Hero

I'm feeling a little blue today.  I remembered this song and it made me feel better...

New window on the world

We are having some remodeling done this week.  We have to replace the siding in the back of the house so we thought it would be a good time to get new windows and French doors installed too.  The work started yesterday and three of the windows are in place.  They look great so far.  There are always little unforeseen problems that occur but I'm sure they will all be ironed out in the end.

We lost another great TV parent

Tom Bosley, best known as Richie Cunningham's father on Happy Days, died yesterday at the age of 83.  Howard Cunningham (or Mr. C. as Richie's friends called him) was one of the all-time great TV dads but he was especially lovable. 

It's sad to lose great actors but at least they will live on forever on television and in the hearts of all the fans who love them. 

Goodbye Mrs. Cleaver

You have probably heard that the lovely actress Barbara Billingsley died at the age of 94.  She is of course most well known as June Cleaver, the mother of Beaver and Wally Cleaver on the classic family show from the 60's called Leave it to Beaver.  I remember her always wearing a dress and pearls and dealing with all the mishaps her boys went through.

I also think of her in the 1980 classic comedy movie Airplane where she helps the stewardess who doesn't speak jive!



That is priceless!  Rest in peace Barbara Billingsley.

I forgot one!

I cannot believe I forgot to put Monk in my Top Ten Favorite TV Show List!  I think it should be number 2.  What was I thinking?  I just adore Monk!

My Top Ten Favorite TV Shows

Here is the list of my all-time favorite shows:

1)  Seinfeld

2)  Mad Men

3)  The Sopranos

4)  Cheers

5)  Moonlighting

6)  Bewitched

7)  Sex and the City

8)  The Mary Tyler Moore Show

9)  The Andy Griffith Show

10) All in the Family

It's hard to stop at ten since there are many more shows I enjoy.  But I will never get tired of watching any of these!

Here is the wonderful theme song for Moonlighting sung by Al Jarreau -

Dinner in Amsterdam

During our stay in Amsterdam the owners of the B&B we stayed in recommended several restaurants.  We actually had to go twice since the first time the wait was too long.  It's an Indonesian place called Restaurant Blauw.  This was the first time we had Indonesian food and it was quite an experience at this popular place. 

Jackson had the traditional full course meal.  I don't know what all the food was called but it was served on many plates.  We took pictures -

Indonesian Dishes