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Hannah Visit

I am very excited to report that tomorrow I will visit with a woman by the name of Hannah who is like a grandma to me. She and I became friends when I lived in Hollywood, Fl. She has filled my life with so much happiness and love. She never judges or condemns you for anything. Her niece lives here in Long Beach, NY. Which is about an hour or 2 from me. So I will be driving out there to visit with her and I could not be more excited. Last time I saw her was in March when I went home for my Sweet 36th. I cant wait to see Hannah and to visit a new area of New York. It is supposed to be beautiful where she is,so it will be fun fun fun ! Backing up a few days to July 4th. Penny and I spent the day trolling around the city having fun. We started off at Sheep Meadow in Central Park, It is where the New Yorkers go to lay out. What a huge, pretty. peaceful open meadow it is. The day was filled with lots of sun, giggles and some nice good old fashioned........... vodka. We had planned on watching the Macys Fireworks over the Hudson at 920 pm so we decided to go home and relax for a bit before going back out into the city. The city really takes a lot out of you. There is so much walking and right now its been in the 90s with little to no breeze. So you are hot and sweaty outside walking or catching the train. Taking a cab is rarely done because it adds up at the end of the month to be more then a car payment. After we went home and freshened up we met up t watch the fireworks. Apparently it is a pretty famous show that is televised so being there in person was super cool We were shuffled into an area with about a million others and we ended up all on the road. People put there things down and just like that we were all ready to watch the show. The show tool place and wow! Talk about being at a loss of words. The noise and light from the show was just overwhelming. I tried to just take it all in but it was so hard to do. What a blessing to be there and here in Manhattn NY!! The fireworks was just under a half hour. After the show was done we walked around Times Square taking pix and having fun. The night grew late fast and we needed to be responsible and journey back to our places. Which is just what we did. I had a wonderful day! Happy birthday to America!!

Wow what a great day! I made an apt with Rod Goodman to take my headshots and today we scheduled to meet. I must say walking up to his studio was pretty cool. To think that I have finally made an appointment that has been hanging over my head for a while now, is liberating to have accomplished it. So back to today. We met I love his studio and he seems very easy to work with. I think the shoot will give me the results in which I am seeking. I chatted with my brother and what a great conversation we had, I am always excited to talk with him. Hes the best big brother a girl would have. Sadly he I do not see him or the other Leffs as much as I would like. After the meeting the chatting and the strolling around the city in my super sexy plum colored heels I came home to chill for a bit. My girlfriend Penny and I had decided to get a drink later so I wanted to take a little nap before hand, but when I got home my roommate was home so we talked a bit. Then later came and it was drink time with my girl Penny. I walked over to MIdtown to a little place on 55th just off 5th ave. The company and conversation was as good as it always is with Penny. The time flew by and the time for us to leave had approached. We said our nite nites and went our separate ways. Now I am back at my apartment and it is so quiet here. Both of my roommates have gone out of town. I drove one of them to the airport in Newark NJ yesterday and what an adventure! Holly cow! FYI if going through the Holland Tunnel at rush hour leave about 3 hours early! Yikes!!! It all worked out though we had fun on the crazy ride to the airport. On my way back to Manhattan I decided to return my ac unit at walmart. So I GPS ed my self to the nearest one and baaam I was there. Yea I was there all right for like 4 hours!! What the?!?!? I mean I did go to another a few other stores so 4 hours really is nothing. Back to today... I am about to shut this computer off but Letterman has a man on talking about what he calls a floating trash island. He is speaking about the plastics in the ocean and sea. It is so interesting, a topic I am very interested in. I am huge on loving Mother Earth! I will have to look into what he is talking about. He says its killing sea life and how plastic bags suffocate the coral :( so sad. BPs oil gushing into the ocean is super sad and I will update us on that soon. Capt Charles Moore I believe letterman just stated as the name of this guest.

Getting it done!

Well I have scheduled my head shots for July 19th! I am so excited and nervous! Now it is time to run out to Rays beauty supply in midtown. Made some great vegie tacos for lunch and mmm mmm good!

I think my pinky toe is broken :( two weeks ago smashed it and it turned all black and blue. Being that I have never had a break I did not know if it was broke but 2 weeks later and my toe is still swollen. I still have pain when touched or moved and a constant numbing pain ............. its broken :(

while on hold........

So as I sit here on hold for the IRS to give me the info I need, I will write to you. Yesterday was fun. I went shopping for many hours which is something I love to do. I dont just buy whatever, whenever wherever but i buy wherever BUT only items that are smashing price slashers. I have a nose for the deals and do consider it a gift. My friends and family are forever telling me that I should be a personal shopper, I have a gift. For me to spend 6 straight hours shopping through clearance and sale bins just gives me a rush that is so fulfilling. I love love love to shop. Manhattan has excellent shopping for discounts, CONWAY is a great spot I like to hit up. They dont allow you to try the cloths on but they do allow you to return them up to 30 days, DAFFY'S is another hot spot for deals. There are a few jewelry shops here that sell jewels for 1 to three dollars, and its nice! NYC has really been excellent for me in many ways and finding deals has defiantly been on the top of the list. There are all sorts of coupons and frequent shopper cards that many stores also offer, I suggest taking full advantage of these as long as they are free or relatively free. After shopping at Herald Square and enjoying the amazing breeze and fabulous sunset I journeyed over to Union Square. Union Square was as busy as it could be. The street vendors and chess players had flooded the area. The feeling of unity was all in the air. It amazez me how NYC is, with all these people you would think of it to be clustered. Not the case at all though, it is so organized and people get along here in such a way I have never seen. The folks here are friendly and welcoming. You are always in someone's "personal space" and its never a problem. I am really enjoying the New Yorkers and their personalities. The feeling of love thy neighbor is so potent it almost chokes you. Well the IRS lady in now on the line with me yippie!! So until later.....

Update.

So much has been happening and I have been negligent in sharing. Here I am with an update on things. Since we saw each other baaaack in February I have since left my job and moved into the city full time. WOW what a change. NYC is fab, fun, frustrating and funny! The lifestyle here is defiantly different then anything I am used to. People here travel by foot, bus, cab, horse, bike, car, rollerblades, scooters, skateboards and traina in the rain sleet sun or snow! You are always running everywhere. I was spoiled last two winters and summers because I was working indoors. NNOOOOOOOOOOw however it is all changing, talk about a reality check ummm hmmm. So now I am one of the fast paced New Yorkers hailing cabs and running to catch the train. Speaking of running to catch trains.

My Uncle Jerry has come to visit for a reunion w his and Daddys friends, he and I have been having so much fun. Anyways he and I were catching the s train in Times Square and as we are walking into the station we see the train racing up! Ahhh so we looked at each other and I asked can you run, obviously that was a silly questions because next thing I know hes 30 feet in front of me! Daaaaaaaaaaang Uncle Jerry! You can take the guy out of New York but you cant take the New York outtah the guy! We were laughing and had such a great time. Needless to say we ended up hopping a few other trains and just had a blast with all the "connections" and transfers. He was super impressed how easily I managed for us to get around. I must say once he brought it to my attention he made me recall how challenging it was when I first started w this type of travel. Leaving me feeling pretty darn good at what I have learned and how well I have put that knowledge to use. Daddy would be so proud and mamma well she is proud! Ok back to what I was saying before I got side tracked.



I moved into my apt which is in Midtown East in a beautiful area. I am right near the East river and have been living it up! I have 2 roomies which is all new to me. In Florida you do not have roomies so that has been a learning experience in its own. Fortunately the girls I live with are super cool and we get along so very well. It is nice to have the company and conversation for sure, if they were not here I would be alone so much and I do not like to be alone. I enjoy seeing people and having company over, so it is very nice. So the roomie thing is fine even with all the challenges like who did not wash their dishes or clean up. Yikes being that I am an over the top clean and tidy gal this had been hard to look past. Being here living with others has tested my patience and has helped me remember that some things are just best not to get all pissed off about. I like that actually because I think I haver a tendency to be anal when it comes to housework and germs. I have grown a ton from just having roomies.NYC has been wonderful in so many ways. The girls are about 11 years younger then me at that so its funny to be here with them as they go through what we all went through at that age. So I really cant fault them when they walk in the apt with their shoes on ( barfola by the way, think of all the city slime being tracked through the apt.) needless to say I mop like every other day. Or when they go out instead of staying in and doing their dishes, like I do. I mean after all then I was in my 20s yikes we wont even go there. So all n all it has really been fun fun fun frustration frustrating frustration. You see the space that we live in is what I would call small and tiny. My room alone is the size of 2 walk in closets and I just dont get it. How in the world do people live like this forever?? I have had to craft my room out like no other. My closet is bursting with extenders and crafts hanging ideas. The bathroom is so small I have already cracked my elbow open on the dang towel rack. My elbow was actually cut open when I attempted to put on my rob once showered, this usually doesnt take a lot of skill but this time smash click pain sets in .......... awwwwww son of a lint lickin pickle eating souther mother! Apparently you have to re learn all you once knew just to manage a NYC apts tin y size. I have accidently knocked over 4 wine glasses that were my roomies. But dang they were not washed and on the counter so when I was doing my dishes hers were in the way , I turned around and bumped her glass which smashed into pieces all over! OYE VEY! Now I have glass to clean up, really???? Cant I catch a break? Yeah a break thats is what I will catch about 3 more time with wine glasses, ugh. The good thing also about having roomies is the help they can give you. You see here in NYC the living is quite unique lets call it. My building is a brownstone, so it has no elevator, its very old, no ac, very narrow beautiful marble staircase and just absolutely gorgeous! Once I moved in I see that I need an AC unit the girl living here before took it out after I signed the lease. Real nice I know! It is about 100 degreees with more humidity then I have ever seen before! An AC unit was needed immediatly. Once bought I had to call upon the assistance of one of my roomies to help me get this honking ac unit up 5 flights of stairs. Once I purchased the AC unitl, luged it into my car, then once in the city haha ahah the fun really began. I had to double park while my roomie and I fumbled and mumbled tup 5 flights of skinny stairwell and up to our apt. Sweating and very nervous I was going to get a ticket we just laid the unit down once inside. I ran back down to my car with a huge sigh of relief that I did not get a ticket. IIt would be my 4th one since I moved here last year. So no ticket I was happy! Then I remembered I had to find parking uggggh! So the happy wore off pretty quickly, Nope no street parking but thank God there are plenty of garages that only charge 10 for a half hour ahhh hhh yes thats right 10 bux a half hour. So no no no no that was not happening for me long term. So I ran home got online printed out a paring coupon and used a coupon that saved me about 50 bx! The happy returned after that.

Once my sweet little ride was parked I walked home to install my chilly AC unit. Geeze getting it out of the box was like harder then it looked for sure. It was packed in so tight you really needed two people to pull it out. But I did not have two people and since the roomies were now at work and its no guarantee they will be home after work. So I needed to get it done by myself, so thats what I did. After the rigorous installation I traded that bad boy on and ahhh cold air gushes out. Now thats what I am talking about! It is so hot in the apt the living area has no AC! So having one in my room was the only source of cold air for me. I was so happy and relieved to have air. I then went through the applications to set the temp and uh o whats that??? It doesnt set?? No here let me try another way, no stil nothing. Let me read the manual and the troubleshooting part very well. Ok read and done, still not working. I figure lets give it a day or so to get adjusted aI mean after all, I know how it takes one to adjust to NYC so maybe AC is going through that too. Well 3 days later still the same problems. O no this is not good. Now the unit is starting to make a noise that only a dog should be able to hear. Well I call the company and they inform me that I need to return the unit. Whats that I ask?? Return it??? O brother. So this means I have to take out all the window bolts they tell you to instal on the unit, remove everything around the unit to I can get it out of the window. Shimmey it onto the floor, get in into the box and duffel bag I used to transport it. Get my car back to illegal double parking and once again ask for help to get it to my car so I can get it from my apt, to my car. from the car to the cart from the cart to the store from the store to the return counter, stand in line and be given a hard time about my return only to have to buy another one and start bck from square one. O brother ........ what doesnt kill yah ..........makes you wanna have a drink!

What doesnt kill you makes you............. wanna drink!

So much has been happening and I have been negligent in sharing. Here I am with an update on things. Since we saw each other baaaack in February I have since left my job and moved into the city full time. WOW what a change. NYC is fab, fun, frustrating and funny! The lifestyle here is defiantly different then anything I am used to. People here travel by foot, bus, cab, horse, bike, car, rollerblades, scooters, skateboards and traina in the rain sleet sun or snow! You are always running everywhere. I was spoiled last two winters and summers because I was working indoors. NNOOOOOOOOOOw however it is all changing, talk about a reality check ummm hmmm. So now I am one of the fast paced New Yorkers hailing cabs and running to catch the train. Speaking of running to catch trains.

My Uncle Jerry has come to visit for a reunion w his and Daddys friends, he and I have been having so much fun. Anyways he and I were catching the s train in Times Square and as we are walking into the station we see the train racing up! Ahhh so we looked at each other and I asked can you run, obviously that was a silly questions because next thing I know hes 30 feet in front of me! Daaaaaaaaaaang Uncle Jerry! You can take the guy out of New York but you cant take the New York outtah the guy! We were laughing and had such a great time. Needless to say we ended up hopping a few other trains and just had a blast with all the "connections" and transfers. He was super impressed how easily I managed for us to get around. I must say once he brought it to my attention he made me recall how challenging it was when I first started w this type of travel. Leaving me feeling pretty darn good at what I have learned and how well I have put that knowledge to use. Daddy would be so proud and mamma well she is proud! Ok back to what I was saying before I got side tracked.

I moved into my apt which is in Midtown East in a beautiful area. I am right near the East river and have been living it up! I have 2 roomies which is all new to me. In Florida you do not have roomies so that has been a learning experience in its own. Fortunately the girls I live with are super cool and we get along so very well. It is nice to have the company and conversation for sure, if they were not here I would be alone so much and I do not like to be alone. I enjoy seeing people and having company over, so it is very nice. So the roomie thing is fine even with all the challenges like who did not wash their dishes or clean up. Yikes being that I am an over the top clean and tidy gal this had been hard to look past. Being here living with others has tested my patience and has helped me remember that some things are just best not to get all pissed off about. I like that actually because I think I haver a tendency to be anal when it comes to housework and germs. I have grown a ton from just having roomies.NYC has been wonderful in so many ways. The girls are about 11 years younger then me at that so its funny to be here with them as they go through what we all went through at that age. So I really cant fault them when they walk in the apt with their shoes on ( barfola by the way, think of all the city slime being tracked through the apt.) needless to say I mop like every other day. Or when they go out instead of staying in and doing their dishes, like I do. I mean after all then I was in my 20s yikes we wont even go there. So all n all it has really been fun fun fun frustration frustrating frustration. You see the space that we live in is what I would call small and tiny. My room alone is the size of 2 walk in closets and I just dont get it. How in the world do people live like this forever?? I have had to craft my room out like no other. My closet is bursting with extenders and crafts hanging ideas. The bathroom is so small I have already cracked my elbow open on the dang towel rack. My elbow was actually cut open when I attempted to put on my rob once showered, this usually doesnt take a lot of skill but this time smash click pain sets in .......... awwwwww son of a lint lickin pickle eating souther mother! Apparently you have to re learn all you once knew just to manage a NYC apts tin y size. I have accidently knocked over 4 wine glasses that were my roomies. But dang they were not washed and on the counter so when I was doing my dishes hers were in the way , I turned around and bumped her glass which smashed into pieces all over! OYE VEY! Now I have glass to clean up, really???? Cant I catch a break? Yeah a break thats is what I will catch about 3 more time with wine glasses, ugh. The good thing also about having roomies is the help they can give you. You see here in NYC the living is quite unique lets call it. My building is a brownstone, so it has no elevator, its very old, no ac, very narrow beautiful marble staircase and just absolutely gorgeous! Once I moved in I see that I need an AC unit the girl living here before took it out after I signed the lease. Real nice I know! It is about 100 degreees with more humidity then I have ever seen before! An AC unit was needed immediatly. Once bought I had to call upon the assistance of one of my roomies to help me get this honking ac unit up 5 flights of stairs. Once I purchased the AC unitl, luged it into my car, then once in the city haha ahah the fun really began. I had to double park while my roomie and I fumbled and mumbled tup 5 flights of skinny stairwell and up to our apt. Sweating and very nervous I was going to get a ticket we just laid the unit down once inside. I ran back down to my car with a huge sigh of relief that I did not get a ticket. IIt would be my 4th one since I moved here last year. So no ticket I was happy! Then I remembered I had to find parking uggggh! So the happy wore off pretty quickly, Nope no street parking but thank God there are plenty of garages that only charge 10 for a half hour ahhh hhh yes thats right 10 bux a half hour. So no no no no that was not happening for me long term. So I ran home got online printed out a paring coupon and used a coupon that saved me about 50 bx! The happy returned after that.

Once my sweet little ride was parked I walked home to install my chilly AC unit. Geeze getting it out of the box was like harder then it looked for sure. It was packed in so tight you really needed two people to pull it out. But I did not have two people and since the roomies were now at work and its no guarantee they will be home after work. So I needed to get it done by myself, so thats what I did. After the rigorous installation I traded that bad boy on and ahhh cold air gushes out. Now thats what I am talking about! It is so hot in the apt the living area has no AC! So having one in my room was the only source of cold air for me. I was so happy and relieved to have air. I then went through the applications to set the temp and uh o whats that??? It doesnt set?? No here let me try another way, no stil nothing. Let me read the manual and the troubleshooting part very well. Ok read and done, still not working. I figure lets give it a day or so to get adjusted aI mean after all, I know how it takes one to adjust to NYC so maybe AC is going through that too. Well 3 days later still the same problems. O no this is not good. Now the unit is starting to make a noise that only a dog should be able to hear. Well I call the company and they inform me that I need to return the unit. Whats that I ask?? Return it??? O brother. So this means I have to take out all the window bolts they tell you to instal on the unit, remove everything around the unit to I can get it out of the window. Shimmey it onto the floor, get in into the box and duffel bag I used to transport it. Get my car back to illegal double parking and once again ask for help to get it to my car so I can get it from my apt, to my car. from the car to the cart from the cart to the store from the store to the return counter, stand in line and be given a hard time about my return only to have to buy another one and start bck from square one. O brother ........ what doesnt kill yah ..........makes you wanna have a drink!