TBT: CHAD :GADYO, AN ONLY KID

 TBT: 2017 There was a new Kid on the block on this day in the End of the Rainbow Valley since this birth happened while I was on the phone with daughter Lori Sinapellido and her hubby Evan Lee, they got to choose the name. Drum roll, please: And the final answer is: Alex Tribek. ( I know, good luck to their Baby Tater Tot's eventual name.)

Chad Gad Yo... Looks like "an only kid" for Jacqueline.

Alex Trebek sure was cute...

My daughter reminded me that Alex Trebek got an infection (It was almost a decade ago perhaps helping my selective memory blur his death but he was 'the only kid' to not make it to adulthood in 20 years.)  I posted on Facebook announcing Alex Trebek had died. There was an outcry from all sorts of Facebookers reacting in horror and sadness thinking it was the game show host who had died.

 Ooops- A disclaimer was posted immediately.

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: HOLIDAYS & LOSS

 MIDWEEK MUSINGS: Now that I have lived 7 decades, I am really seeing a correlation about life. Perhaps you also have heard it said that folks nearing death hold on until - a loved one can arrive/ a special occasion occurs.

Special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and holidays. For our extended family (machatunim- family of in-laws) we experienced it here this year in Little Rock. My brother married into this extended family and we have spent many holidays including special birthdays together.

Trudy and Jerry Jacobson, together for 65 years, were quite social and I don't remember a time when I didn't see them holding hands. They were present at our last family Chanuka party this  December at my brother Marc's house. Jerry, 91, was using a cane and walker but since then suffered more strokes and had become even more withdrawn. 

Every stroke had been robbing him of his loves, first golf and then piano playing. Jerry was a man of many talents, although he couldn't read music, he composed and wrote songs. One made famous even by Jerry Vale! Those royalties went to the purchase of a car, another of his passions. He also followed the Trojans, our local basketball team and the state's Razorbacks. He coached Junior League Baseball and even one of his grandson's baseball teams. 

Jerry sat at the Passover table, Thursday, celebrating what no one knew would be their last Passover seder together. He will be missed by many besides his wife, daughter, son, their spouses and an adoring set of grandchildren, who called him Pops, along with a community where he was a hypnotherapist, musically present, and even a voice in the paper's opinion page. We will miss him...

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tUeSDAY tUNeS: SIN TI, SIN Mí

 tUESDAY tUNES : SIN TI , SIN Mí (Without You, Without Me) by Los Miranda, a Mexican vocal group made up of four siblings. They have a wonderful, tight sound and a great repertoire of boleros and other Latin styles."

Every time I hear them, I wonder what it must have been like to grow up in such a musical family...

SIN TI, SIN Mí

MONDAY MUSINGS :FOILED AGAIN...

MONDAY MUSINGS of "Foiled Again" should have been last week's entry, as it is exactly why I didn't have time to write. I wouldn't say I'm a procrastinator until it's time for really deep cleaning.  Fortunately, Spring cleaning coincides with Passover when I have no other choice. 

Passover has many more storage bins than Chanuka because I do use different dishes and storage containers. They all need to be brought in from their home in the storage area behind the carport. Then, cabinet shelves need to be cleared for all the Kosher for Passover dry foodstuff. Rearranging freezer and fridge space is also part of the process, add to that cleaning out silverware drawers,  ( How do those food crumbs get in those drawers when only clean silverware is ever put in there? )

Anyhoo, I was behind. My counters needed to be prepped if the week's food prep was going to happen. Yes, Passover actually lasts an entire week. Some folks cover their countertops with contact paper but I still use the old way of using aluminum foil. I upcycle it afterwards for the grill, oven, and toaster oven catch trays, etc...

Everything has to come off the counters in order to apply the foil. But the finished result is very fulfilling. It has gotten a workout already and it will take a lot less time to remove it Thursday.  So you see "foiled again" takes on a whole new meaning in my household. 

   

FOTO FRIDAY: FOR THE BIRDS

 

FOTO FRIDAY this week is for the birds...

Have you stopped recently and listened to how spring has sprung? 

     The birds are really making a lot of noise...

Last week's FOTO FRIDAY was Tshirts in their Perfect Settingg

TBT: PROOF 'S IN THE PUDDING

 TBT: 7 years ago, my next-door neighbor caught this pic... Here are his words: Patrick Bosley Beausoleil is with Karen Sherman.

·"And now you see the meteorological support for Karen Sherman's moniker of The Rainbow Valley! This is Gail Hartel Beausoleil's and my backyard. Just caught this six minutes ago before it dissipated. The right side of this rainbow terminates at the Balto/Sherman domicile! Love this stuff!

And also additional proof that a lot can happen in our lifetime...

tUESDAY tUNES: NOTHIN' BUT THE REAL THING...

tUESDAY tUNES : Looked who crossed my feed this week -Jeremy Keith from the Voice Knockouts. I like this artist's rendition of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" 

Take a listen. 

What do you think? 

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing