I am a blessed woman....

I've had an interesting week here in my beach town. It's summer vacation and all of the college kids are here as well as local kids. Vacationers and tourists are all over the place. I wonder what our population swells to in the summer months. We have beach volleyball tournaments, Life Guard Competitions, Beach concerts, street fairs and art walks. It's too busy here and I'd rather be anywhere but in Saturday traffic at the beach. We drove to Manhattan Beach last night for dinner and a movie, which normally wouldn't take more than 15 minutes from door to door. But,I had forgotten about the beach volleyball tournament at the Manhattan pier. Ever since Manhattan Beach became a haven for the television and movie industry moguls, it has morphed into a 'scene'. We made it to the parking lot of one of our favorite restaurants but it was just too crazy crowded for me. I had to get out of there. We ended up at Island's Restaurant on Pacific Coast Hwy which is so ...well.....just okay. I would have rather been any number of places. But, we made up for it when we made it to the theater in plenty of time to see a very funny movie, "Swing Vote". We laughed right out loud and it was good for my mood. I laughed with my whole body.

I saw "Mama Mia" last week and LOVED IT! Cried my eyes out. I over identified with Meryl Streep. We came from the same generation, both single mothers of one girl, both hard working, both can't sing or dance...no wait...that's just me who can't sing or dance. Meryl did just fine. She sings a song about her daughter slipping through her fingers. *sniff, sniff*. Her daughter asked her to give her away and, truth be told, I was the only one at my daughters wedding, walking with her down the aisle.

I'll be in Phoenix in a couple of weeks for the longest stay in quite awhile. Shanon needs me and when my girl calls, I go. It's always been that way. I'm so grateful for my beautiful daughter and wonderful son-in-law. And if you are a regular reader, you already know how madly in love I am with their babies. I am a blessed woman.