A Sweet Memory Floods Back

I lived in Singapore for a few years when I was a teen, and on tonight's Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Travel channel show... he was in Malaysia. For those of you not up on geography, Singapore is at the southern tip of Malaysia so we made many trips up to Kuala Lampur, Penang and a little resort that I can't remember the name of.

But I do remember the food. We ate in nice restaurants with our parent's but us kids ate at the 'stalls' these are little street restaurants more or less. A bunch of folks cooking just about anything you can imagine and I loved and ate it all. We drank rice wine... homemade and toxic. I don't know if there was a drinking age or not over there? We got served and it went well with our mish-mash of luscious food.

I still have an Indonesian curved blade jungle knife from living over there as well as many fond memories of the people the places and the food.

Kathy Griffin... If you read this please leave a comment

I love Kathy Griffin, she says things outloud about the snobby stars and folks listen. I say the same thing and I am just a cranky middleaged woman ragging on people that no one really cares about anyway.

But while watching Tyra tonight, someone else I like and admire, Kathy Griffin says that she googles herself often.

So, Kathy Griffin, if you read this, drop me a line. Visit my online antique shop - My Granny's Attic Antiques and Collectibles, fly me out to visit... I need a vacation and I am a fun and fairly sane person.

My Child Has Gone to Iraq

I do not believe in whatever it is "we" are fighting for or against. Does anyone even know what it is?

Is it solving anything? No!! We are creating enemies worldwide. More evil leaders are cropping up ready to kick American butt.

We are sending our young people to die so George Bush can make more money on oil.... this is my take on George's War.

This has nothing to do with supporting the troops, they are doing their job. Something they signed up to do. Actually most probably signed up to get money for school, line up a career, earn some extra money in the reserves (this is what my daughter did) and they get sucked into the war that a sicko man has to wage.

Now my child is on her way over there. I have said my "see you laters, write often, I will send a care package a week, I love you, be careful, I will miss you, be safe, be safe, be safe, be safe."

I have cried so much in the past month with the senseless suicide of my sister-in-law, a child off to war and the recent abduction and murder of an acquaintances 19 year-old daughter that my eyes hurt. I have a constant knot in my stomach and throat.

I can barely work or function, but it will get better. I am just so sad and worried it is hard to focus.

Greed and Stupidity

And the fun begins.

The greed and stupidity have hit with full force.

Why when someone passes away does everyone go crazy? They start pillaging, plundering and stealing. It makes me absolutely insane.

I detest greed and in this situation where the "estate" must go into probate their acts are illegal. These folks don't have the authority to take anything from the home or give anything away, yet, day by day more items are missing from the home.

I think that my husband and I are going to file a paper with the court stating that we do not have any interest in the house, we don't have a key to the house and all visits have been accompanied by other family members. We are afraid that if we don't and items like the car... are given away.... we will be held responsible if a creditor comes back on the family.

I was personally attacked tonight by some weird neighbor when I went over to give one of the cats away. She was zoned out on Zanax because she is "so distressed" over the death of my sister-in-law, and did not feel it appropriate for us to be giving the cats away.... not that she wanted one.

I'm done and my husband is done. We are pulling away from the entire situation and they can do what they want to do without us.

Another family torn apart by greed. What a shame.