St. Louis Comic Con, part 1

I am dog tired!  The ComicCon was a blast!  There is an after party that I wanted to attend, but am just too tired and sore  to go.  The big thrill of the day by far was getting to meet Jason David Frank!  He is such a nice guy.  I'll post more later about him.  In the mean time, check out his facebook page here.  He said today that he really does read it and post.

There were so many celebs there.  I was amazed.  First thing we see as we enter t he building is Stan Lee!  I just knew that the day was going to be a good one!  Did you know that he is 90?  Amazing!  He looks 25 years younger, and how he has the energy he does -- well, I just don't know. Check out his web site here.

Talked to James Hong.  He was heading out for the day, but he was super nice.  I remember him from the original Hawaii 5-0 tv series.  Man, that dates me, doesn't it!  he is in amazing shape and has tons of energy. Check out his filmography here.

Saw lots of other celebs: Henry Winkler, Lou Ferrigno, John Shea, Tom Felton, just to name a few,  -- and so many artists that I can;t even begin to remember names.

Costumes were awesome.  Saw so many great ones.  I tried to remember to take pictures!  Check out the link to my facebook ComicCon photo album here.

I will post more later about this awesome event.  However, I am just so tired right now -- I am headed off to bed!

Selflessness vs. Selfishness

My soon to be graduating from high school son really doesn't want to participate in his graduation ceremony.  He can't say why -- just that he doesn't want to.  I, on the other hand, remember every struggle that we have been through to get him to this point, and is is hugely important to me for him to participate in this right of passage.

I get that he doesn't want to participate, although I don't understand why.  In my head, I can run through probably a hundred reasons that my son can give that has kept him from participating in a lot of school functions.  I know these play a part in it.  But to me, we have worked so hard to get to this point, and it is the one thing that he can do that, for me, completes this part of the cycle.  Selfish of me, I know.

Lest you think that the selflessness part of the title is on me also, let me quickly put you on the right track.  This boy, no - not boy any longer, but a young man, who had said at least a hundred times that he won't participate, that he can't participate, that he doesn't want to participate in the graduation ceremony, put aside all of his reasons and in a great moment of pure selflessness, said quietly to me today, "I didn't know it meant so much to you.  Mom, I'll do it."

Dictionary.com defines selflessness as "having little or no concern for oneself."    That is what my son is doing -- putting aside his concern for himself in order to do this one thing for his mom.  I couldn't be more proud.

Check out my new look for eBay!

Decided to make some changes to my eBay listings by making them look a bit more professional.  Here is a link to the one item that I used an embedded footer in.  new look  Tell me what you think!

Spring

Spring has arrived.  Usually this is met with peeps of color as the "Easter" season flowers begin to show their colorful heads.  Not so this year.  The tv weather guy said that it is going to be cold with a possibility of snow here in St. Louis.  And further south -- like where my dad lives -- 3-5 inches are possible.  So instead of the welcoming peeps of color, we have gray skies and possible snow.

Normally, I love winter, and am sad to see it gone. However, this winter, I just can't seem to stay warm.  For those who know me, this edges on being considered a miracle.  I have always been hot -- even in the winter, I have been known to wear sleeveless tops and loose skirts.  Somewhere someone is playing a weird joke on me.

So I am glad winter has been shown the door -- now if the weather would just cooperate!

A Quickie

No, it so isn't the quickie you are thinking of!  Just a quick note.  I am dog tired.  eBay has a deal where for the last 3 days, you could post up to 500 listings for free in addition to the monthly allotment of 50.  Always the bargain hunter here, I dislike paying for eBay postings. (I figure they get enough of my money!) But being the procrastinator that I am, I waited until this afternoon to start.  I took pictures and created listings for a total of 7 hours today.  My body is aching, so I know it is time to stop and head off to bed.  Love the eBay deals, but don't want to end up in a fibro flare tomorrow.  As always, if you are interested in checking out my Ebay sales, here is a link.

Did they say SPRING break or WINTER Break?

Three days ago, the weather was perfect.  Sunshine all around, blue skies, everyone getting their share of Vitamin D -- and all was right with the world, at least in my little part of it. Skip to yesterday -- snow in the morning, gray skies, rainy all afternoon.  And to top it off, it was cold, cold outside.

My boys are on Spring Break, but it seems more like a winter break to me.St. Louis pays homage to St. Patrick with Parades and multiple festivities.  I didn't feel very festive though as I lay huddled under a blanket with a space heater on.

The only real spring like thing around seems to be the birds.  The robins are out in full force, even if they are a bit puffed up as they ruffle  their feathers in an attempt to stay warm. There were literally hundreds of birds -- although I have to confess I don't know what they were -- outside this morning.  I heard them before I saw them.  I was coming back from picking up my son, when I opened my car door to the chatter of birds that was so intense you couldn't hardly hear yourself talk. I stepped out of the car and began to look around.  When I  turned around, the neighborhood trees and power lines were full of them.  I am guessing that my little corner of the world is in their migration path.  It was made even more awesome, because when my son shut his car door after getting out this morning, about 1/2 of those birds whooshed up in the air creating an amazing spectacle of birds almost blacking out the sky as they lifted off. It really was something like you would see on television.  My head is still swimming with the sight of all of those birds taking flight.