Tamara and Simon Barney are getting a divorce according to e-online

Sad news for their family, but for those of us who have been watching the show for a while, I can't say this is much of a surprise.
Pretty ironic how things work out. 
Vicki and Don are renewing their vows and according to e-online, Simon is accusing Tamara of some pretty serious transgressions. 
Seems as though  they always had issues because of her son, Ryan.  In my humble opinion, Simon was more than fair to him.  Certainly more generous and forgiving than I could have been in the situation over driving a car without insurance. My own husband is a wonderful father, but he would never stand for that kind of behavior.
Hmmm, next season will be worth watching after all.
I really had second thoughts about the show after Jeana left, but it seems like her timing was impeccable. Jeana must be happy to have escaped the on-going drama. Oh well, you can bet that I'll be tuning in on Thursday night!




Orange County Housewife's Real-Life Divorce Drama - E! Online

The more I know

The more I learn about websites, the more I realize how much I need to learn.

I built one, two years ago, in fact, for real estate.  Simple enough.  I bought a template, added my words, a few photos, linked to our listing services and "Voila", I had a website.

My goals now are much more difficult. 

Just when I mastered my cell phone, it shattered and I had to replace it.  Tech comes slowly to me.

Cabin Fever

Trapped yet once again due to the ice on the driveway and serious cabin fever has set in. 

Oh, how I long to sit outside, to set foot outside, to see something besides my four walls and the fireplace.

 I love my husband and daughter, but I'd like to see other people.
Any other people.
Even obnoxious people.

 I've talked on the phone.

Blogged.

Checked on building websites.

Played cards with mini-me and the Mid-Western Yankee (I won last night in two out of three games).

Ate pork and carbs and a whole long list of food that I rarely allow in the house. Who cares if I get fat?  At this rate, I won't actually see anyone until sometime in May.

Shopped on-line for a condo in south Florida to rent for at least three months next year. That cheered me up. Briefly.

Cooked. And photographed the food out of boredom.

Cleaned the laundry room floor.

Drank Maker's Mark, wine and margaritas, although, not on the same night. If I can't leave the house soon, I might try that.

 And even attempted a Google calendar for 2010. 

Whined incessently to my MWY husband about the fact that the outside temperatures haven't reached above freezing in over a week.

MWY has built a fire every day.  Obviously, trying to ease his conscience about not sending me to Mexico before this latest cold front desended on Atlanta. And yesterday he ventured out for shopping, but I don't dare. A friend's car was hit on Friday night by another driver, not that unusual except that his Mercedes was parked in his driveway at the time.

I know I can't drive with ice on the roads; I don't even have the skills to walk in snow without getting injured. One ski trip in Vermont at age twenty taught me that sad fact. 

If God intended for me to walk outside in this weather, I would have been born wearing a mink coat and snow shoes.

Checked the weather forecast.

I'm starting to depress my usually happy self.

Contemplating ways to pass another day indoors.  And spending next winter in Miami.

What A Way To Start the New Decade

Honestly, I really should not complain.

We started this year, as we do most every year, in a tropical location under starry skies, fireworks, and palm trees.  After visting with friends we met last year in Argentina and making new friends in San Juan, we danced with other tourists and local Puerto Ricans in San Juan as the television crews filmed the celebration.

Like many of my friends, I was happy to bid farewell to 2009 and the tumultous decade that preceded it. 

The dot-com bust of 2000, 911, a war on terror, the housing bubble and the financial crisis were enough to give even an optimist like myself a few sleepless nights.

The decade however, was not bad on a personal level. 

I met and married the love of my life, traveled, decorated and was blessed to watch my daughter grow and still have my World War II era parents and aunt here with us. New friendships were made and thanks to modern technology, old friends, have kept me sane thoughout every crisis for the past ten years.

Now looking outside at the melting snow, I am hopeful about the coming years.

Turning thirty was a sad time for me for so many reasons, thirty-five inspired my self-improvement kick and regular visits to a plastic surgeon, but forty, now just eight months and a few days away, feels like a true celebration...a victory...an event that demands dancing!

So no complaining from me; well, except that it's cold here and I'd rather be in Mexico.  But as far as 2010 goes, I couldn't be more hopeful!

Happy New Decade!

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