Julie Childs

Ruth Fagan and I went to see Julia and Julia at the stadium theatre in Boynton Beach...so dark you could almost break your neck. I stuck close to her, I'm so afraid of falling because I suffered lots of mishaps.

Meryl Streep did an excellent job playing her, even was able to capture her annoying voice...sounding a bit like Eleanor Roosevelt. Julie sounded like she had a mouthful of marbles.


..There was lots of chopping, cutting, slicing....grilling...steaming...boiling...and lots and lots of butter... a cardiologist's dream!


It was about 7 when we left the theatre...and you'd think our appetites would have been percolating for something deliciousoso....but no....we went to Boston Market which is just a step or two above McDonald's..

After watching all that gourmet cooking, one would think that we would go to a classier place...but I guess Ruth and I are just simple folk.

. A very sweet young man held the door open for us...and we thanked him for being such a nice young gentlemen.

We made our way to the line where all the food is visible and everything looked really appetizing.

Ruth and I both opted for the meatloaf which looked so good it could have been a filet mignon. ....and we were like kids looking through the glass counter of a candy shop for all the tubs of wonderful side dishes. Such a decision!!!


Anyway..now to pay our checks. Ruth gave me a coupon which took $1.00 off an already inexpensive meal.

Standing directly behind us was the boy who was such a gentlemen with his mom...and we saw she was ordering bundles of food like for a very large family.

We asked if she could use our extra coupon...and she was so delighted...it meant $5.00 off her bill.


Ruth and I gobbled our food hungrily and happy. Our bellies were full and so were our hearts!

We enjoyed our dinner...and also the fact that one good deed deserves another.

We were just ships that pass in the night...but we felt great!

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Meet Maiia, financial advisor!

I received this letter when I came home from the pool today. We don't realize how grateful we are to be Americans until we read this from Maiia

My dear friends,
It is with the greatest pleasure that I am announcing thatyesterday at 11.30 am in Oakland Park, FL the biggest dream of my lifefinally came true. On this day together with 177
other people and their families from 44 different countries of the worldI FINALLY BECAME AN AMERICANCITIZEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE
CITIZEN OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THECOUNTRY OF UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES, FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM WHERE
YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU WORK FOR IT. THE COUNTRYTHAT IS FAMOUS AROUND THE WORLD AS THE COUNTRY OF OPPORTUNITY AND
FREEDOM!!!!!!!
For those of you who have not known me for a long time it isimportant to mention that it took me 10 years from the moment I got tothis country in June of 1999 to finally become one of you. It tookcountless applications and procedures and thousands of dollars topetition for my citizenship, nothing that I would ever wish upon anybodyto go through. But it was all worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyminute of it, every dollar, every tear at the immigration office, everyday of waiting for all these approvals to work, to travel, to breathefreely in this country, because there is no country like this one,anywhere!!!!! Of course, this is my opinion and you do not have toagree, but some people realize how lucky they are to be born here andthey will understand my plea. This country gave me everything and itkeeps giving me the opportunity to take care of my family in Russia whoare not as lucky as I am. But I am lucky and I would like to celebrateit and I would like you to celebrate with me!!!!!!!!!!
PS. I cannot stop crying for 2 days now, I am so happy.
I am proud to be an American and God Bless this country!


The enclosed summary, prices, quotes and/or statistics contained hereinhave been obtained from sources believed reliable but are notnecessarily complete and cannot be guaranteed, errors and omissionsaccepted.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLCMaiia HartFinancial AdvisorFinancial Planning Specialist350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301954-762-3064 direct line800-327-8323 ext. 3064954-762-3069 faxmaiia.hart@smithbarney.complease visit my websitehttp://fa.smithbarney.com/maiiahart/

I can't believe I did this!

This afternoon I was thinking about tennis...that is the sport I truly love..and used to play. Jeff did too..he was on the tennis team.

My thoughts were of playing tennis with my first boyfriend...we were 13 and this continued until we were 16.

He would wait for me on Saturday afternoons when we went to visit my Grandmother in Oakland, Pittsburgh.

We played on a big cement slab...we never had a net...we used the line separating the cement...and we only had wooden racquets.

His name was Harry Schwalb and he was kind of a special boy...he painted...and he would design clothes for skinny me then. He didn't think I was too thin...just that the world was too fat.

Harry was brilliant and went to Penn State at 16. He invited me to go to his college prom...but it was a very sad year for me...My Mom died!

Anyway...to bring up the present...I thought of him today and looked him up on the internet...and since he was the same age as me, I decided to give him a call.

He remembered....and he was astonished. With all his brilliance..he's written books...his work is in art galleries...he doesn't own a computer. He asked me should he buy a desktop or laptop.

I was amazed...he writes everything out in longhand.

Anyway...it was a good renewal...and I think he was very thrilled that I remembered his entire family...and the way it was!

Meet my friends the Siegels!

The guy at the left of this picture is my friend's son whom I have loved since before he was even born. His name is Gary and his beautiful wife is Sue...and with them are their sons Alex and Arthur.

I've always been very proud of Gary....he started out working in the advertising dept. of Leader Newspapers....now he is way up there ... and he's worked very hard to get there.

I saw this lovely family 2 years ago when I went to Virginia to visit my kids...and Gary and his family drove from Murraysville, Pa. to see me.

How I appreciated that. Sue is a nurse and she and Gary fell in love in New Kensington, Pa....and Gary and Sue married when he was being transferred to another state.

Gary is a great sports enthusiast...and almost before he could read, he grabbed the sports page of the newspaper. When he speaks, his voice is so enthusiastic that it makes me feel happy.

I knew nothing about autism until I saw them in Va. and I marvel how well they cope and know exactly how to deal with their very handsome older son. Since then I listen and read everything I can about this dreadful disease and hope that soon a cure will be found. He's very high functioning and extremely bright and please God, the scientists will find out what causes one out of every 150 children to be born with this.