It's Twenty-Ten!!!

Well, HI! It’s the second of January, 2010, already! I understand that we, the “corporate” we, are saying twenty-ten, not two thousand and ten. It does make it seem easier to say. However we say it, it is here and moving on, already. That is the way December went. It just moved on! Getting ready for Christmas and a birthday and being ill, just took up all of the days and Christmas was here and gone before I knew it! Looking back I did enjoy most of the days, even with our uninvited illness. I think maybe children will do that for adults. They certainly do charm me and MDH.

It is said that our habits and personalities are formed by the time we are 6 years old. I think that for the most part this must be true. For me, New Years Eve is not a big deal. When we were younger, MDH and I attended our share of New Years Eve Parties, but we haven’t for quite awhile. Not interested and truth be told, we didn’t really enjoy most of the ones that we went to. Well, NYEve was not a big deal with my parents, as I was growing up, either, so I don’t feel as though I am missing anything. However, New Years Day was always a time of having a special meal and having family over. It was the last big meal of the Christmas Holiday Season at our house. So, that’s the way MDH and I have celebrated New Years for quite awhile now. Time with family and a lovely meal. Apparently, the new tradition for NYEve is lots and lots of fireworks. We have talked to two other people who said the same thing happened in their neighborhood. There was as much fireworks, from 9PM to 12:30AM, as there was on the Fourth of July! Quite amazing, really.

On Christmas Eve, my daughter and daughter-in-law both remarked about the actress Brittany Murphy's sudden passing. I said to them that I had read that they thought that perhaps the gal was taking a lot of Prescription Medications. Well, it has been confirmed, that 10 different prescriptions were found in and around her bedroom and bath. The poor girl didn’t have a chance. There were anti-depressives and anti-seizure and anti-biotic and anti-inflammatory drugs and a bipolar drug and a pain reliever and something for high blood pressure, too. Yes, I know that’s not ten. There were duplicate prescriptions for the same ailment for some of them. Apparently, it’s not cool to push narcotics if you are a film director or producer anymore. But it is certainly seems to be "Okey Dokey" to hook your star up to a pill pushing Dr. or Drs. and have them write out all sorts of prescriptions. Get the actor on the set, no matter the cost! That’s at least 4 actor/singers that I know of who have gone out on a legal drug overdose! There was at least one mother who didn’t have a Happy New Year or Merry Christmas! I have witnessed people in break rooms practice the game of “one-up-man ship” regarding who was on the most prescriptions or who had the highest dosage. This is a game that needs to be stopped! No one was ever born with a “prescription” shortage! (I read that somewhere)

Well, it is the time of year that people make resolutions. I haven’t ever been a fan of that either, but I have decided, in the last few weeks, that I need to “Be still and Know that I am God”. I know that in my brain, but with all that is going on in this country, I have allowed that truth to only be in my brain and not in my soul. So, I will make a conscious effort to block out the world this year and allow the Lord to speak to me and allow His truths to rule my life. I have been so blessed in this life. It’s time for me to appreciate it more.

May you all have a Blessed Year and Healthy Days to You...

Your Smiling Maven