Lisa's Pieces

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

So wordy...

Shana was my first friend. Not friend friend. Not even Facebook friend. But friend in Words with Friends. Now I'm hooked. Her "name" is iwillwinheart, but it's spelled wrong, something like iwillwinherat (I just love a little irony). Since she had such a grandiose name, I went with

icandoanything

and I'm addicted. I've got several friends now and we just play, play, play, Scrabbling for days. I know it's a distraction from life, but I figure it's a good brain exercise. Alzheimer's prevention.

Wanna play?

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Coop Flyer

The other day I pulled out some sandals from Shana's suitcase in an attempt to shut it. We had the same problem last year at this time, before a five month trip to Spain. Too much stuff. Not enough bag. This year it's a ten day trip to Boyfriendville, off to Cali to see this guy

so it's not as hard. But here I am again, left with discarded shoes that didn't make the cut, a dried out Christmas tree and an empty nest.

Circle of Life

We lost a patient on Saturday. Too young. Too soon. I keep seeing his wife's face.

Heading up in the elevator this afternoon with the OB from down the hall, just back from his across the street jog from the hospital, I asked, "Any new babies today?"

"Yep," he said, smiling, "just ten minutes ago."

Made me smile, too.

Voter Fraud

If you can't beat 'em, cheat 'em.

It's been a banner year for changing the laws to make voting more difficult. Here, read this. Here's one more example of how some people just don't want some of us to vote. Except for today. Today, Perry filed a lawsuit in Virginia since he didn't get enough signatures to make it on the primaries ballot. He wants to change the rules to make Virginia more like the other states, giving him a little more edge since he didn't follow the rules the first time around. So much for states rights. This, from a guy that a few months ago wanted Texas to secede.