Over 100 gang members are corralled and questioned. Brenda is stymied by Oscar’s girlfriend falsely accusing a black man in shooting Oscar and purposely misidentifying the color of the car (I can understand her reasoning in deliberately lying because she was fearful for her life (It was NOT a racist motive). Sanchez insistence to assist her is also encumbering Brenda and she orders him to stop interfering and to seek grief counseling. She discovers that Tao has been surreptitiously feeding Sanchez information and appropriately admonishes him as only she could.

Through the lead from Fritz’s undercover officer, career criminal Guz is interrogated and I was surprised Pope or even Gabriel for that matter, didn’t insist that an armed officer be in the room with Brenda. That man was scary!

I have to say, this time I was wrong in my first assumption that perhaps Oscar’s girlfriend had something to do with his murder. When her ex-boyfriend, the creepy gang member Puppet was hauled in, I thought for sure he forced her to set Oscar up, because the kid had the gall to mouth off at him. Puppet informs Brenda that the only reason he didn’t kick Oscar’s tail was because everyone knew Sanchez-the-cop was his brother. I believe this bravado unwittingly led to Oscar’s death.

SPOILER ALERT

Guz’s 14-year-old brother, Tony is outraged that Oscar refused to show him his hat upon demand and shoots Oscar. **sigh** A young man about to start college is murdered by an unrepentant Tony who wrongly believes he is a rival gang member.

I wish this story was an isolated case, but it is not. Our newspapers are full of stories about senseless murders daily.

The snarly newsman, Ricardo, informs Brenda, that there were 4 other young men killed and demands to know why their murders wasn’t given the same priority as Oscar. **rolls eyes** This guys bugs me to no end!

I am not ashamed to admit that I cried a few tears at the sight of an anguished Sanchez, who had given Oscar the hat he was killed over, crying his brother’s name over and over again as Provenza, of all people, comforts him.

Outstanding episode – beginning to end!

Some memorable lines from the show - both from Brenda:

"That's what we bitches call motive."

“Could you please liaise?"

There was one light-hearted moment: Provenza taking off his shoes and sticking his feet in the gang members’ pool.

Sorry this was a little long, but there was much to cover.

For the 1st Annual Bloggers Reunion Cookout, Friday August 29, 2008.

So, bring Aunt's Flo finger-licking fried chicken and Uncle Joe's headache inducing iced tea and join us for a day of Feel Good Friday magic.

The day promises to be a fun-filled day of food, games and story telling

Hope to see some of you missing in action blog buddies

Sassy
JillMichelle
Tazzy
John
Bob

Looky who I'm bringing

It's Frrriidddaay Baby!!!

Not only is it Friday, its "Feel Good Friday" and you know what that means!!

That's right, time for a game.

We've weathered the storm with all the tomfoolery with the site and such. A ghost writer from TVG has responded to our pleas for some contact and I feel like playing with you.

Let's break out all our Photobucket toys as we play our annual game. In honor of the Blog Friendly Zone, name any Person, Place or Thing with Double "BB" for Blog Buddy.

Remember:
~ No consecutive posts
~ First post in, wins (otherwise edit)
~ No fighting
~ No hair pulling

Ok, I'll start.

Betty Boobs I mean Boop



As always, have a blessed and wonderful weekend!

Rev
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise ye the Lord

In college I studied sociology and one subject topic covered “Genetics vs. Environment". How much does our genetic DNA makeup control our behavior, if at all? You inherited dad’s baby blues but did you also inherit his bad temper? I remember how lively a discussion it was between students and instructor (Mr. Edelstein, the dope) and how heated and animated it became (blows were almost exchanged). Almost as heated was the exchange and angry glances between Pope and Fritz last night on The Closer. (Nature vs. Nurture.)

Brenda receives a call regarding a missing 13-year old boy. The PHD (Priority Homicide Division) discovers upon investigation that Sergei (sp) is a troubled (no kidding!) boy. His punk dressing 16 year old “sister”, April from Gilmore girls, has a bolt lock on her door and describes life with Sergei as a living hell. To say there is sibling rivalry here is an understatement. There will certainly be no “kiss & make-up hugs” between these two and really, can you blame her?! Any brother of mine who would sneak into my room and cut my hair off has a serious death wish!!

Among his list of transgressions:

· Cutting up and killing small animals (squirrels & cats)
· Stealing his sister’s car to run over the neighbor’s beloved pet dog
· Drawing disturbing pictures repeatedly on his bedroom walls
· Blackmailing the only “friend” he had

Fritz and Pope bump heads because Pope does not want to classify a missing Sergei as “critical” due to political pressures. Fritz believes this missing child deserves a full investigation.

A murdered Sergei is found with his head smashed in and it is now up to Brenda and the PHD to find the murderer, with the possible list of suspects growing by leaps and bounds.

There wasn’t a lot of levity in this episode, unlike last week’s episode, which I finally did get to see. I have to mention my favorite line from “Dial M for Provenza”. An agitated Provenza holds up a picture of Brenda’s mother and ask the perp does he knows who she is and the perp replies, “your daughter?” Hahahahahaha!

Spoiler Alert

Back to the “Problem child” episode, the murderer was revealed to be Sergei’s adopted father. Was anyone really surprised? My heart broke to hear of how terribly disturbed this child was. And how awful it must have been for his parents to try everything in their power to love and support a child who’s own birth country didn’t want him. I remember an episode from a “Judging Amy” I believe, where the adopted parents went to court to reverse the courts decision to grant them parentage of a troubled 6 year old. I cried for hours listening to that child cry out to his parents as they walked away from him. **Sniff*

I love Boy with all my heart and I could understand totally this mother's anguish. I couldn't give up on Boy though, but you never know people's threshold for pain, disappointment and grief. I pray for any parent dealing with serious, life/death situations regarding their children.

It is no secret that the writers are throwing a monkey wrench between my favorite couple. **sniff*. The last scene between Brenda and Fritz attests to that. There are problems in "BrenFritzville". WAH!

I don't believe my heart can take it! I just hope its not prolonged.

There were a couple of light moments yesterday and I would be remiss if I didn’t address this one:

Brenda is showering when Fritz enters behind her. She smiles knowingly as he presses against her and utters what I’m sure every man would cringe hearing as she peers downwards…

“What is THAT!?!”

Gotta love that southern gal!

Ya didn’t know I was bilingual did you?

Imagine my surprise to find ….Paaaa-kuck, cluck-cluck-cluck…. out that I, like Dr. Doolittle, can talk to the animals……. because I am one!

Today I am a happy woman. I’ve spent 5 glorious days with Boy. I was even able to sit up and travel (short distance) to watch him play softball.

God is good!

Boy is traveling back with his father and I miss him more than words can say. **sniff**

He’s grown to at least 7 feet, well, he eats like he’s 7 feet tall *lol), and I hardly recognized my little boy. He happily reported that he’s gotten his first pimple (remember when life was this simple), and is just one step closer to being a teenager (why am I suddenly perspiring?) and he can text message faster than I can type!

I didn’t see too much TV, we mostly watched DVDs: The Mummy, Spiderman 1 through 20 (it felt like it to me), and some other Transformer whatchamacallit.

Anyway, I see there is a new....

AACKKK, AACCCK, AACCCKKKKKK!!!!


Sorry, I had to cough up a feather-ball. Whew!

I see there is a new TV show, "The Travels of Mr. Furley and Chicken Vee"
I should watch. **giggle**

**putting down fried chicken leg (it seems so wrong suddenly) and grabbing popcorn instead with rootbeer**

Over 200 pages huh?

**grabbing another bag of popcorn**

I’ll see y’all in a bit! I hope it doesn't get cancelled before I finish reading

Or perhaps this blog should be titled, “Oops I did it again”! As in Brenda’s failure to see that sometimes you have to give up something good to gain something better. I was just as hopping mad at Brenda as Fritzy. I’d bet his statement about her putting his job in jeopardy didn’t even register with her. And it is a sorrowful revelation when you can push your man not into the open arms of a grateful-to-have-a-decent-man woman, or even the bottle, but push him to calling his sponsor!!!

Whatz up wid that, Girlfriend!!!

Perhaps its time for Daniels and Brenda to have a good old fashion “Girls nite out”. I’d bet it would do them both a world of good, as it appears Gabriel is the one still harboring feeling for an unresponsive Daniel. Or maybe its time for Miss Bunny to make a reappearance and remind to her daughter of the benefits of having a good man by your side.

**sidebar**

By a show of hands, how many of you would have eavesdropped on that heated conversation between Gab-Dan in the interrogation room as Provenza did? That was so typical Provenza! And he always seems able to persuade the tech-guy to follow suit.

Brenda and the PHD crew are called to the scene of a body lying in an alley. Ok, what’s so unusual about that to warrant the Big Dogs? This body has a wire on it, as in surveillance wiring. The LAPD doesn’t have a clue who this guy is and to make matters worse, the reporter (Dick Tracy wannabee) given access to the LAPD, is the one who discovers the body.

Leapfrogging over the usual Flynn/Provenza cut ups and the tension/blowup scene between Gab-Dan, Brenda proceeds in finding the murderer. Instead of having Gabriel by her side, she calls for a surprised Lt. Tao to accompany her to the victim’s home to speak with his wife. The victim was involved in some shady drug dealings and his murder is captured on video, although the murder’s face is hidden. There is of course a clue, well two clues, the murderer was wearing a splashy garish (by Flynn’s standards) ring and “Dick Tracy” tampered with the crime scene.

**sidebar**

Again, by a show of hands, how many of you expected to hear a sudden screech of brakes with Brenda peeling away while Tao stares at the puff of smoke trailing her, this after asking a simple question and getting a nauseating never-ending answer! I am sure his fish at home tries to commit suicide by leaping out the bowl. Just kidding. I can only take him in small doses.

Brenda solicits Fritz help in determining why the victim was wearing a wire. At the FBI department, she is given privy to sensitive information as she and Fritz makes a deal for the FBI to take over the case from PHD because they have a bigger drug fish to fry (sorry) than this simple murderer.

The show is called The Closer and closing this case is all Brenda cares about. She is having difficulty honoring her deal with Fritz and begins to make, in my opinion, bad choices. This seems to be a pattern with her. She will do almost anything or say anything to get her man and close her case. She convinces “Garish-ring-wearer”, that the FBI cannot give him the necessary protection from "Big Drug Fish guy" and he would be better off in prison for murder for the rest of his life. Knowing that a seething Fritz is waiting outside of the interrogation room to talk with this guy doesn’t phase her in the least. Did you notice how Brenda couldn’t even look Fritz in the eyes while handing him back the “FBI Black book?

If Miss Brenda Leigh continues to act like Fritz is doing her a favor by being in a relationship, she and Daniels will have time for more than one Girls Nite out!

There were plenty of snark bites last night. What were some of your favorites?

(sorry I missed all the fun here yesterday)

Character development is usually the main focus when discussing an episode of The Closer – it’s a character driven show and I love that! The murder mystery usually is relegated to a secondary topic and oftentimes a barely glanced one at that. But last night’s episode was so character driven and the crime so compelling, to not discuss the them both would be like telling half the story.

Now it is no secret that I have a HUGE crush on Commander Taylor (Robert Gossett)). He’s bullish, abstinent, sexy and he just fills a room so good, ahem*, but we saw a different side of Taylor last night – soft, sensitive and.... needy. Like Flynn from last week, Taylor is wracked by anguish over a case. A young teenager tragically commits suicide. The week prior she was interviewed by a sensitive Taylor who reassured her and gently guided her into admitting her being sexually assaulted and by whom, this is a clear case of date rape.

**sidebar** I was especially pleased how both actors conveyed the anguish of this young lady and the helplessness of the officer. I was a victim at 19 and the idiot who was assigned my case was a jackass of mammoth proportions.

Taylor swallows his pride and request PHD (Priority Homicide Division) help. Now, you have to understand the dynamics of Brenda and Taylor’s relationship to fully appreciate how difficult it was for Taylor to ask, but also for Brenda to accept and help. We’ll hopefully discuss that in the thread.

The “alleged” rapist is another teenager who makes designs on “less attractive” girls at his high school. He and his “posse” names this, “Cherry Picking”. Cherry Picking is a term for targeting virgins and forcing them to have sex with you. Ugh! Who could blame Brenda for zealously pursuing this "non-priority", priority case? Obviously The Picker of Cherries believes he is bullet proof because his father is a big-time law enforcement officer. Steven Baldwin deserves an Emmy nomination for his performance. And big kudos to Brenda for standing up to the big bully at the reveal. Again, I hope we get the chance to discuss in the thread.

She bobs and weaves her way through Pope and the other baffled detectives who cannot understand why she is working on a rape case that cannot be brought to trial because the victim is dead and the evidence won’t hold up in court.

*By a show of hands, how many of you briefly thought perhaps the father joined his son in his sexcapades?* I saw a similar premise on Law & Order: Criminal Intent – I’m glad I was wrong.

What is it about criminals and their habits of telling on themselves? When I saw Cherry Picker’s list of victims on his school facepage…GRRR!! I did chuckle when Brenda threw out that line to the School Representative (I remember her from Judging Amy) about the stellar characters of the students there.

One scene I did object to was Brenda breaking the law by posing as an attorney to gain information from Cherry Picker's friend. She really put her job in jeopardy. I was afraid the father or someone would find out and turn her in. I hope that doesn’t come back to bite her in the you-know-where! I still remember how she got her britches in a bunch when Gabriel manhandled the pedophile from a few seasons ago.

To wrap up because this is getting long, Brenda gets her man and the way she manipulated Big Daddy to get him out of the room and sneered at his evil offspring about how the tables will turn on him in prison with his “cherry” being picked – priceless!

The final scene with Brenda and the other young victim in her office as Taylor looked on – again, priceless.

Oh, it was nice to see Fritz in an upright position again.

Let me preface this by saying, this is my first TV Blog in quite some time so please bear with me.

Now on to the matter of this blog of The Closer…

Um, what an interesting and for me at least, spine tingling (I guess for Fritzy too) opening of one of my favorite shows The Closer.

Brenda and Fritzy are canoodaling all over the place….. **sidebar** do you think Fritz needed some earplugs from all of Brenda’s emoting? *giggle* Man, girlfriend sounded like she hasn’t had “special attention” in quite some time (lucky!)! I giggled at her jumping up and down on the bed and when Fritz threw her up in the air – well…..let’s just say I needed a drink of water!

Anyhow, it did a body good to see a happy-with-her-man Brenda Leigh. I felt her pain when his back went out. I said out loud there was no way boyfriend was going to keep his promise for their 12 o’clock date!!

Now, onto the murder mystery for the week, I was pretty sure relatively early that the lady asking for the dead man’s death certificate was the murderer, but it did surprise me slightly that a pudgy Wendy Phillips was in on it too. I LOVED the catfight at the big reveal! Teehee! It wasn't on the same level of say a Crystal Carrington and Alexis throw down, but it was close. I know I’m going out of order but since this is my blog, I figured why not?! The look on Gabriel’s face as these two stately older women are throwing haymakers and rolling all over the floor was hysterical. And did you catch Brenda motioning to Flynn and Gabriel to wait a moment before breaking them apart? Bwahahahaaaa!

While we had one couple enjoying “coupling” activities, we had another being snippy and snipey. I guess the bloom is off the rose with Gabriel and Daniels. I’m surprised Daniels didn’t wither from the white-hot glare Gabriel shot at her when she interrupted him. And I **heart** Commander Taylor. **sidebar** I wonder if I can get a date with him? Maybe once my hair grows back - sigh.

Anyhow, I giggled at his look of surprise at Gab-Dan’s (do you have something better?) open hostility to one another. My mother always said, 'you don’t eat where you sh*t'. It’s tricky dating a co-worker. I felt badly for Daniels when she said she had no reason to go home. Did anyone know she and Gabriel were living together?

Anyway, it was nice to see Starsky again. He looks good with that goatee and did a fairly decent job conveying a heartbroken and angry father of a murdered victim.

“Was he slowly tortured to death? No? Then it wasn’t me”!

Some of my favorite moments in the show:

~ Lt. Chow – “Walk with me”. He sounded like a cheap lounge act
~ Brenda coming home and snuggling up on the floor with Fritzy
~ Brenda understanding and rewarding an anguished Flynn by allowing him to give the news briefing at the end of the show
~ Pope and Brenda’s tug-of-war battle of wills in front of Gabriel
~ Gabriel’s obvious discomfort with being in the middle. His eyes couldn’t go any further in his head as he was silently wishing he could be anywhere but between the two of them

So, there you have it. I didn’t cover the murder and other parts of the show, so there is plenty for us to gab about.

I’m waiting for you Ranger!

My doctors told me that if I continue to improve I can FINALLY get out of here by the weekend!!!

What?! You need another reason to celebrate?

Ok, I am finally on solids - so bring on the ((gag)) oatmeal........cookies!!!

((((Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy)))

The Bible speaks about the depth of one man’s love for all. His love was so overwhelming he gladly sacrificed himself, and through that selfless act and resurrection, I am born again.

I am privileged to know you all and can’t begin to express how much you mean to me.

So, I thank you for your endless prayers, thoughts, kindness and friendship. Every bit helped and no act was small or insignificant

I am in a battle. And from what I understand it was close at times. My struggles aren’t over, nor should they be. I won’t find perfect peace until the Prince of Peace returns. In the meantime I have a Boy to raise and plenty of blogging with the sweetest, kindest, kookiest people I have had the pleasure of knowing.

From the bottom of my heart, I do thank you all and love you with a limitless love (agape)!

And Cindy – My dearest Cindy, I have no words. Your thoughtfulness is most appreciated and will be rewarded. I pray that God will lighten your load and grant you peace in every area of your life. Because you’ve blessed me so, so will thou be blessed.

Only God has authority over my life.

This is a closed blog. Please no comments necessary.

I am thanking God for the joy of knowing you...
Remembering you with special prayers,
that the joy of the Lord will be with you.
That His love will refresh you...
That He will
Bless and Keep you....





"Now there is in store for me the crown of rightenousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will award me on that day"
II Timothy 4:8 (NIV)

As always, have a blessed and safe weekend

Rev